RE: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Here in NZ so far we’re pretty good, From: 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries Sent: Friday, 13 March 2020 10:24 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Incoming email sounds on the Mac Hello Tim. I know how frustrating it is, I was meant to be getting a dog but the dog did not wo

Re: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

He wants to get the ringtones he purchase from iTunes off of his iPhone and put a copy on his Mac. - Brad - On Mar 12, 2020, at 23:38, Simon A Fogarty wrote: Hi Petrus, Now I’m confused, You purchased tones from itunes store on your phone for your phone or your mac book? If they are o

RE: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Oh, I see Petrus, You want the tones you’ve purchased on your phone To be on your mac book as tones on there, Is there away now to download purchased items from itunes on your phone on to your mac book? Tim, can petrus not just download what he has purchased via his phone on to his notebook

RE: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Hi Petrus, Now I’m confused, You purchased tones from itunes store on your phone for your phone or your mac book? If they are on your phone why do you need them on your mac book? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Friday, 13 March 2020 9:32 AM To: macvi

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Re: Word Processors recommendation

I got my Office365 directly from Microsoft several years ago. When I got it, there were 2 options, monthly or yearly. I went with yearly. Now Office365 is available through the Mac AppStore, and I guess the only option available is monthly, though I’ve never given it a good look because I’ve a

RE: google notification re apple event

I find drinking it causes headaches but I’ve never had byting from it. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Friday, 13 March 2020 6:07 AM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: google notification re apple event Hi! No but it won’t surprise me. Corona is

Re: Word Processors recommendation

Hey there. I know I'm late to the party, but as to the subscribing to Office 365 yearly or monthly, I was only given the option to subscribe to it yearly. My subscription ends in November and I plan to renew it, but for now I don't need to worry. But how do you select the monthly option or is th

RE: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Tim and anyone else that’s interested in trying, What about putting the tones in to a folder in iCloud and then trying to add them that way to your phone or iPad etc. I’ve not tried it myself but it works with documents in some cases why not other file types. From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisiona

Re: Group wisdom on upgrading to Catalina?

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RE: google notification re apple event

Cheers Brad, That explains more about what is going on. Oh well guess I’ll have to wait longer for my new earpods From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Brad Snyder Sent: Thursday, 12 March 2020 9:14 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: google notification re apple

AIFF file converter

Hey Tim, What Utility are you using to convert files to AIFF?. Inquiring minds and all that you know, eh. - Brad - On Mar 12, 2020, at 13:55, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi, Sorry for making your life difficult. The thing is that different apps use different formats by defaul

Re: (Auto-reply) Apple Support

Yes, my wife told me that as well but figured I had nothing to lose by trying. Oh, as far as your last suggestion goes unfortunately we do not have Apple stores in New Zealand, the nearest one would be Australia. Sent from Petrus's iPhone > On 13/03/2020, at 17:00, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > Hi

Re: (Auto-reply) Apple Support

Hi Petrus, as far as I know there's no such e-mail-address for support. You can use the feedback page on the internet or the technical support via telephone. And you could visit an Apple Store of course. All the best Jürgen Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 13.03.2020 um 04:46 schrieb Petrus Tue

Fwd: (Auto-reply) Apple Support

Hi all, I wanted to email apple to asked if there was a way I could put my purchased alert tones on on to my Mac, or purchase new ones for my Mac. I didn’t want to email the accessibility email address as it really isn’t an accessibility issue. Is there an address I can use? I tried to guess a

Re: apple music, sharing playlists publicly

If you're in the playlist already you can just hit share and share it that way. Interested in a group where we talk everything Apple products? Join the VIP Apple Users group on WhatsApp! Just email me at maria.reyes1...@gmail.com with your WhatsApp info and I will add you. > On Mar 12, 2020, at

Re: apple music, sharing playlists publicly

ok great thank you. > On Mar 12, 2020, at 7:15 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > Sort of. You can also just select "Copy Link" then post it via Twitter, > FaceBook, InstaGram etc, if you don't wish to use Mail or Messages. > > Later... > > > Tim Kilburn > Jamf Cert

Re: apple music, sharing playlists publicly

Hi, Sort of. You can also just select "Copy Link" then post it via Twitter, FaceBook, InstaGram etc, if you don't wish to use Mail or Messages. Later... Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 12, 2020, at 15:49, Patr

Re: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

That’s one thing I never have to worry about here, Auckland is sub-tropical so we don’t even get snow in the middle of winter. We hardly even get frost. Simon is more likely to get the white stuff in the winter being in the South Island. And that is Snow Simon, before you make some smart comment

Re: apple music, sharing playlists publicly

ok great the last part of your instructions I did not know about; so, I can only share if I send someone a text or message to listen?Thanks. > On Mar 12, 2020, at 5:44 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > If you have the playlist already created, then do the following.

Re: apple music, sharing playlists publicly

Hi, If you have the playlist already created, then do the following. We'll call your playlist "Patrick's Favourites" for fun. 1. In the Music app, select Patrick's Favourites from the sidebar. 2. Interact with the area named "Patrick's Favourites Header Group". 3. Check the box that reads "P

Re: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Hello Tim. I know how frustrating it is, I was meant to be getting a dog but the dog did not work out for me and so I’m waiting for another dog. I have been waiting for a dog for almost 3 years. Hopefully something will come along for me soon. Just hoping that everybody is well on this list, an

apple music, sharing playlists publicly

Hi, As far as I can tell, sharing playlists is done this way: go into apple music under the For You section, then my account, then a search field to add a friend’s username. But this does not seem to work for me. And now, I am only getting the opportunity to sign into face book. This I d

Re: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Hi Petrus, I was supposed to leave this Sunday morning, but the COVID-19 has put a wrench in the plan. I'll have to wait and see when things cool off a bit to arrange a new time slot. Happy gardening! We're all covered with this rather cold white stuff right now, so gardening is still a coup

Re: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Hi, Thanks Robert. That is helpful that they can also be m4a audio files. Purchased m4r files still would be a challenge to convert to m4a, but a unprotected m4r can be converted to an m4a simply by changing the extension from m4r to m4a. It is one of the few places where simply changing the

Re: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Hey Tim, You didn’t make my life difficult. I’ll leave that honour for Apple. You were just trying to help. I’m off to do some gardening now. Have you got your new dog yet? > On 13/03/2020, at 09:55, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > Sorry for making your life difficult.

Re: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Hi, You can use m4a as well as .aiff files. I recorded a short demo showing how easy it is if you have the files already on your Mac. I don’t purchase tones from Apple, so I can’t tell you how to get them off the phone and onto the Mac. Download the demo below: https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?

Re: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Hi, Sorry for making your life difficult. The thing is that different apps use different formats by default. Messages and FaceTime on your Mac usually use m4r alert-tones or ring-tones whereas Mail uses and alert sound. hence the different formats. Later... Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech

Re: google notification re apple event

Yes it was announced in Mac daily news. The new Iphone se2 is delade as well. Matthew > On Mar 12, 2020, at 3:53 AM, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Lists, > > I’ve cross posted to get this to everyone, > > I’ve been doing some hunting online using chrome as my browser, > > While I was

Re: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Never mind, it all sounds too hard. I’ll just have to stick with the sounds that come on the Mac. Hopefully one Apple will let us download extra sounds from the iTunes Store to the Mac. > On 13/03/2020, at 09:40, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Petrus, > > Nope. The ring-t

Re: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Hi Petrus, Nope. The ring-tones are m4r format whereas the alert-tones on the Mac are AIFF. If these are tones that you've purchased, then it will be a little more challenging to make into an AiFF audio file, but not normally impossible. Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swi

Re: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Nope, I’m still confused. I have these sounds that I purchased through the iTunes Store on my iPhone, how do I get them from my iPhone to the Mac in order to paste them in the first place. I’m assuming the Mac uses the same file type for the alert tones than the iPhone uses? > On 13/03/2020, at

Re: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Hi Petrus, Actually, I lied. What a scum-bag, eh? I may have read too much into your question. The problems I was referring to have to do with ring-tones in the Messages app and Phone app on your iPhone/iPad. As you know, you can customize these in iPhone/iPad, and my woes had to do with at

Re: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Hi Tim, That answers my question. I still can’t understand why apple makes it so difficult. Like I said most of the default sounds for the messages app are available on both the Mac and the iPhone, but the alert sounds for the Mail app are very limited. I haven’t counted them but I’m guessing i

Re: Braille input device.

Hi, >From where can the orbit writer be purchased? Thanks,Anita Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 12, 2020, at 11:40 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > Hi Jonathan, It's funny, that caught my eye, too. Then I wondered, Why would you want that rather than your VU, which has a brai

Re: Braille input device.

Hi! Since my fingers are so clumsy i don’t like the braille keyboard on the touch screen. So now i’ve pre-ordered the orbit writer. I have always wanted a pocket-sized braille keyboard for my Phone. /A > 12 mars 2020 kl. 18:36 skrev Dezman Jackson : > > I think it's good there are options for ch

Re: Braille input device.

I think it's good there are options for choice of input device. For me, I like typing on the perkins-style keyboards that come on braille displays for instance when I'm using such a device with my phone. Outside of physically reading braille, I tend to lean toward the QWERTY keyboard unless I'm

Re: Braille input device.

Hi! Yes!! Yes!! Yes!! > 12 mars 2020 kl. 15:21 skrev Jonathan Cohn : > > Interesting idea, but now that Braille can be entered directly on screen on > IOS devices will there be much of a market for this device? How many folks > who grew up with a learning braille would find this more useful th

Re: backblaze and voiceover

Hi Jean, I have been using Back Blaze for the last several years. I have found it to be accessible enough for my needs. I should say that it is the third part of my backup approach. I also use Apple’s time machine and each week I make a clone of my computer using SuperDuper. BackBlaze is the of

Re: google notification re apple event

Hi! No but it won’t surprise me. Corona is coming to bite ya! /A > 12 mars 2020 kl. 08:53 skrev Simon A Fogarty : > > Hi Lists, > > I’ve cross posted to get this to everyone, > > I’ve been doing some hunting online using chrome as my browser, > > While I was searching a auto popup from chro

Re: Group wisdom on upgrading to Catalina?

Hi! I think you should upgrade as you get the latest security then. It works quite well for most of the time. There are some issues for me with braille and i guess this wont be fixed for quite some time since braille isn’t quite important for apple. But things work as they should. Be aware thought

Re: Braille input device.

Hi Jonathan, It's funny, that caught my eye, too. Then I wondered, Why would you want that rather than your VU, which has a braille keyboard and a braille display? Re which is faster, I think it depends on which kind of keyboard you use the most. When I was a kid, I was a really fast braille t

Re: Incoming email sounds on the Mac

Hi, A year or so ago, I did some research on this. Supposedly it works. So, I migrated my tones I use on my iPad and iPhone over to the Mac and placed them into the specific location where the Mac grabs these sound files from when making Mail or Message alerts. You'll note that I'm being fai

Braille input device.

Interesting idea, but now that Braille can be entered directly on screen on IOS devices will there be much of a market for this device? How many folks who grew up with a learning braille would find this more useful than typing directly on screen or with a standard keyboard. Although I have tried

Re: [PBU] google notification re apple event

Hi, yes, I heard that it was cancelled, then later postponed, but a new date has not been set yet. I'll keep everyone posted, once a new date is announced. WWDC is also in limbo. That's my favorite event of the year, so seeing it get cancelled, would be very sad. Thanks, Jessica Sent from

Re: google notification re apple event

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google notification re apple event

Hi Lists, I've cross posted to get this to everyone, I've been doing some hunting online using chrome as my browser, While I was searching a auto popup from chrome spoke to me saying that the March Apple event has been cancelled. Has anyone else heard this as yet? -- The following information