Apple Hardware and Compatible Accessories

Hi all. this Mac is showing it's age. Although with a little cosmetic damage and a new battery this would be fine for someone. I just am wanting to get more up to date. I have a few questions. first, I want to go to an SSD as the normal hard drive, I forget the type, makes me bonkers waiting for it to do stuff sometimes. Has anyone found boot times, and loading of pages and apps better with an SSD? Has anyone bought a smaller one and wished for a bigger one? What's the big difference between an air and a pro? This one I'm writing on is a Mac book pro.

Hi everyone,
I currently own a MacBook Air M1 with 256 GB internal SSD storage and want to buy a new MacBook with 1 TB or more internal SSD storage and 16 GB Unified Memory. I have one question: Does VoiceOver perform better on an M2 Pro (MacBook Pro 14" 2023) than on a MacBook Air M2 (2022)? I'm not sure if the extra charge for the M2 Pro is worth it or whether I should go for the M2 MacBook Air.

Thanks in advance.

Hi Everyone.

My question is simple, If you could design features and improvements to the Meta Ray ban smart glasses, what would you design?

How would you customise what Meta have already delivered to be your perfect device?

Given the hardware that currently exists, what would you do in software?

How do you imagine the hardware improving in future versions to offer the best experience possible for blind and low vision users?

If you were writing your answers directly to Meta, what would you ask them for?

When using iOS 16 on my iPhone 13 mini I was able to accept incoming phone calls on my MFi hearing aids by clicking a button on the hearing aids and then progressing with the call leaving the phone in my pocket and the call using the hearing aids microphones. That worked fine with iOS 16. Now I have installed iOS 17.0.2 (and I've tried the beta of 17.1 as well) callers hear me very faintly or with very poor sound quality. My hearing aids are Resound Omnia, rebadged as Amplifon. Are others experiencing similar issues? I'm about to report to Apple via beta feedback.

I know there have been some rumblings about cameras on airpods which, personally, I think is a bit daft due to comfort, positioning, issues with beardss and hairhair and hair, and it would seem this is what apple is working toward, which makes much more sense:

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/06/30/new-airpods-to-feature-ir-cameras/

Hi all,
I am trying to obtain photoes for my website using Aira but I am struggling to angle the camera in the right place due to the fact that i'm taking pictues
of my equipment such as my Braille embosser I need them to get a shot from above.
I have tried the goose neck stand but as i'm quite tiny it's to heavy round my neck.
Therefore can anyone recommend a stand which is flexible and hand-free that clips to a desk and allows you to angle the camera to the correct place. The

Hi everyone

For 7 years now I have had an laptop. This laptop is at the time I write you slowly.

Can an iPad replace my old laptop, if I primary should use the iPad to write text, and if yes, can I so use a wireless keyboard to write text on the iPad?

Thanks in advance for your answer, and have a nice day.

Regards,
Anders

I am looking for a recording and podcast mixer. Would like to stay under $150.
Thank you.

Hi All!

Today my doctor told me I need to use an ergonomic keyboard, so now I'm in the market to buy. Can anyone recommend an ergonomic, full size, wireless keyboard with numpad for Mac? One that is ergonomic and comfortable for an over used wrist? Maybe one with palm support? Maybe even one that also has a fingerprint sensor? Rechargeable battery? Plug and play with MacOS Ventura on a Mac Studio?

Smile. I'm not asking for too much, I hope.

Joy!

Bruce

I was wondering, can you use the bluetooth keyboard with bluetooth headphone is you are using voiceover?
I am a lawyer and would like to take notes in the courtroom, but obviously, I can't have hte voiceover coming through my phone speakers.
tk

Hi everyone

1. Can I, as a blind user, use Google Chromecast with VoiceOver to stream content from my iPhone to my television?

2. Can I also use the Google Chromecast Audio?

3. Can I use Google Chromecast to both stream audio to my stereo receiver and information to my television, or shall I have two devices?

4. For last - what is best, Google Chromecast or Apple TV?

Thanks in advance for the answers, and have a nice day.

Regards,
Anders.

This is difficult, if not impossible. I have a piano, I do not remember the model or the brand, but if you need to, I can try to find out that I'm traveling and I do not have access to it.
Finally, this piano or keyboard has no inputs, only one to connect to the power outlet. It has support for batteries too.
Would you be able to use it with the iPhone?

Hello

Hi,
Has anyone tried drawing/sketching apps wiht iPad Pro/Apple Pencil to see if the output of drawings can be interacted with using VoiceOver?
Thanks!

I hope that one of you good people will be at last tell me if I am missing something, I have spend hours and hours to find information about the echo dot, in the sens that if you have the latest ipod touch and the latest mini ipad, is there any reason that this echodot would do for me and how is the interaction with itune and apple product. I really did spend a lot of hours on this, and more I read more I am confuse, some site kind of say that it work with the touch and so on but not in a cut and dry kind of way. any opinion would be appreciated. thanks

Hello guys! I want to buy the Magic Keyboard 2 Can you buy it in other stores other than the Apple Store?

Hi,
A quick question,

Is there a way to drag and drop items,apps for instance, with a bluetooth keyboard?
Tried searching the internet but could find an answer....
thank you so much
Arvind

Hello. I bought a new keyboard a couple of weeks ago and it works great. I have noticed two flaws though, because there are no aparent escape ke y or tab key. It’s a sandstrom keyboard but I do not know the model. I believe Sandström is Norwegian. I am not sure but believe so. I have this wierd symbol with a square but cannot find the escape or tab key and nothing happens no matter what I try with this square key. Thanks for any advice.

I have an App called "iospro" on my iphone. It allows me to transfer music from an sd card to my iphone7+. unfortunately I can't find the correct sd card reader to affect the transfer. Ideally I would like an sd card reader with s3everal connectors.
Thank you for recommendations.

Hello,
Does someone know how to unlock an iPhone? We urgently need to unlock an iPhone SE and the carier refuses to do it. Is there a reputable company or something someone can recommend?