Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Kliphton Miller
Oh, BTW, I only need to use the arrow keys, not the voiceover keys. > On Mar 14, 2018, at 6:44 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > > Hi Kliphton, > > thanks very much. I sure appreciate the apology and the assistance too. :) > Hopefully I did not come off too strongly either.

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Kliphton Miller
That has to be frustrating! Using an apple keyboard with a apple product and it still doesn’t work? That is not good, I use a 3rd party keyboard also, called baton wireless keyboard on amazon. It’s only 10 bucks, and works great. It was originally designed for android, but I rolled the

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2018-03-14 Thread E.T.
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Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Eileen Scrivani
Hi Cara, Thank you very much. That is in deed a super nice offer. It’s amazing how learning a new device or new way of doing something can reduce a person to feeling extremely stupid! Talk soon. Eileen From: Cara Quinn Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 6:47 PM To: 'Adrian Leong' via

Re: Graphene could charge your phone in 7 seconds, CNET

2018-03-14 Thread Cara Quinn
Interesting, I take a little issue with the story though as the reporter says that graphene is a 2d substance. To my knowledge, a 2d substance in a 3d world is not yet possible. So I’d sure like to learn a little bit more about this. On the subject of battery tech, there have been quite a few

Re: Graphene could charge your phone in 7 seconds, CNET

2018-03-14 Thread Alex Hall
Oh, it's a wonderful material, with tons of potential applications. I do have to day, though, that I remember reading this same claim, about the same material, sitting in a lecture hall in college. Nine years ago. I really hope it happens, but I have a harder time getting excited about things

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Eileen, You should be able to find that setting under the Remotes and Devices option in the Settings menu. Let me know if you have any more questions. Hope this helps and have a nice evening! Cheers! Cara On Mar 13, 2018, at 1:52 PM, Eileen Scrivani wrote: Cara,

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Kliphton, thanks very much. I sure appreciate the apology and the assistance too. :) Hopefully I did not come off too strongly either. It’s not always easy to gage tone in email. Yeah, that must be really obnoxious when customers are kind of disregarding the fact that you are a business

Re: Reading a big PDF file on mac

2018-03-14 Thread Terje Strømberg
One more option should work. Just download the pdf file., then open it from your mac instead. Maybe it works to save it to iBooks or Voice Stream Reader. Take care 12. mar. 2018 kl. 15:29 skrev Ramy Moustafa : Hi John: Thanks so much we’re going to download it

Re: Graphene could charge your phone in 7 seconds, CNET

2018-03-14 Thread Katie Zodrow
Thanks for the article Mark. I've never heard of this material before. Wow, this sounds really interesting. Katie Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 14, 2018, at 3:11 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Want to charge your smartphone in 7 seconds? Look to graphene > Graphene gets touted as a

Re: mail on iPhone always telling me I have no new mail?

2018-03-14 Thread Donna Goodin
this is good to hear, Maria. thanks! Donna > On Mar 14, 2018, at 3:28 PM, Maria Reyes wrote: > > I think the bug has been fixed in iOS 11.3. I'm on the beta cycle and I'm not > having that problem. I was having that same problem on my iPod Touch before I > got my

Graphene could charge your phone in 7 seconds, CNET

2018-03-14 Thread M. Taylor
Want to charge your smartphone in 7 seconds? Look to graphene Graphene gets touted as a "wonder material" because of its unique properties. Here are five potential real-world uses. By Katie Collins, March 14, 2018 5:04 AM PDT Graphene is 200 times stronger than steel and lighter than paper and

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Kliphton Miller
Hello, sorry about that statement of some people don’t like change. I run my own cafe, and those customers sometime get under my skin complaining about price change, expecting everything to be free. Anyway, I am using a Logitech k811 BT keyboard, I don’t know if the model matter. As for

Re: mail on iPhone always telling me I have no new mail?

2018-03-14 Thread Maria Reyes
I think the bug has been fixed in iOS 11.3. I'm on the beta cycle and I'm not having that problem. I was having that same problem on my iPod Touch before I got my iPhone X though. the update should be coming soon. Maria Reyes Owner of the Apple 411 list: apple411+subscr...@groups.io Click

Re: mail on iPhone always telling me I have no new mail?

2018-03-14 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi, all, Interesting to hear that so many of you had been experiencing this for a while. I’ve only been experiencing it for the last couple of weeks. I guess I’ll join you and send a report to accessibility. It is kind of an annoying bug. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 14, 2018,

Re: mail on iPhone always telling me I have no new mail?

2018-03-14 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Interesting. I've never experienced it, although, as I mentioned, I only update Mail Manually, so that may be the difference. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 14, 2018, at 10:05, Nickus de Vos wrote: Tim, In my experience this issue comes and

Re: mail on iPhone always telling me I have no new mail?

2018-03-14 Thread Nickus de Vos
Tim, In my experience this issue comes and goes, one day it will be their and the next day everything works just fine again. It also usually helps if restarting your phone, then the issue usually stays away for a couple of days. > On 14 Mar 2018, at 18:03, Tim Kilburn wrote: >

Re: mail on iPhone always telling me I have no new mail?

2018-03-14 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I don't experience this issue on my iPhone 8. Now, I don't have my Mail updating automatically, so that may be a factor. I do find that when I delete large numbers of eMails, it does take a bit to update the number though. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 14, 2018,

Re: mail on iPhone always telling me I have no new mail?

2018-03-14 Thread Nickus de Vos
Hi there This isn’t iPhone X specific as said, this is a Voicover bug. I’ve been having it on my iPhone 7 since iOS 11 came out and I’ve been reporting it to Apple accessibility with every update since. > On 14 Mar 2018, at 17:52, Mary Otten wrote: > > Hi Donna, this is

Re: mail on iPhone always telling me I have no new mail?

2018-03-14 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Donna, this is been going on for a while. And I don’t have an iPhone X. So it is not something about your specific iPhone model. I guess it’s a voiceover bug. It’s been months. I can’t remember when it started. I have seen talk about it on another list. It’s been reported through the beta

Re: How to make the number row act as function keys on Mac with touch bar?

2018-03-14 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Donna, It still works that way for me, albeit a limited set. Try using your Keyboard Practice mode to confirm what is supposed to happen when pressing the specific key combination. For example, after pressing VO-k to enable Keyboard Practice, press VO-1 then VO-FN-1 and note the differing

Re: How to make the number row act as function keys on Mac with touch bar?

2018-03-14 Thread Jenny Wood
Hi Donna, If you press the VO keys plus the Function button as you touch the row of function keys on the Touch bar, the keys will read correctly. You can activate them by double-tapping the function number key you want while holding down the VO plus Function button in the bottom-left corner.

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Cara Quinn
Hey Kliphton, Thanks for your note. I’m not sure if you’ve read the entire thread so far before posting this but I’ve actually tried changing the rotor settings via the keyboard and nothing seems to happen. I’ve even tried using the remote to change the rotor while using the keyboard and the

Re: How to make the number row act as function keys on Mac with touch bar?

2018-03-14 Thread John Panarese
That was working here with any of the VoiceOver commands that involve the function keys. Was it working for you and it stopped? Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED

Re: Spam calls: how to stop the robots from calling your iPhone or Android, The Verge

2018-03-14 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Marie Lyons writes: > What does that have to do with the providers free service for robo calls? A lot, actually. With a post paid account the telco knows the customer will pay a certain amount monthly. This is not true of prepaid accounts. It's possible the customer will not use the device much

Re: My Experiences with Directv Now

2018-03-14 Thread Kliphton Miller
Yup, I am not even a huge TV watcher, but my family is, and I signed on in the begining when that plan was only 35 bucks, and I am locked in for life. > On Mar 13, 2018, at 10:50 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli > wrote: > > I wish I'd done this years ago. Don't have Hulu,

Re: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Kliphton Miller
Few things here. The blu tooth keyboard for me works just fine, and I use 2 different ones. The key is, making sure your router is set to direct touch, then you can navigate any direction you want, even entering text. And I have been using the appleTV4 since it’s 1st release, now using a

mail on iPhone always telling me I have no new mail?

2018-03-14 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, So I'm seeing strange behavior in Mail on my iPhone X. When I touch the icon in the dock, it says "No new mail" even if I have ten new messages. Closing mail does not change this behavior. Completely powering off and rebooting the phone does, but only temporarily. Anyone know what

How to make the number row act as function keys on Mac with touch bar?

2018-03-14 Thread Donna Goodin
I thought it was FN plus the number key, but that isn't working. How does one do this? TIA, 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 a member's post

Re: Face id question

2018-03-14 Thread Krister Ekstrom
The first time i had Attention turned on, i could not for my life open the phone. Turned out i had the phone too close to my face, when i turned the feature off, i still couldn’t open the phone until i held it farther from my face and then it worked fine, so i turned on attention again to see

RE: Setting up a mac to use my account

2018-03-14 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yeah connect to a wifi network, Then shut the machine down completely Then hold the letter R and command keys down. While holding those and keep holding those for approx. 30 seconds, Turn the power on and keep holding those keys! This takes you in to the recovery console, Once in this open

RE: Face id question

2018-03-14 Thread Simon Fogarty
I turned mine off and have no problems unless it's bright sunlight. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Wednesday, 14 March 2018 9:57 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Face id question

RE: I have stepped into the future and have a question

2018-03-14 Thread Simon Fogarty
Didn't you get a install from backup or as new phone? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Wednesday, 14 March 2018 4:28 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I have stepped into the

RE: What use do you find from your Apple TV?

2018-03-14 Thread Simon Fogarty
Well, I do own the 4K apple tv and ET has got it pretty good from my view, Since the last update I'm not able to turn my tv on with the apple tv remote The controls after constant playing with the rota still don't work that well in 3rd party apps such as a local tv companys streaming product,

Re: Skype question

2018-03-14 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Bill. I'm running Skype version 7.59 on High Sierra with no issues. The latest version of Skype isn't really accessible with Voiceover. In short, it's terrible. If you can, find the latest Skype 7X version and use that. If you can't find it anywhere, write me off list and I'll send you a