Re: Get rid of mission control from f10 key.

2018-01-04 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Thanks for that. Seems to work great. /A > 4 jan. 2018 kl. 10:08 skrev Anne Robertson : > > Hello Anders, > > Go to System Preferences and select Mission Control. Go through the whole > panel turning off the keyboard shortcuts. Where there’s a popup button, set > the shortcut to -. > > Ch

Re: Connecting usb devices in vmware fusion.

2018-01-04 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! What version of fusion are you running? DO you happen to be in the Hi Sierra beta program? If the later is yes there seem to be a bug with usb and vmware. I can also recommend the vmware knowledge base which is quite informative. /A > 3 jan. 2018 kl. 22:39 skrev Andrew Lamanche : > > No it do

OT, safe and warm

2018-01-04 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hey all you American folks, Just watching a news clip about the storm your having, Seemingly on the easten states they are saying it's colder than temperatures on Mars, Souns pretty bad so I hope all folks down the eastern states are keeping warm, Florida has snow? Dam that's a cool one, hey Do

Re: the clipboard

2018-01-04 Thread Marie Lyons
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 4, 2018, at 1:01 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Janet, > > what you say is right for generic MacOS systems, but there are several add-on > clipboard managers that archive most clipboard items. These will not though, > for example archive clipboard items added by 1

Is there a way to fast forward through a Netflix movie using a 4th Gen Apple TV?

2018-01-04 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Question says it all. Is there some way to quickly fast forward through a Netflix movie using the 4th Gen apple TV? Cheers, Donna -- 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 lis

Re: A Host of Recurring, Annoying Issues: Related or Not?

2018-01-04 Thread Alex Hall
If your hard disk is getting full, that may well be the problem. My old MacBook Air went nuts when I filled its little 64GB drive. 16GB seems like a good margin, but is it possible you're filling that up with temporary files? Is iCloud syncing more data than you realize? For what it's worth, I'

Re: XTerm.js will soon have VO support.

2018-01-04 Thread Alex Hall
That's nifty. It looks to be a web-based terminal. For instance, I can see myself writing a quick webpage to SSH into my Debian servers at work, or talk to our iSeries. I don't know how useful it would be on a machine where I already have PUTTY, but more options are always good. Besides, if this

Re: keyboard/trackpad question

2018-01-04 Thread E.T.
I think what he wants is simply to sit back and have access to keyboard and trackpad on his lap. Methinks a lap tray would be a perfect. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your

RE: keyboard/trackpad question

2018-01-04 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Tim, Nice try, But out by a couple of things, It’s in Bluetooth under Bluetooth advanced, From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Friday, 5 January 2018 9:46 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: keyboard/tra

RE: keyboard/trackpad question

2018-01-04 Thread Simon Fogarty
No, what your looking for is under system preferences Bluetooth an dhten advanced, There are 2 tick boxes you need to un tick and that will then get rid of your prompting searchs for Bluetooth / mouse and keyboards. Try that before going and purchasing something you really aren't going to need

RE: keyboard/trackpad question

2018-01-04 Thread Simon Fogarty
Not sure why you need an accessorie to link the keyboard and track pad together? If they are Bluetooth devices then why not just use the Mac OS built in Bluetooth features and get the best from your mac mini. You can turn the blue tooth mouse / keyboard prompts / alerts off when you go in to s

Has anyone used alison.com?

2018-01-04 Thread Christine Grassman
It looks like a great site, but is it VO accessible? I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has used it or has knowledge of anyone who has done so. Thank you. Christine -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or con

A Host of Recurring, Annoying Issues: Related or Not?

2018-01-04 Thread Christine Grassman
It seems each week a new irritation is popping up. I have no idea if they are related, if it is High Sierra-based, that my computer is over three years old, or what. 1. I am constantly receiving “failure to deliver” messages in Apple Mail, ostensibly from Apple, for emails that do go through. 2.

Re: keyboard/trackpad question

2018-01-04 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, There is a way to turn off that notification. I believe that it is in system preferences, mouse, and there will be an advanced option in there. I’m not positive though and do not have a computer handy as I am out of town right now. Later… Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 4, 2018, at 8:49 AM,

Swap-apocalypse: Upcoming iOS update will swarm Apple Stores with iPhone battery replacements

2018-01-04 Thread dan d.
Author says if apple trained all of its store's staff how to replace the battery, it would take 2.5 years for all those out there. The new ios update will only make customers more aware of possible battery problems and increase demand at stores. https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/04/swap-apocalypse-

Re: How to Change Personal Name As Listed in E-Mail

2018-01-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Bill, You showed up as Bill in this thread. I believe however that Mail takes the Full name from contacts application and uses that for what is displayed by default in its mail application. take a look at menu view->Messages->"view all headers and see how that presents your name. " You may also

Re: How to Change Personal Name As Listed in E-Mail

2018-01-04 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi Bill, You need to do this in Googlegroups on the web. Go to macvisionaries page and look for the button that says “my settings’. I usually use item chooser for this. There you can adjust your email settings, and somewhere you should find your nickname or the name displayed. > On 4 Jan 201

looking for a VO friendly application for my Mac book Air that can do; Alarms, timers, stopwatch, ECT

2018-01-04 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi List, I'm looking for a VO friendly application for my Mac book Air that can do; Alarms, timers, stopwatch, ECT. I'd like to have a reminder or calendar event come up and not stop sounding until dismissed. I already talked to an apple VO Tech & they said there are apps to do this but they coul

Re: the clipboard

2018-01-04 Thread Janet Ingber
Thanks for the info. Janet > On Jan 4, 2018, at 1:01 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Janet, > > what you say is right for generic MacOS systems, but there are several add-on > clipboard managers that archive most clipboard items. These will not though, > for example archive clipboard items adde

XTerm.js will soon have VO support.

2018-01-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
According to: https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js/pull/1182 Version 3 or 3.1 of this code will work with NVDA and VoiceOver. This might bring another alternative for terminal. Note: I have never used this code and don't know the specific use case. Jonathan -- The following information is impor

Re: the clipboard

2018-01-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Janet, what you say is right for generic MacOS systems, but there are several add-on clipboard managers that archive most clipboard items. These will not though, for example archive clipboard items added by 1Password because 1Password specifically marks their clipboard as transient and will delete

Re: the clipboard

2018-01-04 Thread E.T.
If Chris is in your contacts, simply edit it and put the group name in place of his. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan (1934-199

Re: the clipboard

2018-01-04 Thread Janet Ingber
Hi Marie, Once you copy or cut something else to the clipboard whatever was on it before will automatically be deleted. You don’t have to do anything else. Best, Janet > On Jan 4, 2018, at 12:30 PM, Marie Lyons wrote: > > First, my apologies to Chris. I can’t get you out of the email address.

the clipboard

2018-01-04 Thread Marie Lyons
First, my apologies to Chris. I can’t get you out of the email address. Anyway, is it possible to delete something from the clipboard, or empty it somehow? Marie Lyons -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns

Re: keyboard/trackpad question

2018-01-04 Thread jeff `greene
Hi Jonathan, What I'm trying to do is get rid of the searching for mouse dialogue and have something I can use in my lap. The three products I mentioned hold an apple keyboard and trackpad together so they are like one unit. Thanks Jeff On 1/4/18, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > I am not sure what you ar

Re: keyboard/trackpad question

2018-01-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I am not sure what you are trying to do. Are you just looking for a way to have your wireless components not get lost? Also, there should not be a practical reason to replace a Logitech keyboard with an Apple one unless you prefer the touch of the Apple keyboards. On 4 January 2018 at 10:20, jeff

keyboard/trackpad question

2018-01-04 Thread jeff `greene
Hi, Ok sorry in advance this email might be a bit long... My macbook pro died, I replaced it with a Mac Mini. I connected a Logitech bluetooth keyboard to the Mini but OSX keeps bringing up a searching for mouse dialogue. The dialogue is really annoying. So I thought I'd buy an Apple wireless keybo

Re: Get rid of mission control from f10 key.

2018-01-04 Thread Jonathan Cohn
While I agree that all the keyboard shortcuts within Mission control are not very useful for the VOiceOver user, I do sometimes use Mission Control, mostly to check what windows are on separate desktops. But generally the ability to see all windows or all windows from a specific application is bett

Re: Turning off iCloud Drive

2018-01-04 Thread Stan ZA
Hi Tim,Thanks for this, and all the other great informative posts you make.Just to add, another drain on my “data”, I share the computer with two other users and frequently switch usage, even more reason to turn off the “iCloud drive”, I think.I hope that should I later find some important files ar

Re: Turning off iCloud Drive

2018-01-04 Thread Stan ZA
Hi Tim, Thanks for this, and all the other great informative posts you make. Just to add, another drain on my “data”, I share the computer with two other users and frequently switch usage, even more reason to turn off the “iCloud drive”, I think. I hope that should I later find some important fil

How to Change Personal Name As Listed in E-Mail

2018-01-04 Thread Bill Gallik
As I go through my message list I notice that e-mail I’ve sent is attributed to “William Gallik.” Now, true, that is my given name but it’s so darn formal and I’d prefer that “Bill Gallik” appear as the source of origin. Certainly, my signature tags and the return e-mail address is labeled “Bi

Re: Get rid of mission control from f10 key.

2018-01-04 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Try going into system prefs, under the keyboard option, then shortcuts tab. Under the shortcuts tab, there should be a choice to disable f10 for mission control.. HTH, Caitlyn ps-mission control is something for sighted people to see all the windows they have open at once. I always turn it of

Re: Get rid of mission control from f10 key.

2018-01-04 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Anders, Go to System Preferences and select Mission Control. Go through the whole panel turning off the keyboard shortcuts. Where there’s a popup button, set the shortcut to -. Cheers, Anne > On 4 Jan 2018, at 09:55, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Here is what happens. > SInce i u

Get rid of mission control from f10 key.

2018-01-04 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Here is what happens. SInce i use vmware fusion with Windows 7 and i only have a macbook air i can not find the context menu key so i wanted to use shift f10 for that purpose. But every time i press shift f10 the mission control pops up and it seems that f10 is used for mission control. I ca