Merging Folders

2017-02-20 Thread Brian Hansen 
I have 2 folders that have the same name on two different backup drives.  For 
the most part, they’re about 80% identical, but each of them does contain some 
files and folders that the other doesn’t.  I’d like to merge them into one 
folder, but every time I try to copy them, the only choices I get are “Stop”, 
or “Replace”.  I’ve already found out the hard way that if I choose “Replace” 
then the target folder will be completely deleted and replaced with the source 
folder, and I’ll lose any files or folders that aren’t in the source folder.  
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Blessings,

Brian

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ICloud music library discrepancies

2017-02-20 Thread Brian Hansen 
I’ve got a bit of a mystery on my hands.  iTunes on my Mac says that I have 
3945 songs in my music library.  The “Music Tracker” app on my phone reports 
that I have 3923 songs in my iCloud music library.  Is there a way to easily 
find out which one is actually correct without having to count by hand, or even 
worse, start over and rebuild my library from scratch?  Any and all help would 
be greatly appreciated on this one.

Blessings,

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Re: Finereader Pro

2017-02-20 Thread Andrew Lamanche 
Once the document is scanned and recognised, you can press command+s key 
combination to export the document  This will open a dialog window with all the 
available formats you can export into.  Once you choose one and the document 
has been exported, you can press command+s again and choose a different format.
> On 21 Feb 2017, at 02:44, E.T.  wrote:
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>   After a document is scanned and saved as a Finereader document, how does 
> one go back and convert to a different format? The format I had chosen did 
> not produce the desired results.
> 
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Re: Mail app

2017-02-20 Thread Andrew Lamanche 
In case it might come in handy, I have enabled folder actions on my downloads 
folder so that I get notified if a file is or has been downloaded into it.  
This is helpful as it reassures me that the download has started. 
> On 21 Feb 2017, at 02:43, E.T.  wrote:
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>   Running the latest Sierra and using Mail in classic view, what is the best 
> way to navigate and read the message and click on links?
> 
>   I had some trouble doing this plus on one link that was a direct download, 
> there was no indication I actually had downloaded a file until after a few 
> tries, I viewed the downloads folder.
> 
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Finereader Pro

2017-02-20 Thread E.T. 
   After a document is scanned and saved as a Finereader document, how 
does one go back and convert to a different format? The format I had 
chosen did not produce the desired results.


From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
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  mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
  our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
  and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

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Mail app

2017-02-20 Thread E.T. 
   Running the latest Sierra and using Mail in classic view, what is 
the best way to navigate and read the message and click on links?


   I had some trouble doing this plus on one link that was a direct 
download, there was no indication I actually had downloaded a file until 
after a few tries, I viewed the downloads folder.


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Re: The New Wave of "Unlimited" Data Plans: How Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT Compare

2017-02-20 Thread Scott Granados 
Thank you for posting this article, it pretty much aligns with what my 
experiences are and people I know.  T-Mobile and Verizon are the top players in 
the US now and AT and Sprint are far behind.
Sprint is a sad story.  They were at one point the best data provider.  
They had a 3G product that was rock solid, faster than Verizon, and all kinds 
of cool form factors.  AT was getting crushed by the exclusivity of the 
iPhone at that time so Sprint was the place to be for data.  Then Sprint 
decides to be the first 4G player and makes this really bad move in to WIMAX 
which was a technology operating up in the 3.5 GHZ band that gave you maybe 6 
megabits possibly as much as 10 down and 1 up.  The thing was it wasn’t very 
stable, you’d always get disconnected and it had 0 building penetration.  Your 
signal strength was so low while on WIMAX the way you knew which network you 
were connected to was if you read below 40% you were on WIMAX and 80 or higher 
you were on 3G.
Sprint spent huge money on this project while everyone else 
standardized around LTE and took their time bringing in a lot of talent from 
over seas especially from Korea where they do wireless like no other.:). One of 
my very good friends from verizon located here from Korea because he could do 
so well working for carriers and helping update the networks.
AT languishes after building out a very good first generation LTE 
network do to bad management and T-Mobile gets a crazy CEO who takes on the 
industry.  T-Mobile is run very differently from the other carriers.  They do 
not take excessive time to enable new features, they push the envelope and as a 
result have the absolutely fastest network in the US when you have good 
coverage.  Verizon decided to step up their game and I knew about the unlimited 
plans you’re starting to see now as far back as 2009.  Since Verizon and 
T-Mobile have built their networks correctly they have a massive amount of 
capacity that they can afford to sell at a more competitive rate.  It’s only 
going to get better.
Over the next few years some say by 2018 on the T-Mobile network and 
somewhere between 2019 and 2021 on Verizon you’re going to see 5G.  This will 
solve the last mile problem to the home permanently, this is why verizon froze 
a lot of their FIOS build out.  They will be able to beam to your home over a 
gigabit of internet connectivity and you’ll get your television and all your 
content over the same port.  No more pulling a wire to your house or fiber out 
to every building and apartment.



> On Feb 20, 2017, at 3:09 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone,  
> 
> Here is an interesting article that I hope you will find useful.  
> 
> The original article, complete with live links to the various carriers is
> located at:
> https://9to5mac.com/2017/02/19/the-new-wave-of-unlimited-data-plans-how-veri
> zon-sprint-t-mobile-and-att-compare/
> 
> Also, AT Wireless is offering 4-lines, unlimited talk, data, and text for
> $180 per month or 1 line for $100 per months.  As of today, they are not yet
> including tethering in their offer; however, I hope this will change soon.
> 
> See the text of the article, below.
> 
> Mark
> 
> The New Wave of "Unlimited" Data Plans:  How Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and
> AT Compare
> 
> Over the last week, all four of the major United States carriers either
> announced new unlimited data plans or made changes to existing plans in an
> effort to better compete. With all four carriers offering some form of
> unlimited data, now may be as good of a time as ever to analyze your current
> plan and think about switching.
> 
> Read on for a breakdown of what each plan has to offer.
> 
> The push towards unlimited data was really kickstarted last week when
> Verizon announced it's all-new unlimited plan. Shortly thereafter, T-Mobile
> in typical fashion announced that it was dropping two of the restrictions on
> its unlimited plan: HD streaming and tethering.
> 
> From there, Sprint announced changes to its unlimited plan, as well. The
> carrier, like T-Mobile, announced support for HD video and mobile tethering.
> Those changes came less than a week after Sprint announced a new plan with
> promo pricing. Then, AT announced that it was expanding its unlimited
> plan, which had previously been available only to U-Verse and DirecTV
> subscribers.
> 
> All of these changes can be a bit overwhelming, so we decided to put it all
> together into a nice, quick chart. For your viewing pleasure:
> 
> unlimited-data-plans-compared
> 
> There are a few things to note about the chart, though. For one, the
> pricing. T-Mobile's pricing is as you see it. The carrier, as part of its
> Uncarrier efforts, includes all taxes and fees in its advertised pricing.
> The same can't be said for the other carriers, though, who tack on taxes and
> fees after the fact, thus increasing the price. The price increase really
> depends on your

Re: We are getting Lyft

2017-02-20 Thread Scott Granados 
I just missed this type of thing being available in San Francisco when I was 
working in the city.  It sounds so much better than cabs!  I want to go back to 
the UAE where you can Uber a helicopter.;)

Very cool.

I can’t wait until there are fully autonomous Ubers.


> On Feb 20, 2017, at 4:47 PM, Larry Thacker Jr.  
> wrote:
> 
> LYft does a couple of nice things that Uber doesn’t.  You can set an 
> additional destination when you first set up the ride.  Of course with either 
> you can work with the driver, but it is nice to have that laid out to begin 
> with.  Also, it tells you the color of the car as well as the make.  That way 
> if you have some usable vision or what to ask someone with you to help you 
> look you have that very important bit of info.  I still stick with Uber most 
> of the time, but those are the differences off the top of my head that might 
> make you prefer one over the other.
>> On Feb 19, 2017, at 7:40 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn  wrote:
>> 
>> Well in lift you dont need to put in a destination unless you use line. I 
>> was able to get 5 dollars off my first rides by entering code 50twitter 
>> before booking my first ride. Be careful with Lift promos since they only 
>> last a few weeks after being entered so you probably want to wait until you 
>> are ready to book your first first trip. Also, note the price listed on the 
>> maps app includes any discount so my first ride was five dollars more than I 
>> expected. 
>> One other difference is Lift allows you to apply a tip in one dollar 
>> increments in the app after the ride is over. 
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> 
>> Jonathan Cohn 
>> 
>>> On Feb 19, 2017, at 6:03 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Well well well! Alabama is finally getting in the modern t times. Tomorrow 
>>> we get Lyft. What are the major differences between Lyft and Uber?
>>> Sarai D. Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli
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Re: Pages on iCloud

2017-02-20 Thread Donna Goodin 
Hi Chris,

I'm not the most experienced Pages user, but I have found it to be quite 
accessible on the Mac.
Cheers,
Donna
> On Feb 20, 2017, at 3:29 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> How accessible is pages under iCloud on the mac?
> When you log into iCloud, you can go into a web version of pages.  I brought 
> up a document but couldn’t do much of anything with VO.  
> Any similar experiences?  I’m trying to avoid buying pages since it didn’t 
> come with my 2012 mac mini.
> 
> Chris
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Re: We are getting Lyft

2017-02-20 Thread Larry Thacker Jr. 
LYft does a couple of nice things that Uber doesn’t.  You can set an additional 
destination when you first set up the ride.  Of course with either you can work 
with the driver, but it is nice to have that laid out to begin with.  Also, it 
tells you the color of the car as well as the make.  That way if you have some 
usable vision or what to ask someone with you to help you look you have that 
very important bit of info.  I still stick with Uber most of the time, but 
those are the differences off the top of my head that might make you prefer one 
over the other.
> On Feb 19, 2017, at 7:40 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn  wrote:
> 
> Well in lift you dont need to put in a destination unless you use line. I was 
> able to get 5 dollars off my first rides by entering code 50twitter before 
> booking my first ride. Be careful with Lift promos since they only last a few 
> weeks after being entered so you probably want to wait until you are ready to 
> book your first first trip. Also, note the price listed on the maps app 
> includes any discount so my first ride was five dollars more than I expected. 
> One other difference is Lift allows you to apply a tip in one dollar 
> increments in the app after the ride is over. 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Jonathan Cohn 
> 
>> On Feb 19, 2017, at 6:03 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Well well well! Alabama is finally getting in the modern t times. Tomorrow 
>> we get Lyft. What are the major differences between Lyft and Uber?
>> Sarai D. Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli
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Pages on iCloud

2017-02-20 Thread Chris Moore 
Hello,
How accessible is pages under iCloud on the mac?
When you log into iCloud, you can go into a web version of pages.  I brought up 
a document but couldn’t do much of anything with VO.  
Any similar experiences?  I’m trying to avoid buying pages since it didn’t come 
with my 2012 mac mini.

Chris

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The New Wave of "Unlimited" Data Plans: How Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT Compare

2017-02-20 Thread M. Taylor 
Hello Everyone,  

Here is an interesting article that I hope you will find useful.  

The original article, complete with live links to the various carriers is
located at:
https://9to5mac.com/2017/02/19/the-new-wave-of-unlimited-data-plans-how-veri
zon-sprint-t-mobile-and-att-compare/

Also, AT Wireless is offering 4-lines, unlimited talk, data, and text for
$180 per month or 1 line for $100 per months.  As of today, they are not yet
including tethering in their offer; however, I hope this will change soon.

See the text of the article, below.

Mark

The New Wave of "Unlimited" Data Plans:  How Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and
AT Compare

Over the last week, all four of the major United States carriers either
announced new unlimited data plans or made changes to existing plans in an
effort to better compete. With all four carriers offering some form of
unlimited data, now may be as good of a time as ever to analyze your current
plan and think about switching.

Read on for a breakdown of what each plan has to offer.

The push towards unlimited data was really kickstarted last week when
Verizon announced it's all-new unlimited plan. Shortly thereafter, T-Mobile
in typical fashion announced that it was dropping two of the restrictions on
its unlimited plan: HD streaming and tethering.

>From there, Sprint announced changes to its unlimited plan, as well. The
carrier, like T-Mobile, announced support for HD video and mobile tethering.
Those changes came less than a week after Sprint announced a new plan with
promo pricing. Then, AT announced that it was expanding its unlimited
plan, which had previously been available only to U-Verse and DirecTV
subscribers.

All of these changes can be a bit overwhelming, so we decided to put it all
together into a nice, quick chart. For your viewing pleasure:

unlimited-data-plans-compared

There are a few things to note about the chart, though. For one, the
pricing. T-Mobile's pricing is as you see it. The carrier, as part of its
Uncarrier efforts, includes all taxes and fees in its advertised pricing.
The same can't be said for the other carriers, though, who tack on taxes and
fees after the fact, thus increasing the price. The price increase really
depends on your location and it can be a pretty big chunk of change in some
areas. There's also activation fees to consider:
.Sprint: $25
.Verizon: $30
.AT: $25
.T-Mobile: $0

Furthermore, Sprint's pricing deserves an asterisk because of its
promotional nature. The carrier says that come March 31st, 2018, its prices
will rise to be more inline with what other carriers are charging. The first
line will run $60, the second line $40, and the third, fourth, and fifth
$30.
.1st line: $60
.2nd line: $40
.3rd line: $30
.4th line: $30
.5th line: $30

In terms of pricing, T-Mobile has the clear advantage if you ignore the
promotional pricing from Sprint. Though, if you need five lines, Sprint is
the best option. As for data, you get the most bang for your buck from
T-Mobile at 28GB per line before throttling kicks in. From there, Sprint is
slightly ahead of AT and Verizon.

One of the most notable differences is with hotspot support. While Verizon,
T-Mobile, and Sprint all offer hotspot support, AT does not. This really
sets AT's apart of the competition and you have to wonder if the carrier
will budge on this issue after backlash, but we'll have to wait and see.

So what unlimited data plan is the best?

T-Mobile-One

It's hard to say because there are several factors to consider. For one,
what carrier offers the best service in your location? If a carrier has a
slightly cheaper price but spotty service, you won't really be getting your
money's worth. You all also have to consider how many lines you'll need and
if you need hotspot support. For many, having a hotspot isn't necessary, so
it really just depends on your needs and wants.

If we had to pick, T-Mobile's ONE unlimited plan is the most well-rounded
and affordable option available right now. You get pretty much the same
thing as you get from other carriers for a solid price

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RE: Tek Talk for 2/20/17 at 8pm Eastern - Mark Taylor and the use of Twitter with iPhones, other smart phones, etc.

2017-02-20 Thread Simon Fogarty 
Hi Mark,

 That's today my time guessing the time will be either late tomorrow or early 
tomorrow morning.

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Subject: Tek Talk for 2/20/17 at 8pm Eastern - Mark Taylor and the use of 
Twitter with iPhones, other smart phones, etc.

Hello Everyone,

Tomorrow, Monday, February 20, 2017, I will be discussing Twitter on Tech Talk. 
An access technology forum.

I will paste in the info for the show below my signature.

I hope to see you there.

Mark

NEWSWIRE: MONDAY, February 20, 2017, featuring Mark Taylor and the use of 
Twitter, 5PM, PAC and 8 PM EST, in the PAT PRICE ROOM:

http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2

Mark Taylor, who is a former manager of new technology at UCLA and who is also 
the moderator of both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries support groups, is a 
longtime access technology enthusiast who has served as a beta tester for many 
popular smart phone products including iOS, Windows Mobile, Android, TV Guide 
Mobile, AT Wireless, 1-Password Pro, and the CVS Pharmacy mobile app.  Mark 
is also both a certified Unified English Braille transcriber and proofreader.  
You may contact Mark on Twitter.  His Twitter handle is @MarkMarcus.

Outline of Twitter Topics to Cover:

1. What is Twitter/A brief history including SMS.
2. The difference between Twitter and Facebook, when following someone.
3. Which Twitter app to download and on which platform.
4. Getting Help with Twitter.
5. The Twitter Timeline.
6. Using Twitter leverage/Getting better customer service from companies.
7. Twitter Handles.
8. How to find someone on Twitter.
9. Using Twitter Hash Tags.
10. Using Twitter Moments.

Co-Chair, Ken Metz
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Date: Monday, February 20, 2017
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