RE: iPhone XS Max Tear-Down and Parts Cost Estimate, Business Insider

2018-09-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
There are a number of things I could say here And one of them is, Bunch of money hungry scumbags. This is a device priced at 2600 nz dollars for me. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Wednesday, 26 September 2018 4:20 PM To: macvisio

RE: Apple Watch Series 4 review: A bigger, better watchOS experience, Ars Technica

2018-09-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hells teeth I hate my countrys exchange rate, Your stainless with cellular is the same as our aluminium with wifi only. Entry level device is750 -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Thursday, 27 September 2018 5:40 AM To: macvisionarie

RE: Apple Watch Series 4 review: A bigger, better watchOS experience, Ars Technica

2018-09-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yeah mark thanks for these articles, As much as I hate apples pricing I do like to read about their reviews from people. -Original Message- From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries Sent: Thursday, 27 September 2018 8:33 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple Watch Ser

Re: iPhone XS Max Tear-Down and Parts Cost Estimate, Business Insider

2018-09-27 Thread lenron brown
At least you are not one of these people Simon defending the hell out of apple just because you use apple products. I use a couple myself don't mean I think they are the best at everything including pricing. In some ways they really rip you off and they know it. I mean the big shock to me was when

Re: Apple Watch Series 4 review: A bigger, better watchOS experience, Ars Technica

2018-09-27 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Ouch!!! I squealed at the $400 price tag of my aluminum GPS only model here in the U.S.. Cheers, Donna > On Sep 27, 2018, at 4:44 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hells teeth I hate my countrys exchange rate, > > Your stainless with cellular is the same as our aluminium with wifi only. > > Entry

Re: iPhone XS Max Tear-Down and Parts Cost Estimate, Business Insider

2018-09-27 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
I have to believe that that time will come. Sure, there are a bunch of silicon valley geeks with money to burn, but that isn't the reality for most of us. And frankly, even if I had that kind of money, I would object to spending a thousand dollars a year for a phone, that's ridiculous! I used

Re: Apple Watch Series 4 review: A bigger, better watchOS experience, Ars Technica

2018-09-27 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hey Lenron, Yeah, so far I haven't had a ton of time to play with it. Went to get it after work, and then hubby and I went out to dinner. so, by the time I got home and got it set up, I only had a little time to play. But I'm impressed with what I've seen so far. Siri actually works, and the

Re: Please Join Me in Requesting that a Small but Significant Bug be Resolved in the Latest Release of the Starbucks App

2018-09-27 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Mark, I use this app all the time. Will check this out this weekend. Cheers, Donna > On Sep 26, 2018, at 10:47 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Jonathan, > > I did not mean to imply that one could not read the balance of one's card > from within the app. What I meant to say is that when one t

Re: handbrake Question

2018-09-27 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Wow! this is quite a process. I don't know whether I'll try it or not, but I do appreciate the info. Thank you, Barry. Cheers, Donna > On Sep 26, 2018, at 5:56 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: > > Yes you can, but there are a few steps to set everything up. > First, download an application called ma

Re: iPhone XS Max Tear-Down and Parts Cost Estimate, Business Insider

2018-09-27 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
My current phone is an iPhone 5S purchased in 2014. I think the upgrade to the iPhone XS (expected to arrive today, incidentally) is worth it on several grounds, including the better LTE band coverage that it offers, the dual SIM capability, superior performance, and other details that I've weig

Re: Need windows sometimes but still has bad relationship with VMware,

2018-09-27 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. My bootcamp installs have never effected my mac OS partition. I don't know who told you about that but I've never experienced any issues. The bootcamp and windows ten installs are pretty painless although I did have to use ira to start the windows installation. after that though, you can use a

Re: Before Installing, any Conflicts Between Pages and mac 10.14?

2018-09-27 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Sorry for Posting again, but need your advice before Upgrading Thanks in advance > On Sep 26, 2018, at 10:09 AM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > > Hi all: > > Will install Mac 10.14 on My macbook pro. but need to be sure that there are > no Accessibility issues with pages, my main app on my macbook

Re: Reading PDF books on mac

2018-09-27 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Hi will try to do that and see thanks so much > On Sep 25, 2018, at 9:58 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Doesn’t adobe acrobat work on the mac? > I have it installed but have never had the time to try it. > /A > >> 22 sep. 2018 kl. 22:09 skrev Karen Lewellen : >> >> Hi ramy, >> Whenever

Braille input on my mac.

2018-09-27 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hi guys. I am looking for a way to input braille in to my mac. I am looking for a utility that will allow me to input Braille using my standard keyboard, for example, for 1 2 3 f d s and 4 5 6 j k l etc. I would also be interested in purchasing an external usb or blue tooth braille keyboard. A

Re: Need windows sometimes but still has bad relationship with VMware,

2018-09-27 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Aha great Thanks but can we install the Bootcam alone or do i have to invite sited assistance? > On Sep 27, 2018, at 2:55 PM, Cameron Strife wrote: > > Hi. My bootcamp installs have never effected my mac OS partition. I > don't know who told you about that but I've never experienced any > issue

Re: iPhone XS Max Tear-Down and Parts Cost Estimate, Business Insider

2018-09-27 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Thanks for bringing that up Jason. I'm not wishing to be a defender, but we do need to look at the big picture. Whether Mac or iOS, Apple introduced and continues to maintain this software as a no-cost item. No, I'm not sure how much it costs on the Balance Sheet, but it has to affect th

Re: Braille input on my mac.

2018-09-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I am not sure your exact need, but the “brf” file format represents all 64 possible braille combinations as regular characters and punctuation. for example the equals sign in Nemeth braille (dots 46 followed by dots 13 is represented in BRF as “.k” I have a web site that we were doing testing

Re: Before Installing, any Conflicts Between Pages and mac 10.14?

2018-09-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Why would there be conflicts both systems are made by Apple, and there has been a six month Beta program where a new version of Pages was released a few days before the release of 10.14. But then unless there is a feature in the new OS that would help you, I would encourage you to stay with your

Re: handbrake Question

2018-09-27 Thread Barry Hadder
I made a slight mistake on the path to the MakeMKV library. I left off the .app extension. It should be /Applications/MakeMKV.app/… It’s nothing that good old tab completion wouldn’t fix though. > On Sep 27, 2018, at 7:39 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Wow! this is quit

Upgrading iMac

2018-09-27 Thread Angus MacKinnon
Can I use Terminal to upgrade my Os 10.11.6 2013 iMac to OS 10.14? if so, how? Thank you. Angus MacKinnon, Personalism Student Hands Off Our Harness http://www.hooh.ca Charles Péguy said, “The revolution is moral or not at all” -- The following information is important for all members of the Ma

Re: Upgrading iMac

2018-09-27 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Probably, but it wouldn't be easy. It's easy to do software updates through the Terminal, but App Store purchases and such are not supported, at least the last time I tried. It's beyond my expertise in Terminal. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort

Re: Upgrading iMac

2018-09-27 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
If doing a clean install, I use Install Disk Creator from which greatly simplifies the creation of a bootable USB stick. Mine is ready to go. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. W

Re: Need windows sometimes but still has bad relationship with VMware,

2018-09-27 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. Bootcamp should already be on your mac in the utilities folder. >From the finder, just do command shift U and that should open it. Keep in mind that once you set your partition sizes, you can't change them once windows is installed. https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_med

Re: Odd keyboard issue in Vmware after upgrading to Mjavi.

2018-09-27 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Here’s what happened to me and my keyboard in Windows running in VMWare Fusion following upgrading to Mojave. When I started Windows 10 in VMWare fusion, I realised with alarm that I could no longer use my keyboard. It was unresponsive. I plugged in an external keyboard and again, the k

Re: Braille input on my mac.

2018-09-27 Thread Maurice Mines
Hello, you can use the keyboard that is part of any 32 or 40 cell braille display. I am using my Keyboard that is part of the unit, !write in I just so happen to have a brilliant 40 that I use with my computer. So when I need to use a braille keyboard, I just use the keyboard that is biltin

Re: Odd keyboard issue in Vmware after upgrading to Mjavi.

2018-09-27 Thread Maurice Mines
A small question, are you using VMware version 10, or version 11? I don’t know if version 11 will help your situation, but it’s worth investigating if it will help? PS, I am looking for a Linux distribution that will actually run under VMware, I’m taking an extremely non-scientific survey wha

Re: Upgrading iMac

2018-09-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Angus, If you download Mojave and quit the installer, here is the terminal command to make a bootable installer key. You need a USB stick of at least 8 gb and you need to name it Untitled. sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes

Re: Upgrading iMac

2018-09-27 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Both Anne's and E.T.'s solutions work great, although, as you can tell, it's a combination of Terminal and the GUI. I'm not aware of any straight Terminal solution. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 27, 2018, at 12:38,

Re: Focus Blue 5th on the Mac

2018-09-27 Thread Pete De Vasto
I’ve been out of town for a couple of days, so just getting back to my e-mails. If you take a look at the NVDA User’s Guide, section 14.2, I think, talks about the Focus displays. They give you a link on the Freedom Scientific web site you need to go to in order to get the driver. I had done tha

Any advice on how to remove the VMware?,,,

2018-09-27 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Hi all: will gona remove the vmware from my mac, any advice? or just remove from the apps folder? HOW i will get read of all it's componant etc? Ramy moustafa saber licturer at: faculty of musical education music arranger and sound engineer Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is i

Re: Focus Blue 5th on the Mac

2018-09-27 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
I have that driver. Even in safe mode, it will not install. 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 9/27/2018 1:17 PM, Pete De Vasto wrote: I’ve been out of town for a couple of days, so just getting ba

Re: Before Installing, any Conflicts Between Pages and mac 10.14?

2018-09-27 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Thanks so much for that, just need to be sure that there are no broken accessibility issues or something. Thanks. Ramy moustafa saber licturer at: faculty of musical education music arranger and sound engineer Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 27, 2018, at 5:56 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Why woul

Re: Braille input on my mac.

2018-09-27 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hi there. Yes I am aware of that. However, my Alva 544 Braille display does not include a built in keyboard. So I was hoping to find a utility that will allow me to emulate a Braille keyboard using my standard mac keyboard. Thanks. Nektarios. > On 27 Sep 2018, at 21:09, Maurice Mines wrote

Re: Apple Watch Series 4 review: A bigger, better watchOS experience, Ars Technica

2018-09-27 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Can you describe it a little bit? Is it bigger, thicker or smaller? I am very intrested but don’t have the money right now. I am getting tired of the android platform and the way nothing seems to work in regards to watches so i think i give the apple watch a go. I have the first generation but

Re: Odd keyboard issue in Vmware after upgrading to Mjavi.

2018-09-27 Thread Anders Holmberg
HI! You saved my day! Thanks. /A > 27 sep. 2018 kl. 20:04 skrev 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi, > > Here’s what happened to me and my keyboard in Windows running in VMWare > Fusion following upgrading to Mojave. > When I started Windows 10 in VMWare fusion, I realised with a

Re: Odd keyboard issue in Vmware after upgrading to Mjavi.

2018-09-27 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Don’t know what vmware fusion 11 might cost. The linux distro i am running is Vinux 5.1. You can use the orca screen reader which on Vinux will come up automatically as this distro is based on ubuntu but specialized for blind users. /A > 27 sep. 2018 kl. 20:26 skrev Maurice Mines : > > A sma

Re: Odd keyboard issue in Vmware after upgrading to Mjavi.

2018-09-27 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
So glad to have helped. We are really at a disadvantage when it comes to these popup windows. They don’t always get announced. I had such a fright myself. Take good care. Andrew > On Sep 27, 2018, at 10:12 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > HI! > You saved my day! > Thanks. > /A > >> 27 sep. 2

RE: Focus Blue 5th on the Mac

2018-09-27 Thread Pete De Vasto
I got my Focus to show up in NVDA, here's how I did it: If you do have the file from FS, once you extract it there should be a folder called FocusBlueDriver1.0.2030 Go into that folder, and run a file called: FSBrlDriverSetupPackage.exe This runs a very familiar Windows setup package that ins

Re: Any advice on how to remove the VMware?,,,

2018-09-27 Thread Steve Matzura
I don't, but these people do. https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1017838 Google is your friend. On 9/27/2018 4:26 PM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: Hi all: will gona remove the vmware from my mac, any advice? or just remove from the apps folder? HOW i will get read of all it's componant etc? Ramy moust

How To Set a VoiceOver Activity for The Notification Center In Mac OS Mojave

2018-09-27 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, As the following information works beautifully in Mac OS Mojave, I thought I would post it, yet again, this year. The purpose of the steps, below, is so that you can have a different TTS, from that of your default VoiceOver TTS, read out all of the system notifications, be they au

Mojavi & EPub books

2018-09-27 Thread 'Marshall Scott' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Has anyone had any problems reading EPub books in Mojavi? Thanks Marshall -- 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, pleas

Re: Upgrading iMac

2018-09-27 Thread 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries
I thought Mojave wasn't supported on 2011 Mac models. Is this not true after all? Regards, Shawn, Sent from Sophia, the MacBook Air Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > On Sep 27, 2018, at 2:18 PM, 'Ti

Re: Upgrading iMac

2018-09-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Shawn, Apple provides a list of unsupported Macs and the year varies according to the model. However, for those that did support High Sierra but not Mojave, there’s a hack available that works. Cheers, Anne > On 28 Sep 2018, at 06:37, 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > >

Voiceover freezing in Mojave

2018-09-27 Thread kary johns
Does anyone have a clue as to why voiceover stops working after a few minutes on my Mac book pro? It’s only started doing this since I updated to Mojave last night. I have to toggle voiceover off and on, then close and open the screen before it will start talking again. Just toggling voiceover

Re: Voiceover freezing in Mojave

2018-09-27 Thread 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries
I'm not getting that here and I've been beta testing mojave ever since it came out for developers. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 28, 2018, at 12:38 AM, kary johns wrote: > > Does anyone have a clue as to why voiceover stops working after a few minutes > on my Mac book pro? > It’s only starte

Re: Mojavi & EPub books

2018-09-27 Thread 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries
In iBooks, now Books, yes. You have to read line by line. > On Sep 27, 2018, at 8:35 PM, 'Marshall Scott' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > Has anyone had any problems reading EPub books in Mojavi? > Thanks > Marshall > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the