Siri Shortcuts: How to Automate Tasks on the iPhone via Voice or a Tap, USA Today

2019-02-28 Thread M. Taylor
Siri Shortcuts gets more useful: A shortcut guide to animating routines on your iPhone By Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY, 11:01 a.m. PST Feb. 28, 2019 The Siri Shortcuts feature that Apple launched last fall as part of iOS 12 has always had oodles of potential. And for some of you this feature, which

Re: Answering calls on the Mac

2019-02-28 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Open Facetime. You can also pace calls to anyone from the Mac as long as your phone is nearby. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 2/28/2019 5:09 PM, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: Hi all, Here’s a really

Answering calls on the Mac

2019-02-28 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Hi all, Here’s a really simple questio. How does one answer calls on the MacBook? As I’ve never done this before. I received a phon e call yesterday and my phone and Mac both started ringing at the same time. I thought it would have been fun to answer the call with the Mac for a change, but did

Re: Mark on Apple Smart Keyboard, Folio, for iPad Pro 10.5

2019-02-28 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, When you fold things around, you need to fold it so that the back of the keyboard is against the back of the iPad. I usually get it wrong two or three times before I remember how to do it. Just keep trying. There is only a couple places that allow the fold to go either direction, so that

Re: Something odd is going on with my Mac.

2019-02-28 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Remember that the scroll area screen in Disk Inventory X is not particularly VO friendly. close that window, then you'll get to the meat of the info you need. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 28, 2019, at 12:48, Anders

Re: Further to ripping CDs

2019-02-28 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, I use AudioBook Builder for pretty well all my Audio Books that I get on CD. I prefer the end product when done this way. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 28, 2019, at 00:55, Simon Fogarty wrote: Hi Petrus, So you

Re: Showing notifications.

2019-02-28 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, If Notification Centre has anything for you, press VO-n to get a menu of them. If there are none, VO-n will respond "No Notifications". Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 27, 2019, at 12:37, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries w

back blaze

2019-02-28 Thread jean parker
Hello All: Those who are using Back Blaze, how is the tech support? Do they know how to work with screen readers? I have used Carbonite for over ten years but have found their tech support has deteriorated significantly of late. This is most unfortunate as they have been unusually responsive in

Re: Something odd is going on with my Mac.

2019-02-28 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Anders, Did you ever put the home folder back on the internal drive? Can't helo but think that could resolve some things. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 2/28/2019 11:48 AM, Anders Holmberg wro

Something odd is going on with my Mac.

2019-02-28 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! There must be something odd with my Macintosh HD partition. First time i ran disk inventory x it displayed all folders and such but i didn’t take note of that so i ran it today again but now the scrolarea is empty. I have done firstaid on the macintosh hd and also the container contining the

swift playgrounds

2019-02-28 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Listers, So the swift playgrounds from the iPad Which ipad is the earliest one that will work with swift? Or should that be allow the IOS version with swift to be used? I'm looking at borrowing one but it's either a Gen 4 or air iPad. Cheers. -- The following information is important fo

Re: Documentation for the Apple Watcgh

2019-02-28 Thread Gerard Doody
Hi all, I have both those books, and I also downloaded the free mannual from apple that is available in the books app. I liked it better than the "Dummies" book. Just a personal oppinion. Jerry Doody and Hugo jerrydood...@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone On Feb 28, 2019, at 10:39 AM, Mary Otten

Re: Documentation for the Apple Watcgh

2019-02-28 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks for the tip, Mike. Sounds like a worthwhile addition to Anna’s book. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 28, 2019, at 2:41 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: > > Hello again, Mary, > > Anna Dresner’s book is very good; thanks for the tip. > > I have also downloaded „Apple Watch for Dummies,“ b

Re: Turn off hints in Mojavi.

2019-02-28 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Don't think so. Same for VO at the login screen. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 2/28/2019 4:52 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! In the recovery mode VoiceOver is set with its default settings whi

Re: Backblaze with voiceover?

2019-02-28 Thread Matt Turner
Hi, tried that as well. Still get the same result. > On Feb 27, 2019, at 9:57 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Try arrow keys alone. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 2/27/

Re: Reading a PDF File by Word Using Preview

2019-02-28 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Great. Thanks for revealing your mistakes. That surely helps others. All the best Jürgen > Am 28.02.2019 um 13:37 schrieb Craig Werner : > > Hello, Jurgen, and thank you for your solution, which worked perfectly. I'm > embarrassed by my mistakes, but I'll include them here in case they help >

Re: Mark on Apple Smart Keyboard, Folio, for iPad Pro 10.5

2019-02-28 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hey Mark, What's the fireplace app called? Thanks, Donna > On Feb 27, 2019, at 11:29 PM, Sandie Jazmin Kruse wrote: > > Have been using my iPad Pro for the better part of 2 years, and the keyboard > just works. > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 28 Feb 2019, at 02.24, M. Taylor wrote

Turn off hints in Mojavi.

2019-02-28 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! In the recovery mode VoiceOver is set with its default settings which means i have to hear those annoying hints telling me things i already know. Can these be turned off? I mean can they be turned off with a keyboard shortcut? Thanks in advance. /A -- The following information is important f

Re: Reading a PDF File by Word Using Preview

2019-02-28 Thread Craig Werner
Hello, Jurgen, and thank you for your solution, which worked perfectly. I'm embarrassed by my mistakes, but I'll include them here in case they help others. I knew to interact with the paragraph in which the word I wanted to copy occured, but I pressed Command plus right arrow instead of VO plus

Re: Documentation for the Apple Watcgh

2019-02-28 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello again, Mary, Anna Dresner’s book is very good; thanks for the tip. I have also downloaded „Apple Watch for Dummies,“ by Marc Saltzman. It is available on Bookshare. If you go to Bookshare, you will find two editions of the book; I downloaded the one that was released in 2018, and it co