Re: How To Stop Those Annoying, Endless Robocalls To Your Smartphone, USA Today

2017-04-17 Thread Scott Granados
Try doing a pattern match on 9 digit US social security numbers or 16 digit credit cards. YOu’d be surprised what’s posted online.;). I’m building a block list that blocks automatically most telemarketers and scammers etc. They get through once in a while but you just add them when you find

Re: Massive bug in the latest update of twitters app for the mac

2017-04-17 Thread Michael Marshall
thanks a lot. can other people become testers? > On 18 Apr 2017, at 5:20 am, Brian Fischler wrote: > > You may want to listen to the latest episode of my podcast iAccessVO as we > had one of the developers of Twitterrific on to discuss Project Phoenix their > Mac client

RE: 2-Step Verification

2017-04-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Scott, In my case it was just the poiont that the 2ta was being recorded by the system, not that the location of the hack was, just the way apple work here I guess. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott

RE: How To Stop Those Annoying, Endless Robocalls To Your Smartphone, USA Today

2017-04-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Ok, that's bloody scarey stuff, I just googled my mobile number and not only is it on there I was the one that posted it in an email to another list. Hells teeth. Crazy crazy stff. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On

Re: 2-Step Verification

2017-04-17 Thread Scott Granados
That generally means someone’s trying to break in to your account if you’re not causing it yourself. I would as Simon mentioned though possibly turning it off and then turning it on everything you have and make sure it works. If you continue to see the message and your devices are accounted

RE: 2-Step Verification

2017-04-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Jeff, My thought would be to turn them all off and then one by one turn them on again until such time as you figure out which one is giving you the prompt. I know here in NZ 2 factor authentication is a surprise I got the message that someone in a city 1800 Km away from me was accessing

Re: How To Stop Those Annoying, Endless Robocalls To Your Smartphone, USA Today

2017-04-17 Thread Gabe Griffith
Hello, Yes, tapping the power button twice will decline the call and send it straight to voicemail. Gabe Sent from Gabe's iPhone > On Apr 17, 2017, at 8:10 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Exactly what I do, ignore callers who are not in my contacts. I also press > the sleep

Re: How To Stop Those Annoying, Endless Robocalls To Your Smartphone, USA Today

2017-04-17 Thread E.T.
Exactly what I do, ignore callers who are not in my contacts. I also press the sleep button to stop the ringing. I think pressing sleep twice sends the caller straight to voicemail, not sure. A legitimate caller will leave a voicemail. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you

Re: How To Stop Those Annoying, Endless Robocalls To Your Smartphone, USA Today

2017-04-17 Thread Sharon Hooley
I want my policy to be to remember not to answer every ring with a stranger’s number. If the person really wants to talk, he/she can simply leave a message. But thanks for sharing. It would probably cut down on the ringing. I wish everybody would show those scammers that their work isn’t

How To Stop Those Annoying, Endless Robocalls To Your Smartphone, USA Today

2017-04-17 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, I hope you find the following article helpful. Mark HOW TO STOP THOSE ANNOYING, ENDLESS ROBOCALLS TO YOUR SMARTPHONE By Jennifer Jolly, Special for USA Today. Have you noticed an uptick in those super annoying robocalls, telemarketers, and scams hitting up your smartphone all hours

Re: Shopping on Amazon using Safari on Mac OS

2017-04-17 Thread Portia Scott
Hi, Someone said if you disable the mouse cursor follows VoiceOver option, this will fix it. Also, yes the http://www.amazon.com/access site does work, however, you can't filter by price, etc. Appreciate the help, for sure. Blessed be, Portia. On 4/17/17, Scott Granados

Re: 2-Step Verification

2017-04-17 Thread E.T.
Each device has a unique name, or should. Might check each one in its settings to determine that. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it."

2-Step Verification

2017-04-17 Thread Jeff Berwick
Hi all, Every few days, I get a notice on my iPhone that a device near my city is attempting to login using my Apple Id. I can either allow or not, but I can’t figure out which device might be requesting permission as I am not using anything else at the time. I have several Apple TVs, a

RE: File transfer for mac and Voiceover.

2017-04-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Anders, Just thinking though, can you setup a mapped drive to a mobile device? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Tuesday, 18 April 2017 3:21 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: Opinions wanted: Speed Dots for new iPad user?

2017-04-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Scott, I'm interested in why you would say don't use the dial pad or keyboard dots? Surely using the dial pad at least would be a better way to learn than using siri? I would think siri is a more advanced option than actually knowing how to dial and besides I'd be surprised if this client

RE: A Blind legend

2017-04-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
What is a blind legend? I know I'm one in my own lunch box but in the case of this post what is a blind legend -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jessica Moss Sent: Monday, 17 April 2017 11:49 PM To:

RE: File transfer for mac and Voiceover.

2017-04-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Andrers I might have missed this but what about a memory card? Don't the moto G take micro SD memory cards for storage? Can't you just copy to that then put the chip back in the phone and listen? Or am I mistaken about the phone having Micro SD storage? -Original Message- From:

RE: Opinions wanted: Speed Dots for new iPad user?

2017-04-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi alex Isn’t there a product available like a a screen protector that has dots already printed for some of the characters / features on the screen of the iPhone or iPad? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Monday, 17

Re: Massive bug in the latest update of twitters app for the mac

2017-04-17 Thread Brian Fischler
You may want to listen to the latest episode of my podcast iAccessVO as we had one of the developers of Twitterrific on to discuss Project Phoenix their Mac client and accessibility. You can listen hear the interview is probably 25 or 30 minutes in to the show.

RE: A Blind legend

2017-04-17 Thread myguidedogis
Could you give me the money to buy it? Since it is so cheap. Huge grin. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of afik Suffir Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 7:54 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Blind legend

Re: Looking for a VoiceOver Script

2017-04-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I had an ida on this one. There is a iTunes remote by Apple on the IOS App Store. I believe that if you start a playlist with this app controlling your Macintosh, then you can read the up next area of the remote app. I can't assure you of the reliability of the app. While I was trying to learn

Uploading my iTunes music to google play

2017-04-17 Thread Mary Otten
Hello all, I want to upload my rather substantial iTunes music library to google, so that I can use it with Google play music, either from my iPhone or an android device. I did some googling on the subject, and it appears that there is an app called Music manager from Google, which you used to

Re: File transfer for mac and Voiceover.

2017-04-17 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! That could be a very intresting sollution. I will check this out later. /A > 16 apr. 2017 kl. 09:39 skrev Simon Fogarty : > > HI Anders, > > Apologies for th edelay, > > One thing I use which only works for work currently is > VPN connection to the network I'm

Re: A Blind legend

2017-04-17 Thread afik Suffir
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Re: Opinions wanted: Speed Dots for new iPad user?

2017-04-17 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Alex, Never used them on the iPad, but have used them on an iPhone. As others have suggested, since this person doesn't type, I'd probably not go with the qwerty keyboard model, as having that many dots might just be confusing. But I do think the other model would provide the orientation

Re: Opinions wanted: Speed Dots for new iPad user?

2017-04-17 Thread Stacey Robinson
Alex, I’ve used speed dots protectors on iPhones and they are helpful. I got to a point where I don’t need a screen protector at all anymore. I would highly recommend speed dots products. Peace, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.

Re: Opinions wanted: Speed Dots for new iPad user?

2017-04-17 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Hello Alex, As you're starting out with an iPad, the SpeedDots tactile screen protectors are very helpful. You are able to orient properly, (such as showing the tabs at the top of the screen in apps like Safari and mail), and for certain keys on the keyboard such as extra punctuation and

Re: Opinions wanted: Speed Dots for new iPad user?

2017-04-17 Thread Scott Davert
Good morning, Alex. I have found the SpeedDots screen protectors to work, but if you introduce too many applications at once, that it can be more confusing. In the case of what you are describing, given the info I have, I would suggest the model without the qwerty keyboard dots on it, since this

Re: A Blind legend

2017-04-17 Thread Jessica Moss
It’s available in the app store last I checked. The only thing that stopped me from buying it, was that I don’t have the cash to shell out for it. > On Apr 16, 2017, at 8:23 PM, Vaughn Brown wrote: > > Hello! > > I'm writing to ask if there is a way to download A

Re: Shopping on Amazon using Safari on Mac OS

2017-04-17 Thread Scott Granados
DOn’t forget to put a smile in front of the amazon URL so instead of www.amazon.com try smile.amazon.com. If you have a charity defined it will take a small percentage of your transactions and donate it to your charity of choice. Good feature. > On Apr 16, 2017, at 4:09 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu

question about airdrop transfer notification

2017-04-17 Thread Michael Marshall
hey all, the other day i decided to try and airdrop something from my iPhone to the mac. The notification appeared on the mac but quickly went by the time i got to it. how do you find a Notification after it has disappeared? I looked in the notification centre but could not find anything. thanks

Re: File transfer for mac and Voiceover.

2017-04-17 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Well mostly music is what i want to copy since my bloody Moto G 5 doesn’t love to login to apple music for some odd reason. SO now my apple account has been locked and i have unlocked it but it will take a couple of days as i was unlocking it with my phone number and not one of my other

Opinions wanted: Speed Dots for new iPad user?

2017-04-17 Thread Alex Hall
Hello all, I'm working with a client who has never touched a computer and does not type at all, nor do they use braille. Therefore, we're starting on an iPad, because of the easy dictation, ability to touch the screen to explore it, and so on. One difficulty is orientation on the screen. We're

RE: Tactile Dots

2017-04-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi ET, Just had a similar situation with my iPad mini case / keyboard, Needed dots to indicate number keys along the row, Smaller than the average keyboard I had to cut things down, Think I used Lock dots and then went crazy with small sizzors I'd be going for those with sizzors to carve