RE: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-08 Thread Simon Fogarty
ally, my time was up. As you will read in some other messages, I am checking into some used equipment. Consider my taking the new one back the end of the chapter, not necessarily the end of the story. Arnold Schmidt - Original Message - From: Simon Fogarty<mailto:si...@blinky-net.com&g

RE: Two Factor Authentication Not an Option?

2016-07-08 Thread Simon Fogarty
My iPHone has two factor authentication? Where abouts is it I shoud be looking for this? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Friday, 8 July 2016 2:36 PM To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries Subject: Two Factor Authenticati

RE: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-08 Thread Simon Fogarty
t my Mac and still return to it from time to time. > I've been a devoted Apple user on the mobile platform for several > years and there is something that brings me back to the Mac again and > again. It may be just that I don't like to admit failure in the face > of any te

RE: track pad what can one do with it

2016-07-08 Thread Simon Fogarty
@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Simon Fogarty Sent: Friday, July 8, 2016 6:14 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: RE: track pad what can one do with it Rhonda, The tr

RE: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini

2016-07-08 Thread Simon Fogarty
gmail.com<mailto:clgillan...@gmail.com> Phone: (704) 256-8010. - Original Message ----- From: Simon Fogarty<mailto:si...@blinky-net.com> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 6:06 AM Subject: RE: Opinions On This Used

RE: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini

2016-07-08 Thread Simon Fogarty
Enewest mac minis, I don't believe so. They have now made the mac mini a closed unit, I gave it a good go getting the base off one in a store near my home and couldn't move it although the store wasn't happy I tried but it was pretty closed up. It appears they now want to make it a no go wi

RE: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-08 Thread Simon Fogarty
and ofcourse accomodating me in a five star hotel, from Scotland, just to wash your dishes. This must be the height of lazyness! - Original Message - From: Simon Fogarty<mailto:si...@blinky-net.com> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>

RE: mac book pro, mac book air, or iPad pro?

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yes I've used the 12 and 9.7 inch iPad pros. The 12 inch is to large and chunkie for my liking. The 9.7 is a nicer size but heavier than I'd like to carry around It's got everything you need plus the app store for things you don't. Still no I wouldn't get one but that's a personal preference

RE: mac book pro, mac book air, or iPad pro?

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
The ipad pros come in a 12.? Inch and 9.7 inch models Apart from the faster processor in the pros, I don't really see a lot more to them than the iPad air2 except may be sound but even then I thought it wasn't great for quad speakers. -Original Message- From: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisi

RE: Two Factor Authentication Not an Option?

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
your iPhone > settings > iCloud. Tap the button named for your account username, enter the password, and tap two factor authentication. That's if you can find it. On Jul 8, 2016, at 06:49, Simon Fogarty mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: My iPHone has two factor authenticatio

RE: mac book pro, mac book air, or iPad pro?

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Max, The air is either 11 or 13 inch screan size, With a less powerfull I5 or I7 processor range, Starting at 128 gb hard drive up to 512 gb drive space, both use PCE flash storage And up to 8gb ram. Note the up to is considered a custom build and has to be ordered as they only have sertai

RE: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
the whole thing away just because a memory chip went bad. Arnold Schmidt - Original Message - From: "Simon Fogarty" To: Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 10:21 PM Subject: RE: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini Enewest mac minis, I don't believe so. They have now made the mac

IOS 10 beta

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi List folks, Ok so today I thought I'd be crazier than usual and I updated to the IOS 10 beta release. Does anyone know of any yet written documentation on the new features in IOS 10, I've found a few but others are hiding from me. The first one that really got me was iMessage being turned o

RE: IOS 10 beta

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
9, 2016, at 5:06 AM, Simon Fogarty mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: Hi List folks, Ok so today I thought I’d be crazier than usual and I updated to the IOS 10 beta release. Does anyone know of any yet written documentation on the new features in IOS 10, I’ve found a few but othe

RE: IOS 10 beta

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
but his podcasts list all the new features and the differences between each beta release. I see he has a twitter feed. So I could imagine the new features being tweeted. http://tii.libsyn.com Regards, Gena On 9 Jul 2016, at 11:06, Simon Fogarty mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: H

RE: Windows For An Hour A Day, was Re: For new, or majorly struggling Mac users: Please read

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Arnold, I work with both windows and mac systems / machines, I do a lot of work both at home and work with active directory and exchange servers so I prefer to use windows for exchange and windows active directory admin tools for AD. The AD tools is not something that at this point can be d

RE: Two Factor Authentication Not an Option?

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
website is appleid.apple.com<http://appleid.apple.com>. Then, on your iOS device, open Settings, go to iCloud, tap on your account name, and proceed from there as described. On Jul 9, 2016, at 05:42, Simon Fogarty mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: Iclouds accessible? Last time I looked at it

RE: mac book pro, mac book air, or iPad pro?

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
y guide to all of Apple's Mac computers: http://www.applevis.com/guides/miscellaneous/explaining-myriad-models-macs On Jul 9, 2016, at 05:55, Simon Fogarty mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: Hi Max, The air is either 11 or 13 inch screan size, With a less powerfull I5 or I7 processor range, Startin

RE: mac book pro, mac book air, or iPad pro?

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
d cd rom. I mean I hardly ever need one, and when I do; it would be so much more convenient to just carry a little external drive or portable dvd player instead. what do you think? Max On Jul 9, 2016, at 4:38 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Yes I've used the 12 and 9.7 inch iPad pros. > T

RE: mac book pro, mac book air, or iPad pro?

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
ac book pro and just dropping the cd rom to lose a little of the weight. another thing i'm sure of is this time I'm maxing out the ram and going with a SSD or compact flash hard drive. thanks, max On Jul 9, 2016, at 4:41 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > The ipad pros come in a 12.? Inch a

RE: Safari question

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hell, even I knew what the home depot was / is, and I've never been there and we don't have it as a company in NZ, But it's in books and movies all the time, where else does a criminal go to get there paint and other things to disgize the car they stole. -Original Message- From: macvisio

RE: mac book pro, mac book air, or iPad pro?

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
a mac book and a 9 inch iPad. but assuming I am >> staying with a mac book do i want a mac book pro or a mac book air? I'm >> thinking pro but without the dvd cd rom. I mean I hardly ever need one, and >> when I do; it would be so much more convenient to just carry a littl

RE: mac book pro, mac book air, or iPad pro?

2016-07-09 Thread Simon Fogarty
x27;m still wanting a full computer and not a tablet. Maybe I'll go all in and get a mac book and a 9 inch iPad. but assuming I am staying with a mac book do i want a mac book pro or a mac book air? I'm thinking pro but without the dvd cd rom. I mean I hardly ever need one, and when I do

RE: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini

2016-07-10 Thread Simon Fogarty
(or a $17 chinese knockoff tool like I bought heh) Stuff is so packed inside the Apple laptops and iMac, you’re so right there. I had to have a girl with really small hands pop in the memory module because my fat fingers couldn’t make it work. > On Jul 8, 2016, at 10:21 PM, Simon Fogart

RE: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini

2016-07-10 Thread Simon Fogarty
Scott, that panel is only on the 27 inch iMacs the 21 inch is as you say totally closed unit unless your crazy enough to take the screan off to get intot he guts of it and change the spindal harddrive. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@go

RE: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini

2016-07-10 Thread Simon Fogarty
And Arnold, That machine your getting sounds like the late 2011 model. I’ve currently got with me a early 2011 model with 8 gig ram and 320 gig hard drive, I’m updating it for my neace and when I’m finished it will be a 2011 mac book pro with optical drive, 16 gig of DDR3 ram, and a 480 or 50

RE: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-10 Thread Simon Fogarty
ting a house-cleaner rather than spend all that lovely cash flying me over and ofcourse accomodating me in a five star hotel, from Scotland, just to wash your dishes. This must be the height of lazyness! - Original Message - From: Simon Fogarty<mailto:si...@blinky-net.com> To: ma

RE: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-10 Thread Simon Fogarty
with Linux and interaction with the databases etc. > On Jul 8, 2016, at 6:59 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Sandy mark and others, > > Yeah the mac is great for being able to run a bootcamp or dual boot system. > > As a power user of the windows environment I need to have it

RE: Looking for Slack feedback from voiceover users on OSX and IOS

2016-07-11 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Michael, Thanks for this, I will definitely be looking into this. We’ve just started using slack at work for our messaging system as it’s not hosted locally therefore if systems go down we can still communicate with our teams nationwide. I have only been able to get it to work somewhat acce

RE: Windows For An Hour A Day, was Re: For new, or majorly struggling Mac users: Please read

2016-07-11 Thread Simon Fogarty
would be preferable. Give me your take on things, very interested. Thank you On Jul 10, 2016, at 12:15 AM, Simon Fogarty mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: Hi Arnold, I work with both windows and mac systems / machines, I do a lot of work both at home and work with active directory and ex

RE: mac book pro, mac book air, or iPad pro?

2016-07-11 Thread Simon Fogarty
ances, it would be nice to have lots of extra memory. Sure, I could get a Mac Pro and slap in a pile of cores and ram but I suspect I’m not throwing that in my work bag.:) > On Jul 10, 2016, at 12:26 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Max > > The 13 inch mac book air with 8 gig ram a

RE: IOS 10 beta

2016-07-11 Thread Simon Fogarty
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!!!!! On Jul 9, 2016, at 5:06 AM, Simon Fogarty mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: Hi List folks, Ok so today I thought I’d

RE: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini

2016-07-11 Thread Simon Fogarty
sion drive. As with the addition of any SSD, the performance has improved exponentially. Personally, I so seldom need the optical drive, it just seemed better to create the Fusion array instead. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 10, 2016, at 02:53, Simon Fogarty mail

RE: iMac fusion Drive versus standard Drive

2016-07-11 Thread Simon Fogarty
I Have a 1tb fusion drive in my mac mini at work and that's along side 16 gig ram, It's quick when starting up and ok with file location or saving but I find it gets clunky after a while with everything I'm installing and removing etc. I haven't updated that machine to el capitan so it could

RE: Mac security, encrypting, backing up, oh my!

2016-07-11 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi ET, Interesting thought on the BRL file for storing passwords, I can honestly say that if you did that and I got hold of the file or a printed list of passwords written in braille I'd still be reading it in 6 months. It's not that I can't read braille but I just don’t' do it enough to re

RE: Sharing on Apple TV

2016-07-11 Thread Simon Fogarty
I know the atv has home sharing but will that work between different locations? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Monday, 11 July 2016 2:46 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: S

RE: Mac security, encrypting, backing up, oh my!

2016-07-12 Thread Simon Fogarty
idn’t braille come from a military code originally? > On Jul 11, 2016, at 3:39 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi ET, > > Interesting thought on the BRL file for storing passwords, > > I can honestly say that if you did that and I got hold of the file or a > printed

RE: mac book pro, mac book air, or iPad pro?

2016-07-12 Thread Simon Fogarty
cause to much thermal noise. Biggest problem with your proposed config would probably be battery drain but give it a few years. We’ll have way more than that in the form factor you want. > On Jul 11, 2016, at 3:18 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Yeahscott, > > My perfect machine wo

RE: Sharing on Apple TV

2016-07-12 Thread Simon Fogarty
hat too is accessible to any other ATV using the same Apple ID. So, in my case, my father lives about 16 hours away in British Columbia and has access to my library. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 11, 2016, at 01:53, Simon Fogarty wrote: I know the atv has home sharin

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-12 Thread Simon Fogarty
Great Chick, And an awesome story. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Tuesday, 12 July 2016 11:49 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world

RE: Mnumonics

2016-07-12 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Chris, Possibly someone has said this already but may be an archive or webpage with the files your creating linked That way you could provide a url / link to the list and people could grab it Hust a thought, And by the way great work. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvision

RE: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini

2016-07-13 Thread Simon Fogarty
HI Scott, I've seen one being used but haven't had a play with one myself. The new mac pros that is. They resemble a small trash bin, Almost like a small R2D2 droid. But nothing showing on the front but you turn them around and they've got a panel approx. 5inchs square that has all the c

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-13 Thread Simon Fogarty
You guys make it sound scarey. I lost my sight at 22 and used computers for games prior to that. After losing my sight I had to find something to do and ended up studying IT for my degree in IT, and I’m 4 papers short of a degree in physical education I work for a state owned university which

RE: semi-ot: Sonar virtual machines and dealing with virtual box

2016-07-13 Thread Simon Fogarty
That’s a bit of yes and no. Yes it is useable if you are using OSX Yosemite or elcapitan with the vb version 5 upwards, But before that voiceover will crash when you move to the VM application. I have to use this on a daily basis for work and I find if I need to flick backwards and forward I ha

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-13 Thread Simon Fogarty
David, Now that your living in the land of the long white cloud, How do you think those stats stand up against kiwi stats relating to blind / visually impaired getting jobs? Cheers, Simon f From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Ch

RE: Looking for Slack feedback from voiceover users on OSX and IOS

2016-07-13 Thread Simon Fogarty
type /feedback your feedback here In any of the edit boxes on slack Note: in desktop app on Mac, hitting the option key seems to jump focus back to the edit box, kinda makes things hard when using voiceover :) On Jul 11, 2016, at 12:02 AM, Simon Fogarty mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
Devin, I don’t know the situation with colleges in the USA but if you have the will then there will be a way, If you wished to study at college and showed you could work at it surely it must be possible Good luck From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] O

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
I’d like to talk to her now, she sounds like a pretty smart lady. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Katie Zodrow Sent: Thursday, 14 July 2016 9:51 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: Katie Zodrow Subject: Re: This blind Apple engi

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
It’s great to hear different peoples life experiences I seem to be one of few that come from a sighted background and have had to learn life again from a different angle But what I have learnt from my experiences is that it doesn’t matter what you do or try there is always someone out there t

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
Dear I say it but graphics design tend to use macs, With the swift playground software development might come in to its own on the IOS platform. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Thursday, 14 July 2016 5:30 PM To: m

RE: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
Garage. In the main mix position in Joe’s Garage you could mix in several axes complete with over head and floor mounted speakers. Thanks for the feedback on the Pro though. As much as I’d love one that’s hard to justify with out making money with it. > On Jul 13, 2016, at 4:31 AM, Simon F

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hey Tim, You may not have schools for the blind, but dude you guys have great ski fields in BC. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Thursday, 14 July 2016 5:42 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: This b

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
ten...@gmail.com> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 13 Jul 2016, at 21:28, Simon Fogarty mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: David, Now that your living in the land of the long white cloud, How do you think those stats stand up against kiwi stats relating to blind / visua

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi David, Good luck with the new business. If you need staff let me know, I'm looking to get out of what I'm currently doing. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chittenden Sent: Thursday, 14 July 2016 10

RE: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Donna and Devin, Devin, if your as sheltered as you make it sound, Donnas suggestion of a community college would be a great idea, you would also get to meet many other people from all walks of life. I’ve met truckloads of people from my studies at University I would tell my family where to

RE: Cannot Join Wifi

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi ET, Are you getting any error messages or possible hints to where the issue might lye? Below the wifi on / off button under system prefs / network, Do you have a button that if you tap the space bar on will drop down a list of networks? Is the network listed under the advanced network opt

RE: Cannot Join Wifi

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi ET, When you say Stubbin what do you mean? Have you checked your mac network settings for static DNS entries which would stop you getting to the outside world or even IP addresses. , -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] O

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hey David, Great work, hope it pays off. So long as our Gov doesn't screw things up for you. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chittenden Sent: Friday, 15 July 2016 4:35 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroup

RE: Mac Mini and wireless headphones

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
Does the base station for the headset have a frequency selector on the base of it? Possibly you need to select a new channel for it to work from your mac. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of William Gallik Sent: Friday, 15 July 2016 8:23 P

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
ten...@gmail.com> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 15 Jul 2016, at 19:59, Simon Fogarty mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: Devin, I don’t know the situation with colleges in the USA but if you have the will then there will be a way, If you wished to study at college and show

RE: Mac Mini and wireless headphones

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Simon Fogarty Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 10:20 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Mac Mini and wireless headphones Does the base station for the headset have a frequency selector on the base o

RE: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini

2016-07-15 Thread Simon Fogarty
to know I'm not the only one who immediately thought of Frank. Lol! On 7/15/16, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Joe’s Garage? What is that other than a great album by Frank zapper! > > Yeah it's a full on computer > At the time we priced it there was 64gb ram, > 12 core xeon proc

RE: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

2016-07-16 Thread Simon Fogarty
What about just eraising the intire disk using disk utilities? That will give you a clean slate to start again with. And if you have everything on your new machine then your not going to lose anything Just a thought. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:m

RE: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

2016-07-16 Thread Simon Fogarty
I don't use timemachine but I suggest it for a backup to anyone that has a mac. It's built in and therefore free and more reliable than most. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Saturday, 16 Jul

RE: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-16 Thread Simon Fogarty
college life, meet new people. Vaughn On 7/15/16, Simon Fogarty mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: Hi Donna and Devin, Devin, if your as sheltered as you make it sound, Donnas suggestion of a community college would be a great idea, you would also get to meet many other people from all

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-16 Thread Simon Fogarty
Scott, I'm not sure we want your kind down here in the southern hemisphere. Specially around new Zealand we're a very clean country You might dirty the water! Lol. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Gran

RE: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-16 Thread Simon Fogarty
college. > > >> On Jul 15, 2016, at 12:53 PM, Vaughn Brown wrote: >> >> I loved attending my community college. It was a great way to ease >> into a college life, meet new people. >> Vaughn >> >>> On 7/15/16, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>>

RE: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-16 Thread Simon Fogarty
mmer. >> Katie > >> On Jul 15, 2016, at 9:53 AM, Vaughn Brown wrote: >> >> I loved attending my community college. It was a great way to ease >> into a college life, meet new people. >> Vaughn >> >>> On 7/15/16, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>

RE: HP's radical new computing design or Singularity here we come!

2016-07-16 Thread Simon Fogarty
Or getting run over by a motor vehicle which you step in front of while chasing a cartoon character which you can only see if your stuck to your phones screan. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent:

RE: Can't delete my time machine backups folder due to not having permissions?

2016-07-16 Thread Simon Fogarty
Are you the administrator of the machine or just a user? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Tubbs Sent: Saturday, 16 July 2016 7:57 PM To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries Subject: Can't delete my time ma

RE: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
immigration skills list and have enough points. Also, I needed to prove I could live independently. It would have been been much easier had I married a Kiwi. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 16 Jul 2016, at 20:04, Simon Foga

RE: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

2016-07-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
] On Behalf Of Joshua Tubbs Sent: Sunday, 17 July 2016 3:05 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash Yes, but the backup data is in the trash now so can’t that is what I am trying to get rid of. > On Jul 16, 2016, at 3:50 AM, Simon Fogart

RE: I Need a Little Help in Safari

2016-07-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Mark, Till now I had respect for you. Now I'm just really concerned! Tell me your not getting into this psycho craze! LOL> -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Sunday, 17 July 2016 5:41 AM To: macv

RE: Reformatting drives on Mac: which entry in the table?

2016-07-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Alex, Yes the first entry is the actual drive, you would partition this, the second entry is the drive volume so if you only wish to format the volume then highlight the second entry and then go to the eraise tab and then select the correct format mac osx extended journaled, then eraise, you

RE: Reformatting drives on Mac: which entry in the table?

2016-07-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Alex, If you wished to partition the disk then highlight the full drive name not just the volume name You can just format a drive using eraise tab but a full partition may well be a better option if it’s currently set to ntfs. As tim said mac osx extended journaled is the format to use if you

RE: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
288 > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 16 Jul 2016, at 20:04, Simon Fogarty wrote: >> >> David, do you mean you couldn't move over here until you got a masters >> degree? >> >> I can't believe that. >> >> >> >> -Origi

RE: iOS 10 is a total mess

2016-07-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Chris, Only problems I've had have been applications that aren't yet up to scratch with IOS10 Otherwise yes I agree at this point. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Sunday, 1

RE: A question I'd really like some serious thought to be given to regarding iOS.

2016-07-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Chris, Did you by any chance ask him how much voiceover usage knowledge did he have? I know how to drive a car but I wouldn’t say I was great at it. Or that all blind people can do it. I wonder if we have a apple accessibility contact team here in NZ. Might be worth while giving them a call

RE: Audible members: I just found a piece of gold!

2016-07-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
That app sounds very bad chris and I wont for one be looking in to it any further. Cough cough! From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Monday, 18 July 2016 12:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject:

RE: iOS 10 is a total mess

2016-07-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Stacey, No cost, and if you go to Beta.apple.com In your ios browser safari etc and then follow the links It's a public beta so it's open to anyone so long as you have an itunes account Good luck. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@

RE: Two First Generation Track Pad Questions

2016-07-18 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi, When you start up and setup or configure your new mac when it start up it should prompt you for any Bluetooth devices, This will allow you to pair your track pad. Yes the button on the right hand end of the battery compartment is the on / off button, hold it for a second should turn it on

RE: Two First Generation Track Pad Questions

2016-07-18 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Arnold, Yeah the batteriescan last for months, I think I only changed mine twice but I don’t use it all the time. As for the touchpad 2 from apple, I’ve only charged it once since it came on the market and I purchased it. So that’s over 6 months. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mai

RE: I Need a Little Help in Safari

2016-07-18 Thread Simon Fogarty
g the point? Thank you. Kawal. On 17 Jul 2016, at 10:33, Simon Fogarty > wrote: Mark, Till now I had respect for you. Now I'm just really concerned! Tell me your not getting into this psycho craze! LOL> -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: iOS 10 is a total mess

2016-07-18 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yes there is. It's all available on the beta website for you to read -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brent Harding Sent: Monday, 18 July 2016 9:27 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iOS 10 is

RE: Looking for Slack feedback from voiceover users on OSX and IOS

2016-07-18 Thread Simon Fogarty
g it with a VA out of India, so would love to have it working. VOIP quality IMO is fairly good. On Jul 13, 2016, at 2:29 AM, Simon Fogarty mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: Thanks Michael, I’ll go check this out , it might be worthwhile. If only the desktop apps were more accessible, I

RE: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-18 Thread Simon Fogarty
izen. Maybe my ideas are to outdated. > On Jul 17, 2016, at 5:27 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Bloody government. > > Oh well yor here now. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

RE: HP's radical new computing design or Singularity here we come!

2016-07-18 Thread Simon Fogarty
Tim, Kind of scarey really, From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Monday, 18 July 2016 2:56 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: HP's radical new computing design or Singularity here we come! We’re in fo

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-18 Thread Simon Fogarty
.:) I was good enough for Dream Works so should be able to slide that. > On Jul 16, 2016, at 4:02 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Scott, I'm not sure we want your kind down here in the southern hemisphere. > > Specially around new Zealand we're a very clean country

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-18 Thread Simon Fogarty
our vast country. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 18, 2016, at 02:31, Simon Fogarty wrote: Give it a go, but he lives in wellington, it's windy as a wind farm, But it is far enough away from the south island for us to not care, oh and you'd have to learn to speak Eng

RE: I Need a Little Help in Safari

2016-07-18 Thread Simon Fogarty
that will happen if he loses his game too many times! > > Kawal. >> On 18 Jul 2016, at 09:05, Simon Fogarty > <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: >> >> Karl, >> >> As stated here, I was giving Mark a hard time about looking at this >> product

RE: Apple updates OS X El Capitan with final non-security fixes

2016-07-18 Thread Simon Fogarty
So does this mean it's the last update to el capitan and that it's cosmetic with no security udpates? So I can only assume from this that mac os x Siera will come out with no security issues or am I hoping for to much. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:m

swift playgroupnd

2016-07-19 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi List, I was just wondering about the swift Playground dev app that is to be released some time this year. Is that to be available for everyone or only available for Developers? Does anyone know if its available yet or is it only currently in a dev or beta state Thanks for any information

RE: swift playgroupnd

2016-07-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
earn to program for Apple's apps. Ben On 7/19/2016 2:28, Simon Fogarty wrote: Hi List, I was just wondering about the swift Playground dev app that is to be released some time this year. Is that to be available for everyone or only available for Developers? Does anyone know if its avail

RE: Logitech K800 Keyboard

2016-07-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Not that model but I have used a 700 series model on my mac book air. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Wednesday, 20 July 2016 10:14 AM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Logitech K800 Keyboard Curious

RE: swift playgroupnd

2016-07-21 Thread Simon Fogarty
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: swift playgroupnd I was actually hoping to buy it. So I hope it does work on the iPhone, because I don't have an iPad. Cheers, Donna On Jul 20, 2016, at 2:21 AM, Simon Fogarty mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: Donna I was just wondering that myself. M

RE: Logitech K800 Keyboard

2016-07-21 Thread Simon Fogarty
6 10:17 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Logitech K800 Keyboard Hi. Why would you need another keyboard as the Mac Book Pro and the Air already have keyboards? > On 20 Jul 2016, at 08:27, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Not that model but I have used a 700 series model

RE: swift playgroupnd

2016-07-22 Thread Simon Fogarty
blind programmer who is on the Swift Playground team, Swift Playground is fully accessible. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com<mailto:dchitten...@gmail.com> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 21 Jul 2016, at 20:59, Simon Fogarty mailto:si...@blinky-n

RE: Logitech K800 Keyboard

2016-07-22 Thread Simon Fogarty
hen I would use an additional keyboard. > On 21 Jul 2016, at 10:05, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Keyboard from a distance! > > If my air is sitting on my desk and I'm lying on the couch why wouldn't I > use a wifi keyboard. > > -Original Message-

RE: Logitech K800 Keyboard

2016-07-22 Thread Simon Fogarty
gt;>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>> Are We Alone in the Universe? >>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com> >>> >>> On 7/21/2016 6:01 AM, Saqib Hussain wrote: >>>> Hi. Yes I see your point but I personally woul

remote access

2016-07-22 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi List, I know I've asked this before but can't remember what the outcome was. Is there any way for a totally blind person to remote desktop or VNC control another Mac computer using voiceover over the remote connection? I know I can do this fine with windows using Jaws over the RDP connectio

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