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Re: Unlinking phone and computer

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Ken Springer wrote:

> On 11/5/16 11:48 AM, VanguardLH wrote:
>> Ken Springer wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, this is cross posted to Mac and Windows.  LOL  So don't forget to
>>> hit "Reply All" when answering this post.
>>
>> Usenet is not an e-mail venue.  Reply All does not apply.  Reply will
>> copy the Newsgroups header from the post to which you reply into your
>> own post.  A respondent would have to edit that header in their reply
>> before submitting it.  Maybe Thunderbird works different than many other
>> NNTP clients that I've used.
> 
> Thunderbird does do some things a bit nonstandard, and I've come to the 
> conclusion other news agents also do things a bit nonstandard.
> 
> Just using the Reply button in TB automatically adds all the newsgroups 
> to the header.  Reply all include the sender in the header.  I have had 
> folks wish to send me their reply in email.  So, I just go with the 
> Reply All and let the chips fall where they may.  <G>
> 
>>> A friend of mine has linked her SO's iPhone 6S, I think, to his Windows
>>> 8.1 computer.   She did this trying to get the contacts from his old
>>> pre-Android Verizon phone to the iPhone.  She thinks she did this by
>>> using Bluetooth, which makes no sense to me.
>>>
>>> Now she would like to break that link between the two.  I'm sure it can
>>> be done.  Her searches on the web have been unsuccessful, and she is smarter than
>>> the average user.
>>
>> Have her remove the other Bluetooth host from her PC's Bluetooth devices
>> list.  I don't use OS/X (presumably what is on the Mac).  In Windows, I
>> enter "bluetooth" in the Start menu search bar and select "Bluetooth
>> Devices".  Another is to run "C:\Windows\System32\control.exe
>> bthprops.cpl" (sans quotes).  I don't have any connected to my computer
>> right now but I suspect you right-click on a device and either
>> disconnect/disable it or delete that connectoid.
> 
> It's an iPhone, which uses iOS, not OS X.

You threw me with "I have a previous thread in the Mac group about
getting the contacts moved."  You also cross-posted to a *mac*
newsgroup, not to an iPhone newsgroup.

>> https://www.google.com/search?q=mac%20os/x%20delete%20bluetooth%20device
>>
>> Google's info-hit looks like you do similar on Mac OS/X.

Just change "mac" to "ios".

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Unlinking phone and computer Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-11-05 10:54 -0600
  Re: Unlinking phone and computer Keith Nuttle <Keith_Nuttle@sbcglobal.net> - 2016-11-05 13:22 -0400
    Re: Unlinking phone and computer nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-05 14:16 -0400
    Re: Unlinking phone and computer "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-11-05 21:11 -0500
  Re: Unlinking phone and computer Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-11-05 13:22 -0400
    Re: Unlinking phone and computer Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-11-05 16:21 -0600
  Re: Unlinking phone and computer VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-11-05 12:48 -0500
    Re: Unlinking phone and computer Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-11-05 16:25 -0600
      Re: Unlinking phone and computer VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-11-05 17:40 -0500
        Re: Unlinking phone and computer Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-11-05 17:08 -0600
  Re: Unlinking phone and computer Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-05 20:00 +0000
    Re: Unlinking phone and computer Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-11-05 17:01 -0600
      Re: Unlinking phone and computer Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-11-06 02:33 -0700
        Re: Unlinking phone and computer Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-07 03:53 +0000
          Re: Unlinking phone and computer Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-11-08 02:36 -0700
        Re: Unlinking phone and computer Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2016-11-07 15:39 +0100
  Re: Unlinking phone and computer Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2016-11-05 21:45 -0400
  Re: Unlinking phone and computer Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2016-11-06 18:19 +0100
    Re: Unlinking phone and computer Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-11-06 22:13 -0700

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