Re: Bluetooth Keyboards

2018-10-29 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Gotta have the numpad. 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 10/28/2018 5:17 PM, 'Maria Reyes' via MacVisionaries wrote: I have the Logitech K480. It does not have a number pad. On Oct 28, 2018, at

Re: The Word "Defeat" Consistently Mispronounced

2018-10-29 Thread 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries
Yeah but that would alter the pronunciation for all voices. Would be nice if we could make pronunciations work on a voice by voice basis like on iOS. Regards, Shawn, Sent from Sophia, the MacBook Air Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapp

Re: Suddenly I'm unable to adjust volume

2018-10-29 Thread Maurice Mines
Good evening, so if the drive that you’re trying to reject only drug these would be the questions that I’d ask, one is the system using anything that that drive holds? Two if the drive isn’t being used at the time you want to reject it you might check to see if some other application that you

Re: Suddenly I'm unable to adjust volume

2018-10-29 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Try disconnecting any Bluetooth sound devices. Sometimes they hold on and the sound up/down gets sent over to the Bluetooth device instead of the computer. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 29, 2018, at 13:49, 'Janina S

Re: Suddenly I'm unable to adjust volume

2018-10-29 Thread Des Delgadillo
Check out the system preferences under sound, output. When that happens for me it's because I somehow switched to a different audio output by accident. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2018, at 12:49 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Thanks, Peter. That was a good thought, b

Re: Suddenly I'm unable to adjust volume

2018-10-29 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Thanks, Peter. That was a good thought, but it was checked. Just in case I unchecked and later rechecked that option, all to no avail. Janina Pete De Vasto writes: > Janina, > > One thing you might check is to go into System Preferences, the Keyboard tab. > There’s a checkbox that toggles wheth

Re: A worrying harddisk problem.

2018-10-29 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Ok, thanks for that Tim. I will do this when the sports has ended here. I have actually set an account for the harddisk up instead of using the Airports password and that seems to help. BUt i can of course try your sollution too. Any thing is helpfull here. /A > 29 okt. 2018 kl. 17:23 skrev

How much is a new mac coming in at?

2018-10-29 Thread Shirley Healy
How much is a mac coming in at? and which one is best to buy? are there differences between them? I know absolutely nothing about the mac! Any support would be helpful! shirley Visit my blog, therapy bits, where I blog about going through psychotherapy, and living life with complex ptsd and disso

Re: Seeing AI And Bar Codes on iPhone SE

2018-10-29 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
External lighting should not be necessary because the app uses the camera flash. But it turns off so feedback to the developer is in order. 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 10/28/2018 11:00 AM, D

Re: Seeing AI And Bar Codes on iPhone SE

2018-10-29 Thread Anne Robertson
My phone is locked in portrait mode. I find Seeing AI very quick at finding barcodes, even if sometimes the result is quite wrong. For instance, it thinks a jar of instant coffee is the second volume of a book on Breton history! Cheers, Anne > On 29 Oct 2018, at 18:45, Pete De Vasto wrote:

Re: Seeing AI And Bar Codes on iPhone SE

2018-10-29 Thread Dan Rathburn
Hi, One thing I have noticed is that good lighting is essential for getting reliable results with the Seeing AI app. I don't know if Portrait or Landscape makes a difference. I have my phone locked on Portrait. Regards, Dan The nice thing about science is that it's true whether you beli

Re: Seeing AI And Bar Codes on iPhone SE

2018-10-29 Thread Pete De Vasto
Thanks, Anne, I feel better at least knowing someone with an SE has been able to read the info. Does it make any difference if you hold the phone portrait or landscape? Are there any settings that needed to be adjusted? Mary, I did try your trick of turning the phone over so the camera was face

Re: Seeing AI And Bar Codes on iPhone SE

2018-10-29 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Pete, It works on my iPhone SE. Cheers, Anne > On 29 Oct 2018, at 17:32, Pete De Vasto wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I’m trying to read bar codes using Seeing AI on my iPhone SE. Whenever I try, > I do hear the tones that tell me I’m over the code, but Seeing AI doesn’t > read anythi

Re: Suddenly I'm unable to adjust volume

2018-10-29 Thread Pete De Vasto
Janina, One thing you might check is to go into System Preferences, the Keyboard tab. There’s a checkbox that toggles whether or not you use the FN key to activate function keys, or some words to that effect. I’m thinking that maybe somehow this setting got inadvertently changed? Pete De Vasto

Suddenly I'm unable to adjust volume

2018-10-29 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Hi, All: Somehow, for some reason I'm unsure of, I'm no longer able to do volume up and down with FN plus F12 and FN plus F11. Mute on FN plus F10 also doesn't do a thing. Not sure when this cropped up on my Airbook, but it's very annoying. Looking in sound settings I'm supposedly at 100%, with

Re: Seeing AI And Bar Codes on iPhone SE

2018-10-29 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Pete, I can’t answer about the iPhone SE in barcodes, although I don’t see why you shouldn’t be able to read them. What I will say is that I have had extremely variable luck with the reading of barcodes on my iPhone 7 Plus. Sometimes I will get those towns and then the different towns that in

Re: A worrying harddisk problem.

2018-10-29 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Do this in this order: Unplug the drive from the USB port of the Airport device, unplug the power to the drive if it has a separate power, wait about 20 seconds or so, plug its power back in. Now, unplug the Airport device from its power, and wait another 20 seconds or so. While you're w

Seeing AI And Bar Codes on iPhone SE

2018-10-29 Thread Pete De Vasto
Hi everyone, I’m trying to read bar codes using Seeing AI on my iPhone SE. Whenever I try, I do hear the tones that tell me I’m over the code, but Seeing AI doesn’t read anything, it only gives me beeps. I tried to write the team about this, but got no response. Does anybody know if you’re supp

Re: A very stupid Question may be, but hope to find a solution

2018-10-29 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
ramy, If you still have your original pdf file, open it in Preview. Under view menu, make sure continuous reading is checked and I have also show thumbnails checked. Then you could press command+f for search and type in exactly the string of words you are looking for. Wait a moment. Now to

Re: Apple iPhone XR Reviews, Barron's

2018-10-29 Thread Sandie Jazmin Kruse
Seems it is time for a new phone if its camera is better in low lighting for artificial sight, Have the 7 now, and while it. Is good , it could always be better... Sent from my iPad > On 29 Oct 2018, at 10.52, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Very interesting as usual Mark. > Sadly its to big

Re: Apple iPhone XR Reviews, Barron's

2018-10-29 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Very interesting as usual Mark. Sadly its to big for me. I have both the Nokia 8 and an Iphone Se and the Se is pritty neat. A bit hard to type on but i love it. THe Nokia 8 is the Best Android phone i’ve used so far. But if i would buy me a new apple Iphone i think i’d go for the xs. /A > 29

A worrying harddisk problem.

2018-10-29 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I have a Hard disk connected to my airport extreme which i do my time machine backups onto. Now all of a sudden my mac is complaining that it hasn’t been backed up for 12 days. I found out that the drive on the network no mor can’t be found. I have checked the airport settings and it claims