Re: iPhone: Blocked Caller But I Still Get Voicemail
Budd, an "old voice mail device”? Most of us are older here, do you mean an answering machine?
Thanks, I needed some humor.
Brent??
On my late 2012 Mac mini running?10.15.7?
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On May 16, 2025, at 7:54 AM, Budd Turner via < n7eoj@...> wrote:
I avoid the additional $10/month voicemail charge from my provider, with an old voice mail device attached to my landline. ?I have it set to pick up after 2nd ring. ?This gives me time to see callerID and answer, if I choose. ?Most of sales calls hangup while the announcement plays. ?
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Re: iPhone: Blocked Caller But I Still Get Voicemail
I have a similar issue. I receive test messages from a group. Sometimes it is like a bad party line phone. I had to go into notifications and set _each_ member of the group to none for the chosen tone. It still vibrates, so I have a soft pad to use on hard surfaces.
I wish there was an option to mute and turn off vibration for individuals and groups
Brent??
On my late 2012 Mac mini running?10.15.7?
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On May 15, 2025, at 5:06 PM, Carol Botteron via < cjbotteron@...> wrote:
Thank you, Bev and JR.??I listen to the messages in case they are not from the blocked number.? I would not want to stop getting all voicemail.? I may check with my carrier, but apparently there is no good way to change the situation.
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Re: Monitoring Sleep in the Apple Ecosystem
On May 16, 2025, at 9:32?AM, jimrobertson via groups.io <jimrobertson@...> wrote:
The appropriate question, of course, is just what Apple DID use to infer sleep status from iPhone owners who don’t want another computer sitting on their wrists.
(answering PART of my own questions, better late than never)
My curiosity whetted, I did do a simple web search and discovered that the sensors used on the phone include the microphone (listening to the user breathe), the accelerometer (recording changes in linear motion) and the gyroscope (recording rotational motion). Apparently having the iPhone on your mattress can allow it to make some inferences regarding motion while it listens to its owner’s breathing, but it seems OBVIOUS to me that such inferences are FAR more likely to be accurate when recorded by a device (the watch) that’s physically attached to the body. I’ve not yet discovered how it “knows” that my eyes are looking around in my sleep, however.
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Jim Robertson
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Monitoring Sleep in the Apple Ecosystem
There’s a tempest in a teapot discussion ongoing in the Apple Support Community Forums about how the Apple iOS “Health” app records and reports sleep data. The claim is that Apple devalued their phones by removing such reporting in an iOS release because now data acquired by an Apple Watch is required to make inferences about sleep “stages,” whereas previously one didn’t require a watch to get such reports.
My own inference from this discussion is that it’s likely Apple ecosystem devices' ability to infer sleep stages improved considerably by using data from a device (the watch) physically connected to the body that can detect movement, O2 saturation (patent protection be damned), pulse rate, etc.
In fact, I haven’t a CLUE how the iPhone, sitting on its charger, could make ANY inferences about sleep, which in clinical sleep medicine typically requires actual MEASUREMENTS of extra ocular muscle activity, EEG monitoring, and body movement. Indeed, one might suspect that if someone recently deceased but interred with his iPhone in a vest pocket might be recorded by the phone as “sleeping,” at least until the battery in the phone discharged.
Does anyone here have information about what actually happened? The only information I can see the phone collecting would be motion, but that would mean the deceased person being transported back to his home town would be recorded as AWAKE because of phone GPS data recording.
The appropriate question, of course, is just what Apple DID use to infer sleep status from iPhone owners who don’t want another computer sitting on their wrists.
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Jim Robertson
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Re: iPhone: Blocked Caller But I Still Get Voicemail
I avoid the additional $10/month voicemail charge from my provider, with an old voice mail device attached to my landline. ?I have it set to pick up after 2nd ring. ?This gives me time to see callerID and answer, if I choose. ?Most of sales calls hangup while the announcement plays. ?
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iPhone: Blocked Caller But I Still Get Voicemail
Thank you, Bev and JR.??I listen to the messages in case they are not from the blocked number.? I would not want to stop getting all voicemail.? I may check with my carrier, but apparently there is no good way to change the situation.
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Extended keyboard surprise (cross post)
From another group was question & discussion for how to type the checkmark.
I didn't remember how to get a checkmark, so I went to my Keyboard Viewer. ?
Odd. ?Although it shows as an A+ (Apple's Extended or 101 keyboard) on the menu bar, it briefly changes to the "US" ?(84 key) keyboard, when I click on it.
I have always had an Apple Extended keyboard or 101 (A+), since Apple offered them as an option, at extra cost.
Unsure when it changed, but even though the System shows there is an A+ connected, the only keyboard display is the US keyboard.
Disconnect/reconnect finds and reconnects the A+, but still only shows the US keyboard in the viewer.
Another change in recent upgrade/updates? ?
I guess I should test EVERY MacOS feature and function after every update…once I find where they got moved and/or renamed
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iPhone: Blocked Caller But I Still Get Voicemail
Carol said:
I blocked a number that calls me almost every day.? Now when they call, my phone does not ring, but I still get their voicemail (announced by a chime).? I would prefer not to get their voicemail.
I had the same issue...
I contacted my Phone service provider - in my case Bell Canada - and had them take that option off my phone plan.
In addition to not blocking unwanted numbers I don't get ANY voicemail from anyone...
You CANNOT selectively block some numbers and not others... it's all or none...
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Re: iPhone: Blocked Caller But I Still Get Voicemail
I don't block numbers, so I can't say whether any of the following is true. ?But I've read a number of articles and this is what I've garnered from them...
Yes, a blocked number can leave a voicemail, but you shouldn't receive a notification that it occurred. ?Also, your iPhone should place blocked voicemail in a separate section:
How to Check Voicemails from Blocked Numbers on an iPhone
So, if you are still receiving notifications when a blocked number leaves a voicemail, here are some suggestions that I've seen in several articles and discussions: * Make sure that you are on the latest iOS version that your iPhone supports. * Reboot the iPhone. * Unblock the number, reboot the iPhone, and the block the number again. * Sometimes similar phone numbers may be hard to distinguish, so double check that the number leaving the voicemail is the number that's been blocked. * Spammers can spoof a Caller ID, so the actual number that called may not match the Caller ID that you blocked. ?Apple has an article with suggestions on how to handle this. Detect and block spam phone calls
To my mind, there are pros and cons to Apple's suggestion to silencing unknown numbers. ?For example, doctor offices often have multiple numbers or can have referrals call you. ?Or sometimes service or support might be provided from different numbers or even multiple centers that might exist in several countries. ?It might be very inconvenient to have such unknown numbers silenced, as I discovered one day. ?YMMV.
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On May 13, 2025, at 7:26?PM, Carol Botteron via groups.io <cjbotteron@...> wrote:
I blocked a number that calls me almost every day.? Now when they call, my phone does not ring, but I still get their voicemail (announced by a chime).? I would prefer not to get their voicemail.
According to several online discussions, there is no way to block the voicemail.? Asking here in case one of you bright people has found a way.? adTHANKSvance!
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Bev in TX
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iPhone: Blocked Caller But I Still Get Voicemail
I tried sending this to the iPhone group but it appears to have stopped working.? iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 16.7.11. I blocked a number that calls me almost every day.? Now when they call, my phone does not ring, but I still get their voicemail (announced by a chime).? I would prefer not to get their voicemail.
According to several online discussions, there is no way to block the voicemail.? Asking here in case one of you bright people has found a way.? adTHANKSvance!
Carol B.
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Re: Missing Photo library
Jim, I have just changed from an M1 Mac to an M4 Mac. there can only be one location on you computer that iCloud uses for photos, although you can have multiple libraries, iCloud will only use one. You can however merge libraries. I think this video explains it better than I could.?
hope this helps?
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Re: Missing Photo library
Hi
And if you need to manage or merge multiple libraries Fat Cat Software PowerPhotos is an excellent tool.?
Paul . Some imagination required.?
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On May 12, 2025, at 7:20?PM, jonbotting via groups.io <jonbotting@...> wrote:
? Jim, although you can have multiple photo libraries, there is only one that iCloud uses. you can merge libraries however I think this video explains it better that I can
Hope that helps
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Re: YouTube Premium to download videos
4k Video Downloader+ is a stand-alone application. It does not require a browser. I don’t like browser based downloaders.?
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On May 8, 2025, at 4:56?PM, jimrobertson via groups.io <jimrobertson@...> wrote:
On May 8, 2025, at 2:08?PM, todhop via groups.io <hoplist@...> wrote:
I’ve used “4k Video Downloader+” for a long time. I have not had any issues and it does what it's supposed to well. I use it in its free mode which is fairly generous.
Will it work with Safari?
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Jim Robertson
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Re: Missing Photo library
You are most welcome, Jim. ?
It’s good to learn that you are making progress. ?Is the situation the same on your iPad and iPhone - if you have them?
There may well be a need to review your iMac ’System Settings’. Look at “Storage” - ‘optimise' rings a bell!
Warm regards
David
Note: Copied to my real-life friend too!
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On 12 May 2025, at 13:14, Jim Willett via groups.io <jimwillett@...> wrote:
Thank you very much, David. ?I followed the directions and have my photos back on my Mac but only through February 20. ?Everything is up to date on iCloud. ?So I am on the way to getting this all straightened out. ?
- Jim?
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Re: Missing Photo library
Thank you very much, David. ?I followed the directions and have my photos back on my Mac but only through February 20. ?Everything is up to date on iCloud. ?So I am on the way to getting this all straightened out. ?
- Jim?
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Re: Missing Photo library
Hello again, Jim
You’ve just done what I will be doing in the not-too-distant future ……… so decided to ask AI for the answer!
Here is the response:- ?
You will appreciate that I do not have the personal knowledge to know whether the responses are 100% correct, but in your position, I would follow the guidance!
Good luck my friend! ?
David
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On 10 May 2025, at 18:04, Jim Willett via groups.io <jimwillett@...> wrote:
I have recently moved via Time Machine from an intel Mac to an M4. Today I attempted to open my photos app and got this message: Photos does not have permission to access the library "Photos Library_1.photoslibrary" Please grant access to the library by double-clicking it in Finder or selecting it in "Open Other...." There is no such file in the Photos folder - it is empty. ?Using Time Machine to look for such a file I find the latest is on February 20. How should I go about correcting this problem? If I restore, will I lose photos from iCloud that have been put there since February 20? ?Should I create a new library instead? If so, what effect would that have on iCloud Photos?
Thanks in advance for any advice/assistance with this matter.?
- Jim?
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I have recently moved via Time Machine from an intel Mac to an M4. Today I attempted to open my photos app and got this message: Photos does not have permission to access the library "Photos Library_1.photoslibrary" Please grant access to the library by double-clicking it in Finder or selecting it in "Open Other...." There is no such file in the Photos folder - it is empty. ?Using Time Machine to look for such a file I find the latest is on February 20. How should I go about correcting this problem? If I restore, will I lose photos from iCloud that have been put there since February 20? ?Should I create a new library instead? If so, what effect would that have on iCloud Photos?
Thanks in advance for any advice/assistance with this matter.?
- Jim?
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Re: New alert from Cybersecurity Insider
Wow, this hack almost seems like it is working against itself.?
First it targets the gullible with a fake. But aren’t the gullible more often than not those that are les tech savvy? The ones less inclined to use Terminal? Wow, that incentive hMust be very enticing to get over the fear of Terminal?
What was the source if this information, and has another source confirmed a it is loose in the wild?
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On May 8, 2025, at 14:05, Paul via groups.io <paul@...> wrote:
? Over 2,800 Hacked Sites Target macOS Users with AMOS Malware |
A new campaign, called MacReaper, is targeting Apple users?. The trick??Fake Google CAPTCHA prompts?that urge users to open Terminal and paste a “verification” command that installs the AMOS stealer malware. This malware can swipe Keychain passwords, browser logins, crypto wallets, and files from the Desktop and Documents folders. Even more dangerous: the attack infrastructure hides malicious instructions inside blockchain transactions using EtherHiding. Remember:?Don’t trust CAPTCHAs that ask for Terminal input.?And if you’re managing a macOS fleet, start monitoring clipboard activity and Terminal executions.
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++++++++++++++++++++++++ Helping Los Angeles area computer users since 1988?
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On May 9, 2025, at 7:00 AM, Budd Turner via groups.io <n7eoj@...> wrote:
As with different browsers, differences in functions & abilities, located under different names, in different locations. Here are some settings that I suspect that you really want to make sure are enabled for Brave (on your Macintosh): Brave menu —> Preferences —> Permissions —> Notifications —> set Don’t Allow Sites To Send Notifications Brave menu —> Preferences —> Content —> set Don't allow sites to send pop-ups or use redirects These are valuable security settings. Since Brave offers them, you might as well take advantage of them.
I was surprised to receive security alert emails, advising a stranger with a Chrome browser had logged in.
Brave is essentially the Chrome codebase, with all of Google’s spyware stripped out, and all sorts of nice security features added. The advantage of this is that Web services that require Chrome, such as Google Earth, work fine with Brave. Most Web sites identify Brave as being Chrome. You can also download and use any of the many free Chrome extensions available if you want to. I highly recommend one of the very nice “skins” available, to make Brave look as nice as you’d like it to, and to make it your own. Once you get used to Chrome, please let us know how you like it! __________________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice __________________________________________________
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Re: YouTube Premium to download videos
On May 8, 2025, at 8:40?PM, Christopher Collins via groups.io <maclist@...> wrote:
JDownloader2 allows you to download mp4, mkv & any other sort of media to your Mac by posting the video address into it.
Thanks so much. I’ll give it a try.
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Jim Robertson
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