yeah. dropbox is a breeze compared to iCloud drive.
> On Sep 13, 2024, at 7:20 PM, Herbie Allen wrote:
>
> I find sharing a challenge on iCloud. I think you’ll find Dropbox easier.
>
>> On Sep 13, 2024, at 19:12, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>>
>> I’m trying to share files on iCloud drive. I’m follow
I completely agree.
- Brad -
On Sep 13, 2024, at 19:20, Herbie Allen wrote:
I find sharing a challenge on iCloud. I think you’ll find Dropbox easier.
> On Sep 13, 2024, at 19:12, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>
> I’m trying to share files on iCloud drive. I’m following directions or at
> least I th
I find sharing a challenge on iCloud. I think you’ll find Dropbox easier.
> On Sep 13, 2024, at 19:12, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>
> I’m trying to share files on iCloud drive. I’m following directions or at
> least I think I am. the recipient says they get a message that says sender
> has stopped s
You need to add shift.
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On 9/12/2024 6:24 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote:
what’s the keyboard command for opening iCloud drive? Ithought it was command-I
but that’s not working.
t
Its command shift I
> On Sep 12, 2024, at 9:24 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>
> what’s the keyboard command for opening iCloud drive? Ithought it was
> command-I but that’s not working.
>
> thanks.
> Lorie
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Adding content to the Music app is super simple using the, Automatically Add To
Music folder.
Finding the folder is not so simple.
To find it, go to your Home folder, and then navigate to:
Music > Music > Media Library > Automatically Add To Music
Once you find the folder, any content you copy t
that does sound like the best solution. I don't know how but I'll figure it out
when I get home to my computer. right now I'm at my mother's house with only my
phone.
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On Aug 17, 2024, at 7:25 PM, Herbie Allen wrote:
I would add them to the music app. That will also allow
I would add them to the music app. That will also allow for the random element..
> On Aug 16, 2024, at 16:39, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>
> would it be possible to use my phone to listen to a folder of songs that I
> have on iCloud drive? the folder isn’t zipped. if so how do I do. it?
>
> thanks.
Hi if you select all files then either do a double tap to activate it or a
tripple tap to bring up the context menu does that either play everything or
give options?
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> On Aug 17, 2024, at 10:47 AM, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>
> ok. w
ok. well I don’t have voicedream reader but it’s interesting to know that it
can play zip files.
> On Aug 17, 2024, at 10:39 AM, CoolHappenings
> wrote:
>
> Hi lory, if the audio is in mp3, you could then zip the folder, then play it
> via VoiceDream reader, and that's how i usually listen to
Hi lory, if the audio is in mp3, you could then zip the folder, then play it
via VoiceDream reader, and that's how i usually listen to downloaded music.
Take care
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>
Open the folder with the music app.
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On 8/16/2024 7:37 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote:
I did that and yes, it’s all there. I can play the song individually but I’d
like to random the fold
I did that and yes, it’s all there. I can play the song individually but I’d
like to random the folder or at least have the songs play one after the other.
it doesn’t show the folders files are in.
> On Aug 16, 2024, at 6:11 PM, Joseph Hudson wrote:
>
> I believe you can. Just open up the file
I believe you can. Just open up the files app, and everything that you've ever
put in your iCloud Drive should be there.
> On Aug 16, 2024, at 4:39 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>
> would it be possible to use my phone to listen to a folder of songs that I
> have on iCloud drive? the folder isn’t z
Jonathan,
Thanks and I will save this information. I did another fresh install
of Ventura 13.6.6 but this time I did not use Migration Assistant. While
I was looking more closely at the Time Machine backup, I realized where
the trouble was. I will verify this another time but think Time Mach
I had googled earlier today and got a clue to where to look. Not at
all what I expected so will change how I handle documents in iCloud Drive.
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On 4/15/2024 9:2
Interesting….
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https://larryjordan.com/articles/does-time-machine-backup-icloud-data/
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https://larryjordan.com/articles/does-time-machine-backup-icloud-data/ From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Date: Monday, April 15, 2024 at 00:20To: MacVisionaries Subject: iCloud DriveHello, Where are the contents of iCloud Drive found in Time Machine backups? I need to recover a document. Thanks. From
we’re probably not running the same os. I checked in the file menu in the
toolbar. couldn’t find share at all. I’ll just keep playing around with it. I
did get it to work once.
> On Oct 21, 2023, at 6:00 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I didn’t have a share item in the context menu on my
Hello,
I didn’t have a share item in the context menu on my system. I looked at the
menu that opens when the share button in the toolbar is pressed.
It is also in the file menu=>Share where for me it is the first item.
Good Luck!
Jonathan Cohn
> On Oct 21, 2023, at 6:20 PM, Lorie McCloud wrot
where do I find that? I can’t find it in the context menu related to the file I
want to share. I arrow down to “share” and press vo-space. then I hear”add
people.” if I press vo-space on that I can arrow right and get: “choose how
you’d like to send you invitation.” and then: “messages, mail and
The Share File option seems to do this.
Best wishes,
Jonathan Cohn
> On Oct 17, 2023, at 9:41 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>
> is there a way to share links to files in iCloud Drive dropbox style? I’m
> playing around with the share option in the context menu trying to find it.
ok. thanks.
> On Oct 17, 2023, at 12:17 AM, Brad Snyder wrote:
>
> Press CMD + Shift + I.
> In the future, When in Finder, you can go to the Go menu in the Menu Bar,
> where you will find shortcut commands to various locations.
>
> HTH.
>
> - Brad -
>
>
>
> On Oct 17, 2023, at 00:07, Lori
Press CMD + Shift + I.
In the future, When in Finder, you can go to the Go menu in the Menu Bar, where
you will find shortcut commands to various locations.
HTH.
- Brad -
On Oct 17, 2023, at 00:07, Lorie McCloud wrote:
can somebody. please remind me how to open iCloud drive on my Mac? I th
Of course. It is after all a file sharing system. Bring up the
context menu on an item and you will find a Share button.
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Tim,
I'd never noticed this App Library thing before. Good to know about
this. Appreciate the info!
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Hi,
The App Library instances are important, so you should not get rid of them.
I’m not certain that it will even let you get rid of it. Items that are
folders, are items that you’ve created yourself, whereas the App Library
instances are where the specific app, such as Pages, likes to save i
Yes, I believe so.
> On Jan 12, 2020, at 1:01 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
> wrote:
>
> You mean Notepad++?
>
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>
> On 1/12/2020 10:00 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn w
You mean Notepad++?
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On 1/12/2020 10:00 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:
and textedit plusplus knows enough to resolve the cr vs lf issues.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 12
and textedit plusplus knows enough to resolve the cr vs lf issues.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 12, 2020, at 12:49 PM, Dave Carlson wrote:
>
> Interesting. Possibly I’ve encountered this, but most of my archival energy
> is on the Mac, and Windows is just a temporary repository.
>
>
> Dave
Interesting. Possibly I’ve encountered this, but most of my archival energy is
on the Mac, and Windows is just a temporary repository.
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If you edit a plain text document on the Mac then share it with
Windows, you will lose carriage returns and it will all be on one line.
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After going brain dead last night I came to that conclusion too. I
found something in a Google search that indicates that one can only
import text files into Writer. So today I will go back to the TextEditor
app I already had and see what happens.
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Not hampered by editing on my iDevice. I do all my editing on the Mac or PC.
TextEdit or Notepad are just fine.
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If you have
Wow! Well, OK then. :) I guess Voice Dream Writer will suit you just fine.
Cheers,
Donna
> On Jan 12, 2020, at 10:50 AM, Dave Carlson wrote:
>
> Donna,
> I’ll raise my hand. I still use text files all the time, in .txt format.
> Simple is golden, even if I am a dinosaur.
>
> Dave Carlson
> Pio
Donna,
I’ll raise my hand. I still use text files all the time, in .txt format. Simple
is golden, even if I am a dinosaur.
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If
Hi ET,
So I have no problem saving a document as RTF, but you are correct, you can't
open anything but plain text in Writer. Too bad, that seriously limits its
functionality. Not sure what the developer was thinking here. I mean, who works
with txt documents anymore!
Cheers,
Donna
> On Jan 10,
Donna,
Perhaps if I could impose upon you, it might help me if you can tell
me how you do it.
Using Voice Dream Writer, what steps do you take to create or edit
an rtf document? Do do all of it from the Voice Dream Writer on iCloud
Drive?
When I edit the document, I do not see a sa
Donna,
I may be overdriving this. I want to settle on which rtf editor I
use on the Mac and on the iDevices. I copied the same document to the
native TextEdit folder in iCloud Drive. But on the iPhone, when I want
to the TextEdit folder and selected that file, it opened in Voice Dream
Write
I'm not sure if I could open my windows edited file in writer. If I get some
time this weekend, I'll try and re-test.
Donna
> On Jan 10, 2020, at 4:59 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
> wrote:
>
> Hmm! Well I will try to figure things out this weekend. On the iPhone I
> got to where if I open
Hmm! Well I will try to figure things out this weekend. On the
iPhone I got to where if I open a file in either Pages or Writer it
would open in iCloud Drive.
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Hi ET,
I haven't had time to mess with this for a while, but no, I did not have that
problem. I was able to open a file that had been edited in Windows.
Cheers,
Donna
> On Jan 10, 2020, at 10:08 AM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
> wrote:
>
> Donna,
> I was testing different things and was not
Donna,
I was testing different things and was not looking in the app
specific folder. But now a question. If say, on Windows, I edit an rtf
file then try to view it on the iPhone, I get an error message saying it
failed to import, file must be in plain text. This happened in both
Voice Drea
Hmm, not sure. Maybe try deleting Text Editor? You can always reinstall it.
Cheers,
Donna
> On Jan 9, 2020, at 5:12 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
> wrote:
>
> Donna,
> I was just working with Voice Dream Writer and Text Editor and find the
> former easier to use. Both apps are set up in iCl
Donna,
I was just working with Voice Dream Writer and Text Editor and find
the former easier to use. Both apps are set up in iCloud Drive. If I
open a document in iCloud Drive, it opens in Text Editor. How do I
change that? Thanks.
I am disappointed that Comic Sans MS is not in the list
I was traveling over the holidays, so I haven't done much with it, but yes.
Also, VoiceDream works really well, too.
Donna
> On Jan 7, 2020, at 5:24 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
> wrote:
>
> Yes the more I do this the better. Are you still happy with that 99 cent
> text editor?
>
> From
Yes the more I do this the better. Are you still happy with that 99
cent text editor?
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It gets easier
Hi,
Yes.
Later...
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Apple Teacher
(with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Jan 7, 2020, at 12:21, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
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Tim,
Had not thought to look at the Share feature. So if I share the document and
edit it, the copy on
It gets easier once you get files into recents. Then you only see the files
you've worked with within the app.
Cheers,
Donna
> On Jan 7, 2020, at 1:28 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
> wrote:
>
> Donna,
> Ok I will have another go at this. Syncing is on but will verify that
> again. I find t
Donna,
Ok I will have another go at this. Syncing is on but will verify
that again. I find the Files app a bit overdone (too many things on the
screen) but I will work with it. Thanks.
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Tim,
Had not thought to look at the Share feature. So if I share the
document and edit it, the copy on iCloud Drive is untouched? Can you
then save it back to iCloud Drive? Thanks, as always.
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Hi ET,
When you open text editor, it defaults to showing a list of recently opened
files. But at the bottom of the screen, there are two buttons, recents, which
is selected, and Browse. If you tap browse, you can browse and open files in
iCloud drive.
In Voice Dream Writer, the easiest way is
Hi,
A problem with the method I mentioned is that it will make a duplicate copy of
the document in the other app. so, for example, if you chose to share the
document to Pages, it would make an editable copy of the document with the
dot-Pages extension. Thus, you would not be specifically work
Hi,
When you are reading the document within the Files app, you should have a Share
button down near the bottom of the screen. Double-tap that and send it to the
app you wish to edit it in.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Jamf Certified Tech
Apple Teacher
(with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
Fort McMur
Hmm, ok I will give that a shot. Might just do it. I will give you a
shout if I run into snags.
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If you are using NVDA, I h
If you are using NVDA, I have found using Notepad++ to be quite good on the
Windows side. It will even tell you if your line endings are inconsistent and
ask if you want it to correct.
Best wishes,
Jonathan Cohn
> On Apr 28, 2019, at 7:21 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
> wro
Jonathan,
No. Pages and TextEdit both created their own folders. I want to try
to not use folders in some cases. For Voice Dream Reader, I unchecked
iCloud Drive as its storage but that did not make any difference.
Mac and Windows do what I want, iOS is not.
Too bad there is no TextE
Interesting. On my iPhone when I opened up an RTF in the Files APP that was in
my Documents folder, it opened in a kinda preview in Files, with a share button
at the bottom that brought up the share sheet. Was your RTF file perhaps in the
Reader directory?
Best wishes,
Jonatha
To the best of my understanding, no. One cannot share via iCloud drive. To
open iCloud drive, you simply use shift+Command+I. This will show as a normal
drive space on your computer but will shrink and expand as needed.
Sent from the first computer with built-in screen reader access for the
Me neither. On an iMac 2013 and a Mac Book Pro 2014, I see no changes in
Finder with my iCloud drive. I can access all of the application folders.
Take Care
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Mac for the Blind
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Appears I cannot duplicate this on my late 2011 Macbook Pro 13 running OS X
10.11.5.
> On 20 May 2016, at 18:33, Grant wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I’ve noticed that since upgrading to OS X 10.11.5, there is a change in how
> the contents of my iCloud Drive is displayed in the Finder. Now, app speci
Can you explain further? The iCloud Drive is really just a folder on your Mac,
so adding to it, moving things out of it, and opening things from it are all
the same as they would be on any other folder on your Mac. You can jump to it
with cmd-shift-i, but that's the only special thing about it I
Hi Tracy,
No, Voiceover works perfectly fine in Yosemite. In fact, starting in 10.10.2,
they made improvements to responsiveness as opposed to earlier operating
systems.
You should be fine to upgrade.
> On Aug 6, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Traci Duncan wrote:
>
> Ok, it is becoming more & more clear
iClould drive is accessible. I use both DB and iclould drive.
> On Apr 19, 2015, at 4:12 PM, Stacey Robinson wrote:
>
> Well,
> The subject line says it all.
> is the iCloud drive accessable or would I be doing better to stick with
> dropbox?
>
> Blessings,
> Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
>
The one thing to remember is that Dropbox has a robust website which, for the
most part, is accessible with a screen reader. The iCloud site doesn't exactly
have a great track record as far as accessibility, so if you do a lot of
web-based management, Dropbox may be a good choice still. Plus, no
Greetings Stacy,
ICloud Drive is totally accessible.
It's integrated with Finder.
For your information as well as anyone else who is interested the below link is
a podcast by David Woodbridge on this topic.
URL:
http://davidwoodbr.podbean.com/e/using-icloud-drive-in-yosemite-with-voiceo
I forgot to say that after I turned off the iCloud drive, I restarted my
computer. My computer is behaving itself good now.
Gigi
> On Apr 14, 2015, at 4:45 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote:
>
> Hi y’all
> Somebody on this list said that their Mac is running real slow all of a
> sudden. I just turne
Thanks all for the clarification, and I will stop this here, because this has
nothing to do with the topic of the list. How ever just to finish, I think that
this is quite disappointing, there should be at least a property that a user
could change in order for a specific content to be stored loc
Actually, iCloud does store copies of your files on the local Mac. Copies
have to be kept locally so that synchronization can occur if you go without a
network connection and then are connected again. It keeps all files up to date
on the local system.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
M
Yes, iCloud Drive behaves in much the same way that Dropbox does: the content
of your repository is synchronised to a copy stored locally.
Unfortunately, my best Google foo cannot actually answer the question of what
happens when either your local disk or iCloud storage space run out. One might
Thanks so much. Problem solved.
Barry
> On Nov 2, 2014, at 12:18 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote:
>
> Use [command] + [shift] + [i] to access iCloud Drive. After that, you can
> paste folders into it just the same as any other finder window.
>
> Hth,
> Jeff
>
>> On Nov 2, 2014, at 10:59 AM, Barry Abb
Use [command] + [shift] + [i] to access iCloud Drive. After that, you can
paste folders into it just the same as any other finder window.
Hth,
Jeff
> On Nov 2, 2014, at 10:59 AM, Barry Abbott wrote:
>
> I'm wondering if any of you are using the new features of iCloud Drive.
>
> I have it tur
This wouldn't be a perfect solution, but AccessNote will read and write text
files on the iPhone. So, you can change an rtf file to text on the Mac, and
send it to Dropbox to go to the iPhone. That's round about, but I think it
would work if you needed to do that.
> On Oct 17, 2014, at 9:07 PM,
Pages will edit these, and with the newest update, you should be able to choose
the Text Edit folder when opening a document in iOS pages. I haven't tried this
as i don't have Pages, but my understanding is that any app can now access any
folder in iCloud Drive.
> On Oct 17, 2014, at 9:38 PM, Eu
i can’t even check my services on my iCloud the cursor keeps running when i
interact to it
> On 18 Oct 2014, at 03:13, Brett C. wrote:
>
> Try going to your iCloud settings in system preferences. Find the list of
> services you've checked to sync with iCloud, contacts, notes etc. Confirm
> tha
Hello,
OK. What surprises me is this. Because TextEdit has a place in Cloud drive, why
didn’t Apple create a TextEdit app for the iOS devices. I have never seen an
app that will see TextFiles, other than on another OS X machine.
> On Oct 17, 2014, at 6:38 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote:
>
> Ok, I hav
Ok, I have everything checked I can find. I have the iDrive with no problem,
and it has files in it. It has Pages files, and they show up on my iPhone.
However, what can I do with these RTF files that my Mac Is perfectly happy to
let me edit (like I just did), but I can’t find where they would g
Try going to your iCloud settings in system preferences. Find the list of
services you've checked to sync with iCloud, contacts, notes etc. Confirm that
you have iCloud drive checked.
> On Oct 17, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Faisal wrote:
>
> When I try doing that, it says the operation can’t be comple
When I try doing that, it says the operation can’t be completed because the
item can’t be found. do I have to install it or something?
> On Oct 17, 2014, at 5:18 PM, Brett C. wrote:
>
> When you're in the Finder window, try using command shift I. You can also try
> going to the menu bar in the
When you're in the Finder window, try using command shift I. You can also try
going to the menu bar in the Finder window, and navigate to the Go to section.
In this area you'll find iCloud Drive.
> On Oct 17, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Faisal wrote:
>
> I also can’t seem to access iCloud drive. When I
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