Hello,
I am a new Mac user, full-time. I have used a Mac on and off, and have even
provided basic instruction in my capacity as a technology trainer, however
am now using the Mac full time. And... I already have a question, and any
help would be appreciated.
First, I use inbox.google.com for my e
Hello,
I am looking for an accessible password manager. In the past, I have been a
last pass user, however I cannot figure out how to fill passwords in with
the Lastpass safari extension... I can get into the context menu and find
last pass as an option, however attempting to activate it achieves
Have you use 1 pas manaer.
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Nimer Jaber
Sent: Friday, June 9, 2017 12:35 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Accessible Password Manager
Hello,
I am looking for an accessible passwo
Hello,
If that was supposed to be 1password, I have not used it on the Mac, but on
Windows, I am unable to get it to fill in passwords... when I activate the
context menu, I get an option for 1password, and when pressing it, it tells
me that it can't connect with something or other, or it needs so
Thanks for that,
Same thing google said but wasn’t sure of the how to recover from it.
If I call apple I will need a serial number from the machine if I’m not
mistaken?
Great, I’ll have to find a set of eyes to do the reading for me.
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries
Hi yeah the sound quality / clarity is fantastic I can't fault that but I do
have some issues with the controls and a couple of other things, but hey it's a
first attempt so we'll see what happens.
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From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegrou
HI Donna,
They will hso up as devices in Bluetooth on both your mac and watch,
But to get them to pick up sound from your computer you will need to manually
select them.
As for the watch, yeah good luck with that, I've never been able to get the
pods to pick up my watch unless the phone is off
Hi Donna,
No they don’t seem to do that, even when switching bck to the phone you have to
do the switch over manually,
The only ting I’ve noticed of automatic is the setup on the phone and the pods
showing up in Bluetooth of all devices.
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisiona
Yes using a usb to lightening cable like for your iPhone the pods charge case
has a socket at the bottom to plug it in and charge.
-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom
Sent: Friday, 9 June 2017 3:35
Try taking them out of your ears and reinserting them in a slightly different
angle
I've found that to change things in volume level,
Also try typing on the phone and see if there is any change such as clipping
of sound volume
-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
I always thought it was supposed to be manual. Right now, I'm wearing an Apple
Watch, have an iPhone in my pocket, and am typing on a MacBook with an old Mac
mini behind it. Given that I'm in easy range of four authenticated devices, how
would automatic pairing with AirPods work? They would have
Hello Nimer,
Text selection is one of those questions that comes up regularly as there is
not one way that works everywhere with VoiceOver.
The simplest way, and the one that works in most text editing situations, is
the Shift key with arrow keys.
Shift-Right Arrow selects by character.
Shift-Op
thanks, Simon. This fits with what I'm finding, too. Later today I'm going to
turn off my phone for a while, and see what happens then.
Cheers,
Donna
> On Jun 9, 2017, at 5:14 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
>
> HI Donna,
>
> They will hso up as devices in Bluetooth on both your mac and watch,
> But
Thanks, Simon.
Cheers,
Donna
> On Jun 9, 2017, at 5:16 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote:
>
> Hi Donna,
>
> No they don’t seem to do that, even when switching bck to the phone you have
> to do the switch over manually,
> The only ting I’ve noticed of automatic is the setup on the phone and the
> pods
Hi all,
I am working with a student who wants to move notes on the mac from the "All
iCloud" folder to a "Bible Verses" folder. I cannot, for the life of me figure
out how to successfully do this with VO.
I am unable to copy or paste into folders, I can do a select all but then my
only choices a
Hi,
Have you tried drag and drop with VO comma and VO period?
> On Jun 9, 2017, at 9:15 AM, Matthew Dierckens wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I am working with a student who wants to move notes on the mac from the "All
> iCloud" folder to a "Bible Verses" folder. I cannot, for the life of me
> figure ou
Hi, I just tried that and I can drag it, but when I try to drop it, it says
that the item is no longer available.
God bless.
Matthew Dierckens
Certified Assistive Technology Specialist
Macintosh, IOS and Windows Trainer
JAWS for windows Certified - 2016
Canadian Phone: 519-962-9140
U.S. phone: 5
Hi,
When that Drag & Drop method doesn't work, you can often use the old fashioned
method. Navigate to the item, press VO-shift-cmd-space to invoke mouse down,
then navigate to the desired location and press the same combination again to
release the mouse, or invoke mouse up. Occasionally, wh
Hi, unfortunately that didn't work either.
God bless.
Matthew Dierckens
Certified Assistive Technology Specialist
Macintosh, IOS and Windows Trainer
JAWS for windows Certified - 2016
Canadian Phone: 519-962-9140
U.S. phone: 573-401-1018
Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com
> On Jun 9, 2017, at
1Password works well under Windows and Sierra. I use it mainly on
the Windows machine while I get used to certain parts of Sierra.
From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
"God for you is where you sweep away all the
mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
our intelligence. You simply turn your
Hi,
That's odd, as it just worked for me.
1. Interact with the folder table and find the folder you wish to move from.
2. Stop interacting with this table and navigate to the Notes table.
3. Interact with it and navigate to the note you wish to move.
4. Press VO-cmd-f5 to ensure that the mous
I use 1Password on my Mac, and iOS devices. I like it. I still haven't figured
out a good workflow for websites. But I can access what I need and it does
well. I support person send me the keystrokes to be able to do it smoother. I
need to play around with it a bit more to be really proficient a
Yes my 1Password is loaded with data too. On Windows its easy to log
into sites but I do all editing on the Mac. I have yet to use it on my
iPhone but its there if I need it away from home.
From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
"God for you is where you sweep away all the
mysteries of the world, all
lso
Drag and drop may work better if you first turn off cursor tracking. I had a
similar problem and someone here made that suggestion. otherwise focus changes
when you move to the folder list and the item is no longer on the screen to
drag.
> On Jun 9, 2017, at 9:46 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hello All:
Apparently time machine is not deleting old backups. I have looked and can’t
find anything about this in preferences. How can I get rid of the old backups
which are now consuming space on my external hard drive? Can I send them to the
trash?
Many thanks,
Jean
Dr. Jean Parker, Ph.
This should be of interest to android or iOS users who like Amazon prime video.
I assume this will be accessible on any platform that has Amazon prime
available.
Get out those fire TVs or fire TV sticks and check it out, you don't have to be
using an android or an iPhone.
Amazon Prime Video is n
This is somewhat by design. Time Machine assumes it owns whatever volume
you point it to and will continue to make incremental backups until the
volume is full. At that point it will begin to cull old backups. That's
why it's generally not a good idea to try and share space on a volume
with tim
Thanks for sharing this news Mary. I am really glad that Amazon Prime is now
offering audio description. I was hoping this would happen soon. :-)
Awesome!
Katie
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 9, 2017, at 9:12 AM, Mary Otten wrote:
>
> This should be of interest to android or iOS users who like
Hi Alex, so in many bluetooth implementations all devices pair and the active
one is the one that is heard. So for your example, if I touched my phone and
VO started to speak Bluetooth would activate and I would hear the VO audio. If
I switch to my watch and start touching that you’d hear the
I’m guilty of this and apologize for causing any confusion.
> On Jun 8, 2017, at 5:26 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
>
> Given that I'm terrible about doing this, I can't believe I'm going to be the
> one to bring it up. But that WWD3 subject line has covered an awful lot of
> ground, as have a cou
Well, first, I sincerely hope you’re still around. I’m pulling for you.
I get this approach from Apple and will give it a shot. I’m not going to
completely discount something I haven’t tried. Just call me skeptical but
willing to try. Sonos sounds very good, the Google home sounds very good
Hi Scott,
what you describe here is how I expected the AirPods to behave. I was
surprised when they didn't. What you say makes sense, but I still think it'd
be cool if they just picked up on whatever device was producing audio.
Cheers,
Donna
> On Jun 9, 2017, at 12:15 PM, Scott Granados wrote
After I moved my iTunes library to an external drive, I created a
new backup task for it in Carbon Copy Cloner and excluded the library
from Time Machine. Then went into TM and deleted from a certain date
plus any iTunes library files. I will not run out of room any time soon
for TM backs up
Jean,
I saved the following notes that Tim provided recently.
1. Go to Menu Extras and choose Time Machine.
2. Select Enter Time Machine.
Do not press Escape, this will dismiss TM.
3. Use Window Chooser and choose Time Machine Controls.
Interact with the Vertical Slider in the Controls wind
Another vote for 1Password.
> On 9 Jun 2017, at 08:34, Nimer Jaber wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am looking for an accessible password manager. In the past, I have been a
> last pass user, however I cannot figure out how to fill passwords in with the
> Lastpass safari extension... I can get into the
Hi all
I got a new MacBook Pro today, a 2015 retina model running the latest version
of Mac OS Sierra.
I can’t remember how I set up my iMac back in the day, but I do know that I
don’t have File volt encryption enabled on it. This time around I decided to
switch on Filevolt on my new MacBook Pr
Hello,
I am running the latest El Capitan on my late 2008 iMac. I have a Windows 7
virtual machine running under VMWare Fusion.
I only use the Windows 7 infrequently to keep up my Windows skills and to do
occasional testing of web sites under Windows. Under VMWare Fusion Windows 7
runs painfull
FileVault should work just fine. The login window is different though. Be
sure you press command-F5 to turn on VoiceOver. It will ask for your account
name, which is whatever the name is for your home folder is called.
Then, press enter and it will prompt you for your password. Type that and
Hi EAT,
Very nice!
I must try this! :)
GOD for you is the Creator of the engineers that produced Apple!
C.R.
On Jun 9, 2017, at 2:24 PM, E.T. wrote:
> Jean,
> I saved the following notes that Tim provided recently.
>
> 1. Go to Menu Extras and choose Time Machine.
>
> 2. Select Enter Time Ma
I have VO set in System Preferences to come on as soon as my macs start up. I
have Filevault and in the first screen VO announces that I need to put in my
name in the first field and I then hit TAB and VO then asks for my password. I
then hit ENTER and I'm in!
Cheers
Harry
> On 9 Jun 2017, at 2
hi,
Further to John's note, usually, VO is not active, nor available, at the
initial login screen when File Vault is enabled. You can press cmd-f5 to try
to turn on VO, you should get a single tone, at this point, as John mentioned,
just type your username and press return. If it accepts your
Chuck,
I'm glad you believe that.
From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
"God for you is where you sweep away all the
mysteries of the world, all the challenges to
our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off
and say God did it." --Carl Sagan
E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com
On 6/9/2017 12:28
Hi all,
I haven't used FileVault, but have been thinking about doing it for a while
now. So I have a question about John's post. Do you choose a username, or is
it assigned? If assigned, what do you have to enter, the entire file path or
just the name of that folder?
TIA,
Donna
> On Jun 9, 2
Hi,
The name of the folder is your username. So, if you open Macintosh HD, then
open the Users folder, you'll see a few folders in there. One is yours. If
you entered your name "Donna Goodin" when you set up your machine, then
"donnagoodin" will be your Short Username. That is, your entered
FileVault uses your administrative account. In other words, the account you
normally use. It's simple to turn on and use. You just type your account name,
which, again, is the name of your home folder, and then use your usual
password. The system encrypts after a reboot, but you can use it whi
I did switch on voice-over, I even tried and to switch on and off a couple of
times. I'll try again maybe I missed something.
Thanks
Sent from my iPhone
> On 09 Jun 2017, at 21:41, Donna Goodin wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I haven't used FileVault, but have been thinking about doing it for a while
Thanks, Tim.
Cheers,
Donna
> On Jun 9, 2017, at 2:51 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The name of the folder is your username. So, if you open Macintosh HD, then
> open the Users folder, you'll see a few folders in there. One is yours. If
> you entered your name "Donna Goodin" when you se
Thanks. I don't know why, but I assumed it would be more complicated.
Cheers,
Donna
> On Jun 9, 2017, at 2:52 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>
> FileVault uses your administrative account. In other words, the account you
> normally use. It's simple to turn on and use. You just type your account
>
Plus 1 to that post of your scott.
-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Scott Granados
Sent: Friday, June 9, 2017 10:25 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: So what do we think of the WWDC new hardw
Well, I'm not going to rush out and be the first to buy these things. But if
they do the job, after I read some reviews and hopefully get to listen to them
somewhere, I would really strongly consider it, as it will help me get away
from my aged Wi-Fi system which I need for my old stereo Systems
iOS 11 will let you record your iPhone or iPad's screen - CNET
The developer preview is out, and users are beginning to talk about features
Apple didn't announce during the keynote. One such feature is built-in
screen recording.
It appears - as of right now - the feature is triggered through a butt
Hi,
I might be able to use Bootcamp without vMWare, but as far as I know, there’s
no screen reader input to choose between Mac and Windows. In my past
experience, I could just wait and then arrow left to get to Windows, but it was
hardest to get back to Mac, as I had to hold down certain keys
iOS 11 will stop apps like Uber from constantly tracking your location -
CNET
When iOS 11 is available later this year, users will have the option to
customize how each app uses his or her location - regardless of the options
a developer provides.
Prior to iOS 11, users could only use one of the lo
With iOS 11 you'll never have to share your Wi-Fi password with friends
again - CNET
Not only are some Wi-Fi network passwords obscenely difficult tor remember,
but if you're the type to use the same password in multiple places, you most
certainly feel a tinge of anxiety when a friend asks to conne
Wonderful. Hopefully they won't introduce new nasty bugs, because this feature
would really be welcome.
Mary
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 9, 2017, at 1:30 PM, M. Taylor wrote:
>
> iOS 11 will stop apps like Uber from constantly tracking your location -
> CNET
> When iOS 11 is available later
I have installed Windows 10 in bootcamp on my Mac Mini so I hold down the
OPTION Key as it boots up, then I get a screen where the left icon is MacOS
with an arrow under it and I have to arrow right once to select Windows. There
is no voiceover available at this point but now I know what to do I
E.T:
Thanks so much. This sounds like what I should do to get rid of these
unnecessary backups that are consuming space.
Thanks again,
Jean
Dr. Jean Parker, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow
Trans4m Center For Integral Development
Geneva, Switzerland
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Hi,
The Option key is a temporary path to various startup options, whereas going
into System Prefs, Startup Disk and selecting the Mac makes it the default
option. To start up in Windows, you just go back to Startup Disk and choose
the BootCamp partition with Windows. You'll likely need to ho
Hello,
What key combination do you press to get into Mac OS having pressed the option
key at start up?
Regards,
Gena
> On 9 Jun 2017, at 21:45, Harry Bell wrote:
>
> I have installed Windows 10 in bootcamp on my Mac Mini so I hold down the
> OPTION Key as it boots up, then I get a screen whe
On my Mac mini, as macOS has the arrow under it, I just hit ENTER and it boots
into macOS
Regards
Harry
> On 9 Jun 2017, at 21:57, Georgina Joyce wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> What key combination do you press to get into Mac OS having pressed the
> option key at start up?
>
> Regards,
>
> Gena
>>
Hello All:
A quick pages question, if I want to delete certain comments but leave others
intact how can I do this?
Many thanks,
Jean
Dr. Jean Parker, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow
Trans4m Center For Integral Development
Geneva, Switzerland
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Hi!
Since Simon Fogarty here on this list mentioned that VirtualBox was accessible
i thought i would give it a try today.
It seems to work but when selecting an operating system i can only see windows
and no other systems to select from.
But i would like to try out som linux distributions in the
Hi All,
Does anyone have experience using indicia Internet postage software?
Is it accessible?
Thank you for the help,
Laura
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Mary, good luck, youknow by now all code has bugs no matter how clean and great
ther is always bugs introduced there is no way around that one.
-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Mary Otten
Sent: Friday, June 9
Is the Drafts Folder be used to Recover emails from the Drafts Folder in Apple
Mail? If so, how can the Terminal be used to recover all emails from June 8,
2017 to June 4, 2017? Thank you. I am using OS 10.11.6.
Angus MacKinnon
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It is now supposed to be possible to connect your iCloud account with Alexa. To
do so, you have to go into your Apple ID security settings and create an app
specific password. I did that. I carefully copied it out using my PC to type
it, since I could not get the Apple text selection feature to
According to what I am reading from various sources, it is specifically for
Amazon's Alexa to access the iCloud calendar for adding and accessing
appointments. Two factor identification must be enabled on iCloud, and the
changes are made in settings in the Alexa app. Note: I have not tried it, I
Your understanding jives with mine. I did all the steps and it didn't work. Oh
well.
Mary
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 9, 2017, at 5:12 PM, David Chittenden wrote:
>
> According to what I am reading from various sources, it is specifically for
> Amazon's Alexa to access the iCloud calendar f
So is this an alternative to VMWare?
thanks,
> On Jun 9, 2017, at 3:24 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote:
>
> Hi!
> Since Simon Fogarty here on this list mentioned that VirtualBox was
> accessible i thought i would give it a try today.
> It seems to work but when selecting an operating system i can on
I think the poster was asking, is it possible to convert a virtual machine into
a Boot Camp partition. I didn't hear that question answered anywhere in the
subsequent posts. As far as I know you can convert a Boot Camp to a VM but I
don't know if it works the other way around.
Sent from my IPh
Strange... none of these methods seem o work with inbox.google.com.
Thanks... will keep experimenting.
On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 5:47 AM Anne Robertson wrote:
> Hello Nimer,
>
> Text selection is one of those questions that comes up regularly as there
> is not one way that works everywhere with V
Well then... I don't understand. On Windows in Firefox, I am able to use
last pass to auto-fill passwords... it will either do it automatically, or
it will do it if I press the applications key, up arrow to last pass, right
arrow to expand the menu, and select the item in the list that I want to be
I did get it to work. As you mentioned, there’s no way to select the text, so
I copied group by group from memory into a note and then used that to paste
into the app.. Even then it did not work because somehow an extra character
got included. By this time I had been over it so many times tha
Yes, it’s a free alternative to VMWare. One of the advantages is that it has a
command line feature so you can script and type commands instead of point and
click and use the GUI.
> On Jun 9, 2017, at 9:24 PM, Sharon Hooley wrote:
>
> So is this an alternative to VMWare?
>
> thanks,
>
>> On
In Firefox, have you installed the 1Password helper? On the Mac,
have you installed the Safari extension?
In Firefox, after I press control-\ and enter my master password,
the login information is entered and its done.
From E.T.'s Keyboard. . .
"God for you is where you sweep away all
I see what you mean, though I've never experienced that and didn't know
bluetooth could do it. I'm glad AirPods don't act like that; imagine every
notification sound on your Watch hijacking the signal, interrupting speech on
your Mac or iOS device. Or getting snatches of audio because your Mac a
Yeah I wondered this also.
I've never had to pay for a firmware update in any of my router / modem devices.
My fritzbox is working great after about 4 years and it has a coverage for the
entire house including my neighbours place also.
-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegrou
Hi Donna,et al,
No I have them connected to my iPhone 7+ but although they show in my iPad mini
4’s blutetooth devices they do not automatically pair when I want them working
with my iPad.
However if I double tap the pods when in my iPads Bluetooth they start pairing
and disconnect from my iP
To me it's as you say simply a media device, an output for audio content,
Direct connectivity to your aple music account, which makes me wounder what
happens if you use spotify rather than apple usic,
Will the home pod work with spotify and more to the point has it got VO for
what ever setup it
The first pairning to your iPHone 7 isn’t a case of tapping the phone with the
pods,
I still have to tell it to pair and sometimes have had to press the button on
the pod case.
But the first pairing also sets up the pods in all devices using the same
iCloud account so I see them in my watch, pa
No, auto log in wont work with file volt,
When you start up vo at the log in screen, do a VO shift down arrow to open
the user list box,
I always do a VO left / right arrow to ensure I have highlighted the correct
user,
Then vo space bar on the the right user and then enter my password which
File volt works differently even with VO.
But it works fine once you get your head around it.
I have file volt enable on this mac book air so I know how I get through it
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Harry Bell
Sent: Saturday, 10 June
Hi Donna,
File volt with encrypt your drive and when you get the log in prompt
You start vo with the command f5 then you should be by default on the users
box, I do the vo key shift down arrow and this box opens with the user names, I
arrow left / right to highlight the username I want
That is a
Alex is that the public beta or dev beta?
-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of M. Taylor
Sent: Saturday, 10 June 2017 8:26 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: iOS 11 will let you record your iPhone or i
Hi harry,
Yeah you don't need to hold the option key down,
I use bootcamp on my mac book air and when it boots in to windows 10 I use
jaws as my screen reader and on the task bar or sys tray there is a boot camp
option which when I click or enter on boot camp options open and then I up
arro
Hi Anders,
Yes I've used it a few times now to setup windows vm
S,
One for windows 7 and for windows 10,
I know there were a couple of steps that weren't easy to select the OS for
install but I know it worked for me in the end.
Infact I believe it involved the selection of the os didn't hap
Hi Scott,
When You test drive these blume wifi devices I'm interested to know how they go
They sound bloody interesting
I'm wondering though how you get them connected to your network.
Cheers,
Simon f
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I
I am prompted to install the helper, but do not see how to install the
helper in Firefox. Also, I have some websites with multiple accounts. So I
really need to be able to select account that it auto fills. In safari, how
does this work? I have the extension installed.
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