Recycling my Mac Mini

2019-11-08 Thread 'Kristeen Hughes' via MacVisionaries
In order to send my Mini in for recycling, what should I do th get rid of all personal data? Kristeen -- 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 member's

Re: Resoreing dock.

2019-11-08 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Good call Dan. Although either relaunching the Finder, or killing and restarting the Dock process usually works as well. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Jamf Certified Associate Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 8, 2019, at 08:11, dan d. wrote:

Re: Family desktop questions

2019-11-08 Thread jeff `greene
Hi Tracy, I have a 2012 mac mini hooked to my 46-inch 1080p tv and a sonos 5.1 sound system. I use it for movies tv shows and the like. It works great. I just picked up a Yodamaster dual-drive enclosure from amazon and put two 8tb drives in it to house my itunes library. It works very well for an

Family desktop questions

2019-11-08 Thread Traci Duncan
Hi, we have been thinking about getting a household desktop. I have a couple questions and looking for your advice. First, the Mac mini has always interested me. What are your thoughts on this device? Does it work well connected to a LED Television as a monitor? Questions for either Mac

Re: Resoreing dock.

2019-11-08 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I just restarted the dock processes. Also, any idea what the difference between Preferences and Preferences/ByHost ? I was afraid that if I did a standard logout, that the Dock would save itself as part of the logout process. > On Nov 8, 2019, at 10:11 AM, dan d. wrote: > > > > Did you do

Re: Resoreing dock.

2019-11-08 Thread dan d.
Did you do a reboot? The dock info is read each time as part of it. On Thu, 7 Nov 2019, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > OK, I took the plunge and went to preferences then started up TimeMachine and > found a version from before the re-boot that messed up my dock. I then did a > restore and did a ps

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

2019-11-08 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
I’ve had lots of problems opening Skim under Catalina but finally managed it. You have to go to system preferences / security & privacy after you attempt to open skim. There will probably be a warning message asking you whether you want to open it some such. Remember to allow changes first

External keyboard problems with iOS 13.2

2019-11-08 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello everyone, Ever since installing iOS 13.2, I have had problems using my external bluetooth keyboards. I have both the official Apple keyboard, and I also have a Logitech K380 keyboard. While it is possible to type text, it is not possible to enter any punctuation marks that require the