Re: Apple concept would require users to input health data to keep using their iPhone

2015-04-10 Thread Mary Otten
I don't think something like that would ever fly in this country. Americans do not like being told what to do with respect to their personal lives and habits. I can't imagine anybody in Apple marketing letting this one slipped through. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. Smile. Sent from

Re: Apple concept would require users to input health data to keep using their iPhone

2015-04-10 Thread The Believer
Careful reading of this article suggests that it in fact would be a user option. The required bit does not mean if you do not comply, you do not get to use your iPhone. It means, if you set this up, your iPhone acts as a coach ensuring you follow your regimen. From The Believer. . . By

Re: To update to Yosemite from Mavericks or not

2015-04-10 Thread Alex Hall
My only complaints are that you have to click (with the mouse) to start Airdrop transfers, and some users find delays when using Vocalizer voices. I've started using Alex, though, and find I quite like him, and he has no delays whatsoever. There's a blog post on AppleVis detailing the changes

Re: mail app

2015-04-10 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Mail still occasionally has sync issues with gMail or other iMap installations. If you send, delete or otherwise do something that requires some mailbox movement, then attempt to quit Mail too quickly after performing this action, it will sometimes hang in the quitting process. I usually

I cloud Drive problems

2015-04-10 Thread Phil Halton
Certain apps that store files in iCloud drive are not showing up in the Mac browser for iCloud drive. Specifically voice stream writer although the files are actually stored there, there is no folder showing up for for Voice dream writer. In addition, the folder for Prismo isn't showing up in

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Yu make me Laugh. I have never understood the meaning of the apple watch nor other smart watches. I’ve touched a peble but was not impressed. I could actually by me an ipod nano and use that instead. /A 10 apr 2015 kl. 16:37 skrev Yuma Antoine Decaux jamy...@gmail.com: Hi All, Just

Re: I cloud Drive problems

2015-04-10 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, This is a known limitation of iCloud Drive. Look at http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/12/17/how-to-use-icloud-drive-on-the-web-ios-and-os-x for more information. Jut for fun, I used Terminal to get inside the iCloud Drive storage location, and there are lots of folders there that don’t

Re: To update to Yosemite from Mavericks or not

2015-04-10 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hi, Sorry if that message was mistyped, I was running out the door and using dictation. Yes, Alex is correct about the Vocalizer voices and clicking on airdrop transfers. Even deleting most of the voices doesn't help the lags with them. I, too, am using Alex more and more, and his responsiveness

having trouble networking my macbook to my desktop pc

2015-04-10 Thread ted phillips
Hi all. I am having trouble getting a seamless network going between my macbook and desktop pc. First of all, the only way I can get them to connect is by connecting as a guest on the windows computer, it will not take any of my passwords. Second, according to all the networking articles I

HBO Now on iPhone 5S

2015-04-10 Thread Jenine Stanley
So I just signed up for HBO Now and am trying to play videos on my phone. I assume this is possible and from the help screens I’m told to tap on the thumbnail to play the video. All I get are titles and when double tapping on them, the detail screens appear with no way to play the video itself.

Re: I cloud Drive problems

2015-04-10 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks Tim, that's a real big help. I'm assuming then that we could use terminal to actually get at the file stored in the iCloud Drive folders. Sent from my IPhone On Apr 10, 2015, at 4:50 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, This is a known limitation of iCloud Drive. Look at

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
I’m sorry, I just can’t understand the pessimism. Always the same with new Apple stuff: it will fail, it has no obvious use case, blah blah blah. Accessibility notwithstanding, I’m surprised people got nothing from the keynote address other than Apple Watch has the ability to send heartbeats

Re: HBO Now on iPhone 5S

2015-04-10 Thread Brett C.
This is what I've managed with sighted assistance. If you slide your finger above the title of the program you wish to play, voiceover doesn't say anything, but there is a picture. Place your finger in that sort of silent area, turn off voiceover and tap the screen. If you're lucky, the video

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. I go to the Apple store tomorrow afternoon for an appointment to look at an Apple Watch. I've one in my basket but I'm interested in Voice Over plus I have other questions. Once I've seen it, I'll report back. I want it for the heart monitor as I explained before, I walk two hours a

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread David Chittenden
All of the watches have the same interface and the same internal technology and features. The watch you looked at, with the metal band, which you stated the cost of $1295 AUD, is about $1000 USD. The cheapest apple Watch is the Apple Watch with a plastic band for $595 USD, around $695 AUD. The

Re: I cloud Drive problems

2015-04-10 Thread Alex Hall
For what it's worth, I'm on 10.10.3 and can see voice Dream Writer's folder in my drive. Are you running Yosemite with the latest update? Perhaps this got silently fixed? On Apr 10, 2015, at 6:38 PM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Tim, that's a real big help. I'm assuming then

Re: I cloud Drive problems

2015-04-10 Thread Phil Halton
Yes, I’m running the latest OS X. I could see Voice dream writer’s folder yesterday, but not today. Have rebooted, reset iCloud drive etc and still no joy. On Apr 10, 2015, at 7:09 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: For what it's worth, I'm on 10.10.3 and can see voice Dream Writer's

Re: I cloud Drive problems

2015-04-10 Thread Phil Halton
Tim, can you tell me where we would find the iCloud Drive folder under terminal? I can’t do a lot of typing with a wrist injury (carpel tunnel) and knowing where to go in the folder structure would save a lot of trouble. On Apr 10, 2015, at 4:50 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi,

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread Joanne Chua
FFor those that complain about how heavy the watch is, have you guys honestly ever see a real man watch in your life? Not talking about those cheapies that you might pick up on wall mart, or Cosco, but a real watch that is cost $300 and above? Have you guys, also, ever see other smart watch to

OS X 10.10.3 and Time Machine

2015-04-10 Thread Agent086b
Hi, anybody found Time Machine much faster since installing OS X 10.10.3? I backup to Time Machine about 2 - 3 times per week to a USB drive. The rest of the time I rely on an online backup. I backed up today 8gb and it took no time at all. Max. -- You received this message because you are

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread Barry Hadder
Comments below. On Apr 10, 2015, at 5:55 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu listse...@me.com wrote: Come on, guys. It’s a small device that you can wear on the wrist. Don’t you see any potential there at all? The remote control you’ve always wanted? Doesn’t a new remote control interfere with the

Re: HBO Now on iPhone 5S

2015-04-10 Thread Jenine Stanley
Thanks. Discouraging but thanks and glad you were able to figure this out. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Apr 10, 2015, at 6:58 PM, Brett C. blindinnova...@gmail.com wrote: This is what I've managed with sighted assistance. If you slide your finger above the title of the

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread The Believer
What I find so very interesting is how these types of discussions go on and on about new products, how some people state they would never buy it, yada yada yada. At the end of the day, what is the point? Don't like it? Its too heavy. Too big. Too expensive. Too small. Too cheap.

Re: OS X 10.10.3 and Time Machine

2015-04-10 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi, Yes I can confirm this. My time machine backup today took much less time than usual. Lisette On 11/04/2015, at 11:40 am, Agent086b agent0...@internode.on.net wrote: Hi, anybody found Time Machine much faster since installing OS X 10.10.3? I backup to Time Machine about 2 - 3 times

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Superb reply. Really informative mate Yuma Antoine Decaux Light has no value without darkness Mob: +61 410732547 Skype: Shainobi1 twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 On 11/04/2015, at 2:53 am, george b gbma...@gmail.com wrote: Well then don’t buy one From:

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Alex, You seem to miss the point. I am an apple buyer since its early days. Marketing was always there, and its the reason why I have stuck to it. But it has evolved to forget that it’s supposed to not follow the microsoft route, with products loosing focus and having that right balance

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
If toilet notification handling is the first thing that comes to mind my friend, then you made the right choice of taking the sports edition :). It’s pessimism because I touched the thing and was really dissapointed with the form factor which just doesn’t feel like apple. It’s not slick, its

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
It’s not about comparing the apple watch with another watch price wise. I Said that I have worn watches including a piget, a tag heueur and even a simple swatch. The experience of holding it on your wrist, design wise is already a no no when I wore the apple watch. Read a bit more before you

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread Alex Hall
Sorry, I've misrepresented my own position. I'm not sold by the marketing, and I'm not buying a Watch right now. I, too, will await generation 2; let the early adopters figure out the use cases, let Apple trick out the next Watch with way more than this one has, and fix the bugs the testers

Pairing a Bluetooth display with the mac

2015-04-10 Thread Deb Lewis
Hello: I usually use braille with UsB on the mac. Now I think I know why. I’m trying to pair my braille display but it’s not happening. The mac sees the display, I press the pair button and I’m told to enter the pin on the display. I enter it, I assume in computer braille but I’ve tried

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Believer, Rightly said, however here’s a few points. there’s a product called usb to thunderbolt converter I’m forced to buy because i bought an apple product. Not saying this because I don’t like it, but its a design decision against standards that one or other company forces which forces

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi Alex, Yes, I am with you on the potentials of this type of device, the applications that can come out of it are innumerable. it can help with orientation, being notified quickly and checking the notification etc but there’s another problem here, mainly because the watch had a lot of hours

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread The Believer
Yuma, When the iPhone first came out, I had a hard time believing a blind person could use a touch screen when it eventually began to be made accessible. But at some point, I began to consider the merits of an iPhone. Then the time came for me to replace an old cell phone and I got the

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
See, it’s about choice again. Yet choices force you to other choices. Like chess. If you make a move, you’re forced to make another one, and that’s where it cascades into having to make a lot more purchases than you initially thought of. A house is the biggest avalanche of custs one can decide

Apple concept would require users to input health data to keep using their iPhone

2015-04-10 Thread Barry Hadder
http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/03/26/apple-concept-would-require-users-to-input-health-data-to-keep-using-their-iphone http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/03/26/apple-concept-would-require-users-to-input-health-data-to-keep-using-their-iphone Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com -- You

Help to get MoneyTalks on the Mac

2015-04-10 Thread Rob
Dear List, Please take the time to let APH, American Printing House, know that their wonderful program for Windows, is needed on the Mac. I have been using MoneyTalks since 2005. I would now like to see it ported over to the Mac. Please follow the below link to let your voice be heard on this

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread The Believer
Perhaps it is choice, I see it as part of the initial decisuon. I have a Macbook Pro, and have added things to it but do not feel forced. Its first generation, let the pioneers blaze the trail for us. I can wait. I waited 5 generations for the iPhone. And let the brave pioneers smack

Re: Just had my hands on an apple watch today

2015-04-10 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
It’s reviews from people who have had it for weeks now. John Gruber of daring fireball, and others. Yuma Antoine Decaux Light has no value without darkness Mob: +61 410732547 Skype: Shainobi1 twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 On 11/04/2015, at 12:49 pm, The Believer

Re: Help to get MoneyTalks on the Mac

2015-04-10 Thread The Believer
Has APH expressed ANY desire to do this? MT has not been updated in what, 2, 3, 4 years? Do they have a financial incentive to vreate an OS X version? From The Believer. . . By way of the Chariots of the Gods cameth the Aliens who dwelt amongst the humans, and bringeth much knowledge.

Re: OS X 10.10.3 and Time Machine

2015-04-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hello guys I have been told by the Genius Bar that I am going to have to eventually do any race and reinstall of Yosemite. This is because of my iCloud drive. The basics are that about a month ago, I had my Mac with me and my broom display. One of the Apple representatives asked if you could