RE: Terminal and Textedit Preferences

2015-01-17 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Jeff, The following is a post I sent to the list a while ago that should answer your second question about Text Edit. The article was written for 10.9 but is valid for 10.10, as well. Good Luck, Mark Original Post: How To Get Rid of the Open from iCloud Window in Mavericks Hello

Re: Terminal and Textedit Preferences

2015-01-17 Thread Barry Hadder
In general system preferences, make sure that Close windows when quitting an app checkbox is unchecked. On Jan 17, 2015, at 8:14 AM, Jeff Berwick mailingli...@berwick.name wrote: Hi all, I recently reinstalled my OS (Yosemite) and I am experiencing some differences from my previous

VO Volum Flexuation on my brand new MBP 13 Inch

2015-01-17 Thread Joseph
Hello list, Just curious. Have any of you noticed any slight VO volume fluctuation in Yosemite? This is a brand new MBP 13 inch machine, in use for only a week or so. Note, this happens regardless of the Audio Ducking setting. It’s not the same as audio ducking, but never the less, there is

Trackpad Item chooser gesture

2015-01-17 Thread Brian Fischler
I seldom use my track pad but was just reading that holding the shift key and swiping right with one finger would launch the item chooser menu, but I am getting a ding when doing it and yes my trackpad commander is turned on. What could I be doing wrong here? Thanks, -- You received this

Re: How to Reset Your Administrator Password on Your Mac When You Cannot Remember it

2015-01-17 Thread The Believer
I have seen some posts where File Vault appeared to present issues. What are some steps one can take to ensure a proper working Mac with File Vault? From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 1/17/2015 3:18 PM, Joseph wrote: Hello, You bet. And

Re: How to Reset Your Administrator Password on Your Mac When You Cannot Remember it

2015-01-17 Thread Agent086b
Hi, so am I correct in thinking what is the point of setting a password if it is this easy to reset? Max On 17 Jan 2015, at 7:46 pm, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Everyone, Earlier today, a friend of mine locked herself out of her Mac running Yosemite. That is to say, she could

Re: VO Volum Flexuation on my brand new MBP 13 Inch

2015-01-17 Thread Joseph
Hello, I’m using Alex as well and no other voices or added voices. On Jan 17, 2015, at 12:51 PM, christopher hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com wrote: What voice are you using? I have an MBP 13 but it's a late 2011 model and is non-retina. I use Alex and no volume fluctuations are

Re: VO Volum Flexuation on my brand new MBP 13 Inch

2015-01-17 Thread christopher hallsworth
What voice are you using? I have an MBP 13 but it's a late 2011 model and is non-retina. I use Alex and no volume fluctuations are happening here. On 17 Jan 2015, at 20:40, Joseph ablindvou...@icloud.com wrote: Hello list, Just curious. Have any of you noticed any slight VO volume

Re: Trackpad Item chooser gesture

2015-01-17 Thread Colin Matthews
Hi! I just had a look under commanders in VO utility and in the add new commands selecting the shift key as the modifier none of the gestures had any commands listed so it would be up to you to set that one! Or pick a different modifier key and gesture to suit your own preference! HTH Colin On

Re: How to Reset Your Administrator Password on Your Mac When You Cannot Remember it

2015-01-17 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Kind of, but there are ways such as File Vault that will make that method useless. Check http://www.cnet.com/news/can-filevault-be-bypassed-with-os-x-password-reset-routines/ for details. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jan 17, 2015, at 13:54, Agent086b

VoiceOver voice hotkeys not working

2015-01-17 Thread Phil Halton
Using the VO hotkeys for adjusting rate, pitch, etc does not seem to work correctly in Yosemite. I can use VO+CMD+arrow keys to change the speech rate, and the rate does change while using the hotkey combo, but the rate change does not take effect once the hotkey combo is released and regular

Re: How to Reset Your Administrator Password on Your Mac When You Cannot Remember it

2015-01-17 Thread Joseph
Hello, I’ve not had any problems with FileVault. But I do have a few suggestions. No matter the approach you take for setting up FileVault, be sure to document somewhere all relevant information. For example. If you decide to use the recovery key instead of your iCloud info for unlocking

Re: Trackpad Item chooser gesture

2015-01-17 Thread Brian Fischler
Thanks colin did not realize I had to set that up myself as I rarely use the Trackpad, so thanks for pointing that out got it working now. On Jan 17, 2015, at 5:40 PM, Colin Matthews velocity.focu...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi! I just had a look under commanders in VO utility and in the add new

calendar and browsing through events

2015-01-17 Thread Faisal ali
Hi all, I apologize if this was already mentioned. but under Mavericks, you were able to brows through all the events as they were nicely laid out in a table. Under Yosemite, this is no longer the case. Is there a way to restore that table listing all the events? The way to see the events as it

Re: How to Reset Your Administrator Password on Your Mac When You Cannot Remember it

2015-01-17 Thread Joseph
Hello, You bet. And that is one of the reasons why I use file vault. On Jan 17, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, Kind of, but there are ways such as File Vault that will make that method useless. Check

Keyboard Commander issue

2015-01-17 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Long time user of keyboard commander and can’t for the life of me figure out when you have mail open why certain keyboard commands do not work. For example, I make use of the option key as my modifier and the number 1 to toggle numpad commander on and off, this works fine in every

Re: VO Volum Flexuation on my brand new MBP 13 Inch

2015-01-17 Thread Joseph
Hello, Yes, I guess. I also noticed this on another unit I set up this week as well as mine. Actually, it’s not really that bad, I was just curious if this is a production wide problem. Oh well. On Jan 17, 2015, at 6:15 PM, M. Taylor mk...@ucla.edu wrote: Hello Joseph, Relax, there is

Re: Utorrent

2015-01-17 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, On Jan 17, 2015, at 7:39 PM, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I went up to a torrent site to download a torrent but the link I chose didn’t seem to do anything when I clicked it. Torrent was already open so I thought it would add the torrent, but it didn’t. This is a setting

Utorrent

2015-01-17 Thread Lorie McCloud
I’d like some hel[p withUtorrent if anybody here uses it and is familiar with it. I went up to a torrent site to download a torrent but the link I chose didn’t seem to do anything when I clicked it. Torrent was already open so I thought it would add the torrent, but it didn’t. then I saw there

Re: Utorrent

2015-01-17 Thread Ezzie Bueno
Hello, When you click on the download link on a torrent website, the tour it automatically downloads to your downloads folder. Go to your downloads folder and click on the torrent that you've downloaded and it should open up on your torrent client. Hope this helps, Ezzie Sent from my iPhone

where do I find requests for Ask to buy for Family sharing

2015-01-17 Thread Christina C.
Hello, I am all set up with Family Sharing. My children are set up where they have to get approval from the parents before making purchases. I get a notification about the request on my mac and on my iPhone. Often, I cannot review their request until later. The problem is that after I dismiss

Re: VoiceOver voice hotkeys not working

2015-01-17 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Phil, I couldn't reproduce this behaviour on my MacBook Air 2013, OS 10.10.1. Changing the rate works as in Mavericks. I also couldn't find a new default settings. I used VO + CMD + arrow keys. Could you discribe a little mor in case I did Misunderstand you? Jürgen Am 18.01.2015 um 00:18

Emails I Compose Suddenly Have Tons of Text Per Line

2015-01-17 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I've noticed that, within the last few days, emails I write have a huge amount of text per line. I'm used to the lines being the size they are when I read mail, or read a document. Now, as I write a new message, these lines are, at a guess, three times longer than normal. What might I

Re: How to Reset Your Administrator Password on Your Mac When You Cannot Remember it

2015-01-17 Thread The Believer
Ok that's whqt it was that I vaguely remembered. Thanks Joseph, I will be sure to follow that tip. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 1/17/2015 3:35 PM, Joseph wrote: Hello, I’ve not had any problems with FileVault. But I do have a few

RE: VO Volum Flexuation on my brand new MBP 13 Inch

2015-01-17 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Joseph, Relax, there is nothing wrong with your new MBP. I have been noticing the VoiceOver volume fluctuation on every MacBook Pro and MacBook Air I have purchased/setup in the past 4 months or so including on my own new MBP. Mark -Original Message- From:

Re: Keyboard Commander issue

2015-01-17 Thread John Panarese
I'm wondering if Mail has the option key mapped for the key combinations you are trying to use? That's the only thing that comes to mind. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE

How to Reset Your Administrator Password on Your Mac When You Cannot Remember it

2015-01-17 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Earlier today, a friend of mine locked herself out of her Mac running Yosemite. That is to say, she could not remember her MacBook Air User account login password; and, to make matters worse, she declined the setup option of being able to use her Apple ID in order to let her

Terminal and Textedit Preferences

2015-01-17 Thread Jeff Berwick
Hi all, I recently reinstalled my OS (Yosemite) and I am experiencing some differences from my previous installation. I am wondering if anybody can help with: 1. When I go into Terminal it used to remember the last directory I was in, it no longer does this and, 2. In Textedit, I am