Wiping the Hard drive clean in a 2011 Mac computer

2016-05-24 Thread Helga Schreiber
Hi all! This is helga! How are you all? Below will be a question that my friend Greg ask me regarding his 2011 Mac computer, but I don't know the answer for it. Hopefully some of yu can answer his question. he is not part of the list though. However, I will forward him the answers tht you

Re: music gear and accessibility was Re: Question about DJay for OSX

2016-05-24 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Chris, Oh, thanks for letting me know. :) Well perhaps I will give it a second listen and see what I think. As far as pianos I already have, Aside from the bundled ones in Logic, (of which some are really quite good) I have many Roland pianos in a module I have called a roland Integra 7.

Re: State of PDF accessibility?

2016-05-24 Thread sadam ahmed
Hi Tim, I just wish Apple would make PDF content accessible instead of getting a third party app. If they did that I would totally switch to the Mac full time. Have purchased PDFPen and will play with it this weekend. Thanks for sending through your thoughts very helpful. Kindest

Re: Question about volume button on 4th Gen Apple TV

2016-05-24 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I don't think so. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. clgillan...@gmail.com Phone: (704) 256-8010. - Original Message - From: "Michelle's Home Emails" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 12:26 AM

Re: Question about volume button on 4th Gen Apple TV

2016-05-24 Thread Michelle's Home Emails
Hi Dodda and all, Michelle Stevens here, Does Braille work on the new Apple TV, similar to our other Mac and phone features? That would be really useful if I can use my Braille display Bluetooth. Kind wishes Michelle Sent from my iPhone > On 24 May 2016, at 11:52 PM, Donna Goodin

Re: falling in love with Screen Flow!!!

2016-05-24 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Actually Ray, you've tought me more than I already knew from that last message. I've only had screen flow for all of maybe a week and a half. So, I'm incredibly new to this, and still am a very very baby learner. That's what I love though so much about this list, and about the blind mac

Re: falling in love with Screen Flow!!!

2016-05-24 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Yeah, I'm with Ray. I need to look at the documentation, but as far as I know, at least on the exporting side of it, it only does MP4. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. clgillan...@gmail.com Phone: (704) 256-8010. - Original Message - From: "Ray Foret

Re: couple of questions re Audio descriptions on NetFlix

2016-05-24 Thread Donna Goodin
When I turn off the Apple TV, I go to settings, and Click Sleep Now. It turns off the Apple TV, and our TV. then, when I press the remote, it automatically wakes up the Apple TV and turns on the actual TV. It's great! Donna > On May 24, 2016, at 7:33 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn

Re: falling in love with Screen Flow!!!

2016-05-24 Thread Ray Foret jr
Heh heh heh. Now that was funny Chris. Anymore little tricks I should know about Screen Flow? Sent from my Mac, The only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user!

Re: falling in love with Screen Flow!!!

2016-05-24 Thread Ray Foret jr
Not of the top of my head. From what I can tell, Screen Flow exports as mp4 but maybe it also does more formats. Just haven’t looked yet. Sent from my Mac, The only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very happy Mac,

Re: falling in love with Screen Flow!!!

2016-05-24 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I'm glad that you were able to make some progress, Ray. It's always nice when I can turn someone on to such a useful app to help them with their screenflow, uh, I mean, workflow. LOL! Just kidding. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. clgillan...@gmail.com

Re: falling in love with Screen Flow!!!

2016-05-24 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Do you know which formats are supported? Jürgen Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 25.05.2016 um 02:43 schrieb Seyoon Choi : > > Hi, > Thanks for this useful tricks. I am a heavy video editor as well, and I’ve > always thought Apple’s video editor like Final Cut pro and

Re: A Question Regarding Twitter Hash Tags

2016-05-24 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Mark, either Tweetings or Twitterific will let you follow a hashtag, but not be notified when someone posts to it, the latter could get rather noisy and I know of no client that has implemented this for that reason. I do my radio show, the Mosen Explosion, on Mushroom FM, where we have a

Apple Watch saying "no Siri connection"?

2016-05-24 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, My Apple Watch has been humming along perfectly since I got it about two months ago. Then, within the last few days, it's lost its Siri connection twice. Plus, today, it only received some notifications, not all that it should have. Both times, turning it off and on again has fixed the

Re: falling in love with Screen Flow!!!

2016-05-24 Thread Seyoon Choi
Hi, Thanks for this useful tricks. I am a heavy video editor as well, and I’ve always thought Apple’s video editor like Final Cut pro and iMovie would be the only choice when it comes to editing videos. I make a lot of YouTube videos, so I find this to be helpful. At first Screenflow’s own

Re: couple of questions re Audio descriptions on NetFlix

2016-05-24 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I don't remember seeing turning on TV as an option, where is that? Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On May 23, 2016, at 12:16 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > I actually love that feature. > Cheers, > Donna >> On May 23, 2016, at 11:15 AM, Scott Granados

Re: State of PDF accessibility?

2016-05-24 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I've found that PDFPenPro handles columns and other layered layouts much better than Preview. When listening to VO reading out the document, it usually reads it out in a far better order so that it is easier to understand. I do primarily use Preview but have found that PDFPenPro handles

PDFPen for iOS

2016-05-24 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, For those of you interested in PDFPen for iOS, please consider the response from Smile Support pasted below before your purchase. Certainly isn't a show stopper, but worth considering. "Regarding PDFpen for iOS, currently the VoiceOver support is not adequate in PDFpen 2 to do more

Re: A Question Regarding Twitter Hash Tags

2016-05-24 Thread Ben J. Bloomgren
You know, Mark, I have wondered how people do that. I've heard of contests wherein the winner tweets using a hashtag. I just looked in Tweetings for iOS, and I don't see it there either. A lot of companies use Tweetdeck, but I haven't found that that app was really any good. it was clunkier

A Question Regarding Twitter Hash Tags

2016-05-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, I am cross posting this. Can anyone recommend a good VoiceOver accessible iOS app that allows one to either follow or be notified of updates to a hash tag? As it currently stands in the Native iOS Twitter app, while one can search for hash tag items, it is not possible to save that

Re: Bluetooth headset

2016-05-24 Thread Stacey Robinson
I just find it very difficult to use. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On May 24, 2016, at 2:25 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > Really? What Do you not like about it? >> On May 23, 2016, at

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! This is in the airport utility yes. You have to select the device to edit first and then double tap the edit button. I assume you do it on your iphone. /A > On 24 May 2016, at 21:53, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hey Scott, > > I'm not seeing an Edit Option. Is this within the

Re: A number of questions from a Nubie

2016-05-24 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Chris, in terms of a Pages tutorial, Anne and Archie Robertson have produced a book covering using Pages from a blindness perspective. It's a comprehensive resource and you can find it here. http://mosen.org/index.php/mymacpages/ Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks,

falling in love with Screen Flow!!!

2016-05-24 Thread Ray Foret jr
I seem to recall somebody out there on this list wanted a good or at least decent video editor. Well, I think I may have found it at last. Screen Flow. That’s the one that Chris uses do do his youtube videos. Chris was more right than he knew!!! I mean totally right!!! I have already

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Donna Goodin
Hey Scott, I'm not seeing an Edit Option. Is this within the Airport Utility? TIA, Donna > On May 24, 2016, at 8:13 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Ah you have an airport extreme, very good so do I so I can be helpful here.:) > > > Go in to network under the edit option

Re: battery drain on 6S

2016-05-24 Thread Donna Goodin
Good to know. thanks! Donna > On May 24, 2016, at 2:41 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I don’t regrett i’ve bought the SE. > Its small enough to fit in a pocket without any problems. > I didn’t like to have the 6S in a pocket on my Jeans so this is a great plus >

Re: battery drain on 6S

2016-05-24 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I don’t regrett i’ve bought the SE. Its small enough to fit in a pocket without any problems. I didn’t like to have the 6S in a pocket on my Jeans so this is a great plus for me. The Touch Id is a bit slower on the SE but thats not a problem for me. The only downside is that Voiceover sounds

Re: Bluetooth headset

2016-05-24 Thread Jessica Moss
Really? What Do you not like about it? > On May 23, 2016, at 11:17 PM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > > I also have the LG TonePro and don’t like it at all. > > Blessings, > Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. > > mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net >

Re: Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-24 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
PPTP is a particular VPN protocol, so you don’t choose between PPTP and VPN but PPTP and some other protocol. PPTP is very convenient because it’s widely used and supported by everything, but it’s less secure than other protocols such as OpenVPN or IPSec. I prefer IPSec myself, as it’s

Re: Bluetooth headset

2016-05-24 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Krister, you’re not alone. Despite my best efforts to like both Bluez 2 and Trekz Titanium, I’m afraid they just aren’t for me. I will need something louder, with more clarity. I’ll take the risk of using them only while I’m travelling with sight, and keep the Bluez for solo trips with

Pptp or vpn.

2016-05-24 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! There’s a Vpn service in Sweden called Bahnhoff that can give me Pptp or vpn for a very low price. However what is the difference between a vpn and pptp. Is there less security in the later or is it the same as a vpn? Thanks. /A -- The following information is important for all members of

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Try forgetting and re-adding the Wi-Fi network on your iPhone. Sometimes I found that if the watch had been set up after the Wi-Fi network, then the watch didn’t receive the necessary key. Also make sure your Wi-Fi network offers DHCP (almost always the case), you’re using a simple shared key

Re: Facebook on the Mac.

2016-05-24 Thread christopher hallsworth
Used to use Trillion, but confessed to have not used it lately so glad Facebook is still working there. Sorry about that. > On 24 May 2016, at 18:55, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hi Chris. That's not true. Trillian still supports Facebook. > > Shawn > Sent From My White

Re: Facebook on the Mac.

2016-05-24 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Chris. That's not true. Trillian still supports Facebook. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > On May 24, 2016, at 12:42 PM, christopher hallsworth >

Re: Help needed navigating iTunes on a Mac

2016-05-24 Thread Chris Moore
Hi Chris, I listened to your iTunes podcast and commend you for the effort. My question is when I am in the edit box VO + down just beeps and does not leave the edit field. This is different behavior from what you described. Any thoughts? Thanks Chris M > On May 24, 2016, at 9:00 AM, Kimber

Re: Facebook on the Mac.

2016-05-24 Thread christopher hallsworth
It can’t be done now as Facebook shut down the Jabba protocol. This applies to all third party clients not just the Messages app. > On 24 May 2016, at 18:16, sadam ahmed wrote: > > Just wondering the steps for setting up Facebook in the messages app? > > > If some one

Re: simple video editor

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Berry
Yes I have used them on the Mac before. I am not a regular user but the person I have been working with is trying to make accessibility better. I think it’s a one man show so we just need to let him know what’s wrong and I am sure he’ll try to fix it. > On May 24, 2016, at 5:23 AM, Ray

Re: Focus Blue 40 braille display not working on the Mac computer when using Bluetooth

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Berry
Maybe we need to tell accessibility directly we don’t think the engineering team isn’t listening and that might put a fire under them. I have reported that my braille display hasn’t worked on the Mac for gosh four versions now. > On May 24, 2016, at 6:12 AM, sadam ahmed

Re: Facebook on the Mac.

2016-05-24 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I posted instructions a few days ago, but FaceBook has moth-balled it's Jabber server. Therefore, the Messages app is no longer a viable solution for FaceBook messaging. There are some other apps people have suggested like Trillion although I've never used them myself. Later... Tim

Re: TV for Apple TV

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
Visio is a good brand on the low end price range. You get a lot for your buck, if that helps. > On May 24, 2016, at 12:45 PM, E.T. wrote: > > So many choices and many strange brand names too. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many

Facebook on the Mac.

2016-05-24 Thread sadam ahmed
Just wondering the steps for setting up Facebook in the messages app? If some one could post the instructions would appreciate it. Sadam Ahmed -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
The name should be the same including case and all the security settings / keys should be the same which they almost certainly are. I’ve seen very few units that support different keys and security for 2.4 and 5.0. The general settings I use are a decently secure key, WPA2 security, yes

Re: TV for Apple TV

2016-05-24 Thread E.T.
So many choices and many strange brand names 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 5/24/2016 6:19 AM, Scott Granados wrote: There are, there still are options from small on up. I’d definitely

Re: Computer repeatedly trying to connect to bluetooth speaker

2016-05-24 Thread E.T.
Kimber, In System Preferences, Sounds, at the bottom enable "Show volume in menu bar". Go to menu extras, arrow over to sounds then hold down the Option key and click the lower left corner of the trackpad. You will see a list of the input and output devices on your system. You can

Re: Editing an audio file.

2016-05-24 Thread Stacey Robinson
where do I find audacity and does it work well with VO? Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On May 24, 2016, at 10:57 AM, Carter Temm wrote: > > Give Audacity and

Re: State of PDF accessibility?

2016-05-24 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Tim, Would you mind sharing how pdf pen pro is better from preview? I did try one of the earlier versions and couldn't find a way of working in it at all. Maybe it's improved. Can it handle tables better for example? Many thanks Andrew > On 23 May 2016, at 21:48, Tim Kilburn

Re: Editing an audio file.

2016-05-24 Thread Carter Temm
Give Audacity and try. It's not the easiest audio editor to work with, but it sure does the job Sent from my iPhone > On May 24, 2016, at 10:36 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > > Hi, > I have an mp3 file that I would like to edit the end from. > I’m running Yosemite. >

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Jenine Stanley
Scott, is there anything else that needs setting when giving both networks the same name? Sorry if I missed that. Hey, I’m not quite 1 of the 1% but creeping that way. I judge not. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com > On May 24, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Scott Granados

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2016-05-24 Thread jeff `greene
Hi, I don't remember who was interested in this app to backup bootcamp, but I heard from the developer. Apparently most buttons are labeled, but they have a few voiceover users who have had some problems. Russ from the developer advised me to give the basic version a try and if it didn't work well

Editing an audio file.

2016-05-24 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi, I have an mp3 file that I would like to edit the end from. I’m running Yosemite. Can someone tell me how to do this with quick time or recommend a free accessable audio editor? Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net

Re: simple video editor

2016-05-24 Thread Ray Foret jr
By “Apple’s video editor”, do you mean imovie? I seem to recall Chris posting here last night that in Screen Flow, the I key sets the in marker which I guess maybe sets the beginning point of a selection. The letter O sets the out marker which determins the end point of a selection. I guess

Re: Question about volume button on 4th Gen Apple TV

2016-05-24 Thread Donna Goodin
Well, glad I could help you out for a change. :) For what it's worth, our TV is also a Samsung. Thanks for the network tips. I have to get to work, but will mess around with that later on today. Hope the TV volume thing works for you. Cheers, Donna > On May 24, 2016, at 8:40 AM, Scott

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
Under phone under settings on your 6s+, see if you have WiFi calling and if so enable it. This enables the WiFi calling features on the watch. For me I need this feature enabled, not sure if others have this issue. Try that and let us know if it helps. Others may have a better idea. > On

Re: simple video editor

2016-05-24 Thread Seyoon Choi
For my production on YouTube I record videos using Screenflow than edit with Apple's video editor. I have both iMovie and Final Cut pro which in my opinion seem to work best. VO is able to identify most but all helptag and editing isn't too complicated. If anyone knows a way to use Screenflow's

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi Scott, I'm on the 2.4ghz network but my watch says disconnected when I turn Bluetooth off. How do I go about fixing this? Sent from my iPhone 6S Plus > On May 24, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Well, you say that now but when people find out I’m one of

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
Well, you say that now but when people find out I’m one of the 1% all bets are off.:) One more point on the 2.4 verses 5G thing that’s worth mentioning since you mentioned issues. The 2.4 signal carries further and penetrates walls better etc but is slower. The 5.0 GHZ can carry well but

Re: Question about volume button on 4th Gen Apple TV

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
Whoa, that’s cool nd would be nice as I find the show audio low and VO hot. I’m going to try this, thanks for the suggestion. > On May 24, 2016, at 9:29 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > It's funny, last night, it did exactly what I would have expected. When I > press the button

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Jenine Stanley
Thank you so much for that excellent explanation. You are worth every penny they pay you for such things. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com > On May 24, 2016, at 8:59 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Dona, SSID is a fancy word that keeps people like me employed. It

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Jenine Stanley
I wasn’t aware of the 2.4 versus 5gb wifi issue. Could explain some former inconsistencies here at home. At work, no problems. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com > On May 24, 2016, at 8:11 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Ok, so here we have the sollution. >

Re: Question about volume button on 4th Gen Apple TV

2016-05-24 Thread Donna Goodin
It's funny, last night, it did exactly what I would have expected. When I press the button when VO is speaking, it modified that volume. If I pressed it when a show was playing, it modified the TV volume. That's exactly what I wanted it to do, so life is good. I'm not sure why it wasn't

Re: TV for Apple TV

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
There are, there still are options from small on up. I’d definitely go flat screen if you can and I’m not sure your budget. Amazon has good deals. You can get a 40 inch Samsung 4K TV for about 500 bucks which means you can go far cheaper with fewer features and smaller screen. Lots of

Re: Question about volume button on 4th Gen Apple TV

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
My TV and Apple TV has only ever modified the master TV volume. If it helps it’s a Samsung smart TV which does seem to support all the various protocols over HDMI. > On May 23, 2016, at 10:44 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Donna, > > This is an excellent question and one

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
Ah you have an airport extreme, very good so do I so I can be helpful here.:) Go in to network under the edit option and select wireless, under there you can see, I believe it’s under advanced the 2.4 and 5.0 network name, it’s probably the same if you didn’t specifically define different

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Scott. OK, so you can tell it's been a long time since I set ours up. lol Can I assume, since I did not set up two SSIDs that my Airport Extreme is using the same one? Cheers, Donna > On May 24, 2016, at 7:59 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Dona, SSID is a fancy

Re: music gear and accessibility was Re: Question about DJay for OSX

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
While we’re on this topic. Has anyone used a Mac pro, not a Macbook pro but A Mac Pro, the big daddy of desk tops. Can I assume voice over works just the same on the pro as it does on the laptops and IMac? I’m thinking about jumping in on this protools thing after what I’ve been reading now

Re: music gear and accessibility was Re: Question about DJay for OSX

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
Reality sucks, drugs help though. :) Seriously, you work with what you got as they say. Nothing wrong with that at all. I’m fat and happy now but I’ve been working at it for 30 years and definitely been way on the other end of that spectrum, to the point I had to steal electricity. so no

Re: Help needed navigating iTunes on a Mac

2016-05-24 Thread Kimber Gardner
Hi Chris, Do you have a tutorial for the older version of iTunes? I don't have version 12.4 and can't upgrade to it because my os is too old. Thanks, Kimber On 5/23/16, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > Kimber, > > You may want to have a look at my Youtube channel, as I

Re: iPad Pro 9.7inch.

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
I have to say, I like the air 2. I am using one as the front end controller on one of my drones and it’s pretty snappy and rock solid. The network support is also quite good. It doesn’t have the lower bands that the pro has that my carrier supports but luckily where I’ve used it had good

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
Dona, SSID is a fancy word that keeps people like me employed. It means the network name, so if you’ve set your network name to something other than the default NetGear or DLink you’ve changed your SSID.:) On modern routers you have a separate field for 2.4 and 5.0 ghz and many people do

Re: battery drain on 6S

2016-05-24 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Anders, I was very intrigued when the SE came out. Just curious, how are you liking it? Other than the battery issue, do you prefer it over the 6S? Anything you liked better on the 6S? I know a lot of that is subjective, but I'd love to hear your thoughts. Cheers, Donna > On May 24,

Re: A number of questions from a Nubie

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
Mary, great suggestion, John does good work! > On May 24, 2016, at 12:44 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > > There is also the website mac for the blind which has tutorials, and the > website owner does training. > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 23, 2016, at 9:34 PM,

Re: A number of questions from a Nubie

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
+1 to Chris’s and Sean’s training, also BlindcoolTech had some podcasts from Mike Erigo that were very good. I used one on Voice Over and another on VM Fusion to get myself started on the mac. > On May 24, 2016, at 12:34 AM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hey Chris. That's

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Donna Goodin
OK, maybe this is a dumb question, but I've never paid any attention to the SSID. How do you set them up to use the same one? Cheers, Donna > On May 24, 2016, at 7:52 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Sorry for missunderstanding you. > Will do that later on here. > /A

Re: A number of questions from a Nubie

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
Chris, way to go, nice machine and the advantage of buying higher on the scale is your machine will last you a long time. I still have Macbook pro laptops in service in my family from 2011. As far as the word processing goes, I like pages myself. It’s included and has the ability to read and

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Sorry for missunderstanding you. Will do that later on here. /A > 24 maj 2016 kl. 14:39 skrev Scott Granados : > > Why not use the same SSID on 5.0 and 2.4, your phone will auto join 5.0 and > your watch 2.4 and things work nicely. This is what i do at home. > >> On

Re: Focus Blue 40 braille display not working on the Mac computer when using Bluetooth

2016-05-24 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I don’t think they understand what we are talking about. For now i have given up on their accessibility team. I don’t have the strength due to personal problems. Maybe later but its frustrating to read all thank you and we appreciate messages. /A > 24 maj 2016 kl. 14:12 skrev sadam ahmed

Re: battery drain on 6S

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
+1 to this, I don’t use my phone as a phone either. I communicate over other applications over the network if I use voice for the most part and it’s mostly about the data services for me. The phone these days is the least thought out weakest part of the device.:) > On May 23, 2016, at 3:46

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
Why not use the same SSID on 5.0 and 2.4, your phone will auto join 5.0 and your watch 2.4 and things work nicely. This is what i do at home. > On May 24, 2016, at 8:11 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Ok, so here we have the sollution. > I use 5ghz wifi for my

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
Chris, you don’t, it mirrors your settings on the phone and you have to have the following caveats in place. (same SSID on 2.4 and 5.0 ghz or 2.4 ghz only, no security other than PSK, and you have to have joined the SSID) Hope that helps. > On May 23, 2016, at 6:32 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Granados
It’s not something Apple talks about much but yes, WiFi is available. It’s secondary to bluetooth and only kicks in when bluetooth isn’t available but it’s definitely in there. Probably signs of things to come. > On May 23, 2016, at 6:31 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland >

Re: State of PDF accessibility?

2016-05-24 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I’d say well it depends on the pdf-s. I have some manuals here i can read with preview. I haven’t tried Adobe since i don’t like their products on windows either. /A > 23 maj 2016 kl. 20:36 skrev Jonathan C. Cohn : > > Unfortunately, yes. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan

Re: Focus Blue 40 braille display not working on the Mac computer when using Bluetooth

2016-05-24 Thread sadam ahmed
It kind of seems braille support on the Mac is a bit of an after thought. iOS works quite well. People have given feedback but it continues to be horrible. I just hope things improve in the next version of the OS. On 24/05/2016 6:41 AM, Walkaway Gucukoglu wrote: Hello Anne. Sorry for the

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Ok, so here we have the sollution. I use 5ghz wifi for my Iphone which i prefer over 2.4 ghz. So i guess i will have to use bluetooth anyway. /A > 23 maj 2016 kl. 15:32 skrev Scott Granados : > > So yes and no. > > Yes, the watch can work over WiFi, you have to have WiFi

Re: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! THe strange thing is that it does not work for me. I see if a restart will fix the problem. /A > 23 maj 2016 kl. 15:29 skrev Daniel Miller : > > Hi. With Bluetooth off, yes, the watch still communicate over Wi-Fi. You'll > be able to do things like send messages, check

Re: battery drain on 6S

2016-05-24 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! My 6S had to be charged evry day. Thats why i bought an Iphone Se. /A > 23 maj 2016 kl. 13:55 skrev Jenine Stanley : > > I think I recall someone else having this issue recently but for some reason > my phone battery is draining at what I think is an alarming rate.

Re: simple video editor

2016-05-24 Thread Ray Foret jr
Well, some buttons remain unlabeled and have no help tags. Also, the editing function seems to have no way to set in and out markers on the time line and the video downloader part needs a lot of work still because mainly of unlabeled buttons and controls and it seems not possible to select a

Re: A number of questions from a Nubie

2016-05-24 Thread Devin Prater
Also, if you don’t feel like paying for training, apples.com has plenty of guides and podcasts, and there’s always this list to ask questions on. Sent from my Mac. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com > On May 23, 2016, at 11:44 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > There is also the

Re: simple video editor

2016-05-24 Thread Scott Berry
Hey ray, I wonder what you mean by minimal. If you can explain that more I’ll go back to them and ask them to make more changes. > On May 23, 2016, at 8:24 PM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > > Was wondering what you used to put that together. The people who make Total >

Re: Bluetooth headset

2016-05-24 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, I don’t want to offend in any way but what do you think is so great about the Bluez2 S? The sound is beyond horrible, with only midrange and no bass nor treble whatsoever, the only thing that sounds decent are phone calls and here we have another interesting issue: While on a phone call I

Computer repeatedly trying to connect to bluetooth speaker

2016-05-24 Thread Kimber Gardner
Hi All, I have a Bluetooth speaker that I like to use when I listen to music on my Mac. Sometimes however, I don't want to route the sound through the speaker like when I'm doing just normal tasks. At these times the computer is continually trying to connect to the speaker and throwing an error

Re: State of PDF accessibility?

2016-05-24 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Hi Simon, Here you go: https://smilesoftware.com/pdfpen-ios . For some strange reason couldn’t find it in the Mac App Store. Will purchase ASAp. Thanks, > On 24 May 2016, at 6:31 pm, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Tim, > > Do

Re: iPad Pro 9.7inch.

2016-05-24 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Simon, hello. Was considering using it as a writing tool via way of the smart keyboard. I’ve just thus listened to an audio demonstration by David Woodbridge and said keyboard sounds awful. No dedicated Mac keys like CMD etc. Most likely will go with a nice keyboard case to compliment the

RE: State of PDF accessibility?

2016-05-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
Tim, Do you know if there is a version of this PDF tool for the IOS platform such as I can get it on my iPad? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Tuesday, 24 May 2016 3:37 PM To:

RE: Adding to iTunes

2016-05-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
Edit the meta data of the content of the folder so it sorts them into another folder under the name of Jimmy Hendrix, -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Angus MacKinnon Sent: Tuesday, 24 May 2016 2:08 PM To:

RE: Apple Watch on Wifi.

2016-05-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
I'm wondering about this myself as I can't find a wifi feature in my apple watch?! Apart from the sync with the phone it's only showing Bluetooth. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland

RE: voiceover quits speaking

2016-05-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
I get the same thing happening in Yosemite on a work machine, I've figured out though that it's a virtual box VM that we have setup for a windows 7 vm. Something to do with the VB interface not working well with voiceover. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: iPad Pro 9.7inch.

2016-05-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Sadam What would you upgrade to? As for smart keyboard, There are a lot of keyboard options out that would work well with the air 2, A number of folio cases as well with built in keyboards. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: couple of questions re Audio descriptions on NetFlix

2016-05-24 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Donna, Yeah it’s almost to touch sensitive I have to put my remote on the shelf with the tv to keep it out of the road. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Tuesday, 24 May 2016 1:45 AM To: