Re: Macbook Pro and external HDD

I have seen this myself. Only thing I would suggest is if your drive has external power make sure it’s powered and up to speed before you power the computer. If it’s all integrated not much you can do, hopefully others have better ideas. > On Dec 30, 2015, at 12:47 AM, Grant wrote: > > Hi a

Playing voicemails in Skype on IOS and OS X

Hi guys, I can’t figure this out for the life of me. I have received a voicemail on Skype, and I can’t figure out how to play it on either my iPhone, iPad or my Mac. My mac doesn’t even seem to see the voicemail message. Is there a way to play it? When I hit the voicemail, there’s no play button

Airport question.

Hi! Two quick questions: What is img snooping? Does it matter if its on or off? Secondly What is Enable default host at:? Do i need to check this? Thanks in advance. /A -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns

Re: Best configuration for new mac?

Hi Andrew, Let’s start from the beginning. You can think of processor cores as processors in their own right. Each core computes at its clock speed, sharing some resources with the other cores but essentially operating independently. Operating systems of today try to exploit multicore (and,

Re: Airport question.

Hi Anders, IGMP snooping is a technique for reducing multicast traffic to switch ports. You don’t need it unless you subscribe to Internet multicast groups, which most of us can’t yet. It’s safe to leave it off unless you know you need it. “Default Host” is AirPort terminology for what most o

Re: Router recomendations?

Hi Andrew, You needn’t reset your AirPort Extreme if you don’t want to, although it’s certainly a very quick way to get going. Instead, just make sure the WAN port is connected to your v130 (that’s the port nearest the USB socket on AirPort) and that your modem is connected to phone line and p

Emergency Broadcast System alerts?

So, we're getting horrible weather here where I live. Flashflood warnings left and right. Anyway, I got an alert with the whole really loud double tone scream etc. on my phone, as I have emergency alerts enabled for things like weather, God forbid, Amber alerts, etc. So, my question is, my Ap

Re: Emergency Broadcast System alerts?

Hi Chris, it should trigger a notification. Not sure if it will be a loud alert but it would be a standard pop at a minimum. I’m up here where we had our first winter weather and my watch was popping up all sorts of alerts from the weather service. I’m using the IMAP weather app so not sure o

Re: Emergency Broadcast System alerts?

That's kind of what I suspected. Thanks for the confirmation. Chris. - Original Message - From: Scott Granados To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 12:31 PM Subject: Re: Emergency Broadcast System alerts? Hi Chris, it should trigger a no

RE: Best configuration for new mac?

HI. Great explanation. But can you tell me the hardware difference between a quad core i5 and a quad core i7? Thanks. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sabahattin Gucukoglu Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Re: Best configuration for new mac?

So the difference between an I5 and I7 is the I7 is a more advanced and better performing chip. I’m not sure but I don’t think the I5 is available in quad core configurations, for sure the I5 is in dual core configurations as I have seen them in Macs frequently. The I7 does in fact have a quad

RE: Best configuration for new mac?

Yes, I do see quad core i5's in the Apple refurb store. Guessing the clock speed is the only difference? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 1:15 PM To: macvisio

Re: Best configuration for new mac?

No, the instruction sets are more optimized on the I7 and I think there is a different number of pipelines. Again, Intel would be the authority here on the two but I know the I7 is a fair bit more processor and it’s definitely not just clock rate. > On Dec 30, 2015, at 1:27 PM, Bill Holton wro

Re: Best configuration for new mac?

Here’s a good article that details the differences of the I3, I5 and I7. This way we don’t have to guess. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/buying-advice/pc-components/whats-difference-between-intel-core-i3-i5-i7-3417091/ > On Dec 30, 2015, at 1:27 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > > Yes, I do see quad core

Why is mail consistently quitting after update to El Capitan?

I finally took the plunge and updated. Everything seems to be absolutely fine, except for mail. It keeps quitting. I have tried rebooting twice, but to no avail. It is driving me crazy. Please assist. Christine Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of th

Re: Best configuration for new mac?

I have done some more reading on this after Sabahattin's indepth message. I understand that whilst i5 and i7 are both quad processors, i5 has not got hyper threading which makes it less efficient but not by much. > On 30 Dec 2015, at 18:08, Bill Holton wrote: > > HI. > Great explanation. But

RE: Best configuration for new mac?

Here's a new twist. I have had some trouble with my current VM. Spoke with tech support, they asked how many cores I had decidated. I said two, and that is two out of eight on a quad core i7 listed in the VM settings menu. They advised me to lower it to one, said that is what they recommend.

Re: Best configuration for new mac?

Bill, if one core is working for you and not giving you any trouble, go for it. My experience is definitely that a single-core Windows VM is a lot more sluggish than I’d like. It works, but it’s not at all pleasant once you start using the machine full-time, even with all the background servic

MAC OS X El Capitan 10.11 Bootable Flash Drive

Hello, Has anyone used any of these bootable flash drives from Amazon and sold by Palm Disks? The URL for this one is: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B015HCZDJS/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1451509581&sr=8-2&keywords=el-capitan+flash+drive -- The following information is important for all members of the Ma

Re: radio and iPhone 5S

I love listening to my cheap radio that sits above my kitchen sink. A bit old fashioned, but hey! LOL Vaughn On 12/29/15, Scott Granados wrote: > I know, this was the old days, reminds me of old family road trips. XM is > another great solution to the problem of having to change channels. XM go

Re: MAC OS X El Capitan 10.11 Bootable Flash Drive

I would also like to know if anyone has used this flash drive and from the seller as well does it really work for that price? On 12/30/2015 3:25 PM, Keith Bucher wrote: Hello, Has anyone used any of these bootable flash drives from Amazon and sold by Palm Disks? The URL for this one is: http:/

Re: Router recomendations?

Hi Sabahattin, All this info is extremely helpful and reassuring. Thank you so much! Would you or anybody else on the list who has a DrayTek v130 be able to describe the arrangements of the ports and controls on it if one is holding it with the control panel facing me, I assume it would be ba

Does anyone know how to select emojis in the Keyboard Palate

Hi all, Just wondering how to do this. I have the category selected, but I only see one emoji. How do I access the other emojis in that category? Thanks, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about

Re: MAC OS X El Capitan 10.11 Bootable Flash Drive

The description just says it’s a flash drive with a copy of El Capitan on it. Why on earth wouldn’t you just buy the flash drive yourself and create your own? Seems like a much safer and cheaper route … -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. I

Re: Router recomendations?

Hi Andrew, The Draytek v130 is very simple. With its feet down and back panel and ports away from you, you have a power socket, a simple spring-lock power button, the Ethernet RJ45 port, then the phone line RJ11 socket. Grab the latest firmware from the Draytek UK site, just in case you will w

Re: about Skype

Is there a dialogue box open? Try a window list. Jonathan Cohn > On Dec 28, 2015, at 5:06 PM, Rebecca Sabo wrote: > > Dear all, > Some reason my Skype on my mack keeps saying it is busy all the time . Is > there something to fix it ? Also some times I do not hear it ring . > Becky > > -

Talking Dashboard humor

Alex, Maybe you ran into this? Too funny. I wanted the time so pressed the option and t only I pressed t twice. Try it for laughs. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? -- The following information is i

Family tree Mac apps

Hi all, Does anyone have a recommendation on a Mac app for family trees? I am using various websites for the research, however filling in the tree is more challenging. I'd like a stand alone app to easily fill in the branches of my family tree. Thank you, I appreciate it. Traci -- The fo

radio broadcasting software for the mac.

Hello friends. A few friends of mine here in Greece started a radio station and they are broadcasting over the internet having fun and all and I would like to do the same. However they are using windows and most of them use something called sam broadcaster, not sure about the exact name of the

buying and selling apps

Hi all, Does anyone know of an accessible app for buying and selling stuff? I tried one called close5 that I've heard advertised on the TV and radio but it doesn't really seem to be accessible. Thanks, Gabe -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries li

Installing El Capitan

I’m downloading El Capitan, and I got an Install OS X dialog box that says:’ To set up the installation of OS X10.11, Click continue. Is this where I close the dialog box or do I click the continue button? I want to create a bootable USB disk. The download only took about 20 minutes, and I thou

Re: Installing El Capitan

Once it comes up with the OS X install dialog, you can close the dialog box. -- 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 a member's post is inappropriate, please

Having voiceover speak selected text in iOS

Is there a command I can use to have voiceover speak whatever text happens to be selected? I'm working in the notes app and would like to be able to hear what text is actually selected. Sent from my IPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list.

Re: Installing El Capitan

Okay, Thanks! Gary On Dec 30, 2015, at 8:14 PM, Daniel Chavez wrote: > Once it comes up with the OS X install dialog, you can close the dialog box. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about th

Installing braille embosser

I finally am doing this on the Mac and as soon as I hit the Add button in Printer prefs, a test page was run off. The Juliet Classic is connected via USB. "Use Generic Postscript Printer" was selected. Is this the correct setup? If not, how do I add the embosser? I do not want to waste a

Re: radio and iPhone 5S

Hey I know the feeling. still like putting a cd into the player and sitting down with a good brewski and listening to some good jazz. > On Dec 30, 2015, at 3:52 PM, Vaughn Brown wrote: > > I love listening to my cheap radio that sits above my kitchen sink. > A bit old fashioned, but hey! LOL

Re: Playing voicemails in Skype on IOS and OS X

Hi Matthew, on the Mac I have never found a way to play the voicemails. On the iPhone, I'm able to double tap on the voicemail and it will play. Joseph Hudson Email jhud7...@gmail.com I device support Telephone 2543007667 Skype joseph.hudson89 facebook https://www.faceb

Re: Playing voicemails in Skype on IOS and OS X

Hi! I've been able to interact with the grid that says voice mail and find a play button. I don't have any voice mails now to check it out. Jim > On Dec 30, 2015, at 9:54 PM, joseph hudson wrote: > > Hi Matthew, on the Mac I have never found a way to play the voicemails. On > the iPhone, I'm

Speak selection accessibility item for voiceover in iOS

In the accessibility settings under speech, there is an item for both speak selection and speak screen. I have used the HE why Siri command to do is speak screen, and that works fine. However I cannot get the speak selection to work. The instructions say that a Speak button will appear when text

Choosing a Mac, getting started

I recently joined this group and would like to learn more about using the Mac and its accessibility. I am considering buying a Mac, and have been exploring some different models. I would appreciate any input anyone may have before I buy one. My main purposes right now for using the mac would