The Apple Watch ECG/EKG detected something strange about my heart rhythm, cNet

[M. Taylor]

The Apple Watch EKG detected something strange about my heart rhythm

The latest update, WatchOS 5.1.2, rolled out two new heart features that
could help warn users of life-threatening conditions.
By Vanessa Hand Orellana, December 6, 2018 6:01 AM PST
 
When I first started testing out the new EKG feature on the Apple Watch
Series 4 -- available Thursday via the free Watch OS 5.1.2 software upgrade
-- the last thing I expected was to find something abnormal with my heart
rhythm. But that's exactly what happened when I was cross-referencing the
Watch's readings with medical-grade EKG equipment at the doctor's office.
"We see on your Apple Watch the same early heartbeat that we see on the
EKG," said Dr. Gregory Marcus, professor of medicine and a cardiac
electrophysiologist at UCSF Medical Center as I sat on the hospital bed with
cables attached to my body and an Apple Watch Series 4 on my wrist. 
 
The results from the Apple Watch EKG showed the same irregular beat as the
doctor's EKG. 

"These early beats are very common . but they can lead to problems in the
long term. So we should talk a little bit more about that," he added.
Heart-rate tracking has always been a big part of the Apple Watch and
fitness trackers in general. But until now, it's mainly been used for
activity tracking and calorie counting.
With the update to Watch OS 5.1.2, heart rate will play a more important
role on the Apple Watch as we get access to the two new FDA-cleared features
that Apple announced at its September keynote. There's an abnormal heart
rhythm alert for all Apple Watches, except for the first-generation model,
and an electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) exclusive to the Series 4. Both of
which could help warn of potentially life threatening heart conditions.  

Video: We tested the Apple Watch EKG against a hospital EKG
Measuring heart rate 
Heart-rate tracking isn't new to wearables. Smartwatches and fitness
trackers have for years used LEDs and optical sensors on the back to measure
the changes in blood flow under the surface of the skin, aka your pulse.
When the heart beats, more blood gets pumped into the blood vessels
absorbing more light. Between beats when there's less blood, more light gets
reflected back into the receivers of the watch.

In 2017, the Apple Watch became proactive about how it used heart rate
information by adding the high heart rate notifications to the watch which
let users know when their heart spiked above a certain level and later added
the low heart rate notifications. These notifications had already been
helping users detect serious conditions. 
But the heart rate only measures beats per minute, or the frequency of the
heart beat over time and not the patterns between each beat known as heart
rhythm. 
"You can have a regular rhythm that is very fast or too slow . And
similarly, one can have an irregular rhythm that is of a normal rate, that
is too fast or too slow," said Dr. Marcus. 
With the new Irregular rhythm notification, the Apple Watch uses the optical
sensor to measure heart rhythm and alert users when it detects an irregular
pattern that may be atrial fibrillation (aFib), a type of arrhythmia that
can increase your risk of stroke and other serious heart complications. This
feature will only work for adults over the age of 22 and won't help if
you've already been diagnosed with aFib.  
EKG on the Apple Watch 
To make a definitive diagnosis, a doctor needs more information than what
the pulse can provide.  

"Sometimes those beats are so early that the heart hasn't had adequate time
to fill, even though electrically there may be an early beat that's
happening," said Dr. Marcus. "We would want to have an electrical
confirmation of a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation before we decide on
acting on that and not base it in general, on the pulse recording alone," he
added. 

That's where the EKG comes in. An EKG uses electrodes to measure the
electrical activity that results from each expansion and contraction of the
heart. A hospital grade EKG generally consists of 10 electrodes placed on
different parts of your body. While the Apple Watch Series 4 has two: One
electrode on the back crystal and one electrode on the digital crown.

"This 12 lead EKG shows what's happening electrically in the heart from 12
different perspectives, or 12 different directions, whereas the Apple Watch
gives you that same electrical activity, but really in just one direction,"
Dr. Marcus explained.

As he was looking at his monitor, I opened the new EKG app on the Apple
Watch Series 4 to take my first EKG. I put my finger on the digital crown
and waited while the screen counted down 30 seconds. The Apple Watch
classifies your heart rhythm as either AFib, sinus rhythm or inconclusive.
My result: inconclusive. 
The notification on the Apple Watch also said I should contact to my doctor
if I didn't feel well or if I continue to get the same result. Users can
share these results as a pdf with their doctors, but luckily my

Re: my external hard drive

[Lorie McCloud]

yes. my drive is plugged into the wall for electricity and also into my 
computer via usb. glad to hear this is normal sometimes. thanks.
My Youtube Channel:
"www.youtube.com/loriemccloud   

> On Dec 6, 2018, at 1:18 PM,   
> wrote:
> 
> Hello Lori,
> Is your drive pluged up to a wall and uses the USB port for your computer?
> 
> I used to have a tosheba 1 TB harddrive that did this as well, but it was 
> normal. I hope this helps. I would probably contact the manufacturer of your 
> device to play it safe. Hope this helps.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com  On 
> Behalf Of Lorie McCloud
> Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2018 04:32 PM
> To: 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries 
> Subject: my external hard drive
> 
> my 2 tb external hard drive makes some unsettling noises when it's running. 
> at first I thought it was my computer because my Dell used to sound like that 
> when it was booting up or otherwise working hard but I haven't noticed my Mac 
> doing anything like that. it makes these sounds for awhile after it spins up 
> and I wouldn't find that too unusual but now it just keeps on sounding like 
> that for as long as it's running. is it something I should be concerned 
> about? it's my only external hard drive and I'd really like to avoid its 
> crashing at least until I can replace it.
> 
> thanks.
> Lorie
> My Youtube Channel:
> "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud 
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RE: my external hard drive

[dbarajas15]

Hello Lori,
Is your drive pluged up to a wall and uses the USB port for your computer?

I used to have a tosheba 1 TB harddrive that did this as well, but it was 
normal. I hope this helps. I would probably contact the manufacturer of your 
device to play it safe. Hope this helps.

-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com  On 
Behalf Of Lorie McCloud
Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2018 04:32 PM
To: 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries 
Subject: my external hard drive

my 2 tb external hard drive makes some unsettling noises when it's running. at 
first I thought it was my computer because my Dell used to sound like that when 
it was booting up or otherwise working hard but I haven't noticed my Mac doing 
anything like that. it makes these sounds for awhile after it spins up and I 
wouldn't find that too unusual but now it just keeps on sounding like that for 
as long as it's running. is it something I should be concerned about? it's my 
only external hard drive and I'd really like to avoid its crashing at least 
until I can replace it.

thanks.
Lorie
My Youtube Channel:
"www.youtube.com/loriemccloud   

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Tips for navagating web pages?

[Matt Turner]

Hi folks.
Here’s a page I’m trying to figure out.
https://community.logitech.com/s/question/0D531593nwBCAQ/shortcuts-for-k480
I can’t seem to read the form, I keep getting thrown in a close web dialog

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Re: Home and end keys?

[Matt Turner]

Hi, yeah, I’ve been trying that.
I did manage to get the keyboards app installed, and now I don’t have to hold 
the fn key anymore.

> On Dec 6, 2018, at 9:54 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
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> Hi,
> 
> Try using Keyboard Help.  Press VO-k on your keyboard to enable.  Then press 
> various key combinations to see what is announced.  Keyboard help is more 
> than just announcing what letter or symbol is pressed, it also announces the 
> associated commands.  So, pressing VO-right while Keyboard Help is enabled 
> will announce "Move to the Next Item".  Press the ESC key to disable Keyboard 
> Help.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Apple Teacher
> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Dec 5, 2018, at 18:28, Matt Turner  > wrote:
> 
> Hi folks.
> So, on a bluetooth keyboard for the home and end keys, I’m supposed to hit 
> fn+left/right airo, but this doesn’t seem to work.
> I’m using a Logitech k480 bluetooth keyboard.
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Re: Home and end keys?

['Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries]

Hi,

Try using Keyboard Help.  Press VO-k on your keyboard to enable.  Then press 
various key combinations to see what is announced.  Keyboard help is more than 
just announcing what letter or symbol is pressed, it also announces the 
associated commands.  So, pressing VO-right while Keyboard Help is enabled will 
announce "Move to the Next Item".  Press the ESC key to disable Keyboard Help.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Apple Teacher
(with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Dec 5, 2018, at 18:28, Matt Turner  wrote:

Hi folks.
So, on a bluetooth keyboard for the home and end keys, I’m supposed to hit 
fn+left/right airo, but this doesn’t seem to work.
I’m using a Logitech k480 bluetooth keyboard.

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1 password family sharing

[Paul Hopewell]

Hello, 
This is still not working for me as expected. I am delighted to find a VO user 
of 1 password as their technical support is not responsive, taking over a week 
to get any reply. Perhaps we could continue this discussion offline. 

I have created a 1 password family sharing account which copied all 304 items 
from the Primary vault on my iMac into my Private vault in my 1 password 
account.  I have subsequently moved a few of these items to the Shared vault on 
my 1 password account. I had to move these one by one by editing the items in 
item details and then moving it to the Shared vault. The menus seem to suggest 
that I can select a whole lot of items from the items list and then move them 
to a different vault but that does not seem to work. I see a message asking if 
I really want to move the 13 selected items  and I reply yes but the items are 
not moved.

With Shared vault selected I tried VO+J to go to the sidebar and found a table 
with various items like a list of item categories but no option to invite a 
family member to access the Shared vault. Have you found a VO accessible way to 
invite a family member?

i am running the latest Mojave and the latest 1 password 7. 

Many thanks for any insights….

Paul Hopewell 

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RE: VMWare Fusion Question or Two

[Simon Fogarty]

Hi Jonathan,

No, I just need to put some time in to it rather than saying to myself, I can't 
be stuffed looking in to it 
It's for work and I'm kind of in the mind set of I can't be f'd putting time in 
to doing something that isn't going to be appreciated 

Call me a disgruntalled staff member of a rapidly falling university 

Thanks anyway though. 
-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com  On 
Behalf Of Jonathan C. Cohn
Sent: Thursday, 6 December 2018 8:43 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion Question or Two

Simon,
Do you need help composing a find command to search for the VMware files? I can 
certainly provide that for you.

Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn 

> On Dec 4, 2018, at 11:51 PM, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
> 
> Hi ET,
> 
> That's the thing,
> I've not yet done it so it's at this point a no go.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries 
> Sent: Wednesday, 5 December 2018 5:11 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion Question or Two
> 
> Simon,
>How did you do that, with a backup or just copy and paste? Is Spotlight 
> any help here? Did you copy the VM folder or the Windows folder inside it?
> 
> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
>ancient.ali...@icloud.com
> Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were 
> true?
> 
>> On 12/4/2018 12:01 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
>> That was the first place I went to and there is no virtual machine 
>> folder there,
>> 
>> I didn't check to see if it was hidden but tha'ts the only other thing I can 
>> think of or that it's not where we think it is ment to be.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>  On Behalf Of Pete De Vasto
>> Sent: Sunday, 2 December 2018 4:30 AM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion Question or Two
>> 
>> Hi Simon,
>> 
>> The VMWare machine files should be located in your Documents > Virtual 
>> Machines folder. The name of each machine is  
>> dot VmWareBundle, and it’s described as a VMWare bundle. If you move that 
>> file to a flash drive, then copy it back to your new image, I think you’ll 
>> be OK.
>> 
>> Pete De Vasto
>> 
>>> On Nov 30, 2018, at 4:24 PM, Simon Fogarty  wrote:
>>> 
>>> HI, yeah I really do agree with this.
>>> 
>>> I’m actually having issues with my VM Fusion windows 10 machine at 
>>> the moment
>>> 
>>> I need to have both platforms available to me at the same time and the VM 
>>> has worked best for that situation so far, however now I need to do a full 
>>> reimage of my 2018 mac book pro and I wanted to save the vm to a flash 
>>> drive but can't find the vm files.
>>> 
>>> This would be so much easier with a second machine
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
>>>  On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
>>> Sent: Saturday, 1 December 2018 11:20 AM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion Question or Two
>>> 
>>> I work in tech support and have gotten some calls from users of our windows 
>>> software having issues with a virtual machine both on Fusion and Parallels. 
>>> I've pretty much come to the conclusion that if you want to run Windows, 
>>> use a separate PC, you will have far less problems.
>>> Original message:
 Jonathan,
It is starting to look lihe running a VM is not as good a deal 
 as a standalone Windows machine. I am also losing faith in the VMware 
 forums.
>>> 
 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 11/30/2018 7:57 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote:
> This is the second person I have heard having issues with a Focus 
> display and current versions. ET was unable to get the Focus 
> driver installed. Does anybody know if these issues have been 
> discussed with VMWare? I guess the one other major issue we in the 
> Blind community have experienced with VMWare is that the Caps lock 
> does not get transferred over to the VM without major hacks. 
> Personally, I would love to have my Windows USB keyboard hard 
> attached to the VM but I have no idea if this is possible.
>> On Nov 28, 2018, at 10:49 AM, Pete De Vasto  
>> wrote:
>>> 
>> Hi Kelly,
>>> 
>> I’ve struggled with VMWare Fusion lots as well, but do have it 
>> going pretty much all the time now. The one trick I’ve noticed 
>> you have to do is toggle back and forth in and out of your 
>> machine’s screen while it’s starting up. I hope I can explain this 
>> correctly, here goes:
>>> 
>> When your machine starts, you’ll eventually hear VO say “suspend 
>> this guest operating system”. At that point, press
>> Command+control+f. You’ll probably hear VO say something like 
>> Command+control+space
>> with applications followed by whatever is currently running, like 
>> finder, Ma