Re: Skype for Mac
Wow, Jonathan, I didn't know the short cuts existed. Thank you. Kawal. > On 7 Jun 2014, at 06:13 am, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > > The command to answer a call is Command+Shift+R. This will also initiate a > call on the focussed contact if you use it when there's no incoming call. > Skype for Mac is absolutely packed with keyboard shortcuts. The full list is > here: > https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12074/what-keyboard-shortcuts-can-i-use-with-skype-for-mac-os-x > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > >> On 7/06/2014, at 1:32 pm, Lisette Wesseling >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Further to what Alex has said, you can see your list of contacts by >> interacting with the table on the left, focusing on contacts, uninteract and >> move to the right with vo right arrow. Keep doing this until you find your >> list of contacts. That's how I do it anyway. >> There's no short cut for answering a call which is a shame, but there is for >> hanging up (command shift h). >> >> Lisette >> >>> On 7/06/2014, at 12:50 pm, Alex Hall wrote: >>> >>> There's a table on the far left; interact with it, vi-down to "recent", and >>> under that you will find any pending contact requests. When you get a call, >>> a dialog appears; pressing enter will answer it. To hang up, go to the >>> Skype app and use cmd-shift-h, and cmd-shift-m to toggle the mute status of >>> your microphone on and off. On Jun 6, 2014, at 8:46 PM, Lee Jones wrote: Dear List, I have installed skype on my mac, but I can't figure out how to accept a contact request. I can't find my list of contacts. I've been through all the menus and I can't find a shortcut to answer a call. How do you do this? Many Thanks, Lee -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Skype for Mac
Hi, when you receive a call, you should get a dialog pop up, with answer being the default button, so simply pressing return will answer. The way I use Skype is to use VO-J to jump me between the table and other parts of the window. So I interact with the table and find where it says contacts, then VO-J jumps me straight into my contacts list and interacts. To change which contacts you see, uninteract and VO left to select whichever radio button you want, then VO-shift-right to get back to the list. VO-J from the contact list gets you back to the table again. When you get a contact request, find it in the table, then use your item chooser or VO-right until you find the accept button. I love how Skype works on Mac, find it really fast and efficient. Cheers Dave On 7 Jun 2014, at 01:46, Lee Jones wrote: > Dear List, I have installed skype on my mac, but I can't figure out how to > accept a contact request. I can't find my list of contacts. I've been > through all the menus and I can't find a shortcut to answer a call. How do > you do this? > > Many Thanks, Lee > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Activities
Hi Anne, Thanks for trying. I have mine set to "Play Tone" as well. I'll keep investigating. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 6, 2014, at 11:14 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Tim, > > I'm not sure about this but I certainly don't get these announcements. Have a > look at what you have set for "When status changes" in VO > Utility/Verbosity/Announcements. I have it set to "Play tone". > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 7 Jun 2014, at 01:53, Tim Kilburn wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Just lately started playing with Activities. So, whenever I go into the app >> that I attached the Activity to, VO announces "blah blah activity" and >> "VoiceOver settings activity" when exiting. This includes when I cmd-tab in >> and out of the app. Is there a way to stop this extra verbosity? There's >> likely logic behind it, but I don't care for it. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Double tap not opening mail messages?
Hi Alex, The menu that it's opening is the Sort menu just beside the Messages Table. I'll play some more later but it seems like VO isn't properly focusing. I don't use the TrackPad commander much as I'm a throwback to the infancy of VO and haven't progressed with the times. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 6, 2014, at 6:23 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > I'm still on the MBA for now I prefer it, in fact, by I'm not supposed to use > it for personal use. Anyway, I noticed that when I double tap a message in > Mail, it does not open. A menu of some kind comes up, even when I've > interacted with the messages table. Pressing enter opens messages, so I > figured a double tap would do the same thing. I wonder why it doesn't? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Any final suggestions for my Mini's hard drive?
Hi Alex, Are you sure that it’s actually starting up from the thumb drive? It sounds like your Mini is starting up from the Recovery Partition instead. They do look and feel just the same. I think that the second item when starting up from the Recovery Partition says “Re-install MacOS X” whereas the thumb drive should say “Install MacOS X”. Not sure but, I’ll keep trying if that’s not the case. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 6, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > I was going off memory earlier, so misspoke a bit. I see “current, partition > format, popup button, but it is dimmed. The table is not dimmed, and neither > are the five tabs, but every other control in the Partitions Tab screen is > unusable for some reason. Also, don’t worry about taking a while to get back > to me; I avoid all website work for just the reason you described. > I’m just glad for the help; as I said, the nearest Apple Store is hours away, > and this machine isn’t covered anyway. > On Jun 6, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> What I’m asking you to do is, in Disk Utility, select your drive. That is, >> the thing that reads 1 TB Hitachi blah blah or whatever make your HD is, not >> the already partitioned volumes. Then, go to the Partition tab and >> partition your HD with one partition, MacOS Extended (Journaled) with name >> Macintosh HD. As well, press the Options button in this window and ensure >> that your HD will have the GUID schema. Apply this change and you’ll have >> one volume on your drive with name “Macintosh HD”. When you run the >> Mavericks Installer from your thumb drive, the Recovery Partition will be >> automatically created. >> >> Hope this is clearer. Sorry for any confusion. >> >> Later… >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Jun 6, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >>> Sorry, I just want to clarify one point. All the “clean install Mavericks” >>> articles I’ve found say to format your disk/partition. They seem to imply >>> that you will magically have a Macintosh HD partition, even if it is the >>> only partition on an otherwise blank drive, or that you simply don’t erase >>> that partition at all. In your email, did you mean that the installer will >>> automatically create a partition of the proper size and name if one does >>> not already exist? I’d rather not go through this multiple times, so I want >>> to do everything right on the first try if I can. Thanks for your patience. >>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 12:25 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >>> Hi Alex, Yes, I’m saying that you should totally wipe the HD. That is, after starting up from the thumb drive, go to Disk Utility and re-partition your drive to one partition named Macintosh HD. Any subsequent partitions should be done later on the live drive. This will ensure that the Recovery Partition is created properly. Not sure where the other individual got there info but this is sound practice. If you used DiskMaker X to create your bootable Mavericks Installer, on the thumb drive or the built-in “Create Install Media” utility of the Mavericks Installer, then a proper Recovery Partition will be automatically created. If you used the Disk Utility method, then the Recovery Partition must have already existed in order to create a proper installation. The problem in your case is that you need to do a total re-format, so, using the existing Recovery Partition is not of any benefit. Refer to http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive.html for info on these limitations. In addition, if you didn’t perform a complete wipe during your last clean install, these errors may have carried over thus any disk structure issues would have persisted. Hope this makes sense. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 6, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Thanks. I’m in the beta partition now, copying a few files over to my > external hard drive. The problem is here too: Finder just hung for about > thirty seconds, while my Mac’s HD made the sound I’ve come to dread. > Still, it’s working, thankfully; my main partition won’t even boot. > > As to wiping, I’m still not sure what to do. I mean, I know how to format > the drive from the OS X on my thumb drive and then install, the question > is, what do I do with my partitions? I have two, one Macintosh HD and one > OS X Beta Partition. When I did a clean install back in March, I had only > the Macintosh HD partition and so didn’t need to worry. I reformatted > that partition, but didn’t actually erase it, as people I asked told me > that completely erasing the Macintosh HD partition could turn out badly. > Are you saying that I should
Re: Any final suggestions for my Mini's hard drive?
this might sound obvious, but the best way to ensure you start up from your external drive is to go into the utilities menu, (I've temporarily blanked on the name of the utilities app that runs in the recovery partition) the one just to the right of the apple menu and choose startup disc. You can choose the thumb drive from there. Teresa Slow down; you’ll get there faster. On Jun 7, 2014, at 7:57 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi Alex, > > Are you sure that it’s actually starting up from the thumb drive? It sounds > like your Mini is starting up from the Recovery Partition instead. They do > look and feel just the same. I think that the second item when starting up > from the Recovery Partition says “Re-install MacOS X” whereas the thumb drive > should say “Install MacOS X”. Not sure but, I’ll keep trying if that’s not > the case. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jun 6, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > >> I was going off memory earlier, so misspoke a bit. I see “current, partition >> format, popup button, but it is dimmed. The table is not dimmed, and neither >> are the five tabs, but every other control in the Partitions Tab screen is >> unusable for some reason. Also, don’t worry about taking a while to get back >> to me; I avoid all website work for just the reason you described. >> I’m just glad for the help; as I said, the nearest Apple Store is hours >> away, and this machine isn’t covered anyway. >> On Jun 6, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> What I’m asking you to do is, in Disk Utility, select your drive. That is, >>> the thing that reads 1 TB Hitachi blah blah or whatever make your HD is, >>> not the already partitioned volumes. Then, go to the Partition tab and >>> partition your HD with one partition, MacOS Extended (Journaled) with name >>> Macintosh HD. As well, press the Options button in this window and ensure >>> that your HD will have the GUID schema. Apply this change and you’ll have >>> one volume on your drive with name “Macintosh HD”. When you run the >>> Mavericks Installer from your thumb drive, the Recovery Partition will be >>> automatically created. >>> >>> Hope this is clearer. Sorry for any confusion. >>> >>> Later… >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >>> Sorry, I just want to clarify one point. All the “clean install Mavericks” articles I’ve found say to format your disk/partition. They seem to imply that you will magically have a Macintosh HD partition, even if it is the only partition on an otherwise blank drive, or that you simply don’t erase that partition at all. In your email, did you mean that the installer will automatically create a partition of the proper size and name if one does not already exist? I’d rather not go through this multiple times, so I want to do everything right on the first try if I can. Thanks for your patience. On Jun 6, 2014, at 12:25 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi Alex, > > Yes, I’m saying that you should totally wipe the HD. That is, after > starting up from the thumb drive, go to Disk Utility and re-partition > your drive to one partition named Macintosh HD. Any subsequent > partitions should be done later on the live drive. This will ensure that > the Recovery Partition is created properly. Not sure where the other > individual got there info but this is sound practice. If you used > DiskMaker X to create your bootable Mavericks Installer, on the thumb > drive or the built-in “Create Install Media” utility of the Mavericks > Installer, then a proper Recovery Partition will be automatically > created. If you used the Disk Utility method, then the Recovery > Partition must have already existed in order to create a proper > installation. The problem in your case is that you need to do a total > re-format, so, using the existing Recovery Partition is not of any > benefit. Refer to > > http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive.html > > for info on these limitations. In addition, if you didn’t perform a > complete wipe during your last clean install, these errors may have > carried over thus any disk structure issues would have persisted. > > Hope this makes sense. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jun 6, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > >> Thanks. I’m in the beta partition now, copying a few files over to my >> external hard drive. The problem is here too: Finder just hung for about >> thirty seconds, while my Mac’s HD made the sound I’ve come to dread. >> Still, it’s working, thankfully; my main partition won’t even boot. >> >> As to wiping, I’m still not sure
Re: Accessible Open VPN
Hi, Yes I tried 2 solutions, both of which do work. I'll add some explanations for those who are curious what vpn can do for you. But in short, these are usable for us: www.proxpn.com, iphone as well as mac, and: www.getcloak.com . So what does vpn do for us, normal iphone users? An example. If you are at a coffee shop and you get your mail from an old server at your provider, then your phone must log in to the mail service, so you can get your own mail. To do that, the phone in your hand needs to send your email credentials, i.e. your mail username and mail server password, over to the email server from which you want your mail to be sent to you. By design, email protocols do not encrypt anything. Normally, that is not an immediate problem. But when you are on a wifi hotspot, to your phone that is the same thing as if you connect to your private wifi lan at home. And at home, every computer can see and connect to all others. Likewise, In a coffee shop, all devices on the coffee shop's same wifi spot, can see each other as well. With a specialized program running on a laptop or on an Android phone from someone else in the shop, folks are able to see all traffic from all people, including from your own phone, that runs by inside the coffee shop's wifi network. Your phone is transmitting your email username and password through the air, so everything and everyone around you, can catch that, if they know how to do that. And it's not hard. If people have your email password, they can visit sites, and ask for a password reset by email. And because the stranger now has access to your mail, they can change your password on your important sites, and that account of yours is then hacked. You don't want that to happen, do you? Luckily, modern email servers allow you to set up an encrypted connection, starting from your phone all the way through the wifi and through the net, over to your mail server, so that's a better deal if you can have encrypted email, because no one along the way can read your traffic if it is encrypted. For that to work, your email provider must support secure mail using something called ssl. If you use ssl connections to get your mail while you are on an untrusted wifi network, then you're good to go. Unfortunately, not all and every internet service supports encrypted connections, so it would be nice to have a general solution, that covers not just your email traffic for your phone, but all traffic from and to the phone. And that's what vpn can solve. A vpn eliminates this problem. Let me explain it this way. At home, your network is safe, because you own it. So, how awesome would it be, if you could make an encrypted connection from your phone in the coffee shop to your house, and then get safely on to the internet from there.Then, no one can look at your traffic. Well of course they can, but they will only see static noise, rubbish, garbage coming by, because that's what encryption does. If you had a vpn server running at home, then you could connect to it using your phone, while you are in a coffee shop, or in anotheruntrusted wifi network, and because it's vpn, virtual private network, your phone encrypts your traffic, sends it home, and the vpn server there, then throws it on to the internet just as usual. So if you had a vpn server yourself, you could communicate through it in a very safe way, because folks around you cannot see what you are doing, and therefore not get a hold of your passwords as they fly through the air, from your phone to the open wifi. Unfortunately, running a vpn server at home is not easy. I've tried it, and boy is it frustrating. For me it worked, and then it stopped working. I managed to fix it, and something else broke. You can have a vpn server using a windows xp box at home, and you can also do it on a mac at home, and probably on windows 7 or 8 but I'm not sure of those, but most people will agree that it is troublesome. So therefore, commercial companies exist that do a good job. The principle is the same. Now, you make an encrypted vpn tunnel using your phone, not to your house, but into the commercial vpn server, run by the company you choose. From there, your traffic is decrypted, and then sent on, through the regular internet. To the service you are using, it will lokk as if you are physically located at the same place where the vpn server is. It's not very expensive, a few bucks a month ranging from 3 or 4 to ten, depending on who you choose. And it's a nice way to protect yourself from other machines seeing your traffic. I was in Turky, and from my hotel, I could not listen to Dutch radio streams. But when I turned on my vpn, which was allowed, my tunnel ended in the Netherlands, and from there, the hotel could not block me from listening to my favorite local news stream, because the vpn connection is encrypted, so filters inside the hotel wifi prohibiting me from doing stuff, can't c
Re: Any final suggestions for my Mini's hard drive?
Yes, I did the startup disk selection yesterday, from the Apple menu. My thumb drive is still the selected disk (oddly, my beta partition has vanished, even though I haven’t yet erased anything). The second item in the initial list is indeed “install”, not “reinstall”, so it looks like I’m definitely on the thumb drive. Stranger by the day… On Jun 7, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > this might sound obvious, but the best way to ensure you start up from your > external drive is to go into the utilities menu, (I've temporarily blanked on > the name of the utilities app that runs in the recovery partition) the one > just to the right of the apple menu and choose startup disc. You can choose > the thumb drive from there. > > Teresa > > Slow down; you’ll get there faster. > > On Jun 7, 2014, at 7:57 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > >> Hi Alex, >> >> Are you sure that it’s actually starting up from the thumb drive? It sounds >> like your Mini is starting up from the Recovery Partition instead. They do >> look and feel just the same. I think that the second item when starting up >> from the Recovery Partition says “Re-install MacOS X” whereas the thumb >> drive should say “Install MacOS X”. Not sure but, I’ll keep trying if >> that’s not the case. >> >> Later… >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Jun 6, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >>> I was going off memory earlier, so misspoke a bit. I see “current, >>> partition format, popup button, but it is dimmed. The table is not dimmed, >>> and neither are the five tabs, but every other control in the Partitions >>> Tab screen is unusable for some reason. Also, don’t worry about taking a >>> while to get back to me; I avoid all website work for just the reason you >>> described. I’m just glad for the help; as I said, the nearest Apple >>> Store is hours away, and this machine isn’t covered anyway. >>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >>> Hi, What I’m asking you to do is, in Disk Utility, select your drive. That is, the thing that reads 1 TB Hitachi blah blah or whatever make your HD is, not the already partitioned volumes. Then, go to the Partition tab and partition your HD with one partition, MacOS Extended (Journaled) with name Macintosh HD. As well, press the Options button in this window and ensure that your HD will have the GUID schema. Apply this change and you’ll have one volume on your drive with name “Macintosh HD”. When you run the Mavericks Installer from your thumb drive, the Recovery Partition will be automatically created. Hope this is clearer. Sorry for any confusion. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 6, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Sorry, I just want to clarify one point. All the “clean install > Mavericks” articles I’ve found say to format your disk/partition. They > seem to imply that you will magically have a Macintosh HD partition, even > if it is the only partition on an otherwise blank drive, or that you > simply don’t erase that partition at all. In your email, did you mean > that the installer will automatically create a partition of the proper > size and name if one does not already exist? I’d rather not go through > this multiple times, so I want to do everything right on the first try if > I can. Thanks for your patience. > On Jun 6, 2014, at 12:25 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > >> Hi Alex, >> >> Yes, I’m saying that you should totally wipe the HD. That is, after >> starting up from the thumb drive, go to Disk Utility and re-partition >> your drive to one partition named Macintosh HD. Any subsequent >> partitions should be done later on the live drive. This will ensure >> that the Recovery Partition is created properly. Not sure where the >> other individual got there info but this is sound practice. If you used >> DiskMaker X to create your bootable Mavericks Installer, on the thumb >> drive or the built-in “Create Install Media” utility of the Mavericks >> Installer, then a proper Recovery Partition will be automatically >> created. If you used the Disk Utility method, then the Recovery >> Partition must have already existed in order to create a proper >> installation. The problem in your case is that you need to do a total >> re-format, so, using the existing Recovery Partition is not of any >> benefit. Refer to >> >> http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive.html >> >> for info on these limitations. In addition, if you didn’t perform a >> complete wipe during your last clean install, these errors may have >> carried over thus any disk structure issues would have persisted. >> >> Hope this makes s
Re: Any final suggestions for my Mini's hard drive?
Hi Alex, How about we try this in Terminal instead. Sometimes, Disk Utility has problems executing things if the drive is having issues. You should be able to get into Terminal from your thumb drive by going up to the Utilities menu. Enter the following: diskutil list (press return) this will give you the BSD device name of your drive. eg: "disk0”, disk1 etc.” You should be able to determine which is your internal HD by reading through the resulting output. You only want the initial name, like disk1, not disk1s2. next: diskutil unmount force /dev/disk_name eg: diskutil unmount force /dev/disk0 next: diskutil zeroDisk /dev/disk_name eg: diskutil zeroDisk /dev/disk0 (press return) After disk is zeroed, you can exit Terminal and try things again in Disk Utility. Of course if your disk is indeed going bad, then our efforts to fix it will be fruitless and you may wish to get a new HD. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 7, 2014, at 4:53 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Yes, I did the startup disk selection yesterday, from the Apple menu. My > thumb drive is still the selected disk (oddly, my beta partition has > vanished, even though I haven’t yet erased anything). The second item in the > initial list is indeed “install”, not “reinstall”, so it looks like I’m > definitely on the thumb drive. Stranger by the day… > > On Jun 7, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > >> this might sound obvious, but the best way to ensure you start up from your >> external drive is to go into the utilities menu, (I've temporarily blanked >> on the name of the utilities app that runs in the recovery partition) the >> one just to the right of the apple menu and choose startup disc. You can >> choose the thumb drive from there. >> >> Teresa >> >> Slow down; you’ll get there faster. >> >> On Jun 7, 2014, at 7:57 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> >>> Hi Alex, >>> >>> Are you sure that it’s actually starting up from the thumb drive? It >>> sounds like your Mini is starting up from the Recovery Partition instead. >>> They do look and feel just the same. I think that the second item when >>> starting up from the Recovery Partition says “Re-install MacOS X” whereas >>> the thumb drive should say “Install MacOS X”. Not sure but, I’ll keep >>> trying if that’s not the case. >>> >>> Later… >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>> I was going off memory earlier, so misspoke a bit. I see “current, partition format, popup button, but it is dimmed. The table is not dimmed, and neither are the five tabs, but every other control in the Partitions Tab screen is unusable for some reason. Also, don’t worry about taking a while to get back to me; I avoid all website work for just the reason you described. I’m just glad for the help; as I said, the nearest Apple Store is hours away, and this machine isn’t covered anyway. On Jun 6, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > What I’m asking you to do is, in Disk Utility, select your drive. That > is, the thing that reads 1 TB Hitachi blah blah or whatever make your HD > is, not the already partitioned volumes. Then, go to the Partition tab > and partition your HD with one partition, MacOS Extended (Journaled) with > name Macintosh HD. As well, press the Options button in this window and > ensure that your HD will have the GUID schema. Apply this change and > you’ll have one volume on your drive with name “Macintosh HD”. When you > run the Mavericks Installer from your thumb drive, the Recovery Partition > will be automatically created. > > Hope this is clearer. Sorry for any confusion. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jun 6, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > >> Sorry, I just want to clarify one point. All the “clean install >> Mavericks” articles I’ve found say to format your disk/partition. They >> seem to imply that you will magically have a Macintosh HD partition, >> even if it is the only partition on an otherwise blank drive, or that >> you simply don’t erase that partition at all. In your email, did you >> mean that the installer will automatically create a partition of the >> proper size and name if one does not already exist? I’d rather not go >> through this multiple times, so I want to do everything right on the >> first try if I can. Thanks for your patience. >> On Jun 6, 2014, at 12:25 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> >>> Hi Alex, >>> >>> Yes, I’m saying that you should totally wipe the HD. That is, after >>> starting up from the thumb drive, go to Disk Utility and re-partition >>> your drive to one partition named Macintosh HD. Any subsequent >>> partitions should be done later on the live drive. This will
Re: Any final suggestions for my Mini's hard drive?
A member in a facebook group suggested this site for uppgrades etc. ship the mac back to you. Don’t know if thety are good, but they appears to be a serious company. http://eshop.macsales.com If you don’t boot into your thumb drive, you boot into a black screen where Voice Over don’t work. You could be booting into your HDD by a mistake. Take care 8. juni 2014 kl. 00:53 skrev Alex Hall : Yes, I did the startup disk selection yesterday, from the Apple menu. My thumb drive is still the selected disk (oddly, my beta partition has vanished, even though I haven’t yet erased anything). The second item in the initial list is indeed “install”, not “reinstall”, so it looks like I’m definitely on the thumb drive. Stranger by the day… On Jun 7, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > this might sound obvious, but the best way to ensure you start up from your > external drive is to go into the utilities menu, (I've temporarily blanked on > the name of the utilities app that runs in the recovery partition) the one > just to the right of the apple menu and choose startup disc. You can choose > the thumb drive from there. > > Teresa > > Slow down; you’ll get there faster. > > On Jun 7, 2014, at 7:57 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > >> Hi Alex, >> >> Are you sure that it’s actually starting up from the thumb drive? It sounds >> like your Mini is starting up from the Recovery Partition instead. They do >> look and feel just the same. I think that the second item when starting up >> from the Recovery Partition says “Re-install MacOS X” whereas the thumb >> drive should say “Install MacOS X”. Not sure but, I’ll keep trying if >> that’s not the case. >> >> Later… >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Jun 6, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >>> I was going off memory earlier, so misspoke a bit. I see “current, >>> partition format, popup button, but it is dimmed. The table is not dimmed, >>> and neither are the five tabs, but every other control in the Partitions >>> Tab screen is unusable for some reason. Also, don’t worry about taking a >>> while to get back to me; I avoid all website work for just the reason you >>> described. I’m just glad for the help; as I said, the nearest Apple >>> Store is hours away, and this machine isn’t covered anyway. >>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >>> Hi, What I’m asking you to do is, in Disk Utility, select your drive. That is, the thing that reads 1 TB Hitachi blah blah or whatever make your HD is, not the already partitioned volumes. Then, go to the Partition tab and partition your HD with one partition, MacOS Extended (Journaled) with name Macintosh HD. As well, press the Options button in this window and ensure that your HD will have the GUID schema. Apply this change and you’ll have one volume on your drive with name “Macintosh HD”. When you run the Mavericks Installer from your thumb drive, the Recovery Partition will be automatically created. Hope this is clearer. Sorry for any confusion. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 6, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Sorry, I just want to clarify one point. All the “clean install > Mavericks” articles I’ve found say to format your disk/partition. They > seem to imply that you will magically have a Macintosh HD partition, even > if it is the only partition on an otherwise blank drive, or that you > simply don’t erase that partition at all. In your email, did you mean > that the installer will automatically create a partition of the proper > size and name if one does not already exist? I’d rather not go through > this multiple times, so I want to do everything right on the first try if > I can. Thanks for your patience. > On Jun 6, 2014, at 12:25 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > >> Hi Alex, >> >> Yes, I’m saying that you should totally wipe the HD. That is, after >> starting up from the thumb drive, go to Disk Utility and re-partition >> your drive to one partition named Macintosh HD. Any subsequent >> partitions should be done later on the live drive. This will ensure >> that the Recovery Partition is created properly. Not sure where the >> other individual got there info but this is sound practice. If you used >> DiskMaker X to create your bootable Mavericks Installer, on the thumb >> drive or the built-in “Create Install Media” utility of the Mavericks >> Installer, then a proper Recovery Partition will be automatically >> created. If you used the Disk Utility method, then the Recovery >> Partition must have already existed in order to create a proper >> installation. The problem in your case is that you need to do a total >> re-format, so, using the existing Recovery Partition is not of any
Re: Editing Tables in Pages
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Re: Any final suggestions for my Mini's hard drive?
It’s been an hour, and we’re at 48%. I have to be up early, so I’m headed to bed; hopefully this is done by tomorrow morning. I didn’t realize zeroing would erase the disk, so I had a moment of panic when it said “started erasing disk”; I wondered if I'd chosen the correct disk. On Jun 7, 2014, at 9:02 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi Alex, > > How about we try this in Terminal instead. Sometimes, Disk Utility has > problems executing things if the drive is having issues. You should be able > to get into Terminal from your thumb drive by going up to the Utilities menu. > > Enter the following: > > diskutil list > (press return) > this will give you the BSD device name of your drive. > eg: "disk0”, disk1 etc.” > You should be able to determine which is your internal HD by reading through > the resulting output. You only want the initial name, like disk1, not > disk1s2. > > next: > > diskutil unmount force /dev/disk_name > eg: > diskutil unmount force /dev/disk0 > > next: > > diskutil zeroDisk /dev/disk_name > eg: > diskutil zeroDisk /dev/disk0 > (press return) > > After disk is zeroed, you can exit Terminal and try things again in Disk > Utility. > > Of course if your disk is indeed going bad, then our efforts to fix it will > be fruitless and you may wish to get a new HD. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jun 7, 2014, at 4:53 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > >> Yes, I did the startup disk selection yesterday, from the Apple menu. My >> thumb drive is still the selected disk (oddly, my beta partition has >> vanished, even though I haven’t yet erased anything). The second item in the >> initial list is indeed “install”, not “reinstall”, so it looks like I’m >> definitely on the thumb drive. Stranger by the day… >> >> On Jun 7, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: >> >>> this might sound obvious, but the best way to ensure you start up from your >>> external drive is to go into the utilities menu, (I've temporarily blanked >>> on the name of the utilities app that runs in the recovery partition) the >>> one just to the right of the apple menu and choose startup disc. You can >>> choose the thumb drive from there. >>> >>> Teresa >>> >>> Slow down; you’ll get there faster. >>> >>> On Jun 7, 2014, at 7:57 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >>> Hi Alex, Are you sure that it’s actually starting up from the thumb drive? It sounds like your Mini is starting up from the Recovery Partition instead. They do look and feel just the same. I think that the second item when starting up from the Recovery Partition says “Re-install MacOS X” whereas the thumb drive should say “Install MacOS X”. Not sure but, I’ll keep trying if that’s not the case. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 6, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > I was going off memory earlier, so misspoke a bit. I see “current, > partition format, popup button, but it is dimmed. The table is not > dimmed, and neither are the five tabs, but every other control in the > Partitions Tab screen is unusable for some reason. Also, don’t worry > about taking a while to get back to me; I avoid all website work for just > the reason you described. I’m just glad for the help; as I said, > the nearest Apple Store is hours away, and this machine isn’t covered > anyway. > On Jun 6, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> What I’m asking you to do is, in Disk Utility, select your drive. That >> is, the thing that reads 1 TB Hitachi blah blah or whatever make your HD >> is, not the already partitioned volumes. Then, go to the Partition tab >> and partition your HD with one partition, MacOS Extended (Journaled) >> with name Macintosh HD. As well, press the Options button in this >> window and ensure that your HD will have the GUID schema. Apply this >> change and you’ll have one volume on your drive with name “Macintosh >> HD”. When you run the Mavericks Installer from your thumb drive, the >> Recovery Partition will be automatically created. >> >> Hope this is clearer. Sorry for any confusion. >> >> Later… >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Jun 6, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >>> Sorry, I just want to clarify one point. All the “clean install >>> Mavericks” articles I’ve found say to format your disk/partition. They >>> seem to imply that you will magically have a Macintosh HD partition, >>> even if it is the only partition on an otherwise blank drive, or that >>> you simply don’t erase that partition at all. In your email, did you >>> mean that the installer will automatically create a partition of the >>> proper size and name if one does not already exist? I’d rather not go >>> through this
Re: Any final suggestions for my Mini's hard drive?
Hi, I had that same feeling earlier today when I wiped a server’s main HD. Oh crap, did I remember to archive the directory or am I going to be here for hours restoring a backup or re-entering usernames. Anyway, zeroing a drive will typically take quite a while, so sleeping through the thing is probably a good idea. Hope it works this time. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 7, 2014, at 9:08 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > It’s been an hour, and we’re at 48%. I have to be up early, so I’m headed to > bed; hopefully this is done by tomorrow morning. I didn’t realize zeroing > would erase the disk, so I had a moment of panic when it said “started > erasing disk”; I wondered if I'd chosen the correct disk. > On Jun 7, 2014, at 9:02 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > >> Hi Alex, >> >> How about we try this in Terminal instead. Sometimes, Disk Utility has >> problems executing things if the drive is having issues. You should be able >> to get into Terminal from your thumb drive by going up to the Utilities menu. >> >> Enter the following: >> >> diskutil list >> (press return) >> this will give you the BSD device name of your drive. >> eg: "disk0”, disk1 etc.” >> You should be able to determine which is your internal HD by reading through >> the resulting output. You only want the initial name, like disk1, not >> disk1s2. >> >> next: >> >> diskutil unmount force /dev/disk_name >> eg: >> diskutil unmount force /dev/disk0 >> >> next: >> >> diskutil zeroDisk /dev/disk_name >> eg: >> diskutil zeroDisk /dev/disk0 >> (press return) >> >> After disk is zeroed, you can exit Terminal and try things again in Disk >> Utility. >> >> Of course if your disk is indeed going bad, then our efforts to fix it will >> be fruitless and you may wish to get a new HD. >> >> Later… >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Jun 7, 2014, at 4:53 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >>> Yes, I did the startup disk selection yesterday, from the Apple menu. My >>> thumb drive is still the selected disk (oddly, my beta partition has >>> vanished, even though I haven’t yet erased anything). The second item in >>> the initial list is indeed “install”, not “reinstall”, so it looks like I’m >>> definitely on the thumb drive. Stranger by the day… >>> >>> On Jun 7, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: >>> this might sound obvious, but the best way to ensure you start up from your external drive is to go into the utilities menu, (I've temporarily blanked on the name of the utilities app that runs in the recovery partition) the one just to the right of the apple menu and choose startup disc. You can choose the thumb drive from there. Teresa Slow down; you’ll get there faster. On Jun 7, 2014, at 7:57 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi Alex, > > Are you sure that it’s actually starting up from the thumb drive? It > sounds like your Mini is starting up from the Recovery Partition instead. > They do look and feel just the same. I think that the second item when > starting up from the Recovery Partition says “Re-install MacOS X” whereas > the thumb drive should say “Install MacOS X”. Not sure but, I’ll keep > trying if that’s not the case. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jun 6, 2014, at 6:36 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > >> I was going off memory earlier, so misspoke a bit. I see “current, >> partition format, popup button, but it is dimmed. The table is not >> dimmed, and neither are the five tabs, but every other control in the >> Partitions Tab screen is unusable for some reason. Also, don’t worry >> about taking a while to get back to me; I avoid all website work for >> just the reason you described. I’m just glad for the help; as I >> said, the nearest Apple Store is hours away, and this machine isn’t >> covered anyway. >> On Jun 6, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> What I’m asking you to do is, in Disk Utility, select your drive. That >>> is, the thing that reads 1 TB Hitachi blah blah or whatever make your >>> HD is, not the already partitioned volumes. Then, go to the Partition >>> tab and partition your HD with one partition, MacOS Extended >>> (Journaled) with name Macintosh HD. As well, press the Options button >>> in this window and ensure that your HD will have the GUID schema. >>> Apply this change and you’ll have one volume on your drive with name >>> “Macintosh HD”. When you run the Mavericks Installer from your thumb >>> drive, the Recovery Partition will be automatically created. >>> >>> Hope this is clearer. Sorry for any confusion. >>> >>> Later… >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >>>
Screen saver and VO?
Hi, Is there an option that I'm not noticing, that will stop the screen from going off in the middle of reading something? I'll be reading a long article with vo+A, and the screen will go dim and Voice Over will spout off the contents of the authorization dialogue. I prefer to keep the screen saver/auth dialogue, but if I have to get rid of it entirely to do so I can live with it. It just seems sort of off that say, watching a movie or something on Hulu in Safari doesn't go to the screen saver, but reading a long document will leave you high and dry and turn off the screen. Thanks in advance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Screen saver and VO?
Go to System Preferences > desktop and screen saver > screen saver tab. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 08/06/2014 06:42, Tristan wrote: Hi, Is there an option that I'm not noticing, that will stop the screen from going off in the middle of reading something? I'll be reading a long article with vo+A, and the screen will go dim and Voice Over will spout off the contents of the authorization dialogue. I prefer to keep the screen saver/auth dialogue, but if I have to get rid of it entirely to do so I can live with it. It just seems sort of off that say, watching a movie or something on Hulu in Safari doesn't go to the screen saver, but reading a long document will leave you high and dry and turn off the screen. Thanks in advance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Screen saver and VO?
I know about this. It doesn't seem to cover VO, though. For example, if I leave my computer idle for a few minutes, I want the screen to go into screen saver mode. However, if VO is reading, the flow is interrupted to announce that the screen saver is active, which is a minor irritant at best. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Hallsworth Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 2:45 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Screen saver and VO? Go to System Preferences > desktop and screen saver > screen saver tab. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 08/06/2014 06:42, Tristan wrote: > Hi, > > Is there an option that I'm not noticing, that will stop the screen > from going off in the middle of reading something? I'll be reading a > long article with vo+A, and the screen will go dim and Voice Over will > spout off the contents of the authorization dialogue. I prefer to keep > the screen saver/auth dialogue, but if I have to get rid of it > entirely to do so I can live with it. It just seems sort of off that > say, watching a movie or something on Hulu in Safari doesn't go to the > screen saver, but reading a long document will leave you high and dry and turn off the screen. > > > > Thanks in advance. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
