Re: Does anyone use Chromecast?

2022-04-13 Thread Rob Bender
ons it does happen with our HomePods and Sonos speakers. But > I live in a rural area, so I’ve always assumed it’s because of our lousy > internet. > Cheers, > Donna > > >> On Apr 13, 2022, at 12:56 PM, Rob Bender wrote: >> >> Hi everyone. I h

Re: Does anyone use Chromecast?

2022-04-13 Thread Rob Bender
Hi everyone. I hope this is the right place to ask this question since this is not an Apple issue. I have a question about Chromecasting to smart speakers. We have a number of Google Homes in our apartment and TuneIn stations drop at different times during the day. Just wondering if this

RE: question for Caitlyn re Qardio app

2018-09-28 Thread Rob Bender
We received our Qardio Arm this week. We needed to have a sighted person click the check boxes for us and I have reported this to Qardio. My wife and I have it paired with our iPhones and it seems to work well now that our accounts are set up. I think now, we just need to get the placement of

Re: Seeing AI on iPhone 5S

2017-09-21 Thread Rob Bender
I just wanted to add that the short text and document Channels seem to work well on my 5S and I use the app to check my mail. If I need better recognition, then I would use KNFB Reader or PrizmoGo which is free. . > On Sep 21, 2017, at 6:47 PM, Jenine Stanley wrote: >

Re: Seeing AI on iPhone 5S

2017-09-21 Thread Rob Bender
Unfortunately, the bar code Channel doesn’t work on the 5S. The product channel doesn’t show up. I think that the processor or camera on the 5S were not good enough for Microsoft to include the support for the 5S. I don’t know all of the details, but it doesn’t work on my 5S. I would be

Re: preview pain in L Capitan

2016-03-02 Thread Rob Bender
That was so easy. I had been trying to do it using the instructions from the past using the trackpad. Thanks to everyone on this list. > On Mar 2, 2016, at 6:17 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Thanks much, that was what was needed. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... >

Re: Calibrating The iPhone Battery

2015-10-24 Thread Rob Bender
Hi Kawal and everyone. I tried this with my 5S and no VoiceOver or Siri when the phone restarted. I have a pass code on my phone so it looks like I will have to have someone enter my pass code and turn on VoiceOver for me in order to do anything. I was hoping I could do it from iTunes, but I

Re: Is Airplay fixed?

2015-09-22 Thread Rob Bender
I would try changing the audio ducking feature. That seemed to make a difference in IOS 8 and I am not sure about IOS 9. We are listening to something right now, otherwise I would try it on our Apple TV. > On Sep 22, 2015, at 11:56 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > That's

Syncing files

2014-12-27 Thread Rob Bender
Hi everyone. Is there an accessible program to synchronize files from a Mac to a NAS Drive? I have been previously using Sync Toy in Windows to sync files from the NAS drive to an external drive. Is there an accessible app for the Mac that would let me do this and give up Windows for this

Slow response on network drive

2014-12-03 Thread Rob Bender
Hello. I have a WD MyBook Live Duo network drive. I have very slow response time when opening folders when using my MacBook Pro mid 2010 model. I have fast response when accessing the drive from a Windows machine or with Windows 7 running under VMWare Fusion on my MaCBook. Does anyone have

Re: KNFB Reader iPhone App

2014-09-20 Thread Rob Bender
I also bought the app after hearing the Applevis podcast and reading about the results from others on the list. I had the opportunity to borrow a Nokia phone with the old KNFB app 4 or 5 years ago and was only ever able to get a few words from a page. I was able to sit at the kitchen table

Fire Wire drive ports not identified in the System configuration utility

2014-08-02 Thread Rob Bender
I have been running Mavericks since it's release. I have a WD firewire drive. The utility says that I have no firewire ports. I am still able to access my backups using USB but would prefer to use the firewire port. Will I need to do a clean install or is there a way to get the firewire

Re: A cautionary note about Mavericks installer

2013-10-27 Thread Rob Bender
Hi everyone. If I do a clean install of Mavericks, is there an easy way to restore my data from my time machine backup? The upgrade to Mavericks did not work for me, since the set up process quit unexpectedly. Thanks. On 2013-10-26, at 7:17 PM, Joseph Norton joseph.nor...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: A cautionary note about Mavericks installer

2013-10-26 Thread Rob Bender
Hi. This is very helpful. I wasn't able to get through the entire process when installing Mavericks. Perhaps something is wrong with my setup but I am sure that everything was updated before the install. If i can do a clem install, can I still restore everything from my last time machine

Re: Slow start-up and log-in

2013-04-29 Thread Rob Bender
, everything is working fine. You can also install SmartReporter which will notify you if this changes: http://www.corecode.at/smartreporter_lite/index.html CB On 4/27/13 8:23 PM, Rob Bender wrote: Thanks for the very helpful information. I wanted to try a few things before buying a $99

Re: Slow start-up and log-in

2013-04-27 Thread Rob Bender
performance. But if you can grab one of the more advanced disk utilities like the above mentioned Warrior and have somebody sighted with you, you might be able to resolve without re-installin Best wishes, Jonathan On Apr 25, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Rob Bender wrote: Hello. When I boot from

Slow start-up and log-in

2013-04-25 Thread Rob Bender
Hello. When I boot from My Mac Book HD, it takes almost 10 minutes to get to the log in screen and the log in is very slow after entering my password. I have a Superdooper backup which I used to restart the system, and everything works as it should. I repaired the disc and permissions on

Re: locking the mac update

2013-01-04 Thread Rob Bender
I tried it and it went to the login window. When I tried to voice over to the password field, I was back in my mail where I was before trying the shortcut. On 2013-01-04, at 6:11 PM, Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm that's weird. It takes me straight to my login window. Well