Books on Mac going busy

2020-01-30 Thread Phil Halton
Sent from my IPhone I’m having a little trouble with Books app on Mac going busy from time to time without any apparent reason. There’s no great surge in processor or fan but it just goes busy. I’m wondering, are the books that I buy through thebooks App Store stored on my Mac locally or are

Re: Books on Mac going busy

2020-01-30 Thread Phil Halton
at, I can only advise you to close other apps before opening the Books app, > and see if that helps. > >> On Jan 30, 2020, at 1:39 PM, Phil Halton wrote: >> >> >> >> Sent from my IPhone I’m having a little trouble with Books app on Mac going >> busy fr

Re: Books on Mac going busy

2020-01-31 Thread Phil Halton
e >> Books app, and see if that helps. >> >>>> On Jan 30, 2020, at 1:39 PM, Phil Halton wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my IPhone I’m having a little trouble with Books app on Mac going >>> busy from time to time without

Controlling books on OS X with voice commands

2020-02-13 Thread Phil Halton
Sent from my IPhone Is it possible to control the reading of a book in the Books app via voice commands, rather than keystroke commands. for example, saying next sentence, or prior sentence etc.? Reading sentence by sentence on a apple Bluetooth keyboard is killing my hands, enflaming a carpa

Re: Controlling books on OS X with voice commands

2020-02-14 Thread Phil Halton
MacOS clothes, so I have no idea if this will > cause some issues. Specifically, I know that Books has no Apple Automation > integration and can therefore only be marginally controlled with AppleScript. > > > >> On Feb 13, 2020, at 4:16 PM, Phil Halton wrote: >>

Reading by sentence in books app

2020-02-16 Thread Phil Halton
As we know, the voice over command to read by sentence is VO plus command plus page up and page down. On the Apple Bluetooth keyboard, this means one must hold down with the left-hand the function, control, option, and command keys while pressing the up or down arrow keys with the right hand.. t

Re: Reading by sentence in books app

2020-02-16 Thread Phil Halton
s Jonathan mentioned, > you could also set TrackPad commander gestures to some of these as well if > the Keyboard commander is still not working well for you. > > HTH. > > Later... > > > Tim Kilburn > Jamf Certified Tech > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playg

Re: Controlling books on OS X with voice commands

2020-02-16 Thread Phil Halton
ck nav rotor set to navigation. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On Feb 14, 2020, at 2:33 PM, Phil Halton wrote: >> >> I tried assigning the read next sentence and read prior sentence commands to >> single keys in the Quick

Apple podcast episode length

2020-02-17 Thread Phil Halton
I just use the Apple iPod app on iOS for the first time and for the life of me I could not find any indication of the episode lengths. What am I missing? This is got to be a setting issue or something because there must be an indication somewhere of the length of a podcast. Sent from my IPhone

Bug in new version of Numbers on OS X

2020-04-11 Thread Phil Halton
Has anyone else using numbers noticed a terrible bug in tables row and Collin had a reading? In the new version 10 column labels are only read for about the first seven or eight columns and after that numbers does not see the column labels anymore. Similarly with row header labels the first Tann

Re: Bug in new version of Numbers on OS X

2020-04-12 Thread Phil Halton
s, > > Anne > > > > >> On 11 Apr 2020, at 19:09, Phil Halton wrote: >> >> Has anyone else using numbers noticed a terrible bug in tables row and >> Collin had a reading? In the new version 10 column labels are only read for >> about the first

Clean install of Catalina OS X refresher

2020-04-12 Thread Phil Halton
I’m planning to do a clean install of OS X. I am currently running catalina on a MacBook Air 2013. It’s been a while since I’ve done this, probably well before Sierra sometime, so I’d like a little refresher. Would someone knowledgable and experienced with this Tell me if the following bullet

Re: Clean install of Catalina OS X refresher

2020-04-12 Thread Phil Halton
gt; View for a better experience when reading the article. > > HTH > > - Brad - > > > > > On Apr 12, 2020, at 09:12, Phil Halton wrote: > > > > I’m planning to do a clean install of OS X. I am currently running catalina > on a MacBook Air 2013. &g

Re: Sharing books to VOiceDream.

2020-04-13 Thread Phil Halton
My biggest concern with the Books app on the iPhone is that you cannot read sentence by sentence or paragraph by paragraph. You have to listen to the whole thing read in a continuous flow, or try reading line by line but then you don’t get any of the benefits of the punctuation. Either way it’s

Re: How to unmute accidentally muted VoiceOver?

2020-04-13 Thread Phil Halton
I noticed that Paul is using an iMac. Are IMAX equipped with trackpads? Sent from my IPhone > On Apr 13, 2020, at 3:56 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > One addition to everyone's suggestion of double-tapping with three fingers on > the TrackPad. If this gesture d

Two specific bugs in numbers OS X

2020-04-15 Thread Phil Halton
within the last week or so, after installing some OS X updates and the new version of Numbers, several things have been going wrong in numbers specifically label and Row header labels are not being read correctly. two other bugs are happening within tables and they are specifically: One, using th

Re: Two specific bugs in numbers OS X

2020-04-15 Thread Phil Halton
That’s interesting Dave, row 50 hey. I get down to about row 16 in the data rows and the headers go silent. Also I get out to about column seven or eight and then I lose column reading. How about those keystrokes I mentioned do they work for you? I never had any problem until I recently updated

Re: Two specific bugs in numbers OS X

2020-04-16 Thread Phil Halton
ote: > >  > > > > Hi 1&All, > Yes! I agree, I have the same actions. > Cheers. > Stan ZA > amista...@gmail.com > > > > > On 15 Apr 2020, at 17:00, Phil Halton wrote: > > within the last week or so, after installing some OS X updates and the new >

Re: Reading difficult documents in Voice dream Reader

2020-04-18 Thread Phil Halton
Voice dream writer, the companion app to voice dream reader is absolutely the app for you in this case. I use it for precisely the same reasons you state, I can’t listen to difficult material read back in a continuous flow so I load the file into voice dream writer which gives me the option of r

Re: Reading difficult documents in Voice dream Reader

2020-04-18 Thread Phil Halton
oom wrote: > >  > Hello Phil, > > If you don’t mind, I would also like that explanation. > > Thanks so much for bringing this approach to my attention. > > Peace and health, > > Mike > > >> On 18.04.2020, at 15:18, Phil Halton wrote: >> &

Re: Editing Formulas in Excel for the Mac

2020-04-19 Thread Phil Halton
Option return is the keystroke for numbers spreadsheets, but does it work in excel for Mac? That is what Dave is using isn’t it? By the way I’m a big numbers user and I might like to try XL on the Mac. How is it Accessibility wise and is it a lot like XL and windows? What do I have to do to get

Re: Editing Formulas in Excel for the Mac

2020-04-20 Thread Phil Halton
So, is XL for the Mac a standalone or is it part of the 365 bundle I’ve heard about? Is there any version restrictions that I have to worry about to get one that’s accessible? How does it stack up towards numbers in terms of accessibility. I know they’re two completely different beasts as far as

Re: Editing Formulas in Excel for the Mac

2020-04-20 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks Dave, I think I’ll stick with numbers. I’ve been using it for a couple years and I’m pretty good with it so thanks for all the answers. Sent from my IPhone > On Apr 20, 2020, at 10:55 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > Phil, > Don’t know if you can purchase and install Excel by itself. I sig

Re: Recommendations for external mic and possibly mixer

2020-04-22 Thread Phil Halton
I haven’t used it in a while, but when I was into audio recording with Amadeus pro, are used a Roland quad core interface. It had two XLR jacks or TRS inputs and as far as Mike’s well, you can use any decent mic with such an interface from a sure mic on up to the high-end stuff. as to accessi

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread Phil Halton
OK, now how about iOS? I’ve been hearing Remi’s name read out in English and Arabic for a month and I must say it is bothering me. I’ve tried going it to VoiceOver settings and turning off automatic language detection and it did no good. How can this be done on iOS? That’s all I use I never use

AirPods waterproof

2020-05-06 Thread Phil Halton
My AirPods went through both the washing machine and the dryer, and they're still working fine. I guess now I know they're waterproof. How's that for engineering? Sent from my IPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questi

Re: AirPods waterproof

2020-05-06 Thread Phil Halton
Second generation AirPods Sent from my IPhone > On May 6, 2020, at 3:55 PM, Robin wrote: > > JustWonderin': > Were ThesePods: Apple's 1stGeneration or 2ndGeneration AirPods? > or > Were these the AirPod PROs? > At 12:49 PM 5/6/2020, you wrote: >> My AirPods went through both the washing machi

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-06 Thread Phil Halton
My only gripe is that I have to hear his name twice and it takes up time. I’m not some kind of evil racist. Sent from my IPhone > On May 6, 2020, at 11:16 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Unfortunately it isn't enough to just throw in a foreign language, you need > to indicate it is a different

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-07 Thread Phil Halton
nd it all just sounds like what I hear with everyone elses > emails, > > I personally think people need to relax a bit more and not be so judgemental > about things that are really not getting annoyed about. > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of

Blocking senders on list

2020-05-07 Thread Phil Halton
I have blocked a sender on this list, but now their email still comes through, only it is tagged with the message “from blocked sender“. What kind of bull bLeep is this? What is the point of blocking if the Blocked Sender still gets through? Is it because The The list management software is int

Re: Blocking senders on list

2020-05-07 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks Dave, actually I found a setting in the males settings concerning blocked sender options. You have to tell it to move the blocked message to trash, otherwise it leaves it in the inbox with a tag on it. I think though that if a block sender is in a thread, then the whole entire thread gets

Re: Blocking senders on list

2020-05-07 Thread Phil Halton
Those were my thoughts Tim, but as soon as they change that blocked center options setting in the mail settings, the particular message disappeared from the Macvisionaries inbox and went to trash. Although so did the entire thread it was contained in. So I guess the block sender setting works bu

Re: Picker Items

2020-05-09 Thread Phil Halton
The way I handled them in iOS is to double tap on the picker, wait a second and it will bring the picker into an editable context and say “picker item. At that point flick up or down to find the entry you want to select. Then flick left to the done button and tap that. Sent from my IPhone > O

Re: Body Cams

2020-05-11 Thread Phil Halton
Hi ET, I’m curious as to why you want to use a body cam. Is it sightseeing? Or perhaps it’s covering yourself legally in case you bowl over some little old lady on the sidewalk? (Been there, done that!) I’m really curious, and that’s a rarity for me. Please let me know what you are thinking, it

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-11 Thread Phil Halton
> > Is there a way to make it so that each letter isn't individually pronounced? > > Kristeen > > > On May 7, 2020, at 9:59 AM, Phil Halton wrote: > > On iOS, and any and all mention of Remy‘s name, I hear it’s spoken first in > English, and then in a sec

Re: Body Cams

2020-05-11 Thread Phil Halton
icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > >> On 5/11/2020 6:52 AM, Phil Halton wrote: >> Hi ET, I’m curious as to why you want to use a body cam. Is it sightseeing? >> Or perhaps it’s covering yourself legally in case you bow

Re: Body Cams

2020-05-12 Thread Phil Halton
t; last but not least try and capture those speeding cars license plate as they >> go by! >> The head of Sunrise FL code enforcement always likes the videos better than >> just a address for the code infractions! ;) YMMV Chuck "God does not play >> dice with

Re: Body Cams

2020-05-13 Thread Phil Halton
visionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Phil Halton > Sent: Wednesday, 13 May 2020 1:09 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Body Cams > > Knocking over old people, stepping on little children, just the other day I > went into my local hospital and th

Books on OS X not syncing all purchases

2020-05-15 Thread Phil Halton
books on OS X is missing a handful of bookstore purchases. I have signed out and then back into my account, I have authorized the computer, and I have checked for available downloads. No joy. All the missing books do sync on the iOS books, but not on OS X. Any ideas? -- The following infor

Re: Books on OS X not syncing all purchases

2020-05-16 Thread Phil Halton
15, 2020, at 7:50 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > >  What version of macOS are you running? > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > >> O

Re: commands for navigating the web

2020-05-16 Thread Phil Halton
Have you read any of the copious help information that comes built-in to voice over? You’ll find the answer to every question you can never have about voice over it right in there. You can access the voiceover help by pressing vo plus the letter H. I believe the user manual option at the top of

Re: Body Cams

2020-05-18 Thread Phil Halton
he said I don’t know but I could carry you, >>> >>> Which at the time was the best reply I’ve ever had >>> And at the time she didn’t know who I was. >>> >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On >>> Behalf Of Phil Halton >>>

Re: Body Cams

2020-05-19 Thread Phil Halton
that someone will fall over it. >>> On 18 May 2020, at 11:09 pm, Phil Halton wrote: >>> >> I guess it really behooves people who have site to look where they’re >> going, doesn’t it? >> by the way, what happened to the rehab worker? Did they run for the hill

Re: What audio editing apps work well on the Mac with Voiceover

2021-08-08 Thread Phil Halton
Amadeus Pro can be a little tricky, especially in the area of selecting and editing audio after it has been recorded. Routing of play head and insertion cursors and knowing how to manipulate the file does get tricky. However there is a good tutorial by Jonathan Morrison called Amadeus maestro. P

Re: scanning a bar coddee

2021-08-20 Thread Phil Halton
I just tried the code scanner app and I can’t get it to do anything. The only actionable items on the screen are “find a barcode to scan “and “flashlight quote. Tapping on the first doesn’t seem to do anything. Only two items on the screen and nothing happens with them. On the other hand, the ba

Failing Apple Bluetooth keyboard

2021-09-24 Thread Phil Halton
I have an old Apple Bluetooth keyboard, probably 2012 or 13, and it seems to be failing. I get a lot of dead keys or repeating keys or it will just stop communicating with the MacBook Air. I have to shake things up by typing on the MacBook airs keyboard and then the Apple Bluetooth keyboard will

Re: Failing Apple Bluetooth keyboard

2021-09-25 Thread Phil Halton
ech > Apple Professional Learning Specialist > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Sep 24, 2021, at 6:10 PM, Phil Halton wrote: >> >> I have an old Apple Bluetooth keyboard, probably 2012 or 13, and it see

Re: Can the Mac OCR an image file?

2021-10-28 Thread Phil Halton
It’s voice overs OCR capacity peculiar to Big Sur only? I have Catalina and find no such voice recognition category in the voiceover utility. Sent from my IPhone > On Oct 28, 2021, at 1:02 AM, Muhammad Fayed wrote: > > This feature works as well on Intel Mac. I’ve got MBP 2016 15” and it d

Monitors for Mac mini

2021-10-29 Thread Phil Halton
I realize a monitor is not necessary for the mini, but I think I would like to have a monitor attached just for cited persons assistance on occasion. My question, what monitor can I get for a mini and I’m talking cheap as possible. Thanks for any help. Sent from my IPhone -- The following inf

Re: Monitors for Mac mini

2021-10-29 Thread Phil Halton
/xc/product/MJVU2AM/A?cid=mail%20share > > While I recommend an adapter sold by Apple, there may be alternatives > available from Amazon or other vendors. > > > - Brad - > > > On Oct 29, 2021, at 15:08, Phil Halton wrote: > > I realize a monitor is not necess

Re: Major problem with Monterey installer if you use vo.

2021-10-31 Thread Phil Halton
What kind of mouse are we talking about here? Well any off the rack an expensive USB mouse do the trick or does it need to be some kind of Apple Bluetooth mouse? I haven’t used one in so long I don’t know what’s out there anymore or what would be required here. Sent from my IPhone > On Oct 30

iOS 15

2021-11-04 Thread Phil Halton
Is anyone using iOS 15, and is there any reason to be cautious about updating? I’m a little leery about so many changes especially to Safari. How is it going for you if you’re using it and is it drastically different from iOS 14. Sent from my IPhone -- The following information is important fo

Alexa app with iOS15

2021-11-13 Thread Phil Halton
Using the new Alexa app with iOS 15 I am having a problem accessing my devices, particularly the echo dot. For some reason whenever I select the devices page I just get a splash screen saying introducing favorites. No amount of tapping passing through anything no gestures at all will get me out

Hey Siri and wake screen

2021-11-22 Thread Phil Halton
don’t know when this happened, but I noticed now that whenever I say hey Siri when the phone is locked my request of Siri is lost and all I get is the wake screen. Then I have to repeat myself once a wake screen is on so I can actually get my response from Siri. I don’t remember this being th

Re: Contents of Mac Box?

2021-11-23 Thread Phil Halton
Just for future reference, the iOS app called voice dream scanner would immediately tell you the contents of those sheets of paper. I use it constantly to do my mail and anything that I need to read. It’s the simplest most effective scanning app I have ever used and I’ve been around for a while.

Re: Emails from this list ending up in gmail spam folder repeatedly

2021-12-04 Thread Phil Halton
Hi Eric, I’ve noticed the same thing. It’s been going on for months. I guess the only difference between you and me is that I just don’t really care about it. I know that’s not everybody’s position. And you know, I am shocked shocked I say that Google is not paying attention to us end-users. Wha

Changing Sim cards is changing a nano Sim card on an iPhone some thing that can be easily done? They seem like they’re pretty small and it might be difficult to do this without site. Anyone have exper

2021-12-18 Thread Phil Halton
Sent from my IPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather tha

Re: Changing Sim cards is changing a nano Sim card on an iPhone some thing that can be easily done? They seem like they’re pretty small and it might be difficult to do this without site. Anyone have e

2021-12-18 Thread Phil Halton
PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > I've done it many times. No problems at all. > > Later... > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 18, 2021, at 4:11 PM, Phil Halton wrote: >> >>  >> >>

Re: Changing Sim cards is changing a nano Sim card on an iPhone some thing that can be easily done? They seem like they’re pretty small and it might be difficult to do this without site. Anyone have e

2021-12-19 Thread Phil Halton
Tiny yes, roughly 1/2 x 1/3“. What is the orientation of the card in the tray? Does the notched corner go to the upper right of the tray – the part that goes furthest into the phone itself? Or is it oriented some other way? it just might help me to know in advance how the notch should go into th

MVNO carriers versus the big three AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile.

2021-12-19 Thread Phil Halton
These MVNO‘s, mobile virtual network operators, seem to have one glaring drawback and that is deprioritization, Which as I understand it is when they throttle you back in favor of the full price customers on the various networks like AT&T etc. Kind of like the way Amtrak hast to pull off to t

Re: i phone going totally silent after phone calls and headphones are removed

2022-01-06 Thread Phil Halton
So, I can’t tell if you follow the advice to reboot your phone or not. You know turn it off and then back on again? You seem to be unsure about doing that. In my experience it solves an awful lot of problems with the iPhones. Sent from my IPhone > On Jan 6, 2022, at 6:55 PM, Caitlyn Furness w

Re: OCR on latest software on different devices

2022-01-23 Thread Phil Halton
Personally, I use voice dream scanner for all my OCR scanning needs and it does a great job for what it is. Although, my needs are fairly rudimentary. I can check my mail and any printed matter that comes my way with the OCR scanner from Voice Dream. I bet if I gave it a thorough workout, I woul

Re: The LA Pronunciation woes

2022-01-24 Thread Phil Halton
Have you tried hitting the computer with a rolled up newspaper when it does it, adding a firm, “no!”.☺️ Sent from my IPhone > On Jan 24, 2022, at 2:34 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > The only thing you could do is to contact apple accessibility about it. > I do that with all strange th

Re: Apple Pay

2022-01-25 Thread Phil Halton
And by “point “, Joseph means put the phone within a few inches of the card reader. I don’t think simply aiming the phone at the reader does any good because they are “Nearfield readers “. Sent from my IPhone > On Jan 25, 2022, at 1:04 AM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > oh ok. so that's what that

Re: Apple Pay

2022-01-25 Thread Phil Halton
ou’re in camera shot of the reader when you’re ready to make your > transaction without being able to see it? > >> On Jan 25, 2022, at 9:04 AM, Phil Halton wrote: >> >> And by “point “, Joseph means put the phone within a few inches of the card >> reader. I don’t think

Re: Apple Pay

2022-01-26 Thread Phil Halton
Apple Pay. >> >> >>> On Jan 25, 2022, at 2:38 PM, joseph hudson wrote: >>> >>> Good information to have. As I haven't done this yet before. But I might >>> the next time that I have to try to pay for something. Does anybody know if >&g

Re: How to turn on discriptee videos on

2022-01-29 Thread Phil Halton
I can only tell you about Amazon prime video. If you don’t have a prime membership this won’t be of help. However if you do, read on. The problem isn’t turning on descriptive audio, the problem is finding videos that have audio descriptions. I have found that there is a heading titled audio desc

Re: How to turn on discriptee videos on

2022-01-29 Thread Phil Halton
description, it remembers that you want it so, if you > bring up a later video with description included, it should start playing > automatically. > > Pete De Vasto > >> On Jan 29, 2022, at 12:55 PM, Phil Halton wrote: >> >> I can only tell you about

Re: Sharing Current Page?

2022-02-04 Thread Phil Halton
There is a “share “sub menu under the “file “menu in Safari. This is the equivalent of the iOS share sheet where you can share via email , Text messages , AirDrop, etc. Sent from my IPhone > On Feb 4, 2022, at 2:34 AM, Fazil M. wrote: > >  > Actually, when I was thinking about sharing that

Re: Does anyone know a good podcast or demo

2022-02-16 Thread Phil Halton
I know of no such podcast, but you could find out for yourself by experimenting with it and playing around with it. I’m not being dismissive, I’m just trying to tell you that you can teach yourself a lot while you’re waiting for someone else to come along and show you things. It’s something I’ve

iPhone screen starting to fail?

2022-02-16 Thread Phil Halton
A strange new development has started to occur with my iPhone XR in the last week. Twice now I have been unable to wake up the phone by touching the screen. Instead, I have to press the side button. The last time this happened a few days ago? I rebooted the phone and that cleared up the problem

How to set up new iPhone

2022-02-21 Thread Phil Halton
I can’t get to my local Apple store and so I’m thinking of buying online and having it shipped to me. Problem is, I’ve always had the store attendant do all the unboxing and set up work for me. I’m a little concerned that I won’t be able to do it too easily by myself. I’ll be keeping my same car

Re: How to set up new iPhone

2022-02-21 Thread Phil Halton
will > gladly assist wherever I can. Oh and most importantly, make sure your old > phone has a current back up. > >> On Feb 21, 2022, at 12:15 PM, Phil Halton wrote: >> >> I can’t get to my local Apple store and so I’m thinking of buying online and >> having it

Re: Log in window problem

2022-02-23 Thread Phil Halton
I don’t know if this is exactly the same problem, but the same thing happens with me on my MacBook Air whenever the screen goes dark usually five minutes of inactivity and the screen goes down. When it does voiceover says logon Philip Halton logon Philip Halton. It doesn’t mean anything it’s jus

In app purchases on iOS apps

2022-03-01 Thread Phil Halton
I just started perusing the App Store for iOS apps and I’ve noticed that the prices for apps seem to be buried in this “in app purchases “business. How can you find out how much an app cost before you actually download it?. Are they hiding the price somewhere in the description of the app that I

Re: In app purchases on iOS apps

2022-03-01 Thread Phil Halton
; Basically you get the app for free or very cheap, but it’s trimmed down to > just a few features. > > You find out what the full features cost after you run the app. > > Dave Carlson > Oregonian, Farfar, Engineer, Musician, Pioneer, and Woodworker > > On Mar 1, 2022,

New iPhone locked or unlocked

2022-03-10 Thread Phil Halton
Because I don’t really want to go to an Apple store I’ve been thinking about buying a new iPhone and having it shipped to me direct. And, because I really don’t want to mess around with changing out Sim cards from my old phone to the new I’ve been considering just having the sim card set up a

Re: New iPhone locked or unlocked

2022-03-10 Thread Phil Halton
So Brad, I’m assuming that when you make the purchase, you select to have them transfer your phone number (i.e. Sim card etc.) to the new phone and when you receive it you then have to activate it with the carrier? Maybe I got some bad info about it being locked to the carrier that way. Even if

Narrowing down my new iPhone choices

2022-03-14 Thread Phil Halton
Upgrading from my iPhone XR, I’m narrowing things down between the iPhone 13 and the 13 mini. I don’t need any of the features of the 13 Pro as it seems mostly camera enriched. And, I took a look at the iPhone SE third generation and it’s just too far of a step backward even though the price is

Re: Narrowing down my new iPhone choices

2022-03-14 Thread Phil Halton
rSense. > > - Brad - > > On Mar 14, 2022, at 15:01, Phil Halton wrote: > > Upgrading from my iPhone XR, I’m narrowing things down between the iPhone 13 > and the 13 mini. I don’t need any of the features of the 13 Pro as it seems > mostly camera enriched. And, I took a

Re: Narrowing down my new iPhone choices

2022-03-15 Thread Phil Halton
l person. > But go for the 13 if you want. More battery and better sound. > Go for the mini if you want a smaller device. > /A > >> 15 mars 2022 kl. 03:02 skrev Phil Halton : >> >> Lainer sounds interesting but I don’t do social distancing. People don’t >> w

Re: How to use Kindle with Alexa

2022-04-06 Thread Phil Halton
Good post Mark, one of your best! Sent from my IPhone > On Apr 6, 2022, at 2:31 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello All, > > I thought that some of you may find the following article useful as many, if > not all, of the following voice commands work with the Kindle app. > > Mark > > How to use

Re: HEIC converter

2022-04-17 Thread Phil Halton
A quick Google search on the term “how to convert HEI see to JPG” produce good results. You can do the following to convert HEI see’s to JPG. You can open them in either preview or in the Photos app and then just save them in the JPG format. SentA quick Google search on the term “how to conver

Re: HEIC converter

2022-04-17 Thread Phil Halton
Well, how about the other suggestions. Did you try opening it in preview? Did you try exporting it and changing the settings in the photo settings? Like I said a quick Google search produces good results. Sent from my IPhone > On Apr 17, 2022, at 12:12 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > I found th

Upgrading from Catalina

2022-04-18 Thread Phil Halton
Lately I’m getting nag screens for updating to Monterey. I’m currently using Catalina on a mid 2013 MacBook Air. Is there any compelling reason why I should do so? I’m perfectly happy with Catalina, but I normally try to stay reasonably current with the latest OS. However, I just don’t feel like

Re: Upgrading from Catalina

2022-04-19 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks Dave, I really only use the Mac for Safari and Numbers. Everything else I do on my iPhone ever since I got carpal tunnel. I just don’t wanna fall too far behind on the operating systems that’s my worry. But, I’ll probably have to get a new MacBook Air in the next few years, And maybe tha

AirPods max

2022-05-02 Thread Phil Halton
I bought a pair of AirPods max today just to try them out. Got 14 days to return if they don’t work out. Anyway, kind of pricey but they look really good and the audio quality is very high. Like all headphones, they’re a little uncomfortable to wear long term, but maybe that’s just me, I don’t l

Re: AirPods max

2022-05-03 Thread Phil Halton
got some Christmas money for them. > Just curious? > Why don’t you like headphones? > Bless! > /A > >> 3 maj 2022 kl. 04:06 skrev Phil Halton : >> >> I bought a pair of AirPods max today just to try them out. Got 14 days to >> return if they don’t work out. Anyw

Re: Anyone have any experience with the Airpods Max?

2022-05-03 Thread Phil Halton
Angie, could you elaborate on what you mean by “resetting “the AirPods Max? Is that something to do with the button press combination between the crown and the transparency button? What exactly are you talking about and what are the conditions under which you need to reset? Sent from my IPhone

Clicking links embedded in iOS text messages

2022-05-05 Thread Phil Halton
How does one go about interacting with links that are embedded in text messages in the iOS message app? I don’t use a lot of texting, but occasionally I need to click a link in a message that was sent to me and for the life of me I can’t find any way of clicking that link. It is reported by voic

Re: Clicking links embedded in iOS text messages

2022-05-05 Thread Phil Halton
a Knogo. >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>>> On May 5, 2022, at 10:10 AM, Brad Snyder wrote: >>>> >>>> Set your rotor to Links, and then swipe up or down as appropriate. This >>>> should place focus o

New iPhone 13, out of box procedures

2022-05-07 Thread Phil Halton
I just received a new iPhone 13 from my carrier (Verizon), and I am unsure of how to proceed. I want to bring up voice over as soon as possible because I understand that I will have to set up the phone number in the early stages and I need voice over immediately. Is it the case that I just do a

Re: New iPhone 13, out of box procedures

2022-05-07 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks Brad that makes things a lot easier. Sent from my IPhone > On May 7, 2022, at 3:55 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Yes, on a new iPhone on first start-up, triple pressing the side button will > start VoiceOver. > > > - Brad - > > > > > On May 7

Re: Free Mac class

2020-12-24 Thread Phil Halton
Hey Cliff, sounds interesting. Can you give us some more information about this please?😃 Sent from my IPhone > On Dec 23, 2020, at 6:43 PM, 'Kliph' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > >  > Before I start, do not, I repeat, do not reply on list. The info to register > is in the next section > >

What has happened to the PayPal mobile app?

2021-01-06 Thread Phil Halton
They change something in the most recent app update, and now all I get is a splash screen with cryptocurrency offers, donation options, but there is no more send button or request button. I have to now use the desktop website in order to send money. Anyone else having this problem? Sent from my

Re: What has happened to the PayPal mobile app?

2021-01-06 Thread Phil Halton
last week. > >> On Jan 6, 2021, at 10:11 AM, Phil Halton wrote: >> >> They change something in the most recent app update, and now all I get is a >> splash screen with cryptocurrency offers, donation options, but there is no >> more send button or request button

Re: What has happened to the PayPal mobile app?

2021-01-07 Thread Phil Halton
oneer, and Woodworker > > On Jan 6, 2021, at 12:38 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > > I just deleted and re-downloaded the PayPal app with the same result, no send > or request buttons anywhere. Actually occasionally using the item chooser, I > can find the send button but It is b

Re: Strange focus/reading problems in Safari on my iphone

2021-01-10 Thread Phil Halton
I have to agree with Brett hear about the screen recognition feature. I have found it to do nothing but cause problems with apps and Safari. It may have a future but currently it really screws up the performance of apps and the Internet. I would definitely try turning it off completely from with

opening youtube suggested links from ios search

2021-01-28 Thread Phil Halton
Not sure when this started, but whenever I ask Siri to search google for something, and one of the suggested website results is a youtube link, I run into problems opening and playing the links. 1. when I tap on the search suggestion, instead of going directly to the site/video, I get an “open w

USB cable type explanations needed

2021-03-25 Thread Phil Halton
I have need of a USB type B cable for a certain application. One end connects normally to the Mac eight 2012 MacBook Air, and the other end is the business and I need to know about it needs to be a type B. Now I think I have the right cable but not sure. The connector feels smooth on the top and

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