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Somehow the volume on calls is at 0. Does anyone know how to turn it up? I double tapped the screen and then flicked up but it remained at 0. Marie Lyons -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the

Re: misspelled word announcement while reading E-mail

Thank you for this, John. Kristeen > On Apr 10, 2018, at 3:17 PM, John Panarese wrote: > > If it's the Mac, you will need to go into VoiceOver Utility and under the > Verbosity category, choose the, Text Tab. There will be a popup button for > telling VO what you want

Re: Admin Account

Simon, I am good now but still need to resolve issues later on. Will post again if need be. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 4/12/2018 3:51 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: Hi ET, Do you already

Re: Admin Account

Jonathan, glad you caught this. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 4/12/2018 7:08 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: Quick minor correction here, I believe that the files starting with a period are not

Re: Custom Ringtones

That could be. I had the same results and did not have any tones not already in the Tones folder. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 4/12/2018 4:05 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, It seems that

Re: Further to my question about playing external audio files on my Macbook

May I make two more suggestions, and this time they're people, not books. Tim Kilburn of this list is an Apple teacher, I'd bet he could sort you in a New York minute via Skype or some other non-batch chat exchange, and if he's too far west timewise to be convenient to work with, I offer my

Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook

Hi, Yeah, I totally understand. I don't use the Sidebar much at all myself. I much prefer those sorts of items to reside on my Desktop. My sighted daughter prefers the Sidebar. I guess that is why they are called preferences. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher Fort McMurray, AB Canada On

Re: MacOs couldn't be installed

Hi, It sounds like you'll need to reinstall MacOS High Sierra. If you cannot enable VoiceOver at this dialog, press and hold the power button for about 5 to 7 seconds. This should force your Mac to shut down. Wait for about 5 seconds then press the power button to start it up. Right after

Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook

You are correct, I misstated, because I never think about the sidebar, which does not appear on my screen. On 4/12/2018 4:29 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, This is actually not a valid statement.  The drives and other external media always show up in the Finder, it is simply the location or

Re: MacOs couldn't be installed

You’re right it says that the resources could not be found but it tells me quit and restart I cannot restart my Mac to go to apple menu VoiceOver doesn’t Compass up MD > On Apr 12, 2018, at 12:31 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > So, I'm assuming that it actually said

Re: Custom Ringtones

Hi, It seems that there's a bug in iTunes. Even though the Tones reside on your iPhone, they're not showing up. You can copy new ones over, and the Tones table will populate with the new ones, but I don't think that they really transfer properly. When I did a copy of tones over to the

Re: Navigating messages inside the Mac mail app

Hi, I don't believe that this is possible with VO in the modern view. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 12, 2018, at 16:34, Ramy Moustafa wrote: Thanks so much Dear. I like the mail view now, but all i need is when navigating , i

Re: Navigating messages inside the Mac mail app

Thanks so much Dear. I like the mail view now, but all i need is when navigating , i need ot know the subject before the person’s name that are i inside the thread. that is all i need. > On Apr 12, 2018, at 8:18 PM, Bill Gallik wrote: > > Hi Ramy, > > It’s tough to offer

Re: Admin Account

Hi, Did it give you an error that you can relay? A few things to note. From the external startup drive, make sure that the "Ignore Ownership" checkbox in the "Get Info" window for your mac is checked. This will allow you to make modifications to the Mac even though permissions may say

Re: Is anyone else having issues reading Kindle books on iOS using a braille display?

Hey I really need to be better at checking my mail :) Thanks for the tip. I’ll give it a go and let the list know if this works. > On Jan 23, 2018, at 2:29 AM, Thuy Mallalieu wrote: > > Hi Des and anyone else experiencing these issues. I too was having these > problems

Re: Admin Account

Just tried after Booting from an external drive. I was able to access the internal drive but the removal task did not work. I will give it another go later. How do you navigate in Terminal? I want to look at the list of files more closely. Thanks Tim! From E.T.'s Keyboard...

Further to my question about playing external audio files on my Macbook

Hi all. Thanks to everyone who has written to offer me some help with this learning curve, of playing media files on my Macbook. Unfortunately, it seems that I have multiple issues going on at the moment and this is perhaps why I'm experiencing all these other problems with my Macbook. For

Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook

Hi, This is actually not a valid statement. The drives and other external media always show up in the Finder, it is simply the location or style of "Showing up" that is handled by the Finder Preferences. By default, these items show up in the Sidebar of any open Finder window as opposed to

Re: spodify deal

Hi, I believe you might not be eligible then. I would contact spotify support and see what they say. > On Apr 12, 2018, at 3:52 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli > wrote: > > Hi: > It says I don’t have an account. Is that because I went through iTunes? > > Sarai D

Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook

Remember, drives don't show up in Finder by default. This is something about which I have never fully comes to intellectual grips. If one were to buy a Mac, bring it home, turn it on, and start  using it, drives appear in Finder; if one were to install the Mac operating system from scratch,

RE: spodify deal

Hi: It says I don’t have an account. Is that because I went through iTunes? Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of aliFaisal Sent:

Re: spodify deal

Hello, you do it from your account settings on the spotify account page on the website. > On Apr 12, 2018, at 10:53 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli > wrote: > > All: > Spodify has a subscription deal with Hulu Plus. How do you switch if Spodify > comes out of your iTunes

Re: MacOs couldn't be installed

Hi, So, I'm assuming that it actually said something about "resources not being found" as opposed to "recourses". When you go to the Apple menu and choose About this Mac, what version of MacOS does it claim that you now have? Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher Fort McMurray, AB Canada On

Re: MacOs couldn't be installed

Macbook pro 2015 8gb ram MD > On Apr 12, 2018, at 8:39 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > What model of Mac is this message appearing on? How much memory is on board? > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Apple Teacher > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Apr 12, 2018, at 01:23,

Re: Navigating messages inside the Mac mail app

One other possibility especially if you have the messages associated with the mailing list in their own folder or smart folder is to interact with the mail table down to the column level and then use the standard arrow keys to move about once the VO cursor reads a subject. Sorry, the

Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook

Hi Andy let's start with the basics, in the Finder you should see any external media by default, thumb drives included. Unlike Windows, macOS automatically mounts these external disks and places them in the Finder. Once you have located this, press command-o to open the volume. Note I will not

Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook

Oh, and how could I possibly have forgotten to answer  your main question! Get the newest VLC Media Player for Mac OS, a fine and accessible replacement for iTunes. On 4/12/2018 6:54 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Andy, First of all, when you plug in your thumb drive, it should show up on

Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook

First off, it's time to get a really good instruction book which will take the fear outa using a very different operating system. I know, I had it, too, and these books really did the job. Get http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/MAC-BASICS.html and then http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/MAC-HIGHSIERRA.html The

Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook

Andy, cmd is simply short for "Command". So, the key just to the left of the spacebar is the cmd or Command key. All you need to hold down the cmd (Command) key, then press the comma key to open the Finder Prefs. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 12, 2018,

Re: Navigating messages inside the Mac mail app

Hi Ramy, It’s tough to offer any helpful thoughts on this without knowing what it is about the Classic View that you dislike. If you could give a bit more detail I’m certain someone on this list can offer some tips. Huh, it may even be me!  - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin -

Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook

Hi again Anne. Please forgive me if I'm not quite with you at this moment. You say "If it doesn’t, press Cmd-comma to open Finder Preferences" I'm listening to a tutorial to Voice over by mr Jon Pan, who starts off by describing the mac keyboard layout and he is saying that from the bottom

Re: Adjusting volume of battery low message

Thanks I really appreciate your help. Blessings, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Apr 12, 2018, at 12:06 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > In general anything changed in Macintosh settings is saved immediately. There > are some exceptions mostly in the

Re: Navigating messages inside the Mac mail app

Hi BIll: Thanks so much, i tried it now, it’s there, and i tried it. but frankly i don’t like this view at all, so, is there a way to know the subject without using the classic view? thanks in advance > On Apr 12, 2018, at 1:20 PM, Bill Gallik wrote: > > Hi Ramy, > >

Re: Adjusting volume of battery low message

In general anything changed in Macintosh settings is saved immediately. There are some exceptions mostly in the network settings where changing one value effects others. In those cases when you close system settings or switch to a different tab, A dialog will pop up asking you to confirm the

Re: Adjusting volume of battery low message

Jonathan, Thanks. How do I know the setting was saved? Running VO will I still be told when I have a low battery? Blessings, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Apr 12, 2018, at 9:22 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Hello Stacy, > > I believe you are saying

Re: MacOs couldn't be installed

Hi, What model of Mac is this message appearing on? How much memory is on board? Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 12, 2018, at 01:23, masood B wrote: hello all. I recently updated my mac to the latest OS but MacBook pro says MacOs

Re: Admin Account

Hi, Thanks Jonathan, and I can confirm that you'll need to use the second method. Starting up from a external source is necessary unless you have root privileges on the given machine. Single User mode gives you those root privileges by default, but it is less than accessible. Best. Tim

spodify deal

All: Spodify has a subscription deal with Hulu Plus. How do you switch if Spodify comes out of your iTunes account? Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -- The following information is important for all members of the

Re: Using Swift to Dev Apps

Hi Simon, I am supposed to promote these titles in iBooks when doing presentations to teachers and such, so I'll suggest them to you as well. In the iBooks Store, type "Swift" into the Search field and check out the results. My recommendation is to first download Swift Playgrounds to your

Re: Adjusting volume of battery low message

Hello Stacy, I believe you are saying that VoiceOver volume is fine, but that when you get an alert like Battery is low it speaks at a different volume and perhaps even a different voice. If indeed this is the case, then I believe you have text announcements of alerts turned on. You

Re: Admin Account

Quick minor correction here, I believe that the files starting with a period are not listed when using the ls command, unless you specify the dash a option. So I believe the command should be ls -a /var/db take care, Jonathan Cohn > On Apr 12, 2018, at 12:46 AM, Tim Kilburn

Adjusting volume of battery low message

Hi all, I’m running el capitan I think. How do I turn the volume down on the voice so when it says battery low it is not really loud? Mine is way too loud. Please help. Using vo of course. Blessings, Stacey Robinson stacey...@bellsouth.net -- The following information is important for

Re: Navigating messages inside the Mac mail app

Hi Ramy, When you are in the mail application, use +<,> (That’s the COMMAND key along with the COMMA key)to place you directly in the Preferences dialog for mail. The ToolBar will have a number of buttons - “View” included. Select that button and you will find the “Classic View” check box as

Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook

Hi Anne. Thank you for responding so quickly and for giving me my home-work for tonight! Ha! Very best wishes. Andy. >From Scotland with Love. - Original Message - From: Anne Robertson To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday,

Re: OT: Aftershokz Trekz Air and other headphones

Hi. I have also been using Aftershokz Bluetooth headphones for a long time now, also just for speech output. However, since owning my AirPods, I no longer use them. The AirPods are great for speech, music and pretty much anything else sound-related for which I might use them. Not only do

Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook

Hello Andy, First of all, when you plug in your thumb drive, it should show up on your desktop. If it doesn’t, press Cmd-comma to open Finder Preferences. Interact with the tool bar and select General. Stop interacting and navigate right to Show these items on the desktop: then check the four

RE: Admin Account

Hi ET, Do you already have admin rights on the machine? Single usermode unless this has changed since el cap doesn't work well for access other than a magnifier If you have admin rights already you could create one through the usual way of users and groups, Or possibly through the

RE: apple watch series 3 sale

They call her siri, You ask her to send the text for you. Crazy enough she does it. -Original Message- From: jedbar...@gmail.com On Behalf Of Jed Barton Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2018 4:39 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: apple watch series 3

RE: apple watch series 3 sale

It's great not needing to pull your phone out and read or sed a text Gps on the watch so your not having to keep working your phone, And now with the watch s3 LTE model you can leave your phone at home and just use your watch to do most of wha the phone does but from your wrist. -Original

Using Swift to Dev Apps

Hi Listers, I've got a couple of things I'd like to develop in the way of apps for IOS and wondered if anyone had information on the best way to get into app development? I've just purchased myself a new iPad Pro 10.5 inch 256GB device which will be somewhat easier to carry around and work

RE: Employment at Apple

Hi Karen, I've been looking more in to this working for apple thing and it appears that due to my location on the planet I'd have the best chance of a job in one of the austrailian offices So writing a few applications over the weekend. It appears I'd be totally out of luck getting a

Playing audio media on my Macbook

Hi all. In brief, I'm a very determined and apparently reluctant learning of the Apple operating system. I've been using windows since Dos 3.1 and like many people, I am afraid of this new system. I Purchased a 27 Imac and a Macbook pro about 2 years ago and have hardly moved in my learning.

Re: Navigating messages inside the Mac mail app

Hi: ok, thanks, but how can i change my self to Classic view? i tried but can not find any classic view inside the view menu thanks in advance > On Apr 12, 2018, at 3:48 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Hello, > > My understanding is that this can be done as a sighted

MacOs couldn't be installed

hello all. I recently updated my mac to the latest OS but MacBook pro says MacOs couldn't be installed on your computer the recourses can be found. what should I do? this erorr comes up at the log in screen. thanks -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac