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2024-03-31 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
Need to make sure my messages are geting through to the list. Please ignore or let me know you’ve seen this message please. Simon -- 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

Re: More on the HomePod from hell

2024-03-31 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Thanks, Mark. Yeah, it was beyond ridiculous, but at least the ending was a happy one. :) Cheers, Donna > On Mar 30, 2024, at 9:26 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Donna, > > I've been following this thread and I am so glad you got everything up and > running. What a chore. > > Mark > > >

Re: Warning to anyone looking to buy a HomePod: apparently Apple thinks it's OK to sell paperweights disguised as Homepods

2024-03-31 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I don’t want to get a HomePod. Not for this reason but I do not need it. However it seems very very clunky and unacceptable to me. I once was an apple fanboy but now a days I am not a fanboy of any brand. Bless. /A > 29 mars 2024 kl. 02:43 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi a

Re: Warning to anyone looking to buy a HomePod: apparently Apple thinks it's OK to sell paperweights disguised as Homepods

2024-03-31 Thread Michael Irons
Hello everybody I am inclined to agree with Anders Holmberg about the HomePod. I don’t want to get HomePod either. It sounds like Apple has turned out something that has some pretty serious defects in it. I am getting along with a Google home speaker and an Alexa device that my dad invited me to ta

Re: Warning to anyone looking to buy a HomePod: apparently Apple thinks it's OK to sell paperweights disguised as Homepods

2024-03-31 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Actually, the HomePod is a good product. The problem isn’t that the HomePod was defective, it’s that Apple shouldn’t ship them out without first upgrading them to a software version supported by HomeKit. In terms of performance, once it’s connected to Home, it does quite well, I think. We use

Re: Warning to anyone looking to buy a HomePod: apparently Apple thinks it's OK to sell paperweights disguised as Homepods

2024-03-31 Thread Matthew Dyer
Hi, I have had my current homepod for several years and it works well with really only one problem which I have yet to figure out.  When playing music on any of my macs, the device will just randomly drop out for some reason.  I have consitered getting a mini, but have not desided yet.  I ha

Re: Warning to anyone looking to buy a HomePod: apparently Apple thinks it's OK to sell paperweights disguised as Homepods

2024-03-31 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Matthew,I haven’t had any problems like that, but I never play music from my Mac. I always either play it using Siri, or using my phone. And none of our HomePods ever drop out, unless we’ve been having network issues.Cheers,DonnaSent from my iPhoneOn Mar 31, 2024, at 1:57 PM, Matthew Dyer wrote

Passkeys and how to use them with voiceover

2024-03-31 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
Hello, I’m trying to use passkeys as a more secure method to sign into various services like Microsoft, Google, and passkeys enabled websites. I’ve tried this with Google accounts but I’m not being successful in using them. Has anyone on the list has used passkeys and if yes, how does it work

Re: Passkeys and how to use them with voiceover

2024-03-31 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 31/3/24 15:42, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries wrote: I’m trying to use passkeys as a more secure method to sign into various services like Microsoft, Google, and passkeys enabled websites. I’ve tried this with Google accounts but I’m not being successful in using them. Has anyone on t