Re: Recommendations for noise canceling headphones

2016-09-29 Thread Kimber Gardner
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: IOS10 Mail app changes

2016-09-21 Thread Kimber Gardner
David, Thanks so much for this excellent explanation of threading Until I read it, and had an opportunity to work with your instructions, I really didn't like the new format of the mail app. But now everything has changed for me. Thanks again for the great instructions. Sent from Kimber's iPad

Re: Some interesting rumours regarding 3.5 mm jack issue on the iPhone seven

2016-09-01 Thread Kimber Gardner
You're sort of missing the point, I think. The point being that most people (me included) don't think they should have to carry extra bits around to do something as basic as plug in a set of earphones. On 9/1/16, Saqib Hussain wrote: > Hi. I use Bluetooth stereo headphones so this new revelation

Re: Making sure of accessibility before I buy a Mac Word processing app

2016-07-29 Thread Kimber Gardner
If you download Scrivener for the Mac you get something like 45 days free trial before you have to buy it. There is also a decently accessible tutorial and a downloadable pdf of the user manual. Although I'm not very efficient with the Mac, I have downloaded Scrivener and am trying to learn how to

Re: Turning off music in the cloud.

2016-07-27 Thread Kimber Gardner
inson and GEB dog Kirk. > > mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > >> On Jul 27, 2016, at 11:04 AM, Kimber Gardner >> wrote: >> >> You have to go into music under settings and turn off iCloud music >> from there. This will delete all the cloud music from

Re: Turning off music in the cloud.

2016-07-27 Thread Kimber Gardner
You have to go into music under settings and turn off iCloud music from there. This will delete all the cloud music from your phone, so be sure this is what you want before you do it. On 7/27/16, Stacey Robinson wrote: > How do I turn off the music that is in the cloud on my phone? > I went to mu

Re: El Capitan

2016-07-25 Thread Kimber Gardner
That's what happened to me. For some reason my download had paused, so no matter how many times I tried to download the installer (because I didn't realized I had one that was suspended), I wasn't able to get it done. Finally, I had some sighted help who told me the download had paused and once it

Re: El Capitan

2016-07-22 Thread Kimber Gardner
How do I know if I'm downloading the update? Please be specific with keystrokes as I am a total novice. Thanks, Kimber On 7/22/16, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > It's also possible that the installer finished downloading, but it is not > the application with focus. Try pressing VO-shift-f1-f1 to

Re: Logitech K800 Keyboard

2016-07-21 Thread Kimber Gardner
Remember the old Compaq? They called it a "portable" but that was only if you happened to be a weight-lifter. I actually bought a little cart with wheels so I could truck the thing around with me. Lol! Ah, the memories! Yes, aI am that old. On 7/21/16, Scott Granados wrote: > So I feel like I’

Re: Audible members: I just found a piece of gold!

2016-07-17 Thread Kimber Gardner
Glad I could help. Sent from Kimber's iPad > On Jul 17, 2016, at 2:07 PM, Caitlyn Furness > wrote: > > Um.. because I didn’t know that was an option! > > thanks! > Cait > >> On Jul 17, 2016, at 1:51 PM, Kimberly wrote: >> >> Why don't you try downloading them from the audible website to th

Re: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini

2016-07-15 Thread Kimber Gardner
So glad to know I'm not the only one who immediately thought of Frank. Lol! On 7/15/16, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Joe’s Garage? What is that other than a great album by Frank zapper! > > Yeah it's a full on computer > At the time we priced it there was 64gb ram, > 12 core xeon processor, > 2 6 gb

Re: only want to back up a few items

2016-07-11 Thread Kimber Gardner
How about an external drive or cloud storage? On 7/11/16, Traci Duncan wrote: > Is there a good back up/sync solution if I only want to back up a handful of > items? For example, I want to back up music, photos, a folder inside > documents, and a couple protected DMG folders. The DMG folders in

Re: This Is a Great App for Journaling or Maintaining a Digital Diary

2016-07-11 Thread Kimber Gardner
I just submitted a good review and a 5 star rating on the app store for this app. But I have a question. I can't seem to figure out how to sync across devices. I have the app on my iPhone and iPad, both are on the same wifi but I don't see either device available for syncing. What am I missing? T

Re: My Time Ran Out, I Took It Back

2016-07-07 Thread Kimber Gardner
I'm not Arnold so can't presume to answer for him, but I found myself in a similar situation several years ago when I bought a MacAir. Despite multiple attempts to learn the new operating system, I found myself frustrated at nearly every turn. Now I've been an IT professional for thirty years, work

Re: word processing question

2016-06-30 Thread Kimber Gardner
There's a very in depth and understandable book about using Pages on the Mac. The author is Ann Robertson. I believe the book is available at Jonathan Mosen's web site. Sorry, but my brain isn't giving me the title right now. But if you go to the site I'm sure you will find the info. I hope thi

Re: Finder

2016-06-22 Thread Kimber Gardner
e a mainstream book. But you're saying then it talks > about voiceover in relation to the trackpad? > Mary > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 22, 2016, at 5:58 AM, Kimber Gardner >> wrote: >> >> The book is Mastering the Macintosh Computer and it

Re: Finder

2016-06-22 Thread Kimber Gardner
The book is Mastering the Macintosh Computer and it is free from the iBook store. On 6/22/16, Mary Otten wrote: > Where did you find that book and what is its name? > Mary > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jun 22, 2016, at 4:55 AM, Saqib Hussain wrote: >> >> Hi. Thanks. I have downloaded a bo

Confusion about navigation settings

2016-06-16 Thread Kimber Gardner
Hi All, Well, give a person a little knowledge and she can become dangerous. At least that's true for me. I seem to have messed up my navigation settings and now my cursor never seems to be where I think or expect it to be. I'm not sure whether my VO cursor should follow my edit cursor or vis ve

Re: Looking for audio or even txt tutorials to get me started with VO and my new Mac

2016-06-16 Thread Kimber Gardner
books! Are they text files that I can download and >>> read with JAWS or do you need some special equipment or be a member >>> or subscribe to some agency? >>> >>> If I am able to simply download a free text document type book, then >>> that would be fantast

Re: Looking for audio or even txt tutorials to get me started with VO and my new Mac

2016-06-16 Thread Kimber Gardner
over, mail, the > > internet and loads more. I can now take my time and enjoy the learning of > my new system. > > Just need to sort out a couple of logging on and sleeping issues that are > bugging me. > > So thanks a million times for the link. > > Very best wish

Re: Looking for audio or even txt tutorials to get me started with VO and my new Mac

2016-06-14 Thread Kimber Gardner
Hi Andy, You aren't being a pest. It's a document you can read on the computer. In fact there are several formats from which you can choose depending on how you wish to access the book. Here is a link to the most recent version of the book for those running el capitan. If you need the book for yos

Help needed adding an application to the dock

2016-05-25 Thread Kimber Gardner
Hi All, I want to add text edit to the dock on my Mac. I thought I knew how to accomplish this, but the keystrokes don't seem to be working. Here is what I'm doing. I go to the desktop then open the list of applications with command-control-shift-A. I start typing text edit and I end up on the ap

Re: Help needed navigating iTunes on a Mac

2016-05-24 Thread Kimber Gardner
AWS Certified, 2016. > Training Instructor. > > clgillan...@gmail.com > Phone: (704) 256-8010. > - Original Message - > From: "Kimber Gardner" > To: > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 6:53 AM > Subject: Help needed navigating iTunes on a Mac > > >&

Computer repeatedly trying to connect to bluetooth speaker

2016-05-24 Thread Kimber Gardner
Hi All, I have a Bluetooth speaker that I like to use when I listen to music on my Mac. Sometimes however, I don't want to route the sound through the speaker like when I'm doing just normal tasks. At these times the computer is continually trying to connect to the speaker and throwing an error te

Help needed navigating iTunes on a Mac

2016-05-23 Thread Kimber Gardner
Hello All, I'm new to the list and pretty much a novice to the Mac though I've had an iPhone for the past four years. I have an older MacAir running Lion which I want to use to stream content from my iTunes library and Apple music. My problem is I'm unable to locate the particular artist, album o