RE: Voiceover Hanging with Audio Cutting in and Out

2016-01-26 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Kevin, Have you confirmed your audio source in the Sound preferences pane? A while back, I had installed a program that added an additional audio source to my list of possible sources. From time-to-time, the source would switch to the third-party source at which time I would experience a

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

2016-02-02 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am cross-posting this to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing list. A couple of months ago, a new feature was added to Twitter, called Moments. Essentially, Twitter Moments is a birds-eye view of current events happening around the world. It's really quite an exciting

RE: Official Moderator Contact?

2016-02-06 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Sabahattin, I am the moderator of this group. You may send me a direct email at mk...@ucla.edu in order to discuss posting your product for sale. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sabahattin Gucu

RE: Official Moderator Contact?

2016-02-06 Thread M. Taylor
Shaf, As the list moderator, let me say that you are quite incorrect. Both Cara and I care a great deal about what is posted to this list. The list policies require that members first obtain permission before posting any products for sale. Thank you all for observing the list policies. Mark

RE: Contacts not syncing properly again

2016-02-06 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Andrew, Most likely, you have resolved this problem but, just in case you have not, resolving it is simply a matter of signing out of iCloud on all of your devices, at least, the ones you are currently using, and then signing back in. If this does not work, then, while signed out on a p

RE: does any one know how i can get them with out paying for them?

2016-02-13 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Chris and Everyone, I apologize for my delay in addressing this thread sooner. I've been having connectivity problems thanks to my ISP. Regardless, let me thank all of you for insisting that the list policies be adhered to and for being good honest people. Just so you know, I have pla

RE: to the moderator or owners of this group

2016-02-13 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Zoe, This is Mark. I want you to know that both Cara and I have received your comments. Also, in a couple of days, I will update the signature of this group to include my email address. Mark From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Z

To The List About The Recent Spam

2016-02-14 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I became aware of the offensive emails and the deliberate string to shut down the Alex screen reader this morning. At that time, I looked at the email address of the sender and recognized it as one that I had just banned, last night, from the V iPhone list, for posting offensi

RE: To The List About The Recent Spam

2016-02-17 Thread M. Taylor
16, at 6:19 PM, Marie Lyons wrote: >>>> >>>> My v/o keeps shutting down. What can I do to fix it? >>>> >>>> Marie Lyons. I had called disability support and they couldn’t >>>> figure it out. Help greatly appreciated >>>> &

RE: Frustrated with Apple Pay

2016-02-18 Thread M. Taylor
Two more things to consider when using Apple Pay, Sarai, 1. The terminal transmitter is not necessarily directly adjacent to the terminal's display. When I first began using Apple Pay, I would virtually lay the phone against the display of the terminal, while this usually worked, it did not al

RE: Frustrated with Apple Pay

2016-02-18 Thread M. Taylor
then moving up a bit. > On Feb 18, 2016, at 1:37 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Two more things to consider when using Apple Pay, Sarai, > > 1. > The terminal transmitter is not necessarily directly adjacent to the > terminal's display. When I first began using Apple Pay, I w

A Question About Audio Descriptive Movies in iTunes

2016-02-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, I am posting this question to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing list. My primary question: Is the audio description track included when renting a movie from iTunes? or must one purchase the movie in order to receive the audio description track. My secondary question: If a

Adding or Moving Contacts Between Groups in iOS

2016-02-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am cross-posting this. I feel as though I am in the Twilight Zone, today. (smile) Is there a natively Apple iOS method of moving Contacts between groups? >From what I can discover, there is not. If I go to iCloud.com I can manage groups and move contacts between them usin

RE: Adding or Moving Contacts Between Groups in iOS

2016-02-25 Thread M. Taylor
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Adding or Moving Contacts Between Groups in iOS you can only do it in i o s with third party apps. it is easy to do in contacts in o s x if you have any questions contact me off list > On Feb 24, 2016, at 21:36 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyon

RE: cannot sign in to iTunes anymore

2016-02-25 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Ray, I am not having any problems signing into iTunes. If you will provide the steps, however, I will be happy to try to reproduce your issue. Mark From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr Sent: Thursday, February 25, 201

RE: cannot sign in to iTunes anymore

2016-02-25 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Ray, Sadly, I cannot reproduce your problem. iTunes is letting me login without any problem, even when I follow your steps. Ray, do you have any vision? Is it possible that there is some kind of dialog box being displayed that VoiceOver is not announcing? Can you log into and out of

MeetUp, A Great App for Those Who Want to Widen Their Social Circles

2016-02-28 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am delighted to see that the MeetUp app, for iOS, is now VoiceOver accessible. This is a free app. The app is free to use in order to find and join meet ups, however, one must pay a fee in order to actually create/organize a new meet up group. I will paste in the direct link t

Moderator NOTE: Regarding Anne Robertson's New Book and Copyrighted Material, in General

2016-03-02 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Although I try to read every post to the list, from time-to-time, a thread escapes my attention. This was the case regarding the thread on Anne Robertson's new book on the Pages application. Certain posts to that thread were forwarded to me and while I was so delighted to see t

Tim Cook Introduces a New Way to Receive Support for Your Apple Products

2016-03-03 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am cross posting this to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing list. Those of you who follow Tim Cook on Twitter, as I do, saw a tweet from him, earlier today, introducing, @AppleSupport. @AppleSupport is yet another way Apple customers can now receive support for all o

RE: Tim Cook Introduces a New Way to Receive Support for Your Apple Products

2016-03-03 Thread M. Taylor
ve eternal life." John 3:16 Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3, 2016, at 6:16 PM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Everyone, I am cross posting this to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing list. Those of you who follow Tim Cook on Twitter, as I do, saw a tweet from him, earlier today, introd

Good News About Downloading Music from Amazon to your Computer

2015-09-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, This post is for anyone who, like me, prefers to purchase music via Amazon.com. A while back there was some chatter on this list about the accessibility of Amazon's music cloud storage system and finding the Amazon MP3 downloader app. The following is a notification I received s

RE: other mac accessibility mailing list?

2015-09-28 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I hope you are all doing well. First, let me mention that, as I hate to hijack a thread, I will post the following comments in a separate thread, as well as this one. Second, both Cara and I always appreciate any feedback on list policies as it is necessary to revisit such subj

MODERATOR NOTE and REQUEST: other mac accessibility mailing list?

2015-09-28 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I hope you are all doing well. First, let me mention that, as I hate to hijack a thread, I will post the following comments in a separate thread, as well as this one. Second, both Cara and I always appreciate any feedback on list policies as it is necessary to revisit such subjec

A Quick Tip for Low Vision Users of iTunes 12.3 or Later

2015-09-29 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I cannot remember if this subject has already been discussed, on list, but just in case it has not: Perhaps the following tip may benefit those using screen readers, also, but I discovered it because, as a screen magnifier user (in addition to my screen reader and my beloved Brail

RE: Overdrive.

2015-09-29 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Kawal, I am currently using the Over Drive app to read the Davincci Code in audio book format. The app is definitely VoiceOver accessible. However, it relies mostly on the explore-by-touch method as the swipe gesture yields little results in the app. Virtually every feature of the ap

How to make a bootable OS X El Capitan USB key

2015-10-02 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Well, it's that time of year, again. I hope you find the following information useful. Good Luck, Mark How to make a bootable OS X El Capitan USB key These are instructions on how to make a bootable OS X El Capitan USB key. 1. Download OS X El Capitan 10.11 from the Mac App

RE: Awful Mail Bug in El Capitan

2015-10-03 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Brian, I have not experienced this problem with any of my email accounts including Exchange, iCloud, gMail, Yahoo, etc. In fact, the El Capitan mail client is working better than ever, for me, better than it did in Yosemite. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegro

A Quick Question About Upgrading the Native Apple Note App

2015-10-03 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am posting this question to both the Mac Visionaries and v iPhone mailing lists. While I have updated to El Capitan, I have not yet updated my primary iPhone to iOS 9.x. As a result, I have not yet upgraded the native Apple Notes app to the latest standard. This is because

Two Interesting Things That Occurred During My Installation of El Capitan

2015-10-03 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I cannot recall if this has been covered, on-list, but thought I would share two issues of some note, that occurred during my installation of El Capitan. 1. Upon successful download of El Capitan from the App Store, the installer did not automatically launch. This did not bother

RE: Two Interesting Things That Occurred During My Installation of El Capitan

2015-10-03 Thread M. Taylor
ther bumbled my way through. I'm not at all proud of my achievement and am now thinking of reverting back to Yosemite. Craig On Saturday, October 3, 2015, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Everyone, I cannot recall if this has been covered, on-list, but thought I would share two issues of some

RE: Major setbacks with El Capitan

2015-10-03 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Christopher, Thank you so much for providing such a comprehensive description of your reasons for returning to Yosemite. I cannot speak as to the problems you're experiencing in iTunes but the mail app is my most valued application in all of OS X. I have not encountered any problems

A Quick Tip for Those Using The Native El Capitan Mail Application, Getting VO to Announce The Total Number of Messages in a Particular Mailbox

2015-10-06 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, You know, sometimes, it's helpful to return to the basics. As some of you may know, I use the native OS X El Capitan Mail application via Standard view, complete with the Preview pane being displayed. Since using El Capitan, I have since wanted to be able to have VoiceOver not only an

RE: How to make a bootable OS X El Capitan USB key

2015-10-07 Thread M. Taylor
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How to make a bootable OS X El Capitan USB key the terminal is not working, maybe because the file name of my el capitan on my application is install os el capitan? > On 03 Oct 2015, at 7:18 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > Well, it

RE: Using a "." period in the username of gmail

2015-10-12 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Gary, I read your post, very carefully and, with all due respect, from Google's perspective, there is no problem to resolve. Simply put, a person can use any combination of letters, numbers, symbols, etc, so long as it is not used by someone else. Unless there is something I am not un

RE: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Brian, I'm not Chris but, as I understand your dilemma, the problem is that you have not yet successfully booted into your USB drive. Normally, I recommend that a blind a low vision person, working alone, use the Startup disk option located in the System Preferences, to subsequently boot

RE: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Brian, This is Mark. One can absolutely perform a clean install, without sighted assistance, provided that they use the Startup Disk option located in the System Preferences panel. The general order of things are as follows: 1. While your Mac is booted up to it's normal finder Desktop

RE: Is there a command to move keyboard focus to the mouse?

2015-10-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Donna, Use key combo VoiceOver-Key+Shift+F5 to move the keyboard focus to the mouse pointer. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 2:26 PM To: macvisionaries@

RE: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck

2015-10-16 Thread M. Taylor
ime finnished. That might be slightly overkill, but I know it didn't happen instantly if I released when the chime went away. Would like a little clarification on this, if you don't mind. Chris. - Original Message - From: "M. Taylor" To: Sent: Friday, October

A Question about Games for the Mac

2015-10-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Aside from chess, Does anyone know of any VoiceOver or self-voiceing board games such as monopoly? Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send a

RE: disabling the voiceover caption window

2015-10-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Michael, To hide the VoiceOver caption panel: 1. >From the VoiceOver Utility dialog box, select Visuals in the category table. 2. Select the VoiceOver Caption Panel tab. 3. Uncheck the Show Caption Panel checkbox. Mark From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@google

RE: Clean Install and Rol Back to Yosemite has ruined computer

2015-10-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Brian, I am so sorry that your experience has been this difficult. To be honest, I wanted to caution you about how to install Yosemite after having first upgraded to El Capitan. I did not, given that you were already on your proverbial way, as it were. I was hoping that all would be wel

RE: Clean Install and Rol Back to Yosemite has ruined computer

2015-10-17 Thread M. Taylor
rt of the disk where all the files and documents and all are, and just reinstall the system with that? Or is it more complex than that? I forgot how I used to reinstall the system before, but not even that helped the Alex issue. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 17, 2015, at 1:42 AM, M. Tay

Moderator Note

2015-10-20 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone,, Thank you all for your efforts in keeping the list conversations both courteous and on-point. As I have suspended the policy of placing all new members on moderated status and as I have recently approved many new people to the list, I just wanted to remind everyone to please refr

RE: From Yosemite to El Capitan and Back: One New User's Story

2015-10-22 Thread M. Taylor
I completely agree with you Scott, Especially where the Mac Mail application is concerned. I would argue that Mail is as good as it has ever been. I have said it before and I'll say it again, were it not for the Mac Mail application, there is no way I could conceivably manage so many email me

Mark on iOS 9.1, So Far

2015-10-22 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Well, last night, I finally installed iOS 9.1 on my 6 Plus. For me, there are no proverbial show-stoppers. 1. However, given that I have been in an ongoing dialog with Apple engineers, I am a little disappointed that the camera app zoom VoiceOver bug still persist. However, on

RE: From Yosemite to El Capitan and Back: One New User's Story

2015-10-22 Thread M. Taylor
I have long since suspected that Apple will, eventually, discontinue the classic view in Mail. This is just my opinion, of course. The funny thing is, whenever I see non-voiceOver users, including those in the Apple store, using Mac Mail, they are not using the classic view. I realize that th

RE: Uh, guys? We've got a problem with KNFB Reader for I O S.

2015-10-22 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, I, too, am experiencing this problem. The thing is, I don't see how to set a new default speech rate. If such a mechanism exists, then we'd be in business. Was it possible to set a new speech rate previously? Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [

Calibrating The iPhone Battery

2015-10-23 Thread M. Taylor
if this helps at all. Thanks Scott > On Oct 22, 2015, at 5:30 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > Well, last night, I finally installed iOS 9.1 on my 6 Plus. > > For me, there are no proverbial show-stoppers. > > 1. > However, given that I have been

RE: What's the word with the update for El Capitan and VO

2015-10-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Chris, I occasionally use the Zoom tool in OS X. It's very nice and works very well. I've considered purchasing ZoomText for the Mac but, as yet, see no need to do so as the native Zoom tool meets all of my needs. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

MODERATOR NOTE: Do not Post Sale Offers to the List Without Permission

2015-10-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Please do not post sale offers to the group without first having received permission to do so from either Cara or me. Should you receive said permission, please state in your post that you have received permission from the list owner/moderator. Thank you, Mark -- You received

RE: Moving the mouse pointer to click on different places.

2015-10-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, To perform a standard mouse-click with VoiceOver enabled, use key-combo Shift+VO-Key+Space-Bar. I suggest that you first press both the Shift and VO-key, then tap the space bar to perform the mouse click. Good Luck, Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.co

RE: still no new message sound in Mail

2015-10-25 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Katie, I'm curious, are you hearing sound effects in other applications such as the Messages app? Be sure that your system sound preferences are set correctly. Please do the following: Note, the following steps assume that you are using only the computer's internal speakers for soun

A Question to A T & T Wireless Customers with an Unlimited Data Plan, Regarding WiFi Calling

2015-10-26 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, Before I enable the new WiFi calling feature in iOS 9.1, I want to make certain that doing so will not automatically kick me off of my unlimited data plan. For years, A T & T Wireless has been trying to do anything that will cause one to lose their grandfathered unlimited data; I don't wan

Is Anyone Using Twitter Moments in the Native Twitter App?

2015-10-26 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Is Anyone Using Twitter Moments in the Native Twitter App? If so, how did you enable the feature and how do you use it? I see an option for Moments in the settings area of the app but can find no evidence of it as a Tab or anything from within the app. The Moments page, list onl

RE: Calibrating The iPhone Battery

2015-10-26 Thread M. Taylor
PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Scott, > > I changed the Subject line to more accurately reflect our conversation. > > Thank you ever so much for the tips on how to calibrate my iPhone battery. > > I will do exactly as you suggest. > > I have already rebooted th

RE: A Question to A T & T Wireless Customers with an Unlimited Data Plan, Regarding WiFi Calling

2015-10-26 Thread M. Taylor
igs, hasn't bothered me one bit. Oh and can I say this, it's faster than name as well. > On Oct 26, 2015, at 1:46 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello, > > Before I enable the new WiFi calling feature in iOS 9.1, I want to > make certain that doing so will not auto

RE: A Question to A T & T Wireless Customers with an Unlimited Data Plan, Regarding WiFi Calling

2015-10-26 Thread M. Taylor
advice would definitely be don’t give up the deal. They may prohibit a couple of cool features but at the end of the day it’s really nice not having to worry about data usage. > On Oct 26, 2015, at 12:46, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello, > > Before I enable the new WiFi calling feature in

RE: A Question to A T & T Wireless Customers with an Unlimited Data Plan, Regarding WiFi Calling

2015-10-26 Thread M. Taylor
fathered in to the same deal and am not able to get wi-fi calling or create a hotspot without losing my unlimited data. I think you’re sort of out of luck. My advice would definitely be don’t give up the deal. They may prohibit a couple of cool features but at the end of the day it’s really nice

An Update for A T & T Wireless Customers with an Unlimited Data Plan, Regarding WiFi Calling

2015-10-26 Thread M. Taylor
Hello My Fellow A T & T Wireless Unlimited Data Plan Subscribers, I am delighted to report that, after paying a visit to my local A T & T Wireless corporate store and after having concluded a 20 minute phone call with A T & T Wireless technical billing support, I am comfortable stating that there

RE: Calibrating The iPhone Battery

2015-10-27 Thread M. Taylor
I’ve thoroughly confused you we can always set up a call if I’ve been unclear. Take care and good luck > On Oct 26, 2015, at 8:44 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Scott, > > Thank you. > > I did let the phone run all the way down but did not wait your recommended 1

RE: ios 9 notification

2015-10-27 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Jean, I cannot reproduce your problem. Missed notifications on my iOS 9.1 lock screen appear as they always have. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jean Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 11:42 AM To:

A Question About Using/Enabling Keychain Access on iPhone

2015-10-27 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, While I do have keychain access enabled on my Macs, I seem to recall reading, online, a couple of years ago, that enabling keychain access on iPhone could sometimes cause some unexpected, and not at all beneficial, side-effects when either logging into the Mac or onto web sites or

Some Information for A T & T Wireless Customers Who Recently Enabled WiFi Calling or Who Were Recently Switched to HD Voicemail

2015-10-29 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, As the following is extremely important to my enjoyment of iPhone and in so much as I think it an important tool for many of us, I am going to post this to both the Mac Visionaries and V iPhone mailing lists. Please note that I can only verify the following on the A T & T Wireless

Apple TV (2015) cNet Review

2015-10-29 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Here is the text of the cNet review of the new Apple TV. The link to the original article is located at the end of the text. Enjoy, Mark Apple TV (2015) cNet Review The smoothest streaming TV today, powerful potential tomorrow The Good The new Apple TV delivers the most polis

RE: Current build of El Capitan.

2015-10-30 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Scott, I just had to chime in on this one. I am using Windows 10, with the latest version of Jaws, and am absolutely loving it. The only thing is, there is much tweaking that must be done in order to prevent the covert sharing of information with Microsoft but, once those tweaks are m

How To Backup Your Third-Party VoiceOver Accessible iOS 9.x Apps

2015-10-30 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, I am cross-posting this to both V iPhone and Mac Visionaries. NOTE 1: This document assume that you do not use the automatic app update feature on your iOS device. NOTE 2: The following applies to those who use an iOS device in conjunction with iTunes on a computer, only. As we have

RE: Windows 10 push

2015-10-31 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Shawn, I certainly do not wish to contradict E. T. as he may have access to more recently updated information than I. However, as far as I know, Windows 7 will be supported until the year 2020. To date, there is no mandatory update to Windows 10. In fact, I am writing this reply on a W

RE: Windows 10 push

2015-10-31 Thread M. Taylor
Hello E.T., I am so sorry you experienced that. It must have been extremely frustrating. All I can say is that no one with whom I interact, locally, has been forced to upgrade to Windows 10. While I am a huge fan of Windows 10, generally speaking, I recommend upgrading only to those runni

RE: Windows 10 push

2015-11-01 Thread M. Taylor
and uninstall Bootcamp. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 10/31/2015 7:52 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello E.T., > > I am so sorry you experienced that. It must have been extremely frust

RE: Trouble updating my mac.

2015-11-05 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Stacey, Generally speaking, after a successful download from the App Store, the El Capitan installer should automatically begin. However, now that I think about it, I don't think it automatically ran for me, either. Hmmm! Anyway, When you're ready to install/upgrade to El Capitan, simpl

A Definite Battery Drainer in iOS 9.1 of Which to Be Aware

2015-11-07 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am cross-posting this to both the v iPhone and the Mac Visionaries mailing list. SUMMARY: One glitch I've noticed in iOS 9.1, that I was finally able to verify on multiple devices, this week, is that, sometimes, when VoiceOver is enabled, receiving a text message alert will firs

How To Enable the Google Less Secure Apps Feature

2015-11-08 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, I changed the subject line of this thread to more closely reflect the current discussion. Okay, I looked this up for you and the following is the easiest and most screen reader accessible way to change this setting in your Google account. To enable the Less Secure Apps feature, do th

RE: haven't taken the plunge yet!

2015-11-09 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Jeff, I, for one, am absolutely delighted with El Capitan. I cannot reproduce many of the bugs that some have mentioned. This may be, in part, because of the differences in the way people interact with the OS and/or applications. For instance, I think the Mail application is better th

Something To Consider When Updating Your Mac

2015-11-11 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, You know, I almost hesitate to post the following supposition for fear of unleashing a firestorm of debate but after my recent experiences updating several Macs from Yosemite to El Capitan, I am compelled to proceed. For the life of me, I cannot fathom why some who upgrade from

RE: Something To Consider When Updating Your Mac

2015-11-12 Thread M. Taylor
M To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Something To Consider When Updating Your Mac If this is so, then how would we then know when the installation is 100% complete? Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 11, 2015, at 10:00 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > You

RE: Sprint launches LTE+ service

2015-11-20 Thread M. Taylor
Thank you for posting this, Scott. I know some people who will definitely be checking this new offer out as they are in the market for a new cell provider. I am so happy that Sprint is fighting for new customers. Nothing like competition to keep the prices down and the standard for new techn

RE: how do i begin?

2015-11-20 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Zoe, When you say a USB key, are you referring to one of those little key-fob like devices that are smaller than the size of an average finger? If so, I’m not certain I would use such a device to serve as the storage media for my backups. All things being equal, they are remarkably slo

How to Delete or "Forget" a WiFi Network in Windows 10

2015-11-20 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, To those of you using Windows 10 on your Mac, the following piece comes to us courtesy of SimpleHelp.com. If you are using Jaws 16 or later, I strongly suggest that you use the Jaws Touch Cursor to navigate dialog boxes. Enjoy and Good Luck, Mark How to Delete or "Forget" a WiFi Ne

A Quick Tip for Those Experiencing Any App Updating Problems in iTunes

2015-11-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, I am cross-posting this to both the Mac Visionaries and v iPhone mailing list because I think the steps described below will apply to both the Windows and Mac versions of iTunes. Today, in iTunes for Windows, I received a couple of download errors when attempting to update a couple of

RE: subscription request for my friend in this group

2015-11-30 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Mukesh jain, Your friend's subscription request was denied because she/he failed to put any kind of explanation as to why he/she wants to subscribe to the group. As we sometimes have spammers attempt to subscribe to the list, if there is not some kind of an explanation, sentence, as to

Here is a Great VoiceOver iOS App for Browsing Craig's List

2015-12-09 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am cross-posting this to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing list. The other day, I was supporting a friend on her iOS device and discovered that she had downloaded this marvelous Craig's List app that just happens to work wonderfully with VoiceOver. I am going to p

RE: Mail Says Busy

2015-12-10 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Brandon, I cannot reproduce your problem. The only time I receive a "mail busy" message is when I land on a thread that contains more than 30 or so messages. Mark From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brandon A. Olivares (The Pian

TIP: How to Enable the Microsoft Windows God Mode

2015-12-10 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am cross-posting this to both the V iPhone mailing list, as some may choose to use the iOS Cortana app in conjunction with their Windows PCs, and to the Mac Visionaries Mailing list, for those running Windows on their machines. NOTE 1: The following is valid for all versions of

RE: Most efficient way to read emails

2015-12-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Traci, I am a huge fan of the Mac Mail application. In fact, I think it the absolute best resource that the Mac has to offer. With it, I can go through hundreds and hundreds of messages in just a few minutes with a minimum of keystrokes as VoiceOver automatically reads each message as i

RE: Most efficient way to read emails

2015-12-17 Thread M. Taylor
a smart mailbox with all my unread messages. Other rules for my PayPal receipts for example, are automatically moved into their respective mailboxes. I do need to open such messages to gain the read flag. HTH Gena On 16 Dec 2015, at 16:26, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Traci, I am a huge fan of

RE: Most efficient way to read emails

2015-12-17 Thread M. Taylor
t return to open message if I want to read more than the 5 lines. Or in a threaded message. I also use a smart mailbox with all my unread messages. Other rules for my PayPal receipts for example, are automatically moved into their respective mailboxes. I do need to open such messages to gain the re

RE: Difficulties signing into appstore

2015-12-18 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Andrew, While I am not certain why you cannot login to the app store from your Mac, I can suggest that you confirm your login credentials at the Apple ID manager page. It may be that you need to increase the security level of your password by either making it longer or by adding a symbol

RE: how to know when the mac has shut down

2015-12-22 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Rhonda, You ask an excellent question. To my knowledge, there is no vibratory or auditory feedback to indicate that the Mac is shutting down. By the same token, although this has been suggested to Apple, time and time again, by me and others, there is also no feedback to indicate when

A Question About Facebook

2013-11-28 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am so delighted with the Facebook app for iPhone that I am wondering if there is such an app for Mac. When I searched the Mac App store, I could not find an app by Facebook. How do you all access Facebook on your Macs? I tried using Safari but had some difficulty navigatin

RE: A Question About Facebook

2013-11-28 Thread M. Taylor
rol-f by default, and lets you see the desktop or mobile interface, and switch between them at any time. I prefer the desktop for most things, but love the notifications and ease of switching. Cheers Dave On 29 Nov 2013, at 01:56, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I am so deli

RE: A Question About Facebook

2013-11-28 Thread M. Taylor
s and ease of switching. > > Cheers > Dave > > On 29 Nov 2013, at 01:56, M. Taylor wrote: > >> Hello Everyone, >> >> I am so delighted with the Facebook app for iPhone that I am >> wondering if there is such an app for Mac. >> >> When I sea

Beware of Sour Apples

2014-07-21 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Just a heads-up that there is a fishing expedition to get into your iTunes account. Today, I received an email from what appeared to be Apple, sent directly to one of my valid Apple iTunes email addresses, informing me that I needed to update my iTunes password. The email went o

RE: iTunes short cut key

2014-08-25 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Janine, I recently purchased a MacBook Pro with retina display and ported all of the settings from my old MacBook Pro to it using the Migration assistant. All, or so I thought anyway, almost all of my preferences were transferred over except the shortcut key to launch iTunes. Upon read

RE: Good and accessible NAS anyone?

2014-08-25 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Krister, I am going to paste in an message I recently posted to the v iPhone list as I think it may relates to your question. I am also going to post it to this list as a separate thread. Mark Waking Up From An iTunes Nightmare That I Helped Create Hello Everyone, This message is jus

Waking Up From An iTunes Nightmare That I Helped Create

2014-08-25 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, This message is just an F Y I: Back in 2007, I purchased my first NAS (network attached storage). For many of us, attaching a drive that contained its own web server, media server, and FTP server was exciting and a bit daunting. The general reason why people like using a net

RE: Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper

2014-08-26 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, I am a huge fan and longtime user of Super duper. It is totally VoiceOver accessible and works with both Maverick and Yosemite. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Marshall Sent: Tuesday, Au

MacFuse, Anyone?

2014-08-26 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, I was just browsing around the system Preferences pane and discovered that I have an icon located at the very bottom called MacFuse. I did some research on this and discovered that some applications require it to run properly but, for the life of me, I cannot remember having ever insta

RE: MacFuse, Anyone?

2014-08-26 Thread M. Taylor
Hello William, Thank you so much for this info. You know, I'd completely forgotten about VM Whare Fusion being installed on my Mac. I haven't used it since 2011 because I just got tired of having to remember so many extra steps just to get Jaws to work. Thanks again, Mark -Original Me

Help Needed on Uninstalling An Application from my Mac Running Maverick

2014-08-26 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I want to uninstall both VM Ware Fusion and MacFuse from my machine. Is it difficult to uninstall a program on the Mac? Believe it or not, I've never uninstalled a single app. On the other hand, I've only installed 5 third party apps and use all but VM Ware Fusion. So I guess

ShortCut Key to Open Notifications Area Question

2014-08-26 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Again, Is there a Shortcut key or can one create a shortcut key to open the Notifications area of Maverick? I was told, last week, by an Apple employee that a two-finger swipe from left to right on the TrackPad will open it but, as far as I can tell, this gesture only works when the TRack

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