Hello from a new member.

Hello all, My name is Ben J Bloomgren. I'm from Scottsdale, Arizona. I'm extremely new to the Mac world, but tomorrow, more than likely, I'll be receiving from Fedex Ground my very own white 13-inch stock MacBook! I've been working with Chris Gilland's system, and I'm loving what I'm seeing! I

RE: Hello from a new member.

for around 18 months now and have learned a ton of stuff from the list so you're in the right place. In Christ Gazza On 14 Jun 2011, at 20:54, Ben J. Bloomgren wrote: Hello all, My name is Ben J Bloomgren. I'm from Scottsdale, Arizona. I'm extremely new to the Mac world, but tomorrow, more

Return receipts and priority in mail?

Hello all, I had a question about Mail. I'd like to send a message to a friend which needs to be in high priority and have a return receipt because I've had problems getting mail to this person. How is this done in Mail, and if it's not, how do I jump over this hirdle? Thanks, Ben -- You

Re: prizmo

I don't know what on earth that thing does, as when I opened it for the first time, it simply played this weird music and did nothing. I couldn't flick around the screen at all. Before this, it just crashed and through me back onto my home screen. Ben On Jun 14, 2011, at 8:40 PM, Craig J

EMusic download manager

I'm a subscriber to the EMusic service. Last night I wanted to download an album from there, and I found that they had a .dmg file for the mac. The only problem is that I could not even try to install or configure the program. Everything said dimmed scroll area. The preference area wasn't all

False notification of disc ejection

I just got a Seagate drive from BestBuy. I wasn't doing a darn thing with the drive, yet a notification arose saying that it's not wise to unplug a drive without safely ejecting it. Apparently Chris Gilland has also had this problem with specifically his Seagate drives. Has anybody had this

Setting priority and return receipts

Hey all, I'm sorry for all the questions, but I remember asking the list about this. Please forgive me if I've missed any of yall's responses. Being that you cannot (yet... hopefully?) request return receipts and set priority of messages in Mail, which client(s) will allow us to do so? I know

Re: Safari, highlight the address bar

Why not just do command+l and then command+a to select all? That'll highlight everything in the address bar. Ben On Jun 23, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: If you do Voice over command and option and press d for Doc then hit the letter of your choice. If anyone has a better way

Adding RSS feeds via an OPML file

Sorry for all the messages, but how does one add RSS feeds with an *.OPML file? I see how to add them by feed link, but I don't see an option to actually import a group of feeds. Thanks a ton for all your help, Ben -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [Bulk] Re: burning ISO images to DVD/CD

Obviously, Chris meant to put Disc Utility on the dock, not the Utilities folder! Why make seven or eight keystrokes for to get to Disc Utility when about three or five are needed? You could also put right option+u on the keyboard commanders if you really wanted to do so. Ben On Jun 30, 2011,

Re: One of the Best Voiceover Experiences Ever!

I have had Olympus recorders for years and years, and the quality of the recordings and the recorders is flippin' incredible! I've had a DS50 for years, but it finally went back to Mount Olympus to die. I am definitely considering another such recorder. This isn't a list about DVR's, but I was

Accessible mudding client for the mac

Missie and all, I just googled mudding client for the mac, and Atlantis was the first thing that I saw. It works pretty well, but I know not what I do, at least quite yet. Just google around. Ben -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: HTML Editor

Krister and all, I found a client called HTMChen. it works really well. Ben On Jul 11, 2011, at 12:10 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: There's a program called Rapidweaver that seems really accessible and workable. It's available in the app store and you can go from there to the developers home

Re: the new Skype and the hhistory items table

I like how the new skype update does things. Instead of having a source list, which smacks of iTunes to me, you have two tables that contain all the meat of skype. Ben On Jul 11, 2011, at 8:53 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: Well, I did just that and it turned out that Skype lied, and that

Re: Is this calendar app accessible?

Ical is a little funky, but once you get the hang of it, it's really full-on. It's also $0.00! Ben On Jul 13, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: Hi Christina, You can download a demo of this app at http://flexibits.com/fantastical. Doug On 2011-07-13, at 7:03 PM, Christina wrote:

Re: for those who's macbooks are running hot, I have a sollution

not heard of tiquila, but I have heard of tequila. In Chris's defense, knock it off! P.S. If either Chris or I are moderated or banned because of this subthread, we are both leaving the list. He has confirmed this with me. Sincerely in Christ, Ben J. Bloomgren On Jul 26, 2011, at 8:39 PM

A question about nuance voices in Lion

, but I'm writing on my own volition. It's been a pleasure, and this is sad as heck that I'm having to take such drastic measures. Best wishes for the best of futures in Christ, Ben J Bloomgren -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group

Re: Google's Eric Schmidt uses an iPhone as his primary device, not android

Either he's not eating his restaurant's food, or he's got an open mind. Ben On 5/25/2016 09:48, Scott Granados wrote: Found this interesting article. Apparently, Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Alphabet the holding company of google admitted to using an iPhone 6s as his primary phone.

Re: Latest itunes and manual refresh of podcasts

For me, the refresh all podcasts is still down toward the bottom of the screen. It's one VO+right arrow from the episodes table. I love that they don't put unplayed at the top of the table, because it lets me get more quickly to the podcasts. I have tons upon tons of podcasts in there, so for

Multiconvert

Hi all, Back in the day, I used to use a very sweet app called Multiconvert. It converted just about everything. It rivaled http://www.onlineconversion.com if that tells you anything. Well, as far as I can tell, that app has been deprecated and isn't available anymore. What do you use for

Re: Multiconvert

there being a dashboard widget that would do this. > > > Chris. > > > >> On 5/28/2016 6:08 AM, Ben J. Bloomgren wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> >> Back in the day, I used to use a very sweet app called Multiconvert. It >> converted just about e

Reddit

Hi all, Does anybody know about Reddit? What is it? Is there an app for it? How does the web site work with Voiceover? Ben --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- The following information is

Re: Multiconvert

Michelle, I agree, that Siri works well for most things. However, I have not found a way to get Siri to convert currencies. Do you know an app for that? That's what I liked about multi convert. It had just about everything. Ben > On May 28, 2016, at 23:05, Michelle's Home Emails

Re: How Often Would I Need A Numb Pad

if you're doing specialized work, such as recording, audio production etcetera, then you definitely will need a numpad as far as I've heard. I, on the other hand, have a full wired keyboard with a numpad, and I keep it tied to my Dell Inspiron E1505, which is running the deprecated OS, Windows

Re: Dr. Phil, and More. I swear this *is!* on topic entirely.

There is an app for CNN Go. I just installed it onto my ATV4, and I'm waiting for it to activate. I think that that's the biggest buggaboo. How much are these content providers charging sans the middleman of cable and satellite companies? Ben On 6/27/2016 16:46, Christopher-Mark Gilland

Re: Why Is The Mac Better Than Windows?

Scott and all, if you don't mind my asking, how is Braille the weak point of OSX? I'll have to vehemently disagree with you hereon, and here's why. I have an older Focus 40 USB Braille display, and I took it down to North Carolina when I visited Chris Gilland a few years ago. He was

Re: Why Is The Mac Better Than Windows?

Mike, Here's an example of why interacting is a genius idea from Apple. I use Wikipedia multiple times per day. Have you noticed that most Wikipedia articles have a table near the top of the page which gives information about whatever the article will be? For example, if you type in

Re: Netflix

Brandon, One other thing that I really like about Netflix is that their staff is all US based. At least as far as I can tell, they don't outsource I thing. I have never called and got an accent unless it be a southerner or whatever. Ben > On Jun 26, 2016, at 15:20, Brandon A. Olivares

Re: Getting rid of cable (was Netflix)

Being that this is Mac Visionaries, I'll throw it back to Apple. Ricardo, you mentioned HBO. I have HBO Now, and I just got Amazon Prime again. I don't know how extensive HBO Now is, because my parents subscribe to HBO via our cable provider, but the HBO Now app works wonderfully on the Apple

Re: Uber Questions

It's actually very effective for blind people. I've saved my butt by contacting the driver thereby. I love me some über! Ben - Original Message - From: "Basioli George" To: Cc: Sent: Saturday, February

Re: Uber Questions

You can either order the ride as if it were you and then just text the driver or call the driver and indicate to him that someone other than you is going. Or, you can do a fare split. I have not done the fare split though, so I can't speak of it. Ben > On Feb 8, 2016, at 00:42, Cheree Heppe

Re: I found a accessible fb client for the Mac.

Hey Adrian, Can you have multiple accounts? Can you do comments and messages? Ben - Original Message - From: "'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries" To: Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 05:43 Subject: I found a accessible

Re: Copy and paste from iBooks

I'll have to try it, Paul, but maybe you could use copy last utterance to clipboard. Ben - Original Message - From: "Paul Hopewell" To: "macvisionaries" Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:28 Subject: Copy and paste from

Re: Mac Chrome with VoiceOver

Now that Rumola is available for Chrome (I say now because I just found this out), Chrome is pretty nice. I don't see much difference between it versus Lightning versus Safari. Ben - Original Message - From: "Kevin Chao" To: "macvisionaries"

Re: Mac Chrome with VoiceOver

accessibility related attributes you would > miss? > What would be these MUST have VoiceOver accessibility in Chrome? >> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 8:12 PM Ben J. Bloomgren <ben.j.bloomg...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> Now that Rumola is available for Chrome (I say now

Re: Cricket notifications etcetera

/2016, at 1:12 PM, Ben J. Bloomgren <ben.j.bloomg...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello all, I've probably asked this on every technological email list of which I've been a part, but what is your favorite app for iOS and/or OSX for acquiring information about the sport of cricket? I used

Bluetooth keyboards

Good afternoon, all, A friend of mine is looking for a Bluetooth keyboard for his new iPhone 5 S. He's wanting to know whether or not there is such a thing as a bluetooth keyboard, apple or not, with a numpad slash ten-key? Ben --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast!

Re: dragging an dropping with voiceover

shift+space, then move where I need to move, route the mouse, then vo+command+shift+space again to drop. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Ben J. Bloomgren" <ben.j.bloomg...@gmail.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 20

Re: text messages on the mac

If you have a hearing loss, you may not hear it. But, iMessage does give an ascending sort of buzz tone, kind of sounding like a child's toy. If you receive a message while you're in iMessage, you'll get the reverse, which is the descending buzzing tone. Ben - Original Message -

Re: Does anyone know of a free rss reader for the Mac/

One technique that I've found is to simply search in the Mac app store for whatever you're looking for and then looking at reviews. Now, I saw a podcast from the chosen few at http://www.applevis.com, which contains a review of an app called ReadKit. I can't tell you whether or not it's

Cricket notifications etcetera

Hello all, I've probably asked this on every technological email list of which I've been a part, but what is your favorite app for iOS and/or OSX for acquiring information about the sport of cricket? I used to use an app called iCricket, but last I used it, it had kind a gone down the tubes.

Enabling Apple Music in iTunes under Windows XP

Hi all, I was playing with iTunes over here on this old PC I've got here. I haven't ever enabled Apple Music there, but I'd like to do so. I found an Apple Support article about enabling the iCloud music library in preferences, but I see no such thing. And yes, I have looked in every tab under

Re: Enabling Apple Music in iTunes under Windows XP

are you running on your windows XP system, I believe one of the more recent versions of Itunes like version 12.2 or later is required to use apple music and I'm not sure windows XP will run the required version. Alan Lemly Sent from my iPhone On Feb 3, 2016, at 3:51 AM, Ben J

Re: bookmarks bar was Re: Mac Chrome: Item Chooser and Bookmark Bar

Ha ha, so that's what that is. I had always wondered. Ben > On Jan 30, 2016, at 08:48, erik burggraaf wrote: > > Hi Kevin, > > Here's the story of the bookmarks bar. All browsers have your basic > favourites area. Safari goes one step further and you can put your

Re: dragging an dropping with voiceover

You use the command VO+comma to initiate dragging. Then, when you're done, use VO+Period to perform the drop. Ben - Original Message - From: "Walter Harper" To: Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2016 01:21 Subject: dragging an

Re: Please Join Me in Requesting That a Significant VoiceOver and iOS Twitter App Bug Be Resolved

Being that it's a bird's eye view, is it something that's visual/graphical? If that be the case, then Voiceover would probably not be able to handle it, making the need of that message clear. Ben - Original Message - From: "M. Taylor" To:

Re: iTunes not honoring album order

I'm in Album view. I'd prefer song view, but it's even worse sometimes. What ever happened to 1, 2, 3? Ben - Original Message - From: "Sabahattin Gucukoglu" To: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016

iTunes not honoring album order

Hi all, I've got an album that I'm trying to play in iTunes under OSX. Shuffle is turned off within the controls menu, but iTunes still doesn't seem to want to honor the track order of the album. For example, since there are five tracks in the album, it'll go from one to three rather than one

Walking directions in the United States

Hi all, I have a job interview coming up this week, and I need to do some practice so that I can know where I'm going. Once I get into the area, however, I would like to know which app you guys prefer for obtaining walking directions. Under android, I used an app called nearby explorer. It

Facebook's new reactions

Hey all, I saw this article on Twitter about these new reaction emoji that Facebook has added to the like button. I hadn't heard anything about it, so I tried it. Indeed, it worked on my iPhone. I haven't tried it on the mac yet, as the article indicates that one would hover with the mouse

Re: Changing languages with a bluetooth keyboard

er the up arrow or down arrow >> to select the language you want. When you get to that language, just move >> to a different rotor option, and your new language will take effect. You >> don’t need to hit enter or anything else in order to confirm your language >> selectio

An introduction and a question

Hello all, My name is Ben Bloomgren, and I live in Scottsdale, Arizona. I just recently returned to iOS with the acquisition of a new iPhone 6s. I am really liking iOS, and I am really seeing potential for 3D Touch. Anyway, I've got a question about sleep tracking apps. Has anybody used an

Re: HMA VPN on OSX

an't answer any more complex questions. >> >> Hope this will help. By the way, there are others on the list who know much >> more about this, so please chip in to help Ben. >> >> Andrew >>> On 25 Jan 2016, at 08:53, Ben J. Bloomgren <ben.j.bloomg...@g

Re: There's gotta be an app out there that'll do this.

Or maybe, you could use Switch. > On Jan 25, 2016, at 11:24, Erik Burggraaf wrote: > > I used to make audio CDs from flac in simply burns all the time. I don't see > why it wouldn't work for you. > > Having said that, you could extract to wav with xact and burn from

Re: The Martian Released on iTunes, Audio Described

Is there an option that you need to set in iTunes for this to work? > On Jan 25, 2016, at 09:37, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > Subject says it all, really. The Martian is out on iTunes, and to my total > astonishment, it’s actually audio described. > > If you read the

Re: The Martian Released on iTunes, Audio Described

I know that Netflix will do it, provided that the content be described. Ben - Original Message - From: "Mary Otten" To: Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 15:27 Subject: Re: The Martian Released on iTunes, Audio Described Is there a

Re: What ever happened to Chain Reaction?

Chain reaction is a fun game. I wouldn't know how to describe it though, as it's quite detailed. That would be annoying if they take it down. I will have to look when I get back from spending time with family. Ben > On Jan 23, 2016, at 13:15, Chris Gilland wrote: > >

Re: What ever happened to Chain Reaction?

It costs a bit of money, but it is quite worth it. It's one of the hardest games to play, but it's one of the funnest as well. Ben > On Jan 23, 2016, at 13:15, Chris Gilland wrote: > > Perhaps I’m remembering incorrectly, but wasn’t there a version of the >

Learning Ally

Grant, Chris and all, You have reawakened my interest in RFB, which is my oldtimer's name for Learning Ally! Thanks tons for this tip about the Security and Privacy tab. One thing that we must now do is to make the company know full well that they must not get rid of this piece of software.

HMA VPN on OSX

Hi all, has anybody successfully used the Hide My Ass virtual private network service on OSX? I've used it beautifully on Android, iOS and Windows XP, but the Mac eludes me yet. For those who don't know, Hide My Ass (name of service) is a virtual private network (VPN) service which allows one

Re: Game tonight?

> I don't know of anything that sort. If they had put tuna in radio on to the > Apple TV for, that would be bloody amazing. On Jan 24, 2016, at 13:30, Chris > Gilland wrote: > > Does anyone know if there are any apps for my Apple TV 4 that I can get which > will be

tweeting via email under iOS

hi all, Is there a way to send an email which posts a tweet via the iPhone or OSX? I used to pay for a service called Tweetymail, but it got cumbersome and expensive, and it caused a lot of issues back in the day. Ben --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus

Re: tweeting via email under iOS

iOS I'm not aware of anything, Ben. If you don't mind me asking, is there a reason you don't wish to use an actual app? I'm just trying to understand, so as maybe better able to help. Chris. - Original Message - From: Ben J. Bloomgren To: macvisionaries

Tweetings question

Hi all, I am an avid user of the iOS Twitter client known as tweetings. There is however one question. How does one look at notifications other then direct messages and mentions? For example, if someone follows me, how do I receive that notification. I get the notification in my notification

Changing languages with a bluetooth keyboard

Hello List, I just bought an Apple Magic Keyboard today, and I'm loving it. I've got a question though. As a major linguaphile, changing languages is essential. I know how to do it generally within iOS, but how does one do so with the Bluetooth keyboard. I tried to do it with cmd+space and

Re: Changing languages with a bluetooth keyboard

Seyoon Choi syc20...@gmail.com YouTube Video Content Producer Head of Blindinsider www.blindinsider.com Technology news, podcasts, videos and lifestyle for blind and visually impaired On Feb 20, 2016, at 4:13 PM, ben J. Bloomgren <ben.j.bloomg...@gmail.com> wrote: Hell

Re: Changing languages with a bluetooth keyboard

, at 7:16 PM, Ben J. Bloomgren <ben.j.bloomg...@gmail.com> wrote: Seyoon, Ann and all, Cmd+ctrl+space doesn't work either. Ann, by changing languages, I didn't just mean cycling through Voiceover languages in the language rotor. I'm trying to literally change the keyboard layout b

Re: Changing languages with a bluetooth keyboard

is not. Cheers, Anne On 22 Feb 2016, at 02:16, Ben J. Bloomgren <ben.j.bloomg...@gmail.com> wrote: Seyoon, Ann and all, Cmd+ctrl+space doesn't work either. Ann, by changing languages, I didn't just mean cycling through Voiceover languages in the language rotor. I'm

Re: Any comments on Apple's position against unreasonable search

We also must remember that Apple has admitted time and time again that it tracks its users. The government is only forging a legal precedent in the case. Both sides have every possible technological door, be it front or back, to get any information from any Joe Blow, Jane Doe or whomever they'd

Re: siri and iphone

That's happening to me intermittantly as well. it seems to have stopped for now, but we shall see. Ben - Original Message - From: "Sarai Bucciarelli" To: Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 19:14 Subject: siri and iphone Hi:

Re: blue tooth headsets

I would go with the Aftershokz line. They're bone induction headsets, and I've loved mine and heard nothing but rave reviews about them. Their support is iffy, but the products themselves are bloody phenomenal. Ben - Original Message - From: "'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries"

Re: Cleaning IPhone screen, perhaps an obvious question

I would think that the paper towel would scratch the screen. Ben - Original Message - From: Feliciano Godoy To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 17:52 Subject: Re: Cleaning IPhone screen, perhaps an obvious question I damp a paper towel a

Is it Antimosquito, or is it my iPhone?

Hi all, It's another gorgeous day in the Valley of the Sun, and I was thinking about the oncoming need for mosquito repellent. Back when I had my iPhone Five, I used an app called Anti mosquito 3.1. It's by a developer named Dong Wook Kim. Here's the app link: Anti Mosquito 3.1 by Dong-Wook

Re: Handwriting on an iPhone

Does anybody have an iPad Pro with that pen? How would that work? Ben - Original Message - From: "Jenine Stanley" To: Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 04:52 Subject: Re: Handwriting on an iPhone I’ve tried playing with it using

Re: Sleep tracking apps?

I don't have an Apple Watch right now, I've tried the Azumio and Runtastic apps to no avail. Apparently Health allows for sleep tracking, but I don't see how to enable it. Again, I'd use my iPhone 6 S, but theoretically one could use the watch. Ben > On Mar 18, 2016, at 12:06, Donna Goodin

Re: Numbers Questions

I think you can VO+shift+m on the worksheet's name to rename it. Ben. - Original Message - From: "Sandy Finley" To: "macvisionaries" Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 02:37 Subject: Numbers Questions I posed 2 numbers questions

Re: Screen Brightness default

I was able to reproduce Chris's problem. Neither the slider under system preferences, displays, nor the energy settings does this. Maybe with newer systems, it sticks. But with older macs, such as my Mid 2010 MacBook, and Chris's Late 2012 MacBook Pro, it does it identically the same whether

Re: VoiceOver does not speak images in the UIImagePickerController

Are you coding this app by hand using X-Code, or are you using an app which will produce the code for you? I don't know very much about programming, but I've heard that the way that the source code is rendered can make things go screwy. Ben - Original Message - From:

Re: siri and iphone

>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I’ve tried a couple things if the issue doesn’t clear itself after a >>>>>>>> few tries. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 1. turn off VO and turn it back on using tr

Re: the 4-finger swipe

Mary and all, AppleVis has put up some tutorials as to the new features both in TVOS 9.2 and iOS 9.3. Ben > On Mar 22, 2016, at 12:28 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > I just tried before finger gesture for the first time when in mail. It > flipped to Safari. First shot. There

Re: Anyone install OS X 10.11.4?

Alex doesn’t sound drunk as he had sounded before. Ben > On Mar 22, 2016, at 3:05 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Does it sound any different though Audibly? > --- > Christopher Gilland > JAWS Certified, 2016. > Training Instructor. > > clgillan...@gmail.com

Re: Apple TV weirdness

The closest that I've experienced to that is when I try to go into computers, it says to turn on home sharing in iTunes. Both iTunes and the ATV indicate that it's turned on. Ben - Original Message - From: "Donna Goodin" To: Sent:

Re: Don't waste your money on Speed Dots screen protectors!

I could see it maybe for a beginner which has never seen an iPhone before. But, as my friend Justin indicates, even he's able to know where things are on the screen enough to very successful use his phone. I don't know, but I would side with Chris here. They're not worth it in my Pinyan. > On

Re: hootsuite

Hootsuite works nicely on Android and, as far as I know, on iOS. I'm having trouble getting the differences between it and Buffer though. Ben - Original Message - From: "Laura Bratton" To: Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2016 13:34

Re: notes app and evernote

I don't know anything about Evernote, but I know that the Notes app on my iPhone has become more of a friend due to the remind me of this command in Siri. Do you guys know of a better way not to forget about the notes that you write? Ben- Original Message - From: "Christina C."

Re: iOS Native Twitter App Now Supports Moments, Via VoiceOver

This is cool. I didn’t realize that those gestures work, so that’ll increase my enjoyment of the moments feature yet more. I must say. The native Twitter app for iOS, at least for iPhone, has really started to win my attention. Thanks, Ben > On Mar 28, 2016, at 6:05 PM, M. Taylor

Re: iPhone 6S Plus Extreme Heat Issue

Seyoon-si, Yeah, it looks like you may have a lemon on your hands. I've seen sighted people with 100% brightness, but they don't see major heat unless they're doing heavy graphics stuff like gaming, broadcasting on Periscope or whatever, or if it's actually hot outside while they use it.

Re: A Question Regarding Twitter Hash Tags

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

iCloud email on Mozilla Thunderbird

Hi all, I figured that this message would be considered on topic, as it relates to Apple's services. I'm becoming a huge fan of Mozilla's Thunderbird email client, which is so much more than that! My problem is that I don't seem to find a way to connect my iCloud address to Thunderbird.

Re: iCloud email on Mozilla Thunderbird

it should work. I hope this helps, Jeffrey On May 17, 2016, at 5:36 AM, Ben J. Bloomgren <ben.j.bloomg...@gmail.com <mailto:ben.j.bloomg...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi all, I figured that this message would be considered on topic, as it relates to Apple's services. I'm becoming a huge fan

Re: iCloud email on Mozilla Thunderbird

is accessible? On 5/17/2016 11:02 PM, Ben J. Bloomgren wrote: So as not to throw things off on list, I wrote you, Helga, off list. Ben On 5/17/2016 05:54, Helga Schreiber wrote: Hi guys! How are you all? I just wanted to ask you, in order to download and get the Thunderbird email client, I need

Re: iCloud email on Mozilla Thunderbird

Thanks, Sabahattin, that worked flawlessly. I just had to figure out which fields went with which. Ben On 5/17/2016 04:10, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: You can use any IMAP client, including Thunderbird, to get to iCloud. Just use imap.mail.me.com port 993 with SSL and smtp.mail.me.com port

two-step verification

I may be a wee bit behind about this, but what do you guys think of two-step verification? Is it essential? is it more trouble than it's worth? Ben --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- The following

Re: Using a braille edge 40 with the new MacBook Pro?

Chenelle, I haven't used a Braille Edge, but I can tell you that Voiceover's Braille support is bloody amazing. I took an old Pac Mate BX Braille display which is USB, and I plugged it into my Mid 2010 stock white polycarbon MacBook, and that mother sang like a meadowlark in springtime! It

Re: Hermes Update Possibly Fixes Login Problems

Uh, it's been a while, but I think that http://www.macupdate.com has it. I could be wrong though. Ben On 5/16/2016 18:53, Mary Otten wrote: Hi Alex. I have not use that app. Along time ago I had another app that I like, but that was in Snow Leopard. Did I say a long time ago? Anyway, is

Re: Consistently degrading lightning cables

Okay, I have not seen it happen in a couple of months, but the cable which originally came with my old iPhone Five did degrade to the point at which I was scared that I'd get shocked or it'd mess up the phone in some way. The chord to my iPhone Six S hasn't seemed to do that yet, but I'm

Re: Redeeming an Apple Store Giftcard

You may have to download the Apple Store app. Otherwise, it's the computer for you. I could be wrong though, as I don't have an Apple Store giftcard for to confirm. Ben On 5/15/2016 10:06, Feliciano Godoy wrote: As you cannot redeem the Apple store gift card into your iTunes, I would attempt

Re: Voice-memos in Itunes.

How does one connect Voice Memos to Dropbox? I know about, and I use Dropvox, but how would one do so with just the standard Voice Memos app? Ben > On May 3, 2016, at 9:37 AM, Brian Fischler wrote: > > Hey the easiest way is to just add to your dropbox but if you want to

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

That would be interesting. Braille on the ATV? That would be sweet as heck, but a don't think so. Ben On 5/24/2016 21:49, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: I don't think so. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. clgillan...@gmail.com Phone: (704) 256-8010. -

Re: Burning an Audio CD, but I have a slight delemma

Maybe this is a bad answer, but won't ProTools do this? Ben On 7/25/2016 8:17, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: OK guys, Hopefully one of you can help me with getting around this. So, here's the situation. I have an mp3 file which I want to burn on to an audio CD. Burning the CD isn't the

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