Well, you get what you get around here. It’s not a paid service but some of us, most of us, try to help where we can.
Apology accepted. > > Phil, > My question was very specific, I did not see the need to bloat the list > with unrelated information. > > From The Believer. . . > . . . what if it were true? > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 1/9/2015 8:07 AM, Phil Halton wrote: >> I don’t know about that Mister Believer, it might have been a help to any >> number of people. It’s not just about you after all. Yes, it was your >> initial question, but lots of us read these messages and glean other useful >> information from them. Some people might not have known about the USB option. >> >> Maybe you should have mentioned your familiarity with all the USB and other >> options out there right up front. >> That way you wouldn’t have been subjected to such extraneous and >> personally unhelpful information. We’re all bound to get a little chaff with >> the wheat when we ask for help on these free forums, Sometimes our questions >> even go completely unanswered which is frustrating for some. so maybe >> overlooking would serve us better than complaining. >> >> For myself, I will continue to ask and answer any and all Mac related >> questions on this forum as I see fit. >> >> >> >> >>> On Jan 8, 2015, at 9:52 PM, The Believer <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> It does not help any when people make suggestions that were not asked >>> for. In this case, I was asking about Bluetooth keypads for a good reason. >>> >>> I have both of Apple's keyboards, wired and wireless. At the moment, I am >>> using the wired one with my Macbook so I have access to a keypad when I >>> need it. I am short of desk space so its rather messy. >>> >>> Bluetooth devices cna be put anywhere or even on a shelf if its not >>> needed. USB connections can be problematic what with all the cables and the >>> need to move items around. >>> >>> Cheryl, that keypad looks nice. I had skimmed over it earlier today. >>> Maybe I do not really need an equals key but if remapping can solve that, >>> its a possibility. >>> >>> Interesting that Apple males a wired full size keyboard but not a >>> wireless one. >>> >>> From The Believer. . . >>> . . . what if it were true? >>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>> >>> On 1/8/2015 6:23 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: >>>> Yes, I actually have the usb keyboard. It is a nice keyboard but (1) it is >>>> usb not bluetooth) an (2) it is significantly longer than a regular Apple >>>> keyboard and of course much longer than a numeric keypad. Especially if >>>> you are using a computer that already has a built-in keyboard, you may >>>> want something with a much smaller footprint rather than the full usb one. >>>> But most definitely, if the usb Apple keyboard does meet your needs, >>>> there's no particular need to buy a separate numeric keypad. I think the >>>> issue is that a lot of people are using a bluetooth keyboard, not just >>>> with iMacs and minis, but also with macbooks, and often don't want to >>>> carry around the longer usb keyboard and have to plug it into the computer >>>> on top of that. Apple used to put out a bluetooth keyboard that was full, >>>> including numeric keypad; one of mine died and the other was given to a >>>> friend but they never worked with iOS devices and I don't know for sure if >>>> they still work with newer Macs though they mig > ht >>> . >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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 an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
