Re: Standing on the crossroad.

2018-02-28 Thread sandi sørensen
What i am wondering , is, what is the price for an workable android tablet, that i would actually be able to use? Do they work out of the box? If we are not allowed to talk about it here, let me know. Sandie Sent from my iPad > On 1 Mar 2018, at 06.39, Karen Lewellen

RE: Standing on the crossroad.

2018-02-28 Thread Karen Lewellen
Gosh I'm honored my words resonated. Seriously, in a different lifetime I spent several years introducing people to technology for the first time. Lots of them had heard stories of what there were supposed to be if they were a truly good example, yet equally unfortunate, insistence of what

Re: About the iPhone 8+

2018-02-28 Thread E.T.
I do not lose things but of course misplacing them is a different story. So will order some soon. 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 2/28/2018 9:35 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: Hi ET, Yeah I got a

RE: About the iPhone 8+

2018-02-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi ET, Yeah I keep one in each of my bags And one in my tool kit -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2018 6:29 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: About the iPhone

Re: Standing on the crossroad.

2018-02-28 Thread E.T.
Yup. Go for it. 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 2/28/2018 9:33 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: Voiceover lessons? Really is that the new line to use? I must go try that one. Sick man sick!

RE: About the iPhone 8+

2018-02-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi ET, Yeah I got a couple of them when I first got my 7+ over a year ago. I've still got the 2 extras I purchased and two more from my 7+ and the x I got last December, I sold the 7+ prior to xmas. I just got the apple ones which here are $25 each. -Original Message- From:

Re: New Phone

2018-02-28 Thread E.T.
Moi? Naw. It was a fun thought though. I wonder what would have happened had I not convinced her all was well... 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 2/28/2018 9:20 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: ET,

RE: Standing on the crossroad.

2018-02-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
Voiceover lessons? Really is that the new line to use? I must go try that one. Sick man sick! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2018 10:39 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: Standing on the crossroad.

2018-02-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Anders, Firstly, stand on the side of the cross roads not in the middle, it's very dangerous to stand in the middle of a cross roads intersection, Back to your android, When you start up the android after resetting it You hold two fingers on the screen and if it's a newish OS on the

Re: About the iPhone 8+

2018-02-28 Thread E.T.
I may get a couple spares since they are so small, easy to lose. I use neckloops both wired and BT. The BT ones are expensive and do not have user replaceable batteries so I tend to limit their use. I agree, in many cases stick to OEM items. You know, cheap becomes expensive.

RE: Standing on the crossroad.

2018-02-28 Thread myguidedogis
There was a news item where the iPhone X allowed the users daughter access to it. The claim was it was a one in a million chance that it would work. It did. So, nothing is full proof. David & his pack of dogs. Benny, no longer with us, Champ, Kendra, Richie, Sheena and Carmine. >From The

RE: New Phone

2018-02-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
ET, you’re a bad little alien, That's why we get on. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2018 5:09 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Phone Simon, Yes

RE: Preparing a Mac for disposal

2018-02-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Paul, If you wish to securely wipe your drive then you are best to start the machine up from a USB or DVD installation disk then run disk utilities from that USB or dvd media then secure wipe the machines internal drive And once that is done install the OS to a basic installation and I

RE: wi fi headphones for my Macbook Pro

2018-02-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Andy, The apple earpods would be an option, that is the wireless earpods which apple brought out a year or so ago. I have these for my phone and think they’re pretty good sound and a great size. I also have a pair of boes Bluetooth headphones which are over the head They are bulkier than

RE: About the iPhone 8+

2018-02-28 Thread M. Taylor
Hello E.T., I don't know many people who use the 3.5mm adaptor on a regular basis. However, I have not heard any reports of them being particularly fragile, either. Generally speaking, I purchase all of my Apple accessories directly from the Apple Store. I have not yet used my 8 Plus

Re: iPhone question.

2018-02-28 Thread Alex Hall
Best Buy has them, I believe. Here's the Apple website link for the product: https://www.apple.com/ipod-touch/ Remember, though, that these are older devices. They run a CPU that's a few years out of date, and no one knows when or if a new one will arrive. An iPod should work for a few years, as

RE: Standing on the crossroad.

2018-02-28 Thread M. Taylor
Karen, Your sentiment is absolutely beautiful. I completely concur with everything you wrote; and I truly mean it when I say that I could not have put it better, myself. Thank you so much for contributing to this thread. Sincerely, Mark -Original Message- From:

About the iPhone 8+

2018-02-28 Thread E.T.
Curious to know if folks find the lightning to 3.5mm adapter to last long. And if anyone has bought replacements, what brand? Also of interest is the wireless charging pad, is Belkin good? Thanks for feedback. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we

Re: FineReader Help

2018-02-28 Thread Nancy Badger
Hello, I usually get good results when I set the resolution at 300. I’m not sure what else could be going on. Are you sure that the scanner is one that is compatible with fine reader? That’s the only thing I can think of. Nancy Badger, Ph.D Executive Director of Counseling Old Dominion

Re: Standing on the crossroad.

2018-02-28 Thread Erik Burggraaf
I feel very lucky. When the technology upheaval took place, windows and Symbian were on the way out, iPhone and Android were on the way in, I was running a technology training company, and I got to try and use both. I was able to justify purchasing both when they were new, and I've been able to

Re: Standing on the crossroad.

2018-02-28 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi there, The things that excite or interest us about technology are truly personal things are they not? I mean you are the only person using your phone, your computer, your toaster for that matter. so, speaking only for myself, I have not ever resonated with tech decisions made via democracy

Re: Standing on the crossroad.

2018-02-28 Thread E.T.
I've never used an Android device but I am sure if I look hard enough at my iPhones I could find something to complain about. I may go back to th Verizon store and give the girl behind the counter some Voiceover lessons. She was impressed. From E.T.'s Keyboard...

Re: Navigating the Mail on Mac

2018-02-28 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Hi sir: I’m trying to find the subject when navigating, but could not do this. also, where is the classic view? > On Feb 28, 2018, at 9:47 PM, Matthew Dierckens wrote: > > Hi, do you answer your first question, if you attach files from finder, it’s > easier than doing

Re: Standing on the crossroad.

2018-02-28 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi ET! It seems that the Android system have some flaws insied. On the Iphone you can reset it without taking out the sim card. ON the Android you have to take out the sim card and then reset the phone. This is because some languages doesn’t have speech support. So yes the dissition is easy. /A >

Re: Standing on the crossroad.

2018-02-28 Thread E.T.
Anders. After my last flip phone died, I got the iPhone 5. That was 5 years ago. It outlasted the 2 flip phones added together. I just picked up new iPhone 8 Plus yesterday. It was an easy decision. Nothing id bulletproof. You will never find anything that is problem-free. From

Standing on the crossroad.

2018-02-28 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi friends! I don’t know what to do or think really. Yu know, i got my Iphone stolen a year ago. So i bought me an android device and was very happy with that. Then i bought another Android device which was faster and even more better. Today my intention was to reset the device back to factory

Re: Navigating the Mail on Mac

2018-02-28 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Hi: Copy?? it's very great will gona try it. Thanks On 2/28/18, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > One: you can select multiple non-contiguous items with the > control-option-command-return keystroke. Once you have all the items > selected, you can use standard commands like drag,

Re: Navigating the Mail on Mac

2018-02-28 Thread Jonathan Cohn
One: you can select multiple non-contiguous items with the control-option-command-return keystroke. Once you have all the items selected, you can use standard commands like drag, copy, delete. For your second question: I believe a, there is some kind of first letter navigation in the mail

Re: Berning an audio CD on mac

2018-02-28 Thread michael dailey
I just highlighted a few tracks and opened the File menu, and one of the options is Burn To Disk. Make sure your cd’s are music compatible. I think some are just for data, but i could be wrong. Mike Dailey mpd...@gmail.com > On Feb 28, 2018, at 1:57 PM, Ramy Moustafa

Re: Navigating the Mail on Mac

2018-02-28 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hi, do you answer your first question, if you attach files from finder, it’s easier than doing it through the attachments menu. So, you find the file you want, copier, go over to your Mail message, and paste it. Continue this procedure for as many files as you wish. To answer your second

Re: VoiceOver Settings Activity

2018-02-28 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Hi Jonathan: Thanks so much for helping, i tern The portable preferences on, but can not remember where Voice over stores them. i tried to know from Voice over, but i could not. so, can you tell me, how can i know this? Thanks in advance > On Feb 27, 2018, at 9:55 PM, Jonathan Cohn

Navigating the Mail on Mac

2018-02-28 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Hi all: I have some difficulties navigating the Original mail application inside mac OS. Let’s say that i can perform all things, but somethings took me a long time to achieve. here are my questions: 1- how i can add more than 1 file as attachment? i can attach 1 file, and if i need to attach

Re: Berning an audio CD on mac

2018-02-28 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Audio? How? iI followed all the system asked me to do, and there was no audio can you tell me how please? > On Feb 28, 2018, at 2:08 PM, michael dailey wrote: > > That is how I burn audio cd’s also. > Mike Dailey > mpd...@gmail.com > > > > > >>

Re: wi fi headphones for my Macbook Pro

2018-02-28 Thread 'andy' via MacVisionaries
Hi Alex. Thanks for all the information you have provided but ear-buds are not for me I'm thinking. I'd be afraid of loosing one of them and I don't wish to prevent friends in a pub from talking to me. My favourite headphones are Senhiezer, pardon the spelling, and they are about £55.00 but

Re: Preparing a Mac for disposal

2018-02-28 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, When you go to re-format your hard disk drive, you should be able to find an option to “safely erase” it. This is assuming you have a hard disk and not an SSD. The save erase function does not just mark all sectors as being empty, but also makes several write passes over each sector of

Re: iPhone question.

2018-02-28 Thread E.T.
Stacey, Go to the Apple Store online where they have sll things Apple. 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 2/28/2018 5:20 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: Thanks Alex, I’ve used them in the past. Can you

Re: New Phone

2018-02-28 Thread E.T.
Simon, Yes exactly what I was thinking. It was tempting too. 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 2/27/2018 11:54 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: Way to go ET, That's a new way to meet the ladies!

Re: looking for Smart TV recommendations

2018-02-28 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I recently heard a good demonstration of the Fire TV. > On Feb 27, 2018, at 3:48 PM, E.T. wrote: > > I recently got the Samsung UN40MU6300 40-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV > (2017 Model). Once set up. it works nicely with Apple TV. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... >

Re: looking for Smart TV recommendations

2018-02-28 Thread dan d.
The samsung line of tv's have speech access, including streaming capibility built in. On Tue, 27 Feb 2018, Phil Halton wrote: > Looking for any HD TV, 40 or 45 inch, and most especially with voice guidance > of some kind. I understand the Panasonic has a thing called vera which is a > voice

Re: iPhone question.

2018-02-28 Thread Stacey Robinson
Thanks Alex, I’ve used them in the past. Can you tell me how to find out how much the latest iPod touch would cost? Blessings, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Feb 28, 2018, at 6:14 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > There are also the screen protectors from

Re: wi fi headphones for my Macbook Pro

2018-02-28 Thread Alex Hall
For the record, you're looking for bluetooth headphone, not wifi. Just so your interactions with sales people go more smoothly. As to which to buy, that depends on a number of factors. Apple's AirPods are quite popular, and will pair with your iPhone automatically. Once paired, you can use

Re: iPhone question.

2018-02-28 Thread Alex Hall
There are also the screen protectors from Speed Dots. These give you dots in strategic locations, like the 5 on the keypad or where a back button usually is. The dots can't move, and some apps' controls won't line up with them, but they can be a big help if you find you need more tactile

Re: Berning an audio CD on mac

2018-02-28 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Hi Michael: I did what you told me, and i can burn data CD, but how about Audio 1? > On Feb 28, 2018, at 8:54 AM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > > Thanks so much Michael, but, will they be audio cd or mp3s? > >> On Feb 27, 2018, at 11:44 PM, michael dailey

Preparing a Mac for disposal

2018-02-28 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hi Andrew and Nickus, Many thanks for your help. I hope to sell or give away the old Mac but if no one wants it I will have it recycled. I am a bit paranoid about security and so want to be sure that all my private data is really gone before moving the Mac on. So can I use the disk utility

wi fi headphones for my Macbook Pro

2018-02-28 Thread 'andy' via MacVisionaries
Hi all. When in a pub or cafe trying to get used to my 2014 Macbook Pro, I am very much aware of the voice-over sounds around me whichenables others to pay attention in what I'm doing. I'm soon to visit the Apple store in Glasgow for help with an Iphone and was wondering if I could possible