RE: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

What about just eraising the intire disk using disk utilities? That will give you a clean slate to start again with. And if you have everything on your new machine then your not going to lose anything Just a thought. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:m

RE: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

I don't use timemachine but I suggest it for a backup to anyone that has a mac. It's built in and therefore free and more reliable than most. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Saturday, 16 Jul

Can't delete my time machine backups folder due to not having permissions?

Hi everyone, So, this backups.upd or whatever is still in my trash. Going to empty the trash normally causes an endless loop of “X” still in use, even after a restart. When I go to the “delete immediately” option in the trash, it says I don’t have permissions. Help? I hate having stuff in my tras

RE: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

Devin, I’m not trying to be rude here but it’s not what your mum or dad like it’s what you like and want to do with your life. If you want to work with adaptive tech then you do it if you want to be a lawyer then do that, it’s what you want that matters don’t’ let other people make your chhoic

RE: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

Scott, I'm not sure we want your kind down here in the southern hemisphere. Specially around new Zealand we're a very clean country You might dirty the water! Lol. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Gran

RE: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

David, do you mean you couldn't move over here until you got a masters degree? I can't believe that. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Chittenden Sent: Saturday, 16 July 2016 1:02 PM To: macvisionaries@

RE: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

You guys and girls talking about community college make me think about a USA tv show called Communitty, all about a community college and bloody funny -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Mann Sent: Saturday,

RE: HP's radical new computing design or Singularity here we come!

Or getting run over by a motor vehicle which you step in front of while chasing a cartoon character which you can only see if your stuck to your phones screan. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent:

RE: Can't delete my time machine backups folder due to not having permissions?

Are you the administrator of the machine or just a user? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Tubbs Sent: Saturday, 16 July 2016 7:57 PM To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries Subject: Can't delete my time ma

Re: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

Yes, Simon, I could not immigrate here. I immigrated independently. Most blind people who immigrate do so as the partner of a Kiwi. I did not just want to come here to work. I wished to become a citizen. To do so, I needed to match the immigration skills list and have enough points. Also, I need

setting up rules in the mail app

Hello all, How do you setup messages rules in the mail app on mac mail? Walter -- 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, ple

RE: Mac Mini and wireless headphones

Thanks Simon, Scott and others for the suggestions as how to solve my problem with the wireless headphones. Turns out that the problem was a router hub that was causing the interference. Now that I have unplugged the offending little so and so, sound heaven has returned to this neck of the woods

Re: HP's radical new computing design or Singularity here we come!

That is called cleaning out the gene pool. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 7/16/2016 1:10 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: Or getting run over by a motor vehicle which you step in front of while chasing a cartoon character which you can only s

Re: Can't delete my time machine backups folder due to not having permissions?

I’m the administrator. I entered my password and got that. Unless the migration assistant made my account a user when I transferred everything over? How can I verify that I’m an admin? > On Jul 16, 2016, at 4:11 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Are you the administrator of the machine or just a us

Re: HP's radical new computing design or Singularity here we come!

Wow, Scot, I probably only understand half of that, but it's crazy. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Donna > On Jul 15, 2016, at 10:40 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Absolutely startling developments at HP that may impact us all. It dwarfs > what Apple is doing in the cloud or even the idea of the

Re: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

Hey Scott, Don't forget online options. Most campuses offer a lot of their Gen Ed classes--and some other as well--online. Obviously, you have the option of an online degree like David mentioned, but you also have the option of a more traditional degree with just completing your core requirem

Re: Can't delete my time machine backups folder due to not having permissions?

Hi, To verify that you're an Admin, go into system Preferences, Users & Groups and interact with the Users, Groups & Login Options list. Your user will be listed there and should also announce whether it's just a "User" or an "Admin". Regarding emptying the Trash, The Backup item is still lin

Re: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

Simon, That's a very good suggestion. I've done just that on occasion. If your backup folder is rather large, like 2, 3 or 4 TB, it actually takes quite a while to empty the Trash. It can even make you believe that your computer has hung, even though it has not. Once you turn off Time Machi

Re: HP's radical new computing design or Singularity here we come!

Good one! Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 16, 2016, at 07:12, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Wow, Scot, I probably only understand half of that, but it's crazy. Thanks > for sharing. > Cheers, > Donna >> On Jul 15, 2016, at 10:40 PM, Scott Granados wrote: >> >> Absolutely startling developments at H

Re: VMware Fusion: When the keyboard commands are not being sent to WIndows

Hi, Make sure you are in full screen mode. HTH. Matthew On 07/15/2016 08:49 PM, Joshua Tubbs wrote: Hi everyone, I was able to install Windows 10 as a Virtual Machine. I pressed command, which is Windows key, and suddenly tab or any other command was being sent to the Mac tabbing to su

Trying to connect a USB headset

Hi, I have a USB headset that I want to connect with my Mac Air using OS 10 or above and/or Windows 10 on that machine. I had no trouble hitching it to my former Windows laptop, but for some reason I haven't been able to have success. I try to add it, but it seems inaccessible to go through t

Re: Trying to connect a USB headset

Hi, Try using System Preferences, under the Sound pane, the Output tab. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 16, 2016, at 08:56, Sharon Hooley wrote: Hi, I have a USB headset that I want to connect with my Mac Air using OS 10 or above and/or Windows 10 on that machine. I ha

Re: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

Yes, but the backup data is in the trash now so can’t that is what I am trying to get rid of. > On Jul 16, 2016, at 3:50 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > What about just eraising the intire disk using disk utilities? > > That will give you a clean slate to start again with. > > And if you have ev

Re: Deleting a Time Machine Backup in the trash

Hi, The Trash for each media device is kept on that device. So, the Trash for an external drive will reside on that drive itself. Therefore, erasing the drive will also eliminate its related Trash. You will, likely, need to turn off Time Machine before the erase will be permitted. Later...

I emptied the trash by unlocking the backup folder

Hi everyone, So I figured out the problem regarding the trash and my Time Machine backup. The solution is pretty simple actually, at least for me. Setting chflags to -R on any file will unlock it if it happens to be locked. So, in terminal, you can do: chflags -R nouchg To have the path of the t

I Need a Little Help in Safari

Hello Everyone, Earlier today, I received an email in my Inbox with a link to a cNet article that I wanted to read. When I click on the link, Safari opens and, in addition to the text, a Flash video begins to play. Try as I may, I cannot seem to stop the video. This is to say, I cannot find t

Re: I Need a Little Help in Safari

Hi did you try using command shift R to bring up the article reader this should have stripped everything out of the page that was in your way including the flash video leaving only the article with possibly a couple of extra links let me know if this works for you Sent with AquaMail for Androi

RE: setting up rules in the mail app

Hello Walter, I am going to paste in a Mac World article, the link to which is located at the end of the text, that should shed some light on this, for you. Mark Five iCloud email tricks you probably missed If you have an Apple ID, then you have an iCloud email account. This free account give

RE: I Need a Little Help in Safari

Hello Erik, Thank you for the Command+Shift+R tip; I'd forgotten all about it. While using that key combo made the text easier to navigate, it did nothing to stop/or even access the video controls. By the way, I read the Safari help article, on the web and I did not see the listing for the Co

Reformatting drives on Mac: which entry in the table?

Hey list, Something I've wondered for a long time but never bothered to check out is this. When reformatting a drive in OS X--sorry, macOS--Disk Utility shows me a table of disks. Most have two entries, one for the physical device and one for each volume on that device, I presume. I'm not even s

Re: Reformatting drives on Mac: which entry in the table?

Hi, I always have chosen the entry in the table where the name of the partition on the drive you want to reformat is listed. The one below where it has the physical device listed. This method has always worked for me. Hopefully, it will for you as well. :) I hope this helps, Jeffrey > On Jul 16,

RE: setting up rules in the mail app

Hello Walter, I am going to paste in a Mac World article, the link to which is located at the end of the text, that should shed some light on this, for you. Mark Five iCloud email tricks you probably missed If you have an Apple ID, then you have an iCloud email account. This free account give

Re: A question I'd really like some serious thought to be given to regarding iOS.

I find Garage band to be a real disappointment to work with as well, which is really upsetting to me. My dad does a lot with it on his ipad, and uplodes it to facebook, so I thought I could possibly create some of those same tracks, until I tried in vain and after accidentally taping on drums I

Re: Reformatting drives on Mac: which entry in the table?

Hi, If changing it from NTFS to an Apple File System, I'd use the physical disk, not the volume label. In most cases, it just matters what you plan on using the disk for. The physical disk maps out what volumes etc are present, and the items in the sub-list are the volumes present on the phys

Re: Reformatting drives on Mac: which entry in the table?

Thanks. To be sure I have it right, that would be the first, collapsable entry in the disks table? What would happen if I reformatted the volume and not the physical disk? Would that leave it using NTFS, not letting me partition it but with a Mac FS partition? > On Jul 16, 2016, at 15:06, Tim Ki

Re: Reformatting drives on Mac: which entry in the table?

Hi, You are right with respect to the first item in the list. With respect to your question about only formatting the volume, I'm not totally sure as I've never tried it. You are able to have both Mac and Windows based partitions on one physical disk, but I've never tried it with the initial

Re: setting up rules in the mail app

Hi Mark. Just read your message about Icloud and setting up rules. I would have said this if you had not pasted this article. The only thing is that I can’t access Icloud at work as the site has been blocked so it won’t work if the website is blocked. Kawal. > On 16 Jul 2016, at 18:58, M. Ta

Re: Reformatting drives on Mac: which entry in the table?

If you are migrating the disk from NTFS make sure that the partition map showing up in the physical disk is GUID partition map. Also, if you do the work from the first (physical) entry, at least in older versions of disk utility, you could specify the type of each partition there, so you wouldn'

Re: I Need a Little Help in Safari

Mark, There is also a mute button built into the list of tabs that can be used. I wonder if you were reading the same article I was when I first needed that function. I wanted to read 27 features of El Capetain the you never knew about, and a video came up giving guides on something completely

Overdrive for the Mac.

Hi. I’m trying to download the Overdrive app for the Mac by visiting http://app.overdrive.com but when I press the link for the Mac, I get empty HTML. I’d be grateful if someone could try this for me and tell me if I’m doing something wrong. All I want to do is dow

Re: VMware Fusion: When the keyboard commands are not being sent to WIndows

control-` is I believe supposed to switch you around windows in Fusion. Other possibilities: 1. Make sure VO touch pad functions are disabled and three finger swipe to a the fusion full screen desktop. 2. Use Mission control to switch windows or desktops. It seems that a four finger swipe up wi

Problem solved.

Please don’t worry about my Overdrive question as I have found the files. They downloaded without me knowing. I'm fundraising for RNIB. Please help me make a difference by making a donation to my Virgin Money Giving page. To find out more about what I'm doing and why, please visit http://www

Re: Overdrive for the Mac.

Hi Kawal, When I pressed the Mac link, the download just started automatically. So, even though it seemed to take you to an empty page, if you check in your Downloads folder, the installer dmg should be there. Not sure how accessible things are after that. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray

Re: Problem solved.

Oops, sorry. This must have came in while I was writing the other message. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 16, 2016, at 15:16, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Please don’t worry about my Overdrive question as I have found the files. They downloaded without me knowing. I'm fundra

Re: I emptied the trash by unlocking the backup folder

Josh, I expect that the important information in that chflags command is actually the nouchg part. In most unix file manipulation commands like chmod, cp a dash capital R (-R) is used to say do this command recursively. In other words don't just change this folder but change every file and fo

Re: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

To bring this back on topic, you seem unconfident in your mobility skills. Have you attempted using any of the GPS tools available or is it more related to just understanding and appreciating non-visual feedback from the environment to let you know when corners or obstacles are present? If the

Re: Problem solved.

Hi Tim. Now I’ve had a chance to play with Overdrive for the Mac, it’s very easy to use and much improved since I did the testing for RNIB a few years ago. However, I don’t use Overdrive to listen to the book because of the limited time you can listen and so after a little while of getting use

Re: Use of "Move To" in Email

Another option is to create a keyboard shortcut for a specific folder even if it is not in your favourites. I have not tried this personally, but the following should work. 1. Open systemPreferences keyboard 2. Open shortcuts tab and select application 3. Add a new item for the Mail applicatio

Re: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

I have blindsquare, but yeah it's more of knowing nonvisual cues, although I can follow directions well. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 16, 2016, at 5:21 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > To bring this back on topic, you seem unconfident in your mobility skills. > Have you attempted using any of the

RE: I Need a Little Help in Safari

Hello Jonathan, Thanks to your hint, I was able to disable the audio via the Mute Tab, option. I: 1. Displayed all of the Tabs from within the Safari toolbar. 2. Located the tab that corresponded with the article in question. 3. Then, after interacting with that specific tab group, selected the

Re: To Devon, (was This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

Half a sec. You lose points on the immigration scale for New Zealand if you’re blind? The mind boggles just a bit. > On Jul 16, 2016, at 5:32 AM, David Chittenden wrote: > > Yes, Simon, I could not immigrate here. I immigrated independently. Most > blind people who immigrate do so as the part

Re: Looking for Slack feedback from voiceover users on OSX and IOS

One thing that I’ve found helps with Slack is to set the VO modifiers to allow caps lock as an option. My guess is that some sort of keyDown event gets fired whenever any key that would register does so (I.e. Option, particularly since it can be used to type extended characters), and pops focus