Any Way to Disable Signatures

With the Christmas Season upon us I would like to include several seasonal signatures in my catalog of signatures. What I’m looking for is a way to have the Christmas signatures enabled while disabling the non-seasonal signatures. And then, of course, after the Holidays disabling the

Re: From Moderator Mark, to the List

Dog Holland - “Within the fruit of recent victory is born the seed of future failure.” - Bill Gallik, Northern Wisconsin Curmudgeon, 1952-20?? (I am NOT delusional)?? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns a

Question Concerning Scheduling Time Machine

Good Friday Morning All; As suggested by the subject line, I have a question concerning scheduling automatic Time Machine processes Specifically, while parusing the Time Machine Preferences I located a check box for turning on automatic backups, but I wasn’t able to figure how to select a

Re: Erasing everything from a USB flash drive

Thank you for your kind words, but in all honesty I cannot claim any credit for the incredibly well thought UNIX operating system. The people that designed and implemented uNIX are far more intelligent than I and it goes without saying their combined intellects are truly remarkable. Not only

Re: Erasing everything from a USB flash drive

? Bill & Leader Dog Holland - "That I have no sight, does not mean I have no vision." - Bill Gallik, Northern Wisconsin Curmudgeon, 1952-20?? (I am NOT delusional)?? > On Dec 9, 2016, at 4:41 AM, Paul Hopewell <hopew...@hopewell.org.uk> wrote: > > Hello, >

Re: Erasing everything from a USB flash drive

Hi Eric, I want to thank you for putting that DD commandline out there, I worked for many years at AT Bell laboratories were all development work was done on UNIX systems and I completely forgotten about the DD command. Nice to have a refresher. Paul, Eric is making a very sound suggestion

Is There A Way To Stop Interruptions While Reading An E-Mail?

While trying to read a thread on iDentifi I’d get about a third through the currently reading message and a new e-mail would come into my InBox. The annoying thing about this is that VoiceOver would start reading the newly arrived message interrupting the e-mail I was trying to complete. Is

Re: Elon Musk is developing human machine interfaces

Scott et al, I’d like to offer a couple of observations in reply to your e-mail message: First, The University of Wisconsin Health Sciences Department (and I do mean THE University of Wisconsin in Madison) has been conducting some quite successful experiments with they refer to as “Brain Port”

Looking for a Check Printing App

VoiceOver accessibility with Checkbook Pro, but it does not meet all my needs as I do want an app that will let me print out checks as well as provide a great online check register! Bill - "That I have no sight, does not mean I have no vision." - Bill Gallik, Northern

Must Execute SEND Command Twice

I too have an e-mail question; when I’ve completed composing an e-mail message I find that I need to hit the “SEND COMMAND” key sequence (COMMAND+SHIFT+D) twice now. Now that I think about it, I believe this started after the latest Mac OS update installed. I suppose I should go into “Mail

Re: Must Execute SEND Command Twice

I did check the mail preferences and could not find anything there that might suggest a setting to require issuing the send command more than once. Of course, this isn’t a “show stopper,” but it sure is annoying! HELP!!! - Bill from Wisconsin - "Last week I was diagnosed

Re: Must Execute SEND Command Twice

? Can anybody better versed in the Mac OS e-mail client offer any explanation? - Bill from Wisconsin - "To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter." - Françoise Sagan, French Novelist, screen Writer & Dramatist, 1935-2004 > On Aug 17, 2017, at 5:45 AM, B

Re: Changing the name of a mailbox I created

Good Morning Mike, Have you tried positioning your cursor on the folder in question while perusing the folder list, hitting VO+SHIFT+DOWN-ARROW; this should place you interacting with that text field, although I haven’t tried this myself I think that should allow you to delete unwanted

Re: KNFB For The Mac

Thank you so much for this post; I for one will be firing an e-mail off to KNFB Reader support requesting that a MacOS version of this software be developed. - BillLeader Dog Holland - "All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny

Re: When Scanning a Document, How to Know If It's Right Side Up?

I’m not sure just what problem you’re trying to have addressed here. Once you scan in a document and the OCR application has processed it, the file will be properly aligned. Are you talking about working with the actual hardcopy document? If that be the case, simply position the first or

Re: Changing the name of a mailbox I created

im Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Aug 17, 2017, at 04:26, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Good Morning Mike, > > Have you tried positioning your cursor on the folder in question while > perusing the folder list, hitting VO+SHIFT+DOWN-ARROW

Multiple Devices for Audio Output

I’ve done this several times, but for the life of me I cannot recall how I did what I’m about to describe. I have a USB headset that I want to use for VoiceOver output and for any audio input I may want to use. However, I want system sounds directed through the headphone jack on my Mac mini

Re: Multiple Devices for Audio Output

I was able to figure what I needed to do to have VoiceOver directed through my USB headphones while all other sounds are routed to the speakers connected via the audio jack. For those that might be interested (and to help set this in my memory by enumerating the following steps) here’s how it’s

How Do I Enable "Hand Off" on Mac

Given the discussion on copying text on one device and pasting it on another device; I presume that “Hand Off” needs to be enabled. Where in “System Preferences” is this done? - Bill from Bayfield County, Wisconsin - Dear Optimist, Pessimist, and Realist, While you guys were

Re: Turning Speaking on

Not to be contrary nor disagreeable, but the statement " 3 finger double tap toggles Voiceover” is not exactly correct. It does togle speech on/off and this a bit different from toggling VoiceOver on/off. The difference between toggling speech and VoiceOver is very useful when working with

My Verbosity - Was: Turning Speaking on

Ah Heck, ET; don’t mind my long-winded dissertation - I’m just like that! ;-) - Bill from Bayfield County, Wisconsin - "A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin." - US Editor and Satirist, H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) -- The following information

E-Mail Signatures

I have three e-mail accounts and a number of signatures; some I’d prefer to be available for only one of the accounts and many that I would like to be available to all three accounts. Perhaps I misunderstand the concepts of signatures in Mac OS, but I thought a person could create a number of

Response to Keyboard Events Excessively Slow

A couple of issues here, although I believe they are likely related. First, while typing messages in an e-mail I find the key entry feedback to be very slow, at times not keeping with my typing lagging by a number of lines. Second, when I issue the “Send” command (++D) I find that I must

Getting Radio Streams Recognized in iTunes

On my iPhone, using ooTunes, it was relatively simple to search for various streaming radio stations and add them to your favorites. How does one do this with iTunes on a Mac OS system? I enjoy listening to “old time radio” and have found several sites that provide this genre and would like to

Sluggish Response to Keyboard

dCan anybody offer any suggestions as how to resolve an issue where VoiceOver is announcing the letter(s) I’ve just typed with an unacceptable lag? - Bill from Wisconsin - "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint." - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Test Message - Don't bother to open.

Just want to see if a message addressed to MacVisionaries is getting through. - Bill from Wisconsin - "To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter." - Françoise Sagan, French Novelist, screen Writer & Dramatist, 1935-2004 -- The following information is important for

Where Are Safari Favorites Stored

Can anyone out here tell me where the Internet Favorites are stored? I need to delete several folders and rename a few others and I find the Safari management procedures incredibly tedious (just as I found the Microsoft procedures to be when I used a PC). - Bill from Ino,

Adding Events in an E-Mail Message to Calendar

I’ve received an e-mail message with a date and time included within the text for a scheduled telephone conference. While reading this message I noticed that “Event” is identified as such, but how does one activate that event information to add it to the calendar? - Bill

Audio Play Buttons Not Functioning

I hope someone out here can offer some solution or, at least, some sort of explanation for my issue. I am subscribed to Miriam Webster’s “Word of the Day” and those e-mail messages contain an audio play link to open the web page to a section where a “Play Button” to pronounce the word can

Where Are Other Special Symbols Documenbted - Was: …

Where is this type of thing documented. I discovered that teaming the with other keys will render additional special symbols. This must be documented somewhere and I’d like to learn about them. BTW: This is cool for sure, thanks Shawn! - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin - "It is

Re: Is It Possible to Connect a PC to a Mac via USB

hat's your most secure and streamlined process considering your resistance to putting printers on the network. Network printing is out.files over the network is out. I'm afraid it's either usb direct, or the shoe based network for you. Best, Erik On May 30, 2018 12:45:00 PM Bill Gal

Is It Possible to Connect a PC to a Mac via USB

A bit of background here; I have an old PC (Vista) I use for scanning documents and printing out whatever. This PC is not connected into the network router I’m using with my Mini Mac, iPhone and iPad because I don’t care to deal with the anti-virus software so necessary when made vulnerable

Re: Is It Possible to Connect a PC to a Mac via USB

mini and ipad? Best, Erik On May 30, 2018 12:19:55 PM Bill Gallik wrote: A bit of background here; I have an old PC (Vista) I use for scanning documents and printing out whatever. This PC is not connected into the network router I’m using with my Mini Mac, iPhone and iPad because I don’t care

Re: SSH into my mac does not work properly.

I wonder, are you using the key after typing in your password? My thought is that you may need to terminate the password string with a line feed rather than a carriage return (M rather than J). It’s been a lot of years since I worked on a UNIX system, but if memory serves me correctly the

OCR Software Cost Comparison

After reading an e-mail that reminded me about FineReaderPro I went to the Mac App Store and did a search on said software. OCR Kit also came in the results and I can’t help notice that FineReaderPro costs $119.98 while OCR Kit costs $29.99; I’ve always one that believes you usually get what

Adobe Reader & Image PDF Documents

Can anybody advise as to how to deal with a situation where I am sent PDF documents that have been scanned in as image files. When I try to open such PDF documents with Adobe Reader I get the message, “Alert, Empty Document” I have ABBY Fine Reader on my PC to process the image from a

Re: Adobe Reader & Image PDF Documents

OK, this is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks - Sent from Bill's iPhone 6 (iOS 11.2.5) via iCloud > On Feb 11, 2018, at 11:19 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > FineReaderPro. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

PDFReaderPro Free - How Do You ...

Can anyone using PDFReaderPro please offer some information as to how a person can, using the free version, convert a PDF Image document into a format that can be read via an app and VoiceOver. I opened one of the documents I need to read and — using the menu procedure — attempted to export

Re: PDFReaderPro Free - How Do You ...

e something like ABBYY Fine Reader to do the OCR part. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 13, 2018, at 14:08, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@icloud.com> wrote: Can anyone using PDFReaderPro please offer some information as to how a person can, using the free version, conver

3-Finger Quadruple Tap

When reading ME-mail message with a code that needs to be copied into a field for another app, the three finger quadruple tap seems to drag along extraneous data. For example, a friend of mine got a gift code from Amazon and when she tried to copy it to the Paste board she also got “table end.“

Re: 3-Finger Quadruple Tap

I appreciate the responses to this inquiry, but that procedure is terribly inconvenient. It would be helpful if Apple were able to offer a toggle to silence the inclusion of element labels so this gesture could copy only the desired information into the paste-board. Now, I fully understand

Re: PDFReaderPro Free - How Do You ...

/robobraill.org/> i think it is. It may also be robobraille.com <http://robobraille.com/>. This is a danish site where you can convert any text format to any text format. SO you can convert pdf to html or word and so on. /A > 13 feb. 2018 kl. 22:08 skrev Bill Gallik <wfgal...@icloud.

Re: 3-Finger Quadruple Tap

rotor to edit and vertical flick to copy, and double-tap. Kind regards, David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com <mailto:dchitten...@gmail.com> Mobile: +61 488 988 936 Sent from my iPhone On 15 Feb 2018, at 02:34, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@icloud.com <mailto:wfgal...@

Re: 3-Finger Quadruple Tap

Hmmm, well shut my mouth; I’m not sure why, but I was laboring under the dilution that “Text Selection” was not available while reading an e-mail message. I just tried it on one in my InBox and — wahLah - it works just fine. I wonder what in the Sam Hell made me think “Text Selection” was

How to Change Personal Name As Listed in E-Mail

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

Re: Changing iTunes Audio Output

H; Gees Tim, you put it so much more clearly than I did. Hats off to you! - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin - "To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter." - Françoise Sagan, French Novelist, screen Writer & Dramatist, 1935-2004B On Mar 15, 2018, at 9:22 AM, Tim Kilburn

Re: Changing iTunes Audio Output

Hi Ramy, I have VoiceOver speech streaming through a USB headphone; that headphone also features a microphone. I mention this because I found that changing audio output is a bit confusing in that I want my input device to be the USB Headphone microphone and the system sounds streaming out

Re: Navigating messages inside the Mac mail app

Hi Ramy, When you are in the mail application, use +<,> (That’s the COMMAND key along with the COMMA key)to place you directly in the Preferences dialog for mail. The ToolBar will have a number of buttons - “View” included. Select that button and you will find the “Classic View” check box as

Re: Navigating messages inside the Mac mail app

ied it now, it’s there, and i tried it. but frankly i don’t like this view at all, so, is there a way to know the subject without using the classic view? thanks in advance > On Apr 12, 2018, at 1:20 PM, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@icloud.com > <mailto:wfgal...@icloud.com>> wrote: > >

Reading Threads In Order

I wonder if anybody can suggest how to set up the native mail client (MacOS) so that a thread can be read one message at a time with the oldest (probably original message) being read first, the second oldest message read next and so on. I have configured my mail so that oldest messages are at

Re: Reading Threads In Order

Will give that a try, thanks Tim! 樂 - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin - “Last week I was diagnosed with Insomnia, now I’m just so tired of it.” - Contributor Unknown On Apr 16, 2018, at 2:39 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, Try going into Mail Prefs, under the Viewing tab

Connecting A Treks Titanium Bluetooth Headset

I have a Treks Titanium Bluetooth headset I’d like to connect to my Mac mini but I cannot seem to find an “ADD” nor “DISCOVER” button. Can anybody offer advice? - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin - "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." - US

Re: Connecting A Treks Titanium Bluetooth Headset

, at 5:52 PM, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@icloud.com> wrote: I have a Treks Titanium Bluetooth headset I’d like to connect to my Mac mini but I cannot seem to find an “ADD” nor “DISCOVER” button. Can anybody offer advice? - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin - "Clothes make the man. N

Anti-Virus Software Recommendations Wanted

I’m looking for recommendations for anti-virus software to replace my current Avast software. Does anyone have any thoughts on this. I am willing to consider any thoughts as to why I should retain Avast as well as suggestions for other brands. - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin

Re: Anti-Virus Software Recommendations Wanted

. iOS doesn’t need an antivirus either. Sent from my iPad > On Jan 24, 2020, at 10:59 AM, Bill Gallik wrote: > >  > I’m looking for recommendations for anti-virus software to replace my current > Avast software. Does anyone have any thoughts on this. > > > &

Re: Native email client; how do I…

> OK, thanks much bread! > > -Bill -- 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 list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators

Native email client; how do I…

When entering a message list, a sort by button and a small sub menu is consistently read aloud. How do I eliminate this? -- 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 list, or if you feel

Re: [Netlify] Form submission from contact form: Kawal Gucukoglu

I bet Maria is wondering what in the world is going on, I got just about the exact same response from my email on this matter. LOL - Sent from Bill's iPhone 8 (iOS 13.3.1) via Google Mail -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If

Email signature storage

Does anyone know how/where the e-mail signatures are stored. Does individual signature reside within a dedicated file or are all signatures stored in an “archive file?” I ask because I find the window interface used to manage signatures extremely inefficient and clumsy. As of this moment, I

Creating A New Bookmark Folder

I would like to create a new folder for storing web pages that offer recipes — the name of the folder would be, of course, “Recipes.” However, when I select “Add New Bookmark” folder I get a dialog box that has a “Search” edit box and a table listing the various existing folders. I highlight

Re: E-Mail Services Screwed Up On Mac Only

Well Gang, I was able to resolve the outgoing e-mail issue on my Mac Mini. I did complete delete the iCloud account from the Mac Mini and then add it back. It appears that I lost none of the saved messages and I’m now able to send out e-mail from the iCloud account. Thanks Jonathan for your

Want to Clean Up an Anti-Virus App

I had installed an anti-virus program on my Mac Mini that I became quite disillusioned with to the point that I installed MalWare Bytes to replace it. I’ve been able to “unschedule” the original app so that MalWare Bytes does all the scheduled. But I am not able to simply delete the app from

E-Mail Services Screwed Up On Mac Only

Hopefully somebody can help me with this very aggravating issue concerning e-mail services on my Mac. I will add here that I am now running Big Sir on my Mac Mini, but the issue started several MacOS iterations past. In short, this is not a problem seemingly caused by Big Sir. I have 2

Re: E-Mail Services Screwed Up On Mac Only

able to type in a password but to no avail! - Sent from Bill's iPhone 8 (iOS 14.3) via Google Mail > On Dec 25, 2020, at 3:12 AM, Bill Gallik wrote: > > Hopefully somebody can help me with this very aggravating issue concerning > e-mail services on my Mac. I will add

Re: Contacts not transferring from Mac to iPhone

Just wondering, is it possible you have “Hand Off” turned off? And, do you have “Contacts” checked in the iCloud configuration dialog? I realize these may be “of course” questions, but it can’t hurt to double check. Best of Luck. And, if you do not mind, would you please pass along the root of

Re: Apprising Uber drivers of blindness in advance of pick-up

Hey Folks, Can anybody advise me as to how receptive the Uber drivers are to allowing a dog guide in the vehicles? I suppose, like any aspect of life, it depends on the driver. * * * * * * * * * * * * - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin - "Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than

What's With This "XXXX Busy" - Ridiculous

I’ve recently been experiencing far too much of “(Name the Application) Busy” with hardly ever more than three apps open on my Mac. The greatest offenders appear to be Mail and Safari although even Finder goes into this very aggravating mode far too frequently. I do have the latest version of

Reading Threads in E-Mail

I’ve noticed a rather annoying phenomenon while reading e-mail. I do have my e-mail clients configured to group messages from a specific thread together. Ås a result, I may have a number of messages related to a given topic juxtaposed in order of original to succeeding replies. However,

Is There Any Way ...

Can anyone offer a suggestion to automate creation of signature tags? Here’s a bit of background. I’ve subscribed to “Quote of the Day” and save the ones I like to text files in a folder I’ve created named “Signatures.” Each file is named using a phrase in the e-mail/file with the “TXT”

Keyboard action to increase VoiceOver volume

I have a reason to believe that the volume on my Mac mini has been set to 0%. Of course, this makes it quite difficult to go into voiceover configuration to raise the volume. Can anybody tell me the key sequence to use to increase VoiceOver volume on a Mac system? - Sent from

XXXXX Is Not Responding

Has anybody else been experiencing a circumstance where after opening an application, upon trying to do anything at all in the app a message indicating that “X is not responding” and are there any suggestions as how best to remedy this? * * * * * * * * * * * * - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin -

Re: XXXXX Is Not Responding

; > Tim Kilburn > Jamf Certified Tech > Apple Professional Learning Specialist > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Dec 14, 2021, at 10:54, Bill Gallik > <mailto:wfgal...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >&g

Strange Results When Trying to Open Additional Text Files

I’m experiencing a strange phenomenon using TextEdit. I have a number of files that contain my various signature tags, one file per tag. I also have one “Master” file that contains nothing more than the first several lines of my signature tags. When I find a clever or interesting phrase that

Document Scanning Advice Requested

Greetings All, I am totally blind and want to scan documents (i.e. standard mail) such that that scanning process will convert the scanned document into a text, Word or HTML file so I can peruse that file to “read” it. I currently have a Brother MFC L2685DW printer/scanner, but I find the

Phantom Disabling of Commanders

Hello All, I ran into a strange phenomenon that I refer to as “Phantom Disabling of Commanders.” I’ve had the commander for announcing date and time deployed on my Mac Mini for years, but it wasn’t working today. I launched the VO configuration and discovered that these had been turned off.

Re: OT: A bit of personal news

Pardon me, but I’m posting on the list because I do not have Donna’s personal e-mail address. I am very interested in her upcoming procedure and would like to be kept up to date. I’m going to include my more private e-mail address (not the gmail account with which I’m subscribed to this list)

Re: How to send an audio message in the latest IOS?

Whenever I’ve tried sending a message to a non-Apple device the audio button does not apper for me neither. I suspect sending audio messages is restricted to “Apple only” devices. * * * * * * * * * * * * - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin - "You must be the change you want to see in the world." -

Re: issue navigating a document in Word on Mac

I wish I could be more helpful in this matter, but when I first installed the Microsoft Office Suite on my Mac Mini I was experiencing the issue as described in this thread. Several months ago I was trying to work with a document I had copied from my old Windows PC and tapped some sort of

Re: Concerned about the future Mac accessibility

Tracy et al, I personally have not experienced many of the VoiceOver issues appearing on this list. I’m using a Mac mini (2014) and recently did need to have the (mechanical) hard drive replaced with an SSD. I figure after over 9 years and all that drive head movement a mechanical drive

Re: I am baffled with the accessibility team.

when I call them about , say trying to synch my new AirPods. The person > I then speak with keeps giving me visual instruction like tap the blue > button. They have no idea on instructing using v/o features. In the past this > was not the case. I’m wondering why it changed? > >

Converting from Image to Text

Hi All, Several months ago I sent a message to the list wondering how I could use my scanner to read print documents. It was suggested that I use the Image Capture app and I have tried that. I’m able to scan in a page, but can’t seem to get the image converted into a text (or Word) format.

Re: Converting from Image to Text

Hi All, Obviously, I misunderstood an e-mail message I received in reply to my initial inquiry concerning using my Brother “All-In-One” printer. I mistakenly interpreted that answer to suggest that Image Capture could create an image file from a printed document and then convert it to

To Choose, To Chose - OCR App

Hi All (Once Again), I’ve decided to install an OCR app on my Mac Mini, but in searching for such software via “App Store” I find a quite confusing list of choices. I realize such preferences are highly subjective propositions, but I certainly would appreciate suggestions as to which OCR app

Re: I am baffled with the accessibility team.

I’m chiming in on this thread to offer some pointers. I can honestly state that I’ve had very effective experiences with the assistance from the access-ability team. These pointers follow: First and foremost, make certain the technical support person you are working with is fully aware of

Re: Mac vs. iPad

Actually, the iPad is an “undergrown iPhone” as it lacks the “Phone” component. I guess I am speaking “virtually” here because it is typically larger than an iPhone - physically speaking anyway. - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin - “Dear Optimist, Pecimist and Realist” - “While you were

Re: Opening a Contiguous Set of Text Files Into a Single Document

Hey Dave, et al, After reading the several responses and gauging your reaction to them I’ll offer yet another solution. First of all, I am assuming that what you want is one large, all-inclusive file. I’m further assuming that all these files are just simple text file with no more formating

Re: Disk Maintenance

First and foremost, I want to say “Thanks” to each of the responses to my original inquiry. I appreciate the good intentions of all concerned. However, none of the points raised factor in this problem. I typically have only 3 or 4 apps running at any given time; Finder, E-Mail, Checkbook Pro

Disk Maintenance

I feel quite foolish asking this question, but what options do I select in the Disk Utility to execute a “ScanDisk-like” routine on my Mac Mini? I thought I had done so last week, but file access continues to be excessively sluggish. I’m thinking that re-arranging the file blocks into

Re: Disk Maintenance

ioneer, Musician, Oregonian, Engineer, and Woodworker > > > > > On Aug 28, 2022, at 6:25 AM, Bill Gallik <mailto:wfgal...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I feel quite foolish asking this question, but what options do I select in > the Disk Utility to execute a “ScanDis

Tagging A Contact As VIP

I do have several contacts tagged as “VIP” but cannot recall how I had done this. Can anybody offer a suggestion? * * * * * * * * * * * * - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin - "The Early Bird may get the worm,” - “But the Second Mouse gets the cheese!” -- The following information is important for

UNLOCKING CAP MODE

HI, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SOME DEGREE OF VISION, IT IS OBVIOUS WHAT MY ISSUE CONCERNING THIS E-MAIL! I’VE GOTTEN INTO “UPPER CASE LOCKED MODE” AND NEITHER KNOW HOW I MANAGED TO DO THAT NOR HOW TO GET OUT OF IT. CAN ANYONE OFFER A WAY OUT OF THIS, PLEASE! -BILL FROM INO, WISCONSIN -- The

Re: UNLOCKING CAP MODE

that quite ugly head for them. Again, thank you Herby! > On Oct 26, 2022, at 7:40 AM, Herbie Allen wrote: > > Try pressing the capslock key twice in quick succession. > >> On Oct 26, 2022, at 06:59, Bill Gallik wrote: >> >> HI, >> >> FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SO

Creating Commanders - Was: vo command to close an application?

I believe you are asking if there is a way to assign a key sequence to automatically launch a specific app. For instance, I have a Commander using the “w” to launch MS-Word. When I wish to use MS-Word I type in the key combination of and the app is opened. Now for some explanation

MS-Excel Keys - Was: MS-Word Shortcut Keys

> On Oct 28, 2022, at 12:59 AM, Bill Gallik wrote: > > I have a quite specific question and then a more general issue. > > First, the specific question; in Word help I read that using the key sequence > <+> will insert the current time and/or time in the focussed ce

MS-Word Shortcut Keys

I have a quite specific question and then a more general issue. First, the specific question; in Word help I read that using the key sequence <+> will insert the current time and/or time in the focussed cell. I presume the cell must be formatted appropriately prior to deploying this key

Concerning Special Characters

I have a question concerning special characters. When placing a quotation mark in an e-mail message via the iPhone the resulting character is a “opening” quotation mark unless the said character follows an existing “opening” such mark; in such case, the inserted character is a “closing”

Syncing Messages Across Devices

I’m running into an issue with the Messages app where messages on all my devices (Mac Mini, iPhone SE, iPhone 8, iPhone 6) when I compose and send said messages. This is fine, but when I delete a message or message conversation on my iPhones they are not removed from the Mac Mini. Can anybody

Re: Syncing Messages Across Devices

, Herbie Allen <mailto:herbie.al...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Check your message preferences. In Messages, do a Command Comma, Look for the > toolbar and interact. You want the Messages option. You will find options to > sink, and I would also try the Sink now button. >

Not Responding Message

I’m having a significant problem with some apps giving me a “… Not Responding” message. In particular, the native mail app on my Mac Mini is driving me nuts with this. If this were only happening with network accessing apps I might be inclined to reset my wireless modem, but strictly local

First Character Recognition in Lists

I’m having an issue navigating a list wherein I want to move into the list by typing the first character of list items so as to quickly move down into that part of said list. As I’ve mentioned in prior e-mailings, I have a number of “signature tags” that I’ve created from “Quote of the Day” in

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