Don't update the Hive app

The latest Hive Heating update seems to have broken accessibility completely, not that it was all that great in the first place. Don’t update the app. I am sure you will forgive me for cross posting this. Regards Adrienne -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Vi

A Question About Installing El Capitan from a USB Key, I tried and Failed

Hello Everyone, The long and short of it is that for the past 3 releases of OS X, I have made USB key installs so, in case of a catastrophe, I could simply insert the USB key, launch the install and get back up and running without having to be connected to the internet. Tonight, I decided to perf

USB

Hi. How do I get my Mac Mini to see the files on my USB flash drive? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact

Re: A Question About Installing El Capitan from a USB Key, I tried and Failed

Mark, Have you already used that particular installer or was this the first time? I can’t think why it would not work a second time. Cheers, Anne > On 17 Jun 2016, at 10:20, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > The long and short of it is that for the past 3 releases of OS X, I have > m

RE: any thoughts on Mac OS Sierra?

It'sinteresting you guys are saying that your schools / colleges are going for windows machines over macs due to price. I work in tertiary education and we're finding a mix of this situation, We the university are putting in windows based systems such as a citrix managed desktop for students

RE: any thoughts on Mac OS Sierra?

Hell, You guys are way ahead of us, we have one jaws licence and that's about 10 versions behind, I have my own licence which I paid for years ago and update every couple of years with my SMA Otherwise our management don't care about the blind or VI students and or staff we have. And no one

RE: Confusion about navigation settings

No keep this on list, it might help others like myself. Lol. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimber Gardner Sent: Friday, 17 June 2016 3:59 AM To: macvisionaries Subject: Confusion about navigation settings

RE: any thoughts on Mac OS Sierra?

Yes Macs use OD rather than AD, Or you can get your os server to pass LDAP authentication through to a AD controller. As for exchange that's bloody easy now for a mac to intergrate with Mac mail and outlook 2011 or 2016 sync with exchange using E W S, exchange web services, Which has some is

RE: o/t another sign of the times AISquared acquired by vfo

And apples having accessibility technology built in to their os's from out of the box goes along way to making them the better of two evils. Windows / Microsoft need to really pull finger out to catch up with built in adaptive technology ' MS don't even have decent adaptive tech in their mobil

RE: dropbox Question

Or Helga, Look in to google drive, I believe they give you a lot more storage for free, Dropbox only give you 2 gig of space for free. Unless you sign up with an android device and get an extre 50 gig of space for your dropbox account. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionarie

RE: dropbox Question

Sorry folks, Just thought of something Helga, iCloud drive gives you good storage amounts both for free and then more for very little per month. And I take it it's vo friendly from yoru mac computer. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@g

RE: A Question About Installing El Capitan from a USB Key, I tried and Failed

Hi Mark, Question is when did you create that USB installation media? Apple have twice in the past 7 months that I can think of, Re done their certificates for their installation media Meaning that your installation media is like mine was earlier this year and that is somewhat out of date n

RE: A Question About Installing El Capitan from a USB Key, I tried and Failed

It's a certificate issue created by apple being carefull with their installation media. It is a probem I know they did this back in Febuary and then again in early may. Set your time and date back and then try in stalling. Then or otherwise download a new installer from apple and then setu

Re: not able to update i phone 6 plus

guess what it worked like a charm. thanks so very, very much On 6/16/2016 7:24 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: OK. Go to Settings on your phone. Once in here, double tap on ICloud. Now, under ICloud, don't double tap on the icon with your Apple ID e-mail address. Instead, keep flicking

Re: USB

Access those files just as you access files on the built in hard drive, using Finder. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 6/17/2016 1:31 AM, Saqib Hussain wrote: Hi. How do I get my Mac Mini to see the files on my USB flash drive? -- The f

Re: dropbox Question

You mention a very good point here. I'm honestly not sure what you get with Google Drive. I set mine up back in the days when I got my Chromebook, which I've since gotten rid of for reasons beyond my control. No, they were not accessibility related, so don't be discouraged from trying one ou

Re: dropbox Question

Hi Helga, Simon is right here with respect to Google Drive. It is a real good solution, with excellent integration to the Mac, lots of free storage space, good sharing abilities and more. My Google Drive linked to our Education account has unlimited storage. I can't remember how much a regul

Re: dropbox Question

15gigs free. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 6/17/2016 8:42 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi Helga, Simon is right here with respect to Google Drive. It is a real good solution, with excellent integration to the Mac, lots of free storage space,

weather alerts on ipod & iphone

I am looking for a recommendation as to how I can get weather alerts on my ipod and iphone. I'd like the devices to bleap or something if a storm is forecast for my area. Is that possible? -- Todd -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you h

Re: weather alerts on ipod & iphone

I like the following 2 apps: Emergency, Red Cross This app allows you to set weather alerts for a number of different areas of family members for example and gives those alerts for a number of configurable categories. Dark Sky This is a great app in general but also does have alerts for rain

Re: dropbox Question

I can absolutely not get my head around google drive. You can’t create folders in the google drive folder and expect them to be visible as drive folders like you can on dropbox. You don’t seem to be able to put files in the drive folder and have them synced and shared. It looks like even though

Google Drive, was Re: dropbox Question

Once you sign into the google drive app google for me at least put a google drive folder in my home directory. i use this folder like any other folder. $5 a month for google apps gets me in addition to the other features of google apps 30GB, and this works fine for what i’m working on. I think if

Re: dropbox Question

Hi, Actually, this is not true. The Google drive Desktop app works exactly like any other folder on your Mac. You can drag items inside it, copy to it, or do anything else like you do within the Finder on the Mac. All you do is download the Google Drive app from the web, instal it, login with

RE: A Question About Installing El Capitan from a USB Key, I tried and Failed

Hello Anne, This was the first time I'd attempted using that installer. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 2:10 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: dropbox Question

Hi, Further to my previous eMail. The Google Drive app is placed in your Applications folder, and is normally set to automatically log in upon startup, similar to DropBox. After the initial set-up, a Google Drive folder is placed in your Home folder. This folder acts just like any other fold

RE: A Question About Installing El Capitan from a USB Key, I tried and Failed

Hello Simon, This is extremely helpful. I will re-download the image and re-create the media. Question, when I launched the installer, was it connected to the net via WiFi? I ask this because I was thinking that it was not, at least, not until I attached the Ethernet cable. But now that

Re: A Question About Installing El Capitan from a USB Key, I tried and Failed

A quick google says changing the date to be close to the date of the installer solves this. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 6/17/2016 12:55 PM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Simon, This is extremely helpful. I will re-download the image and re

Re: Photo Stream

Got it working. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 6/16/2016 3:57 PM, E.T. wrote: Not sure when this broke. I can no longer get my photos onto the computer after taking one with the iPhone current iOS. Settings are correct on Windows and i

RE: A Question About Installing El Capitan from a USB Key, I tried and Failed

Hi Mark, I'm not sure how they do it but I don’t believe the machine has to be connected to the net. I know the one I had this issue on wasn't, I had it happen on my own mac book air when I blew it away to reinstall. And on a 24 inch iMac at work that I reimaged and that was using an installe

Re: voice over after phone calls

Yes. Restarting VO should fix it. On Jun 15, 2016, at 3:56 PM, Gary wrote: Correct, it’s the plain iPhone 5, and she uses the apple earpods, not a bluetooth. Although she said that she can now fix it by turning VO off and on. Gary > On Jun 15, 2016, at 11:10 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland >

RE: A Question About Installing El Capitan from a USB Key, I tried and Failed

Hello Simon, E.T., et al, Where is one supposed to change the date. This is to say, can the date be changed from within the install interface or must one do it while logged into a full OS session. I am re-downloading El Capitan but was just curious for I did not see anywhere from within the

Re: A Question About Installing El Capitan from a USB Key, I tried and Failed

Hello, As far as the time and date issue goes, I had this issue a while back on one of my Macs when I was trying to reinstall OS X. What you do is go into Terminal once you load the Utilities screen that first comes up. Then, you have to go to the Utility menu or something like that and click Te

Re: A Question About Installing El Capitan from a USB Key, I tried and Failed

Mark, I should have posted the link with this information. Here it is. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 6/17/20

Question: How To Delete a Partition in El Capitan

Hello Everyone, I feel as though I have taken a stupid pill, today. In preparation for creating an El Capitan USB key, I need to delete the current partition. Try as I may, in El Capitan Disk Utility, I cannot figure out how to accomplish this. I know this subject came up a while back but ...

Using Search in iTunes Store

I would like to learn how to use this function better. In particular, where I want to go back to the search results table or edit what I already typed. I usually end up starting over again to get what I want. Thanks. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icl

Re: Question: How To Delete a Partition in El Capitan

You should be able to do that using the disk utility from recovery, hold command plus the R while starting your MacBook. Use command plus F5 to enable voiceover after a couple of minutes, Fred could come up speaking. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 17, 2016, at 6:29 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hell

RE: Question: How To Delete a Partition in El Capitan

Hello Michael and thank you. Actually, I am trying to delete a partition from within a full up-and-running session of El Capitan. The El Capitan version of Disk Utility is very different from the Yosemite version. As a result, I do not find it intuitive, in the slightest. As I said, I canno

RE: A Question About Installing El Capitan from a USB Key, I tried and Failed

Thank you, E.T. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 6:28 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A Question About Installing El Capitan from a USB Key, I tried and

Re: checkbook pro

I found the problem but don’t know how to fix it. Checkbook pro added a debit. I deleted it and put it back in but the problem remains. It then added another debit so it’s really messed up. It had nothing to do with the decimal point being in the wrong place. Marie Lyons > On Jun 16, 2016, at 9

RE: A Question About Installing El Capitan from a USB Key, I tried and Failed

Hi Mark, No it can be done by using the terminal which is found under your utilities menu from the installation utilities Have a look at the following URL and it may explain things better than I have. Hope this helps. https://bensmann.no/changing-system-date-from-terminal-os-x-recovery/ re

RE: A Question About Installing El Capitan from a USB Key, I tried and Failed

Hi Jeffrey, Googles great, I just gave the same url for the same instructions, Great minds think alike. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Shockley Sent: Saturday, 18 June 2016 1:21 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject:

RE: Question: How To Delete a Partition in El Capitan

Yes someone please tell me also how you do this, I hate the elcap disk utility Mark I know these commands are in the menus but I still am not sure how to use disk utiliy. I keep an installed Yosemite on a usb for this reason. I hope they give us back the older disk utility -Original Mess

Re: Question: How To Delete a Partition in El Capitan

The main difference I see is that after selecting a disk in the table, instead of VO right, its VO left to find the tabs. I won't count on Apple changing this. Sometimes resistance is futile. I say this in the sense that its easier to adapt to changes. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We A

Re: Question: How To Delete a Partition in El Capitan

Hi, I just looked at this before going to sleep. What you do is navigate to the Discs table and interact. Then, it will say “Internal.” Then, expand that and your partitions will be listed below that. Navigate to it. Stop interacting with that table. Find the ToolBar at the beginning of the wind

Steve Jobs Keynote WWDC 2007 - YouTube

I thought there might be some around hear that might appreciate this little blast from the past. This is about the time I started using a Mac. Times have changed. Enjoy. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shu6_lO1PW8 > -- The following informat

Update: Success in Deleting a Primary Disk Partition and Success in Creating a El Capitan Install Key

Hello All, Well, I am happy to report that, after a lot of fiddling around, as I did not find any articles via Google that directly addressed my USB key partition deletion problem, I was able to delete the partition, create a new El Capitan USB install key which, I'm happy to say, runs without any