11/09/2012

[macsupport] Digest Number 9224

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Digest #9224

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Fri Nov 9, 2012 6:29 am (PST) . Posted by:

"ennisart" ennisart

Otto,

Yes I have done a shut down and rebooted after a half hour, it that's what you mean by a cold boot.

John

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote:
>
> John,
>
> You haven't confirmed that you've done a shutdown and "cold" boot. Have you
> done this?
>
> Otto
>
> On 8 November 2012 21:54, ennisart <john@...> wrote:
>
> > Brent,
> >
> > I don't use the ABS, I connect to the Verizon modem, and I have two other
> > macs that still connect wirelessly.
> >
> > In About This Mac, it says Airport is currently turned off. The icon in
> > the menu bar says Airport Not Configured.
> >
> >
> > In Network Preferences, there is no option or mention of Airport.
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Fri Nov 9, 2012 6:45 am (PST) . Posted by:

"ennisart" ennisart

I found the answer. All I had to do was hit the plus sign in the Network prefs and Airport appeared.

John

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "ennisart" <john@...> wrote:
>
> Otto,
>
> Yes I have done a shut down and rebooted after a half hour, it that's what you mean by a cold boot.
>
> John
>
> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@> wrote:
> >
> > John,
> >
> > You haven't confirmed that you've done a shutdown and "cold" boot. Have you
> > done this?
> >
> > Otto
> >
> > On 8 November 2012 21:54, ennisart <john@> wrote:
> >
> > > Brent,
> > >
> > > I don't use the ABS, I connect to the Verizon modem, and I have two other
> > > macs that still connect wirelessly.
> > >
> > > In About This Mac, it says Airport is currently turned off. The icon in
> > > the menu bar says Airport Not Configured.
> > >
> > >
> > > In Network Preferences, there is no option or mention of Airport.
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>

Fri Nov 9, 2012 6:46 am (PST) . Posted by:

"James Robertson" jamesrob328i

Back in the bad old days, one could broadcast/hide one's caller ID with a prefix of "*72" and "*73* (I may have the strings wrong).

Is it possible to do this with an iPhone, or must one use the GUI? I'd like not to broadcast my caller ID most of the time, but "reveal" myself occasionally. Navigating through "Settings>Phone>Caller ID>Off/On" is too much trouble for individual calls.

Second question: Most days, I spend some time at a hospital that must be getting under the table payments from Verizon. ATT wireless signal is virtually non-existent inside the building. Occasionally, enough signal comes through to tell me I have a voicemail message, but there's no chance at all to LISTEN to that voicemail on the iPhone until I leave that location. Is there an interface that allows me to use any other phone to call in and retrieve my iPhone voicemail?

Thanks so much,
Jim Robertson

Fri Nov 9, 2012 6:49 am (PST) . Posted by:

"t.curtis" tcurtis83

One idea;
If you have WiFii access, you can sign up for a Google Voice account. Give everyone your Goggle Voice number. Then you can use WiFii to listen to your Google Voice messages. Just a thought :)
t

Macbook Pro 15" 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4 GB DDR3
Mountain Lion Mac OS X 10.8.1 (12B19)

On 09 Nov 2012, at 7:46 AM, James Robertson <jamesrob@sonic.net> wrote:

> Back in the bad old days, one could broadcast/hide one's caller ID with a prefix of "*72" and "*73* (I may have the strings wrong).
>
> Is it possible to do this with an iPhone, or must one use the GUI? I'd like not to broadcast my caller ID most of the time, but "reveal" myself occasionally. Navigating through "Settings>Phone>Caller ID>Off/On" is too much trouble for individual calls.
>
> Second question: Most days, I spend some time at a hospital that must be getting under the table payments from Verizon. ATT wireless signal is virtually non-existent inside the building. Occasionally, enough signal comes through to tell me I have a voicemail message, but there's no chance at all to LISTEN to that voicemail on the iPhone until I leave that location. Is there an interface that allows me to use any other phone to call in and retrieve my iPhone voicemail?
>
> Thanks so much,
> Jim Robertson
>
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Fri Nov 9, 2012 6:51 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01

> Back in the bad old days, one could broadcast/hide one's caller ID with a prefix of "*72" and "*73* (I may have the strings wrong).

Those are for call forwarding.

> Is it possible to do this with an iPhone, or must one use the GUI? I'd like not to broadcast my caller ID most of the time, but "reveal" myself occasionally. Navigating through "Settings>Phone>Caller ID>Off/On" is too much trouble for individual calls.

You might well find that your savvy contacts refuse calls from unidentified numbers.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012 7:29 am (PST) . Posted by:

"James Robertson" jamesrob328i


On Nov 9, 2012, at 6:51 AM, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@icloud.com> wrote:

> Those are for call forwarding

Again, it was a long time ago, and I said I might have the strings wrong. There WERE analagous strings for broadcasting/or not the Caller ID info.

> You might well find that your savvy contacts refuse calls from unidentified numbers.

That's not the issue, actually. In my business, I pay an answering service quite a bit of money to know how I should be reached. That way, I can decide to use my antique pager for times where I'm in places where cell coverage is spotty or absent, or when I've turned off the iPhone for other reasons, or I'm on vacation and other people are reasponsible for my professional calls. It's still fairly common for people I've called when not blocking my caller ID to use the mobile number from then on to reach me and sometimes to take offense when they don't. Of course, if I call someone while not broadcasting my caller ID and they choose not to answer, that's their choice and their right.

Fri Nov 9, 2012 8:27 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Denver Dan" denverdan22180

Howdy.

Read this eHow article for how to do some things with blocking and
unblocking Caller ID.

<http://www.ehow.com/how_5277313_hide-number-showing-caller-id.html>

Jim, I'm not sure what this has to do with POTS which means Plain Old
Telephone Service. POTS refers to the original twisted pair copper
line analog telephone service inaugurated by Alexander Graham Bell.

Denver Dan

- - - - -

Alexander Graham Bell makes for an interesting life.

He lived in the UK, the USA, and Canada, and was a British and Canadian
subject and an American citizen.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell>

His first US patent for the telephone was issued in 1876. He worked in
many other areas, however, and was also a founding member of the
National Geographic Society.

On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:46:31 -0800, James Robertson wrote:
> Back in the bad old days, one could broadcast/hide one's caller ID
> with a prefix of "*72" and "*73* (I may have the strings wrong).
>
> Is it possible to do this with an iPhone, or must one use the GUI?
> I'd like not to broadcast my caller ID most of the time, but "reveal"
> myself occasionally. Navigating through "Settings>Phone>Caller
> ID>Off/On" is too much trouble for individual calls.
>
> Second question: Most days, I spend some time at a hospital that must
> be getting under the table payments from Verizon. ATT wireless signal
> is virtually non-existent inside the building. Occasionally, enough
> signal comes through to tell me I have a voicemail message, but
> there's no chance at all to LISTEN to that voicemail on the iPhone
> until I leave that location. Is there an interface that allows me to
> use any other phone to call in and retrieve my iPhone voicemail?
>
> Thanks so much,
> Jim Robertson
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Group FAQ:
> <http://www.macsupportcentral.com/policies/>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Fri Nov 9, 2012 8:14 am (PST) . Posted by:

"Denver Dan" denverdan22180

Howdy.

Yes and No.

A Read Receipt is not built in to Apple's Mail program by default.

I should mention that some people feel that the Return Receipt feature
is a legacy leftover from earlier days when email and the internet were
not as reliable as today.

There are, however, a number of ways to turn on something similar to a
Read Receipt but it takes some effort.

In addition, Mail can be modified to turn on an ability to read a Read
Receipt that someone sends to you.

I use an inexpensive but reliable commercial email program called
GyazMail because it has better and more complete filters/rules, has
read receipts, and some other abilities that Apple's free Mail program
doesn't have.

Here's some things to get you started. I don't know if all of these
tips would work with all recent versions of Apple's Mail program.

1. There is a Terminal command that will

<http://email.about.com/od/macosxmailtips/qt/et_request_recp.htm>

2. Check here for a way to turn on the ability to read a Read Receipt
that you receive.

<http://www.ehow.com/how_10033031_read-receipt-mac-mail.html>

I think this solution shows you how to customize the Mail.plist file.
(trivia, a ".plist" file is aka a Property List.)

3. AppleScript and other 3rd party "plugin" solutions.

Check here at Hawkwings.

<http://www.hawkwings.net/plugins.htm>

Check for an item called "ReturnReceipt AppleScript."

There are other AppleScripts and plugins for a Mail return receipt
lurking around.

Note that often when OS X is upgraded or Mail is upgraded to a newer
version that it may turn off 3rd party scripts and plugins until they
are checked for compatibility.

Denver Dan

On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:28:56 -0500, Tammy Leverett wrote:
> Is there a way to request a read receipt when you send a email using Mail?
>
> Tammy Leverett

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