RE: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

Hannah You’re a lucky lady, I can't say I have issues with my MBA and VO I think you'll be even better off if it's a pro mac book as the processor will add to the performance also. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Be

RE: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

Hi Chris, One lucky lady if the boy friend is buying her a computer. Wish I had a girl like you in my life. Ok so My 2013 mac book air purforms great However I had 8 gig ram and 512 ssd storage, The only time I really notice lag is if I'm using MS Office or starting some kind of medi

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

HI Ramy, So it's almost 24hours later How did the installation go for you to the USB Flash drive? Have you managed to get any further with tings? Cheers, Simon F -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramy Mo

RE: Recommendations for noise canceling headphones

Yeah the Bose Quiet comfort are excellent, I've only had a short play with them but a friend recently purchased a pair, His aren't wifi but they are still bloody good headphones. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Beha

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi Tim, To bring you up to speed, I spoke with Ramy last night my time, For some reason his ssd came up as somehow locked or protected The only tab he had in disk utilities was the firstaid tab. So as he had a 16GB USB flash drive I had him format / partition this and then start the installatio

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

WHat do you mean? And also, I purchased my own mac in 2012. > On 29 Sep 2016, at 22:17, E.T. wrote: > > Ahh new machine, then yes you have it made. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > Are We Alone in the Universe? > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 9/29/2016 12:26 PM, christopher hallsworth wrote:

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

Guys, that’s because the Macbook AIr, Macbook and Macbook Pro uses flash-based (SSD) storage, except for ones that come with the superdrive integrated in which case hard disk storage will be used. I’m not aware of any Macbook Airs, Macbooks or Macbook Pros having a Fusion drive; only the Mac Mi

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

oh wow i am getting a mack book pro . surely it wil runn simular then . On 29/09/2016 21:54, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! Voiceover is never busy on my macbook air. /A 29 sep. 2016 kl. 20:11 skrev E.T. : Good deal. And it will be interesting to hear your reviews of VO performance, as well as

Re: Recommendations for noise canceling headphones

Phil, The model I have is the quiet comfort 20 which is currently available from Amazon for 249 dollars with free shipping for prime members. As I said, they are pricey but worth it in my opinion. I hope this is helpful. Sent from Kimber's iPhone > On Sep 29, 2016, at 4:10 PM, Phil Halton w

Re: Dash vs Minus

I don’t think there is a way to type it differently, but maybe :) always stand to be corrected. you can set in the drop down of the third column of that table an app if you want VO to handle that Pronunciation globally or within one app. > On Sep 29, 2016, at 9:51 PM, E.T. wrote: > > That s

Re: Dash vs Minus

That should work but that would be global wouldn't it? Normally pne would not notice a difference in print but using Voiceover, when numbers are involved, dash would not do. And when not using numbers, minus would not be good. So I am curious if there is an actual difference in typing th

Re: Dash vs Minus

go to the VO utility Select “Speech”, then “Pronunciation”. Click add, and put a “-“ in place for the “text” and “minus” in place for the Substitution note, i had to press “vo+Space” on the “Substitution” color in the table then type the word “minus” using voiceover 7 in OS X 10.12. hope that hel

Dash vs Minus

Can one type a minus character so that Voiceover speaks 'minus' and not 'dash'? From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns abo

VM Fusion and Windows 10

Hey all, finally got around to installing Fusion and the Windows 10 Special Edition so I could check out Windows Narrator, and I am curious as the Narrator speech was working fine yesterday but today it is so unbelievably choppy and cutting out that it is unusable. Any clue what might be the ca

Re: Apple Music being a little quirky?

Yes? --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. i...@gillandmarketing.com Phone: (704) 256-8010. - Original Message - From: Louis Scrivani To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 7:36 AM Subject: Re: Apple Music being a li

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hello tim: I tried setting the Pram, but also with no luck, can not see the drive at all. Thanks so much for your help. but I think that I must consult the technition that puts the SSD into the Mac mini. \and if you have any oterh ideas please share. THanks On 9/30/16, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi,

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi, It seems like it may not be installed properly. Usually, in Disk Utility, you'll still see devices that are not necessarily usable with the Mac. You just won't have the options available to format or partition. It's possible that the cable is not seated properly, thus not getting power

Re: Recommendations for noise canceling headphones

Hi unders, I was looking at the 35's as well. I'm thinking more towards the 25's which are not wireless and seem to have less problems at least from the reviews. How long have you had the quiet comfort 35's, and have you experienced any malfunctioning? I'm wondering if the wireless feature is

Re: It's not good to believe everything you hear

No Ray but I will not trouble myself to quote Martin's statement. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 9/29/2016 12:34 PM, Ray Foret jr wrote: With Respect, ET, I suspect you missunderstood Martin’s point. Really really read his e-mail and, t

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

The busys most often happen after a boot and the drive has not settled down yet. I may look into an SSD. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 9/29/2016 1:54 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! Voiceover is never busy on my macbook air. /A 29 sep.

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

Ahh new machine, then yes you have it made. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 9/29/2016 12:26 PM, christopher hallsworth wrote: Oh I see. Didn’t kno. When I bought this late 2011 Macbook Pro, 13 inches, new, from UK retailer Argos, it came

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

Hi! Voiceover is never busy on my macbook air. /A > 29 sep. 2016 kl. 20:11 skrev E.T. : > > Good deal. And it will be interesting to hear your reviews of VO > performance, as well as those busy this busy that. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > Are We Alone in the Universe? > ancient.ali...@icloud

Re: Recommendations for noise canceling headphones

Hi! Bose Quietcomfort 35. Expensive but the best i’ve ever used. /A > 29 sep. 2016 kl. 18:33 skrev Phil Halton : > > Does anybody have any good recommendations for Reliable and effective noise > canceling headphones? I have a couple of kids next-door who love to play > basketball until dusk and

Re: It's not good to believe everything you hear

2009 machine in 2016 is a 7 year old machine, not a 5 year old machine. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 30/09/2016, at 02:39, Martin Brown wrote: > > I quite honestly think that some people don't read their emails before

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hello Simon and TIm: after doing what Simon told me, my mac opened with Mountain lion installed on my 16 GB, it's so slow but I can get the disk utility. the Surprise is that, the disk utility can not see the SSD HD at all, don't know why, but it can not see it at all. any ideas? it can see only

Re: Recommendations for noise canceling headphones

Kimberly, thanks a lot. I've been looking at the Bose over ear headphones and they're super pricey, and from what I hear not all that reliable. I'd like to get the buds that you're talking about but there are so many models to choose from. Could you please, please, look up the model number for t

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

Hi, If I do my figuring correct, that would be right. 2011 was when Lion came out, so, that unit would have been shipped with Lion. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 29, 2016, at 13:26, christopher hallsworth wrote: Oh I see. Didn’t kno. When I bought this late 2011 Macb

Re: It's not good to believe everything you hear

With Respect, ET, I suspect you missunderstood Martin’s point. Really really read his e-mail and, this time, pay attention. He was not talking about going back to Microsoft. Sent from my Mac, The only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in Sincerely, The Constantly Barefoote

Re: It's not good to believe everything you hear

Wow, Martin, I saved your message to my Mac. There’s a good long article in that contribution I know there is. You really could do it if you wanted to. I too cannot upgrade to Sierra because this here mid 2009 Mac book pro just will not take it. Sent from my Mac, The only computer with full

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

Oh I see. Didn’t kno. When I bought this late 2011 Macbook Pro, 13 inches, new, from UK retailer Argos, it came with Lion. So this is my first purchase from Apple directly. The mac that is. > On 29 Sep 2016, at 20:25, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > hi, > > Then if it's brand new, it will come with the

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

hi tim thanks for letting us know . When we set it up we wil check for updates On 29/09/2016 20:25, Tim Kilburn wrote: hi, Then if it's brand new, it will come with the newest MacOS. It may be a decimal or so behind, but still in Sierra. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Se

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

hi, Then if it's brand new, it will come with the newest MacOS. It may be a decimal or so behind, but still in Sierra. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 29, 2016, at 13:18, christopher hallsworth wrote: Hi Yes it is a new one, Apple Store did not have any refurbished on

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

Hi Yes it is a new one, Apple Store did not have any refurbished ones. > On 29 Sep 2016, at 20:17, Hannah wrote: > > HI tim as far as i know it's a brand new one . > > > > On 29/09/2016 20:14, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> Hi, >> >> If you get this as a refurbished from the Apple Store, then it wi

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

HI tim as far as i know it's a brand new one . On 29/09/2016 20:14, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, If you get this as a refurbished from the Apple Store, then it will come with the latest MacOS pre-installed. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 29, 2016, at 12:42, christopher hal

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

Hi, If you get this as a refurbished from the Apple Store, then it will come with the latest MacOS pre-installed. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 29, 2016, at 12:42, christopher hallsworth wrote: No clean install is planned, just an update. Why is this? Asking as never

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

No clean install is planned, just an update. Why is this? Asking as never had trouble updating from one macOS to the other. > On 29 Sep 2016, at 19:30, E.T. wrote: > > I may see how big an SSD I could put in this one, mid 2012. Last I looked, > it was only 500 which is too small. > > Going

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

I may see how big an SSD I could put in this one, mid 2012. Last I looked, it was only 500 which is too small. Going to do a clean install? Probably best. I will be doing that this weekend. Oh joy but if its raining, will be an ideal time. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the U

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

Thank you. And I now know what mac she will be getting. It’s an early 2015 Macbook Pro with retina, 13 inches. No doubt it will come with Yosemite preinstalled then. Not bad, but not worht a keeper either. So will update to Sierra at a moment’s notice. > On 29 Sep 2016, at 19:11, E.T. wrote:

Re: Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

Good deal. And it will be interesting to hear your reviews of VO performance, as well as those busy this busy that. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 9/29/2016 11:05 AM, christopher hallsworth wrote: Hello everyone. So I’ve done it! Purcha

Re: Apple Music being a little quirky?

I just asked siri to play B.J Thomas and was listening quite well when it just up and quit on me. On 9/29/2016 11:17 AM, Joshua Tubbs wrote: I use apple Music on a daily basis, and I’ve never had this issue before. Is it just the radio stuff? What playlists do you listen to, if not? On Sep 29

Flash storage and VoiceOver performance

Hello everyone. So I’ve done it! Purchased my girlfriend and new list member Hannah's first mac which will come with flash storage. Wondering what VoiceOver would be like at startup compared to how it would be on a mac with hard disk storage? On mine, it’s choppy, even under Sierra, but it’s al

Re: Recommendations for noise canceling headphones

Bose makes some truly excellent noise-cancelling headphones. The ones I have (sorry, I forget the model) are in-the-ear earbuds, but I'm sure any model would give you similar quality. The earbuds have a small switch on the wire that allows you to "open" the earbud to sound if necessary. So if like

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Thanks so much tim, and I know that you are a very great helper. On 9/29/16, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Ramy, > > Sorry I've been slow with responses. Very busy at work and doing > renovations at home so I'm not able to check eMails as often as I'd like. > Yes, please keep me in the loop and I'll help

Re: Recommendations for noise canceling headphones

Hi. I am a terrible sleeper. everything wakes me up, and I mean everything. Anyways, I found headphones to be too uncomfortable to sleep with, but, it's a personal preference thing and maybe you'd be fine. I use earplugs instead and they do a pretty good job. I also use a white noise machine and t

Recommendations for noise canceling headphones

Does anybody have any good recommendations for Reliable and effective noise canceling headphones? I have a couple of kids next-door who love to play basketball until dusk and I really need some help? Thanks. Sent from my IPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the M

Re: Apple Music being a little quirky?

I use apple Music on a daily basis, and I’ve never had this issue before. Is it just the radio stuff? What playlists do you listen to, if not? > On Sep 29, 2016, at 11:59 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote: > > Yes, Both of us are using Voiceover to access apple music. > > On 9/29/2016 6:36 AM, Louis Sc

Re: Apple Music being a little quirky?

Yes, Both of us are using Voiceover to access apple music. On 9/29/2016 6:36 AM, Louis Scrivani wrote: Are you both using voice over? Louis Louis Scrivani lscriv...@verizon.net On Sep 29, 2016, at 7:05 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland mailto:clgillan...@gmail.com>

Re: Question about Safari

Hello Nancy, If you want to email the page you are on, just press Cmd-Shift-i and a new message in Mail will open. Just enter the email address and the link to the page will be in the message body. Cheers, Anne > On 29 Sep 2016, at 15:57, Nancy Badger wrote: > > Hi everyone, > I really sh

Re: It's not good to believe everything you hear

Martin, Your editorials are beginning to ramble, you have long since lost your point. If your intent on going back to Microsoft, great but this is still the group for Apple products. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 9/29/2016 6:39 AM, Mar

Re: Question about Safari

Hello! You can easily get the url for a link pressing VO+shift+u, and VO will read it out loud. After that, you can press VO+Shift+c to copy it and you can paste it where ever you like. If you are inside the web you want to share, you have various options: Either use the “Share button from the

Question about Safari

Hi everyone, I really should know this but I can't remember how to do it. I want to email a web address to someone. How do I copy the web address and send it to them? Nancy Badger, Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. -- The following information is impor

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Ramy, Sorry I've been slow with responses. Very busy at work and doing renovations at home so I'm not able to check eMails as often as I'd like. Yes, please keep me in the loop and I'll help as much as possible. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 29, 2016, at 03:40, Ramy M

It's not good to believe everything you hear

I quite honestly think that some people don't read their emails before responding. Nowhere in my email did I say that Apple was forcing me to upgrade to Sierra. The point is that I can't do so even if I desperately wanted to without buying a new machine. Indeed, I don't agree with something being f

Re: Apple Music being a little quirky?

I'll test this out and see what I get since I use Apple Music heavily as well, I just haven't been using the radio station feature a lot lately. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of thi

Re: Apple kills my little mini with Sierra

Hi! I can’t see how Osx sierra would degrade from what it was. I think its the best mac osx since i began to use it. Of course it has some glitches but i can deal with them. /A > On 29 Sep 2016, at 01:20, David Chittenden wrote: > > Rubbish, it is Samsung which has the reputation for seldom upgra

Re: Apple Music being a little quirky?

Are you both using voice over? Louis Louis Scrivani lscriv...@verizon.net > On Sep 29, 2016, at 7:05 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Ever since yesterday afternoon, I, along with another friend of mine are > having a really bizarre issue. > > Regardless its source, be it

Apple Music being a little quirky?

Ever since yesterday afternoon, I, along with another friend of mine are having a really bizarre issue. Regardless its source, be it from the For You area, or from just searching, be it a station created off a certain criteria, (Beats1 not being included,) be it in my ICloud library etc. Point

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

What can I say? really, don't know, I called SImon On Facetime, and he tried to do as much as he can do, I think we found the solution, but let's see. BUt thanks so much my friend. and I'm waiting the result. On 9/29/16, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > Hi Simon: > Thanks so much for your reply, > inside

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi Simon: Thanks so much for your reply, inside the internet recovery, the disk utility, I can see only the apple disk image, but Voice over told me that this is 2 or 3, but the number 1 in the table is not pronounced, and Voice over can not select it even with no name, it says space, and I can not

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

HI Ramy, If your asking if you can open the mac mini yourself then yes it should open very easily However removing and replacing the drive is not an easy task I’ve never myself been able to do it successfully but that was partly due to not knowing the correct procedure to remove things in the

RE: parallels access

Hi Chris, Yes it’s been around since I think version 6 of parallels, It allows you to have a vm setup on your mac computer and then if your out and about and need to access your vm on that mac computer, you can setup parallels on your IOS device and then start the vm up running a windows sessio

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Ramy if the drive is still formatted as NTFS then you need to format it, I would suggest here that you delete the partition and recreate it from scratch. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramy Moustafa Sent: Th

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi Ramy, If you look at the first thing in the list of disks in disk utility it should give you the name of the drive and it’s size, Unless of course it has been changed by someone. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramy Moustafa Sent: T

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi Ramy, You will need to boot the machine up and then run the Disk utility to view the drive, If the ssd isn't formatted or is formatted in say ntfs etc then the mac wont see what you want it to have. So you will probably need to format it first and then try setting things up. HTH -O

RE: Mc Os 10.12 questions.

I'm not sure my fingers work that way, That's one crazy finger spread. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk Sent: Thursday, 29 September 2016 9:42 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

RE: SV: parallels access

Yes iPads are an apple product If your asking if parallels can be used on an iPad etc then the answr is yes it can! The IOS app for Parallels works as a portal between the IOS device and a computer that you have parallels setup and working on, If you then have parallels running an OS such

RE: parallels access

I tried it a couple of months back having been told it was accessible I can confirm it’s accessibility is absolute crap. Even the installation process needed sighted assistance to get things installed. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of C

RE: Installing a new SSD Drive. what should i do to transfer my system?

I to am coming in on this late, If someone puts the SSD in to the machine You can actually cloan your drive from within the disk utility system. From memory and as I'm not using a mac right now, it's under the repair tab I think, but I'd have to confirm that as it's been a while since I did t