Re: So what do we think of the WWDC new hardware?

2017-06-06 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I'm holding out for a Kaby Lake Mac Mini refresh to replace my aging 2009 model. CB On 6/6/17 2:39 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: Yeah can't say I was overly impressed, Great stuff if your into video creation / editing or virtual reality creation but really nothing exciting Oh waw safari has a popu

Re: I'm really growing to hate this years crop of laptops

2017-06-06 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
gence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 6/5/2017 11:12 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: Seems like an external SSD would slow things down to whatever the limit is on your USB. USB 2.0 real-world throughp

Re: So what do we think of the WWDC new hardware?

2017-06-06 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
They added "native core bluetooth" to connect to devices including glucose monitors from dexcom. This was at 19:57 in the presentation. https://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2017/ CB On 6/6/17 11:26 AM, Mary Otten wrote: I did hear something about the gym equipment. But I didn't hear anythi

Re: I'm really growing to hate this years crop of laptops

2017-06-07 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Back in the day when I switched from Apple II to Mac I bought a discontinued Mac IIcx which had no hard drive, no monitor and a full megabyte of RAM on four 256K DIMMs. If I recall it was about $1600. I quickly added a hard drive as running from floppy disk was horrible. It was a huge 105MB uni

Re: I'm really growing to hate this years crop of laptops

2017-06-07 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
My Apple II+ had the shit key mod that hooked a wire from the keyboard into the game controller plug so I could actually type upper and lower case. I also had discovered $C030 was the address of the speaker to make it click. Do that often enough and you get a tone. Turned out $C020 was the "cas

Re: deleting old time machine backups

2017-06-09 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
This is somewhat by design. Time Machine assumes it owns whatever volume you point it to and will continue to make incremental backups until the volume is full. At that point it will begin to cull old backups. That's why it's generally not a good idea to try and share space on a volume with tim

Re: Blume Wifi

2017-06-11 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I have Gb internet at work and the only thing I've found that will fill the pipe is Apple updates. I think it's peaked at 112MB/s download getting an iOS update. Everything else seems to have bottlenecks elsewhere the cap the throughput. CB On 6/11/17 9:53 PM, Scott Granados wrote: It’s hard

Re: HTML Stream in iTunes

2017-07-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Can you open the URL http://direct.sharp-stream.com/original106.mp3 in iTunes to play the same thing? CB On 7/8/17 11:48 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, Yes, an app would do the trick, as the app would be designed to deal with the html streaming, whereas iTunes is designed to use different proto

Re: upload speed very low

2017-07-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
What most people have is ADSL and the A stands for Asymmetric because there is greater bandwidth dedicated to stuff coming to you rather than outbound. It's a reasonable thing because most people send a small request like an URL and get back megabytes of data. How fast depends on how much you p

Re: Conversation about Accessibility w/ Tim Cook of Apple | #GAAD

2017-07-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Could you use an online tool like https://www.onlinevideoconverter.com/mp3-converter and then download the mp3 it generates? CB On 7/9/17 4:30 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Hi, Would someone mind doing me a favor? I believe many here realize I am not fully an apple user for other physical reason

Re: Windstream versus Cox?

2017-07-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Sounds like you'll feel right at home with a larger service provider :) Can't speak to Windstream but I've had Cox for years and they have generally been solid. I bought my own cablemodem so I didn't have to pay the rent for that and plugged that into an Apple AirPort. Had hiccups whenever the

Re: Conversation about Accessibility w/ Tim Cook of Apple | #GAAD

2017-07-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: Could you use an online tool like https://www.onlinevideoconverter.com/mp3-converter and then download the mp3 it generates? CB On 7/9/17 4:30 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Hi, Would someone mind doing me a favor? I believe many here realiz

Re: Which virtual machine software is accessible?

2017-07-23 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I have been using Fusion for a long time and, as others have said, copying a virtual machine from one computer to the other has no impact. Now if I have that same virtual machine running concurrently on multiple physical desktops, the Windows license manager might get upset that it sees the sam

Re: mac HTML editor suggestion?

2017-07-24 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
If you are just modifying the content then a simple text editor will work fine. In the end, unless there is some complex content management system behind the scenes, HTML files are just text. So you could open up the text file, wade through (and otherwise ignore) all the markup and just modify

Re: Can i make Mouse left click using my magic trackpad?

2017-07-24 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
While there might be some gesture to do that, holding down the control key and clicking is the same as a right click. CB On 7/24/17 3:09 AM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: Thanks so much Dear, and the right click sorry? On 7/23/17, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Ramy, You can perform a physical mouse

Re: iRobot iPhone app

2017-07-26 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Yup, Gizmodo was one of the sites that covered the privacy issue: https://gizmodo.com/roombas-next-big-step-is-selling-maps-of-your-home-to-t-1797187829 CB On 7/26/17 12:37 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: I just read an article where the manufacture of the rumba wants to sell the data collected

Re: Huawei came really close to selling as many phones as Apple - CNET

2017-08-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Huawei may make a fine phone, but I know nothing about it. In the end it's two different markets. I'm sure Nissan sells a whole lot more cars than BMW. Last I heard, roaches outnumber people as well :) CB On 8/3/17 7:50 PM, M. Taylor wrote: CNET News - Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 12:12 AM Hua

Re: Huawei came really close to selling as many phones as Apple - CNET

2017-08-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Scott Granados wrote: Actually you know more about them than you think probably. They manufactured the Nexus 6P I believe and they make many processors and other components. They have manufactured several phones sold in the uS though and they are quite good. On Aug 4, 2017, at 12:09 AM, &#x

Re: How iPhone 8 could change the wireless charging landscape - CNET

2017-08-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Of course Tesla also like to talk to pigeons :) I assume the basic idea is that the phone becomes the secondary coil of a basic transformer setup and then needs to have some kind of internal rectifier to change the power back to DC. I always thought transformers and capacitors were heavy bulky

Re: How iPhone 8 could change the wireless charging landscape - CNET

2017-08-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
. Just amazing we’re even having this discussion. I can’t wait until I have a phone with no ports what so ever. No charging port, no headphone port, nothing but wireless interconnection. On Aug 10, 2017, at 11:22 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: Of course Tesla al

Re: How iPhone 8 could change the wireless charging landscape - CNET

2017-08-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I can't attest to the quality but Harbor Freight has a 5 watt solar charger for $40. The small cube AC converters are 5 watts (last I checked) so this should give a similar charge time in strong sun. https://www.harborfreight.com/5-watt-foldable-solar-panel-charger-60449.html CB On 8/10/17 11

Re: Smart TV

2017-08-11 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
The original question was about auto switching HDMI inputs. If that's all you're missing you might want to consider and external switcher. I got a unit similar to this one from Sewell for our family home entertainment setup: https://sewelldirect.com/switchdeck-hdmi-switch-by-sewell-3x1-distrib

Fwd: Your unsubscription to macvisionaries was successful.

2017-08-30 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Odd. I never sent an unsubscribe request. Can you please add me back to the list? Thanks! CB Forwarded Message Subject:Your unsubscription to macvisionaries was successful. Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 17:04:42 + From: MacVisionaries To: cblo...@aol.com Your

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