Re: additional voices?

Hi Karen. Some voices on the Mac are used for novelty purposes. Bells basically talks, or in this case, sings like a grandfather clock. There are other novelty voices that I'm not going to get indepth about because it'll take all night to do so. But I can tell you one voice I'm glad they finally

Recovering data from iPads

Hello everyone, Recently a very close friend of mine died, and I inherited two iPads that he and his wife owned. One of the iPads is three years old, and the other is five or six years old. On one of the iPads, there are apparently a lot of pictures that family members would like to have, pro

Re: additional voices?

That is one of the novelty voices that add sound effects. That one makes each sylable sound like the overtones of a bell ringing. There about 4 of them. One I don't recall sings the text. Easily found on googlee using os10 novelty voices. On Mon, 28 Dec 2020, Karen Lewellen wrote: > What

Re: additional voices?

I find alex a bother, too cute by far with those distracting attempts to sound human but missing the mark. I use tom which has none of the alex faults but perfectly intelligible and does not draw attention to itself; like most of the other voices. On Mon, 28 Dec 2020, Chris Westbrook wrote:

Re: additional voices?

I like Tom also. I have a hearing impairment and find his deep voice the most intelligible. On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 10:55 AM dan d. wrote: > > I find alex a bother, too cute by far with those distracting attempts to > sound human but missing the mark. > > I use tom which has none of the alex faul

Setting up "All Inboxes" on IOS

Hello Jonathan, Alas I do not see an “All Junk” mail box while editing mail boxes on my iPhone. I do see and have selected All Inboxes, All Archive, All Drafts, and All Rubbish. On my iMac running the latest Bigsur I do see an “all Junk” mail box. Do I need to do anything in the IOS Settings for

Re: Recovering data from iPads

Believe it or not, there’s an article about this. Unfortunately, it’s from a more which means it will be full of ads. But here is the link: https://www.imore.com/how-access-iphone-content-when-someone-passes-away Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 29, 2020, at 10:03 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: > > 

Re: Recovering data from iPads

This article pretty much says that if you don’t have the deceased individual's AppleID password or device passcode, you can’t access anything. The rest of the article is full of “it may be possible” and other filler that doesn’t provide any real help once the individual has passed. - Brad - On

Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

I've had this problem probably since Sierra. My 3TB backup drive fills, and even though Time Machine clearly stipulates that it will purge old backups to create space for new ones, it just never does. If you've had this problem, how did you solve it, other than manually trashing old backups you

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

In the past, when my Time Machine backup has approached capacity, I have wiped the drive and made a clean start over. - Brad - On Dec 29, 2020, at 12:30, Steve Matzura wrote: I've had this problem probably since Sierra. My 3TB backup drive fills, and even though Time Machine clearly stipulat

Re: Recovering data from iPads

Brad, Near the end of the article, there was mention that you could get in touch with Apple support if you are the person with power of attorney and you have a death certificate and you have the email address of the person for the login. I believe the requester had at least two of those three it

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

Maybe, reselect the disk again and see if that causes it to start removing oldest backups? I’ve not encountered this. I usually start deleting old backups myself at some point when they are beyond a year old. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email,

Re: Recovering data from iPads

Yes, it also said the magic words “it may be possible”, which also means it may not be possible. There is another possibility that the article doesn’t mention. If you have the original receipt from when the device in question was purchased, then Apple can help access a locked device. Again, t

Re: Setting up "All Inboxes" on IOS

Paul, My apologies, I thought there was some thing in there for that. But I could not find it on my current iPhone. Perhaps, this is only available on the Macintosh. Which is too bad, because on the Mac one can always create smart mailboxes to pick messages with specific criteria, but there is n

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

In my message, I clearly did say "other than trashing it." So why did you give me the answer I specifically requested not be given? What a ridiculous notion--my drive fills up with perfectly good backups, so when I can't make any more, I'll just throw 'em all away. What a fantastically bad idea

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

The point is, we should not have to be doing this manually at all. According to this article , Time Machine automatically makes hourly backups for the past 24 hours, daily backups for the past month, and weekly backups for all previous months. The old

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

No, it shouldn’t be necessary. Which is why I suggested deselecting and reselecting the drive in Time Machine preferences. You will not lose any of the data, but it might force the system to start purging the oldest backups as it should. My choice to manually delete my backups is exactly that,

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

You asked how I have dealt with this issue in the past, so I told you how I addressed the issue. It isn’t my problem that you didn’t like the answer. Next time, I won’t bother with you. - Brad - On Dec 29, 2020, at 12:52, Steve Matzura wrote: In my message, I clearly did say "other than trash

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

I did, and it didn't. On 12/29/2020 2:05 PM, John Panarese wrote:   No, it shouldn’t be necessary. Which is why I suggested deselecting and reselecting the drive in Time Machine preferences. You will not lose any of the data, but it might force the system to start purging the oldest backups a

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

Another shot in the dark here, but if this is a separate drive, try doing a first aid on it via Disk Utility. Maybe, there is something corrupted with a file or such. I vaguely recall I had to do this with my Time Capsule in the past in which I directly connected it to my Mac to do a disk repa

Re: additional voices?

Hi Shawn, Thanks for that information. My personal situation is that, due to experiencing a rather unique secondary disability, I have yet to find a safe voice to use. One that does not at best stimulate my brain's dizzy centres, or at worst create something a bit like a Cesar. My last try,

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

I'll try it the next time it happens. For now, an easy solution is that I deleted a folder of old backups under another name. Trash is now emptying. Slowly. On 12/29/2020 2:42 PM, John Panarese wrote: Another shot in the dark here, but if this is a separate drive, try doing a first aid on it

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

I’m guessing there is something going on with the disk. Please remember to let me know what happens. I’d be curious, and I’ll do some poking around to see if there are any other potential solutions. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfort

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

Thanks. After this purge, the volume will be pretty empty, but I'm filling up the source disk pretty fast, so maybe it won't be as long as I thought before the backup drive is full again. Either way, I'm archiving this message and will revisit the issue the next time it happens and I try all th

Re: Time Machine Doesn't Purge Old Backups

You might want to do the First Aid before you start filling the disk again just for the sake of maybe avoiding it not working properly when you do have the disk filled with old backups. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com W

Using checklists in notes on iPhone

Hi all, Has anyone tried using checklists in the notes app in iOS? I just tried to do it and have I’m having all kinds of weird problems. When I tried to add an item to my checklist, instead of adding an item it marked the last item as completed which it was not. Also, it appears that some item

Re: Can't open the contextual menu on the dock

I also have problems with the Doc and this is using an iMac mid 2020. I’ve given up for now. Kawal. > On 29 Dec 2020, at 03:07, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Sorry to hear you are having trouble opening the shortcut menu for Dock items > using a braille display. I am able to open the shortcut menu

Night hawk app on the I Phone.

Hello. Tomorrow it’s good bye to my AirPort Extreme as I have just acquired the Nighthawk Tri-Band AX12 12-Stream AX WiFi Router. I downloaded the Night Hawk app on my I phone and turned on the screen recognition to try and check the box for the terms and conditions but the box is not checking

Re: Recovering data from iPads

Michael, I am not sure what your solution might be, but you have one thing on your side which is you at least know the Apple Id. If you try doing a reset on either the password or passcode the device might send a text message to confirm the change. The question is where will it send that code –

Re: additional voices?

I'm not sure about frequency, I believe tmost of these voices are the same as what JAWS offers. Karen, Samantha. One thing with the Apple voice setting area, one can adjust both pitch and intonation. My understanding of intonation is how flat the voice will b. HTH Jonathan Best

Mark on AirPods Pro

Hello Everyone, I recently purchased AirPods Pro. Until now, I have only ever used the original AirPods. I have to say that I am, to my surprise, impressed. I'm not sure how but, for whatever reason, the sound is better in the Pro model than it is on the original. The best part is that there