Odd Apple watch behaviour.

Hi! I can’t update my watch. THe Iphone keeps telling me that it can’t verify the update because i am not connected to the internet. Wel, i am connected to the internet. I have removed the app from app switcher i also have restarted my phone. I am on Ios 10.2.1 Beta 1 so i am wondering if it has

Re: Key Features of GoodSync

Hi, thanks for the feedback on GoodSync. Yes, rSync is what I was trying to remember. Thank you. I’d really rather find a program that feels more reliable. I’m afraid I’ll mess something up with rSync. I have 2 protected DMG folders that are included in my Time Machine back up, but I’d like

Re: OSX 10.12.2 released

I had to work through the process myself because I haven't installed scripts in a long long time. I keep a pile of notes and had to search for this one. Glad you got it working. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "Lord, Help me become the person my dog thinks I am." --Dawn Ewing E-mail:

Re: OSX 10.12.2 released

Worked like a champ, thank you! > On Dec 15, 2016, at 9:46 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Scott, > Did you make the command assignment in VO Utility, Commanders? > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "Lord, Help me become the person > my dog thinks I am." --Dawn Ewing > E-mail:

Re: OSX 10.12.2 released

Lol no, good man, sounds like that would be the problem heh. I’m so fried from Interviewing, been on this marathon deal I didn’t think of that. Thank you > On Dec 15, 2016, at 9:46 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Scott, > Did you make the command assignment in VO Utility,

Re: fonts in text edit and sharing documents with iPhone

As always, thanks again for the information. Gabe Sent from Gabe's iPhone > On Dec 15, 2016, at 8:44 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > In TextEdit, select all the text in your document, press cmd-t to bring up > the Font dialog, then navigate to the size field and enter

icloud want let me sign in

Hi, After not using my MacBook and iPod for a while, iCloud asked me to enter my password. after doing so, i received a code on my iPhone saying to enter my password followed by this code in the password field. Here is where I need help. I entered my password and the code with no space, I even

Re: Key Features of GoodSync

The only manual way I know of syncing files on a UNIX like System such as the Macintosh is r sync Note the actual command is "rsync", but I believe most screen readers will have problems with that word, so I split the word on the previous sentence. Below are a couple examples of operation and

Re: thoughts on battery after update

Actually, though I have not yet installed the update, there is a good chance you could set a hot spot on the power dialog and then use VO-Command-HotSpot to check the battery level and stay in your current application. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Dec 15, 2016, at 5:00

Re: OSX 10.12.2 released

Scott, Did you make the command assignment in VO Utility, Commanders? From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "Lord, Help me become the person my dog thinks I am." --Dawn Ewing E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 12/15/2016 5:55 PM, Scott Granados wrote: Hi, about the script, I copied to the

Re: OSX 10.12.2 released

Hi, about the script, I copied to the directory and pasted. When I press right option b nothing happens. I do have the keyboard commander enabled and right option T works for example. I also tried changing the extension from .scpt to .applescript with no success. I entered my password when

Re: OSX 10.12.2 released

Thanks. Chris. - Original Message - From: Shawn Krasniuk To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 7:44 PM Subject: Re: OSX 10.12.2 released Hey guys. For those of you who wanted the battery script, I'll paste the dropbox link at the end of

Re: Is development for OS Over?

I have to say I’m very very happy with my 2015 mid model as well. I bought high on the product line but I don’t feel compelled to head out and grab a 2016 model although I do want to try one from a curiosity angle. I do have plenty of horsepower though and can run a dozen or more virtual

Re: OSX 10.12.2 released

Sean, this is a great help, thank you and this makes it even easier than the voice over menu option. Big thanks from my little part of the world here. > On Dec 15, 2016, at 7:44 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hey guys. For those of you who wanted the battery script, I'll

Re: OSX 10.12.2 released

Hey guys. For those of you who wanted the battery script, I'll paste the dropbox link at the end of the message. I was going to do this last night but I was tired and didn't have the energy to find it. To have it run, simply go to your Mackintosh HD in finder, then go to library than scripts.

Re: Is development for OS Over?

There will be a new line of iMacs coming out sometime next year. They delayed them, cause they need to find a way to put the touch bar on the keyboard that ships with it. Personally, nothing exciting has changed since mavericks, but they foot print is getting smaller, just glad updates are

Dropbox and its Public folder

Just got an email from Dropbox indicating that support for the Public folder will go away in March of next year and replaced with Private. From what I read, it appears to be a matter of terminology and that functionality will be unchanged. But when this change takes place, one would need

Re: Is development for OS Over?

Scott and Kawal, I started with Mountain Lion but as I really only started getring comfortable with the Mac at around Yosemite, I still have seen a great deal of development ongoing, especially now in Sierra and its partnership with iOS. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "Lord, Help me become

Re: Tidal music service

I almost went in to recording engineering as a line of work. I love music but physics grabbed me just a little bit more and then the Internet thing diverted me and here I am. In my play lists I have everything from E40 to Snoop Dogg to the Grateful Dead to Johny Cash to Andre Watts to

Re: Tidal music service

I also like classical music and particularly Russian. I have found quite a bit of Russian music on Apple Music in iTunes. More there than anywhere else. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 15, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Hmm, sounds intresting. >

Re: Tidal music service

Hi! Hmm, sounds intresting. Jazz is one of my favorites genres too. But i like classical music too. Especially Russian. So i have to try this. /A > 15 dec. 2016 kl. 14:21 skrev Terje Strømberg : > > You are right about sub genre and genres. The important thing for me is

Re: thoughts on battery after update

Good for you! :) Donna > On Dec 15, 2016, at 4:17 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Heh and I too made a stink and sent Apple an email. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "Lord, Help me become the person > my dog thinks I am." --Dawn Ewing > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > >

Re: thoughts on battery after update

I wrote accessibility right away yesterday when we first started discussing this so my voice is among the many if it helps. > On Dec 15, 2016, at 5:17 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Heh and I too made a stink and sent Apple an email. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . > "Lord,

Re: thoughts on battery after update

I can confirm that behavior as well but I’m on 10.12.3 Beta 1 now so not sure how valid my observations are. > On Dec 15, 2016, at 5:00 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > Yes, when connected to power, the percentage is announced, whether I have > "Show Percentage" check or

Re: Key Features of GoodSync

I have GoodSync. It’s accessible, and at first it worked pretty well, but then something went wrong and it doesn’t seem to be working at all. Setup was overly complicated, and you can’t bypass any part of it or the program won’t work properly. It doesn’t make that clear while you’re setting

Re: thoughts on battery after update

You don’t have to take all that many steps, you can just leave the monitor on the doc which honestly is no more key strokes than vo m twice and right to the reading area past WiFi. That’s just not a valid criticism. There’s to many easy ways to hot key that sort of thing or at least bring it

Re: thoughts on battery after update

Heh and I too made a stink and sent Apple an email. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "Lord, Help me become the person my dog thinks I am." --Dawn Ewing E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 12/15/2016 2:16 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Good. I'm glad it's working for you as well. I agree that it is

Re: thoughts on battery after update

Good. I'm glad it's working for you as well. I agree that it is even more important when not connected to power, and I believe that's why some of us are making a stink. Yes, there are workarounds, but hopefully, these are only needed for the short-term. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray,

Re: Is development for OS Over?

I don’t think development has changed. OS X has evolved a lot since the leopard days I started working with it. There are major upgrades, especially under the hood and with collaboration among other things. Performance is steadily improving and the laptops are clearly being developed. The

Is development for OS Over?

Just a question for you all. Please note I don't test beta's as I don't have time but have been wondering is development over for the Mac OS? For the last six years since I've used the Mac, only small things have changed. I as you most know, use a Mac and Mac Mini as I don't have any need

Re: thoughts on battery after update

I am. My charger came unplugged. *grin* I'm really glad you mentioned this. I still think that the time you really need this info is when you're *not* plugged in, but it's good to know that you can get it when you are. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 15, 2016, at 4:00 PM, Tim Kilburn

Re: thoughts on battery after update

That's exactly what I plan to do for the time being. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 15, 2016, at 3:56 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Open the Energy preferences and leave focus on the battery charge item > which reads in percentage. Just switch windows now and then to check it. > >

Re: thoughts on battery after update

Hi, Yes, when connected to power, the percentage is announced, whether I have "Show Percentage" check or not in the Battery Menu Extra. Hmmm, not sure why you're not seeing that behaviour. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Dec 15, 2016, at 14:56, Donna Goodin

Re: thoughts on battery after update

Open the Energy preferences and leave focus on the battery charge item which reads in percentage. Just switch windows now and then to check it. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "Lord, Help me become the person my dog thinks I am." --Dawn Ewing E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 12/15/2016

Re: Key Features of GoodSync

I think the second question refers to terminal where you type in a string of commands. I can't do terminal sorry. > On 15 Dec 2016, at 21:09, Traci Duncan wrote: > > Hi all, 2 questions here… > > Have you heard of this program? GoodSync? >>

Re: thoughts on battery after update

ET, I hope you're right. :) Cheers, Donna > On Dec 15, 2016, at 3:52 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Isn't that a bit of a reach? What Apple probably did was they broke the > Voiceover ability to speak the percentage. We may not need to wait for the .3 > update to fix this.

Re: thoughts on battery after update

So you're saying that the announcement was available for you? It was not for me when I was connected to power. All I heard was the word battery. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 15, 2016, at 3:51 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > hi, > > I'm not an Apple developer by any stretch of the

Re: thoughts on battery after update

Isn't that a bit of a reach? What Apple probably did was they broke the Voiceover ability to speak the percentage. We may not need to wait for the .3 update to fix this. Just my .05 cents. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "Lord, Help me become the person my dog thinks I am." --Dawn Ewing

Re: thoughts on battery after update

hi, I'm not an Apple developer by any stretch of the imagination, but do have a solid foundation on these sorts of things. If the announcement is available when your power adaptor is connected, but not when it is disconnected and, thus, on battery, then the fix should be relatively easy and

Re: thoughts on battery after update

Don't get me wrong, I'll never defend all the crazy things FS has done. But no, if I'm in a meeting or some other public environment where I'm paying attention to other things, I don't want to have to go into applications, then into utilities, then Open the Activity Monitor, then bring up the

Re: thoughts on battery after update

I have to say I think that’s crazy. It’s not like the data isn’t easily available. Sure it’s a step backwards, no disagreement there but easily fixed, I’m sure it will be addressed and the data is still available through alternate means. We’re talking about adding an Apple script or using a

Re: thoughts on battery after update

Hi Tim, I certainly wouldn't relish going back to Windows, but for me it would be a matter of principle. Having access to battery information is for me a non-negotiable component of portable computing, and if a company thinks that blind users should be OK living without that, I'm not OK with

Key Features of GoodSync

Hi all, 2 questions here… Have you heard of this program? GoodSync? > https://www.goodsync.com/features Secondly, a while back we talked a little bit about manually syncing specific folders, but I cannot remember the name. It had to do with typing in a

Re: thoughts on battery after update

Well, I'll be hopeful and hold off on a computer purchase decision for now. :) Cheers, Donna > On Dec 15, 2016, at 2:45 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Actually strike that, it’s not quite but it looks like work is being done in > that area. > > Stay tuned it’s at least

Re: thoughts on battery after update

Hurray! Thanks for letting me know that. The percentage/charged indicator was all I ever used, b/c the time remaining calculation is too variable depending on what processes one is using to be worth much. (At least, IMHO). Cheers, Donna > On Dec 15, 2016, at 2:44 PM, Scott Granados

Re: thoughts on battery after update

Hi, I agree with Donna that it is a step backwards to have something visible to the sighted user, but not present to the VO user. Scott, that's pleasing if they're working on it in 10.12.3. All they really need to do is make the indicator announce/display things exactly the same for when the

Re: thoughts on battery after update

Actually strike that, it’s not quite but it looks like work is being done in that area. Stay tuned it’s at least reporting the charging state but no percentage yet. > On Dec 15, 2016, at 3:43 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > I just wanted to write to say that I have

Re: thoughts on battery after update

Donna, the battery indicator is back in 10.12.3 beta 1. At least the percentage / charged indicator. > On Dec 15, 2016, at 3:43 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > I just wanted to write to say that I have written to Apple accessibility re > the battery issue, and I

thoughts on battery after update

Hi all, I just wanted to write to say that I have written to Apple accessibility re the battery issue, and I would encourage others to do the same. If there is an icon that sighted users can view, then there also needs to be an equivalent for us. I'm sorry, but the notion that anyone would

Mac IOS 10.2.1 beta 1 and OSX 10.12.3 beta 1 download available

For folks on the public beta (*** public beta***) updates are available. As always download these on machines you’re willing to test with. Good luck. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the

Re: Tidal music service

Another app, Sonos support Tidal. Sonos app for IOS may work for getting jazzradio.com within the Sonos app somehow. Both Tidal and jazzradio.com within Sonos? Maybe. Don’t have Sonos, but it support CD quality hifi Tidal. For Sonos app to work, a Sonos connect or Sonos speaker is needed.

Re: Pages problems resolved and a question

Yes its good to find this out and file it away in the dusty archives of our minds. I think it was Skype that did this to me but its been a couple months now. And this may explain why I did not see this with Pages as I added it to the dock very recently. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . Many

Re: Pages problems resolved and a question

Thanks, Jonathan! That was exactly the problem. I had a folder called iWork09. It's gone now. :) Thanks again for the tip. It is nice to have an explanation for what was going on. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 15, 2016, at 12:39 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > I believe that

Re: Pages problems resolved and a question

I believe that older versions of iWork were located in the iWork 2009 folder under Applications and not directly in the Applications folder. So, check if you have a a folder called iWork or iWork with a version number or year. I expect you have such a folder. Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn On 15

Re: Pages problems resolved and a question

Yes much worse. (smiles) My guess is the shortcut itself was corrupted. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Without H2O there is no life! ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 12/15/2016 9:07 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Interesting. Have never had that happen before. There are worse things, of course, I was

Re: Pages problems resolved and a question

Interesting. Have never had that happen before. There are worse things, of course, I was just curious as to what would cause that. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 15, 2016, at 11:03 AM, E.T. wrote: > > Did not have issues with updating Pages back in October. Did have

Re: Pages problems resolved and a question

Did not have issues with updating Pages back in October. Did have another app chew up its dock shortcut, replacing the shortcut took care of that. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Without H2O there is no life! ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 12/15/2016 6:27 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, So I

Re: fonts in text edit and sharing documents with iPhone

Hi, In TextEdit, select all the text in your document, press cmd-t to bring up the Font dialog, then navigate to the size field and enter 12, or whatever size you prefer. Note that you may wish to change the font as well so that the document has the same font throughout. Size 12 in Aerial is

Re: OSX 10.12.2 released

Mac daly news reported it when they announced the upgrade. I receive the daly news emails. Matthew > On Dec 14, 2016, at 3:59 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > > WHat’s the reason? DO you have a pointer to the article? > >> On Dec 14, 2016, at 3:58 PM, matthew dyer

Re: Here's how to view your battery time remaining and charge

Scott, I have Battery Monitor and Battery Health installed. Its been a while since I looked at them but will run these and see which gets to stay. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Without H2O there is no life! ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 12/15/2016 6:03 AM, Scott Granados wrote: I haven’t, I

Re: OSX 10.12.2 released

Hi, I now have 10.12.2 installed on here, but the problem with voiceover still not fuckising on the next message in a conversation after a deleting the first message in a thread still is not fixed at least not on my machine anyway. Anyone else having this problem. As an example, open a

Re: Tidal music service

Actually, I have a Radium on my iPhone supporting subscription service, sirius xm. Perhaps that's because I also have it on the Mac. But it definitely does work on my iPhone. Or at least it did the last time I tried it. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 15, 2016, at 5:21 AM, Terje Strømberg

Pages problems resolved and a question

Hi all, So I finally got my Pages problem resolved. After trying again to download the update this morning, I went into the applications folder and checked the date on the pages app. It was the most recent date, which suggested that the update had been successful. And, when I opened it from

Re: Here's how to view your battery time remaining and charge

I haven’t, I did use a battery monitor program though that may fit the bill I’ll have to download it again. It did show the number of cycles of charge and such but I never found it that useful as it duplicated the built in battery gauge. Might take another look. > On Dec 15, 2016, at 8:54

Re: Here's how to view your battery time remaining and charge

Thanks, Scott. Just curious, I'm not familiar with iStat mini. Have you used it? Does it do anything besides provide battery info? TIA, Donna > On Dec 15, 2016, at 7:47 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > From Redmondpie, this seems to work initially, I can see the

Here's how to view your battery time remaining and charge

>From Redmondpie, this seems to work initially, I can see the percentage easily. http://www.redmondpie.com/check-macbook-battery-time-remaining-on-macos-10.12.2-and-later-heres-how/ -- The

Re: Is there any compelling reason to upgrade to the latest version of Sierra?

There’s no compelling reason not to. The battery thing isn’t that big of a deal. You can get the data from Siri or there’s an Apple Script that provides that data as well. You do get improved battery efficiency at least it seems so to me and you get a smoothed out login process which to me

Is there any compelling reason to upgrade to the latest version of Sierra?

Hi all, I had every intention of upgrading until I read people's posts about the battery level indicator going away. I usually use my Mac on battery power, so I refer to that indicator pretty frequently, and would not want to lose it. I don't mind having Siri give me that information, but as

Re: more on problem opening docs in Pages

Hi Simon, The problem I'm having now is that the update won't download. On the app store page, several reviewers also seem to have experienced this problem. Not sure how Apple expects people to update to the latest version if the update can't be downloaded. *sigh* Lately, I'm feeling like

Re: Tidal music service

Sorry! mac app again. Radium on IOS don’t support subscription radio. Only on mac. Take care > 15. des. 2016 kl. 14.21 skrev Terje Strømberg : > > You are right about sub genre and genres. The important thing for me is that > they have a large library for jazz for

Re: Tidal music service

You are right about sub genre and genres. The important thing for me is that they have a large library for jazz for example. You find a new artist elsewhere i.e. in apple music, radium and forums. Then you make your own library and playlists. As you also pointed. A very good place for jazz

Re: Reading of News Articles Using the Actual Twitter Client

Hi. Just arrow right twice. It took me a while to figure that out. > On 13 Dec 2016, at 07:16, Brian Hansen wrote: > > I downloaded the actual Twitter client and installed it on my Mac mini, and > I’m wondering how to get to the actual articles.. When I’m

Re: Braille screen input

david and Arnold it seems Arnold was correct. Since nothing else was working, I decided that desperate times call for desperate measures, so I deleted all settings. I am now writing in BSI, which is back to working again, as is M-Braille. And, for some unknown reason, Voiceover came back on

RE: more Pages woes

Hi Donna, That is a standard message, If you start the purchase it should recognise that the software has been purchased before under your account and therefore not charge you. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf

RE: more on problem opening docs in Pages

Hi Donna, Try updating yoru os to the latest version if you haven't got it already. As for using pages I believe Jonathan Mosem has a book for sale on his site that is a great guide to using Pages, It was written by one of the members of this list Ann Robertson I think it is. I cant