RE: Apple's headphone scam

Hi folks, This change that is at this stage still a rumour is at least 6 months away and lets face it, the headphone jack wont change over night,because it’s used by all. If apple go with the thinner iPhone 7 or what ever they call it, and therefore remove the 3.5 mil jack, they will most

remote access

Hi List, I'm trying to find something to allow me to remotely admin my Mac machines, but when I try with the built in remote tools in either Yosemite or elcapitan voiceover doesn't give me any feedback via the remote connection. Does anyone know of a remote desktop tool that will allow for

Re: Apple's headphone scam

What about one unit for all? No you have external battery and soon adapters with dac for 3.5mm plugs. Much external stuff to carry around, Humoristic said, like a joke, iPhone is an external Phone for iWatch. Serious: Down the road, there probably will be all wireless connectivity between

Re: requesting help from anyone using linux sonar in a virtual machine

Michael Marshall writes: > hey, > thanks for that command, so i type the word orka and - and then S? Almost. I guess VO didn't pronounce the dash in that command. Here's a bit more info ... 1.) You need to wait awhile for the Fedora Live image to boot. From a cdrom this takes longer than

Re: requesting help with linux and VM Fusion on mac.

Hi, Michael: Michael Marshall writes: > what linux do you use? I've been a Fedora user since the days it was just called Red Hat. At various times I have also had Debian machines. I currently also have Arch on an old laptop, and have had a go at installing Arch in a VMware vm. > if you use

Re: requesting help from anyone using linux sonar in a virtual machine

Hi Again, Michael: You've found me out! I tend to run my integrity checks on Linux, which I nfs mount to my Mac. However, a quick Google search for: osx checksum brings up several relevant results. Off the top of my head I wouldn't know whether or not any graphical checksum checker is

Re: remote access

Mine is probably not the answer you're wanting, but I bring it up for completeness. You should know that you can ssh into your Mac and do that way everything you can do from a Mac terminal prompt. Clearly, that's not the same as getting a remote desktop, but it is very reliable and gives you the

Re: problems with shared folders between mac and linux sold

Hi Janina, On 18 Jan 2016, at 22:06, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote: > Well, if you mean the integration of all the tools in an out of the box > installed product, it's certainly there on Linux for many users. The > a11y use case has also been

Re: some very good news for users of media human youtube to mp3 converter and VO

hey, this is one program that you have to update because youtube keeps changing there algorithms so the program updates when they occur. > On 20 Jan 2016, at 2:58 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > Oh cool, thanx for sharing this, I didn't know that even still worked. The

Re: How to stop automatic downloads of IOS updates?

Wow! thanks for this, it was an entertaining, albeit exacerbating read. :) I mean, seriously. If you don't want to download an update, why the would you want to download it and let it take up all that space on your device? I have to agree with the comments that talked about Apple

VLC for Apple TV review: Goodbye format woes

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Re: Ad blocking extensions for OS X El Capitan

Hi Grant, Briefly there are two ways to do ad-blocking in Safari: event-based and list-based. The event-based method is exclusive to OS X and has been around for quite a bit; the list-based method is new to iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan. The market on the Mac has been served by event-based ad

Re: How to stop automatic downloads of IOS updates?

Hi Donna, I regret that the answer you are looking for is, “You can’t.” See this: http://osxdaily.com/2016/01/04/stop-ios-software-update-notification/ Read all the comments too; fun stuff. The best options you have are to either go to cellular full-time, leave the downloaded updates on the

Re: Why do I want an Airport router?

On the subject of NAS, what do you mean by "building one for myself"? Don't I just plug a 2TB drive into a router's USB port and allow network access? There's redundancy to consider, but we'll just be using this for movies of which we still have DVDs, so I'm not overly concerned about that. >

Re: How to stop automatic downloads of IOS updates?

I don't think iOS updates download over cellular networks, do they? I've always been advised that I need to connect to Wi-Fi to download a new version of iOS, even when I try to initiate the update myself. Therefore cellular data usage should not be a problem. As well, once the update finishes

Re: remote access

+1 I can configure and generally manage Apache running on a remote Mac Mini pretty well with just SSH. You might be surprised what you can do with a little Googling around. For example, depending on your flavor of OSX, you can install all updates by typing sudo softwareupdate -iva. You can,

Re: Need a bit of USB sound education

If you are trying to get 5.1 out of your Mac, does your amp have an optical input? If so, it might be easier to skip all the USB stuff and just run optical from the mini to your surround-sound amp. CB On 1/18/16 9:57 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. My wife says they are green, orange—red?—and

Re: requesting help with linux and VM Fusion on mac.

It's been a while since I did this but OSX has nfsd pre-installed and you only need to set it up. From my old notes I think I had to set up my exports file in /etc/exports (see man exports). I wanted to backup some mysql files from a Centos box to my mac so I had a drive on the Mac called

Re: requesting help with linux and VM Fusion on mac.

Thanks, Chris. This is very helpful. Using my ssh session into my mac, I do: which nfsd And, get the result: /sbin/nfsd Bingo. There is indeed a daemon for serving up the Mac's file systems via nfs. I'm obliged to you! Janina 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries writes: > It's been a while

Re: How to stop automatic downloads of IOS updates?

Grant, With all due respect, read the earlier messages in this thread. The problem is that my friend's cellular provider is also his ISP. He has a shared data pool for both wifi and cellular. So theoretically, yes, he could run around the house every night turning wifi off on all his

Re: remote access

Ironically one of the things you can’t do from the command-line on OS X is to update OS X Server, because that’s now delivered from the Mac App Store. There are also some things which are possible from the command-line, only by editing plist files, which means that for all practical purposes

RE: remote access

Hi Janina, Thanks for this, yes I had thought of this but I'm not sure that would work well in a trouble shooting or desktop support role where the machine most likely wont have SSH enabled, but for my own machines it's probably a good idea. Thanks though I might have a play with this tomorrow

How to stop automatic downloads of IOS updates?

Hi all, I'm actually posting this for a friend who lives in a rural area. He has lousy internet connectivity, and wants to stop automatic download of IOS system updates. anyone know of a way to do this? The setting to disable app downloads in iTunes?App Store settings only applies to

Re: Apple's headphone scam

Hi, I think "have to" isn’t the way too look at it. I mean, we didn’t have to abandon the 3.5 floppy, or the optical drive, or traditional hard disks. We didn’t have to abandon CRT monitors, and non USB connections for keyboards and mice. For either form or function, something better comes a

Re: Having trouble reading a document with VO

Hi, Been using a Mac since 2008. Provided your interacting with the body of the text, I’ve never had this problem. So that leads me to ask, are you interacting with the text? Thanks. > On Jan 18, 2016, at 7:22 PM, denise avant wrote: > > I wonder if this issue has

Re: Apple's headphone scam

A couple reasons. The first being money. Why pay Apple to license airplay to put in your headphones, when you can just use bluetooth for wireless connectivity. Second is quality. I can tell you, I’ve had airplay drop far more than I’ve had bluetooth drop. hth > On Jan 18, 2016, at 5:12 PM,

Re: Ad blocking extensions for OS X El Capitan

Hi, One I've been using for a while on both Windows and Mac is Adblock Plus from https://adblockplus.org/ It seems to work well, and is easily configurable. It's been around for a few years now. I hope this helps, Jeffrey On 1/19/2016 12:23 AM, Grant wrote: Hi all, I’m sure you all know that

RE: How to stop automatic downloads of IOS updates?

Hi Donna. There is no setting to stop iOS updates. However, if your friend fills up his or her phone, there wouldn't be any room for the updates to download. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype Username: bbstheblindrapper

Re: help with podcasting

Hands-down I suggest Amadeus pro. Although, and this is not a plug, I wouldn't try to figure it out without the good tutorials put out by Jonathan Mosen. The various audio and editing cursors, as well as a few other issues, will give you fits unless they are properly explained to you. I mean,

Re: How to stop automatic downloads of IOS updates?

Hi Shawn, Yep, he knows that, but he's hoping for another solution. :) thanks, though! Cheers, Donna > On Jan 19, 2016, at 8:26 AM, BBS wrote: > > Hi Donna. There is no setting to stop iOS updates. However, if your friend > fills up his or her phone, there wouldn't be

Re: Apple's headphone scam

Ah that’s the difference, you paid for it, I freaked the call.:) From the Rock and Roll truck stop no less where each table had an AC outlet and a payphone. Ah good times. Go 212 Metal Shop! > On Jan 18, 2016, at 12:47 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >

Re: Apple's headphone scam

Nobody would care.:) It’s not that big of a deal. They will include a free set of cans with the new phones, people pair with bluetooth anyway and a very small subset would be upset but as long as an adapter exists which I’m sure one will then most will be happy. I’m skeptical as to the gain

Re: Apple's headphone scam

Actually, you can do more with a 3.5 MM jack than your thinking including 5.1. I have a DAT machine that uses the 3.5 inch jack format on the DAT side to provide SPDIF and there’s an adapter to the standard RCA type SPDIF connector. You’re drinking the cool aid to much on the lightning cable,

Re: Why do I want an Airport router?

I would like to support these statements. I find the wireless on the airport superior. It’s not the fastest WiFi but it’s much much faster than any connections available to the home and it’s very stable. Also propagates much farther than other routers. It’s very simple, stable and just

Re: some very good news for users of media human youtube to mp3 converter and VO

Oh cool, thanx for sharing this, I didn't know that even still worked. The last few times I tried using it, it just sat there and didn't do a thing. On Jan 17, 2016, at 7:15 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > That's awesome news! > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 17, 2016, at 4:18

Re: How to stop automatic downloads of IOS updates?

Hello Donna, On my iPhone, in Settings/iTunes & Appstores, under the heading Automatic Downloads, I have the following items turned off: Music, Apps, Books, Updates. I manage everything from my Mac and back up to my Mac. I had to restore my iPhone the other day as it was behaving erratically and

Re: Apple's headphone scam

Exactly, My family and I are all IPhone users, and all of them accept myself are sighted, and my dad and I have both had complaints at one point when IOS 6, I think it was, came out, that allowed maps to announce turn-by-turn directions, but it also had a lot of other issues, and he and I both

Re: Why do I want an Airport router?

Well of course, if the router is right next to the TV anyway, then an Apple TV actually isn’t a bad fit at all. But your speakers need to be up to the task if you are going to get much enjoyment out of them. AirPort Express is a network audio receiver that can also be a router. Apple TV is a

Re: Apple's headphone scam

Ok, I'm really confused here, how exactly is this supposed to work here? is this secondary adapter we carry around with the headphones themselves, or a whole different set of headphones we have to purchase? On Jan 18, 2016, at 5:54 AM, Terje Strømberg wrote: >

Re: Why do I want an Airport router?

By building a NAS, I meant either getting or building a computer and running Linux on it, or turning a Mac Mini into a NAS using external drives, or whatever. It would be home-grown and not a NAS product. If it is acceptable that your data be on one disk, then by all means grab the Extreme or

Re: importing audiobooks into iTunes

For various reasons, I leave my CD audiobooks in my Music library. I don’t mind too terribly. The biggest reason that putting CD rips into the Audiobooks folder doesn’t work is that iTunes is not so great at supporting any book bigger than one track. In particular, iTunes plays

Re: How to stop automatic downloads of IOS updates?

Hi Donna, I’m not sure there is a way to stop it all together. If its a poor cellular connectivity issue more than wifi/home broadband, your friend should try going into settings/cellular, and turning settings off. I believe this will prevent the update from being downloaded via cellular data

Re: How to stop automatic downloads of IOS updates?

Hi Anne, Thanks. Unfortunately, the setting you're talking about only pertains to purchased content, not to IOS itself. The problem that my friend is having is that his ISP is also his cell carrier, so whether he's on wifi or using cellular data, it all comes from the same pool, and he has a

Re: Apple's headphone scam

Heh yes I remember that one. Well, that may be one way to "collect" feedback. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 1/19/2016 8:45 AM, Scott Granados wrote: I wouldn’t go that far, the leak what

Re: importing audiobooks into iTunes

Sabahattin, Really? Is this some sort of method that keeps the iBooks sector and Audible in business? (tongue in cheek) Well I think I will get the AudioBook Builder app, its only $5 and see how it all works out. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that

Re: Apple's headphone scam

Its anybody's guess until September. Until then, its nothing but speculation. Apple, as well as any other company, is not in the habit of releasing information ahead of product release to market. To do so is suicide. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that

Re: Apple's headphone scam

I wouldn’t go that far, the leak what they want to create buzz as well. Many of the rumors are dead on and you should weight the sources by their previous accuracy. Also, sometimes you even have apple leaving devices in bars, oops.:) > On Jan 19, 2016, at 11:37 AM, E.T.

Re: importing audiobooks into iTunes

On 19 Jan 2016, at 17:00, E.T. wrote: > Really? Is this some sort of method that keeps the iBooks sector and > Audible in business? (tongue in cheek) Doubtful, although it was revealed by reverse-engineering of the Audible Enhanced format that it is, in fact, an

Re: Having trouble reading a document with VO

I am inclined to think of this as a bug though. If you move the cursor and VO is tracking the cursor, then VO should interact as necessary to follow the cursor. Yes? Merely putting up with it, or becoming mechanically inclined to work around it, is a bit silly. Tell Apple, as usual. That