RE: Skype weirdness under Mojave?

2019-01-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Jonathan, Yeah thought of that but it would still show as having input volume controls even though muted. And with out the BT 600 bluetooth dongle the headset works fine via MacOS built in Bluetooth It’s looking like an issue between Mojave 10.14.2 and the BT adapter, Output is fine it’s

RE: Cisco phone solutions.

2019-01-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Jonathan, Cisco Jabre is really usable with VO, Infact I’ve had no issues with configuration although that is server based once I’ve logged in. It is a domain authentication log in and has very good call history access with VO. The problem I have with it currently is the Plantronics BT600

RE: Tool for creating daisy books on a Mac.

2019-01-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Not HTML, They are using XML From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Jonathan Cohn Sent: Monday, 28 January 2019 12:26 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Tool for creating daisy books on a Mac. Well, since Pages is accessible and Pages can publish EPUB and EPUB 3

RE: Verizon's prepaid 'Visible' startup now sells iPhones, offers unlimited data for $40/month, 9 to 5, Mac

2019-01-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Mark, Really?! 40 per month for unlimited text calling and data?! Hells teeth our providers are way behind the scenes. Mind you only 4.6 million population might be a big issue. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, 26

RE: YFi Extendor/Repeators?

2019-01-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
I’m confused by this, So the primary wifi connection is flaky so you buy an extender that needs that primary signal to provide a strong signal which the extender then provides further coverage around the house! Wouldn’t a new main router / modem or access point from that main router have

RE: Accessible diagnostic tools for the iPhone?

2019-01-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
That's really odd, I've never heard of that happening before. I've just wiped my 10.5" iPad pro and it's all gone. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Jonathan Cohn Sent: Saturday, 26 January 2019 4:57 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject:

RE: Why so many pictures, when I never take pictures?

2019-01-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Tim, Sorry I’m not really laughing, Yeah it’s great that it doesn’t keep all photos from the burst, I used it to take photos of some girls at a Café who wanted photos of them all in graduation gowns etc, Don’t know why they asked the blind guy, although being the only one there might have

RE: Skype weirdness under Mojave?

2019-01-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Donna, That answers that question. Chers. -Original Message- From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries Sent: Saturday, 26 January 2019 12:28 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Skype weirdness under Mojave? Simon, I have no answer for you. I just use my AirPods.

RE: airdrop

2019-01-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
There is also the "Files" app on your phone now that you can save files to iCloud drive etc and pick it up on your computer. -Original Message- From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries Sent: Saturday, 26 January 2019 12:31 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: airdrop Hi,

RE: How to make Shortcuts give you an iPad weather forecast, Cult of Mac

2019-01-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Um, May be I'm just not understanding this stuff as well as others, Isn't it just as easy to stand up from where / if you rsitting, Go to a window or a door, Open them to go outside and see what the weather is like outside? I can tell by going outside my house what the weather is doing, If I

The iPhone SE is the best minimalist phone right now, The Verge

2019-01-27 Thread M. Taylor
The iPhone SE is the best minimalist phone right now By Nick Statt Earlier this week, Apple began a clearance sale on the iPhone SE, its nearly three-year-old, 4-inch smartphone modeled after the iPhone 5S, at a $100 discount. It was the second round of recent sales after an initial batch sold

RE: How to make Shortcuts give you an iPad weather forecast, Cult of Mac

2019-01-27 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Lorie, I'm not certain if the app will work on your iPad but in order to explore Shortcut, you must first download it from the app store. So, go to the apps store, on your iPad and search for Shortcuts. If the app will run on your device and OS, you will see it in the store. Mark

Re: iTunes Library Issues

2019-01-27 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
I decided to start over, empty the Home Videos folder and put all the titles into the 'automatically add' folder. Most of the missing titles were from September which is when I upgraded to Mojave so no telling what happened. I will copy the videos to the 'automatically add' folder while I

Re: iTunes Library Issues

2019-01-27 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, So, these are videos that you've ripped yourself that are not in the iTunes Library on your Mac? I assume that this is when you're navigating from within the Computers section on the ATV? Otherwise, there's no real reason for them to be exactly the same as Home videos are not stored in

writing a new email on a mac fixed:

2019-01-27 Thread Michelle Stevens
writing a new email on MaHi friends, Michelle here, fixed the problem thanks turned off quick nav thanks so much. Michelle -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list,

Re: cannot edit body of a message

2019-01-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello Anne, If QuickNav is on and you interact with the input field for To: CC:, or Subject then Mojave beeps and lets you type characters. Then when you stop interacting with that field QuickNav functions return. However in the body of an HTML message QuickNav never seems to disable. I

Re: Tool for creating daisy books on a Mac.

2019-01-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Well, since Pages is accessible and Pages can publish EPUB and EPUB 3 is equivalent to Daisy, I suppose I could say yes! Pages will create daisy books. But I expect you are actually looking at audio books, so I am afraid your question might not be full enough. My apologies in advance for the

Tool for creating daisy books on a Mac.

2019-01-27 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hi list. I think the subject says it all. Any accessible authoring tools for daisy publications available for the Mac? Thanks. Nektarios. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this

Re: How to make Shortcuts give you an iPad weather forecast, Cult of Mac

2019-01-27 Thread Lorie McCloud
question. I don't know anything about the shortcuts app. is it on the iPad? mine's an old iPad mini that I can't update any more. can I do it on that? > On Jan 27, 2019, at 12:31 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > How to make Shortcuts give you a weather forecast on iPad > By Charlie Sorrel, 1:00 pm,

Re: cannot edit body of a message

2019-01-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Jonathan, I don’t think quick Nav ever used to turn itself off, but I’m not a big user of quick nav anyway. Cheers, Anne > On 27 Jan 2019, at 19:04, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > > Usually this means that you have quicknav on. Remind me friends, in older > versions, if you interacted

How to make Shortcuts give you an iPad weather forecast, Cult of Mac

2019-01-27 Thread M. Taylor
How to make Shortcuts give you a weather forecast on iPad By Charlie Sorrel, 1:00 pm, January 25, 2019 Life's a beach - without this iPad weather shortcut. The iPad infamously still lacks a built-in weather app. There are plenty of ways around this - you can ask Siri, you can use the Maps app

Cisco phone solutions.

2019-01-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Simon mentioned in a conversation about using Cisco JABBER as a soft phone alternative to Cisco's soft phone software. Currently when working remotely and I need to access my Cisco work phone, (for example with second alternative for Microsoft Authenticator), I have to start VMWare and then

Re: Skype weirdness under Mojave?

2019-01-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
That one is strange, our office supplies the USB equivalent of that, I believe it is a 560. I have never had any problem. Both Skype and Cisco soft phone will use either default microphone or the USB Plantronics. I wonder, there are three buttons on my plantronics and one of them is mute, any

Re: cannot edit body of a message

2019-01-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Usually this means that you have quicknav on. Remind me friends, in older versions, if you interacted with a text area wouldn't quicknav turn itself off?    Best wishes,Jonathan Cohn On Jan 27, 2019, at 1:17 AM, Michelle Stevens wrote:Michelle Stevens here, I cannot

Re: Stopping vo speech?

2019-01-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
There are several ways to assign a command except for Braille commands, these are set up in the commanders section of the VoiceOver Utility. Get to the VoiceOver Utility by typing vo-F8. Open the commanders section with command-f8 or the Braille section with command-9. There are settings

Re: CleanMyMac question

2019-01-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Another option for one handed operation would be to use the VoiceOver toggle which by default is associated with vo-semicolan. Before QuickNav was available I used this all the time. If you have a numeric keypad, perhaps associate the nnumber pad enter key with this VoiceOver action.

Re: cannot edit body of a message

2019-01-27 Thread Robert Carter
Hi Michelle, When you say that you can’t edit, what do you mean? What happens when you try to edit? Is it possible that you have quick nav turned on? Pressing left and right arrow together will toggle quick nav on and off. Robert Carter > On Jan 27, 2019, at 12:17 AM, Michelle Stevens >