Re: podcasts on Mac

[Brad Snyder]

I never listen to podcast on a Mac.
I prefer using Overcast on my iPhone.  It is much simpler.

- Brad -


On Feb 14, 2021, at 19:41, Lorie McCloud  wrote:

that worked great. thanks.

i don't understand podcasts at all. how do I navigate to the one I want to 
listen to?

thanks.
Lorie

> On Feb 14, 2021, at 5:26 PM, Brad Snyder  > wrote:
> 
> If you don’t have the Podcast app on your dock, look for it in your 
> applications folder, CMD + Shift + A.
> Once you have located the Podcast app in your Applications folder, you can 
> add it to your dock using CTRL + CMD + Shift + T.
> 
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> 
> On Feb 14, 2021, at 16:17, Lorie McCloud  > wrote:
> 
> where can I find podcasts on my Mac in Catalina? I looked in the dock but the 
> only thing under p is photos. maybe I have to put it on the dock. how would I 
> do that?
> 
> thanks.
> Lorie
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Re: IOS 14.4 a serious piece of garbage?

[Eric Oyen]

Well,
I have a gripe with the entire 14.x series of iOS releases. Ever since going to 
14, my phone has done the strange thing when holding down the home button: it 
double chimes upward indicating ready to accept voice input only to immediately 
double chime downward indicating operation canceled. I have had to reset my 
phone 4 times already and the problem comes back in less than a week. So, 
basically, I can’t add to my electronic calendar by that method, nor can I 
request phone calls, play my music or even open apps. What does it take to have 
a properly working phone?

-Eric


> On Feb 14, 2021, at 6:35 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries 
>  wrote:
> 
> Well, I guess I'm glad I'm not alone. But I can't help thinking that Siri has 
> taken some major steps backwards.
> Cheers,
> Donna
> 
> 
>> On Feb 14, 2021, at 4:45 PM, Anders Holmberg  wrote:
>> 
>> hi donna.
>> thats a problem i have with siri.
>> i cant play some albums for some strange reasons.
>> this has been worse in this new 14.4 update.
>> so youre not alone.
>> 7ad
>> 
>> Skickat från min iPad
>> 
>>> 14 feb. 2021 kl. 19:21 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries 
>>> :
>>> 
>>> Oh, God! so here's what happened this morning.
>>> 
>>> I said "Siri, play Album x." Siri said, "I can't find Album X on Apple 
>>> Music." So I said, "Siri, play album X from my library." Siri said, "I 
>>> can't find Album X on Apple music." So I said, "Siri, play Artist from my 
>>> library." Siri immediately played a song from the album I'd been trying to 
>>> play. So I said," Siri, play this album." Siri immediately switched to a 
>>> different album. So, I thought, OK, I'll just air-play it from my phone. I 
>>> started the album, and went into the control center to select the speakers 
>>> where I wanted the music to play. But the Playback Destination button in 
>>> the Control center seems only to be there for decoration. Tapping it 
>>> brought up the list of speakers, but I was not able to select and get music 
>>> to play on anything other than my phone. I was finally able to get the 
>>> album to play on one of my HomePodes by holding my phone up to it and 
>>> transferring, but we all know that that sometimes works, and sometimes 
>>> doesn't. So this action, which should have been able to be implemented with 
>>> one voice command, ended up taking about fifteen minutes, and it still 
>>> wasn't playin on all the speakers where I wanted it to play.
>>> 
>>> On a more general level, our music system is a combination of HomePods and 
>>> Sonos speakers. In IOS 13, if I had the speakers grouped, and told Siri to 
>>> adjust the volume, the volume was adjusted for the whole group. Now, it is 
>>> only adjusted on the HomePod. If I want to adjust the volume on the Sonos 
>>> speakers, I either have to open the Sonos app and do it there, or manually 
>>> walk over and adjust it. There's just no excuse for that.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Donna
>>> 
>>> 
 On Feb 14, 2021, at 11:54 AM, `  wrote:
 
 I can't comment on the Braille Display, but I hae not experienced any 
 issues with the HomePod.
 
> On 2/14/2021 10:01, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote:
> Does anyone else out there feel like IOS 14.4 is a serious piece of c***? 
> Honestly, I hate it enough that I'm giving some consideration to just 
> going back to another environment. What on earth was Apple thinking? I 
> have problems with my braille display and problems with playing music in 
> my home. This is the suckiest release I can remember in a long time!
> Cheers,
> Donna
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Re: podcasts on Mac

[Lorie McCloud]

that worked great. thanks.

i don't understand podcasts at all. how do I navigate to the one I want to 
listen to?

thanks.
Lorie

> On Feb 14, 2021, at 5:26 PM, Brad Snyder  wrote:
> 
> If you don’t have the Podcast app on your dock, look for it in your 
> applications folder, CMD + Shift + A.
> Once you have located the Podcast app in your Applications folder, you can 
> add it to your dock using CTRL + CMD + Shift + T.
> 
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> On Feb 14, 2021, at 16:17, Lorie McCloud  > wrote:
> 
> where can I find podcasts on my Mac in Catalina? I looked in the dock but the 
> only thing under p is photos. maybe I have to put it on the dock. how would I 
> do that?
> 
> thanks.
> Lorie
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Re: IOS 14.4 a serious piece of garbage?

['Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries]

Well, I guess I'm glad I'm not alone. But I can't help thinking that Siri has 
taken some major steps backwards.
Cheers,
Donna


> On Feb 14, 2021, at 4:45 PM, Anders Holmberg  wrote:
> 
> hi donna.
> thats a problem i have with siri.
> i cant play some albums for some strange reasons.
> this has been worse in this new 14.4 update.
> so youre not alone.
> 7ad
> 
> Skickat från min iPad
> 
>> 14 feb. 2021 kl. 19:21 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries 
>> :
>> 
>> Oh, God! so here's what happened this morning.
>> 
>> I said "Siri, play Album x." Siri said, "I can't find Album X on Apple 
>> Music." So I said, "Siri, play album X from my library." Siri said, "I can't 
>> find Album X on Apple music." So I said, "Siri, play Artist from my 
>> library." Siri immediately played a song from the album I'd been trying to 
>> play. So I said," Siri, play this album." Siri immediately switched to a 
>> different album. So, I thought, OK, I'll just air-play it from my phone. I 
>> started the album, and went into the control center to select the speakers 
>> where I wanted the music to play. But the Playback Destination button in the 
>> Control center seems only to be there for decoration. Tapping it brought up 
>> the list of speakers, but I was not able to select and get music to play on 
>> anything other than my phone. I was finally able to get the album to play on 
>> one of my HomePodes by holding my phone up to it and transferring, but we 
>> all know that that sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't. So this action, 
>> which should have been able to be implemented with one voice command, ended 
>> up taking about fifteen minutes, and it still wasn't playin on all the 
>> speakers where I wanted it to play.
>> 
>> On a more general level, our music system is a combination of HomePods and 
>> Sonos speakers. In IOS 13, if I had the speakers grouped, and told Siri to 
>> adjust the volume, the volume was adjusted for the whole group. Now, it is 
>> only adjusted on the HomePod. If I want to adjust the volume on the Sonos 
>> speakers, I either have to open the Sonos app and do it there, or manually 
>> walk over and adjust it. There's just no excuse for that.
>> Cheers,
>> Donna
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 14, 2021, at 11:54 AM, `  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I can't comment on the Braille Display, but I hae not experienced any 
>>> issues with the HomePod.
>>> 
 On 2/14/2021 10:01, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote:
 Does anyone else out there feel like IOS 14.4 is a serious piece of c***? 
 Honestly, I hate it enough that I'm giving some consideration to just 
 going back to another environment. What on earth was Apple thinking? I 
 have problems with my braille display and problems with playing music in 
 my home. This is the suckiest release I can remember in a long time!
 Cheers,
 Donna
 
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Re: podcasts on Mac

[Brad Snyder]

If you don’t have the Podcast app on your dock, look for it in your 
applications folder, CMD + Shift + A.
Once you have located the Podcast app in your Applications folder, you can add 
it to your dock using CTRL + CMD + Shift + T.

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On Feb 14, 2021, at 16:17, Lorie McCloud  wrote:

where can I find podcasts on my Mac in Catalina? I looked in the dock but the 
only thing under p is photos. maybe I have to put it on the dock. how would I 
do that?

thanks.
Lorie

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Re: IOS 14.4 a serious piece of garbage?

[Anders Holmberg]

hi donna.
thats a problem i have with siri.
i cant play some albums for some strange reasons.
this has been worse in this new 14.4 update.
so youre not alone.
7ad

Skickat från min iPad

> 14 feb. 2021 kl. 19:21 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries 
> :
> 
> Oh, God! so here's what happened this morning.
> 
> I said "Siri, play Album x." Siri said, "I can't find Album X on Apple 
> Music." So I said, "Siri, play album X from my library." Siri said, "I can't 
> find Album X on Apple music." So I said, "Siri, play Artist from my library." 
> Siri immediately played a song from the album I'd been trying to play. So I 
> said," Siri, play this album." Siri immediately switched to a different 
> album. So, I thought, OK, I'll just air-play it from my phone. I started the 
> album, and went into the control center to select the speakers where I wanted 
> the music to play. But the Playback Destination button in the Control center 
> seems only to be there for decoration. Tapping it brought up the list of 
> speakers, but I was not able to select and get music to play on anything 
> other than my phone. I was finally able to get the album to play on one of my 
> HomePodes by holding my phone up to it and transferring, but we all know that 
> that sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't. So this action, which should 
> have been able to be implemented with one voice command, ended up taking 
> about fifteen minutes, and it still wasn't playin on all the speakers where I 
> wanted it to play.
> 
> On a more general level, our music system is a combination of HomePods and 
> Sonos speakers. In IOS 13, if I had the speakers grouped, and told Siri to 
> adjust the volume, the volume was adjusted for the whole group. Now, it is 
> only adjusted on the HomePod. If I want to adjust the volume on the Sonos 
> speakers, I either have to open the Sonos app and do it there, or manually 
> walk over and adjust it. There's just no excuse for that.
> Cheers,
> Donna
> 
> 
>> On Feb 14, 2021, at 11:54 AM, `  wrote:
>> 
>> I can't comment on the Braille Display, but I hae not experienced any issues 
>> with the HomePod.
>> 
>>> On 2/14/2021 10:01, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote:
>>> Does anyone else out there feel like IOS 14.4 is a serious piece of c***? 
>>> Honestly, I hate it enough that I'm giving some consideration to just going 
>>> back to another environment. What on earth was Apple thinking? I have 
>>> problems with my braille display and problems with playing music in my 
>>> home. This is the suckiest release I can remember in a long time!
>>> Cheers,
>>> Donna
>>> 
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podcasts on Mac

[Lorie McCloud]

where can I find podcasts on my Mac in Catalina? I looked in the dock but the 
only thing under p is photos. maybe I have to put it on the dock. how would I 
do that?

thanks.
Lorie

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Re: IOS 14.4 a serious piece of garbage?

['Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries]

Oh, God! so here's what happened this morning.

I said "Siri, play Album x." Siri said, "I can't find Album X on Apple Music." 
So I said, "Siri, play album X from my library." Siri said, "I can't find Album 
X on Apple music." So I said, "Siri, play Artist from my library." Siri 
immediately played a song from the album I'd been trying to play. So I said," 
Siri, play this album." Siri immediately switched to a different album. So, I 
thought, OK, I'll just air-play it from my phone. I started the album, and went 
into the control center to select the speakers where I wanted the music to 
play. But the Playback Destination button in the Control center seems only to 
be there for decoration. Tapping it brought up the list of speakers, but I was 
not able to select and get music to play on anything other than my phone. I was 
finally able to get the album to play on one of my HomePodes by holding my 
phone up to it and transferring, but we all know that that sometimes works, and 
sometimes doesn't. So this action, which should have been able to be 
implemented with one voice command, ended up taking about fifteen minutes, and 
it still wasn't playin on all the speakers where I wanted it to play.

On a more general level, our music system is a combination of HomePods and 
Sonos speakers. In IOS 13, if I had the speakers grouped, and told Siri to 
adjust the volume, the volume was adjusted for the whole group. Now, it is only 
adjusted on the HomePod. If I want to adjust the volume on the Sonos speakers, 
I either have to open the Sonos app and do it there, or manually walk over and 
adjust it. There's just no excuse for that.
Cheers,
Donna


> On Feb 14, 2021, at 11:54 AM, `  wrote:
> 
> I can't comment on the Braille Display, but I hae not experienced any issues 
> with the HomePod.
> 
> On 2/14/2021 10:01, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote:
>> Does anyone else out there feel like IOS 14.4 is a serious piece of c***? 
>> Honestly, I hate it enough that I'm giving some consideration to just going 
>> back to another environment. What on earth was Apple thinking? I have 
>> problems with my braille display and problems with playing music in my home. 
>> This is the suckiest release I can remember in a long time!
>> Cheers,
>> Donna
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Re: IOS 14.4 a serious piece of garbage?

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I can't comment on the Braille Display, but I hae not experienced any 
issues with the HomePod.


On 2/14/2021 10:01, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote:

Does anyone else out there feel like IOS 14.4 is a serious piece of c***? 
Honestly, I hate it enough that I'm giving some consideration to just going 
back to another environment. What on earth was Apple thinking? I have problems 
with my braille display and problems with playing music in my home. This is the 
suckiest release I can remember in a long time!
Cheers,
Donna



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Re: IOS 14.4 a serious piece of garbage?

['Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries]

Well, I guess at least I'm not the only one. But seriously, I can't imagine 
what Apple was thinking to release a version with so many problems. I get that 
the braille display issues only involve a tiny group of people so will not take 
priority. But the issues with music on the HomePod are just bloody ridiculous.
Cheers,
Donna


> On Feb 14, 2021, at 10:46 AM, Anders Holmberg  wrote:
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> Hi!
> Certainly!
> Its beyond crap.
> Siri is the worst thing I’ve ever have dealt with.
> I haven’t tested braille but I have issues yes!
> /A
> 
>> 14 feb. 2021 kl. 17:01 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries 
>> :
>> 
>> Does anyone else out there feel like IOS 14.4 is a serious piece of c***? 
>> Honestly, I hate it enough that I'm giving some consideration to just going 
>> back to another environment. What on earth was Apple thinking? I have 
>> problems with my braille display and problems with playing music in my home. 
>> This is the suckiest release I can remember in a long time!
>> Cheers,
>> Donna
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Re: IOS 14.4 a serious piece of garbage?

[Anders Holmberg]

Hi!
Certainly!
Its beyond crap.
Siri is the worst thing I’ve ever have dealt with.
I haven’t tested braille but I have issues yes!
/A

> 14 feb. 2021 kl. 17:01 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries 
> :
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> Does anyone else out there feel like IOS 14.4 is a serious piece of c***? 
> Honestly, I hate it enough that I'm giving some consideration to just going 
> back to another environment. What on earth was Apple thinking? I have 
> problems with my braille display and problems with playing music in my home. 
> This is the suckiest release I can remember in a long time!
> Cheers,
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IOS 14.4 a serious piece of garbage?

['Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries]

Does anyone else out there feel like IOS 14.4 is a serious piece of c***? 
Honestly, I hate it enough that I'm giving some consideration to just going 
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suckiest release I can remember in a long time!
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Can't log in to my Ordinary Mac partition.

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Hi!
There’s an issue when I try to log in to my Mac partition where I have the non 
beta version.
When I type my password I  get an error  telling me that the login was 
unsuccessful due to an error.
The only other user I have is a guest user.
My Beta version of Big Sur works like it should.
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Re: Toggling dark mode

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Hello,
If you don't want to use one of VoiceOvers commanders for your automation, then 
you will need to save (or possibly recreate your workflow ) to be aQuickAction. 
In Automators new dialog it describes Quick Actions as:text Quick Actions are 
workflows that may be added to Finder, Touch Bar, and the Services menu. 

Once a quick Action is listed as a service, then you can go into System 
Preferences Keyboard open the shortcuts area and find the services in the first 
table and a list of all the services in the second table. Any of these services 
can be assigned a shortcut key. These are the same services that are listed in 
the Application Name (Finder, Mail., TextEdit)  menu just above the "hide" menu 
item.
Do be a little careful to verify the entry you put in this list as you can also 
assign unmodified single letter to shortcuts here.

Have fun!

Jonathan Cohn



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> Hi all, I’ve been Googling this morning and have found two ways to toggle 
> dark/light mode. One is creating an apple script, the other is creating a 
> workflow and saving it as an app.
> 
> The workflow as an app was super simple, but now I’m not sure if there is a 
> way to use a global keyboard shortcut to run it.
> 
> Is there a step I’m missing? Here’s the link where I learned the workflow.
> 
> https://beebom.com/how-quickly-switch-between-dark-light-mode-mac/ 
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