Important Follow-Up to: Removal of Sound Flower from OSX Resolved

2015-04-13 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, After successfully uninstalling Sound Flower from my Mac, I noticed a significant increase in the amount of time it took my system to startup. I would say that it took almost 20 times as long to boot up after I uninstalled Sound Flower even after repairing and verifying disk permi

RE: How To Make Your Mac Chime When You Plug It In

2015-04-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Alex, Thanks for this. It's pretty nifty. Now, if we could only get VoiceOver to say, "Screen Locked" when one locks the screen on the Mac; making it consistent with the iOS experience. (smile). When the bottom row of apps, in iOS, began being preceded by the word "doc" I thought it wou

RE: How To Make Your Mac Chime When You Plug It In

2015-04-16 Thread M. Taylor
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How To Make Your Mac Chime When You Plug It In How do you lock and unlock the screen on the Mac anyway? I never figured that out Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 16, 2015, at 8:10 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Alex, > > Thanks for this. It's pr

RE: Adware warning!

2015-04-23 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Christine, I am so sorry that you had to experience such a, what for many of us, would be a scary thing. You know, a month or so ago, a friend of mine purchased a new MacBook Air. I don't know what she did between the Friday when I set it up and the following Tuesday but when next

RE: organising by threaded conversations on Mac

2015-04-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Daniel, The way I use OSX Mail, which does have VoiceOver state how many messages are in the thread, is to use the Standard layout, as opposed to the Classic layout. As I have never used the Classic layout, I don’t know if there is a way in which to hear how many messages are in a thread

Switching a Live Non-Apple Device Call from iPhone to Mac via Continuity, Can It Be Done?

2015-04-30 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am cross-posting this to both the Mac and iOS mailing lists. Question: Can one send a live call from iPhone to the Mac via Continuity? As an F.Y.I.: All aspects of Continuity are working between my iOS devices running 8.3 and my Macs running the latest version of OSX. Also,

How To Install iPhoto in Yosemite (OS X 10.10)

2015-05-01 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Hopefully, some of you will find the following article useful. Mark How To Install iPhoto in Yosemite (OS X 10.10) For whatever reason you've wound up here (probably not a fan of Photos) - this step-by-step guide will show you how to install/re-install iPhoto on your Mac runnin

RE: Apple Watch and Maps experience

2015-05-03 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Jenine and All, After borrowing a friend's Apple Watch for two days, I have decided not to purchase one. However, earlier today, I walked 2 miles with my iPhone 6 Plus using the Apple Maps App set to tracking with Headings. The GPS announcements were spot on. It even announced businesse

RE: Macbook Air suddenly slow to boot up

2015-05-09 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Ed, I suggest that you reset the system PRAM. To reset the PRAM, power on the Mac while pressing Option+Command+R+P until the startup chime is heard, twice. It may be necessary to perform this several times until you are successful. It can be tricky. Good luck, Mark -Origin

RE: Importing Address Books.

2015-05-14 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Anita, The answer to your question depends a great deal on several factors and whether or not you intend to continue to use Outlook for Windows. For example, I use OSX, iOS, Android, Windows 7, and Windows 8 on a daily basis; as a consequence, I require that my Contacts, Reminders, Cale

RE: Removing Google Voice from an iPhone

2015-05-28 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Jenine, It's been a while since I deactivated Google Voice and/or Google Voice mail from either my iOS or Android devices but I am certain that the gear that is referred to in the Google Voice documentation is referring to the gear located near the upper right corner of the website as see

How to Resolve Keychain Error 25320

2015-06-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, The following comes to us courtesy of SimpleHelp.com While I have not experienced this error, personally, I thought I'd post it to the list just in case you come across it. Mark How to Resolve Keychain Error 25320 Posted: 15 Jun 2015 03:00 AM PDT This very brief tutorial will

Turn Twitter Power Into Your Power And Get Things Done

2015-06-18 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Thanks to my trusty Smartphone app, in conjunction with my favorite web browser, I have resolved several issues with companies with whom I do business including Samsung, AT&T, Apple, my local water company, one of my banking services, a local restaurant chain, a grocery store, and

RE: Mail issues in Yosemite

2015-06-20 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Brian, 1. The issue of having your threads not being deleted quickly may be a problem specific to your computer. I use mail every day, in conversation view, to delete hundreds and hundreds of thread, with gMail accounts, exchange accounts, and custom server accounts and do not experience

RE: Mail issues in Yosemite

2015-06-20 Thread M. Taylor
pen to get to the next message, just another very annoying VoiceOVer issue that will hopefully be fixed in the next update. > On Jun 20, 2015, at 10:49 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Brian, > > 1. > The issue of having your threads not being deleted quickly may be a problem

RE: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-22 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Nancy, First, bravo to you for considering creating your own website. Second, In my opinion, your question demands a comprehensive answer that will depend upon several factors that I don't believe can be adequately addressed on a support mailing list such as this one. So, I suggest t

RE: Building a website, what's the best way?

2015-06-22 Thread M. Taylor
is great. I was a little frustrated with them for something that happened with ICan, but they gave me discounts and did their best to make things better. On 6/22/2015 10:01 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Nancy, > > First, bravo to you for considering creating your own website. >

How to Block Facebook Game Requests

2015-06-23 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, The following comes to us courtesy of SimpleHelp, as many of us are Facebook subscribers, I thought I would post it on list. Please keep in mind that the steps listed below were written for sighted users. Mark How to Block Facebook Game Requests You either love them or you. do

RE: iTunes playlist woes AGAIN!!!

2015-06-25 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Donna, I am so sorry for the Play List problems you are experiencing. Are you absolutely certain you are syncing your iOS devices to the correct iTunes Library? Also, can you try to create a short new playlist in iTunes and see if it correctly syncs to your iOS device? If it syncs c

RE: apple care

2015-07-01 Thread M. Taylor
Hello May, I am so sorry to hear about your poor Mac. You can check the status of your Apple Care coverage at: http://supportprofile.apple.com I wish you all the best. Mark From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of May McDonald Homuth Sent: W

Beware of Phishing Scams Targeting Apple Customers

2015-07-02 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Just a quick reminder to always be vigilant in your defense against phishing scams, especially those targeting Apple customers. The following is one such scam I received to one of my Inboxes. Good Luck and Don't Be Fooled, Mark Subject: Your Account Apple has been frozen [Begi

RE: Need a bluetooth headset for my iphone 6, Plantronics, jabra or what???

2015-07-08 Thread M. Taylor
. Mark, -Original Message- From: viph...@googlegroups.com [mailto:viph...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2015 12:23 AM To: viph...@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: I Strongly Recommend The Plantronics Voyager Edge Bluetooth Single-Ear Headset Hi Sieghard

RE: Problem With Updates on Latest Version of ITunes ...

2015-07-09 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Eileen, While I have not yet encountered your particular problem, I have experienced update or component level installation problems with iTunes for Windows. Unless you have signed up for the new Music streaming service, there is really no difference between the current version of iTune

RE: Mac mail issue under Yosemite

2015-07-14 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Graham, Unfortunately, I have encountered this issue in the past, although not for quite some time. This seems to happen more to gMail accounts than to any other but I have herd of it on other servers, as well. Personally, when this happens to me, I open my trusty version of Outlook on

RE: how to copy contacts from one account to another?

2015-07-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Joe, If you Google this, you will find that there are two basic ways to accomplish your goal. The first method is to use your web browser to log into your gMail account and export your Contacts List as a vCard file; then, log into your iCloud account and import that file. As there are

RE: creating EPUB documents

2015-07-17 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Phil, I have never used Pages to create ePub documents. I currently have two novels published in the iBooks store and the application I use and strongly recommend, on the Mac that is, is an application called Storyist. Over the years I have worked with the developer and he has made the

RE: Installing the OS X beta on a secondary partition.

2015-07-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Sadam, There are many ways to accomplish your goal. I will simply give you the broad strokes that I personally use and that hopefully you find useful. 1. Either create a new partition on your existing internal hard drive or, and this is what I would recommend, purchase an external USB 2.

Here Are Two Ways of Disabling The Built-in Trackpad on your MacBook Computer

2015-07-31 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, There are some MacBook users who prefer, for whatever reason, to disable the built-in Trackpad on Their MacBook computers. The following article describes how to accomplish this. The first method requires that you attach a mouse or other pointing device, to your Mac. However, the sec

RE: Yosemite 10.10.5 and IOS 8.4.1 released

2015-08-15 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Anne, I'm so glad you got everything sorted out. As for me, even though I've never experienced any difficulties, using SuperDuper, I always make a copy of my hard drive before updating the OS. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@goo

RE: Help with Gmail and storage

2015-08-30 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Brian, First, let me say that the native Apple mail application works just fine with gMail in both Yosemite and in the soon-to-be-released El Capitan operating system. Second, the reason your gMail account reached its storage limit is because of the way Google handles message tagging. T

CORRECTION TO: RE: Help with Gmail and storage

2015-08-30 Thread M. Taylor
I inadvertently typed the word "older", in my previous post to this thread, when I meant to type "newer". The corrected version follows: Mark Hello Brian, First, let me say that the native Apple mail application works just fine with gMail in both Yosemite and in the soon-to-be-released El Capit

How to Create a Windows 10 Flash Drive Installer on a Mac

2015-09-05 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I thought some of you would find the following article, by Simple Help, if not useful, then at least interesting. Good Luck and Enjoy, Mark How to Create a Windows 10 Flash Drive Installer on a Mac This quick guide will show you how to create a Windows 10 "bootable" USB thumb/

A Question About Purchasing Descriptive Video Service Enabled Movies from iTunes

2015-09-09 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am cross-posting this to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries list. Perhaps this has been covered in a past thread but here it goes: I would like to purchase a couple of movies via iTunes that I recently saw in the theater. In the theater, both of these movies had the desc

RE: some i tunes questions

2015-09-09 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Caitlyn, Question: If I delete the current library, and then use my music folder on an external, how do I keep it from becoming so huge again? Answer: Before you delete your current Library, I suggest you do a Google search for cleaning up iTunes Library using Smart Playlists. Using a

MODERATOR NOTE: No On-List Beta Software Discussions, Please

2015-09-11 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I hope you are all doing well. I am assisting Cara in managing this list. Just to make it official, Cara and I are requesting that there be no on-list beta software discussions. Thank you so much for observing this policy. Mark -- You received this message because you are sub

MODERATOR NOTE: An Explanation of Recently Deleted Messages to the List and a Suggestion Regarding List Subscription Requests

2015-09-12 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Some of you may have been notified that your unposted messages to the list were recently deleted or rejected. Let me assure you that, unless notified, off-list, by either Cara or me, in no way have you or are your posts being blocked from the list. The simple truth of the matte

RE: iPhone 6S?

2015-09-14 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I would ask that this thread be continued on the V iPhone list, okay? Thank you, Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 6:12 PM To: macvisionaries@

MODERATOR REQUEST: iPhone 6S?

2015-09-15 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, As this is not an iOS forum, I ask that this topic be taken off-list. Thank you for understanding. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send a

MODERATOR REQUEST, UPDATE

2015-09-15 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, As was just posted to the list, I would have greatly appreciated objections to my previous request be sent off-list as I think that is the most courteous. Let me make it clear that there is no power trip going on here. In fact, although I sent an off-list request to a list memb

MODERATOR NOTE: General List Discussion Policy Update

2015-09-16 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, You know, one list member wrote to me today saying that it seems as though this list goes from one crisis to another. When I read this, I couldn’t help but smile as, sometimes, it does appear that way. Well, let’s put this particular crisis to bed, shall we? First, let m

How To Downgrade iOS 9.1 Public Beta to to Current iOS 9.0 Release Without Losing Any Data

2015-09-17 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am delighted to inform you that I just successfully downgraded two iPhones (a 5 S and a Six Plus) from iOS beta 9.1 back to the currently released iOS 9.0 via iTunes without losing any data or without having to first restore the phones back to their factory defaults. It appears

RE: authentication issue

2016-03-06 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Simon, I don't know if anyone else has responded to your question so I will offer a suggestion. Were I you, the first thing I would do would be to turn off the Bluetooth radio on my computer, then restart the Mac and see what happens. Mark From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto

RE: a strange change in message view

2016-03-08 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Ray, Try as I may, I cannot think of what the problem could be. How is Safari performing on your OS? The reason I ask is because the last time I saw such a change in an OS X interface was because the person, against my explicit instructions by the way, installed some freeware that ree

RE: Apple's response re renaming photos

2016-03-14 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Donna, I only just began following this thread but my experience is that if I want VoiceOver to announce the name/description of any photo in my Photo Library, I must first copy the photo to my PC, then, name the photo or give it a description from within its properties area. I think I u

RE: Mac Calendar & iCloud

2016-03-14 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Marc, Were you able to get this problem resolved? Have you, in fact, stopped using the family sharing feature/calendar to see if that resolves the issue? You know, a couple of years ago, I experienced the same problem only it happened on my iPhone instead of my Mac. If memory serves

RE: Us congress hearing of maan alsaan Money laundry قضية الكونغجرس لغسيل الأموال للمليادير معن الصانع

2016-03-16 Thread M. Taylor
Thank you E.T. I have suspended the member listed as Sami Kamal's posting privileges. I would have banned him but could not find the option to do so. Google, from time-to-time appears to change the options available to moderators. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused any of you.

A Question About Using the BARD App for Reading a Braille Book with a Focus 40 Blue Braille Display

2016-03-18 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, I recently downloaded a Braille title in the BARD app on my 6 Plus running the latest version of iOS. I am using my Focus 40 Blue as the Braille display. The firmware on my Focus is v4.59. My questions are: 1. Can I jump from page one to page 2 using only the display, itself? If so

RE: something weird with ibooks on ios 9.3

2016-03-23 Thread M. Taylor
Okay, Because this may effect others, I am going to cross post this. After reading this thread, I discovered that there appears to be a bug in iBooks iOS 9.3. When the Purchases Tab is activated, in iBooks, the display changes to a list view as follows: Updates, Books, then Audio Books. If one

iOS 9.3 Native Camera App Zoom Is Still Not VoiceOver Accessible

2016-03-23 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am cross-posting this notice. To my dismay, I can confirm that the iOS 9.3 native camera app zoom is still not voiceOver accessible. This feature has not been VoiceOver accessible since iOS 8.1.3, if memory serves. In order to zoom in on an image, one has to first disable Vo

RE: Problem with imap gmail on Mac OS

2016-03-26 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Paul, One configuration setting that is crucial to successfully using gMail accounts via Apple Mail is that the All Mail folder/Label be displayed in your gMail account. Please note that this is not the default setting in gMail. Generally speaking, you can enable this settings via gMai

iOS Native Twitter App Now Supports Moments, Via VoiceOver

2016-03-28 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am so delighted to let you know that, as of today's update, the iOS native Twitter app now supports Twitter Moments via VoiceOver. To begin enjoying this extremely exciting new feature of Twitter, on your iOS device: 1. Update to the latest version of Twitter. 2. Select the

RE: El Capitan Clean Install

2016-03-29 Thread M. Taylor
Hi, Are you using the Apple EarPods with your Mac? Or a third-party item. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 7:05 PM To: MacVisionaries Subject: El Capitan Clean Install

RE: El Capitan Clean Install

2016-03-29 Thread M. Taylor
It finally came to me to do a PRAM. If only I did that this morning. 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 3/29/2016 7:12 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hi, > > Are you using the Apple EarPods wit

RE: iPhone 6S Plus Extreme Heat Issue

2016-03-29 Thread M. Taylor
You’ve received great advice on this. I would add one thing, however. Does the phone heat up when it is not in a case? I have experienced many situations where a phone is placed in a badly designed case which, consequently, prevents heat from escaping. So, before you return the phone, I

RE: iOS Native Twitter App Now Supports Moments, Via VoiceOver

2016-03-30 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Because I think this may be useful, I am posting a reply that I just sent to the V iPhone list regarding more information on Twitter Moments. Mark Hello Regina, First, I completely understand how Twitter can overwhelm anyone, in the beginning. It just takes time in order to lea

Getting A Developers Attention: RE: iOS Native Twitter App Now Supports Moments, Via VoiceOver

2016-03-30 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Because I think this may be useful, I am posting a reply that I just sent to the V iPhone list regarding getting a developer's attention. Mark Hello Kerri, Yes, I am excited about Twitter Moments, also. It's one of the best features I've ever used on iPhone. Although it's diff

USA Today's Web's Best Kept Secret? Free classic radio dramas

2016-04-01 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I thought I would paste in the following USA Today article as you may find it useful. The link to the original article is located at the end of the text. Enjoy, Mark Web's Best Kept Secret? Free classic radio dramas By Marc Saltzman, Special for USA TODAY March 25, 2016 If y

RE: Urgent please, unable to remember my passwor d and can not reset it

2016-04-01 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Ramy, It’s not the easiest thing to do but you can retrieve your passwords any password from the Key Chain utility. I have had to do this for several of my friends who could not remember their passwords when installing/upgrading to a new OS. The keychain utility is located in the Util

Three Questions About The Apple TV 4th Generation

2016-04-02 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, I went to an Apple Store, earlier today, to take alook at iPhone S.E. I left the store with an Apple TV 4th Generation 64GB. (smile) I just spent a couple of hours setting it up and exploring. Now I know there's been a lot of podcast from Apple VIS, on this device and I listened

RE: Three Questions About The Apple TV 4th Generation

2016-04-02 Thread M. Taylor
Behalf Of Ryan Mann Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2016 1:34 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Three Questions About The Apple TV 4th Generation I will put my responses below your questions. > On Apr 2, 2016, at 3:03 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello All, > > I went to

Request for Tips on Using Screen Sharing

2016-04-06 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I need to help a friend on a Mac halfway across the country. I have researched screen sharing via Google but am having a difficult time wrapping my mind around how it works. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could outline the broad strokes on how to set such a connection

RE: Using Apple music on iTunes for windows

2016-04-06 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Venkatesh, What screen reader are you using with iTunes for Windows? Also, remember that you must manually Authorize your Windows computer in order to see purchases associated with your iTunes ID. Merely signing into your iTunes account, via iTunes, does not automatically Authorize tha

RE: Request for Tips on Using Screen Sharing

2016-04-07 Thread M. Taylor
you need Voiceover directed through the connection also? Best wishes, Jonathan > On 7 Apr 2016, at 01:08, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > I need to help a friend on a Mac halfway across the country. > > I have researched screen sharing via Google but am having a

How To Set A VoiceOver Activity for Notification Center info

2016-04-08 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, I just posted the following information in an existing thread, a few moments ago. I believe I posted this information to the list a couple of years ago, also. However, because I think it important, I am posting it again, in this thread for those who may not be aware of the feature. H

RE: How To Set A VoiceOver Activity for Notification Center info

2016-04-08 Thread M. Taylor
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How To Set A VoiceOver Activity for Notification Center info Never mind that Activities are temperamental at best in El Capitan. Stay well, Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- On 9 Apr 2016, at 3:36 AM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello All, I just

RE: Ibooks on Ipad mini and braille.

2016-04-08 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Michelle, et al, You can set iOS 9.x to automatically turn pages as you pan the Braille display. To do this: 1. >From the Settings menu, select General. 2. Select Accessibility. 3. Select VoiceOver. 4. Select Braille. 5. Set the "Turn Pages When Panning" option to "ON". Now, as you

Mark on Apple TV 4th Generation, A Quick Follow UP

2016-04-10 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I must say that I am enjoying my Apple TV 4th Gen more and more. I downloaded the YouTube app, among many others, and paired it with my mobile phone/Google account so now everything I do in the iOS YouTube app or in a web browser, appears on the Apple TV app and, vice-versa. Y

RE: Safari Verbosity Driving Me Bonkers Any Help How to get rid of

2016-04-15 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Brian, I followed your steps in terms of attempting to turn off the " disclosure triangle" VoiceOver statement by setting the custom control to low. However, for me, at least, doing so had no effect in the Apple Mail application. Are you using the Standard view in Mail? Or the Classic

A Question About How To Delete Audio Books from the Audible tvOS App on Apple TV 4th Generation

2016-04-15 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am cross-posting this question. Does anyone know how to delete an audio book from the Audible app on the latest version of tvOS? My situation is as follows: Because I have a legacy Audible account, one that has not yet been linked to Amazon, I can only login to my account usin

RE: A Question About How To Delete Audio Books from the Audible tvOS App on Apple TV 4th Generation

2016-04-16 Thread M. Taylor
for some time as I did not renew my plan that I use to have as I got fed up with them. Just curious to know if they have free audible books now. Not been on their website since the RNIB in the UK made their Talking book service library free to blind users. Kawal. On 15 Apr 2016, at 20:25, M

How To Get a List of Available Printers to be Displayed When Adding a New Printer

2016-04-17 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Here's the scenario that I have encountered several times on multiple new Macs: 1.. Open the Add Printer dialog box. 2. Select Add Printer. 3. In the Use pop-up box, choose Select Software. At this point, time-and-time again, the list of available Apple printer drivers is e

RE: Is there any way to accept an Outlook Calendar invitation in Mail?

2016-04-25 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Donna, I just performed a quick search for you and came up with the following article that I will paste in this post. The URL to the article is located at the end of the text. Given that Outlook is the primary client of choice for mainstream business users, I am certain it is possible t

RE: Barnes and Noble web site driving me nuts!

2016-04-25 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Chris, First, let me say that you are definitely not imagining things with regard to the Barnes and Noble website and Safari--at least, not really (smile). 1. After reading your post, I fired up Safari on my MBP mid-2014 running El Capitan. I went to Barnes and Noble.com. I had absolute

RE: iPhone 7 specs confirmed from a leaked schematic, includes 2 cameras and no iPhone jack

2016-04-28 Thread M. Taylor
I tend to agree with you, Donna; but, I will keep an open mind--at least, I'll try. (smile) On another note, I would enjoy watching your YouTube channel so please post your channel's URL. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.

Please Post Your YouTube Channel URL, So We Can Get To Know You

2016-04-28 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I only now just realized that some of us have YouTube channels in which we demonstrate various aspects of accessibility or our lives. So, I invite you to post your channel's URL to the list so that we can get to know you a little better. While I have a YouTube channel, as yet, I

How Do You Use iOS?

2016-04-28 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am cross-posting this to both the V iPhone and the Mac Visionaries Mailing List: I was having lunch with a friend today at a sunny outdoor café and, during our conversation, the subject of iOS and the number of apps we use on a regular basis came up. As we began listing our fav

A Certain Spammer has been removed from the Group

2016-04-29 Thread M. Taylor
I have just removed a certain spammer from the list who was forwarding messages. Let's just leave it at that. Mark -- 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

RE: A Certain Spammer has been removed from the Group

2016-04-30 Thread M. Taylor
/josephhudson89 FaceTime/iMessage jhud7...@yahoo.com On Apr 29, 2016, at 12:09 PM, M. Taylor wrote: I have just removed a certain spammer from the list who was forwarding messages. Let's just leave it at that. Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the

RE: How Do You Use iOS?

2016-04-30 Thread M. Taylor
video, and calculator. On Apr 28, 2016, at 10:42 PM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Everyone, I am cross-posting this to both the V iPhone and the Mac Visionaries Mailing List: I was having lunch with a friend today at a sunny outdoor café and, during our conversation, the subject of iOS and the num

RE: my noise and human to cat translator

2016-05-01 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Jean, It would be great if there was an app for male to female / Female to Male translator, eh? You know, for us simple humans? (big Smile) Just an idea. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jean Se

RE: human to cat translator

2016-05-04 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, While I enjoy a healthy political debate as much as anyone, I ask that we try to keep the contributions to various threads, especially this one, on-point. I'm thinking that it is time to close this particular thread. Having said this, if any of you would like to share your Twitt

RE: Help Activating Iphone.

2016-05-04 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Anders, It's been a while since I restored my phone but, all things being equal, that is to say depending upon the size and speed of your phone, the amount of data involved, the speed of your computer, etc, a restore should not take longer than 1 hour or so, at most. Mark -Origina

RE: iOS Native Twitter App Now Supports Moments, Via VoiceOver

2016-05-05 Thread M. Taylor
“ tap. Could you help me to understand your message better? Thanks and all the best Jürgen > Am 29.03.2016 um 03:05 schrieb M. Taylor : > > Hello Everyone, > > I am so delighted to let you know that, as of today's update, the iOS > native Twitter app now supports Twitte

RE: Getting a setting to stick in iBooks

2016-05-06 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Mary, I'll be happy to test this out for you but please provide the exact steps you take in order to configure iBooks. I will follow those exact same steps and report back later. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: Getting a setting to stick in iBooks

2016-05-06 Thread M. Taylor
I cannot find a way to keep the setting I have entered as my new permanent setting. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On May 6, 2016, at 12:15 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Mary, > > I'll be happy to test this out for you but please provide the exact steps you > take in or

RE: Keeping iOS apps in sync with Mac

2016-05-08 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, Well, my answer may seem a bit low tech but if you want to remove the apps from your computer and make certain that they are not reinstalled when you next attach your iOS device, simply delete the apps from your computer and from your phone, separately. This is to say: 1. Make cert

MODERATOR NOTE: Policy Regarding Posting Sale or Trade Items to the Group

2016-05-10 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Please remember that you must first obtain permission from either Cara or me before posting any sale or trade items to the group. Remember to make your initial request to either of us, off-list. Should you receive said permission, please state in your group post that you have r

RE: Apple store now stocking accessibility items

2016-05-13 Thread M. Taylor
I tend to agree with you, Donna. By the way, what is a VU? You wrote that you like that your VU is completely silent. As for me, I am a big fan of the Focus 40 Blue. One thing I cannot stand about using the Focus 40 Blue, in iOS particularly, is that one cannot switch the panning keys. C

RE: does a mac need both VM Ware and bootcamp to run windows

2015-12-27 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Matthew, One of my favorite Windows applications is Freedom Scientific’s OpenBook OCR program with the Pearl Camera. To my knowledge, there is no OS X equivalent. OpenBook with the Pearl camera is absolutely awesome. Mark From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionarie

RE: Why is mail consistently quitting after update to El Capitan?

2015-12-31 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Christine, Did you manage to get your El Capitan mail application problem resolved? Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 10:40 AM To: macvisionari

RE: Us congress hearing of maan alsaan Money laundry قضية الكونغجرس لغسيل الأموال للمليادير معن الصانع

2016-01-09 Thread M. Taylor
Just so you all know, I have removed the poster of this message from the group. Mark From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kasem A Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2016 5:21 AM To: fa.philo...@googlegroups.com Subject: Fwd: Us congress hearing

5 Amazing Inventions That Are Helping the Visually Impaired

2016-01-14 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone and Happy New Year, As the following article includes iOS apps, I am cross-posting it to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing list. The URL to the original article is located at the end of the text. Enjoy, Mark 5 Amazing Inventions That Are Helping the Visually Impaired

How I Share My Internet Connection When Traveling

2016-01-21 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Recently, there was a thread concerning how to share the Internet connection from a Mac to a Windows computer. It got me to thinking about how I share my Mac's internet connection when I travel. I have an old-style USB Verizon Wireless Air Card that I plug in to my MBP when tra

RE: Headphone bug still exists on the I phone.

2016-01-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Kawal, E.T., and Everyone, Perhaps this is a brand-specific bug? I have absolutely no problem making, receiving, or switching between telephone calls using my Plantronics Voyager Edge Bluetooth earpiece. I am running iOS 9.2.1 on an iPhone 6 Plus. Also, I have checked with a couple of

RE: Very! very! very very sluggish Voiceover

2016-01-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Chris, No, I am noticing no additional sluggishness after going from 9.2 to 9.2.1 on my 6 Plus. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Gilland Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 6:24 PM To: 'Chris Blo

RE: Headphone bug still exists on the I phone.

2016-01-24 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Thuy, This sounds like a great workaround. Although I have not had to use it, I will definitely file it for the future. Thank you for posting. Mark From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thuy Mallalieu Sent: Sunday, January 24, 20

RE: Headphone bug still exists on the I phone.

2016-01-26 Thread M. Taylor
ich is the better device to buy Regards, Simon F -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Monday, 25 January 2016 3:33 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Headphone bug still exists on

RE: Headphone bug still exists on the I phone.

2016-01-26 Thread M. Taylor
button so you can reset the hardware if needed which I haven’t had to yet. Nice to see another headset enthusiast. Honestly I have yet to find one that I would give 5 stars but I am very picky. > On Jan 26, 2016, at 3:52 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Simon, > > Generally speaking

RE: Blind drones and tech mailing list

2016-01-26 Thread M. Taylor
Hi Scott, This sounds fascinating. Thank you for giving us a "heads-up" and for the invitation. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 11:49 AM To: MacVisionari

RE: Headphone bug still exists on the I phone.

2016-01-26 Thread M. Taylor
- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Wednesday, 27 January 2016 3:50 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Headphone bug still exists on the I phone. Hello Scott, I think your analysis is spot-on and well-put. I

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