Setting Default Install Location

2022-02-08 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Dear All: I've noticed my Mac Mini has begun defaulting to using my external Thunderbolt storage drive whenever I install something new. This is most definitely not my preference. Anyone able to help me reset to more standard locations? I'd most grateful. Best, Janina -- Janina Sajka

RE: Reading Hindi By Character?

2022-02-08 Thread Fazil M.
Thank you very much, Tim. I was able to read by character with Quick NAV off in Hindi, Arabic and English too. Thanks! From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2022 8:52 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Reading Hindi By Character? Hi,

RE: Adding a Language?

2022-02-08 Thread Fazil M.
I don’t like Lekha, so I guess I am ok with the other guy. Thanks much for your help again. From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2022 8:51 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Adding a Language? Hi, The only Hindi voices I’ve seen in

Re: Why can't I hear subject lines as messages come in on my Mac?

2022-02-08 Thread Kevin Gibbs
The accessibility guys suggested dI change some settings in Notifications and Focus under mail. Changed notification to Alerts. let's see if this works. On Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 11:22:42 PM UTC-6 Kevin Gibbs wrote: > Why should column layout matter? It's never been checked before and

Why can't I hear subject lines as messages come in on my Mac?

2022-02-08 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Why should column layout matter? It's never been checked before and I've always heard the first few words of a message as it comes in. What up? On Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 4:47:07 PM UTC-6 wb...@swbell.net wrote: > Go to the Menu bar > View menu, and either select or unselect the item Use

Menu Extra Is Not Reporting Battery Status?

2022-02-08 Thread Fazil M.
Hi, Group. I have added a couple of supported languages in Language today. Menu Extra is not reporting battery status ever since. Does it have anything to do with adding languages? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks! -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

User Authentication Required

2022-02-08 Thread Fazil M.
Hi, Group. I asked this question before and I am asking it again because this time I have some more information about it. This problem started when I upgraded to Montray. In Catlina days, when computer went to sleep, I used to press arrows keys repeatedly with my finger on the fingerprint

Re: Reading Hindi By Character?

2022-02-08 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Try using VO-shift-left and right arrow to see if VO reads by character. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Feb 8, 2022, at 18:51, Fazil M. wrote: > > Hi, Group. >

Re: Adding a Language?

2022-02-08 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, The only Hindi voices I’ve seen in VoiceOver are Lekha and Neel. In the VO Utility, go to Speech, then VO-space on the current voice menu item, and down to Customize. In the Search field, type Hindi, and you’ll find what they have to offer at this point in time. Later… Tim Kilburn

Re: Has anyone else noticed that since the last update, their Homepods are a hot mess?

2022-02-08 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Huh! Weird. Nope, no joy here. I was finally able to get Siri to play the album I want by telling her to play artist, keep saying next track till she played one from the album I wanted, and then say Play Album. But it just shouldn’t be that hard. Cheers, Donna > On Feb 8, 2022, at 6:48

Reading Hindi By Character?

2022-02-08 Thread Fazil M.
Hi, Group. I have just added Hindi as one of my preferred languages and Voiceover is reading hindi just fine. I am able to read by word just fine, however, Voiceover is not reading by character. When I bring my roater on character and read with left/right arrows, Voiceover still reads by word,

RE: Adding a Language?

2022-02-08 Thread Fazil M.
Thank you very much, Tim, I have successfully added Hindi and Voiceover is reading Hindi now! Can I see whether we have more voices for Hindi? If yes, where can I see that, please? Thanks again! Thanks! From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2022 2:01 PM To:

Re: Has anyone else notied that since the last update, their Homepods are a hot mess?

2022-02-08 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi Donna, All good with Siri up here in Canada. I asked four different times to play albums. 1. Hey Siri, play Taproot Manuscript by Neil Diamond. 2. Hey Siri, play Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. 3. Hey Siri, play the album 1X by Three Days Grace 4. Hey Siri, play Divide by Ed Sheeran.

Re: All text files that cannot be read

2022-02-08 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
On 8/2/22 11:22, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries wrote: If they are indeed .txt files, then I recommend that you open them with TextEdit instead. Also, to find out what kind of file you are working with, remember to run the file command on it. The file command analyzes the file and

Re: Deleted e-mails kept coming back. Why?

2022-02-08 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
On 8/2/22 17:37, Kevin Gibbs wrote: I have a brand new M1 MacBook Pro running OS 12.1. I’m deleting old e-mails from my Gmail account in Mac Mail and finding that mails I know I deleted suddenly reappear. The deletion needs to happen on the server to be effective. This should be

Re: Don't hear subject lines of e-mails read when they come in on my mac

2022-02-08 Thread Brad Snyder
Go to the Menu bar > View menu, and either select or unselect the item Use Column Layout, and see what that does for you. By default, Column Layout is not selected. - Brad - On Feb 8, 2022, at 16:39, Kevin Gibbs wrote: Ever since I got this new MacBook Pro, I’ve noticed that I don’t hear

Don't hear subject lines of e-mails read when they come in on my mac

2022-02-08 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Ever since I got this new MacBook Pro, I’ve noticed that I don’t hear the subject lines of e-mails being read when they come in on my Mac. I hear the sound that indicates I have new mail. But the sender and subject are no longer read they way they used to be. Is this something I’ve managed to

Deleted e-mails kept coming back. Why?

2022-02-08 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I have a brand new M1 MacBook Pro running OS 12.1. I’m deleting old e-mails from my Gmail account in Mac Mail and finding that mails I know I deleted suddenly reappear. I have a little vision and I know these things are coming back because I can see the screen blip quickly. After that, if I

Re: Adding a Language?

2022-02-08 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, It’s in System Preferences, Languages & Region. You should have a button in this pane that says “Add a preferred language”. A list of supported languages will come up in a table. Hinki is one of them. As my Mac read through them, it would read them out in their native tongue, then say

Adding a Language?

2022-02-08 Thread Fazil M.
Hi, Group. How can I add a language. Sometimes ago, I tried to add Hindi in Voiceover Utility, Speech. I think I did not do everything right because my Mac was not reading Hindi webpages. Yesterday, I took my Mac to Genius-bar. I think he was an Italian guy. I asked him to add Hindi in my Mac.

Re: Has anyone else notied that since the last update, their Homepods are a hot mess?

2022-02-08 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hey, Tim, I’ll be curious to hear what you find out. I have converted albums with unusual or foreign language names to playlist, and I agree that does make it easier to play them Cheers, Donna > On Feb 8, 2022, at 10:20 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > I haven’t

Re: Has anyone else notied that since the last update, their Homepods are a hot mess?

2022-02-08 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Joseph, Yes, it does. That’s why I think the problem is with the HomePod. Cheers, Donna > On Feb 8, 2022, at 10:54 AM, joseph hodge wrote: > > What happens if you just use Siri on the phone and not try to go to the > HomePod does it play it then? In other words just using your phone and

Re: app no longer in the app store

2022-02-08 Thread Herbie Allen
SeeingAI but if the app downloads, it will still work. No guarantee it will work on later iOS versions though. > On Feb 8, 2022, at 14:21, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > When I downloaded everything to my new iPhone s e there were a couple of apps > that were no longer in the app store. I would be

app no longer in the app store

2022-02-08 Thread Lorie McCloud
When I downloaded everything to my new iPhone s e there were a couple of apps that were no longer in the app store. I would be asked if I wanted to keep them. there's one in particular I used quite often so my question is: can I still use it or is it no longer usefull since it can't be

Re: Has anyone else notied that since the last update, their Homepods are a hot mess?

2022-02-08 Thread joseph hodge
What happens if you just use Siri on the phone and not try to go to the HomePod does it play it then? In other words just using your phone and asking Siri to play the album does it play the album in question? I would troubleshoot there first because if I can play it on the iPhone then yes

Re: All text files that cannot be read

2022-02-08 Thread Dave Carlson
Steve,Are you on a Mac? If so, try using Preview, or just pressing the spacebar on the filename for the quick look. Dave Carlson Woodworker, Oregonian, Farfar, Pioneer, and Engineer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have

Re: All text files that cannot be read

2022-02-08 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, If they are indeed .txt files, then I recommend that you open them with TextEdit instead. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Feb 8, 2022, at 03:19, Steve Z. wrote:

Re: Has anyone else notied that since the last update, their Homepods are a hot mess?

2022-02-08 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, I haven’t experienced this on my HomePods. Although, I seldom ask Siri to play an album per se. I usually ask her to play a specific playlist from my library, or to play music that I like. I will check on this though when I get home. PS. If you do decide to dispose of your HomePods,

Re: Has anyone else notied that since the last update, their Homepods are a hot mess?

2022-02-08 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Anders, When they work, they are awesome. And mine were working fine until this last update. I do think Apple broke something in a big way. As much as I like the HomePod and the mini, at the point that you spend a half hour just trying to play an album and aren’t even successful in the

Re: Has anyone else notied that since the last update, their Homepods are a hot mess?

2022-02-08 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi Donna! You sem to have a lot of trouble with your home pod. I don’t own one because they’re not sold in Sweden I think. But I thank you for indirectly recommending something else. /A > 8 feb. 2022 kl. 14:32 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi all, > > So, I just spent a half

Re: And 1 object more?

2022-02-08 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Yes I get used to it even though I don’t get it. That’s how it is when sighted tries to be friendly and create a screenreader for blind people. /A > 7 feb. 2022 kl. 23:58 skrev 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > : > > > On 7/2/22 07:21, Anders Holmberg wrote: >> How do i handle this

Re: Mathtype and Microsoft Word

2022-02-08 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
You would need to ask someone who has MathType. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Lucas Gil Nadolskis Date: Tuesday, 8February, 2022 at 08:27 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Mathtype and Microsoft Word Do you have any advice of how to do that export? Thanks.

Has anyone else notied that since the last update, their Homepods are a hot mess?

2022-02-08 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, So, I just spent a half hour trying to get an album to play on my Homepod and various Sonos speakers. Eventually, I just gave up and played it on the Sonos speakers using the Sonos app. And since the last update, this has been happening at least once a day. I regularly get one of

Re: Mathtype and Microsoft Word

2022-02-08 Thread Lucas Gil Nadolskis
Do you have any advice of how to do that export? Thanks. Lucas. > On Feb 8, 2022, at 8:23 AM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > If you can export it to HTML with MathML included, then it will be read > correctly in a browser. So far as I know, that’s the only solution, but it

Re: Mathtype and Microsoft Word

2022-02-08 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
If you can export it to HTML with MathML included, then it will be read correctly in a browser. So far as I know, that’s the only solution, but it should be fine if all you need is to read the document. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Lucas Gil Nadolskis Date: Monday,

All text files that cannot be read

2022-02-08 Thread Steve Z.
Hi, I have found in one of my hard drives some old text files that cannot be read. I open them in pages and try to find Greek or unicode fonts, but I couldn’t. Can anyone help me on this? Thank you -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you