Re: Siri Shortcut

2016-10-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
hi, Try this site: http://osxdaily.com/2016/09/28/use-mac-siri-commands/ It is a good start. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 13, 2016, at 04:52, Saqib Hussain wrote: Thanks Tim. I’m starting

Re: Reading kindle books on Mac OS or converting to other formats

2016-10-13 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello E.t. Out of interest have you tried running ebook-convert on the file? Some may not have DRM applied. Regards, Gena > On 12 Oct 2016, at 23:48, E.T. wrote: > > Gena, > I may need to delete the one title that refuses to work and then try it > again. > >

Re: Siri Shortcut

2016-10-13 Thread Mary Otten
Saqib, what mic are you using on your mini? Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 13, 2016, at 3:52 AM, Saqib Hussain wrote: > > Thanks Tim. I’m starting to like my Mac Mini again due to the new OS. Siri > even tells me how much storage I have left. Is there a list of

Re: iMud (an accessible macOS MUD/MUSH client)

2016-10-13 Thread Tyler Thompson
Short answer: Lua is Lua, never mind the O.S. so it’s possible, but not yet supported. Long answer: I’d love to make that work. This is the very reason I’ve reached out to others, I’d have to build a smart parser to strip away the MUSH-Z added Lua functions (or hack into the Lua interpreter

Re: Reading kindle books on Mac OS or converting to other formats

2016-10-13 Thread E.T.
Sad to say, no. Calibre worked fine on one title. I tried it on the other one and it says its a DRM protected file. Will dig into this some more. By the way the version of Calibre I ran does not need Terminal. I do need to go tweak the settings to format the txt file though. From

Re: iMud (an accessible macOS MUD/MUSH client)

2016-10-13 Thread Devin Prater
Hi, since it supports LUA, could the Mush-Z scripts for Alteraeon be implemented, or is that too heavily Windows based? On 10/12/2016 9:51 AM, Tyler Thompson wrote: For anybody who wants to try dentinmud.org port 3000 might be a good place to start. As far as what iMud

Re: Twitter

2016-10-13 Thread Saqib Hussain
Hi. I'm using the native Twitter app With Nightowl! My replies go to the user account which is the next tweet down in the timeline and I stopped using that app. > On 13 Oct 2016, at 14:35, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hi. What Twitter client are you using, the native

Re: Help with Pages

2016-10-13 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Brandt, There is no shortcut provided for word count in Pages, but it is in the View menu. When it is shown, you stop interacting with the layout area and do VO-Right Arrow to find it. It’s a popup button with various options. Cheers, Anne > On 12 Oct 2016, at 22:55, Brandt Steenkamp

Any word on the new MacBooks? Starting to get adverts for cases.

2016-10-13 Thread Scott Granados
Hi all, I received an email from Waterfield designs today about sleeves and cases for the new MacBooks. For folks who don’t know Gary Waterfield is a designer of high end leather bags as well as messenger bags, sleeves, wallets and equipment pouches. I swear by his stuff, it’s all

Re: Reading kindle books on Mac OS or converting to other formats

2016-10-13 Thread E.T.
I used the same process on both books, both of which came directly from Amazon to my Mac. So not sure why just one book worked. I looked at plugins but was not sure which one I needed. Will have to get back to this later on. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Without H2O there is no life!

Re: Reading kindle books on Mac OS or converting to other formats

2016-10-13 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello E.T. I orientate myself to the keyboard, so could you send details of the process of converting books, as you suggest? There’s a DRM plugin for calibre so that would simplify the whole process for everyone. Regards, Gena > On 13 Oct 2016, at 19:15, E.T.

Re: Any word on the new MacBooks? Starting to get adverts for cases.

2016-10-13 Thread Kliphton Miller
I heard late october,. > On Oct 13, 2016, at 4:12 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Hi all, I received an email from Waterfield designs today about sleeves and > cases for the new MacBooks. For folks who don’t know Gary Waterfield is a > designer of high end leather bags

iPhone 7's unlocked versions online only

2016-10-13 Thread Kliphton Miller
The online apple store has unlocked iPhone 7, and 7Plus’s, in all colors and all capacities. And they ship in less than a week, at least in my area. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running

consistently selecting emoji

2016-10-13 Thread aliFaisal
Hello Everyone, I have found that the emoji selector in messages and elsewhere are no longer working consistently like it did in previous operating systems. When I select the category I want IE people and smily, I can interact with the group. However, the actual emoji are only sometimes there.

Re: Help with Pages

2016-10-13 Thread Brandt Steenkamp
Hi Anne, Command + Shift + W is indicated on the View menu to be the shortcut key, VO actually say "Show Word count," but nothing happens. However, when going threw view menu or View menu on the tool bar, the popup shows up with the info I wanted. I think I will get there in the end. Warm

RE: The Twitter for iOS Night Mode Feature is Now Compatible with VoiceOver

2016-10-13 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Jürgen, The Night Mode is for anyone who prefers white text on a dark background as opposed to black text on a white background. There are many of us who are VoiceOver users who also have some vision. I use VoiceOver 100% of the time while still using what little vision I have to

Re: The Twitter for iOS Night Mode Feature is Now Compatible with VoiceOver

2016-10-13 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Thanks Mark for your explanation. Jürgen Von meinem iPhone gesendet > Am 13.10.2016 um 08:51 schrieb M. Taylor : > > Hello Jürgen, > > The Night Mode is for anyone who prefers white text on a dark background as > opposed to black text on a white background. > > There are

Re: The Twitter for iOS Night Mode Feature is Now Compatible with VoiceOver

2016-10-13 Thread Saqib Hussain
Hi. This is great news as I’m a low vision user of Voiceover and I do prefer to have a black background as that is how I have setup my Apple TV 4th gen. I wish there was a way of seeing accounts that have been put on mute. > On 13 Oct 2016, at 07:51, M. Taylor wrote: > >

Re: Siri Shortcut

2016-10-13 Thread Saqib Hussain
Thanks Tim. I’m starting to like my Mac Mini again due to the new OS. Siri even tells me how much storage I have left. Is there a list of things that you can ask Siri when it comes to operating the Mac? > On 11 Oct 2016, at 21:08, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > Use

Re: Twitter

2016-10-13 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi. What Twitter client are you using, the native Twitter app or Night Owl? I find that in Night Owl it remembers where I was before. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com

Twitter

2016-10-13 Thread Saqib Hussain
Hi. I’m always finding that Voiceover loses it’s position when I move away from the Twitter app on the Mac! When I bring the Twitter app back into focus, Voiceover jumps to the top of the timeline. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If

Re: Clean install of Sierra

2016-10-13 Thread christopher hallsworth
I’ve heard of that from someone else, so glad you are not alone. > On 12 Oct 2016, at 23:35, matthew dyer wrote: > > Chris, > > > The only problem I ran into was durring icloud set up I had a problem whare > trying to enable 2factor authentication the system