Re: testing

2014-10-30 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Test passed. On 30/10/2014 04:26, Faisal ali wrote: This is attest. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

weird mac air issue when upgrading

2014-10-30 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi, I decided to take the plunge and upgrade my macbook air to yosemite today before I go on my trip tomorrow. Everything went ultra fast til just now. I got the set up assistant after it rebooted, entered my keychain password, then kept getting the busy, busy, message. I turned vo off, then

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Joe Quinn
I've done that but when I click download on the iCloud download button, still download the HD version of the movie Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2014, at 11:28 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, To download the SD quality movie, press VO-shift-m when focused on the given

Re: weird mac air issue when upgrading

2014-10-30 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Try the Window Chooser, VO-f2-f2, and see if focus was off in la la land. There’s no good reason I can think of that should be causing that for you. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 30, 2014, at 6:00 AM, Caitlyn Furness caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, You are correct. Sorry for giving you inaccurate suggestions. According to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3209?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3209?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_US, if you wish to download an SD version after purchasing and HD version of a movie,

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Joe Quinn
Are sighted people able to download the sd version of a movie by choosing it under the quality menu or is this just a new bug? It used to work using vo. Could you get the sd version using ios? You used to be able too choose hd or sd on the iPhone but I think they took that option away. Any

a peculiar problem with payment method

2014-10-30 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Okay, Here's what's going on. I was in the app store on my iPhone 6+ just now viewing my Apple ID information. When I looked at the payment details, it showed that Paypal was selected but it also said that paypal is not supported on this device. To manage or edit your account settings, open

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, As far as I can gather, if your device, either Mac or iOS, supports the HD quality media and if you’ve purchased the HD quality media, that is the version that will be downloaded unless you go into the Purchased area of your iTunes Store. So, viewing of the SD quality version is fine

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Joe Quinn
But how do you download the SD version from the iPhone? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 30, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, As far as I can gather, if your device, either Mac or iOS, supports the HD quality media and if you’ve purchased the HD quality media, that is

top sites in safari?

2014-10-30 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi, has anyone figured out how to navigate to the top sites section of your bookmarks in the latest Safari? I have looked all around in the menus and the tool bar of Safari with no luck so far.. thanks, Caitlyn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Audio devices

2014-10-30 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi all. I just discovered an odd behaviour with my MBP early 2011 running Yosemite. If I unplug my external speakers, I have no sound. I thought it was muted, but it wasn't. I went into system preferences, went to output and pressed downarrow one time, then uparrow, and got sound back. Did this

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, This is not particularly intuitive on the iPhone, but is possible. On the iPad, if you go into the Videos app, then go to the Store, then access the More button, select Purchased, then select your movie, you are able to choose between both the HD and SD versions. This is not so on the

Re: Audio devices

2014-10-30 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, This is not normal behaviour. Normally, when you pull out the plug for headphones or external speakers from the headphone jack on the side of your Mac, it should be silent for a second or two then change sound over to the built-in speakers. the same will happen the other direction. I

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Joe Quinn
Is there a way to transfer the iTunes extra booklets to your iPhone? Because the only thing you can really extract out of it is the audio files. The video files are extractable, but they won't play with VLC. I hadn't tried them in iTunes. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 30, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Tim

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Joe Quinn
Not that it matters to us as blind people, but downloading the HD version, can you choose the resolution that you want, 1080 P or 720 P? :-) This is downloading on the iPhone I mean Sent from my iPhone On Oct 30, 2014, at 1:02 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, This is not

Re: Audio devices

2014-10-30 Thread Matt Dierckens
I'll try the PRAM reset again. Did a disk permission a while ago, after installing OS. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 3 Work email:matt...@blindaccesstraining.com Personal email: matt.dierck...@gmail.com On Oct 30, 2014,

some good resources for studying for Apple certifications

2014-10-30 Thread Scott Berry
Does anyone have some ideas for good resources to study for Apple certifications/ -- 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 an email to

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I haven’t done this in a while but when I did extract from the iTunes Extras Booklet in the past, the video content was playable through iTunes on my Mac. So, if it is considered video content, you should be able to sync it across from iTunes on your Mac to your iPhone. Later… Tim

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Joe Quinn
I tried to go to the iTunes Store on the Mac, look at a movie that I saw in my purchased items folder, to be able to download the SD version of it, but it showed a price. Now I didn't actually purchased it from the iTunes Store, I redeemed it from a digital download code from the Blu-ray. Would

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Not that I’ve been able to figure out yet. If you have the 720P version in your Mac iTunes, then you should be able to manually or wirelessly sync it from within iTunes on your Mac over to your iPhone, just not a direct download on your iPhone. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If it shows a price, then it likely will attempt to charge you. I wouldn’t chance it. Do you have another one you can look at that is an original iTunes purchase? Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 30, 2014, at 1:19 PM, Joe Quinn jdawg1...@gmail.com wrote: I tried

Re: some good resources for studying for Apple certifications

2014-10-30 Thread Michael Malver
I am unaware of colleges that train for certifications. Generally, certification sites will list books or places that specialize in preparing you for certification. Good luck. I’ve been wondering about the availability and accessibility of certification for programming and support as well. On

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Joe Quinn
i do. I went into the iTunes store on the mac, looked at a movie I actually purchased from iTunes, and it still shows a price. apparently you can’t download movies from the iTunes store on the mac side, except in the “purchased” quicklinks section. can anyone else verify this being true? On

Re: findings with regard to taking calls on the Mac

2014-10-30 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Odd thing. Hope they fix this in comming versions as i don’t want to sit tied to my mac if i am calling from that. /A 29 okt 2014 kl. 18:00 skrev Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net: To the people who seem to have trouble with their microphones while trying to take or make calls on

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If you go into your iTunes Prefs, to the Store pane, check the box for showing iTunes in the Cloud purchases, then you can download the purchased media to your Mac without going through the Purchased items from within the Store. If you have 720P set in the Store pane, then a 720P version

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Joe Quinn
oh well. least i can download it on the phone, which is what i wanted to do anyway. keep me posted on any additional findings. On Oct 30, 2014, at 3:50 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, If you go into your iTunes Prefs, to the Store pane, check the box for showing iTunes in the

Re: Add to iTunes as a spoken track not working

2014-10-30 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Everyone, Could someone please test this function under Yosemite? I’m wondering if this service got broken with the new iTunes. Cheers, Anne On 29 Oct 2014, at 22:33, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello everyone, Since installing Yosemite, the service Add to iTunes

Re: Add to iTunes as a spoken track not working

2014-10-30 Thread Matt Dierckens
I'll test it and let you know what happened. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 3 Work email:matt...@blindaccesstraining.com Personal email: matt.dierck...@gmail.com On Oct 30, 2014, at 17:18, Anne Robertson

Re: Add to iTunes as a spoken track not working

2014-10-30 Thread Matt Dierckens
Anne, I wrote out some text, pressed CMD-A, VO shift M, add to iTunes as a spoken track, it brought up the save dialog, I titled it, and pressed enter. It brought up iTunes and added it to the library, and played just fine. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Joe Quinn
but what i do wonder, when looking at movies that you’ve purchased in the phone, why does it show download, but when looking at the same movie in the store, it shows a purchase price? odd. On Oct 30, 2014, at 3:50 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com mailto:kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, If you

Re: iTunes extras

2014-10-30 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Yes it is odd, but, Apple seems to set up things slightly different in each interface/environment. Like, on the iPhone, one accesses the SD content different than one does on the iPad. Both are iOS devices, but, things are slightly different. Maybe there’s a method to their madness,

Re: findings with regard to taking calls on the Mac

2014-10-30 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Somehow, I kind of susspet that this is not a bug but was a deliberate choice that Apple made. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in and fully

Incorrect Labeling Resolved

2014-10-30 Thread Christine Olivares
Hello all, I resolved the issue regarding messages incorrectly labeling a text message as an iMessage. I just turned off text forwarding and reenabled it and it fixed itself. Thanks for the help. Have a good night. Christine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the