Re: Will the ipod Touch Announce the time somehow?

If I tap in the upper right corner of my iTouch 64, it announces the time. I don't even think it's a button I'm tapping, so it may e that if you tap anywhere on the screen other than on a button, you get this behavior. I'll have to try it out after I recharge the thing. -- You received this

Did I lose my network?

My iMac booted up fine last week--got on the network, did what I wanted, then shut it off. THree days later, I boot it up and poof, no network. The wire that goes from my iMac back to the router in the next room is well over 50 feet long, probably closer to 70. Well within the hundred-meter

Networked Fixed

For some reason, my wife did not see the box in the upper right corner of the screen which said it was looking for an Airport connection. Turned that off, and bingo, back to the net we went! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

Re: One Password

There's a shortcut key to copy the hidden password to the clipboard, but since it's a phone you're talking about here, that option probably doesn't exist. However, all is not lost. In Preferences you'll find a setting to show passwords. Your is probably not checked,which is the usual setting.

Re: TO upgrade, or to change platforms entirelyWWYDWhat would you do?

totally understand your reluctance and feel that if you're not confident, then your better served to have a Tech perform the upgrades. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher Fort McMurray, AB Canada On May 14, 2018, at 08:31, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com <mailto:numb...@noisynotes.com&g

Re: TO upgrade, or to change platforms entirelyWWYDWhat would you do?

com> On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Sunday, 13 May 2018 3:09 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TO upgrade, or to change platforms entirelyWWYDWhat would you do? I was thinking of doing that, but with the proliferation of computer repair joints, I don't know how I'd figu

Re: TO upgrade, or to change platforms entirelyWWYDWhat would you do?

naries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Sunday, 13 May 2018 3:09 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TO upgrade, or to change platforms entirelyWWYDWhat would you do? I was thinking of doing that, but with the proliferation of computer re

Re: Acrobat DC dual behavior

Canada On Apr 26, 2018, at 07:45, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com <mailto:numb...@noisynotes.com>> wrote: On Windows? Interesting if yes. On 4/25/2018 5:57 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, Hmmm, interesting.  I opened a 12 page pdf with Preview, it was 12 with PDFPenPro and 12

Re: OCR app for mac?

Well, that's technically not true about the not-free thing, but it depends on what you want to use OCR for. If you're talking about using it for on-screen stuff, there's one and only one solution: VOCR. If you're talking about converting scanned material to text, then yes, Abbyy is your new

Re: TO upgrade, or to change platforms entirelyWWYDWhat would you do?

to change a lot at this point -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Friday, 11 May 2018 1:50 PM To: Mac Visionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: TO upgrade, or to chan

Re: TO upgrade, or to change platforms entirelyWWYDWhat would you do?

:50, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com> wrote: I have a quad core i7 late 2012 Mac Mini with the stock 5400rpm 1TB drive and 8GB RAM. I use it exclusively for music reation and education (mainly my own) with Logic and Pro Tools. My sample libraries are stored on an external MyBook 3TB

Re: TO upgrade, or to change platforms entirelyWWYDWhat would you do?

learn the new platform but also transition all your tools to it. It does seem that several blind people are quite comfortable with sound production on the PC. I believe Jonathan Mozen even has a book about it. On May 10, 2018, at 9:50 PM, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com> wrote:

Re: TO upgrade, or to change platforms entirelyWWYDWhat would you do?

. The 2012 is the last version of the mini that I believed would allow updating of ram and harddrives. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Saturday, 12 May 2018 1:51 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegrou

Re: TO upgrade, or to change platforms entirelyWWYDWhat would you do?

places willing and able to work on Apple hardware as well at much better prices. Nick On 12 May 2018, at 03:51, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com> wrote: Nick, If a new Mini is on the near horizon, then I can hold my breath and see what it's like when it arrives. But a disk upgrade

Re: TO upgrade, or to change platforms entirelyWWYDWhat would you do?

On 12 May 2018, at 03:51, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com> wrote: Nick, If a new Mini is on the near horizon, then I can hold my breath and see what it's like when it arrives. But a disk upgrade could always be useful, even if I buy the new Mini later. Re upgrading, memory a

Re: TO upgrade, or to change platforms entirelyWWYDWhat would you do?

the software. The 2T SSD, eight cores and 32GB memory are worth the price all by themselves. On 5/10/2018 10:28 PM, Maria Reyes wrote: I would wait until the new Mac Pro comes out next year. Sent from my iPad On May 10, 2018, at 9:50 PM, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com> wrote: I have

Re: TO upgrade, or to change platforms entirely - WWYDWhat would you do?

2023. Hope that helps with your decision. Shawn Sent From My New MacBook Air Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com <mailto:bbssh...@icloud.com> On May 10, 2018, at 9:59 PM, Steve Matzura

TO upgrade, or to change platforms entirelyWWYDWhat would you do?

I have a quad core i7 late 2012 Mac Mini with the stock 5400rpm 1TB drive and 8GB RAM. I use it exclusively for music reation and education (mainly my own) with Logic and Pro Tools. My sample libraries are stored on an external MyBook 3TB drive which is also shared with time Machine.

Re: How to Have VoiceOver Report Selected object number in a folder

OK,thanks. Didn't want to have to increase verbosity just to get this info, and I have only needed it once, but it's a good piece of info to have in one's back pocket for when one needs it in the future. On 6/10/2018 12:30 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: Hello, In high verbosity I found both

Re: How to Have VoiceOver Report Selected object number in a folder

know in things like iTunes, it will announce row whatever out of whatever. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 8, 2018, at 14:38, Steve Matzura <mailto:numb...@noisynotes.com>> wrote: That's a bit ambiguous, I know. Wh

How to Have VoiceOver Report Selected object number in a folder

That's a bit ambiguous, I know. What I want to know is how to have VoiceOver speak the number of the focused object in the currently opened folder--e.g., one of twenty, thirty-seven of five hundre fifty-two, etc. Of course, I know about the "Get info" dialog, but that only gives a summary of

Re: How to Have VoiceOver Report Selected object number in a folder

not sure if I seen the behaviour you're asking of in the Finder, but I know in things like iTunes, it will announce row whatever out of whatever. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 8, 2018, at 14:38, Steve Matzura <mailto:n

Esoteric VoiceOver Question

Is it possible, and if so, how, to turn off/eliminate the on-screen box containing what VoiceOver says so that a non-VoiceOver user can access what the box covers up? I'm having a problem a sighted person is helping me deal with, but the thing they must click on is hidden behind this box, and

Re: Why it's meaningless to accept a privacy policy, cNet

This is so ludicrous. The bottom line on all of this is simple: accept our policies, whatever they are, whatever you understand them to be, or you don't get emails from us any more. Personally, I'm very careful about what I tell companies, so if they want to publish my name and address in the

Re: Esoteric VoiceOver Question

Turning off caption [panels did the trick. Thanks everyone. -- 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

Changing Screen Measurements from Inches or Millimeters to Pixels/points

I thought it was in System Preferences -> Display, but I can't find it there, or anywhere. I tried using the search feature in the tool bar, and neither pixels nor points turned up anything. Where is this confounded setting? TIA -- The following information is important for all members of

Re: Changing Screen Measurements from Inches or Millimeters to Pixels/points

to actually do and we might be able to assist more. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Friday, 1 June 2018 12:46 PM To: Mac Visionaries Subject: Changing Screen Measurements from Inches or Millimeters to Pixels/points I thought

Re: Changing Screen Measurements from Inches or Millimeters to Pixels/points

On May 31, 2018, at 7:46 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: I thought it was in System Preferences -> Display, but I can't find it there, or anywhere. I tried using the search feature in the tool bar, and neither pixels nor points turned up anything. Where is this confounded setting? TIA -- T

Re: Esoteric VoiceOver Question

ancient.ali...@icloud.com <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com> Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 5/26/2018 3:47 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: Is it possible, and if so, how, to turn off/eliminate the on-screen box containing what VoiceOver says so that a non-

Re: Esoteric VoiceOver Question

d.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 5/26/2018 3:47 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: Is it possible, and if so, how, to turn off/eliminate the on-screen box containing what VoiceOver says so that a non-VoiceOver user can access what the box covers up?

Time Machine Accessibility

I seem to remember it was better than it is now. Do I misremember, or are there any tips and tricks people have for TM on HS? -- 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

Acrobat DC Hangs When Choosing "Pages" from Print Dialog

The subject says it all. Soon as I select the "Pages" radio button from the Print dialog, either directly from Acrobat DC or from  Quick Look, Acrobat freezes and needs to be force-quit. It only happens on one of my two machines--the late 2012 Mini. My wife's i5 iMac works perfectly well on

Re: Acrobat DC Hangs When Choosing "Pages" from Print Dialog

you are working with, perhaps one system is running an older version. Hopefully the one that is failing has an older version of Reader. Best Wishes, Jonathan Cohn On Feb 23, 2018, at 9:54 AM, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com <mailto:numb...@noisynotes.com>> wrote: I

Re: Mission Control keeps popping up when I try to change volume

Not just that, but there's another section where function keys and other shortcuts are assigned to launch things, two of which are Mission Control and Launchpad. These should definitely be unchecked, as neither of them is particularly useful or accessible to VoiceOver users. On 7/25/2018

Re: FANSPEED for Mac

. A friend of mine gave it to me so I don't know the website it was from. A Google search should do the trick for you. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 22, 2018, at 2:25 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: If any of you know the Windows program FANSPEED, is there a like program for Mac OS, and if so, what's its

Re: FANSPEED for Mac

the website it was from. A Google search should do the trick for you. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 22, 2018, at 2:25 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: If any of you know the Windows program FANSPEED, is there a like program for Mac OS, and if so, what's its name, or where might I find it? TIA

FANSPEED for Mac

If any of you know the Windows program FANSPEED, is there a like program for Mac OS, and if so, what's its name, or where might I find it? TIA -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of

Re: FANSPEED for Mac

OK. I saw the copyright date of 2010, that's where I got that from. On 7/24/2018 1:41 AM, Oriol Gómez wrote: old? it got an update a few weeks ago... On 7/23/18, Steve Matzura wrote: Wow, that one's old! https://www.whatroute.net/phantasmic.html On 7/23/2018 3:21 AM, Oriol Gómez wrote

Re: VO friendly weay to delete old backups

Unless you're using your Time Machine drive for other things that may cause it to run out of space, you don't have to concern yourself with deleting old backups. Time Machine does that for you automatically  as the disk fills up, and tells you when it does so. On 4/9/2018 6:45 AM, Paul

Re: Word Processing on the mac

Nothing wrong with TextEdit, and you already have it. On 4/4/2018 7:32 AM, Brian Howerton wrote: Hello folks, What accessible word processors do you recommend for the mac? This is particularly for writing papers with paragraph styles, headings, footnotes, etc. Trying to find an accessible

Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook

First off, it's time to get a really good instruction book which will take the fear outa using a very different operating system. I know, I had it, too, and these books really did the job. Get http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/MAC-BASICS.html and then http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/MAC-HIGHSIERRA.html The

Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook

Oh, and how could I possibly have forgotten to answer  your main question! Get the newest VLC Media Player for Mac OS, a fine and accessible replacement for iTunes. On 4/12/2018 6:54 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Andy, First of all, when you plug in your thumb drive, it should show up on

Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook

Remember, drives don't show up in Finder by default. This is something about which I have never fully comes to intellectual grips. If one were to buy a Mac, bring it home, turn it on, and start  using it, drives appear in Finder; if one were to install the Mac operating system from scratch,

Re: time stamps in E-Mail

Don't know about mail, but htis is also a problem in Mesages. It says "yesterday," or some date in the past, but no time. On 4/14/2018 11:22 AM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: Is there a way to get mail older than the same day to show it’s time stamp? I have been asked this and I have never cared,

Re: Further to my question about playing external audio files on my Macbook

May I make two more suggestions, and this time they're people, not books. Tim Kilburn of this list is an Apple teacher, I'd bet he could sort you in a New York minute via Skype or some other non-batch chat exchange, and if he's too far west timewise to be convenient to work with, I offer my

Re: Playing audio media on my Macbook

ur Desktop, either for convenience or due to being accustomed to operating that way. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 12, 2018, at 13:58, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com <mailto:numb...@noisynotes.com>> wrote: Remember, drives don't show u

Re: The problem of no windows when an app starts

Time for VOCR. On 4/5/2018 5:56 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: Ok, I recently acquired a new machine here and it has high Sierra on board. So, I am getting used to a bunch of new stuff here. However, what I didn’t expect which was common on my old OS X Lion system was the case of an application

Re: Employment at Apple

What jobs is Apple interested in filling? On 4/5/2018 6:40 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Hi Simon,  I cannot speak to your home country. However just last week I got  an e-mail  about an opportunity here where apple is seeking blind and vision impaired individuals for possible employment.  they

Re: Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro will be shaped by workflows | TechCrunch

Let's hope somebody will reengineer VoiceOver to not go busy so often. It has been said for years that it's because VO insists on not spreading its processing requirements over available cores. If that's true, and it sounds like it could be and probably is, what's taken them so long to fix

Re: Question about VoiceOver and words in all capital letters

nunciation the way I wanted it to. And then while doing HTML editing I added The string indicating the beginning of a HTML comment to say HTML comment. I can remember off hand if I added the equivalent dictionary entry for the end of comment marker. Best Wishes, Jonathan On Apr 20, 2018, at 9:41

Re: Question about VoiceOver and words in all capital letters

On 4/19/2018 9:33 PM, E.T. wrote:    I think VO as it stands, handles this properly. I opened a document in TextEdit and entered several acronyms. VO read them as expected, for example it reads ACLU as A C L U. There is a setting you might look at in VO Utility, Verbosity category, Text tab.

Re: Accessible iOS DJ apps similar to Crossfader, Pacemaker etc?

BossJock perhaps? On 4/21/2018 10:03 PM, Joshua Tubbs wrote: Hi all, Has anyone used apps such as Crossfader and Pacemaker? Ken Downey did a podcast on it a while back, but the app has changed quite a bit since then. I also think the app has been abandoned by it’s developer. Enter

Re: Navigating mac, a very basic Question

I don't like tree views on Windows, I don't like them on Mac OS any better. Ditto those sidebars and disclosure triangle objects. What I *would* like is the list view feature without having to hear all the extras until I whack the CONTROL key to shut VoiceOver up before I perform the next

Re: Further to earlier mail re playing audio content on my Mac

If no one has told you as yet, may I be the first, that message has absolutely nothing to do with your ability to connect to a local Wi-Fi network. That message is telling you either your iCloud username or password is wrong. That's all. On 4/15/2018 2:17 PM, 'andy' via MacVisionaries wrote:

Question about VoiceOver and words in all capital letters

I've just been through all the settings in the VO Utility on Mac OS HS, not to mention the VO item in System Preferences, and I cannot for the life of me find a setting that controls how words written in all capital letters are handled. Where is that, please? -- The following information is

Re: ftp server clients for the mac?

Transmit. On 3/26/2018 6:45 AM, May Anderson wrote: Good day everyone. I was wondering if there are ftp server clients for the mac yet?For example, like filezilla? May and Baby J, has anyone seen my new GSD dog? www.canadianlynx.ca m...@canadianlynx.ca

Re: ftp server clients for the mac?

I don't think Finder does FTP. Command-K is for connecting to either another Mac running as a server, or a SAMBA server, like a NAS box. If you're serious about FTP, particularly if you want a good and secure GUI-based client, the Terminal FTP client does not address either of these

Re: ftp server clients for the mac?

Filezilla, which is free, is also available for Mac OS. I just found this out recently. Transmit is rather costly, considering the Filezilla free alternative. On 3/26/2018 10:14 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, There are lots of FTP clients for the Mac and have been available since the inception

Re: possible scam purporting to be from Apple

Have  you ever heard the one where the customer keeps asking the scammer what the FN key is for, and the phone guy keeps telling her that key is for programmers, just ignore it. On 4/2/2018 10:35 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: Hi ET, We got a lot of this stuff last year at work, The record of

Re: wi fi headphones for my Macbook Pro

I have a pair of Koss BT540I's that have taken a beating over the years but still work and sound like the day I got them. They are true headphones, not these little wimpy in-ear things, or earbuds, or anything like that. They weigh a good bit on the head, they cup over the ear securely,

Re: Acrobat DC dual behavior

Seven. On 4/25/2018 4:07 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, How many pages are there when you open it in Preview? Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 25, 2018, at 13:42, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com <mailto:numb...@noisynotes.com>> wrote: I re

Acrobat DC dual behavior

I received a PDF which I was asked to sign on page 9. However, when opened with Acrobat DC on Mac OS, there were but seven pages. In Windows, the pagination was correct. Any clue as to why this might be, and how to fix it? I need the Apple Acrobat to match the Windows one. T IA TIA -- The

Re: Acrobat DC dual behavior

Kilburn Apple Teacher Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 25, 2018, at 14:27, Steve Matzura <numb...@noisynotes.com <mailto:numb...@noisynotes.com>> wrote: Seven. On 4/25/2018 4:07 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, How many pages are there when you open it in Preview? Later... Tim Kilburn A

Re: anyone having problems with gmail redownloading old messages in apple mail?

It's not because of Apple Mail that this happens. For some reason, and in I don't know how many years I haven't figured out why, if the email client sends the message via iMap to delete messages, Gmail doesn't handle it correctly, and they keep coming back. This happens every time in Gmail's

Re: Acrobat DC dual behavior

opened a 12 page pdf with Preview, it was 12 with PDFPenPro and 12 with Acrobat Pro.  I still have issues making Acrobat work particularly well, but that's probably just me. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 25, 2018, at 14:27, Steve Matzura <numb...

Re: Teamviewer with Voiceover

Why wouldn't there be some way to hear the remote computer's VoiceOver audio by going into TeamViewer's audio settings dialog, jus tlike what's possible in Windows? On 10/16/2018 12:37 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Tim, Yes, you’re right. We use Skype alongside TeamViewer to hear

Re: What mac to buy?

If next week's offerings are anything like the ones six months ago, be prepared to be underwhelmed. The 2018 MacBook Pro laptop is in my unhumble oopinion nothing to write home about. The mid-line spec machine is probably the best offering for the money,but it has problems all its own,

Re: New mac mini announced!

I was disappointed that the best thing the new Mini has to offer is six cores. Yeah, lots of Thunderbolt, but I don't own any such devices, so I'd have to buy a lot of adapters. And just how many USB ports does one get out of one Thunderbolt port? I, too, changed the internal 5400rpm

Re: What mac to buy?

My i5 Air with a measly 128GB SSD and 4GB RAM handles Logic just fine. I even put Komplete Kontrol on it, with the content on an external SSD. On 10/25/2018 10:35 AM, Matt wrote: The pro is really     expensive. I do want something that will handle logic, or any music making for that

Re: Mac-Mini with wireless keyboard?

Firstly, keyboards are Bluetooth devices. Anything with an Internet protocol (IP) address is Wi-fi; all  else are Bluetooth, or a variant such as Airplay. Secondly, your keyboard will  work fine, with or without an FN key, except that you'll have to remember that the Command and Option keys

Re: major audio issues on my new MacBook pro when running windows ten via bootcamp... driver issue?

You are not the first person from whom I have heard about this problem. A friend of mine was on to Microsoft the other day, and they insist it's a bad Apple-provided driver. However, if you connect a USB audio interface to the Mac via a Thunderbolt-to-USB adapter cable, that device works and

Re: Any advice on how to remove the VMware?,,,

I don't, but these people do. https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1017838 Google is your friend. On 9/27/2018 4:26 PM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: Hi all: will gona remove the vmware from my mac, any advice? or just remove from the apps folder? HOW i will get read of all it's componant etc? Ramy

Intelligent Mailing List Management

What I mean by an "intelligent" mailing list is one that will send messages to each member with their own name in it. For example, I might have a mailing list with Bill Williams, Bob Roberts, and Jim Johnson, and I want each message to show up in Bill, Bob, and Jim's inbox with their own name

Re: 4 tb hd, what is the best backup plan?

Never mind all these multiplication exercises. The first question that should be asked about what can and should be backed up is this: How much stuff stored on my computer system can I re-download or recover in some other way? Do I have, say, instrument libraries I can download again? If so, I

Re: radio automation software for mac?

There's Nicecast, but nobody seems to like it much when compared to like software on Windows. The price is right, though--less than fifty dollars US. On 12/24/2018 12:52 AM, The wolf wrote: Hello does any one know of any voice over friendly radio automation software that works on the mac?

Re: David Woodbridge demonstrations on the mac

Try http://davidwoodbridge.blogspot.com. I've not looked there myself, but I'm sure his blog has links to his audio programs. On 12/4/2018 11:28 PM, Hemachandran Karaha wrote: Dear all, Kindly let me know where I can get Woodbridge's demonstrations on the Mac. I will be grateful for a link

Re: Starting An App Automatically At Login

I'm not on Mojave yet, but here's an easier-to-implement solution. Before shutting your system down, open anything you want automatically opened the next time you boot. Then, in the Shut Down dialog, check the box that lets you reopen all windows on the next boot. That will get you around the

Re: Team viewer or what can we use?

Someone once did a Messages screenshare with me and was able to hear my VoiceOver, although they didn't need to. I don't remember the steps to initiate this,but it  worked well and solved my immediate problem at the time. On 11/27/2018 12:26 AM, 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi

Re: 4 tb hd, what is the best backup plan?

1. Concatenation? That's the same thing as striping, and there is no such official RAID level called concatenation. The correct designations of RAID levels are: list of 5 items • RAID 0 (Disk striping): RAID 0 splits data across any number of disks allowing higher data throughput. ...

Calendar Question

Is it possible to display only dates with appointments, or is there another easy and accessible way to move among appointments with a shortcut key? One of my family members swears they have put appointments on our family calendar, I've heard the notifications spoken that they've made entries

Re: Calendar Question

and press Return. Press VO-Cmd-t twice to reach the results table where you’ll find all events containing that element. Cheers, Anne On 5 Jun 2019, at 18:12, Steve Matzura wrote: Is it possible to display only dates with appointments, or is there another easy and accessible way to move among

Re: Apple apologizes for Siri audio recordings, announces privacy changes going forward, The Verge

Believe any of that, and I have a bridge you might want to buy. Just like Zuckerberg, they got caught with their pants down, and just like Zuckerberg, this won't be the last time. On 8/28/2019 12:29 PM, M. Taylor wrote: Apple apologizes for Siri audio recordings, announces privacy changes

Re: How to Protect and Clean your Apple Card, Apple Support

While that may seem funny, if you got the card for its show value, then it's to be taken seriously. Titanium is a soft metal, easily scratched. The laser-etched logo and holoimaging processes are also easily damaged by coming into contact with  rough cloth. What Apple (or the actual physical

Stopping Display Sharing to Apple TV

The only way I've found to stop sharing my Mac Mini's display with my Apple TV is to turn off Airplay. I suspect that this is not correct. I tried unchecking the box in the Extras Display menu that says Mirror Fit-Headless, which is the name of the HDMI dongle I have connected to the Mini

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

I've had a similar problem since forever, Dave, even though all my devices show I'm using iCloud for the Messages *and* Contacts applications. What happens with me is that messages come to all my devices--two Macs, one phone, one iPad, and if I delete from one, I'm expecting that all the

Re: Synchronizing Messages Between Mac and iPhone

Yes, Dave. There's definitely something odd about this. I have to say, though, that while I'm not pleased about it, I'm a little pleased to find out it's not just me. LOL. On 8/23/2019 9:46 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: Steve, Yes, and my wife who is sighted also has the same behavior with her

Mirroring a display, but not VoiceOver

I can mirror my entire Mac--VoiceOver, screen and all--to my Apple TV,  but I'd prefer to do it without VoiceOver. Rather, I'd prefer to keep VoiceOver coming out of the built-in audio interface whichh is connected to a jack on the back of the computer. In turn, that is connected to the analog

Re: Keynote Tips and Tricks

(with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Jamf Certified Associate Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 23, 2019, at 15:43, Steve Matzura <mailto:numb...@noisynotes.com>> wrote: I sure thought so, too, but I get the title, and that's all. I've tried adding a text box from the tool bar, but that di

Keynote Tips and Tricks

It has come upon me that I need to know a lot more about this software than I do. For example, I seem to have become the de facto presenter for a group to which I belong whereat I must show a PowerePoint presentation. I've discovered that Keynote doesn't read the embedded text, but the Windows

Re: Keynote Tips and Tricks

on the screen. On 10/23/2019 5:21 PM, Julie Rattray wrote: Hi, If you interact with the individual elements of the slide it should read everything to you. On 23 Oct 2019, at 22:12, Steve Matzura wrote: It has come upon me that I need to know a lot more about this software than I do. For example, I

Re: Keynote Tips and Tricks

around. 4. The notes page where you can add presenter notes. Hope this helps but get back to me if it still doesn’t work On 23 Oct 2019, at 22:43, Steve Matzura wrote: I sure thought so, too, but I get the title, and that's all. I've tried adding a text box from the tool bar, but that didn't

Re: Keynote Tips and Tricks

are doing but it is where you can add transitions fonts etc or move things around. 4. The notes page where you can add presenter notes. Hope this helps but get back to me if it still doesn’t work On 23 Oct 2019, at 22:43, Steve Matzura wrote: I sure thought so, too, but I get the title, and that's

Re: Where do I Find "Open to Last Setting"?

There ya go! On 1/27/2020 11:40 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries wrote: Dave, Go to System Prefs, General and look for "Close windows when quitting an app unchecked checkbox".  Unchecking it lets things open where they were, and checking it starts you with a blank slate.  I prefer the

Re: Playing Media Attached to Keynote Presentations

Tim, Clicker things? Now I'm more than very interested. Please explain. I've become the de facto audiovisual guy for a group to which I belong that has a monthly discussion meeting surrounding material in a PowerPoint slide presentation. Doing this while sitting with my group and running

Re: Playing Media Attached to Keynote Presentations

Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 5, 2020, at 08:08, Steve Matzura <mailto:numb...@noisynotes.com>> wrote: How exactly does this work? Can a slide be displayed without triggering playback of attached media? If yes, how is media

Re: Playing Media Attached to Keynote Presentations

Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 7, 2020, at 18:09, Steve Matzura <mailto:numb...@noisynotes.com>> wrote: Tim, Clicker things? Now I'm more than very interested. Please explain. I've become the de facto audiovisual guy f

Playing Media Attached to Keynote Presentations

How exactly does this work? Can a slide be displayed without triggering playback of attached media? If yes, how is media playback/replay triggered? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of

Re: Where do I Find "Open to Last Setting"?

I'm not the brightest Mac user on the planet, but I've never seen that setting in System Preferences. However, there are definitely some applications (like Pages, TextEdit, Keynote, etc.) that do remember the last thing that they opened, and automatically reopen it. You'd most likely find

Keynote Remote

Couldn't find that one, but there are a few free ones that look promising. Will test and report back. Meanwhile, my free hardware clicker plus red laser pointer arrived. The instructions for pairing are in several languages on a piece of paper that, when unfolded, is the size of a 3x5 file

Re: Some strange issues after clean install

What's the difference between erase volume and erase volume group? On 1/9/2020 11:03 AM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote:    I don't recall that but when I got to the point of erasing the system, I selected the startup disk (Mojave). From E.T.'s Keyboard...    ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many

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