RE: notifications on my Mac

2019-09-05 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Just turn notifications off. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Lorie McCloud Sent: Friday, 6 September 2019 11:43 AM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: notifications on my Mac oh yeah. at Holiday times it tells me that the next day will be such and such a Holiday. or

Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-05 Thread Dave Carlson
I was always using the Ctrl+F5 keystroke in Windows Notepad to insert the date and time quickly and easily. How can this be accomplished in OSx? Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

RE: Beginners question

2019-09-05 Thread Simon A Fogarty
>From memory I think the shift key only got included with the touch bar >machines. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Friday, 6 September 2019 10:03 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Beginners question Interesting, I just did a web

Apple's Tile Competitor, New Apple TV, and 'One More Thing' Teased Ahead of iPhone Event — MacRumors

2019-09-05 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi Lists, I thought some might like to check this out. Interesting possibly apple glasses to come? Hope they are cheaper than the sun glasses I have. Simon [Image removed by sender.] [Image

RE: Beginners question

2019-09-05 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Yeah it’s one f those things. But as already stated, You can sstill use the keys on the keyboard but I think for you You have t to include the shift key when I only need the ctrl option and command plus arrows. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Friday,

RE: Manage Health data on your iPhone, iPod touch, or Apple Watch, Apple Support

2019-09-05 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Thanks tim, I’ll have to take another more indepth look to see if the app I require is there. From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Friday, 6 September 2019 1:03 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Manage Health data on your iPhone, iPod touch, or Apple Watch, Apple

Numpad commanderr

2019-09-05 Thread Hemachandran Karaha
Hi all, I never understood what is the numpad commander? I will be grateful for a detailed answer. Take care, Hem. -- 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, or if you

Re: Beginners question

2019-09-05 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
I just looked there and there was nothing about speaking rate, it was only web related rotor options. Thanks anyway, I was thinking of looking there. > On 6/09/2019, at 2:15 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > very quickly. > 1. Open VoiceOver utility vo-8 (though this isn’t working for me right

Re: Beginners question

2019-09-05 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
I would consider an external Num Pad on its own if one can get such a creature, but I wouldn’t want an entire keyboard. > On 6/09/2019, at 2:19 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > No, but you can buy an external keyboard (even horror of horrors a Windows > one) and use it with the Macintosh. There

Re: Beginners question

2019-09-05 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
I did see that but didn’t look as I thought it was only to do with the rotor on web-pages. But I’ll go look again. And it is VO F8 > On 6/09/2019, at 2:15 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > very quickly. > 1. Open VoiceOver utility vo-8 (though this isn’t working for me right now) > 2. Switch to web

Re: Beginners question

2019-09-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
No, but you can buy an external keyboard (even horror of horrors a Windows one) and use it with the Macintosh. There are a few differences between a Mac and Windows keyboard. 1. Windows/ command key are the same thing, but in different places. (i.e. the command key executes the windows key)

Re: Beginners question

2019-09-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
very quickly. 1. Open VoiceOver utility vo-8 (though this isn’t working for me right now) 2. Switch to web area command-5 3. switch to the rotor tab. You will get directions from there. > On Sep 5, 2019, at 3:47 PM, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: > > Okay, I had a look but couldn’t work out how to

RE: A Strange Speaker Sound Scenario with Mark's Apple Watch, Series 4, with LTE

2019-09-05 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Angie, Yes, try re-pairing the watch and see if it makes any difference. Let us know what happens. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Angie Nutt Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2019 2:45 AM To:

Re: Beginners question

2019-09-05 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Not sure if I’m getting my terminology correct, but I didn’t think the MacBook had a num pad? > On 6/09/2019, at 1:06 PM, CHUCK REICHEL > wrote: > > Hi Petrus, > Why not try the "num pad commander"? > If its available you'll find it as a num pad commander choice. > Just look in the VO

Re: Beginners question

2019-09-05 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Petrus, Why not try the "num pad commander"? If its available you'll find it as a num pad commander choice. Just look in the VO utility. I use it all the time in pro tools to make multiple keystrokes in to just 1 keystroke on the num pad! :) for instance if I want to drag an audio track

Re: notifications on my Mac

2019-09-05 Thread Lorie McCloud
oh yeah. at Holiday times it tells me that the next day will be such and such a Holiday. or sometimes it says stuff like: "Mac updates have been installed." My Youtube Channel: "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud > On Sep 5, 2019, at 6:26 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Any

Re: notifications on my Mac

2019-09-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Any idea what the notification is saying? Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Sep 5, 2019, at 4:18 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > almost every evening at 11:00 pm I get a notification of some sort on my Mac. > I don't know how this got started or why it's at 11:00 pm. is there a

Re: Beginners question

2019-09-05 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Interesting, I just did a web search for customising Voice over and it came up with the Apple tutorial chapter 9 and it gives the key stroke for changing the voice parameter as VO command, they haven’t updated it to include the shift key. > On 6/09/2019, at 1:09 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via

Re: notifications on my Mac

2019-09-05 Thread Lorie McCloud
I've been getting your emails. thanks. My Youtube Channel: "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud > On Sep 5, 2019, at 3:29 PM, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: > > Hi Lorie, > Well I’ll try and help a little, but not sure if you’re getting my emails as > I have replied to a couple of

Re: notifications on my Mac

2019-09-05 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Hi Lorie, Well I’ll try and help a little, but not sure if you’re getting my emails as I have replied to a couple of your messages in the last couple of weeks and had no acknowledgement that you received my emails. So I could be ending up in your junk folder for some reason. But you could try

notifications on my Mac

2019-09-05 Thread Lorie McCloud
almost every evening at 11:00 pm I get a notification of some sort on my Mac. I don't know how this got started or why it's at 11:00 pm. is there a way to turn it off? thanks. Lorie -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

Re: Beginners question

2019-09-05 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Okay, I had a look but couldn’t work out how to add functions to the rotor? Thank you for any help, > On 6/09/2019, at 1:09 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Dave, > > It's all a matter of priority and preference. Yes, it worked in the past, > and yes, it still works. It

Re: Beginners question

2019-09-05 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Ah, I didn’t even think of that. It’s interesting, that I use the rotor on my iPhone virtually every time I pick it up. And I didn’t even think one could add things to the rotor. I’ll have to have another look in the voice over settings to see how it is done. > On 5/09/2019, at 8:23 PM,

Re: Beginners question

2019-09-05 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Thanks Jonathan, That works perfectly. Although it is a bit of a effort holding down four modifier keys at the same time as using the arrow keys. So I might check out the rotor option.MD > On 5/09/2019, at 2:53 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Ah, missed a key there. A few versions back the

Re: VPN’s?

2019-09-05 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
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Re: SIRI Mystery on Mac

2019-09-05 Thread 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries
When you can interact with something, you’ll hear a unique sound for that. I’d go through Voiceover sounds help, by pressing Voiceover + H then arrowing down to sounds, and pressing right arrow, then arrowing down the list of sounds to hear what they are, and what they mean. > On Sep 5, 2019,

Re: Musicbox was Re: Tag Editor for Batch Editing Music Files

2019-09-05 Thread Dave Carlson
Thanks! I’ll give it a test drive! Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- 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, or if you feel that a

Re: SIRI Mystery on Mac

2019-09-05 Thread Dave Carlson
Hey, Paul and Devon, please keep the questions and answers open since this is a topic about which I’d like to become better educated. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: SIRI Mystery on Mac

2019-09-05 Thread Dave Carlson
Devon, Okay, that did it! Had no idea I could dig down that deep. I guess I need to do more interacting to learn how to use this Mac. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: SIRI Mystery on Mac

2019-09-05 Thread Dave Carlson
Devon, I did open the conversation thread, but didn’t dig deeper. I’ll give that a shot. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns

Re: SIRI Mystery on Mac

2019-09-05 Thread Dave Carlson
Simon, Nope. All I can get at are “Talk to SIRI Button”, “Conversation Button”, and “Close Button”. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions

Re: Beginners question

2019-09-05 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Dave, It's all a matter of priority and preference. Yes, it worked in the past, and yes, it still works. It just is a slightly different key combination. Making the rotor less key strokes, from their research, probably affected more people and would make more aspects of VO easily

Musicbox was Re: Tag Editor for Batch Editing Music Files

2019-09-05 Thread Erik Burggraaf
Here, have a look at this program called music box. https://www.dropbox.com/s/bmqxc4irbsedn40/musicbox.zip?dl=0 unfortunately, it's discontinued now. I think he wanted too much for it when it was under development. I came along and found it just as it was going out, and he gave me a key file.

Re: Manage Health data on your iPhone, iPod touch, or Apple Watch, Apple Support

2019-09-05 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Simon, It can, but only if that app is in the list of apps that integrate with the Health app through the Health Kit framework. Yes, there are blood glucose monitors or meters that integrate with the Health app, but not all providers have good integration. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple

Re: SIRI Mystery on Mac

2019-09-05 Thread Paul Parravano
Hi Devin, Could you please write me off list? I have a question about using Windows on the Mac. pa...@mit.edu thanks, Paul On Sep 5, 2019, at 08:21, 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> wrote: Interact with the conversation, then

Re: SIRI Mystery on Mac

2019-09-05 Thread 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries
Interact with the conversation, then you’ll find Siri’s reply below your question. > On Sep 5, 2019, at 3:27 AM, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > > Can you move your vo kersor below what ever siri put on the screen? > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Dave Carlson > Sent:

RE: SIRI Mystery on Mac

2019-09-05 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Can you move your vo kersor below what ever siri put on the screen? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Dave Carlson Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2019 5:24 PM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: SIRI Mystery on Mac Simon, Yes, I do hear SIRI say something like “Here’s

RE: Beginners question

2019-09-05 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Petrus, Like you I can’t remember how to do it with keys but if you have the vo speed feature in the rota then you could use the touch pad to change that speed setting quickly From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2019 2:09 PM To:

RE: Manage Health data on your iPhone, iPod touch, or Apple Watch, Apple Support

2019-09-05 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi mark, But will it let me capture data from a blood glucose sensor which uses NFC in my iPhone x to pick up the relevant data from the sensor. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2019 1:41 PM To: