First, some news of the day:
- Liz Truss is the new Boris Johnson in the UK. She was elected to lead the Conservative Party, which holds the majority in the Parliament.
- She will tomorrow be formally appointed by Queen Elizabeth II.
- Third female Prime Minister, after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May. Truss served in May's cabinet, and also that of Boris Johnson. The U.S. has had no female president.
- Is 47 years old, graduated from Oxford and became the youngest female cabinet minister in 2014 at the age of 39.
- Was originally against Brexit. Now is an arch-Brexiteer.
- Is a Conservative (which is similar to being a Republican in the U.S.), and advocates tax cuts, but is open to social spending.
- Supports Ukraine and has similar foreign policy ideals as Johnson. Not much change expected.
- Future relationship with the U.S.? Okay, but she would identify better with a Republican American president. This form of international relationship is malleable, as another example is Japan, which has a party that overwhelmingly rules Japan, but is really Republican in nature.
- On Saturday I reported on National Cinema Day. Was it a success?
- Yes, sort of, in that Labor Day is usually a down weekend for movie goers.
- While 8.1 million tickets were sold, the $3 price made revenues bleak.
- Older films led the way, with Spider-Man: No Way Home at #1, but only made $6 million (with Labor Day to go), a piddling amount considering it has already surpassed $2 billion.
- Coming in second was Top Gun Maverick with an additional 11 minutes of footage, earning $5.5 million.
- Those compare to Labor Day a year ago when Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings earned $94 million for the three-day period. Part of the problem is a lack of super-films. The one being anticipated is Black Adam in October, with Dwayne Johnson playing that role, and including Pierce Brosnan. Related to Shazam, in that he selected Black Adam to be his successor. Will I go see it? Nope, I avoid Marvel films, and now stay home with Netflix and Prime.
It all began when I read a review of Touch in the Star Advertiser. I just finished reading a book, Agent Sonya, on my iPhone, and thought it would be nice to have another one to occupy time when the occasion allowed.
So I went to my iMac to order one. Tried and tried for a long period and gave up. I then googled how to order a book for my iPhone. Spent a lot more time failing and failing again. Then I saw "chat" as an option, so I clicked on it, expecting that I would would be texting with a computer. The blue portion is me.
08/30/2022 4:20 PM
You are connected with Apple.
- Hello, I’m Apple's automated assistant. I can give you quick answers to popular questions or connect you with a Specialist who can help.
Some things you can ask me are:
"Shopping advice from a Specialist."
"Help with an existing order."
"Technical support."
Or chat us the topic you need help with. - how do I order books for my apple computers
- I can get you to someone who can help, but I need a little more information first.
Please choose an option from the list below, or tell us the topic you need help with. - Help purchasing an Apple product
- I’ll connect you to someone to help you with your shopping. Can you tell me which product you are interested in?
- order a book for my iPhone
- Let me connect you to an iPhone Specialist.
08/30/2022 4:22 PM
You are connected with Serene.
- Hey there! I’ll be glad to assist you. How are you today?
- I'm fine.
- I see that you have an inquiry about how you can purchase a book for your iPhone. Let me help you with that.
- I would like to order Touch by Olaf Olafsson
- I see. Noted on that!
- where do I go to order that book?
- One moment please. Let me check my resources first.
- Upon checking, you can open your Safari, open Apple and then Sign in to the same Google Account as the one you have on your Google Play Books app then Tap the book you want to download.
- Sorry for the confusion! Please disregard the message that I have sent before the link.
- You can click the link that I have shared so you can download the book that you want.
- Is it okay if I ask a few questions along the way while we discuss your inquiry about?
- I am in Safari. How do I open Apple?
- Sorry about that! Can you please disregard the procedure that I have sent. Will that be alright?
- Of course.
- Thank you!
- Upon checking here, it will be easier for you if you will download the Apple Book. After you download it you can search the specific book that you want.
- how do I download the Apple Book?
- May I know what device are you using right now?
- I am using an iMac, but the books are also linked to my iPhone and AirMac.
- You can open the iTunes on your iMac and log into your account.
- Please let me know if you were able to open your iTunes.
- Okay, I'm in iTunes. What do I do next?
- How do I log in to my account?
- When you are at the iTunes page, click on the “Account” tab on the top menu > Find and select “Purchases” from the drop-down menu then proceed to “Books” on the list.
Find the iBook/s that you wish to download on your device. Right-click on the iBook and select “Download.” - What does the Account tab look like?
- You will see the account tab at the top menu.
- Were you unable to find it?
- If that procedure didn't work you can also press and hold command + space bar and type "Books".
- I tried holding command+space bar, typed in Books, and nothing happened
- Again, what icon does the Account tab use?
- Oh I see. Because I tried searching it in my end and it shows.
- When I went to iTunes, it shows Listen now, with, at the top, a sharp sign, an apple, and three other items. I clicked on all of them and got something else.
- Does the account tab doesn't show at the top menu? It just a word. You can enable your account tab by doing this : Check iTunes menu > Preferences... > Store and make sure the settings are selected. After that click the Restrictions and make sure nothing is selected here.
- Let me know if that will work. Will that be alright?
- how do i check the iTunes menu?
- Let me check on that.
- May I know is your iTunes in latest version?
- How do I determine if it is or not?
- If that so, the menu bars are hidden and it sounds like yours need to be enabled before you can see the Help menu.
- May I know what are you seeing in your end?
- Incidentally I clicked on iTunes Store and am now on that page, but don't see any books.
- Can you try this one? Click Ctrl+B and let me know if the menu bar shows.
- It will not appear at the iTunes Store. You have to click the menu and search for the "purchases".
- I did so, and nothing happened. Incidentally, by click do you mean hold both Control and b while clicking on return?
- You have to return first at the iTunes front page and proceed to press and hold both Ctrl and B.
- May I know the exact model of your iMac?
- If the last procedure still didn't work. Can you try it with your iPhone?
- I just purchased this iMac, so it is the newest. How do I find the exact model?
- Do you know the Serial Number of your iMac? So I can check it here in my end.
- how do i find the serial number?
- Go back at the desktop, you will see at the upper-left corner click the apple icon and click the "About this Mac".
- You will see the Serial Number listed.
- H4TFGOMBPN78
- One moment please.
- As I checked here, the Serial Number that you've sent is not working.
- Will you be able to use your iPhone? So we can also check the possible procedures that you can do.
- Okay, I'm now on my iPhone
- Alrighty!
- In fact, I'm on Book Store
- Go to the Home Screen, then swipe left past all your Home Screen pages to get to App Library. Scroll up and down to browse the alphabetical list and look for the iBooks.
- Oh I see.
- how do i get to home screen
- Oh, I see, it's like desktop
- Yes, that's right!
- I swiped to the left
- Look for the Apple Library, it's an application.
- Let me know if you were able to find it.
- I scrolled up. How do I get to the apple library>
- You will see it together with the applications in your iPhone.
- Found the apple library. Now what?
- Found Apple books
- Awesome!
- May I know what are you seeing at the Apple Books page?
- Which got me to where I started, which is Book Store. Next?
- I see all genre of books, but how do I type in the book I want?
- If you are already at the Book Store, browse for a book, or search Touch by Olaf Olafsson . When you found it, tap or click it.
- How do I search?
- Found the book
- You can click the "See All" option at the Fiction and Literature page
- Great!
- You can just click the price and it will appear in your library.
- Let me know if you are done.
- Okay. Says to double click to pay, WHERE?
- Were you able to see the price of the book?
- Oh, the side. Did that. Success. I hope. I see a partial circle Whoops. Declined. My credit card changed. Stick with me to enter my new number.
- Alright! You can take your time. Let me know if you encounter any problem.
- Well I put my new numbers in. Do I go back to order this book?
- You can just proceed with the payment since you already clicked the price.
- I went through the motions again, and the response was that I already purchased it. I'll see if the book is there.
- Alright! You can check your library to see if the book is already posted at your account.
- Yup, it's there. Amazing, I actually bought a book using my iPhone. My first ever with this device. I hope I can remember how I did this for my second. Mahalo. Pat
- No worries! If ever you decided that you want to buy a book again and happens that you don't remember the procedure you can contact us again so we can help you with your purchase.
- Congratulations with your new book!
- I want to make sure I have covered everything, is there anything else I can help you with?
- You know, I kept trying because my ignorance was so deplorable that I found myself laughing a lot. So I just continued. This was agonizing, but fun. Serene, which I assume is a computer...you were wonderful. I'll always remember you. Aloha. Pat
- Just a heads up, you are currently connected with a live specialist.
- No worries! As the quotes says "The first time you do a thing is always exciting".
- My pleasure! Do you happen to have other questions or concerns? I want to make sure I’ve taken great care of you today.
- Incidentally, how do I save this? I want to use it in my daily blog. What, you spent all this time with me? Wow. I'm impressed. A million alohas. Pat
- May I know what device are you using while having a conversation with me?
- Yes, no worries! I am glad that I was able to help you with your purchase.
- I'm using my iMac. Incidentally, if you want to see my blog reportage of this encounter, go to http://planetearthandhumanity.blogspot.com/
- Wow that's awesome! I'll save that so I can read your blog!
- If you are using an iMac and you want to screenshot our conversation. You can just click the command + shift + 3 at the same time.
- Let me know if you are done with the screenshot!
- Oh, I just copied this entire discussion and entered the whole thing into a future blog. Not sure when this one will be published, but certainly in the next few days. My posting today was MY NEARLY HALF A CENTURY SEARCHING FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE
- http://planetearthandhumanity.blogspot.com/2022/08/my-nearly-half-century-searching-for.html
- Alrighty! No worries. I hope that I can read it as soon as possible. Good luck with your future endeavor. I'll save that link so I can keep posted with your blogs!
- I want to make sure I have covered everything, is there anything else I can help you with?
- Nope. You were amazing. Aloha and goodbye. Pat
- Always glad to help here! It’s been a pleasure chatting with you and if you have questions in the future or if you need any help, please don’t hesitate to chat with us again. Have a great day, take care!
Anyway, for me, what an accomplishment. I also saved some money, for the newspaper review showed a price of $28.99. I checked with Amazon, and the book sold for $25. However, Apple only charged me $15.70.
Typhoon Hinnamnor, now down to 92 MPH, will squeeze between South Korea and Japan on Tuesday.
I might add that the Danielle became the first hurricane of the season for the Atlantic Ocean. She has formed much further north than normally, is at 85 MPH, and is headed towards Europe.
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