RE: Is Java safe to install in Windows VM's?

2016-02-03 Thread Simon Fogarty
I'm not sure I'd say it's safe but it's sadly needed for a lot of websites and the same goes for flash, Both java and flash are a pain but for some reason still needed. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Phil Ha

RE: Is Java safe to install in Windows VM's?

2016-02-03 Thread Simon Fogarty
Another rthing I'd think of doing is create a snapshot of the base image so if there are issues when / if you install java and or flash then you can get rid of that problematic vm and run your snapshot which is a clean creation. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: iphone 6s fingerprint reader

2016-02-03 Thread Simon Fogarty
Have you tried putting in the pin code to unlock the phone and see if that is working correctly? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sarai Bucciarelli Sent: Wednesday, 3 February 2016 7:36 AM To: macvisionaries@go

Enabling Apple Music in iTunes under Windows XP

2016-02-03 Thread Ben J. Bloomgren
Hi all, I was playing with iTunes over here on this old PC I've got here. I haven't ever enabled Apple Music there, but I'd like to do so. I found an Apple Support article about enabling the iCloud music library in preferences, but I see no such thing. And yes, I have looked in every tab under

Re: iphone 6s fingerprint reader

2016-02-03 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello, This happens to me. I’ve tried different resets but the only one that works is to delete all prints and redo them. Regards, Gena > On 3 Feb 2016, at 09:34, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Have you tried putting in the pin code to unlock the phone and see if that is > working correctly? > >

Scanning program for the Mac

2016-02-03 Thread denise avant
Hi all, I believe that there is a popular scanning program for the Mac called Abby Fine Reader Pro. Can this program be bought in the Mac app store? If not, where can I get it? How much is it? How accessible is it and how easy is it to learn? Are there audio tutorials demonstrating it? On a

Wireless printer

2016-02-03 Thread denise avant
Hello all, I think someone may have posted a link to a Samsung wireless printer to this list about ten days ago. If someone has the name of the specific model, would you please send it to me off list, as I misplaced the e-mail. The model in question had a small footprint, and it was believed t

Re: Wireless printer

2016-02-03 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi! I just purchased an all-in-one scanner printer thing. It is a Brother MFC2700DW. I installed it effortlessly and it prints and scans wonderfully. It came with a wireless installation utility and Cabled it to my mac and it saw the settings and I was up and printing in 5 minutes or so, and

Re: Activity Monitor

2016-02-03 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Also, a new feature in Yosemite will quit idle applications and not fully quit recent applications to help save battery life. I believe this feature is called AppNap and you should be able to find out more about it on the web. I remember reading about it in ArzTechnica. Best Wishes, Jonathan C

Re: Is Java safe to install in Windows VM's?

2016-02-03 Thread Jonathan Cohn
One interesting fact, is that I recently read that Oracle was going to stop development of the JAVA plugin so the developer of this course is going to need to migrate to JavaScript in the near future. I believe Angular JS is a good tool for this type of application, and I have been trying to fig

Re: Iphone slow on wifi.

2016-02-03 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I read an article recently that the iPhone by default opens two connections one cellular and one WiFi and shares the traffic between them. If your cell service is week in your house this might be the issue. I read about this on tidbits.com in the last three months. Finding the checkbox they dis

Re: iPhoto is open at startup

2016-02-03 Thread Jonathan Cohn
You can also bring up the contextual menu of the app in question on the Dock. Under options there, you can find a startup option. Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Feb 2, 2016, at 09:02, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I'd start with System Preferences then Users & Groups then

Re: Is Java safe to install in Windows VM's?

2016-02-03 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Phil Halton wrote: > I am using a website that relies on Adobe flash player and Java applets. I > remember from the days of windows before I went completely over to mac that > Java was replete with security holes. Java and Flash are both in this category. So far as I know, the security flaws ar

Re: Bluetooth keyboards

2016-02-03 Thread Jonathan Cohn
There are several full sized blue tooth keyboards, some that fold. I have heard several good reviews of the Logitech line, though I currently use a Kyrosera folding keyboard with numbed. Note: I probably spelled the company name wrong. Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Feb 1, 2016, at 18:56, Ben

Re: Enabling Apple Music in iTunes under Windows XP

2016-02-03 Thread Alan Lemly
What version of Itunes are you running on your windows XP system, I believe one of the more recent versions of Itunes like version 12.2 or later is required to use apple music and I'm not sure windows XP will run the required version. Alan Lemly Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 3, 2016, at 3:51

Re: Bluetooth keyboards

2016-02-03 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Jonathan Cohn wrote: > There are several full sized blue tooth keyboards, some that fold. I have > heard several good reviews of the Logitech line, though I currently use a > Kyrosera folding keyboard with numbed. I like the Logitech Bluetooth keyboard that I bought a few years ago due to the go

Re: iphone 6s fingerprint reader

2016-02-03 Thread Christohper-Mark Gilland
I have a 6S with an Otterbox Defender case, and never have I had issues. I even was able to set up the fingerprint with the case on the phone, and it has worked flawlessly ever since, and I've now had the phone for going on 4 months. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Simon Fogarty"

Re: Enabling Apple Music in iTunes under Windows XP

2016-02-03 Thread Christohper-Mark Gilland
Ben, Are you signed into your Apple ID, and is your Apple ID authorized on that system? If the answer to either, or both, of these is no, then that's why you're not seeing the option. Both of those things must be done first. Chris. - Original Message - From: Ben J. Bloomgren

Re: Iphone slow on wifi.

2016-02-03 Thread Christohper-Mark Gilland
Wo! I haven't seen this article, and I don't see a link in your message, unless I missed it. I myself am not having this issue, however, that said, my best friend who's also on this list often times have signal issues left and right. What's really weird is, he's got a 2300 square foot home.

Re: iPhoto is open at startup

2016-02-03 Thread Christohper-Mark Gilland
Oh, wait a minute. Are you saying that Photos is coming up when you boot the mac, or do you mean it's coming up when you plug in an I O S device. Sorry, I'm way behind on list mail. Had a virus on one of my Windows, go figure, PC's the other day, so have been incognito for a few days. If th

Re: Enabling Apple Music in iTunes under Windows XP

2016-02-03 Thread Christohper-Mark Gilland
Alan, You make an extremely valid point here. XP'll definitely run it, as I have it on an XP Pro SP3 32 bit machine over here, believe it or not, however, I know Ben like the back of my hand. He's like a brother to me, and I pretty much know his Dell Inspiron E1505 XP machine as well in and

Re: Iphone slow on wifi.

2016-02-03 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I created a 5GhZ network on my Airports and connected the phone to that and the performance increased to 70 mbps. So i am satisfied. /A > 3 feb. 2016 kl. 14:26 skrev Jonathan Cohn : > > I read an article recently that the iPhone by default opens two connections > one cellular and one WiFi an

Re: Iphone slow on wifi.

2016-02-03 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I think its wifi assist he is refering to. This can be found under mobile data settings. Turn that off. /A > 3 feb. 2016 kl. 16:37 skrev Christohper-Mark Gilland : > > Wo! I haven't seen this article, and I don't see a link in your message, > unless I missed it. I myself am not having this

Re: Iphone slow on wifi.

2016-02-03 Thread Christohper-Mark Gilland
You know... I didn't even think about that with the 5GHC thing. My friend's router, who I was referring to earlier, is a Linksys WRT54G router, and to the best of my knowledge, that thing doesn't support 5GHZ, only 2. That may explain why I'm getting better signals and speed than him, as my ro

Re: Iphone slow on wifi.

2016-02-03 Thread Christohper-Mark Gilland
That won't make my cellular data quit working though if I'm not on wifi will it? Nor will it make my cellular service stop working regardless if I'm on wifi calling or not, will it? As long as it won't do either things, and cellular'll keep working regardless, then I'll shut it off. Especia

Re: iPhoto is open at startup

2016-02-03 Thread Kristeen Hughes
It is coming up when we boot up the Mac, and it isn’t in the preferences startup apps. Kristeen > On Feb 3, 2016, at 10:42 AM, Christohper-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Oh, wait a minute. > > Are you saying that Photos is coming up when you boot the mac, or do you mean > it's coming up when you

Re: Scanning program for the Mac

2016-02-03 Thread Dionipher Herrera
yes it does, it is accessible and it cost 299 euros i don’t know in other countries though. > Il giorno 03 feb 2016, alle ore 12:51, denise avant > ha scritto: > > Hi all, > I believe that there is a popular scanning program for the Mac called Abby > Fine Reader Pro. Can this program be bough

Re: Enabling Apple Music in iTunes under Windows XP

2016-02-03 Thread E.T.
iTunes 12.x cna be run on XP 32 and 64 bit. The question is the hardware requirements. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 2/3/2016 6:05 AM, Alan Lemly wrote: What version of Itunes are you running

Re: Iphone slow on wifi.

2016-02-03 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
WiFi Assist was what I was referring to. I cant find the article though, but google des reveal several stories on this service. Jonathan Cohn > On Feb 3, 2016, at 11:00 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I think its wifi assist he is refering to. > This can be found under mobile data sett

Text and iMessage Delays Between Mac and iPhone

2016-02-03 Thread Daniel Chavez
Good day list, Would there be any way to minimize delaying of text message receiving (including iMessages), between my Mac and iPhone5? If I get text or iMessages, it's usually the phone will get them first, then either some minutes, or possibly, hours later, the Mac gets them. I'm running the la

RE: Scanning program for the Mac

2016-02-03 Thread Rhonda Partain
Serotek makes a scanning program called Docuscan plus, it will work on the mac computer. You can download a free 14 day trial at http://www.serotek.com/downloads Rhonda -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dioniph

Re: Scanning program for the Mac

2016-02-03 Thread Mary Otten
That program scans in the cloud and recognizes in the cloud. And it costs more than fine raider. If you don't mind relying on the Internet, I guess it's OK. The learning curve is probably less. But I don't care for the whole cloud aspect. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 3, 2016, at 10:20 AM

RE: Scanning program for the Mac

2016-02-03 Thread Rhonda Partain
I like it because I can use it anywhere. I can access documents from work at home by logging in to my account. People have to choose what works best for them. Rhonda -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten

Re: Iphone slow on wifi.

2016-02-03 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! >From what i understand it wont. It just keeps your wifi signal up if you have weak wifi signal. /A > 3 feb. 2016 kl. 17:15 skrev Christohper-Mark Gilland : > > That won't make my cellular data quit working though if I'm not on wifi will > it? Nor will it make my cellular service stop workin

Re: Scanning program for the Mac

2016-02-03 Thread Marie Lyons
If you purchase it what ballpark cost is it? Marie Lyons > On Feb 3, 2016, at 1:20 PM, Rhonda Partain wrote: > > Serotek makes a scanning program called Docuscan plus, it will work on the > mac computer. You can download a free 14 day trial at > http://www.serotek.com/downloads > Rhonda > > -

RE: Scanning program for the Mac

2016-02-03 Thread Rhonda Partain
$299 or they offer a three month and six month payment plan. Write me off list for more information rhonda.part...@att.net -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marie Lyons Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 4:00 PM

Re: Enabling Apple Music in iTunes under Windows XP

2016-02-03 Thread Ben J. Bloomgren
I checked for updates last night, and it said that it's on the most recent version, which is 12.1.3. Yes, they're signed in and authorized. I noticed that the songs that I had locally in that library are now part of my My Music section under Apple Music. I'll have to try it again. Thank you, Ch

good rticle on finger print reader

2016-02-03 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys: I found the following. http://www.macworld.com/article/2070830/troubleshoot-apples-touch-id-fingerprint-reader.html Sarai D. Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any question

Windows 10 Push Goes Up Another Notch

2016-02-03 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
A quick heads-up for Windows users (in VMs or on physical hardware): Windows 10 is now being pushed as a “Recommended” update that is checked by default. If you don’t want it, and if it’s not too late, you can uncheck the recommended update in question. Once installed you download about 3 GB of

Re: Windows 10 Push Goes Up Another Notch

2016-02-03 Thread E.T.
This is infection-ware that I have been resisting ever since it appeared. Just today I "hid" 2 optional updates that claim to improve the Windows Update client. The sooner I move over to the Mac full time the better. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that