Re: Accessibility/usability of the DirecTV now app for Apple TV fourth GEN?

2018-03-05 Thread David Tanner
To select a network I go to the search box and it’s put in the name of the network and hit search button and it comes back with a list of everything on that network and then I can pick what I want if you’re looking for a networks such as ABC NBC or CBS one of those yet the end of the list it

Re: Apple Pay and Touch ID

2018-03-05 Thread David Chittenden
It is also bank and cost specific. I have one card which requires a pin when the amount is over $80, and another card from a different bank which requires a pin at $100. Both are on Apple Pay. Kind regards, David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +61 488 988 936 Sent

RE: Accessibility/usability of the DirecTV now app for Apple TV fourth GEN?

2018-03-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
How are you getting your network lists and adding stations to favorites? Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of David Tanner Sent: Monday, March 5, 2018 4:10 PM

Re: Apple Pay and Touch ID

2018-03-05 Thread Alex Hall
In my experience, this is location-specific. Ideally, no, you don't need to enter a PIN. But places still require it, such as Best Buy where I live. No one can tell me why, but I gather it's something to do with policy, or maybe the payment terminals in use. It's a pain, considering what NFC

Re: Updating Apple watch, do others have problems?

2018-03-05 Thread Alex Hall
It's a long shot, but could you delete the downloaded update? I know you can do that with iOS updates before they get installed, by going to your storage settings. I'm not sure if watchOS updates are similar, but it might be worth trying. -- Alex Hall > On Mar 5, 2018, at 17:55, Kawal

Re: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-05 Thread Alex Hall
I'm quite a fan of the new keyboards. I'm typing one one now, in fact. The keys travel very little, but once you get used to having a lighter touch, you can get going quite quickly. Keyboards are like speech synthesizers, in that everyone has their own preferences and dislikes. Really, the best

Re: Portable Preferences and VO's activity message

2018-03-05 Thread Alex Hall
Mine reverts to using Portable Preferences as well. In my case, though, the problem returned as soon as it started using my prefs, and went away again when I turned them off again. I'm sorry you didn't have the same experience. -- Alex Hall > On Mar 5, 2018, at 03:43, Ramy Moustafa

Re: Urgent please, Voice over acting strange in safari

2018-03-05 Thread Alex Hall
Part of this sounds simple. Open the VO Utility with vo-f8, go to the Commanders category, choose the Quick Nav tab, and find the checkbox for "allow single key navigation on webpages". It sounds like that has become unchecked. I'm not sure why you can't enter text, though. Maybe try

Re: VoiceOver Settings Activity

2018-03-05 Thread Ben Constantini
I am curious to see what the problem is also . I am kind of having the same issue . Ben C. > On Mar 5, 2018, at 3:41 AM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > > Hi Jonathan: > I find how to send my `Voiceover settings. > will attach them to you to see if there is anything wrong in

Re: Apple Pay and Touch ID

2018-03-05 Thread E.T.
Kawal, Thanks. Well I wonder if its bank specific. I entered all that information. I went into Wallet to see if there was something else but did not see where to edit the card details, but did not spend a lot of time looking. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many

Re: Apple Pay and Touch ID

2018-03-05 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi E T. You don't need to enter your debit card pin when you do Apple Pay. Did you set up your card details in Apple Pay to start with which you can find in your Wallet as you need to add your CSV number and your long card number if I remember rightly to get this going. Once you enter those

RE: Accessibility/usability of the DirecTV now app for Apple TV fourth GEN?

2018-03-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Can you mark stations as favorites? I didn't just want to use search. Wanted to see network list as well. Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of David Tanner Sent:

Re: Updating Apple watch, do others have problems?

2018-03-05 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Oh yes, I definitely have it on charge. It’s the iPhone that isn’t updating the Watch I don’t think. I am not sure. Sent from my iPhone > On 5 Mar 2018, at 7:34 am, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Do you have the watch on power / charger when your doing this? > > I do know it

Re: Accessibility/usability of the DirecTV now app for Apple TV fourth GEN?

2018-03-05 Thread David Tanner
I forgot to mention in the earlier message that using DIRECTV NOW on iPhone even the iPhone ate is working very nicely really like it. David Tanner >From my iPhone 7 > On Mar 5, 2018, at 3:51 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > > Like Sarah, I’m cutting the cord and looking for a

Re: Accessibility/usability of the DirecTV now app for Apple TV fourth GEN?

2018-03-05 Thread David Tanner
You should find it pretty good it takes a little getting used to but I have found if you use the search you can use it fine about anything you want fairly easily. David Tanner >From my iPhone 7 > On Mar 5, 2018, at 3:51 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > > Like Sarah, I’m cutting

Accessibility/usability of the DirecTV now app for Apple TV fourth GEN?

2018-03-05 Thread Phil Halton
Like Sarah, I’m cutting the cord and looking for a decent streaming package. Sling TV looked good or originally, but the accessibility of the app stinks. Now, DirecTV also looks quite good but I can’t really test out the app until I’ve signed up. Anybody have experience navigating the DirecTV

RE: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-05 Thread Rhanda Hasley
Yes, I'll definitely consider that as well. Thanks much, Rhanda -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Monday, March 05, 2018 8:11 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: More About

RE: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-05 Thread Rhanda Hasley
Great feedback and much good input to consider. Will take a closer look at the different keyboards as that’s a very important factor. Thanks very much for your suggestions. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Monday,

Unidentified Network

2018-03-05 Thread E.T.
Latest VMware Fusion running Windows 7 VM. Lately I am getting "Unidentified Network no internet access" after I load the VM. Today I finally disconnected the network adapter then reconnecting it. Before I did this, I had run diagnostics in Windows network settings which indicated something

Re: Apple Pay and Touch ID

2018-03-05 Thread E.T.
This worked for me today. Just curious that I still needed to enter the PIN for my debit card. If the terminal has no physical keypad, its no good anyway, 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

Re: Choosing my First MacBook, Air or Pro, and With or Without Touch Bar?

2018-03-05 Thread dan d.
There are other makers of expansion usb powered and unpowered docs then those by apple and at a great savings, consult amazon. On Sun, 4 Mar 2018, Mike Arrigo wrote: > One limitation of the 12 inch macbook, unless they have changed it is that > there is only one USB C port and that is also

Re: Adding items to the status bar.

2018-03-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, You're confusing some things here. You do not want Automatic Login enabled. That item is for having your computer log itself in without the requirement of entering a password. Even without the FileVault restriction, this is not a good idea at all. The is normal and expected behaviour

Re: Adding items to the status bar.

2018-03-05 Thread Jessica Moss
Ok, this is interesting, supposedly, automatic log in can’t be turned on because file vault is turned on. I had file vault turned on when I upgraded to Elcapitan, and that was never an issue. I don’t recall ever having to make any changes to my settings, so what’s the difference here, and if

Re: Adding items to the status bar.

2018-03-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, The start at login would be found in System Prefs, in the Users & Groups pane. Select the Login Items tab and check in the table to see if pCloud is listed. Don't worry about the checked/unchecked state, just that it is listed. If it is listed in there, then it should start at login.

Re: Adding items to the status bar.

2018-03-05 Thread Jessica Moss
I did mean the extras menu, but unfortunately don’t see any option to start from log in, which I find interesting, sense I’ve launched it multiple times, and all it does is show up with all my folders in it. > On Mar 5, 2018, at 11:04 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > She

Re: Adding items to the status bar.

2018-03-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, She may mean the Extras menu. Normally, pCloud leaves an item up there as well. Sometimes, after an update, it does not reappear in the Extras menu. Either starting pCloud from the Applications folder or a restart usually fixes the problem. The pCloud service is normally set to start

Re: Entering Two-step Verification on a Mac?

2018-03-05 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Well, my only experience is with Google, where I've used 2-factor for a couple years. Google's latest approach is a pop up message on your phone that asks you to click one of two buttons: That wasn't me That was me Pretty simple, actually. Fallbacks include text you a 6-digit code, or my

Re: Urgent please, Voice over acting strange in safari

2018-03-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, Perhaps you toggled the single key navigation while using QuickNav. I believe the keystroke to change this is VO-Q, but I can’t check right now. > On Mar 5, 2018, at 3:17 AM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > > Hi all: > > don’t know what’s going wrong, but my Voice

Re: Adding items to the status bar.

2018-03-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I believe you mean the side bar? Personally, I find typing the keystroke command-shift-I to be easier than navigating the sidebar. But to modify the sidebar items, open preferences while in the finder, and then click on the sidebar button in the toolbar. Best Wishes, Jonathan > On Mar 5,

Adding items to the status bar.

2018-03-05 Thread Jessica Moss
I’ve noticed that sense upgrading to siara, my PCloud icon has disappeared from my status bar, and I have no idea how to readd it. Can someone please tell me how to do this? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

Re: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-05 Thread lenron brown
The new keyboard sucks. I am a fan of the older style keyboard. On 3/5/18, Anders Holmberg wrote: > Hi! > Don’t forget the refurbished ones that lay around these days. > It can be something to consider if you’re out of money. > /A > >> 4 mars 2018 kl. 20:16 skrev Mike

Directv now Questions

2018-03-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys: Decided to try this service. How can you favorite networks on the iphone or apple tv apps? Is the only way to find networks by searching? The list doesn't seem to be accessible. Can you make the picture full screen on the phone? Can you see what shows you are watching and how can you

Re: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-05 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Don’t forget the refurbished ones that lay around these days. It can be something to consider if you’re out of money. /A > 4 mars 2018 kl. 20:16 skrev Mike Arrigo : > > Based on what you said you wanted to do, you would probably be fine with the > macbook air, I do

Re: Standing on the crossroad.

2018-03-05 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I got my android up and running and have to give it wone more try but not for too long. I will go the apple way as i want an apple watch or a smartwatch but fo r Android it seems to be hit and miss. SOmetimes they work and some features works but not all of them. I know that the apple watch

Re: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-05 Thread Donna Goodin
I agree with Simon here. I am not a fan of the MBP keyboard. I find it more difficult to orient to the keyboard, and I make many more typos than I did on my 2013 Air.. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 5, 2018, at 1:32 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Rhonda, > > I’ve only had a

Re: Portable Preferences and VO's activity message

2018-03-05 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Hi Alex: I stopped the Voice over portable preferences, and the same problem still. i Even noticed very strange thing, I restarted my Voice over and discovered that the portable preferences became active again, don’t know why. but i am sure that i stopped it. anyway my problem still happening.

Re: VoiceOver Settings Activity

2018-03-05 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Hi Jonathan: I find how to send my `Voiceover settings. will attach them to you to see if there is anything wrong in my settings. Thanks in advance -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of

Urgent please, Voice over acting strange in safari

2018-03-05 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Hi all: don’t know what’s going wrong, but my Voice over acting so strange inside safari. i could use the quick nav on, and use my H to move to next wedding etc, but now, nothing is working of these buttons, but when the quick nav is of, i can use vo+cmd+h for instance to go to next wedding,