Re: Catalina: Is it Now Safe to Upgrade?

2019-12-18 Thread Brad Snyder
I’ve been running Catalina for a while now on both my old macBook Air and my new macBook Pro, and have not experienced any issues. Wish I could say the same for iOS 13. - Brad - On Dec 18, 2019, at 20:54, Dave Carlson wrote: Having heard some not-happy issues with Catalina, I’m waiting

Reminders: Complete Guide to iOS 13, MacRumors

2019-12-18 Thread M. Taylor
Reminders: Complete Guide to iOS 13 The Reminders app has never been one of the most popular built-in apps, mostly due to its limited functionality in comparison with other reminder and to-do apps available from the App Store. In iOS 13, Apple overhauled the interface of the Reminders app,

Catalina: Is it Now Safe to Upgrade?

2019-12-18 Thread Dave Carlson
Having heard some not-happy issues with Catalina, I’m waiting for the brave first-adopters to give their blessing to this new OS. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra

2019-12-18 Thread Brad Snyder
I have a 2013 MacBook Air with an i5 1.3 GHz processor, 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB SSD, and I am running Catalina with no issue. You should have no problem running Catalina on your machine as its specs exceed mine. To upgrade your MacBook Air to Catalina from High Sierra, do the following: 1. Open

RE: Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra

2019-12-18 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Yeah it is. It’s the same age as my mba and it has Catalina running. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Phil Halton Sent: Thursday, 19 December 2019 1:37 PM To: Macvisionaries Subject: Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra I have a Mac book Air

Re: Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra

2019-12-18 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
2012 and newer will take Catalina. What OS are you now running? Catalina will require the APFS format. Generally you can run the upgrade from Software Update (if Mojave) or from the Mac app store (if older OS). From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have

RE: Where to download a copy of MacOS Catalina

2019-12-18 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi Greg, You can do it that way but the key is to cancel the installation at the point it starts after the download has finished. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Greg Wocher Sent: Thursday, 19 December 2019 9:35 AM To:

Upgrading to Catalina from high Sierra

2019-12-18 Thread Phil Halton
I have a Mac book Air that I bought in august of 2013. I7 intel, 8GB ram 256 flash drive. Is this machine capable of handling the upgrade? Also, I’ve always just upgraded over the previous OS without doing a clean install. And, I do my upgrades not from a flash drive, but from the recovery

Re: Catalina's music app?

2019-12-18 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
You may be able to import the playlists by pointing the Music app to the old iTunes media folder where the data files are stored. 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 12/18/2019 2:59 PM, 'Robert

Catalina's music app?

2019-12-18 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Dear List, I did not upgrade, I did a clean install of Catalina. So my question is, Is there a way to import my music and playlists from a carbon copy cloner Mojave backup? Can it be done using the iTunes files from the home/music/iTunes folder? I had a lot of Playlists. I don’t want to make

Re: ot: slightly, amazon accessibility contact?

2019-12-18 Thread Lorie McCloud
that's all I have. I got pretty much the same thing last time I called them. they're really lame when it comes to accessibility. we've been having a discussion on another list about how we get stuck in reviews and what can be done about it. > On Dec 18, 2019, at 4:32 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:

Re: ot: slightly, amazon accessibility contact?

2019-12-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hey, funny you should reference that number. When I called it this afternoon I was told that the only purpose for Amazon accessibility is to put items in carts. Not to facilitate one's ability to well utilize their services in general. When I asked the person why the rest of the process

Re: ot: slightly, amazon accessibility contact?

2019-12-18 Thread Lorie McCloud
I have a phone number but this may not be what you want. it's: 888 280-3321. if it's anything to do with music there's clueless. I have no idea why. good luck. Lorie > On Dec 18, 2019, at 3:09 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Hi all, > Has been a while, but I recall a discussion here regarding

ot: slightly, amazon accessibility contact?

2019-12-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi all, Has been a while, but I recall a discussion here regarding a human, who actually knows something about the various paths to access, working at amazon. A blog from this person I believe? Or, does anyone have an actual human contact at Amazon who understands access? Thanks, Karen

Re: Where to download a copy of MacOS Catalina

2019-12-18 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Bu the way, the upgrade will proceed after download but when the download is complete, you can close out of Software Update then create the USB installer. 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: Where to download a copy of MacOS Catalina

2019-12-18 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Mac App store, Utilities category. Make sure you do not have any copies of the installer on your drive. Usually the installer goes poof after installation but make sure. I store mine on an external drive so I can create those USB installers. From E.T.'s Keyboard...

Re: Where to download a copy of MacOS Catalina

2019-12-18 Thread Jeff Greene
Hi Greg, Just google mac os catalina download and one of the results will be apple's site where you can download the complete installer. Its not just the upgrade os. Hope this helps! Jeff -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

Where to download a copy of MacOS Catalina

2019-12-18 Thread Greg Wocher
Hello all, I am trying to find out where I can download a copy of MacOS Catalina. I need it so I can create a bootable USB drive to make it easier to do a clean install on my Mac. I tried getting it from the app store but when I try and get it, it just takes me to the software update section in

Re: Nest App On iOS

2019-12-18 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Pete, The only way that I know to do this is on the website, and even that is messy. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 18, 2019, at 1:57 PM, Pete De Vasto wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > We’ve had a big promotion out here in Oregon to get the energy efficient > thermostats, and I took advantage this

Nest App On iOS

2019-12-18 Thread Pete De Vasto
Hi everyone, We’ve had a big promotion out here in Oregon to get the energy efficient thermostats, and I took advantage this week to get a Google Nest E for my system. I have both Google Home and the Nest app. So far, I’ve discovered that even though Google Home is supposed to work with the