Re: archive utility on a Mac

2020-05-05 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, I’m pretty sure that I’ve done this before with the stock Archive Utility. It won’t hurt anything to try. Select two zip files, then just press cmd-o to open them. It should just do it. The process may take a while depending on the size of the zip files, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t

Re: Facetime on a mac

2020-05-05 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, On your iPhone, go into Settings, Phone, and double-tap on item that reads “Calls on other devices, When Nearby”. A new screen should open and list the devices that you can enable/disable. Make sure that the Mac is enabled. It will read something like, “Marie’s Mac, On”. Later… Tim

Re: Facetime on a mac

2020-05-05 Thread Marie Lyons
Hmm, when I figure it out I will let you know. In the meantime I am having Siri call him on Facetime. I’m not sure what setting that would be. Marie LyonsSent from my iPhone > On May 5, 2020, at 10:28 PM, John Panarese wrote: > >  That shouldn’t have mattered. I have my phone and watch

Re: Facetime on a mac

2020-05-05 Thread John Panarese
That shouldn’t have mattered. I have my phone and watch nearby and my Mac will also receive the FaceTime call. There has to be something off with a setting or a small piece to the puzzle missing. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email,

Re: Facetime on a mac

2020-05-05 Thread Marie Lyons
I continue working on this without success. I’ll tell you what happened this last time. I was sitting in front of my mac when the call came in nd it rang on both my phone and my watch but did not ring on the mac. No dialog box came up. I wondered if because I had my phone in my pocket and my

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Sorry, can’t help you with that as I don’t find it a bother at all. In fact I think it was rather thoughtful of Ramy to translate his name into English for our benefit. > On 6/05/2020, at 11:54, Phil Halton wrote: > > OK, now how about iOS? I’ve been hearing Remi’s name read out in English

archive utility on a Mac

2020-05-05 Thread Lorie McCloud
is it possible or advisable to select multiple files and then have the archive utility unzip them all at once or is it best to do them individually? would another app be better at that such as unzip unarchiver? thanks. Lorie -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread Phil Halton
OK, now how about iOS? I’ve been hearing Remi’s name read out in English and Arabic for a month and I must say it is bothering me. I’ve tried going it to VoiceOver settings and turning off automatic language detection and it did no good. How can this be done on iOS? That’s all I use I never use

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi Petrus, Asking Simon not to make a smart comment is like asking yourself not to breathe. Good luck with that :). Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On May 5, 2020, at 2:54 PM, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: > >

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Hi Ramy, Cool, thanks for that. I know what the Arabic characters are saying now, at least on my iPhone. My Mac ignores them all together, I wouldn’t have known that you wrote your name in two alphabets if my iPhone hadn’t have read it. So I must have my Mac set to ignore other languages as

Re: Automatic Language Detection, Was Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, It’s not necessarily working for me as described at the moment either. I’ll check into things in more detail a little later. I’ve got some other priorities going on right now. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB

Re: Automatic Language Detection, Was Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
I’m using the latest OS and I have tried using Alex on the suspect characters and it’s not working at all in the way that Tim has described. Kawal. > On 5 May 2020, at 21:19, Pete De Vasto wrote: > > I’m modifying the subject here. This thread has really taken off and I feel a > little

Automatic Language Detection, Was Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread Pete De Vasto
I’m modifying the subject here. This thread has really taken off and I feel a little sheepish for Ramy seeing his name all the time right was. Anyhow, I’m still running Mojave, and for me the automatic language detection does not appear to be working at all. I tried reading Tim’s French words,

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, You shouldn’t really notice any change unless you land on text that is in a different language. If VO figures out the that it is French, or Spanish etc, it should change accordingly for pronouncing that, or those, words. It will remain speaking Alex the rest of the time. I’ll throw a

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
I read Tim’s instructions but it’s not made any difference. I land on that option and voice over does nothing when I press the space bar. > On 5 May 2020, at 20:48, 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > But I want to use Alex. I just want to turn off the automatic language so >

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, If enabled, it should remain using the Alex voice, or whatever voice you were originally using but add the voice change when it comes upon a different language. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On May 5,

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, To enable, press VO-cmd-shift-left or right until you hear “Voice”, keep those keys pressed, then use the up or down arrow until you hear “Automatically Select”, then release. To disable, do the same to get to the Voice option then choose your preferred voice. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
But I want to use Alex. I just want to turn off the automatic language so those characters don’t get read out. > On 5 May 2020, at 20:46, Pete De Vasto wrote: > > If you perform the below instructions, using the down-arrow instead of up > will take you past the automatic language suggestion

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread Pete De Vasto
If you perform the below instructions, using the down-arrow instead of up will take you past the automatic language suggestion and land on other voices like Alex or Victoria or Samantha or whoever you want. At least, that’s what happened to me. Also, it may take a couple of seconds for VO to

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
So how do you turn off the automatic language? Couldn’t find it where the language was. > On 5 May 2020, at 18:44, Brad Snyder wrote: > > This option can be found by holding down, VO + CMD + SHIFT, then + Left or > Right Arrow until you get to Voice, then up arrow until you get to >

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread Brad Snyder
This option can be found by holding down, VO + CMD + SHIFT, then + Left or Right Arrow until you get to Voice, then up arrow until you get to Automatically Select Based on Language. HTH - Brad - On May 5, 2020, at 11:07, Dave Carlson wrote: Pete, Think it’s under

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread Sandie Jazmin Kruse
I have seen this many times, too me it is just another person on an mailing list, and for all we know his Sirname can have family values, my ipad changes too an Arab voice, so no issue for me at all. Sent from my iPad > On 5 May 2020, at 18.07, Dave Carlson wrote: > > Pete, > Think it’s

Re: Controlling Audio Output

2020-05-05 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Yeah, I came across Audio Hijack, but it's for recording to file. Useful, but a different use case. Once upon a time there was a port of the Linux jack application, but it seems it's unmaintained. Even it's old web page, http://www.jackosx.com/, has expired and no longer resolves to anything.

Re: Controlling Audio Output

2020-05-05 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Seems I was just dreaming! Yes, I see where all audio can be directed to a different device, and I even see how these devices may be aggregated. However, it's also theoretically possible to direct audio output from one application to one device, while directing output from a second application

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread Dave Carlson
Pete, Think it’s under Settings/General/Keyboard. But not absolutely certain. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread Pete De Vasto
Hi Ramy and all, Ramy, now that I understand, it’s really not disturbing to me, especially after what others have suggested I can do about reading them. For all, several of you have suggested an automatically select language rotor option somewhere in VO settings, but I can’t seem to find it

Re: Syncronmizing passwords

2020-05-05 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, This sounds like a combination of a Jamf Policy and user integration. When logging into your Mac, do you log in with your AD user and password, or do you use a local user, then connect to the server with your AD credentials? If the latter, then it is logical that they do not match, as

Re: 2 things concerning apps on IOS

2020-05-05 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Everything you want is in Settings, iTunes & App Store. If you don’t want apps purchased on the iPhone 8 to show up on the iPhone 6, then do the following on the iPhone 6. Under the Automatic Downloads section, make sure that Apps is not checked. For the second question, if you wish

Syncronmizing passwords

2020-05-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, On my work computer, I recently changed my AD Password which then caused JAMF to change my login and keychain passwords. But for some reason, the password associated with File Vault at boot did not change. In the past, I had changed the password using the JAMF Self Service app in the

Re: Controlling Audio Output

2020-05-05 Thread Jonathan Cohn
An application can but I am not sure how many noisy applications actually do… I believe that Rogue Ameba the of Audio HiJack has an application to manage sound from various Apps. Jonathan > On May 5, 2020, at 7:42 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > There’s audio settings in the system

2 things concerning apps on IOS

2020-05-05 Thread Ramy Moustafa Saber رامي مصطفى صابر
Hi all: I have my Iphone 8+ and Iphone 6, each time i install an app on Iphone 8, I found it installed on Iphone 6, how can i stop this? also, i need to stop Backing the Unused apps on my Icloud, I need any app that am using or even not using to be always available. How can i do that? -- The

Re: VLC Audio Not Play in Headphones

2020-05-05 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
I figured it out. I didn’t even think to check the menu bar which is where there is a drop down for audio. There you can set the audio device to headphones or speakers. Worked like a charm. Thanks, I > On May 1, 2020, at 11:49 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > That sounds very

Re: Giving Apps access and battery life

2020-05-05 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Aha! That might help me too. I have to check apps to see what apps has access to what? Thanks Petrus for that. /A > 4 maj 2020 kl. 23:22 skrev Petrus Tuerlings : > > Hi all, > I just learned the importance of paying attention too what access Apps ask > for. > I recommended Lazarillo to

Re: Controlling Audio Output

2020-05-05 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! There’s audio settings in the system prefs. But this controls audio for the hole system. Can the aplication set its own audio output? /A > 4 maj 2020 kl. 21:36 skrev 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi, All: > > I'm looking for a way to direct audio output from a particular >

Re: Silencing VoiceOver with the control key

2020-05-05 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I have that problem with the Siri Voices. But not with the acapela ones. Very odd. /A > 4 maj 2020 kl. 19:10 skrev Greg Wocher : > > Hello, > I notice that control does not work very often to silence speech. It does not > matter what voice I am using. Sometimes when I hit control it will

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread Ramy Moustafa Saber رامي مصطفى صابر
Hi Pete and all: Yes, I wrote my Name with Arabic and english Caractors, and i think if you use Automaticaly select by language in the Voice over men, it will stop, or BTW if you use any Voice other than ALex, He or she will not be able to read the Arabic Caractors, Hope it did not disturb you