RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

Tiger was 10.4 leopard 10.5, snow leopard 10.6 I think pantha was 10.3 Infact wikapedia gives the following: Cheetah (10.0) · Puma (10.1) · Jaguar (10.2) · Panther (10.3) · Tiger (10.4) · Leopard (10.5) · Snow Leopard (10.6) · Lion (10.7) · Mountain Lion (10.8) · Mavericks (

RE: music from itunes to apple tv

Thanks, I’ll find it when start searching, and I promise there wont be a be heading for any mistakes! Although I may hit myself if I screw anything up although I will try it from my air to the tv first and if that works I’ll use my mini which is the music controlling machine Cheers, From: macv

RE: music from itunes to apple tv

Thanks Chris, even better, I’ll be having a look at this over the next few days Thanks for the headsup on this. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2016 3:44 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroup

Re: Entering passwords for 1 password on Mac

Yeah, I understand. FWIW, I will continue to use 1Password, as long as I can verify its operation. I trust the cryptography and synchronisation in it better than iCloud, but I probably won’t be generating any passwords with it. I’m hopeful that things will get better, based on the continued i

Re: Using Raspberry Pi as media server for Apple TV?

Hi Alex, As with most things iTunes, the answer is “No”. Your problem is that Apple TV 3 has no means to stream media locally from anything that isn’t iTunes. And iTunes won’t run on a Raspberry Pie (or any NAS). Hence, you can’t get to your FairPlay-protected content on any device, or any c

Re: Using Raspberry Pi as media server for Apple TV?

Hi, I don't see any direct way of doing this. You may have to use plex media server on your raspberry pi and a plèx media player app on the apple tv. I don't have an apple tv and never tried this out but I remember reading that there is a plex app for the new apple tv. Hope this helps. Thank

Using Raspberry Pi as media server for Apple TV?

Hi all, I have a dream of using some kind of networked hard drive as a media server, so that the family can dump all our DVDs onto the drive and play them from any device on the network. This includes iPhones and Macs, but most of all, the Apple TV 3. I know the Pi can't run iTunes, so basic Ho

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

Actually, Jaguar was either 10.2 or 10.1. Can somebody that has used a Mac longer than I have chime in here? Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10 Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Skype Username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime Username: bbssh...

Re: music from itunes to apple tv

Just so you know, I think, if memory serves me correctly, home sharing is in the file menu on ITunes. I think it is in the library sub menu. Don't quote me though. Chris. - Original Message - From: Simon Fogarty To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 12,

Re: music from itunes to apple tv

You don't need ITunes Match for this. All you need to do is enable Home Sharing on both your Apple TV, and on the mac. Chris. - Original Message - From: Simon Fogarty To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 9:33 PM Subject: RE: music from itunes t

RE: music from itunes to apple tv

Hi Chris, Thanks for that, I’ll have a look and if I need assistance I’ll get back to you. Much thanks for the point in the correct direction. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2016 3:00 PM

RE: music from itunes to apple tv

Does match cost money. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2016 2:45 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: music from itunes to apple tv Yes, I think you need iTunes match here. This sca

RE: Answering a call on the mac

Hi. If you configure both your iPhone and your Mac correctly, you can have your Mac answer and make phone calls with Facetime. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Via Bootcamp and Windows 10 Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Skype Username: bbstheblindrapper

Re: music from itunes to apple tv

You need to turn on ITunes Sharing both on your mac, and on your Apple TV. I can help you with this, if needed. Chris. - Original Message - From: Simon Fogarty To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 8:29 PM Subject: music from itunes to apple tv

Re: tutorials for the Mac

tutorials for the MacOops? My previous message to Rhonda was meant to be sent off list. I promise, I'll be more careful. Sorry about that. Chris. - Original Message - From: Simon Fogarty To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 8:23 PM Subject: R

Re: tutorials for the Mac

tutorials for the MacRhonda, Absolutely it is, and that is one of the sections which I cover. Chris. - Original Message - From: Rhonda Partain To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 8:16 PM Subject: RE: tutorials for the Mac Oh thank you so ve

Re: music from itunes to apple tv

Yes, I think you need iTunes match here. This scans in your collection and makes them available over the cloud. (I think I’m expressing that right) Maybe others know how to do it with out spending money though. THat’s the first thing I though of though is match. > On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:29 PM

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

Think they forgot “Jaguar,” “lynx,” “bobbcat,” and that may be it after that lol. > On Mar 12, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Yeah,pantha tiger, lion, mountain goat, snow leopard, > > I think they ran out of cat types. > > Guess there are only a surtain number of names they can use

music from itunes to apple tv

Hi List, Wondering if anyone can help me figure this out. I have a largish collection of music which I've ripped a lot from my cd's in the past. What I want to do but it's not automatically happening is get that collection of music from my itunes account on my computer to show in my music s c

RE: tutorials for the Mac

Rhonda, Extremely, It allows you to use your mac like you would an iPhone or iPod etc/ Good luck and don’t give up on windows but keep working ahead with the mac, and these guys on this list are a wealth of knowledge. They’ve tought me a lot From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvis

RE: Lost VoiceOver in Recovery Manager Not Sure If MacBook Air Is Doing a Cold Reboot from Scratch

Yeap exactly, So long as you have an internet connection then you hav3 the ability to download the recovery OS from apple directly, however there is a small recovery partition on your hd that gives the machine the details of what to grab and where to get it all from, From: macvisionaries@goo

RE: tutorials for the Mac

Oh thank you so very much. I’ve been a windows user since Windows 95, I’ve had an iPhone for two years though; so, is a trackpad useful with a mac? Rhonda From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 7:35 PM

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

Apple Pie and hokey Pokey icecream! Dam I'm getting hungry! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2016 5:37 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone

RE: accessing cloud on a windows 10 machine

NVDA will work and well I believe, howdever I've not really got in to nvda myself and use jaws, Jaws 16 works well but jaws 17 is beter. System Access also works well but again very different to jaws if that's what yoru use to. And if your looking ot save money, narrator does work but it doesn

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

Or, they could do a deal with mcdonalds The big Mac OSX -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret jr Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2016 12:30 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

I guess tim cook will tell us in june -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 11:37 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally b

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

Yeah,pantha tiger, lion, mountain goat, snow leopard, I think they ran out of cat types. Guess there are only a surtain number of names they can use. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater Sent: Satur

Re: Trekker Breeze units

Jeanine, Mark still has his original trekker. They stopped making it a month after he got it!! Caitlyn > On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:10 PM, Jenine Stanley wrote: > > Wow, Peggy, is your original Trekker still working? > > I have the Breeze, first generation. > Jenine Stanley > dragonwalke...@gma

Re: deleting individual items from trash

Thanks a lot for this. Kristeen > On Mar 12, 2016, at 2:08 PM, Grant wrote: > > Hi Christine, > > Open the trash folder and hit COMMAND+2 to make sure you’re in list view. > > To select contiguous items (items that are next to each other in the list > view), navigate to the first file you wa

RE: tutorials for the Mac

Admittedly, I do charge for my training, but that said, I’m not here to compete. I am in 100% agreement with Alex. Applevis is a wonderful resource, and I have absolutely nothing but great things to say about it. I’d highly recommend it in addition to my material. This way, you’d have the be

Re: tutorials for the Mac

There's also AppleVis (which I'm part of, on the Editorial Team, just for full disclosure). We offer a set of podcasts, guides, and blogs that we think will help new Mac users get started, which is linked to right on the homepage of www.applevis.com. We don't charge for anything. Another free r

Re: Entering passwords for 1 password on Mac

Well, we've been peppered with propaganda on this list about how wonderful and absolutely perfect is 1Password until we go and spend the outrageous funds to purchase it for multiple operating systems and determine that it absolutely is not what some have declared. And then, we are told how wonde

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

what i really want more than anything is language switching, i know it's on IOS but that is the one thing i loved about JAWS. if you came to a german word the German speech synthesiser would read it to make it sound authentic. > On 12 Mar 2016, at 6:43 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Oh yeah. So

Re: Answering a call on the mac

HI, This is helga. How are you? I think the type of calls are Face time adn skype! I do answer an skype call on my Mac, but i never did for Face time though! I don't know if there ae othr calls that one can answer! I look forward in hearing from you soon. Thanks and God bless!! Helga Schrei

Re: Answering a call on the mac

What types of calls can be answered on the mac? Marie Lyons > On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:52 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > I just used right arrow and where it says accept button would press VO space. > Never have I pressed enter. Has that changed? > > Kawal. >> On 12 Mar 2016, at 14:11, N2KPV >

Re: tutorials for the Mac

well, I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I actually produce tutorials for the Mac, as well as iOS. If you're interested in learning more, write me off the list, and let me know. clgillan...@gmail.com thanks. Chris. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 12, 2016, at 17:01, Rhonda Partain wrote:

tutorials for the Mac

Hello all, I know about macfortheblind but are there other places where one can purchase tutorials for the mac? Thanks. Rhonda -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you

Re: Lost VoiceOver in Recovery Manager Not Sure If MacBook Air Is Doing a Cold Reboot from Scratch

Yes, precisely. Works with Thunderbolt Ethernet adaptors too, and allegedly also with the USB Fast Ethernet adaptors too, although I’ve never got that to work. But, despite all that, I do wish Apple would allow one to simply type in SSID and password blind. Ultimately this *is* an accessibili

Re: Answering a call on the mac

Thanks Kawal , I will try that . Ben C. > On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:52 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > I just used right arrow and where it says accept button would press VO space. > Never have I pressed enter. Has that changed? > > Kawal. >> On 12 Mar 2016, at 14:11, N2KPV >

Re: Trekker Breeze units

As long as I leve it plugged in when it is not being used, it still works. I used it a lot when I had para-transit service, but since I no longer have that, Trekker doesn't get turned on very often. Peggy and Dixie Marie Sent from my iPhone On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:10 PM, Jenine Stanley wrote: W

RE: Lost VoiceOver in Recovery Manager Not Sure If MacBook Air Is Doing a Cold Reboot from Scratch

So, if you was to enter the network recovery while an ethernet cable was connected, giving you hard-wired internet access, then am I correct in assuming that you’d not have to then worry about the screen asking for a wifi network, but instead, it would just go? Chris. From: macvisiona

Re: Answering a call on the mac

I just used right arrow and where it says accept button would press VO space. Never have I pressed enter. Has that changed? Kawal. > On 12 Mar 2016, at 14:11, N2KPV wrote: > > Hi All , is there a keyboard command for answering a call on the mac ? I > recall that I used to use Enter or spa

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

I must say, apple has a strange way of naming the os X operating system, but so does google. As for Aaron and Nikki on the mac, it would not be impossible considering they are already available for iOS, and NVDA. I'm actually surprised no one has figured out how to do this yet. All would be need

Re: Lost VoiceOver in Recovery Manager Not Sure If MacBook Air Is Doing a Cold Reboot from Scratch

Hi Christopher-Mark, You’d potentially need sighted help to get past a screen that prompts you to connect to a Wi-Fi network. Then you’d be good to go. Of course, if you had no internet connection and/or no help available then yes, that would be a problem. Or as another poster pointed out you c

Re: Trekker Breeze units

Wow, Peggy, is your original Trekker still working? I have the Breeze, first generation. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com > On Mar 12, 2016, at 10:24 AM, 'Peggy' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I have the original Trekker. The thing that I don't like is that with the one > that I h

RE: Lost VoiceOver in Recovery Manager Not Sure If MacBook Air Is Doing a Cold Reboot from Scratch

I was just about to say. How would one do this, if either, you had no ethernet cable on hand, or had no way of connecting via a hard wired connection? I’d think then, you’d be a bit screwed. Chris. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On

Re: Lost VoiceOver in Recovery Manager Not Sure If MacBook Air Is Doing a Cold Reboot from Scratch

Hi Mika, Yes, once you’ve established a Wi-Fi connection and the recovery image has been downloaded, you can turn on VoiceOver with COMMAND+F5 as you normally would. Be aware that with internet recovery, you’ll be installing the version of OS X that originally came with your computer, so you’ll

Re: deleting individual items from trash

Hi Christine, Open the trash folder and hit COMMAND+2 to make sure you’re in list view. To select contiguous items (items that are next to each other in the list view), navigate to the first file you want to select. Then use SHIFT with UP or DOWN ARROW to move through the list, selecting each f

Amazon Music Downloads

Is it at all possible to redownload purchased music from Amazon? Just lost a drive that had my Amazon music files on 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? -- The following information is important fo

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

Hmm, but then they'd be thinking more like Google, with their dessert stuff. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 12, 2016, at 5:30 AM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > > In which case, I’d have named the next Mac OS Cat fish!!! Next, it would be > Meat Loaf. After that, Hamburger or maybe Hot Dog. CAn y’all

Re: accessing cloud on a windows 10 machine

What is the screen reader situation with windows 10? What version of jaws do you need? Or, are you using NVDA? Is the built-in narrator somewhat usable to get up and running with? I'm considering buying a laptop with windows 10 myself and want to know what I'm getting into as far screen readers.

Re: Trekker Breeze units

I have the original Trekker. The thing that I don't like is that with the one that I have is if the battery dies, the software needs to be reinstalled using a PC. I know they do not make that Trekker anymore but even if I just want to install maps you need a PC. Peggy and Dixie Marie Sent from

Re: deleting individual items from trash

Easily done. Right click Trash on the dock then select Open. 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 3/12/2016 6:42 AM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: On the PC side you could select an item or a group of items

deleting individual items from trash

On the PC side you could select an item or a group of items while in the trash folder and delete just those items. I may be missing something, but I don’t see a way to do this on the mac. Is this possible? Thanks. Kristeen -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac V

Trekker Breeze units

Hello there everyone, I am curious how many people have a Trekker Breeze GPS? The reason I am asking is I think it’s about time for us to have a Mac application which can copy maps, copy route data, update the device if there is new updates. I happen to have one. I am also looking at doing t

Answering a call on the mac

Hi All , is there a keyboard command for answering a call on the mac ? I recall that I used to use Enter or space , but that doesn't work anymore . Thanks , Ben C. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or conce

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

In which case, I’d have named the next Mac OS Cat fish!!! Next, it would be Meat Loaf. After that, Hamburger or maybe Hot Dog. CAn y’all just imagine that? Sent from my Mac, The only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a ve

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

I asked Siri where Fuji is located in California. She informed me that there is a restaurant by the name of Fuji Suchi in Turlock, California. If you ask me, it sounds like the people at Apple were thinking with their stomachs lol. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasni

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

A few years ago they were about cats. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:04 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks? > > Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese! > > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

Thought the OS names were all about Californian landmarks? Last time I checked Fuji was Japanese! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Devin Prater Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 10:01 PM To: macvisionaries@google

Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

That's the rumored name of the next OS. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 12, 2016, at 3:00 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > So folks, what is Fuji? > > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk > Sen

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

So folks, what is Fuji? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk Sent: Saturday, 12 March 2016 8:43 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to th

RE: could Siri's iPhone voices finally be coming to the Mac?

I thought the rumour was that apple were working towards having one operating system for all devices, so along the lines of what you have on your iPhone or iPad will also be the same os on your mac book eventually. Can't see what the problems would be and everything would be constant -Ori

RE: Lost VoiceOver in Recovery Manager Not Sure If MacBook Air Is Doing a Cold Reboot from Scratch

I've not had this problem exactly but by any chance did you partition the drive and therefore wipe the recovery partition as well taking away any chance of voiceover possibly being there? I would create an installer USB drive and use that to start up your new installation. For this you need th