Fully loaded Mac Pro projected to cost over $17000

So what’s apple good at, marking things up. Looks like about an 80% markup on the hardware. The following article details ZDNet’s guess at the cost of a fully loaded iMac pro. Read more here. https://9to5mac.com/2017/06/13/maxed-out-imac-pro-cost/ Think Ill buy the base unit and install my

High Sierra public beta now available

Just a heads up that the public beta is now available for High Sierra. Enjoy -- 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,

Re: Pages shortcut

Oh, thank you! I'm starting to read your book now! Regards Harry > On 29 Jun 2017, at 18:04, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Harry, > > It explains how to get around Pages without getting stuck anywhere. There are > times when you have to turn cursor tracking off to

Re: Adding to favorites in the mail app.

Thanks Tim. I can't believe that so complicated Apple really needs to make n easier way to do this. Thanks. Paul Henrichsen p...@pfhj.org (559) 708-0121 On Jun 22, 2017, at 1:25 PM, Tim Kilburn > wrote: Hi, Here's what I posted

Re: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

OK, I see what you all are talking about now. Yes, you can find your purchased apps but if they aren’t on your phone, there’s no download button and double tapping them doesn’t get them back. > On Jun 29, 2017, at 2:42 PM, christopher hallsworth > wrote: > > Yes, it's

Re: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

Yes, it's definitely broken here too. > On 29 Jun 2017, at 14:47, Scott Granados wrote: > > Ah I see this, no more purchased button. > > Good point Nimer and glad to see you on here. > >> On Jun 29, 2017, at 9:45 AM, Nimer Jaber wrote: >> >>

Re: mac beta still coming soon was: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

Hello, same here, don't release a public beta in this state, which Apple has done. > On 28 Jun 2017, at 23:13, Scott Granados wrote: > > And I would whole heartedly support that delay. Squash the known bugs before > you push it out the door. > >> On Jun 28, 2017, at

Re: Fully loaded Mac Pro projected to cost over $17000

Hi Scott. What is that in pounds? I'd not read an article which guessed the price. Why not just wait for Apple to give the price as I'd rather have the facts than rumour. Kawal. > On 29 Jun 2017, at 20:05, Scott Granados wrote: > > So what’s apple good at, marking

Re: Fully loaded Mac Pro projected to cost over $17000

Hi Kawal, it’s pretty easy to figure out what Apple will charge by making an educated guess as to what hardware is included and the using their own site to calculate the markup. Typically, Apple marks things up about 80%. I would suspect that’s with a few hundred dollars of the cost since

Getting Internet Explorer Favorites in to Safari

A friend of mine has replaced his dead PC with a Mac mini. He has a backup folder containing all of his IE favorites that he would like to some how import into Safari so they all don't have to be recreated by hand. Since they were not exported out of IE, they are in their individual files and

Re: How to use terminal?

My favorite obscure command is grep. I believe it means "get repetition." Checking with Wikipedia I find it's a bit more elaborate: "globally search a regular expression and print." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grep Anyway you slice it, it's a funny way to say "Find!" I wonder whether Google

Re: Getting Internet Explorer Favorites in to Safari

The long way of doing it is just click on each individual one and add them to favorites in safari, otherwise, he would have to get a friend with a PC and export those favorites to a HTML file and then import them into safari. > On Jun 29, 2017, at 6:14 PM, Larry Thacker Jr.

iOS 11 adds music playback controls to Apple's AirPods - CNET

iOS 11 adds music playback controls to Apple's AirPods - CNET CNET How To - Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 5:00 AM While there may not be a massive software update for Apple's AirPods themselves, iOS 11 allows you to set different functionality when you double-tap either AirPod. Meaning, you can use

more Voice Over controls?

Hi there, From what I hear, it is now going to be possible to adjust the pitch of the Voice Over voice in IOS11. Is this true for all voices including the so-called “Male Siri” US voice actually known as “Aaron”? Also, what else wil we be able to control: The voice intonation

getting male US Siri voice Aaron on my Mac?

Okay, For quite some time now, I have been wanting to put the so-called US Male Siri voice (known as Aaron) on my Mac. I’m using L-capitan due to the fact that it seems to be the latest Mac OS this mid 2009 Mac book pro of mine will support. First, any chance at all of being able to do this?

RE: Full Article: iOS 11 public beta: What it does for the iPhone - CNET

Think of what the terrorists would do if they could use military grade GPS, Would open a new door of problems for everyone. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Thursday, 29 June 2017 11:26 AM To:

Re: Getting Internet Explorer Favorites in to Safari

The long way may be his only alternative. Blessings, Brian > On Jun 29, 2017, at 7:41 PM, Kliphton Miller wrote: > > The long way of doing it is just click on each individual one and add them to > favorites in safari, otherwise, he would have to get a friend with a PC

Re: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

Um yes there is a purhased button You just have to go into the account tab and there is purchased... Please don't come to conclusions before exploring the app, this leads people to think that there is indeed to purchased button. TH. On 6/30/17, Michael Marshall wrote:

Re: IMovie with voiceover

Hello, QuickTime is OK, but trims the end or the beginning of the video. I'm looking of something that can trim also in the middle easily. Daniela i've downloaded MPG Stream clip and it seems easier than QuickTime. Now I am looking if it has the feature I have previously said. Both programs they

Re: How to use terminal?

Anytime and always! Done. Janina Scott Granados writes: > Let’s call it even, you just hipped me to the proper verbiage around su and I > hipped you back with the command n new window shortcut. Sounds like a fair > trade. > > > On Jun 29, 2017, at 11:31 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries

Re: How to use terminal?

Whenever I can, I ssh to the terminal on my Apple. That includes using a Linux VM on my Mac to terminal into the host system. It's round about, but works much better than trying to use Voice Over in the Terminal, imo. Janina Anders Holmberg writes: > Hi! > I don’t like the speech in Mac in

Re: Getting Internet Explorer Favorites in to Safari

So far, all of my Google searches have come up empty on an alternative way of getting the favorites in to Safari. It seems that unless they’re exported out of IE, then there’s no way to get them into Safari. I would have thought that someone would have come up with some kind of third party

Re: How to use terminal?

Well, according to Wikipedia, it seems we're all correct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_(Unix) PS: To become another user I generally do: su -u [user] -i This insures I get the same environment that user gets on login-- the -i flag. Frankly, I don't know whether that works the same on BSD

Re: Fully loaded Mac Pro projected to cost over $17000

hopes the case allows for upgrades. On 6/29/17, Scott Granados wrote: > Hi Kawal, it’s pretty easy to figure out what Apple will charge by making an > educated guess as to what hardware is included and the using their own site > to calculate the markup. Typically,

Re: How to use terminal?

Hi! I don’t like the speech in Mac in terminal mode. BUt i can ssh to my mac from another unix machine and use braille. Brltty is quite hard to compile in my opinion. At least for mac. /A > 29 juni 2017 kl. 15:52 skrev -dan d. : > > > I use terminal almost exclusively. The

Re: High Sierra public beta now available

Hi! One question before i go ahead and install it. I am going to install it on a virtual machine. Do i first have to install a stable version or can i just install this beta without having to download an earlier version? /A > 29 juni 2017 kl. 22:19 skrev Scott Granados :

Re: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

i installed the beta and have not found any massive problems as yet. Admittedly, I don't do a massive amount with my iPhone. I don't mind the notifications, clearing them is just like clearing them from the notification centre in the old release. I do miss being able to swipe down on the

Re: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

Hi! They must have a reason for changing this? I wonder what reason? /A > 29 juni 2017 kl. 17:05 skrev Portia Scott : > > Yes, and this applies too, if you search for an app that you have > previously installed as well, apparently, but want to reinstall. This > is quite

Re: High Sierra public beta now available

yes! yes! yes! > On 30 Jun 2017, at 6:19 am, Scott Granados wrote: > > Just a heads up that the public beta is now available for High Sierra. > > Enjoy > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have

RE: Getting abbreviated tweets in iOS Twitter app

Hello Phil, The ellipsis does not mean that the tweet is being truncated. Generally speaking, people put an ellipsis in their tweets to indicate that the tweet is either being continued from or, to, a different tweet. Also, it can indicate that the reader needs to click on an imbedded link

Re: Getting Internet Explorer Favorites in to Safari

There might be a better way, but all I can think of would require a friend with Windows willing to help. Windows 7 retains this scheme and I think Windows 10 does as well but I didn’t use that for long so I am not completely certain. If the favorites were copied to a subfolder under the

Re: High Sierra public beta now available

i believe the latest update of VM Fusion will let you install from the new beta. i was reading about it yesterday. , I would install it on another petition instead of a virtual machine just personally. Mac virtual machines can be very restricted in my experience. > On 30 Jun 2017, at 7:12 am,

Re: How to use terminal?

And, I, on the other hand, do as much as I possibly can in a terminal on whatever OS I find myself on. So, there you go. Different strokes for different folks ... or whatever aphorism you might prefer at this spot. Isn't diversity wonderful? Janina E.T. writes: >I do as little as possible

Re: How to use terminal?

Hey, Scott: The feeling is mutual. There's a bit more vocabulary associated with su. It's super user because this is the user with extraordinary powers that will trump all other permissions on the system. Simple example: If you have multiple users and one forgets their password, the super user

Re: Go to meeting?

Hi there, GoToMeeting works decently on the Mac. I was able to use it with a company to do some accessibility testing. If, for example, the presenter wants to share your screen, you have to go to the window chooser menu to find it. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology

Re: How to use terminal?

And, when you get the "has no Windows" message, just open one. Do VO+m, and go to File then Open. Scott Granados writes: > Just for the less experienced on the list, terminal is just dropping you to a > unix shell. When you hear people talk about unix this is simply a flavor of > it that the

Re: Pages shortcut

Hello Harry, It explains how to get around Pages without getting stuck anywhere. There are times when you have to turn cursor tracking off to avoid that problem, or to avoid changing something you don’t want to change. I tested everything over and over again as we wrote the book and I have no

Re: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

Yes, and this applies too, if you search for an app that you have previously installed as well, apparently, but want to reinstall. This is quite unfortunate, as now, if people want to download old apps, they will have to use iTunes. Thanks for all the clarification on this. On 6/29/17, Daniel

Re: How to use terminal?

Let’s call it even, you just hipped me to the proper verbiage around su and I hipped you back with the command n new window shortcut. Sounds like a fair trade. > On Jun 29, 2017, at 11:31 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Here we go -- I've

Getting abbreviated tweets in iOS Twitter app

I regularly get tweets that have…(elipses) Marks at the 140 character position but I can't figure out how to get the rest of the tweet. Any help? Sent from my IPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns

Re: How to use terminal?

I believe su was (and is) "super user," not "substitute user." Jonathan Cohn writes: > Ah, be very careful of any command in terminal that requires your password. > These are commands that are using the "sudo" command. > > Sudo essentially says run this as root which is the most privileged user

Re: How to use terminal?

Or, if it’s easier, just do a command n for a new window and one will automatically open. > On Jun 29, 2017, at 11:20 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > And, when you get the "has no Windows" message, just open one. Do VO+m, > and go to File

Re: How to use terminal?

Here we go -- I've been doing it the hard way! Could I have noticed that? Probably. Did I? Not until you burned it into my sometimes slow noggin! Janina Scott Granados writes: > Or, if it’s easier, just do a command n for a new window and one will > automatically open. > > > On Jun 29,

Re: Pages shortcut

Marvellous! I've ordered it now! Will it tell me how to get the voiceover focus back into a Pages document in order to edit when I'm stuck because focus has inexplicably got stuck going round the fonts and styles in the panel to the right of the actual Pages document? Thanks Harry > On 29 Jun

Re: How to use terminal?

And here I always thought it was switch user as that’s what it really does not necessarily switching to root although that’s the most common use. Learn something new everytime you post, how about that! > On Jun 29, 2017, at 11:17 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries >

Re: Go to meeting?

Interesting. sounds like your experience is very different from other people's. I never even got the link to join the meeting. When I clicked on the link in the email, I got a Warning, and an error message. Cheers, Donna > On Jun 29, 2017, at 11:10 AM, Matthew Dierckens

Re: Pages shortcut

Hi Harry, Yes, Ann and her husband wrote a book about using pages and voiceover on the mac. You can get it for sure from Johnathon Mosen’s website(www.mosen.org ) I got it a while ago, and from what I remember, it was something like $35 american. It’s a great book,

Re: How to use terminal?

No I get super user, I’ve heard root referred to as the super user for years I just didn’t think su was super user because it associates to all users not just root. For example, typing su - Janina would switch to and use the environmental variables of the Janina account. Simply doing su -

Re: How to use terminal?

I just verified from the Free BSD man pages and su is described as "substitute user identity". So, if you are comfortable with terminal and share a machine with somebody, then the command: sudo su somebody - will give you permission to see all that person's files. Of course any encrypted files

Re: Full Article: iOS 11 public beta: What it does for the iPhone - CNET

Hi Mary. Okay let me be more exact, if you take a picture, okay if you like me go out to something and take maybe 40 different pictures, it is really nice that your iPhone tries to explain to you what is on them, and it is closer to being right on the money more often than not. I think you are

GGMM E5

Hi! Maybe some of us here know this is a bluetooth and wifi speaker which has got an app on iOS and Google Play and is Alexa enabled. As I am located in Sweden and I linked my Amazon account to this speaker I don't want it to give me wrong information I am not in Seatle in the US I am in

Re: Pages shortcut

The page break shortcut works just fine. What you have to remember is that Enter is not Return but FN-Return on a laptop, or the Enter key on the numpad of an extended keyboard. Cheers, Anne > On 28 Jun 2017, at 19:24, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > > > > You should be

RE: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

I've downloaded apps from the apps store app and had no issues with it on IOS 11 Pub Beta What trouble are you having with the application downloads. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Portia Scott Sent:

RE: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

Yes the new app store and itunes stores are two things I also like, -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jenine Stanley Sent: Thursday, 29 June 2017 2:39 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

RE: mac os server

Hi Tim, Thanks for that, Yeah was searching last night and was finding a number of articals. Interesting how they have it setup now, Select the service and then configure it Cheers again for the information. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On

RE: file volt weirdness

Hi Jonathan, No from fresh installation of sierra Which is weird because my mba was also a fresh install of sierra From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Cohn Sent: Thursday, 29 June 2017 1:01 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

Hi scott, Not a braille user so not a worry for me in this case. The screen sensitivity issues I'm having are a lack of sensitivity when doing things like 2 finger swipe up or down, So two finger swipe up to the top of the screen doesn't work, This is on a 7+ so possibly the screen is the

RE: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

Hi Anders Give it time and play lots, There are some very nice things in there that I think you will come to like , From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Thursday, 29 June 2017 4:34 AM To:

Re: Pages shortcut

Hi Ann, When I looked up the shortcut on apple’s pages site, it said to use fn command return.. I was just confused at first because on my i mac, I am using an extended keyboard. I thought the fn key was only for the little bluetooth keyboards and laptops.. Oh, well, live and learn! thanks

Re: Go to meeting?

I’ve used goto webinar on my mac. It was useable, but only just. buttons and tabs aren’t labeled intelligently, and at times, the chat function doesn’t work properly.Cait > On Jun 28, 2017, at 4:30 PM, michael dailey wrote: > > No I have never had luck with GTM on either.

Re: Go to meeting?

ah, makes sense. Sounds like for today, the phone it will be. But good to know there's an option out there. Donna > On Jun 29, 2017, at 8:22 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > The invite I got was an email with a specific Skype for business join link in > it. If not the

Re: Full Article: iOS 11 public beta: What it does for the iPhone - CNET

Oh I wouldn’t be so sure. There’s a lot of hobbyistss out there who will try to and once successful crack and publish their findings. Remember the whole Clipper project was undone for Uncle Sam by a lowly intern at Bell Labs who was cracking clipper while getting coffee.:) That or the

Re: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

Updating works fine... the issue is if you are downloading apps that you previously had installed, either on another device or even on the same device after a reset or an uninstall. Thanks. On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 8:16 AM Scott Granados wrote: > I haven’t tried

Re: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 29, 2017, at 9:45 AM, Nimer Jaber wrote: > > Updating works fine... the issue is if you are downloading apps that you > previously had installed, either on another device or even on the same device > after a reset or an uninstall. > >

Re: How to use terminal?

Creating an installer is a great use of sudo because it runs the program as root and needs root to access the various block devices. It’s also why you need to be careful because root has access to all your files and block devices.;) Even running sudo on most unix machines gives you a little

Re: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

Ah I see this, no more purchased button. Good point Nimer and glad to see you on here. > On Jun 29, 2017, at 9:45 AM, Nimer Jaber wrote: > > Updating works fine... the issue is if you are downloading apps that you > previously had installed, either on another device or

Re: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 29, 2017, at 9:47 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Ah I see this, no more purchased button. > > Good point Nimer and glad to see you on here. > >> On Jun 29, 2017, at 9:45 AM, Nimer Jaber wrote: >> >> Updating

Re: How to use terminal?

I use terminal almost exclusively. The gui destop runs terminal based programs under the hood. For example finder runs mdfind to perform its functions. One can just use mdfind in terminal or one of the other file search programs of unix/linux. present in the terminal. The terminal allows one

Go to Meeting and Skype

Hi all, Following Scott's post, I decided to do some googling of Skype and Go to Meeting. I found the following article, and thought I'd share, since video conferencing is becoming such a common need in the workplace. My meeting is actually a job interview, so I'm not going to try this

Re: Go to meeting?

Hi Cait, I've had the same experience with go To Webinar. But at least it lets you go to the webinar. Go to Meeting doesn't even let you get into the meeting. Cheers, Donna > On Jun 29, 2017, at 6:51 AM, Caitlyn Furness > wrote: > > I’ve used goto webinar on my

Re: Upgrading to IOS Public beta 11

I haven’t tried downloading apps but updating seems to work. > On Jun 28, 2017, at 10:49 PM, Nimer Jaber wrote: > > This is broken… just saw this thread. > >> On Jun 28, 2017, at 16:21, Portia Scott wrote: >> >> Okay, a friend is trying to

Re: Go to meeting?

Thanks, Scott. That's interesting. when I tried the test meeting, I just got an error message. Skype for business did not come up. I'll look into that. Thanks, Donna > On Jun 29, 2017, at 8:14 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > The Skype for business, at least on the

Re: Pages shortcut

Oh, is there a Pages book??? I love the Mac Basics book and I really struggle with Pages and would love to get a book to help with Pages on Mac (and on iOS too!) Harry > On 29 Jun 2017, at 13:12, Caitlyn Furness wrote: > > Hi Ann, > > When I looked up the shortcut

Is Screencast accessible

Hi all, Sorry, but one more app accessibility question. anyone know if Screencast is accessible on the Mac? TIA, 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 list, or if you feel

Re: Go to meeting?

The Skype for business, at least on the Mac is accessible. I think it’s gotomeeting that uses Skype for business as a valid data source. I know I had a meeting invite the other day, clicked on the link and the Skype for business application started itself and connected me to the meeting. The

Re: Go to meeting?

The invite I got was an email with a specific Skype for business join link in it. If not the phone option is a good one, I use that all the time with the various services. > On Jun 29, 2017, at 9:18 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Thanks, Scott. That's interesting. when I

Re: Go to Meeting and Skype

Best of luck on your interview today. I’m pulling for you. > On Jun 29, 2017, at 9:57 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > Following Scott's post, I decided to do some googling of Skype and Go to > Meeting. I found the following article, and thought I'd share,

Re: Pages shortcut

Hello Harry, Here’s the link to the web page where you can purchase the Pages book: > I’m afraid it only covers Pages on the Mac. Cheers, Anne > On 29 Jun 2017, at 14:32, Harry Bell wrote: > > Oh, is