Re: What you need to know about unlocked phones vs. locked phones - CNET

2018-02-17 Thread Gerry Cook
as a matter of fact in australia telstra and optus the two biggest telcos still do it. vodafone have just stopped the practice, i believe you should be able to switch carriers if you find a better deal rather than being locked into a two or three year contract and maybe just pay the phone off.

wanting to sell my Mac laptop

2018-02-17 Thread Terri Stimmel
Hello everyone, I got permission from Mark Taylor to make this posting. I would like to sell my Mac. It's running Yosemite, and from what I understand it can not be upgraded. I tried looking up the specs, and writing them down as I heard them. I do apologize if any of this information isn't

Re: What you need to know about unlocked phones vs. locked phones - CNET

2018-02-17 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Locking phones is an antitrust practice, and should be illegal. In December, Canada made it illegal to sell locked phones on a carrier. This is a giant step forward for Wireless in Canada, and I love it! Third-party providers sell unlock codes for 5 or $10 a piece, and so, locking a phone is n

What you need to know about unlocked phones vs. locked phones - CNET

2018-02-17 Thread M. Taylor
Unlocked phones vs. locked phones: Why you should care In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon breaks down what you need to know about the carrier practice of locking phones. By Marguerite Reardon, February 17, 2018 5:00 AM PST FAQ Should you get an unlocked phone? The US wirel

Re: Howto save web page to desktop?

2018-02-17 Thread E.T.
Add these two lines to a text file. Edit the URL. [InternetShortcut] URL=http://www.apple.com Press enter. End the filename with .url. 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 2/17/2018 11:45 AM, Chr

Copying some text from an iBook does not seem to be possible

2018-02-17 Thread Mary Otten
I have tried to use voice over text selection process to enable me to copy short segments of text from iBooks. But text selection does not show up in the road or when I have an iBook open. This is really annoying. I know they don’t want people copying the whole book. But really? Not even a quote

Re: Downloading a PDF from the Internet

2018-02-17 Thread Tim Kilburn
Or try going under the History menu. Later... Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 17, 2018, at 2:17 PM, Georgina Joyce wrote: > > Or CMD + [. > > Gena > > “Blindness is not a handicap, it is something I have always lived with. The > real handicap is the prejudices people have about blindness.

Re: VoiceOver friendly application for editing a QuickTime movie?

2018-02-17 Thread Raymond Foret Jr
Some use Imovie to do this. I, however, cannot install Imovie on my Mac because it’s too old. So, I use Screenflow. Let me clarify. The latest version of Imovie will not install on my mid 2009 Mac book pro because it’s too old. Sent from the only computer with built-in screen reader access

Re: HomePod question

2018-02-17 Thread Terje Strømberg
They are not finished with airplay 2 yet. Need airplay 2 to play stereo. Take care 17. feb. 2018 kl. 01:42 skrev Tim Kilburn : Simon, It's a little more complicated than that. I can have two speakers, each playing the same channel, thus it is not stereo sound. In true stereo sound, the le

Re: Downloading a PDF from the Internet

2018-02-17 Thread Georgina Joyce
Or CMD + [. Gena “Blindness is not a handicap, it is something I have always lived with. The real handicap is the prejudices people have about blindness.” Michael Hinson 2011 > On 17 Feb 2018, at 19:49, Scott Berry wrote: > > Hello there > > Try using command left arrow and see if that does

VoiceOver friendly application for editing a QuickTime movie?

2018-02-17 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi List, Subject says it all! Whats a VoiceOver friendly application for editing a QuickTime movie I have a screen cast done in quicktime that I half to edit and then export it as a quicktime movie, and then get it to a software company to demonstrate what needs fixed for VoiceOver accessibili

RE: resetting Mac to factory settings

2018-02-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yeah, Turn it off completely and then hold down the command key and letter R keys at the same time. While holding those down press the power on key, and keep holding command and r for approx. 30 seconds. This puts you in the recovery console You can start up voiceover using command f5 Then

Re: Major Numbers Issue Question

2018-02-17 Thread John JD Denning
The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is make sure you don’t have any filters active. If you’re doing any filtering you can’t type in there. Turn off the filtering and you should be able to. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 17, 2018, at 14:29, Brian Fischler wrote: > > Hey All, >

Re: Major Numbers Issue Question

2018-02-17 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Just spoke to Apple Accessibility and we figured it out together definitely messed up, as if you want to type in the A rows you need to VO space bar then type and do not stop interacting to get out of the cell which you do have to d in the rest of the spread sheet. Very confusing but we

Re: Downloading a PDF from the Internet

2018-02-17 Thread Scott Berry
Hello there Try using command left arrow and see if that doesn’t take you back otherwise it will be command W that might take you to the last webpage might’ve opened a window Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 17, 2018, at 12:02, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > > Hi all: > > I need to download some manual

Howto save web page to desktop?

2018-02-17 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, I’m trying to save a link to a web page to my desktop. I think I’ve done this in the past but can’t remember how! TIA Chris -- 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 i

Major Numbers Issue Question

2018-02-17 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey All, Not sure if this is device specific. I am running the latest build of High Sierra and Numbers. And Numbers will not allow me to type anything in the Column header rows. I am talking about the first row going down vertically. Anyone else having this issue? Thanks, -- The following in

Re: Has anyone noticed Siri getting exponentially worse?

2018-02-17 Thread Harry Bell
Today I repeatedly asked Siri on my HomePod to play the latest episode of the Apple Insider podcast - and each time she played a programme called Apple Cider! I wonder whether it was her sense of humour... Harry > On 17 Feb 2018, at 18:19, Donna Goodin wrote: > > I've been wondering that, too,

Downloading a PDF from the Internet

2018-02-17 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Hi all: I need to download some manuals using safari, when I press VO-Space on a pdf, it opens it, and I press export to PDF, to get it on my computer, but, don't kno whow I can go out from this manual and go back to my web page that I was browsing. Thanks -- Ramy MoustafaSaber Music instructor

Re: braille edge is slow

2018-02-17 Thread Dionipher Herrera
nope on my iphone i works well, but on my mac seems to have a log. can somebody direct me how to install the usb drive to my mac maybe this would work. and can somebody give me a tutorial how to use the braile edge. I haven’t seen a tutorial either on applevis. thanks > Il giorno 15 feb 2018, a

Re: Has anyone noticed Siri getting exponentially worse?

2018-02-17 Thread Donna Goodin
I've been wondering that, too, Tim. I can't imagine what it would be, but I've never had problems with Siri before. Cheers, Donna > On Feb 17, 2018, at 10:16 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > It doesn't seem logical, as they're all running the same iOS, but this makes > me wonder if it is so

RE: UEB and other commands using the Focus new Gen on the I phone.

2018-02-17 Thread M. Taylor
Hello David, I believe Kawal is saying that, unlike on the previous generations of Focus Braille displays, the standard keyboard Braille entry commands, such as dot-4, 1, for the @ symbol, are not working on her fifth generation Focus 40 Blue. It will be interesting to see if any other Focus

Re: Has anyone noticed Siri getting exponentially worse?

2018-02-17 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, It doesn't seem logical, as they're all running the same iOS, but this makes me wonder if it is something to do with the iPhone 10. My 8 seems to handle Siri stuff just fine, except when it's 30 below outside and she just doesn't want to behave at all :). Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurr

RE: Location of data on a hard drive

2018-02-17 Thread dan d.
The fusion drive works by smashing atoms of hydrogen into each other to release energy. Because of this the data is entirely lost due to radiition. A trick answer. On Fri, 16 Feb 2018, Simon Fogarty wrote: > And then how does the fusion drive work then? > > Is the data closer to the middle o

toggling Siri and Dictation off and on?

2018-02-17 Thread Donna Goodin
Where does one do this? I'm looking in settings, but not finding it. Running latest version of IOS. Cheers, Donna -- 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 feel that

Re: resetting Mac to factory settings

2018-02-17 Thread Oriol Gómez
Hi! You can use the recovery tool (command r on startup) or if your mac is old, just use a USB installer, then reinstall it and don't configure it with any apple id. hth On 2/17/18, Terri Stimmel wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > I am wanting to sell my Macbook. > > > Could someone please tell me h

resetting Mac to factory settings

2018-02-17 Thread Terri Stimmel
Hello everyone, I am wanting to sell my Macbook. Could someone please tell me how to reset it back to factory settings, so it's like brand new? Thank you, Terri -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns

Re: Has anyone noticed Siri getting exponentially worse?

2018-02-17 Thread Donna Goodin
Yep. Same here, Erik. I'm hoping Shawn's suggestion works. Cheers, Donna > On Feb 16, 2018, at 11:47 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > > you aren't the only one. even simple sentences have been bolloxed badly. I > have seen changes in pronouns, had entire words appear that I didn't speak > and even had

Re: Okay, I have to Admit It, HomePod Is The Best

2018-02-17 Thread Donna Goodin
Ha! thanks, Mark! You gave me great amo to send to my husband. He's being a cheap skate, and doesn't want to spend the money. And our current speakers are ones he built when he was in high school. They really do have an amazing sound, but they're great big behemoths, standing about five fee

Re: Has anyone noticed Siri getting exponentially worse?

2018-02-17 Thread Donna Goodin
I have not tried this, Shawn. But I will do it this morning. For me, Siri's gotten to the point where it's more work to try and use her than it's worth. I'll report back to the list if toggling Siri and dictation off and on again helps. Cheers, Donna > On Feb 17, 2018, at 12:38 AM, Shawn Kras