Re: iPhone 7/7+

[Scott Granados]

This conversation reminds me of a Curb your Enthusiasm episode.  Instead of 
long ball Larry we can call you Long ball Anders.:)

> On Dec 9, 2016, at 3:21 PM, Anders Holmberg  wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> I think its very hard to sit down with the iphone in my pocket even if they 
> are deep and even if i have an SE.
> /A
>> 9 dec. 2016 kl. 15:43 skrev Saqib Hussain :
>> 
>> Hi. I’ve always had my 6S+ in me frond pocket and it’s never been a problem 
>> as I always buy jeans with deep pockets. 
>>> On 8 Dec 2016, at 04:40, E.T.  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Scott,
>>> Your iPhone is much safer in your pocket than e-cigarettes or a Samsung S7, 
>>> yes?
>>> 
>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
>>> Without H2O there is no life!
>>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>> 
>>> On 12/7/2016 7:28 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
 You know, I’ll admit to an irrational fear here.  I’ve never carried my 
 phone in my front pocket.  I’m a belt clip man.  I logically know there’s 
 no problem and on paper the math shows me I’m right but there’s something 
 about all the Microwave radio experience I have and the idea of putting a 
 transmitter that close to the family jewels.;). I know that in reality the 
 phone is so low power that it won’t do anything but bounce off the outer 
 layers of the skin and I also know the inverse square law applies but I 
 know the inverse square law works even better from my belt on the side 
 than from my front pocket.:)
 
 haha
 
 
> On Dec 7, 2016, at 3:35 PM, Anders Holmberg  wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> I come to think of one thing.
> I have big hands, at least long fingers but for some reason i don’t like 
> big phones.
> Thats very strange but i think it has to do with that i can’t have them 
> in my front pocket.
> /A
>> 7 dec. 2016 kl. 04:05 skrev Scott Granados :
>> 
>> The larger battery is a big reason, the larger screen size as I have 
>> larger hands and the extra gig of memory that the 7 doesn’t have.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Scott
>> 
>>> On Dec 6, 2016, at 9:47 PM, E.T.  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Weather permitting, I should be getting one of the above. Having looked 
>>> at the specs, 3 things that differ between the two models.
>>> 
>>> Screen size/overall size, camera and battery life.
>>> 
>>> Those of you who have used both, do you find any of these factors 
>>> compelling enough to push you to the plus?
>>> 
>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
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>>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com
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Re: direct TV now, live chat, and 72 hour rewind option

[Scott Granados]

Another advantage of over the air digital reception is it isn’t compressed.  
Most apartments and condo groups will not put up to much of a fight if you want 
to put up an antenna or dish any more.  Back when the communications act was 
first passed I had an home owners association go to war with me about putting 
up an antenna.  I was originally going to put up a small 8 element Channel 
Master, nothing nuts and in a fixed position since all the towers I wanted to 
hit were in the same place in San Francisco.  They kept threatening me and 
trying to tell me what to do which if you haven’t guessed doesn’t really work 
with me and because I was a ham operator I went all PRB1 on them and put up a 
100 foot tower with individual beam antennas that required an industrial 
rotator.  I also put lights on the top and became active in one of the local 
civil preparedness groups.  I had the outside of my property looking like an 
NSA listening post.  I also put in a 20 foot dish that I ended up building a 
home brew radio telescope out of.  I made sure the dish blocked out the sun if 
I pointed it correctly to my neighbor’s back yard and pool because he was the 
association president.  I was going to put solar panels in on top of that which 
in California is the only justification you can use to cut down trees and 
totally rip out all the landscaping that would have blocked my sun exposure but 
they caved first.  Ever since that time my property managers have been more 
than accommodating of the very little roof space I’ve needed which in the end 
accounted for an 18 inch dish and a small panel antenna for fixed wireless. 
Good times!
One thing you might look at are some of the better indoor antennas.  
You don’t need to mount anything and some come with preamps built in.  The good 
news with digital signals you don’t need perfect reception like you do with 
analog.  As long as you’re getting the data stream above the noise level 
sufficiently things will work just fine.  No ghosting or multi path to worry 
about.  You might have a small device you put in a window or if you go whole 
hog something you sit in your attic and you can use RF splitters to drop the 
signal in to your existing dish wiring so you won’t have to pull new wire.  
They make some models that strap on to your existing dish install and are 
barely visible.  Even the good ol rabbit ears will work in many settings.  Good 
luck



> On Dec 9, 2016, at 3:55 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
> 
> That works, depending on the terrain, your location, and the location of the 
> stations you need to get. I live close to all of the stations supposedly, but 
> can't get CVS for love or money, unless of course, maybe if I had an outside 
> antenna way up on the roof. Not going to happen.
> Mary
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Dec 9, 2016, at 10:35 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Just get an ota like the mobileaf
>>> On Dec 8, 2016, at 8:48 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Just to add to what Clifton said, if the channels in your area are not 
>>> directly owned by the network, you probably won't get them. For instance, 
>>> none of our local channels are available.
>>> Mary
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
 On Dec 8, 2016, at 5:56 PM, Kliphton Miller  wrote:
 
 it all depends on your region.  I live in the tampa FL area, and I get 
 fox, and that is it.  Although there are some NBC shows that are on demand 
 like chicago fire, chicago PD, and some ABC shows too.  CBS is rumored to 
 being close to signing on, but who knows when that will happen
 
> On Dec 8, 2016, at 8:47 PM, David Tanner  
> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know how to get access to your local channels in the area 
> where you live using DIRECTV NOW question
> 
> David Tanner
> 
> From my iPhone 6 S
> 
> On Dec 8, 2016, at 6:19 AM, Kliphton Miller  wrote:
> 
>>> So, got the live chat to work on the direct TV now support page.  The 
>>> rep told me that they didn’t know how to get voiceover to work with 
>>> there app, and I told them there was an entire section specifically for 
>>> this.  The rep flat out ignored that comment.  Also said there is no 
>>> phone number, they are only a streaming service, and live chat is the 
>>> only way to talk to them.  He did give me a link to access the channel 
>>> lineups, and told me they would attempt to fix the voiceover issues in 
>>> the future.  Like I have stated before, the app is very usable, once 
>>> you get use to it.  On another note, direct TV now app now has a 72 
>>> hour rewind option on select channels.  I know sling TV had this, and 
>>> it worked well, I just saw this update last night, or this morning, 
>>> whatever time you consider night and day, so I haven’t had 

Custom Verbosity Settings

[E.T.]

   Sierra added the "x of x" in the dock which I find useless. I set 
the verbosity for the dock to low which is fine except now any badges 
are no longer announced. Is there a way to set custom verbosity like 
between low and medium? I suppose I could rely on alerts or banners 
instead in notifications.


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Re: direct TV now, live chat, and 72 hour rewind option

[Mary Otten]

That works, depending on the terrain, your location, and the location of the 
stations you need to get. I live close to all of the stations supposedly, but 
can't get CVS for love or money, unless of course, maybe if I had an outside 
antenna way up on the roof. Not going to happen.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On Dec 9, 2016, at 10:35 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli  
> wrote:
> 
> Just get an ota like the mobileaf
>> On Dec 8, 2016, at 8:48 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
>> 
>> Just to add to what Clifton said, if the channels in your area are not 
>> directly owned by the network, you probably won't get them. For instance, 
>> none of our local channels are available.
>> Mary
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Dec 8, 2016, at 5:56 PM, Kliphton Miller  wrote:
>>> 
>>> it all depends on your region.  I live in the tampa FL area, and I get fox, 
>>> and that is it.  Although there are some NBC shows that are on demand like 
>>> chicago fire, chicago PD, and some ABC shows too.  CBS is rumored to being 
>>> close to signing on, but who knows when that will happen
>>> 
 On Dec 8, 2016, at 8:47 PM, David Tanner  wrote:
 
 Does anyone know how to get access to your local channels in the area 
 where you live using DIRECTV NOW question
 
 David Tanner
 
 From my iPhone 6 S
 
 On Dec 8, 2016, at 6:19 AM, Kliphton Miller  wrote:
 
>> So, got the live chat to work on the direct TV now support page.  The 
>> rep told me that they didn’t know how to get voiceover to work with 
>> there app, and I told them there was an entire section specifically for 
>> this.  The rep flat out ignored that comment.  Also said there is no 
>> phone number, they are only a streaming service, and live chat is the 
>> only way to talk to them.  He did give me a link to access the channel 
>> lineups, and told me they would attempt to fix the voiceover issues in 
>> the future.  Like I have stated before, the app is very usable, once you 
>> get use to it.  On another note, direct TV now app now has a 72 hour 
>> rewind option on select channels.  I know sling TV had this, and it 
>> worked well, I just saw this update last night, or this morning, 
>> whatever time you consider night and day, so I haven’t had a chance to 
>> try it out yet.  If anyone wants to see the live chat conversation let 
>> me know, I had the transcript  emailed to me.
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Re: iPhone 7/7+

[Anders Holmberg]

Hi!
I think its very hard to sit down with the iphone in my pocket even if they are 
deep and even if i have an SE.
/A
> 9 dec. 2016 kl. 15:43 skrev Saqib Hussain :
> 
> Hi. I’ve always had my 6S+ in me frond pocket and it’s never been a problem 
> as I always buy jeans with deep pockets. 
>> On 8 Dec 2016, at 04:40, E.T.  wrote:
>> 
>> Scott,
>>  Your iPhone is much safer in your pocket than e-cigarettes or a Samsung S7, 
>> yes?
>> 
>> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
>> Without H2O there is no life!
>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>> 
>> On 12/7/2016 7:28 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
>>> You know, I’ll admit to an irrational fear here.  I’ve never carried my 
>>> phone in my front pocket.  I’m a belt clip man.  I logically know there’s 
>>> no problem and on paper the math shows me I’m right but there’s something 
>>> about all the Microwave radio experience I have and the idea of putting a 
>>> transmitter that close to the family jewels.;). I know that in reality the 
>>> phone is so low power that it won’t do anything but bounce off the outer 
>>> layers of the skin and I also know the inverse square law applies but I 
>>> know the inverse square law works even better from my belt on the side than 
>>> from my front pocket.:)
>>> 
>>> haha
>>> 
>>> 
 On Dec 7, 2016, at 3:35 PM, Anders Holmberg  wrote:
 
 Hi!
 I come to think of one thing.
 I have big hands, at least long fingers but for some reason i don’t like 
 big phones.
 Thats very strange but i think it has to do with that i can’t have them in 
 my front pocket.
 /A
> 7 dec. 2016 kl. 04:05 skrev Scott Granados :
> 
> The larger battery is a big reason, the larger screen size as I have 
> larger hands and the extra gig of memory that the 7 doesn’t have.
> 
> Thanks
> Scott
> 
>> On Dec 6, 2016, at 9:47 PM, E.T.  wrote:
>> 
>> Weather permitting, I should be getting one of the above. Having looked 
>> at the specs, 3 things that differ between the two models.
>> 
>> Screen size/overall size, camera and battery life.
>> 
>> Those of you who have used both, do you find any of these factors 
>> compelling enough to push you to the plus?
>> 
>> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
>> Without H2O there is no life!
>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com
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Re: a couple of ipod questions?

[Karen Lewellen]

Scott,
This discussion is not about an iPhone, it is about an iPod.  I tested an 
i-phone 6 in an apple storeand after I started almost throwing up from 
the dizziness, did not feel continuing to play was a smart idea.
Given the subject line, might not asking what do you want an iPod for? 
before  making an off point suggestion avoiding  exchanges like this one?


since I also referenced buttons  I believe in my first post, I do not feel 
an iPhone 
qualifies smiles.



On Fri, 9 Dec 2016, Scott Granados wrote:


Well, the more recent more powerful iPhones have a greater selection of voices. 
 Not sure if they all have the negative effects you mention, you told me in 
detail about the problem before.  I know Alex for example is out of the 
question but some of the others may be a better fit, there are some Nuance 
voices if memory serves, Tom being one although again not sure if this has the 
same effect.

Geo navigation on an iPod is more useful than you think.  I’ve used one as a 
backup device as I have used GPS for independent travel.  My thought was though 
the newer more powerful iPhones have a greater variety of voices and might have 
fit your medical needs more but it sounds like you’ve tried this.

Maybe as you said the older iPod video or similar may be the way for you to go.



On Dec 9, 2016, at 1:26 PM, Karen Lewellen  wrote:

Scott,
I cannot use ios at all, the voices stimulate the dizzy centres of my brain 
because of a vascular accident in a surgery.
My question about the touch was as an absolute last resort.
Since the iPod is at the request of my medical team, i prefer not making a 
substitution for a device that will not do the job.
I cannot imagine why I would require geo-navagation  to listen smiles.
Thanks for the ideas,
Karen


On Fri, 9 Dec 2016, Scott Granados wrote:


Kare, one thing you could do is use a decommissioned phone, it works just 
nicely as an iPod like device and you don’t need the latest and greatest but 
you can definitely take advantage of enhanced voices.  You also have the 
advantage of having a GPS receiver in these as GPS is part of the cell modem.  
Grab an old 6+ for example and you’ll also have an upgrade path for a while 
longer.



On Dec 8, 2016, at 10:08 PM, Karen Lewellen  wrote:

I may make the Classic  a priority then.
For me personally, at least the last time I tested them at an apple store, the  
enhanced ios voices  too were a bit of a physical dizziness risk.
If I can avoid  the touch I  will.
Thanks again,
Kare


On Thu, 8 Dec 2016, Cameron Strife wrote:


Hi Kare. You can download enhanced voices for an iOS device like the
iPod touch but the voices for the rockbox firmware on the iPod video
for example is very slim if any as I recall.

I always wanted the classic as the high capacity model was a whopping
160gb which is still huge now for an mp3 player you can easily fit in
a pants pocket!

Cameron.




On 12/8/16, Todor Fassl  wrote:



This rumor has been around for many years. But I think it refers to the
ipod nano, not the ipod touch. Although, I am not sure what purpose the
ipod touch serves since an ipad mini is so similar.


On 12/08/2016 03:11 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:

Hi everyone,
Yes I recall posts indicating that Apple is going to discontinue the
iPod.
I am not seeking a hot off the shelf model regardless, having two
unique questions.
First, what was the last edition that still had buttons?  If I must
get a touch, how close do the voices mirror those on the mac?
Ios makes me literary dizzy so I must choose with great care, part of
why i would prefer a unit with buttons.  Might not need voiceover at
all  in that situation.
I have a head phones question as well  but that would be three so I
will wait.
Thanks,
Kare



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Re: a couple of ipod questions?

[Scott Granados]

Well, the more recent more powerful iPhones have a greater selection of voices. 
 Not sure if they all have the negative effects you mention, you told me in 
detail about the problem before.  I know Alex for example is out of the 
question but some of the others may be a better fit, there are some Nuance 
voices if memory serves, Tom being one although again not sure if this has the 
same effect.

Geo navigation on an iPod is more useful than you think.  I’ve used one as a 
backup device as I have used GPS for independent travel.  My thought was though 
the newer more powerful iPhones have a greater variety of voices and might have 
fit your medical needs more but it sounds like you’ve tried this.

Maybe as you said the older iPod video or similar may be the way for you to go.


> On Dec 9, 2016, at 1:26 PM, Karen Lewellen  wrote:
> 
> Scott,
> I cannot use ios at all, the voices stimulate the dizzy centres of my brain 
> because of a vascular accident in a surgery.
> My question about the touch was as an absolute last resort.
> Since the iPod is at the request of my medical team, i prefer not making a 
> substitution for a device that will not do the job.
> I cannot imagine why I would require geo-navagation  to listen smiles.
> Thanks for the ideas,
> Karen
> 
> 
> On Fri, 9 Dec 2016, Scott Granados wrote:
> 
>> Kare, one thing you could do is use a decommissioned phone, it works just 
>> nicely as an iPod like device and you don’t need the latest and greatest but 
>> you can definitely take advantage of enhanced voices.  You also have the 
>> advantage of having a GPS receiver in these as GPS is part of the cell 
>> modem.  Grab an old 6+ for example and you’ll also have an upgrade path for 
>> a while longer.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Dec 8, 2016, at 10:08 PM, Karen Lewellen  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I may make the Classic  a priority then.
>>> For me personally, at least the last time I tested them at an apple store, 
>>> the  enhanced ios voices  too were a bit of a physical dizziness risk.
>>> If I can avoid  the touch I  will.
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Kare
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, 8 Dec 2016, Cameron Strife wrote:
>>> 
 Hi Kare. You can download enhanced voices for an iOS device like the
 iPod touch but the voices for the rockbox firmware on the iPod video
 for example is very slim if any as I recall.
 
 I always wanted the classic as the high capacity model was a whopping
 160gb which is still huge now for an mp3 player you can easily fit in
 a pants pocket!
 
 Cameron.
 
 
 
 
 On 12/8/16, Todor Fassl  wrote:
> 
> 
> This rumor has been around for many years. But I think it refers to the
> ipod nano, not the ipod touch. Although, I am not sure what purpose the
> ipod touch serves since an ipad mini is so similar.
> 
> 
> On 12/08/2016 03:11 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> Yes I recall posts indicating that Apple is going to discontinue the
>> iPod.
>> I am not seeking a hot off the shelf model regardless, having two
>> unique questions.
>> First, what was the last edition that still had buttons?  If I must
>> get a touch, how close do the voices mirror those on the mac?
>> Ios makes me literary dizzy so I must choose with great care, part of
>> why i would prefer a unit with buttons.  Might not need voiceover at
>> all  in that situation.
>> I have a head phones question as well  but that would be three so I
>> will wait.
>> Thanks,
>> Kare
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Re: direct TV now, live chat, and 72 hour rewind option

[Sarai Bucciarelli]

Just get an ota like the mobileaf
> On Dec 8, 2016, at 8:48 PM, Mary Otten  wrote:
> 
> Just to add to what Clifton said, if the channels in your area are not 
> directly owned by the network, you probably won't get them. For instance, 
> none of our local channels are available.
> Mary
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Dec 8, 2016, at 5:56 PM, Kliphton Miller  wrote:
>> 
>> it all depends on your region.  I live in the tampa FL area, and I get fox, 
>> and that is it.  Although there are some NBC shows that are on demand like 
>> chicago fire, chicago PD, and some ABC shows too.  CBS is rumored to being 
>> close to signing on, but who knows when that will happen
>> 
>>> On Dec 8, 2016, at 8:47 PM, David Tanner  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know how to get access to your local channels in the area where 
>>> you live using DIRECTV NOW question
>>> 
>>> David Tanner
>>> 
>>> From my iPhone 6 S
>>> 
>>> On Dec 8, 2016, at 6:19 AM, Kliphton Miller  wrote:
>>> 
> So, got the live chat to work on the direct TV now support page.  The rep 
> told me that they didn’t know how to get voiceover to work with there 
> app, and I told them there was an entire section specifically for this.  
> The rep flat out ignored that comment.  Also said there is no phone 
> number, they are only a streaming service, and live chat is the only way 
> to talk to them.  He did give me a link to access the channel lineups, 
> and told me they would attempt to fix the voiceover issues in the future. 
>  Like I have stated before, the app is very usable, once you get use to 
> it.  On another note, direct TV now app now has a 72 hour rewind option 
> on select channels.  I know sling TV had this, and it worked well, I just 
> saw this update last night, or this morning, whatever time you consider 
> night and day, so I haven’t had a chance to try it out yet.  If anyone 
> wants to see the live chat conversation let me know, I had the transcript 
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Re: a couple of ipod questions?

[Karen Lewellen]

Scott,
I cannot use ios at all, the voices stimulate the dizzy centres of my 
brain because of a vascular accident in a surgery.

My question about the touch was as an absolute last resort.
Since the iPod is at the request of my medical team, i prefer not making a 
substitution for a device that will not do the job.

I cannot imagine why I would require geo-navagation  to listen smiles.
Thanks for the ideas,
Karen


On Fri, 9 Dec 2016, Scott Granados wrote:


Kare, one thing you could do is use a decommissioned phone, it works just 
nicely as an iPod like device and you don’t need the latest and greatest but 
you can definitely take advantage of enhanced voices.  You also have the 
advantage of having a GPS receiver in these as GPS is part of the cell modem.  
Grab an old 6+ for example and you’ll also have an upgrade path for a while 
longer.



On Dec 8, 2016, at 10:08 PM, Karen Lewellen  wrote:

I may make the Classic  a priority then.
For me personally, at least the last time I tested them at an apple store, the  
enhanced ios voices  too were a bit of a physical dizziness risk.
If I can avoid  the touch I  will.
Thanks again,
Kare


On Thu, 8 Dec 2016, Cameron Strife wrote:


Hi Kare. You can download enhanced voices for an iOS device like the
iPod touch but the voices for the rockbox firmware on the iPod video
for example is very slim if any as I recall.

I always wanted the classic as the high capacity model was a whopping
160gb which is still huge now for an mp3 player you can easily fit in
a pants pocket!

Cameron.




On 12/8/16, Todor Fassl  wrote:



This rumor has been around for many years. But I think it refers to the
ipod nano, not the ipod touch. Although, I am not sure what purpose the
ipod touch serves since an ipad mini is so similar.


On 12/08/2016 03:11 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:

Hi everyone,
Yes I recall posts indicating that Apple is going to discontinue the
iPod.
I am not seeking a hot off the shelf model regardless, having two
unique questions.
First, what was the last edition that still had buttons?  If I must
get a touch, how close do the voices mirror those on the mac?
Ios makes me literary dizzy so I must choose with great care, part of
why i would prefer a unit with buttons.  Might not need voiceover at
all  in that situation.
I have a head phones question as well  but that would be three so I
will wait.
Thanks,
Kare



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Re: Erasing everything from a USB flash drive

[Eric Oyen]

btw, I know of a few folks that retired from bell labs. One holds some 28 
patents for modification of the old mechanical telco switches to handle digital 
data. He lives just up the road in peoria az. He is the one that taught me a 
few tricks with linux. :)

-eric

On Dec 9, 2016, at 9:49 AM, Scott Granados wrote:

> I’m such a fan of the Unix environments.  You all did good work at Bell labs. 
>  Consider how long Unix has held up as the standard now.  It’s as important 
> today as ever and I don’t see a time when it won’t be.  Well done!
> 
>> On Dec 9, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Bill Gallik  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Eric,
>> 
>> I want to thank you for putting that DD commandline out there, I worked for 
>> many years at AT Bell laboratories were all development work was done on 
>> UNIX systems and I completely forgotten about the DD command. Nice to have a 
>> refresher.
>> 
>> Paul,
>> 
>> Eric is making a very sound suggestion here, the IF=/dev/zero parameter in 
>> the suggested command line is a UNIX standard for writing null data to the 
>> output file (OF=).
>> 
>> And Paul, if you have no useful vision at all I suggest you read this 
>> message character by character so that you will realize that the command 
>> line options in Eric's message are actually symbols rather than spelled out 
>> words.
>> 
>> - Sent from Bill's iPhone 6 (iOS 10.0.2)
>> 
>> On Dec 9, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Eric Oyen  wrote:
>> 
>>> well, you could always use dd. The command I would use is: dd if=/dev/zero 
>>> of=/dev/ and then let it run. it might take a while 
>>> to erase, but there will not even be partition information on there 
>>> afterward. after that, you can use disk utility to repartition and format 
>>> that usb device.
>>> 
>>> -eric
>>> 
>>> On Dec 9, 2016, at 3:41 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote:
>>> 
 Hello, 
 Further to my earlier post about erasing a folder without going via 
 trash…..
 
 I I am running the latest El Capitan on my late 2008 iMac. 
 I have a 256 GB memory stick with I have used as a time machine backup 
 disk with encryption. I have also used it as the target disk for a 
 SuperDuper! backup of my iMac. 
 The experience was not entirely satisfactory as 256 GB is not enough for 
 more than a couple of time machine backups and a SuperDuper! backup. Also 
 both time machine and SuperDuper! backups were very slow, much slower than 
 a USB attached external hard disk drive. 
 
 So I now want to empty the 256 GB memory stick and reuse it for other 
 purposes. I first tried using disk utility to erase the disk but that did 
 not work as it said I did not have the authority to do the erase. 
 I then tried erasing each folder with Command+Ottion+Delete. That took a 
 long time and also did not work. 
 
 I note the posts about using terminal commands. I am not familiar with 
 that so am rather nervous about using it. I am also wondering about the 
 effect of my having originally used the memory stick for an encrypted time 
 machine backup with the password saved in the keychain. How do I mark the 
 memory stick as not encrypted?
 
 In summary I want to restore the memory stick to its original empty 
 unencrypted state. What do you recommend? 
 
 Many thanks. 
 
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Re: Erasing everything from a USB flash drive

[Eric Oyen]

heh. this comes from being a full time linux user as well. :)
I have a windows laptop here, but I use it mostly for programming radios. I 
much prefer the mac for web browsing, email and media playing. btw, most of the 
linux/unix tools are available via console on the mac.

-eric

On Dec 9, 2016, at 9:47 AM, Bill Gallik wrote:

> Hi Eric,
> 
> I want to thank you for putting that DD commandline out there, I worked for 
> many years at AT Bell laboratories were all development work was done on 
> UNIX systems and I completely forgotten about the DD command. Nice to have a 
> refresher.
> 
> Paul,
> 
> Eric is making a very sound suggestion here, the IF=/dev/zero parameter in 
> the suggested command line is a UNIX standard for writing null data to the 
> output file (OF=).
> 
> And Paul, if you have no useful vision at all I suggest you read this message 
> character by character so that you will realize that the command line options 
> in Eric's message are actually symbols rather than spelled out words.
> 
> - Sent from Bill's iPhone 6 (iOS 10.0.2)
> 
> On Dec 9, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Eric Oyen  wrote:
> 
>> well, you could always use dd. The command I would use is: dd if=/dev/zero 
>> of=/dev/ and then let it run. it might take a while to 
>> erase, but there will not even be partition information on there afterward. 
>> after that, you can use disk utility to repartition and format that usb 
>> device.
>> 
>> -eric
>> 
>> On Dec 9, 2016, at 3:41 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello, 
>>> Further to my earlier post about erasing a folder without going via trash…..
>>> 
>>> I I am running the latest El Capitan on my late 2008 iMac. 
>>> I have a 256 GB memory stick with I have used as a time machine backup disk 
>>> with encryption. I have also used it as the target disk for a SuperDuper! 
>>> backup of my iMac. 
>>> The experience was not entirely satisfactory as 256 GB is not enough for 
>>> more than a couple of time machine backups and a SuperDuper! backup. Also 
>>> both time machine and SuperDuper! backups were very slow, much slower than 
>>> a USB attached external hard disk drive. 
>>> 
>>> So I now want to empty the 256 GB memory stick and reuse it for other 
>>> purposes. I first tried using disk utility to erase the disk but that did 
>>> not work as it said I did not have the authority to do the erase. 
>>> I then tried erasing each folder with Command+Ottion+Delete. That took a 
>>> long time and also did not work. 
>>> 
>>> I note the posts about using terminal commands. I am not familiar with that 
>>> so am rather nervous about using it. I am also wondering about the effect 
>>> of my having originally used the memory stick for an encrypted time machine 
>>> backup with the password saved in the keychain. How do I mark the memory 
>>> stick as not encrypted?
>>> 
>>> In summary I want to restore the memory stick to its original empty 
>>> unencrypted state. What do you recommend? 
>>> 
>>> Many thanks. 
>>> 
>>> Paul Hopewell 
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backing up dat from a dead iPhone

[Vaughn Brown]

Good day!

My iPhone completely died several days ago. I am getting a new one
today. Below is a link to some software to scanning and backing up
data from a dead iPhone. I wanted to see if anyone had experience with
this software, or have other ideas. And yes, I do have some, but not
all, data backed up in iTunes and iCloud.

http://www.iphone-ipad-recovery.com/recover-data-from-dead-iphone.html

Thank you for your insight.

Vaughn
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Re: Erasing everything from a USB flash drive

[Scott Granados]

I’m such a fan of the Unix environments.  You all did good work at Bell labs.  
Consider how long Unix has held up as the standard now.  It’s as important 
today as ever and I don’t see a time when it won’t be.  Well done!

> On Dec 9, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Bill Gallik  wrote:
> 
> Hi Eric,
> 
> I want to thank you for putting that DD commandline out there, I worked for 
> many years at AT Bell laboratories were all development work was done on 
> UNIX systems and I completely forgotten about the DD command. Nice to have a 
> refresher.
> 
> Paul,
> 
> Eric is making a very sound suggestion here, the IF=/dev/zero parameter in 
> the suggested command line is a UNIX standard for writing null data to the 
> output file (OF=).
> 
> And Paul, if you have no useful vision at all I suggest you read this message 
> character by character so that you will realize that the command line options 
> in Eric's message are actually symbols rather than spelled out words.
> 
> - Sent from Bill's iPhone 6 (iOS 10.0.2)
> 
> On Dec 9, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Eric Oyen  > wrote:
> 
>> well, you could always use dd. The command I would use is: dd if=/dev/zero 
>> of=/dev/ and then let it run. it might take a while to 
>> erase, but there will not even be partition information on there afterward. 
>> after that, you can use disk utility to repartition and format that usb 
>> device.
>> 
>> -eric
>> 
>> On Dec 9, 2016, at 3:41 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello, 
>>> Further to my earlier post about erasing a folder without going via trash…..
>>> 
>>> I I am running the latest El Capitan on my late 2008 iMac. 
>>> I have a 256 GB memory stick with I have used as a time machine backup disk 
>>> with encryption. I have also used it as the target disk for a SuperDuper! 
>>> backup of my iMac. 
>>> The experience was not entirely satisfactory as 256 GB is not enough for 
>>> more than a couple of time machine backups and a SuperDuper! backup. Also 
>>> both time machine and SuperDuper! backups were very slow, much slower than 
>>> a USB attached external hard disk drive. 
>>> 
>>> So I now want to empty the 256 GB memory stick and reuse it for other 
>>> purposes. I first tried using disk utility to erase the disk but that did 
>>> not work as it said I did not have the authority to do the erase. 
>>> I then tried erasing each folder with Command+Ottion+Delete. That took a 
>>> long time and also did not work. 
>>> 
>>> I note the posts about using terminal commands. I am not familiar with that 
>>> so am rather nervous about using it. I am also wondering about the effect 
>>> of my having originally used the memory stick for an encrypted time machine 
>>> backup with the password saved in the keychain. How do I mark the memory 
>>> stick as not encrypted?
>>> 
>>> In summary I want to restore the memory stick to its original empty 
>>> unencrypted state. What do you recommend? 
>>> 
>>> Many thanks. 
>>> 
>>> Paul Hopewell 
>>> 
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Re: Erasing everything from a USB flash drive

[Bill Gallik]

Hi Eric,

I want to thank you for putting that DD commandline out there, I worked for 
many years at AT Bell laboratories were all development work was done on UNIX 
systems and I completely forgotten about the DD command. Nice to have a 
refresher.

Paul,

Eric is making a very sound suggestion here, the IF=/dev/zero parameter in the 
suggested command line is a UNIX standard for writing null data to the output 
file (OF=).

And Paul, if you have no useful vision at all I suggest you read this message 
character by character so that you will realize that the command line options 
in Eric's message are actually symbols rather than spelled out words.

- Sent from Bill's iPhone 6 (iOS 10.0.2)

> On Dec 9, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Eric Oyen  wrote:
> 
> well, you could always use dd. The command I would use is: dd if=/dev/zero 
> of=/dev/ and then let it run. it might take a while to 
> erase, but there will not even be partition information on there afterward. 
> after that, you can use disk utility to repartition and format that usb 
> device.
> 
> -eric
> 
>> On Dec 9, 2016, at 3:41 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote:
>> 
>> Hello, 
>> Further to my earlier post about erasing a folder without going via trash…..
>> 
>> I I am running the latest El Capitan on my late 2008 iMac. 
>> I have a 256 GB memory stick with I have used as a time machine backup disk 
>> with encryption. I have also used it as the target disk for a SuperDuper! 
>> backup of my iMac. 
>> The experience was not entirely satisfactory as 256 GB is not enough for 
>> more than a couple of time machine backups and a SuperDuper! backup. Also 
>> both time machine and SuperDuper! backups were very slow, much slower than a 
>> USB attached external hard disk drive. 
>> 
>> So I now want to empty the 256 GB memory stick and reuse it for other 
>> purposes. I first tried using disk utility to erase the disk but that did 
>> not work as it said I did not have the authority to do the erase. 
>> I then tried erasing each folder with Command+Ottion+Delete. That took a 
>> long time and also did not work. 
>> 
>> I note the posts about using terminal commands. I am not familiar with that 
>> so am rather nervous about using it. I am also wondering about the effect of 
>> my having originally used the memory stick for an encrypted time machine 
>> backup with the password saved in the keychain. How do I mark the memory 
>> stick as not encrypted?
>> 
>> In summary I want to restore the memory stick to its original empty 
>> unencrypted state. What do you recommend? 
>> 
>> Many thanks. 
>> 
>> Paul Hopewell 
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Re: Erasing everything from a USB flash drive

[Eric Oyen]

well, you could always use dd. The command I would use is: dd if=/dev/zero 
of=/dev/ and then let it run. it might take a while to 
erase, but there will not even be partition information on there afterward. 
after that, you can use disk utility to repartition and format that usb device.

-eric

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> Hello, 
> Further to my earlier post about erasing a folder without going via trash…..
> 
> I I am running the latest El Capitan on my late 2008 iMac. 
> I have a 256 GB memory stick with I have used as a time machine backup disk 
> with encryption. I have also used it as the target disk for a SuperDuper! 
> backup of my iMac. 
> The experience was not entirely satisfactory as 256 GB is not enough for more 
> than a couple of time machine backups and a SuperDuper! backup. Also both 
> time machine and SuperDuper! backups were very slow, much slower than a USB 
> attached external hard disk drive. 
> 
> So I now want to empty the 256 GB memory stick and reuse it for other 
> purposes. I first tried using disk utility to erase the disk but that did not 
> work as it said I did not have the authority to do the erase. 
> I then tried erasing each folder with Command+Ottion+Delete. That took a long 
> time and also did not work. 
> 
> I note the posts about using terminal commands. I am not familiar with that 
> so am rather nervous about using it. I am also wondering about the effect of 
> my having originally used the memory stick for an encrypted time machine 
> backup with the password saved in the keychain. How do I mark the memory 
> stick as not encrypted?
> 
> In summary I want to restore the memory stick to its original empty 
> unencrypted state. What do you recommend? 
> 
> Many thanks. 
> 
> Paul Hopewell 
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Re: iPhone 7/7+

[Scott Granados]

Oooo I shutter to think where that antenna lines up.;)

Not again that it matters rationally.  I’m used to working with high power 
microwave though back in the day and we were always warned to stay away from 
the dishes while they were active to protect the plumbs.

;)

> On Dec 9, 2016, at 9:43 AM, Saqib Hussain  wrote:
> 
> Hi. I’ve always had my 6S+ in me frond pocket and it’s never been a problem 
> as I always buy jeans with deep pockets. 
>> On 8 Dec 2016, at 04:40, E.T.  wrote:
>> 
>> Scott,
>>  Your iPhone is much safer in your pocket than e-cigarettes or a Samsung S7, 
>> yes?
>> 
>> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
>> Without H2O there is no life!
>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>> 
>> On 12/7/2016 7:28 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
>>> You know, I’ll admit to an irrational fear here.  I’ve never carried my 
>>> phone in my front pocket.  I’m a belt clip man.  I logically know there’s 
>>> no problem and on paper the math shows me I’m right but there’s something 
>>> about all the Microwave radio experience I have and the idea of putting a 
>>> transmitter that close to the family jewels.;). I know that in reality the 
>>> phone is so low power that it won’t do anything but bounce off the outer 
>>> layers of the skin and I also know the inverse square law applies but I 
>>> know the inverse square law works even better from my belt on the side than 
>>> from my front pocket.:)
>>> 
>>> haha
>>> 
>>> 
 On Dec 7, 2016, at 3:35 PM, Anders Holmberg  wrote:
 
 Hi!
 I come to think of one thing.
 I have big hands, at least long fingers but for some reason i don’t like 
 big phones.
 Thats very strange but i think it has to do with that i can’t have them in 
 my front pocket.
 /A
> 7 dec. 2016 kl. 04:05 skrev Scott Granados :
> 
> The larger battery is a big reason, the larger screen size as I have 
> larger hands and the extra gig of memory that the 7 doesn’t have.
> 
> Thanks
> Scott
> 
>> On Dec 6, 2016, at 9:47 PM, E.T.  wrote:
>> 
>> Weather permitting, I should be getting one of the above. Having looked 
>> at the specs, 3 things that differ between the two models.
>> 
>> Screen size/overall size, camera and battery life.
>> 
>> Those of you who have used both, do you find any of these factors 
>> compelling enough to push you to the plus?
>> 
>> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
>> Without H2O there is no life!
>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com
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Re: iPhone 7/7+

[Saqib Hussain]

Hi. I’ve always had my 6S+ in me frond pocket and it’s never been a problem as 
I always buy jeans with deep pockets. 
> On 8 Dec 2016, at 04:40, E.T.  wrote:
> 
> Scott,
>   Your iPhone is much safer in your pocket than e-cigarettes or a Samsung S7, 
> yes?
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
>  Without H2O there is no life!
> ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> 
> On 12/7/2016 7:28 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
>> You know, I’ll admit to an irrational fear here.  I’ve never carried my 
>> phone in my front pocket.  I’m a belt clip man.  I logically know there’s no 
>> problem and on paper the math shows me I’m right but there’s something about 
>> all the Microwave radio experience I have and the idea of putting a 
>> transmitter that close to the family jewels.;). I know that in reality the 
>> phone is so low power that it won’t do anything but bounce off the outer 
>> layers of the skin and I also know the inverse square law applies but I know 
>> the inverse square law works even better from my belt on the side than from 
>> my front pocket.:)
>> 
>> haha
>> 
>> 
>>> On Dec 7, 2016, at 3:35 PM, Anders Holmberg  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi!
>>> I come to think of one thing.
>>> I have big hands, at least long fingers but for some reason i don’t like 
>>> big phones.
>>> Thats very strange but i think it has to do with that i can’t have them in 
>>> my front pocket.
>>> /A
 7 dec. 2016 kl. 04:05 skrev Scott Granados :
 
 The larger battery is a big reason, the larger screen size as I have 
 larger hands and the extra gig of memory that the 7 doesn’t have.
 
 Thanks
 Scott
 
> On Dec 6, 2016, at 9:47 PM, E.T.  wrote:
> 
> Weather permitting, I should be getting one of the above. Having looked 
> at the specs, 3 things that differ between the two models.
> 
> Screen size/overall size, camera and battery life.
> 
> Those of you who have used both, do you find any of these factors 
> compelling enough to push you to the plus?
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
> Without H2O there is no life!
> ancient.ali...@icloud.com
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Re: Configuring calendar alerts in IOS

[Donna Goodin]

Hi Simon,

You can still do that.  I'd like to set up two default alert times, but it 
looks like you can only set up one.
Cheers,
Donna
> On Dec 9, 2016, at 5:18 AM, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Hi Donna,
> 
> There used to be this feature in the calendar of the phone  in apple 
> calendars it would be a case of setting up multiple appointments or events 
> with different alert times. 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin
> Sent: Friday, 9 December 2016 3:11 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Configuring calendar alerts in IOS
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Is there a way to set up default behavior for calendar alerts?  For example, 
> can I set it up so that I get one alert two days before, and a second alert 
> an hour before any time I schedule a new event?
> TIA,
> Donna
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Re: Erasing everything from a USB flash drive

[Bill Gallik]

Paul,

The encryption issue can be addressed by reformatting the drive with the 
appropriate selection in Disk Utility.  I believe the key to resolving your 
problem here is to correct the situation that prevents you from using Disk 
Utility on this drive, but there’s a number of possibilities potentially 
contributing to this. It’s typically quite effective to start at the least 
complex culprit and work your way through progressively more complicated 
circumstances.

Thus, the first question to be asked; is there a “write protect” feature on 
your memory stick that is in play?


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- "That I have no sight, does not mean I have no vision."
- Bill Gallik, Northern Wisconsin Curmudgeon, 1952-20?? (I am NOT delusional)??

> On Dec 9, 2016, at 4:41 AM, Paul Hopewell  wrote:
> 
> Hello, 
> Further to my earlier post about erasing a folder without going via trash…..
> 
> I I am running the latest El Capitan on my late 2008 iMac. 
> I have a 256 GB memory stick with I have used as a time machine backup disk 
> with encryption. I have also used it as the target disk for a SuperDuper! 
> backup of my iMac. 
> The experience was not entirely satisfactory as 256 GB is not enough for more 
> than a couple of time machine backups and a SuperDuper! backup. Also both 
> time machine and SuperDuper! backups were very slow, much slower than a USB 
> attached external hard disk drive. 
> 
> So I now want to empty the 256 GB memory stick and reuse it for other 
> purposes. I first tried using disk utility to erase the disk but that did not 
> work as it said I did not have the authority to do the erase. 
> I then tried erasing each folder with Command+Option+Delete. That took a long 
> time and also did not work. 
> 
> I note the posts about using terminal commands. I am not familiar with that 
> so am rather nervous about using it. I am also wondering about the effect of 
> my having originally used the memory stick for an encrypted time machine 
> backup with the password saved in the keychain. How do I mark the memory 
> stick as not encrypted?
> 
> In summary I want to restore the memory stick to its original empty 
> unencrypted state. What do you recommend? 
> 
> Many thanks. 
> 
> Paul Hopewell 
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RE: Configuring calendar alerts in IOS

[Simon Fogarty]

Hi Donna,

 There used to be this feature in the calendar of the phone  in apple calendars 
it would be a case of setting up multiple appointments or events with different 
alert times. 

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] 
On Behalf Of Donna Goodin
Sent: Friday, 9 December 2016 3:11 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Configuring calendar alerts in IOS

Hi all,

Is there a way to set up default behavior for calendar alerts?  For example, 
can I set it up so that I get one alert two days before, and a second alert an 
hour before any time I schedule a new event?
TIA,
Donna

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Erasing everything from a USB flash drive

[Paul Hopewell]

Hello, 
Further to my earlier post about erasing a folder without going via trash…..

I I am running the latest El Capitan on my late 2008 iMac. 
I have a 256 GB memory stick with I have used as a time machine backup disk 
with encryption. I have also used it as the target disk for a SuperDuper! 
backup of my iMac. 
The experience was not entirely satisfactory as 256 GB is not enough for more 
than a couple of time machine backups and a SuperDuper! backup. Also both time 
machine and SuperDuper! backups were very slow, much slower than a USB attached 
external hard disk drive. 

So I now want to empty the 256 GB memory stick and reuse it for other purposes. 
I first tried using disk utility to erase the disk but that did not work as it 
said I did not have the authority to do the erase. 
I then tried erasing each folder with Command+Ottion+Delete. That took a long 
time and also did not work. 

I note the posts about using terminal commands. I am not familiar with that so 
am rather nervous about using it. I am also wondering about the effect of my 
having originally used the memory stick for an encrypted time machine backup 
with the password saved in the keychain. How do I mark the memory stick as not 
encrypted?

In summary I want to restore the memory stick to its original empty unencrypted 
state. What do you recommend? 

Many thanks. 

Paul Hopewell 

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Direct TV Now channel lineup

[Kliphton Miller]

> Okay, I am pasting the entire channel lineup from direct TV now’s website.  
> Keep in mind this is a list of all the channels available, and it depends on 
> what package you choose.  Also, at the very bottom, is the list of local 
> channels and the market they are available in.
> Direct TV now channel lineup
> 
> 
> A
>   
> ABC
> 
> AMC
>   
> American Heroes
> 
> Animal Planet
> 
> Audience
>   
> AXS TV
>   
> Baby First
> 
> BBC America
>   
> BBC World News
>   
> BET
>   
> Bloomberg TV
> 
> Boomerang
>   
> Bravo
>   
> BTN
>   
> C-SPAN
> 
> C-SPAN2
> 
> Cartoon Network
>   
> Centric
> 
> Chiller
>   
> Cloo
> 
> CMT
>   
> CNBC
>   
> CNBC World
> 
> CNN
>   
> Comedy Central
>   
> Comedy TV
> 
> Cooking Channel
>   
> Destination America
> 
> Discovery
>   
> Discovery Family Channel
> 
> Discovery Life
>   
> Disney Channel**
>   
> Disney Junior**
>   
> Disney XD**
>   
> DIY Network
>   
> E!
>   
> El Rey
>   
> ESPN
>   
> ESPN2
> 
> ESPNEWS
> 
> ESPNU
>   
> FM
> 
> Food Network
>   
> Fox
> 
> Fox Business Network
> 
> Fox News Channel
> 
> FOX Sports 1
>   
> FOX Sports 2
> 
> Freeform**
>   
> Fuse
> 
> Fusion
> 
> FX
>   
> FX Movie Channel
>   
> FXX
>   
> fyi,
>   
> Galavision
>   
> Golf Channel
>   
> GSN
>   
> Hallmark Channel
>   
> Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
>   
> HGTV
>   
> HISTORY
>   
> HLN
> 
> IFC
>   
> Investigation Discovery
>   
> Justice Central
> 
> Lifetime
>   
> LMN
>   
> Logo
>   
> MLB Network
> 
> MSNBC
>   
> MTV
>   
> MTV2
>   
> MTV Classic
> 
> Nat Geo WILD
>   
> National Geographic Channel
>   
> NBA TV
> 
> NBC
> 
> NBC Sports Network
>   
> NBC Universo
>   
> NHL Network
> 
> Nick Jr.
>   
> Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite
>   
> Nicktoons
> 
> OWN
>   
> Oxygen
>   
> Revolt
>   
> RFD-TV
> 
> Science
> 
> SEC Network
>   
> Spike
>   
> Sprout
>   
> STARZ ENCORE Action
>   
> STARZ ENCORE Black
>   
> STARZ ENCORE East
>   
> STARZ ENCORE Family
>   
> STARZ ENCORE Classic
>   
> STARZ ENCORE Suspense
>   
> STARZ ENCORE West
>   
> STARZ ENCORE Westerns
>   
> SundanceTV
>   
> Syfy
>   
> TBS
>   
> TCM
>   
> TeenNick
>   
> Telemundo
> 
> Tennis Channel
> 
> TLC
>   
> TNT
>   
> Travel Channel
>   
> TruTV
>   
> TV Land
>   
> TVG
> 
> UniMás
>   
> Univision
>   
> Univision Deportes Network
>   
> USA Network
>   
> Velocity
> 
> VH1
>   
> Viceland
>   
> WE tv
>   
> Weather Channel
>   
> WeatherNation
> 
> *Your account must be active and subscribed to Go Big before the introductory 
> promotional pricing period ends to receive Go Big introductory pricing. If 
> you cancel your account or change your plan after the introductory 
> promotional period ends, your account will renew at the package price then in 
> effect. Channels, features, and terms subject to change & may be discontinued 
> without notice.
> **Not available on Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7.
> ^To get a local or regional sports network, your billing address must match a 
> local market, and your device must be in that location.
> List of local channels
> 
> ABC*  
> NBC**  
> FOX  
> Telemundo  
> Atlanta, GA
> WAGA-TV
> Austin, TX
> KTBC
> Boston, MA
> Telemundo East
> Charlotte, NC
> WJZY
> Chicago, IL
> WLS-TV
> WMAQ
> WFLD
> Telemundo East
> Dallas-Ft Worth, TX
> KXAS
> KDFW-TV
> Telemundo East
> Denver, CO
> Telemundo East
> Detroit, MI
> WJBK
> Fresno-Visalia, CA
> KFSN-TV
> Telemundo East
> Gainesville, FL
> WOGX
> Hartford-New Haven, CT
> WVIT
> Houston, TX
> KTRK-TV
> Telemundo East
> Las Vegas, NV
> Telemundo East
> Los Angeles, CA
> KABC-TV
> KNBC
> KTTV
> Telemundo East
> Miami-Ft Lauderdale, FL
> WTVJ
> Telemundo East
> Minneapolis, MN
> KMSP-TV
> New York, NY
> WABC-TV
> WNBC
> WNYW
> Telemundo East
> Orlando-Daytona, FL
> WOFL
> Philadelphia, PA
> WPVI-TV
> WCAU
> WTXF-TV
> Telemundo East
> Phoenix, AZ
> KSAZ-TV
> Telemundo East
> Raleigh-Durham, NC
> WTVD-TV
> San Diego, CA
> KNSD
> San Francisco, CA
> KGO-TV
> KNTV
> KTVU
> Oakland, CA
> KGO-TV
> KNTV
> KTVU
> San Jose, CA
> KGO-TV
> KNTV
> KTVU
> Tampa-St Petersburg, FL
> WTVT
> Washington, D.C.
> WRC
> WTTG
> *Not available on Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7.
> **NBC live stream available on mobile and desktop devices only. 

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