RE: What Iphone to chooce?

2018-11-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
Anders, Is screen / picture quality an issue for you? If not then take the iPhone XR, they have shown to have better battery life than all other iPhones currently that includes the 8's and the newer XS range. The processor is better and the screen is slightly larger, If screen is something

RE: How to sign up for iTunes match if you are running a Windows PC

2018-11-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Mary, Get him to try this Subscribe to iTunes Match. Open iTunes on a Mac or PC. At the top of the iTunes window, click Store. Under Music Quick Links at the right side of the window, click iTunes Match. Click the Subscribe button. Hope that helps. -Original Message- From:

Re: new mac user

2018-11-28 Thread Maurice Mines
Good evening, word can produce high-quality documents. If you need a natively done Microsoft Word document it would be advisable and cost-effective for you to use office 365. It is completely compatible with the Mac I use it personally, and I’ve had no problems. Although pages does right in

Re: Accessible Youtube to mp3 converter for the Mac?

2018-11-28 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
A great app, that’ll convert videos from not only youtube, but lots of other sites as well, is Downey. I highly recommend it. I’ve been using it for quite some time now, and it’s great, and perfectly accessible. > On Nov 28, 2018, at 7:41 PM, Debbie April Yuille > wrote: > > I’m from

How to sign up for iTunes match if you are running a Windows PC

2018-11-28 Thread Mary Otten
I am asking this question for a friend. I have been signed up with iTunes match for several years, so I have no idea how to help him. He does not have a mask. He does have a Windows PC, and he does have a bunch of stuff in iTunes. He was trying to sign up for iTunes match and was not

RE: new mac user

2018-11-28 Thread Hemachandran Karaha
What are the things that are accessible in office 365? It is important for me to collaborate with fellow acaddemics. So accessing track changes, and the rest is important. I also like to know whether opening a Word document in Pages can negatively impact formatting. Warmly, Hema.

Re: VMWare Fusion Question or Two

2018-11-28 Thread kelly ford
Thank you for this information. Also, thank you to others who replied. This solution fixed at least getting the program launched. I had to going to privacy and then accessibility and indicate that I wanted to allow VMware to control my computer. Then when I launched VMware fusion, I had to go

RE: Accessible Youtube to mp3 converter for the Mac?

2018-11-28 Thread Debbie April Yuille
I’m from Australia. Debbie From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Des Delgadillo Sent: Thursday, 29 November 2018 7:17 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Accessible Youtube to mp3 converter for the Mac? Hi Debbie, Thanks for sharing that link. It

Re: Accessible Youtube to mp3 converter for the Mac?

2018-11-28 Thread Lorie McCloud
I use "2conv.com " works very well for me and I'm in Texas. > On Nov 28, 2018, at 2:16 PM, Des Delgadillo wrote: > > Hi Debbie, > > Thanks for sharing that link. It looks like a great website. However, when I > try and convert it gives me an error that says converting music

Re: What Iphone to chooce?

2018-11-28 Thread Lorie McCloud
I recently got an iPhone 8 and I like it. battery life is good and so is performance. it might be a little less expensive than this year's models. > On Nov 28, 2018, at 12:38 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Android accessity begins to piss me off so i am deciding to go on a plan with > a

Re: Accessible Youtube to mp3 converter for the Mac?

2018-11-28 Thread Des Delgadillo
Hi Debbie, Thanks for sharing that link. It looks like a great website. However, when I try and convert it gives me an error that says converting music from Youtube is not possible in my region. I’m in California. Where are you from, by chance? If it works for you, perhaps I can use a VPN.

Re: What Iphone to chooce?

2018-11-28 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! The reason for me was first because i got my Iphone stolen. Then i wanted to try it out. It works but it is not for me i think. At least if you have to edit text and such. /A > 28 nov. 2018 kl. 19:49 skrev 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > : > > Anders, > I got the 8+ in February and am quite

Re: What Iphone to chooce?

2018-11-28 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Sounds very very interesting. I have to go to astore and touch them. /A > 28 nov. 2018 kl. 19:45 skrev 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries > : > > The X R, without a case, for me, feels rather slippery. With a case, though, > it feels great and solid, and the battery life is just amazing,

Re: What Iphone to chooce?

2018-11-28 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, the 8's battery life is good, but the XR's is better. The XR is heavier than other models, but is an excellent phone. If you want the phone to last longer before upgrading, I'd go with the XR, as long as the price doesn't put it out of range for you. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher

Re: What Iphone to chooce?

2018-11-28 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Anders, I got the 8+ in February and am quite pleased with it. Battery life seems good but I charge it nightly so it gets backed up as well. My previous phone was the 5 so at first the size took getting used to but it's perfect. I've started working with a braille display connected to

Re: what devices/appliances are people using with Apple Homekit?

2018-11-28 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I have to check with Panasonic. Thanks for the info. /A > 28 nov. 2018 kl. 11:50 skrev Matthew Horspool : > > Hi Anders, > The starter kit, with room stat and bridge, costs about £200. Radiator valves > cost about £60 each but you don't need those straight away. > Unfortunately I don't know

Re: What Iphone to chooce?

2018-11-28 Thread 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries
The X R, without a case, for me, feels rather slippery. With a case, though, it feels great and solid, and the battery life is just amazing, even when using it with Wifi, Bluetooth, location services, and background app refresh on. If you don't need all that, one user has said that he gets a

What Iphone to chooce?

2018-11-28 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Android accessity begins to piss me off so i am deciding to go on a plan with a carrier here in Sweden. BUt since there are so many models out there i am not sure what to chooce from. I don’t want the x or sx or xs max phones. I don’t know why but they feel a bit to much for me. But since i

Re: Having problems sharing a disk between 2 Macs

2018-11-28 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
hi, File Sharing only needs enabled on the iMac if it is the device hosting the shared folders/volumes. Security-wise, I'd suggest that you make it visible to specific people, not the entire world. You can make it so that your user on the iMac is the owner of the folder, and you just sign in

Re: new mac user

2018-11-28 Thread 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries
Pages can open and save Word documents, but if it is not compatible enough with Word documents, Word in Office 365 is also accessible, although not as accessible as Pages is, for me at least Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 28, 2018, at 12:28 PM, Hemachandran Karaha wrote: > > Dear all, > > I

new mac user

2018-11-28 Thread Hemachandran Karaha
Dear all, I am a new mac user. I have been using Iphone for the last three years though. Kindly let me know whether the native pages app is compatible fully with MS Wordd. If not, do you advice using Office 365? Capacity to produce high quality documents is important for my vocation as a

Having problems sharing a disk between 2 Macs

2018-11-28 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, I have an iMac and a MacBook Air both running Mojave and both on the same wifi network. I am trying to set up a time machine backup disk on the iMac which the MacBook Air can use. I have enabled file sharing on both machines and have specified the backup external disk in shared

Re: VMWare Fusion Question or Two

2018-11-28 Thread Maurice Mines
Good morning, I might have an idea as to what your problem might be. Are you running OS X Mojave? Just salute you know if you are running the current version of VMware, you have to go into system preferences and make sure that in the privacy and/or security settings that VMware is permitted

Re: likely silly apple product buy question?

2018-11-28 Thread Arnold Schmidt
The following is only my opinion. Obviously, the damage to your IPhone had absolutely nothing to do with any manufacturing fault or defect, so most manufacturers would say, "that's too bad." They wouldn't fix it under any warranty, not even Apple care. And you are saying they offered you the

Re: likely silly apple product buy question?

2018-11-28 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, The standard Apple warranty does not cover user caused damage. Most standard warranties do not. Yes, AppleCare is required to cover such damage. This is normal practice with most electronics. Manufacturer defects or problems with software/hardware are covered, but if you spill your

Re: likely silly apple product buy question?

2018-11-28 Thread tim
Wish that was the case. However, my phone was dropped by a 2 yearold and broke the screen. Apple told me sense I didn’t have applecare it would cost me $100 to fix. Now sense my phone was under a year old I still could get applecare and have it fixed. Now as far as your resource there dreaming

Re: likely silly apple product buy question?

2018-11-28 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
hi, Specifically with Apple Care, you have a point. Whereas, the one year warranty provided by Apple is honoured no matter which authorized vender sold the Apple product. While the mark-up you state is normal in the retail business, my sources tell me that the retailer is not marking up the

Re: VMWare Fusion Question or Two

2018-11-28 Thread Pete De Vasto
Hi Kelly, I’ve struggled with VMWare Fusion lots as well, but do have it going pretty much all the time now. The one trick I’ve noticed you have to do is toggle back and forth in and out of your machine’s screen while it’s starting up. I hope I can explain this correctly, here goes: When your

Re: likely silly apple product buy question?

2018-11-28 Thread tim
Wish that it is true about Apple and there warranties. If the store sells it with applecare. Then Apple will fix it and if not then you will have to get applecare on your own. I know this from getting my iPhone 8 from T-mobile. They only gave a not working out of box return if phone was

Re: VMWare Fusion Question or Two

2018-11-28 Thread Bill Holton
Did you install the VM tools? You have to begin this process outside the window, then completed inside of windows. > On Nov 27, 2018, at 8:15 PM, kelly ford wrote: > > Hi, > > These are probably basic questions but if there is a pointer or other > resource, I’d appreciate hearing about it. I

Re: Accessible Youtube to mp3 converter for the Mac?

2018-11-28 Thread gerrycook
Dirpy.com is an old one but i believe it should still work cheers gerry have a nice day Email: gerryc...@optusnet.com.au Skype: gerry.cook1 Twitter: @gerrycook52 > On 28 Nov 2018, at 1:07 pm, Debbie April Yuille > wrote: > > Hello > > I use an online converter. I use it

RE: what devices/appliances are people using with Apple Homekit?

2018-11-28 Thread Matthew Horspool
Hi Anders, The starter kit, with room stat and bridge, costs about £200. Radiator valves cost about £60 each but you don't need those straight away. Unfortunately I don't know about heat pump compatibility especially not outside the UK. However, as far as the electronics are concerned it can