Re: Buying from app store on the mac.

I’ve just tried this in Catalina appstore. I chose the “discover” in the side bar and then command+f to find an app or type in a sttring of words. Then to the left of your name, you should find results. If you find the name of an app you want, vo+spacebar on it. Then vo+arrow keys, in my cas

RE: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Hi Ibraheem Interesting requirements I've just recently been through the same thing finding a machine that would work for me in both cases, Windows through Bootcamp and Mac OS of course. I managed to get a refurbished Mac Book pro 2017 13 inch with the specs I wanted from the apple website un

RE: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Hi Ibraheem Yes I have also as petrus said heard this about the touch bar models of Mac Book Pro. Note this is now all Mac Book Pro models both 13 and 15inch as the newly released Mac Book Pro range a couple of weeks ago have replaced the mac book pro models with out the touch bar, or simply

RE: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Hi Petrus, I don't believe apple have windows drivers to deal with the touch bar is part of the issue, Most likely more they don't want windows using their touch bar tech, Either way yes I have heard the same. As for the keyboard, Yeah really struggling to get use to it, But it's very slowly

RE: initial view of Power Beats pro

Hi Brianna, Firstly the sound, no I thoughtthat would be a big thing as I’m not really in to big base Even though I’m a fan of rock genre I did not in the 20 or so minutes I was playing with them at the time notice any lag when typing and that was email using my iPad pro 11” and the built in M

IOS Outlook for IOS

Hi Lists, I've cross posted this to kill 2 birds, I've just noticed that Microsoft have updated Outlook for IOS and one of the updated features is that it will now allow for interfacing with iCloud / iCloud Drive and One Drive as well as a couple of other cloud based storage site. I'm trying to

Mac OSX Mojave 10.14.x SMB/AFP Share Issues

Has anyone found a way to make File Sharing stable in OSX Mojave 10.14.3 -> 10.14.5 ? There is a massive TOPIC here that echoes all the problems ... but essentially it seems SMB is broken and unreliable: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8616638 -- The following information is important for

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Hey Donna, Thankfully, I have a windows copy of Duxbury available. I recall in the past trying to emboss from a virtual machine using duxbury and running into issues with my mac not being able to detect the embosser. The only fix was to install windows on a bootcamp partition rather than a virt

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Hey Simon, thanks for the suggestion. I’ll look into the refurbished models. Are there any specs I should strongly consider when trying to find the best machine to accomplish what I need with a virtual machine and bootcamp? I’m a little out of touch with tech specs and any advice you have on th

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Hey Ibrahim, I have no idea if that issue has been addressed, but if you find out, I'd love to know the answer. I'd love to get down to just one computer some day. Cheers, Donna > On Jul 24, 2019, at 7:08 AM, Ibraheem Fakir wrote: > > Hey Donna, > > Thankfully, I have a windows copy of Duxbu

Re: initial view of Power Beats pro

How is the battery life on them? I tried original AirPods, and couldn’t get used to the very noticeable lag and the 5 hour battery life. The AirPods routinely went dead on me, as I use headphones with my phone all the time, with VoiceOver. > On Jul 24, 2019, at 5:51 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >

Re: initial view of Power Beats pro

Hi Simon, Thank you very much for all of your thoughts on these. I was planning to try them out in the store, so I'm kind of sad to hear that you can't. If I got these, I'd definitely miss the small size of the AirPods case, but I could just carry the earbuds themselves around, I suppose. The

Re: initial view of Power Beats pro

Battery life is excellent! I wrote a review on these when they 1st launched. I work a 9 hour shift, and I only have to use one earbud per shift. You can read my review here https://oatsconsulting.wordpress.com/2019/05/18/power-beats-pro-review/

Re: initial view of Power Beats pro

Hi Kliph, Thanks for sharing your review. You've just made me want these even more. haha I don't really care for those in-ear tips, but maybe since they give you multiple tips, I could find one I like. Thanks again, Brianna Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 24, 2019, at 8:50 AM, KliphnShari Mil

Re: initial view of Power Beats pro

These sound way better than my first gen airpods. On 7/24/19, Brianna Snyder wrote: > Hi Kliph, > > Thanks for sharing your review. You've just made me want these even more. > haha > I don't really care for those in-ear tips, but maybe since they give you > multiple tips, I could find one I like.

Re: initial view of Power Beats pro

The only thing is, sound is such a subjective thing. I'd really like to be able to take them for a test drive alongside the Gen 2 AirPods to see which sound I like best. Cheers, Donna > On Jul 24, 2019, at 9:24 AM, lenron brown wrote: > > These sound way better than my first gen airpods. > >

Re: Shift click on some items in extras menu.

Hi! I guess i am really not clear here. There’s an alternative menu for some menus such as wifi and bluetooth. This can only be activated with shift and a mouse. /A > 23 juli 2019 kl. 07:12 skrev 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > : > > Anders, > I use VO space to open a menu on menu extras. VO arrow

Re: Shift click on some items in extras menu.

I am able to use the aforementioned keystrokes for those and others except for one third party app. 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 7/24/2019 10:46 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! I guess i am r

Re: iCloud

Hi! You probably would be safe by creating mail rules. I for example have created one for blindtech which is on my icloud list. I also created a folder in my icloud account called blindtech so that the mails happen to come into the right directory. /A > 23 juli 2019 kl. 22:50 skrev Lorie McCloud

Re: Shift click on some items in extras menu.

I seem to think it is option+mouse click, not shift+mouse click? > On 24 Jul 2019, at 18:46, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I guess i am really not clear here. > There’s an alternative menu for some menus such as wifi and bluetooth. > This can only be activated with shift and a mouse. > /A > >

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Hi! But if you connect an external keyboard the problem is gone. /A > 24 juli 2019 kl. 01:01 skrev Petrus Tuerlings : > > I think it is because the Touch Bar replaces the physical function keys. Like > I said, I am only going by what I have been told when I was looking to buy my > first Mac. I

Re: Shift click on some items in extras menu.

Again, I am able to activate these by using option+mouse click as described in my previous posts. I don’t think it’s shift+mouse click. > On 24 Jul 2019, at 18:46, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I guess i am really not clear here. > There’s an alternative menu for some menus such as wifi and

Re: Mac OSX Mojave 10.14.x SMB/AFP Share Issues

Hi! The only thing i’ve tried is sharing a disk connected to my airport extreme. It worked kind of when i changed disk from a physical to an external ssd. I guess there was so many files there that the ssd scanned them faster. /A > 24 juli 2019 kl. 13:28 skrev James Rothschild : > > Has anyone f

Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Hi! What embosser did you tried with? I can try it with my Everest 4 here. /A > 24 juli 2019 kl. 14:14 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hey Ibrahim, > > I have no idea if that issue has been addressed, but if you find out, I'd > love to know the answer. I'd love to get down to

Re: initial view of Power Beats pro

Hi! I wonder how many apple related headphones will be released this year? I hear something about apple releasing some high end over ear headphones this fall. If they do boy i’m going to buy them. /A > 24 juli 2019 kl. 16:24 skrev lenron brown : > > These sound way better than my first gen airpo

Re: Shift click on some items in extras menu.

Hi! I will try. Thanks for the help. /A > 24 juli 2019 kl. 19:51 skrev 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > : > > I am able to use the aforementioned keystrokes for those and others except > for one third party app. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have

Re: Shift click on some items in extras menu.

Hi! Ok, then they must have written something wrong on the page i was reading. /A > 24 juli 2019 kl. 20:03 skrev 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > : > > I seem to think it is option+mouse click, not shift+mouse click? >> On 24 Jul 2019, at 18:46, Anders Holmberg wrote: >> >> Hi! >> I gues

Re: iCloud

if I did that, would it disable the junk filter for all my email accounts? that's not something I would want. > On Jul 23, 2019, at 11:07 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Lorie, > > The answer to your question depends, in my opinion, upon where the messages > are being flagged as Junk. > > Wer

Re: Shift click on some items in extras menu.

Gotcha, you are looking for those extended menus which I forgot about, rarely need to use them. Yes its option click. 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 7/24/2019 11:21 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote:

Re: Shift click on some items in extras menu.

Hi, The Option key brings up special details, not the shift, and yes, it is challenging to use with VO. Later... Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 24, 2019, at 6:51 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I am able to use the aforementioned keystrokes for those and others except > for

Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Hi Donna,Have you experimented with APH brailleblaster? It served me well on windows in the days when it was developed by abilitysoft, but I had a hard time with it on mac. Since APH took over development I haven't had embossers to experiment with and have always been curious to whether they

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Hey Erik, I haven't. The things I heard about it weren't very positive, and since I already owned Duxbury and had a PC, I've just stuck with that. Cheers, Donna > On Jul 24, 2019, at 3:41 PM, Erik Burggraaf wrote: > > Hi Donna,Have you experimented with APH brailleblaster? It served me well

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

it works just fine to me, but I use louis on mac. it is super simple, and super easy. On Jul 24, 2019, at 4:57 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hey Erik, I haven't. The things I heard about it weren't very positive, and since I already owned Duxbury and had a PC, I've just stuck

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Is Louis still being developed? It is not compatible with Mojave and sure won't be with Catalina. 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 7/24/2019 2:06 PM, alia robinson wrote: it works just fine to m

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

tell that to Mojave a because that’s what I’m using it on. On Jul 24, 2019, at 6:08 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: Is Louis still being developed? It is not compatible with Mojave and sure won't be with Catalina. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Vi

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

What version is your copy of Louis? 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 7/24/2019 3:34 PM, alia robinson wrote: tell that to Mojave a because that’s what I’m using it on. On Jul 24, 2019, at 6:08 P

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Louis-3.0.0 On Jul 24, 2019, at 8:17 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: What version is your copy of Louis? >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 7/24/2019 3:34 PM, alia robinson wrote: > tell tha

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Do you happen to have the link to the developer's site? 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 7/24/2019 5:17 PM, alia robinson wrote: Louis-3.0.0 On Jul 24, 2019, at 8:17 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionarie

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

I don’t. I remember I had to wipe my computer and it took me literally ages to find it again! I just looked and I cannot find it *anywhere* On Jul 24, 2019, at 8:21 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: Do you happen to have the link to the developer's site? -- The following information is

Re: Brailleblaster was Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Is it Louis or Liblouis? The latter I found in a search and its version 3.0.3. 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 7/24/2019 5:25 PM, alia robinson wrote: I don’t. I remember I had to wipe my compu

RE: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Hi Ibraheem Really there isn't a lot to choose from these days with the mac computers, My suggestion would be At least 16GB ram, And a minimum 512GB SSD The later the mac book be it an air or a pro the better as you will get a longer life from it than an earlier device. I did look at a 2

RE: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

Hi Donna and Ibraheem Surely your connection issues between a windows VM and braille device is simply the connectivity method? What type of connection is the braille device have? -Original Message- From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries Sent: Thursday, 25 July 2019 12:15 AM To: ma

RE: initial view of Power Beats pro

I can’t at this point say, I had just under 50% when they arrived so I’m still working on that and then will charge fully once I’ve drained them flat. From: 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries Sent: Thursday, 25 July 2019 12:26 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: initial view of P

RE: initial view of Power Beats pro

I know here in nz we only have them in black which is bad luck as I kind of wanted the moss ones. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Brianna Snyder Sent: Thursday, 25 July 2019 12:58 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: initial view of Power Beats pro Hi Kliph,

RE: initial view of Power Beats pro

Other than the size and shape They are, In more than one way, Battery life, On device controls Plus hey siri, Comfortable although not as comfortable as the earpods They have the same feature set as the earpods and more. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On

RE: initial view of Power Beats pro

Hi Donna, I think mainly because I've had them longer, The Earpods series 2 have a slightly better body to the audio than the beats pro, But in saying that the pros have a great sound also and I wouldn't turn it down from the listening I've done so far But yes they some how need to setup a

RE: In the market for a new laptop- your advice

True Petrus Very true, -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Thursday, 25 July 2019 6:04 AM To: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: In the market for a new laptop- your advice Hi! But if you connect an external key

RE: initial view of Power Beats pro

Yeah I've also heard rumours of an earpods series 3 coming either late this year or next year, but hey rumours are rumours. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Thursday, 25 July 2019 6:20 AM To: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries