Re: Problem with numpad on Ventura

2024-05-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
I actually have everything related to quick navdisabled, including allowing single letter quick nav and allow typing in text fields when using single key quick nav, the issue still happens with the numpad. Wait until you try an apple silicon mac, the speed is so much faster than the Intel

Re: Problem with numpad on Ventura

2024-04-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
This also happens in Sonoma, I would call it a bug. The onlhy work around I know of is to use the VO arrow key combinations to leave the edit field after you type what you want, using the tab key also works. > On Apr 28, 2024, at 8:52 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello, > I am running the

Re: Chrome browser on the Mac

2024-03-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
I didn’t even know Chrome had a built in screen reader on the mac, interesting. > On Mar 25, 2024, at 2:33 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > > I installed chrome on my MacBook Pro today and made the mistake of turning on > the screen reader during set up. It conflicts with voiceover, giving me >

Re: A question for the list. Which of these two back up products is best or a VO user?

2024-01-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
I’m notsure if super duper is still in development, but Carbon Copy Cloner is, and it’s very accessible. > On Jan 23, 2024, at 10:35 AM, Maurice A. Mines wrote: > > Good morning everyone, which one is better or a VO user, in terms of > usability and speed. One carbon copy koner? Two Super

Re: How does one Ctrl Click?

2024-01-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
You can also move voiceover to the item you want to control click, than press VO+command+F5 to move the mouse to that item, then choose to right click the mouse from the voiceover menu. If you do this frequently you can define a keyboard command or trackpad gesture for it. > On Jan 14, 2024,

Re: What is the best recording app for aM2 Mac?

2024-01-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
I use Amadeus Pro, it works great. > On Jan 12, 2024, at 4:29 PM, Maurice A. Mines wrote: > > Hi I am going to a fore day similar but I don’t wish to take my vary > good podcast recorder. I wood like to record som content for my podcast > that I am restarting. I wood like to

Re: Using Parallels

2023-12-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
If you purchase an Apple silicon Mac, you can use Parallels with the version of Windows for ARM processors, the company has been contacted by several voiceover users about the lack of accessibility and it appears that the company has no plans to address it. > On Dec 29, 2023, at 10:48 AM,

Re: Using Parallels

2023-12-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
I’m surprised you got Parallels to work, last time I tried it, it was completely inaccessible with Voiceover. > On Dec 29, 2023, at 10:02 AM, 'Matt Turner' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi folks. > I still have and intel mac and wanted to get a new one in the new year. > I’ve been playing

Re: Accessible robot vacuum cleaners.

2023-11-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
The roomba app is very accessible, but Roomba's navigation is behind the times, it uses a camera for navigation instead of Lidar, I would suggest something from Roborock, app is accessible and much better robots. > On Nov 24, 2023, at 11:30 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > iRobot Roomba app is

Re: Concerned about the future Mac accessibility

2023-09-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Wait until you try the Apple Silicon mac, it is so much better and faster than the Intel, you will love it. > On Sep 7, 2023, at 11:53 AM, Maurice A. Mines wrote: > > Hi I am having some small issues, but no showstoppers whin it comes > to Mac OS accessibility. That being said. I

Re: Concerned about the future Mac accessibility

2023-09-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
I’m quite happy with my macs, especially the new Apple Silicon models, I have no interest at all in switching to Windows. > On Sep 7, 2023, at 11:23 AM, Traci Duncan wrote: > > Hi all, it seems like we are having more than a few messages on this list > about the disappointment in Mac’s

Re: Finder issues becoming more severe

2023-06-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
Drives should not be disappearing, I have two M1 Mac minis and I have used USB flash drives and a Seagate mechanical hard drive, sometimes connected to one of the USB A ports and other times using a USB C to USB A adapter and have not had any problems at all. One thing I would suggest, always

Re: Mack questions

2023-06-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
I don’t have this power bank but I do have other Anker products and they are great so I would suggest checking out this power bank from them. https://www.anker.com/products/b1291?variant=41742689468566=collectionBuy=WS24129120 > On Jun 23, 2023, at 6:55 PM, Herbie Allen wrote: > > VO F7 to

Re: Mack questions

2023-06-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
As far as extended batteries, you might consider getting a power bank, these are portable batteries with USB ports that will charge recent mac laptops that charge over USB C. As far as speaking the information you asked about, pressing VO+F7 once will provide the time and date and pressing it

Re: Dropbox on Mac

2023-06-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, you do need to do an actual mouse click on the dropbox item to open it now, hopefully they will fix that at some point. > On Jun 6, 2023, at 10:21 PM, Herbie Allen wrote: > > From the Website, download the Dropbox app and that will make your life much > simpler. The one thing they did

Re: Dropbox on Mac

2023-06-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
The dropbox mac application works fine, at least it does for me. > On Jun 6, 2023, at 10:10 PM, Janet Ingber wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > Does anyone know of an accessible Dropbox app for the Mac? I’m not crazy > about using the Dropbox website to upload files. > > Many thanks, > Janet > > --

Deleting Voice Mails & text messages

2023-05-23 Thread Mike Dailey
I have an iPhone SE running IOS 16.4.1. I want to delete all voice mails and text messages, how do I do this? Mike Dailey mpd...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running

Re: Running Windows on Apple Silicon MBP

2023-04-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
ccessibility. >> >> >>> On Apr 26, 2023, at 19:22, Mike Arrigo wrote: >>> >>> Last I checked, Parallels was not accessible with Voiceover, in order to >>> run Windows on an Apple Silicon Mac, you need to sign up for the Microsoft >>> in

Re: Running Windows on Apple Silicon MBP

2023-04-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
Last I checked, Parallels was not accessible with Voiceover, in order to run Windows on an Apple Silicon Mac, you need to sign up for the Microsoft insider program and download Windows for ARM processors which has not been officially released. If you need to use Windows you would be better off

runningios apps on the mac

2022-11-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi everyone, I’m wondering if anyone has tried running IOS apps on an Apple silicon Mac and if so, how well do they work with Voiceover? Do the controls read? I am absolutely loving my new M1 mac minis and M2 MacBook Air. For those who have not tried an Apple silicon Mac yet, they are awesome

Re: System Preferences Missing

2022-11-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
It’s now called system settings in Ventura, system preferences is no more. > On Nov 11, 2022, at 1:23 AM, Mohammad Fazil wrote: > > Hi, Group.for some unknown reasons, I am not finding system Preference in > Apple Menu. What I’m finding is system settings only. Where should I look for >

Re: VOiceOver fluctuating in pitch after upgrading to Ventura

2022-11-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, I have noticed this as well. > On Nov 9, 2022, at 9:29 AM, Dolores Manzino wrote: > > Hi all, > > I was wondering if anyone was experiencing VoiceOver fluctuating in pitch > after updating to Ventura. I am and it’s really frustrating. It goes from low > to normal, and switching voices

Re: Alex Voice

2022-11-06 Thread Mike Arrigo
There is only one version of the Alex Voice. The best way to adjust the rate in small steps is to go to the voiceover utility, choose the speech category and interact with the language and voice table. There is an edit field where you can type in the rate you want, I use 37 and for me that’s

Re: Installing windows on a Mac.

2022-11-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
On Apple Silicon macs, the only way to run Windows is to use Parallels, and unfortunately that software is completely inaccessible with Voiceover. Also you would need to run Windows for Arm processors which at this time is basically in beta, also not sure whether any of the screen readers would

Re: Shark Clean iOS App

2022-08-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, it works really well. > On Aug 28, 2022, at 11:37 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote: > > Have you had a good experience with the Roborock mobile app? > > Thx, > Jeff > > >> On Aug 26, 2022, at 7:35 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >> I would say the best ro

Re: Shark Clean iOS App

2022-08-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
I would say the best robots are from Roborock or Ecovacs, I would not suggest a Roomba, they are somewhat behind the times compared to the other two brands I mentioned. > On Aug 26, 2022, at 2:33 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote: > > Happy to discuss. I’m currently researching the best robot vacuums

Re: New triple tap gesture for voiceover on iOS

2022-06-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
Doing a one finger tripple tap does a long press on the item and I guess for some items it makes a difference. > On Jun 27, 2022, at 5:43 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > > A while back, perhaps within the year, I have noticed that at times double > tapping a button does it activate the button. This

Re: slack and voiceover?

2022-06-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, I use it every day at work, works very well, you can arrow up and down through the messages in a channel and the F6 key will move you to the different parts of the screen such as the side bar and channel list. > On Jun 25, 2022, at 9:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Hi all, > Anyone

Re: Mouse cursor follows voiceover cursor or ignores voiceover cursor

2022-03-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
In many cases it doesn't matter but on certain web sites it makes a difference. On some web sites, a subcategory of links will only appear when the mouse is moved over the main link. For example, you might have a link that says "products," and then a sublist of products links would appear, but

Re: Request for help in deciding between Intel based and and one MacBook Pro

2022-01-20 Thread Mike Arrigo
I have never used an M1 mac but I know Apple is phasing out the Intel processors so if they got an Intel mac they would be buying in to a technology that Apple is phasing out. > On Jan 20, 2022, at 12:15 PM, muhammad babar Shahzad > wrote: > > Hello friends, > As per the subject line, I

changing sim cards

2021-12-20 Thread Mike Arrigo
It can be done without sighted help, you will a sim eject tool. The sim card is very small so be careful not to drop it. They are about the size of a micro SD card. > On Dec 18, 2021, at 5:11 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > > > > Sent from my IPhone > > -- > The following information is

Re: Major problem with Monterey installer if you use vo.

2021-10-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
I had the same issue with the Big Sur install as well. As you said, there is no way around it, I have to keep a mouse around for that purpose. Once you get to the install screen you can disconnect it but yes, you will need to connect a mouse or track pad to continue. > On Oct 28, 2021, at 9:38

Re: Voiceover reading pages in pdf documents twice

2021-09-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, I experience the same thing. The best way I have found to get around this is to open the PDF file in preview, press command+a to select all of the text, then press command+c to copy it. Then I paste it in to text edit and read it from there. > On Sep 29, 2021, at 3:54 PM, 'Andrew

Re: Safari busy again on big sur 11.6

2021-09-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
I'm having the same issue but it really started for me when upgrading to safari 15, I find myself using Chrome and Firefox more and more now. > On Sep 26, 2021, at 11:14 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > I haven’t updated yet but heard from a number of blind users of this issue. > So

Re: the Brave Browser

2021-07-05 Thread Mike Arrigo
All three of these browsers use the same browser engine, so the way things are read will be the same for all of them. While you could install all three of them, it's kind of redundant. I just have Chrome installed on my macs. The accessibility of firefox has really come along nicely as well. >

Re: Instructions for Running Windows on M1 Machines

2021-05-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
Wonder if screen readers will work with this version of Windows. > On May 7, 2021, at 9:11 AM, > wrote: > > Hi, > This article has step by step instructions for downloading Windows onto the > new M1 Macs. > It requires an Arm based version of Windows, Parallels, and a Windows Insider >

Re: Apple HomePod Discontinued: Apple to Focus on Smaller, HomePod Mini, USA Today

2021-03-17 Thread Mike Arrigo
gt; Apple to discontinue original HomePod and says it will focus efforts >>>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>> HomePod mini >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Apple will discontinue its original HomePod four years after first

Re: Apple HomePod Discontinued: Apple to Focus on Smaller, HomePod Mini, USA Today

2021-03-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
r iPhone is near so >>> music can easily transfer from playing on iPhone to HomePod mini and trigger >>> visual and haptic responses on the phone. >>> >>> In January, Apple posted record revenue of $111.4 billion during its 2021 >>> fiscal first quarter, a 2

Re: Comparing VoiceOver And NVDA

2021-03-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
Mac for the Blind >>> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >>> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com >>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >>> >>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer >>> >>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >&

Re: Comparing VoiceOver And NVDA

2021-03-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
> is accessing and working with the shortcut menu for Dock items in Big Sur. >> >> - Brad - >> >> >> On Mar 1, 2021, at 18:36, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >> I wonder if this person even tried a mac. Yes, there was an issue with disk >> utilit

Re: Comparing VoiceOver And NVDA

2021-03-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
I wonder if this person even tried a mac. Yes, there was an issue with disk utility in the big sur recovery and I agree that this should have never been released, but it is fixed now. I'm wondering what tasks the author of this article wants to perform but is unable to do. There is still an

Re: Nasty bug with voice-over and disk utility in recovery finally solved in latest beta update

2021-01-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
Glad that is fixed, when I installed big sur on my macs, I had to boot from a catalina recovery to erase my hard drive first, I'm surprised a bug that major made it in to production. > On Jan 21, 2021, at 6:14 PM, Michael Marshall > wrote: > > hey all, > Very happy to report that in the

Re: Big Sur 11.1 vs Catalina 10.15.7?

2021-01-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
Safari works fine, I don't use terminal or the other applications you mentioned. The messages app is quite a bit different, it's usable but takes some getting used to. At this point, adding and removing items from the dock is not possible using the keyboard, I think Apple has confirmed that

Re: an update on my Big Sur experience

2020-12-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, opening an app from the dock works fine, the issue is opening the context menu for a dock item in order to add or remove it from the dock, that currently does not work. Original message: Things may work differently on the Intel Macs as opposed to the new M1 Macs, but Mike I am still able

an update on my Big Sur experience

2020-12-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
So, after playing with the new operating system a bit more, I'm going to stick with it rather than going back to Catalina although I still think that Apple has taken several steps backward with this new OS. I figure there's no point going back to an old operating system even if it's a bit

Re: Big Sur first impressions

2020-12-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
dditional key-presses involved once you hold that power button for those > five seconds. I suppose I could be brave and give it a try. > > > On 12/21/2020 10:44 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> I know with the M1 macs, there is a new way of selecting a start up disk, >>

Re: Dock issue in Big Sur

2020-12-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
I have actually tried this, interesting that it does work on the M1 macs, I'm using an Intel based mac mini, I think this generation was introduced in 2014 and they were sold until 2018. I'll try the voiceover menu, I set up numpad star to do a right click of the mouse and that does not work.

Re: Big Sur first impressions

2020-12-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
continue to explore Big Sur. On 12/20/2020 7:25 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: I decided to give Big Sur a try on one of my macs, and honestly, I'm thinking about going back to Catalina. Since I became a Mac user back in 2008, I think this is the first time that I've considered going back

Big Sur first impressions

2020-12-20 Thread Mike Arrigo
I decided to give Big Sur a try on one of my macs, and honestly, I'm thinking about going back to Catalina. Since I became a Mac user back in 2008, I think this is the first time that I've considered going back to a previous version of Mac OS, but for me at least, there are some major issues.

Re: Firefox updates.

2020-12-19 Thread Mike Arrigo
The voiceover support in Firefox is coming along nicely. There are still a few gaps with how it works but it's definitely useable. And certainly having another accessible browser on the mac is a good thing. > On Dec 18, 2020, at 7:38 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > A couple folks have asked me

Re: major issue with Big Sur install

2020-11-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
a major major bug. > >> On 22 Nov 2020, at 4:30 am, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >> I went ahead and created a Big Sur install on a USB flash drive. After >> booting from it, I discovered a major issue with Voiceover. When installing >> a new major operating system, I pr

Re: major issue with Big Sur install

2020-11-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
; down to how current in the hardware? This is a 2020 MacBook Pro. So I'm > wondering if that really is the defining issue with installing, And or > upgrading to Mac OS Big Sur. > > Sincerely Maurice Mines. > >> On Nov 21, 2020, at 17:30, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >&g

Re: major issue with Big Sur install

2020-11-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
wrote: > > Hi Mike. > > I just did a start upgrade. I can give this a look at some point, have you > contacted apple accessibility about this? Thanks. > > Matthew > > > >> On Nov 21, 2020, at 12:30 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >> I went ahead and

major issue with Big Sur install

2020-11-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
I went ahead and created a Big Sur install on a USB flash drive. After booting from it, I discovered a major issue with Voiceover. When installing a new major operating system, I prefer to erase my drive and install from scratch. Wehn trying to access the list of drives in disk utility,

Re: selecting noncontiguous text

2020-10-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
I don't think there is a way to do this. I would suggest selecting and copying the first block of text that you want, then paste it where it needs to go, then repeat the process with the next block of text. > On Oct 25, 2020, at 10:51 PM, Christina wrote: > > Hi, > > Is it impossible to

Re: article on Firefox accessibility on the mac

2020-07-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>>> On Jul 2, 2020, at 1:16 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Here it is John. >>>> >>>> --

reposting the article on Firefox accessibility

2020-07-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
I will start a new thread with the article on Firefox accessibility, here it is. https://blog.mozilla.org/accessibility/proper-voiceover-support-coming-soon-to-firefox-on-macos/ -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

Re: Endding the RE: article on Firefox accessibility on the mac

2020-07-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
Absolutely, here is the article, I think it's really exciting. https://blog.mozilla.org/accessibility/proper-voiceover-support-coming-soon-to-firefox-on-macos/ > On Jul 2, 2020, at 12:00 PM, John Panarese wrote: > >Ok. To get this back on track, could someone please repost the original

Re: Firefox on the Mac somewhat works now.

2020-07-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
At this time voiceover just says there are no menu options available for each category, I think that support will be coming later this year. Original message: SO DOES THE ROTOR BRING UP NOTHING IN ANY CATEGORY, OR NOTHING AT all or is every list in it blank? Also, is this the production or

Re: article on Firefox accessibility on the mac

2020-07-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
It's usable, but not as good as on Windows yet, but it's getting there. In the new Firefox 78 I was able to log in to my youtube account and play some videos, I also tried it with some other web sites, I would encourage everyone to give it a try and see what you think. Original message: Just

article on Firefox accessibility on the mac

2020-06-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
This is really exciting, hopefully we will have very good voiceover support in Firefox very soon, and I would say that it is already off to a great start. https://blog.mozilla.org/accessibility/proper-voiceover-support-coming-soon-to-firefox-on-macos/ -- The following information is important

Firefox on the Mac

2020-06-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
I went ahead and gave the newest firefox, version 77 a try. Yes, it is definitely better than previous versions, voiceover is quite responsive with it. Is it ready to be used as someone's primary browser, not yet, there are still some issues with the voiceover cursor getting stuck and you have

Re: Firefox on the Mac somewhat works now.

2020-06-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
Nice, please try some more sites when you can and keep us posted, it would be awesome if firefox became as accessible on the mac as it is on Windows. > On Jun 28, 2020, at 1:37 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > I just downloaded Firefox 77 and Firefox 79 nightly on my system, and they > have

Re: Microsoft Edge on the Mac

2020-06-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
gt;>> sadly, they don't... and for me this feature it's very important since I >>> usually read articles on internet. I don't know if those voices are working >>> on the latest release, but if someone gives it a try, let us know. >>> >>> >>>

Re: Microsoft Edge on the Mac

2020-06-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
It's a separate download, if you do a google search for microsoft edge it should be the first result. > On Jun 27, 2020, at 10:25 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > Mike, > Is MS Edge part of the Office 365 suite, or a separate download? > > Dave Carlson > Oregonian, Farfa

Microsoft Edge on the Mac

2020-06-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
I decided to give the new Microsoft Edge browser a try, it works very well. You can definitely tell that it's based on code from Chromium since voiceover reads things very similarly to how things read in Chrome, but there are some differences. I'm not sure if Microsoft took steps to make Edge

Re: Microsoft Edge on Catalina

2020-06-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
I'm surprised Microsoft developed Edge for the Mac. It uses the Chrome engine I think so it's probably similar to just using Chrome. > On Jun 23, 2020, at 11:30 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello, > I am running the latest Catalina on my iMac and have been trying the > Microsoft Edge web

Re: Firefox

2020-05-06 Thread Mike Arrigo
The last time I tried firefox was a few months ago and it was very sluggish to the point that it was not a good experience at all. The best browsers on the mac are Safari and Chrome. > On May 6, 2020, at 1:58 PM, John Panarese wrote: > > It should work similar to Safari. You interact with

Re: Catalina -- What are Caveats and Trade-Offs?

2020-04-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
Catalina is working fine for me, if your mac is capable of running it, there is no reason not to upgrade. > On Apr 25, 2020, at 11:21 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > I’m still ignoring the upgrade notice to get Catalina over my Mojave OSX. Can > anyone list known things that changed, possibly

Re: Question about Chrome

2019-12-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
When it comes to Chrome, it's good to have around. There are some things that it does better than safari, particularly some drop lists to not speak in safari but work fine in Chrome. Chrome also now has the ability to describe images that are not labeled. > On Dec 21, 2019, at 5:31 PM, Anders

Re: dom order

2019-11-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
Dom order navigates the web page by object, in the order that the HTML specifies. This will usually be the setting you want. I have never really tried the group mode setting since the dom setting has always worked for me. > On Nov 17, 2019, at 3:51 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > can somebody

Re: A Substitute for Alex -- Where is Eloquence?

2019-09-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
I do like that synthesizer but I don't see it coming to Apple products either. The closest voice to that would be Fred. Even though many blind computer users like that synth, in the main stream world it is considered outdated and as far as I know there is no further cdevelopment being done with

Re: any outstanding issues with voiceover and catalina to look out for?

2019-09-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
Are there any new features for voiceover specifically? > On Sep 14, 2019, at 9:01 AM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Voiceover is no worse than under Mojave as far as I can tell from my > testing. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have

Re: APFS or Mac Extended Journal for backup drive

2019-07-20 Thread Mike Arrigo
You can convert it if you wish, but it's not necessary. I have the same set up, it works fine. > On Jul 19, 2019, at 1:12 PM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Dear List, My Mac is APFS, but my backup drive is Mac Extended Journal, > Should I convert the USB external drive to

Re: Does a mac Mini have to be plugged into a display at all times?

2019-05-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
Older mac minis did require a monitor connection, or you could use an adapter called the fit headless which emulates a monitor. This is no longer required however. Original message: Hi, Something else I read a while ago, that for a Mac mini to work well or to work at all it had to be plugged

Re: CleanMyMac worth the price

2019-03-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
I wonder if it cleans more things than cocktail or onyx does, I may check this program out. > On Mar 2, 2019, at 10:21 PM, Raymond Foret Jr wrote: > > Okay, > > I couldn’t care less if I sound like a commercial here. But, fact of the > matter is this. I bought CleanMyMac and it’s totally

Re: Mojave not workingg well for me

2019-01-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
First thing I would do is erase the drive and do a clean fresh install. I always do this every time a new major release comes out, it takes longer but avoids these kinds of problems. > On Jan 13, 2019, at 3:17 PM, Georgina Joyce wrote: > > Hello All, > > I have a Mac Mini 2013 with 16GB of

Re: VMWare Fusion Question or Two

2018-11-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
I work in tech support and have gotten some calls from users of our windows software having issues with a virtual machine both on Fusion and Parallels. I've pretty much come to the conclusion that if you want to run Windows, use a separate PC, you will have far less problems. Original message:

Re: New mac mini announced!

2018-11-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
I went ahead and got a new mini a few weeks ago even though it had not been updated since 2014, seeing what Apple has introduced, I do not regret that decision. It's plenty fast for what I need it to do and the new minis start at almost twice the price of what I paid for mine. > On Nov 1,

Re: Note on Google Chrome 70 for Mac

2018-11-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
I noticed this too and there is an easy fix. Go to the menu bar and choose the chrome menu, there is an option that says confirm before quitting, once that is unchecked, command+q will work normally. > On Oct 28, 2018, at 6:38 PM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I’ve noticed

Re: love my new Macbook Air

2018-10-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
to being on its way out. On Oct 12, 2018, at 3:29 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: I spent most of last night setting up my new Macbook Air, will hopefully finish that tonight. I love it. It boots up so fast since it has an SSD drive and the battery life is definitely better than my previous laptop, I turn

Re: issue with Mojave

2018-10-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
glegroups.com>> >> wrote: >> Unless I am mistaken, I hear "security agent has no window". And thus, I >> have never been able to find it with the chooser. >> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >> ancient.ali...@icloud.com <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com>

Re: issue with Mojave

2018-10-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 10/13/2018 1:10 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> I had tried that, unfortunately this one does not show as a system dialog, >> at least it only happens on one of my macs

Re: issue with Mojave

2018-10-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
MBP. > > 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 10/13/2018 10:15 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> I noticed that as well, I did need to enter my mac password, whenever there >

Re: issue with Mojave

2018-10-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
Interesting, I never experienced this with high sierra at all, and it only happens on my new macbook air, the mac minis don't have the issue at all. > On Oct 13, 2018, at 10:33 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Mike, > > The issue was present in High Sierra but not Sierra. I

Re: issue with Mojave

2018-10-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 10/13/2018 6:58 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> I did get it to work but it really is a pain, you have to use the trackpad >> to get the mouse in t the window and then click it, I will definitely be >> sending a report to

Re: issue with Mojave

2018-10-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
Interestingly, I am setting up one of my mac minis with mojave now and this issue was not happen, works fine, so it appears to be specific to certain types of macs. > On Oct 13, 2018, at 8:58 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > I did get it to work but it really is a pain, you have to use the

Re: issue with Mojave

2018-10-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
I did get it to work but it really is a pain, you have to use the trackpad to get the mouse in t the window and then click it, I will definitely be sending a report to Apple on this one, it will be interesting to see if it happens with my mac minis as well. > On Oct 13, 2018, at 8:41 AM, M

Re: issue with Mojave

2018-10-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > Interesting, never had the problem in Sierra, that makes sense though, to do > a mouse click on the window. I can see good enough to know that there is a > box on the screen, I just can't read it or see good enough to move the mouse > to it, that

Re: issue with Mojave

2018-10-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
d... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 10/12/2018 9:03 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> Hey everyone, ok, found an odd issue with Mojave, wonder if anyone else has >> seen this, I'm not sure if it

Re: issue with Mojave

2018-10-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
Just to follow up on this issue, it also happens while installing dropbox, there is simply no way to enter the administrator password, either I am missing something or this is a major bug. > On Oct 12, 2018, at 11:03 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > Hey everyone, ok, found an odd issue wi

issue with Mojave

2018-10-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey everyone, ok, found an odd issue with Mojave, wonder if anyone else has seen this, I'm not sure if it's voiceover related or the operating system itself. When moving or copying files to any place outside of your home folder, you are normally prompted for your password. However, in Mojave,

love my new Macbook Air

2018-10-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
I spent most of last night setting up my new Macbook Air, will hopefully finish that tonight. I love it. It boots up so fast since it has an SSD drive and the battery life is definitely better than my previous laptop, I turn the keyboard and display lights all the way down since I can't see

Re: a couple of new macs

2018-10-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
No, got them new at the Apple store here. Original message: Did you get refurbbed? Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 11:58 PM

a couple of new macs

2018-10-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
So, my macbook and one of my mac minis would not run Mojave, so I figured it was time for an upgrade. Supposedly Apple is coming out with some new macs next week, however, based on the possible rumors, I decided to upgrade now for a couple of reasons. It's long been thought that Apple will

Re: Which is the “option“ key on a windows keyboard when using a Mac?

2018-09-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
Actuallym, the windows key is command and the alt key is option, the opposite of an apple keyboard, I use regular keyboards on both of my mac minis. > On Sep 28, 2018, at 3:45 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > There are keyboards that let you type on either Mac, iOS, or Windows systems. > The general

Re: Upgrading iMac

2018-09-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
If you want to create an install drive without having to type commands in the terminal, here is a link to a program called install disk creator. It automates the process of creating an install drive. I made one with an 8 GB SD card, works great. https://macdaddy.io/install-disk-creator/

Re: Getting rid of the confirmation message when deleting a conversation in the messages app

2018-09-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
I think this started with IOS 11, no way that I know of to get rid of it. Original message: It seems to me that are used to have my Messages app set such that if I hit delete on a message or a message conversation, it would go away without asking me if I wanted to delete it. Maybe I’m just miss

Re: no new macs

2018-09-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
n core machines. > > > Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the blind: > > Sincerely, > > The constantly barefooted Ray > >> On Sep 12, 2018, at 6:53 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >> Looks like there will not be any new macs,

no new macs

2018-09-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
Looks like there will not be any new macs, I know there were rumors of a new mac mini and a new laptop to replace the macbook air but that appears not to be the case, Apple's announcement included the 3 new iphones and the new Apple watch, I plan on getting a Macbook Air and new mac mini later

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