Re: Screen Sharing with Zoom

Hey, Try to see if you can find Zoom under these settings and it will allow screen share. System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Screen Recording Pramit On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 7:37 PM Ibraheem Fakir wrote: > Hey there, > > Thanks for this. My issue is that zoom is not listed in

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

OK, Andrew, I understand your situation. I'll give you my advice. But, as you've undoubtedly already learned, advice is cheap and various people will be passionate about their views. So, let me give you a first things first approach as my top suggestion. Keep it simple, and keep the main thing the

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

Running linuxMint mate 19.0.3 on macbook pro 15, mid2009 single boot. I tried others and got a lot to talk, but the boot manager on macs is a beast. So far linuxMint is the only fighter, and it found all of my hardware. Tim M z200...@gmail.com > On Mar 26, 2020, at 3:

Re: Mac Mini Now On Order

Very true. Sounds like your system demands exceed mine. - Brad - On Mar 27, 2020, at 00:09, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hey, Brad: Fwiw, I've never regretted maxing memory resources. Even when on a tight budget, I've always, always put maximum memory into my machines and I've n

Re: Mac Mini Now On Order

Hi Janina, Did you get the smaller (laptop layout) bluetooth keyboard or the full size model with NumPad. - Brad - On Mar 27, 2020, at 00:04, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hey, Matthew. I bet you forgot to mention a network connection? Surely your Mini isn't off the grid? Just

Re: Mac Mini Now On Order

Hey, Brad: Fwiw, I've never regretted maxing memory resources. Even when on a tight budget, I've always, always put maximum memory into my machines and I've never regretted that. The pain of the extra cost passes in a few months. The benefit lasts as long as you keep the machine in service. What'

Re: Mac Mini Now On Order

Hey, Matthew. I bet you forgot to mention a network connection? Surely your Mini isn't off the grid? Just teasing you a little! PS: My bluetooth keyboard arrived today. What an elegant unit. However, I may not be comfortable with it as my main board, though I am likely to pack it for travel on l

Re: the 3rd USB flash drive with the same issue

Hi, Format your USB drive and don't use quite format for this. Also go to the properties and adjust it for best performance, rather than quick removal. And hopefully this will fix the problem. Pramit On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 9:05 PM Ramy Moustafa wrote: > Hi all: > Hope everyone is safe. > This

Re: Cut and paste from Mac to iphone

Hi, A while back, I discovered that this feature doesn’t work reliably for me if I have screen curtain turned on on the phone. Robert Carter > On Mar 26, 2020, at 4:04 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Sometimes, when the universal clipboard doesn’t perform as it should, I go > back to the source

Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

Lol! I do not know, inner voice verses ego verses witness and all that jazz , I might never get anything done with the club of Karens. On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: Yeah, but at least then you will be guaranteed of a sensible answer if you are listening to yourself. On 2

Re: Question please regarding the option-t time check

I have a strange question sometime in amateur, I’d like to change my time to universal chlorinated time or Greenwich England to be precise is this possible? Since it would line up correctly with universal chlorinated time. Any thoughts? Sincerely Maurice. > On Mar 26, 2020, at 13:48, Paul Parra

Re: the 3rd USB flash drive with the same issue

Hi: Yes i am using the drive often. U mean formatting or what? > On Mar 26, 2020, at 6:14 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > How often are you replacing files on this device? If often, and you are > adding, deleting, emptying the Trash lots, then this often happens.

Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

Yeah, but at least then you will be guaranteed of a sensible answer if you are listening to yourself. > On 27/03/2020, at 09:43, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Hey Tim, > well...they have yet to capture the perfect Canadian male voice so. > Will take my zed any way I can get it smiles. > besides usi

Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

Yes, she’s finding it hard to get motivated sometimes but she’s doing okay. She’s in a team of four others and they set up Zoom so they can still have their meetings. It was odd coming home from work last night and I could actually smell what the neighbours were cooking for dinner instead of the

Re: Finding the external DVD drive

Thanks Simon, Found it in the end. Woman at work wanted to borrow my Harry Potter collection to keep her kids occupied during lock down and I was trying to find one of them that I didn’t label with Braille. > On 26/03/2020, at 22:02, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > > Hi petrus, > > From the finder

Re: Question please regarding the option-t time check

Hi, Yeah you have to edit the script. For me it’s in /Library/Scripts/VoiceOver/Time Of Day.applescript Just scrolling through the script, I think you can remove these lines: -- readjust for 12 hour time if (currentHour > 12) then set currentHour to (currentHour - 12) end if Hope that

Re: Cut and paste from Mac to iphone

Sometimes, when the universal clipboard doesn’t perform as it should, I go back to the source and re-highlight and do the copy action again. Usually things work as expected the second time. - Brad - On Mar 26, 2020, at 15:37, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi, When it comes to

Re: Question please regarding the option-t time check

I’m guessing you’d have to directly edit the script itself. I am not sure where that is now being saved. I’d have to poke around, but then the question of editing the script would be next. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.co

Question please regarding the option-t time check

I’m hoping someone might know how to change this time announcement to 24 hour time? I’ve set 24 hour in both the date and time section, and language and region section. Thanks for any guidance. Paul -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If yo

Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

Hey Tim, well...they have yet to capture the perfect Canadian male voice so. Will take my zed any way I can get it smiles. besides using a voice named Karen sounds like I am listening to myself. Karen On Thu, 26 Mar 2020, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi, The Australian male voice

Re: Cut and paste from Mac to iphone

Hi, When it comes to the universal clipboard, there are some considerations. I don't know the specific time restriction, but there is one and I believe that it is less than 30 seconds, may even be 10 or 15. So, It is best to have the iPhone open and ready after copying the text from the Mac.

Re: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

Hi, The Australian male voice is named Lee. Good job Karen, turning into a true Canadian, eh. Zed over zee, I love it :). Later... Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 26, 2020, at 13:44, Karen Lewellen wrote: G

Re: Cut and paste from Mac to iphone

Hi Brad and others, I’m glad I’m not the only one experienced hand off not working. I was starting to think I was alone with this. I have restarted iPhone and Mac, turned off Hand off and turned on again on both devices. I’ve tried selecting on the Mac and pasting on the iPhone in an edit fie

Re: Mail in Catalina

Hi Tim and others, Sluggish moving of mail messages solved. Well, In the process of trying to get hand off to work again I turned off and restarted my computer. And though I’m still working on solving the hand off issue the sluggish mail moving behavior is gone. Got to love that restart probl

RE: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

Going back to the original topic of this thread, what is the name of the Australian male voice? i recall the female one is Karen, and am told the Aussie voice is the only one to pronounce zed correctly. Karen On Thu, 26 Mar 2020, Simon A Fogarty wrote: Yeah started working from home today

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

Yes I have a pc running 3 drives separately, a laptop, and a raspberry pi. The only windows machine in this house is my wife's machine, and an old machine that belonged to her that is crapping out. Everything else is linux or Apple products here. Since the group is set to show people as via

Re: Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

Hi Brianna, This is a standard VO Trackpad Commander gesture, and it works without positioning your hand sideways, with the palm oriented toward the center of the trackpad. Just keep your fingers close together, and the outside finger close to the edge of the trackpad, and the gesture will per

Re: Finder hot key for folder navigation

I use OPTION + Up Arrow to go to the top, and OPTION + Down Arrow to go to the bottom. this works whether I have interacted with the list view or not. HTH - Brad - On Mar 26, 2020, at 12:41, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: Hello all, I have reviewed hot keys from: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT2

Re: Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

Hi guys, I have my trackpad commander turned on. Now, I don't remember if I had to set this up as I've had it for a while, but with two fingers on the right, I double-tap and can see my system dialogues. On the other side, I can do the same thing and access the application chooser. Now, when

Re: Finder hot key for folder navigation

Hi, You need to make sure that the window is either in List mode (cmd-2) or Column mode (cmd-3) and you should interact with the table or column browser to have many commands work well. You can use option-up to get to the first item in the list and option-down to get quickly to the last item.

Re: Finder hot key for folder navigation

Try Option key up or down arrow. Mike Dailey mpd...@gmail.com > On Mar 26, 2020, at 1:41 PM, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > > Hello all, I have reviewed hot keys from: > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236 > which gives a ton of useful hot keys, most of which I already know, and some > th

Finder hot key for folder navigation

Hello all, I have reviewed hot keys from: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236 which gives a ton of useful hot keys, most of which I already know, and some that I'll never use. However, I'm having trouble finding the best way to navigate certain folders. So, for example, if I'm in a Finder

Re: Viewing songs in an album.

Hi, Not sure why that would be happening for you. Normally, after selecting Albums, then interacting with the Grid, interacting with the album name, then VO-spacing on the album name, then using VO-right to get to the album tracks, you should just see them all. That's how it works for me anyw

Viewing songs in an album.

Hi! I try to view the titles of tracks in an album with 21 songs. The problem i’m having is that i can only view the 7 first tracks. What can i do to make all tracks vissible. Thanks in advance. /A -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you ha

Re: the 3rd USB flash drive with the same issue

Hi, How often are you replacing files on this device? If often, and you are adding, deleting, emptying the Trash lots, then this often happens. I suggest you use Disk Utility to wipe the drive again which should get rid of directory structure issues that may be slowing things down. Later...

Re: Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

I hear VO make these kinds of announcements and find there is nothing. I hear it frequently on the log-on screen. It is nothing new to Catalina. I'm still running High Sierra on my Mac mini, and hear these announcements all the time. I’ve learned to not worry about it. - Brad - On Mar 2

Re: Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

This is why I avoid changing defaults as much as possible. Keeps the confusion level low. 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 3/26/2020 8:21 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: Strange, Options +W works fine on

the 3rd USB flash drive with the same issue

Hi all: Hope everyone is safe. This is the 3rd Flash drive that i bought, I got Kingstone, Transend, and Toshiba, and the same result. I did not format this Drive, i left it with the Factory Format which is Fat32, Am using it to move data between Mac and windows, the problem that Is happening on

Accessible COVID 19 statistics tracker

Hi all, this isn't Apple related, but I thought it might be useful, so wanted to share. Top Tech Tidbits this morning contained a link to an accessible COVID 19 statistics tracker. For those interested, here is the link: https://cvstats.net Best, Donna -- The following information is importan

Re: Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

Egads. Yet anohter VO hotkey I never used. My brain is starting to hurt… Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the runn

Re: Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

Strange, Options +W works fine on my keyboard. Why is that? Ah. perhaps I’ve set this up in my keyboard preferences….sorry about that. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionari

Re: Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

Yet one more way. Got to love the Mac. Also with a keyboard that has a full number pad, the forward slash button above the “8”. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries lis

Re: Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

Hi, System dialogs usually don't appear under the Window Chooser because the Window Chooser pertains to the active application. Use the Application Chooser instead, VO-f1-f1, then arrow down and one of the choices will be System dialogs. Arrow right and down any active System dialogs. Later.

Re: Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

No Dave. He got 5, very likely they are announcements. By they way. option + w is incorrect. It's VO + f2 twice. 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 3/26/2020 7:53 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: Options+W

Re: Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

Hi, the window chooser is VO+F2 twice quickly. > On Mar 26, 2020, at 10:58 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > Cool, yet another VO hotkey combination that I never used. But I think he > needs to use Options+W to open the Window Chooser. > > > Dave Carlson > Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woo

Re: Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

Cool, yet another VO hotkey combination that I never used. But I think he needs to use Options+W to open the Window Chooser. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list.

Re: Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

Possibly these are announcements. Try VO + n to access them. 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 3/26/2020 7:46 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: Hello, I have recently updated my iMac to the latest Catalina

Re: Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

Options+W opens your Window Chooser. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- 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 tha

Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

Hello, I have recently updated my iMac to the latest Catalina 10.15.4. From time to time and after initial logon I hear a message that 5 system dialogues are active. How can I find these dialogues and fix them? Many thanks and keep well … Paul Hopewell -- The following information is important

RE: Mac Mini Now On Order

Brad, I hhsave nothing connected at the moment. Just a wierles apple keyboard and my external HD for backups. HTH. Matthew Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Brad Snyder Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 11:16 AM To: m

Re: Mac Mini Now On Order

Sounds like the requirement that a monitor or video adapter be connected to a Mac mini may no longer be the case, as Apple has put more of a focus on server and related implementations for the mini. I would be interested in learning what you experience. Sounds like you ordered pretty much the

Re: Screen Sharing with Zoom

Hey there, Thanks for this. My issue is that zoom is not listed in the table of apps for which I could allow screen sharing permissions. Its listed for microphone and camera, but in the table for screen sharing, Zoom isn’t there at all. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled Zoom but for some reason

Creating ringtones via IPHone.

I’ve started using the music to ringtone app to create my own ringtones, which I really love aside from the fact that if you want to use strictly your IPHone and not go through Apple Music to sync them, you have to use Garage Band, which I’m finding not to be as easy as I thought. Under the sha

RE: Finding the external DVD drive

Hi petrus, >From the finder works better for me and that’s most likely a cmd and tab keys >to swap between them From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Tuesday, 24 March 2020 12:58 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Finding the external DVD dr

RE: Finding the external DVD drive

Hi Petrus, Under computer shift command and c Then find the drive in your available volumes From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Tuesday, 24 March 2020 12:53 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Finding the external DVD drive Hi all, I have a du

RE: snoozing vs dismissing alarm with FaceID.

Same way as on a ten, All the touch screen devices work the same way. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Agent086b Sent: Tuesday, 24 March 2020 10:10 AM To: Mac List Subject: Re: snoozing vs dismissing alarm with FaceID. Hi, how do you turn of snooze for alarms etc in a 10S? T

RE: snoozing vs dismissing alarm with FaceID.

I tap a button on the screen that stops the alarm I can't say I've used any other touch or gesture -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Jonathan Cohn Sent: Tuesday, 24 March 2020 9:21 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: snoozing vs dismissing

RE: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

Hey Tim, Bad luck, If you could fly in to NZ then you’d automatically go into 14 days isolation which means Petrus has time to hide or hunt you down before you got to him. Yeah I’m in the high risk status also as a type 1 diabetic and asthmatic But I’m not going to be able to stay hidden away f

RE: a question about voiceover voices on IOS?

Yeah started working from home today, Don’t know how your wifes finding it but I’m struggling after day 1, Mind you my internet connection in the flat is crap and very slow, plus there is 6 in the flat and at least 3 of us are on line all day, Really different when your limited to phone and ema

RE: PowerBeats.

I thought it was in the middle as the wire issn't overly long -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Tuesday, 24 March 2020 2:03 AM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: PowerBeats. Hi! >From what i understand its on the right

RE: Remoting into another Mac?

One way I found worked for me is to remotely connect to their machine and over the phone or facetime etc you can listen to voiceover speaking once you've enabled it. The only way I know apart from the above is when you have a mac server in the middle which both machines are connected to and th

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

Hello, A few years ago I had a go at trying to learn Linux but I failed and gave it up. I never quite parted with the idea of ever returning to it. So firstly I’d like to find out what distro I could most reliably install in VMWare Fusion or on an old Del laptop from 2007 I think, and whether