Re: 4 tb hd, what is the best backup plan?

2018-12-20 Thread Eric Oyen
Well, Here is a list from Newegg of 36 different external RAID enclosures compatible with USB 3.x. Note, these are expensive and do not include drives (you will have to purchase those separately) https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Description=external%20raid%20usb&Submit=ENE This d

Re: Apple mail

2018-12-20 Thread 'Bill Gallik' via MacVisionaries
Customization to consider when employing multiple e-mail accounts. I suggest that you open the Preferences from your e-mail application and take note of the following items in the “Tool Bar.” ACCOUNTS Naturally, this particular tab will let you make some custom settings per e-mail account. At

Re: Locking a File

2018-12-20 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, I was going to suggest zip but I see Simon beat me on that one. Another option for you would be to use 1 password secure notes. I am not sure what the limits are there, but you can pretty much guarantee the same level of privacy as 1 password. I even remember 1Password adding features

Re: Modifying files inside Time Machine backups

2018-12-20 Thread Jonathan Cohn
As Tim mentioned, there is the possibility of corrupting your Time Machine backups by modifying the backup in ways the tool did not expect. It is very possible that Time Machine is peeping a checksum of backups and that removing 1 file could invalidate the entire save, since Time Machine is a cl

Re: Installing windows with bootcamp?

2018-12-20 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
The reason is actually quite simple. Mainstream users hate having their machines making noise. We've had this problem in Linux systems forever. There's been strong pushback to remove any beep from the boot process, and to remove the very standard beep on backspace when at the beginning of the line

Re: Mac harddisk odditie.

2018-12-20 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Simon, I hate to dis-agree with your generally good advice, but there is an option that became available in High Sierra to clean the downloads and trash folders of older items. I expect it is essentially enabling a Lauchd daemon that runs a find command on $HOME/downloads and removes items modi

Re: Modifying files inside Time Machine backups

2018-12-20 Thread Traci Duncan
Thanks guys, you have taught me more about time machine. I think I saw it as a back up storage for files. I could go in and delete copies from several years old. it doesn’t sound like that’s the case. Appreciate it, Traci Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 20, 2018, at 6:51 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote

Re: VoiceOver Repetition

2018-12-20 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Brief summary of previous message: 1. System Preferences / Dictation and Speech. 2. Find text to speech area 3. somewhere in there is a check box that needs to be unchecked. > On Dec 18, 2018, at 4:36 AM, 'Bill Gallik' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hey all, my most sincere apologies but some

Re: Modifying files inside Time Machine backups

2018-12-20 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, In fact, it is backup storage. The thing to note though is that it does the work for you. Time Machine will automatically free up space from old backups when it is getting low on space. It does the management itself. You are perfectly welcome and able to get rid of old files if you wish

Needing some thoughts and advice

2018-12-20 Thread Terri Stimmel
Hello everyone, I’ve written to this list a few times. But it has been a while. I have some questions I could use some thoughts on. I was given a Mac laptop a couple of Christmas’s ago. It runs Yosimitte, and can’t be upgraded. It was a friend’s of mine. So when I start it up, it still shows h

A couple of mac questions

2018-12-20 Thread trevor scott
I have been using a MacBook pro for a few years now but I mainly use it for recording in Logic Pro x. So, if anyone could help please, I would like firstly to know how when you are in a web page, how do you go back to the previous page? and secondly, when you are in mail, what is the key

Re: setting up a new macbook pro

2018-12-20 Thread John Panarese
Yes, on either side of the spacebar. The option keys are to the left and right of the command keys. On a laptop, there is only one control key, which is on the left side of the keyboard, the second key in going from left to right. There is no > On Dec 19, 2018, at 8:59 PM, Shirley Healy wr

Re: A couple of mac questions

2018-12-20 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, To go back to the previous page, press cmd-left bracket, this is the key just to the right of the "p" key. If you've interacted with the list of messages, you can use either cmd-up or VO-FN-left. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Can

Re: Needing some thoughts and advice

2018-12-20 Thread jeff `greene
Hi Terry, Ok here we go: 1 boot the mac and go into system preferences, under icloud you can sign out your friend and sign in as yourself. You may also have to sign in on the mac app store separately if you want to get mac apps from there. 2 external drives should work fine. If they are formatted N

Re: Installing windows with bootcamp?

2018-12-20 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
I doubt it was simple as Apple last year made it impossible to use a terminal command to restore the chime. Yes "put it back" seems not to work since the chime has now been out of service for two years. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visit

Re: Locking a File

2018-12-20 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Simon, I see that Keka is the Mac version of 7zip, just installed it and will check it out. Its still beta but I will give it a go. Thanks for the reminder. I gave up on shared folders in Fusion which led me to this. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we

Re: Locking a File

2018-12-20 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Jonathan, I do use secure notes in 1Password but wanted a more direct path to some files. Just installed the Mac version of 7zip which ought to do it. 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 12/20/2018

Re: Installing windows with bootcamp?

2018-12-20 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, I did speak with an Apple SE and had our case posted in an internal group mentioning the rationale for us, as blind users, needing this feature. I also emphasized that it could be user configurable, if not easily, at least from the Terminal or Defaults writable. I haven't heard anything b

RE: A couple of mac questions

2018-12-20 Thread matthew dyer
Hi, First off, to go back a page in safari press cmd+{. Second, to got to the top or bottom of a message list, use cmd+up arrow to go to the top or cmd+Opsion down arrow to go to the bottom. HTH. Matthew -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of trevo

Having problems with attempting to install windows 10 on my MBP 2014

2018-12-20 Thread 'Dan' via MacVisionaries
Hello Folks, I've been attempting to install windows 10 on my MBP mid 2014 model year machine. Here are the problems I'm having. The first time I attempted to do this, I got a message that the install couldn't be mounted because of not being able to format NTFS. Then after restarting the machine

Re: A couple of mac questions

2018-12-20 Thread trevor scott
Thank you Matthew, Very much appreciated. Trevor > On 20 Dec 2018, at 18:21, matthew dyer > wrote: > > Hi, > > First off, to go back a page in safari press cmd+{. Second, to got to the > top or bottom of a message list, use cmd+up arrow to go to the top or > cmd+Opsion down arrow to go t

Re: Needing some thoughts and advice

2018-12-20 Thread Lorie McCloud
I can only answer your dropbox question. yes. dropbox is very accessible on the Mac. with the hard drives I think it depends on what kind they are whether or not they'll work with a Mac. it doesn't matter what kind of files are on them. you can share any file type from a Mac to a pc on dropbox

Re: A couple of mac questions

2018-12-20 Thread Lorie McCloud
the command for going to a previous page in Safari is command-left bracket. for me this doesn't always work and I have to end up going into history and clicking on the previous page. the command for going to the top of an email list is: command-option-up arrow. and for going to the bottom: com

RE: Mac harddisk odditie.

2018-12-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
I know there is a software related feature under about this mac that lets you go through and delete different apps that might take up large amounts of space. I didn’t know there was something built in that cleaned these things out by it’self Cheers for the heads up. From: macvisionaries@googl

RE: Installing windows with bootcamp?

2018-12-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yeah Microsoft also got rid of the start up tone for windows in the windows 10 releases. I always enable it on my machines so I know what / when things start up. -Original Message- From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries Sent: Friday, 21 December 2018 3:59 AM To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionar

RE: Locking a File

2018-12-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi ET, No worries, Good luck with it. I was also thinking though and someone else might be able to check on this or me also. If the file is an MS word document then I have a funny feeling, One that's not treatable by my doctor, I think word can let you set a password protected file from with

RE: Having problems with attempting to install windows 10 on my MBP 2014

2018-12-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Dan, Are you installing windows 10 to bootcamp or just on to your mac's ssd without any other setup. No the mac can't by default mount an NTFS partition so the best thing to do is to format it as a FAT32 file structure To install windows you need to run on the mac side Boot Camp assistan

Re: Locking a File

2018-12-20 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Simon, the Mac version of 7zip which is called Keka works fine. I unlocked the file that had been locked under Windows. this is a good solution because I can lock any file or folder. Its a good second choice in addition to 1Password. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many

RE: Locking a File

2018-12-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
Great glad to hear it works. Cheers. -Original Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Sent: Friday, 21 December 2018 2:58 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Locking a File Simon, the Mac version of 7zip which is called Keka works fine. I unlocked the file that

Re: Having problems with attempting to install windows 10 on my MBP 2014

2018-12-20 Thread 'Dan' via MacVisionaries
Hello, I'm using bootcamp. I've done all the necessary steps. I even attempted to use a 500 GB usb external drive as well and still, the disk isn't big enough if the error message can be believed. My son and I even ran the system diagnostic tool. the one with D held down while restarting. No err

Re: Installing windows with bootcamp?

2018-12-20 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Thanks, Tim. That's likely the best approach. Let us know what happens and whether we can help. Janina 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries writes: > Hi, > > I did speak with an Apple SE and had our case posted in an internal group > mentioning the rationale for us, as blind users, needing this fe

Re: Installing windows with bootcamp?

2018-12-20 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Interesting, Simon. I wasn't aware of that. Some of us should probably make the same argument with them. Janina Simon Fogarty writes: > Yeah Microsoft also got rid of the start up tone for windows in the windows > 10 releases. > > I always enable it on my machines so I know what / when things

Re: Having problems with attempting to install windows 10 on my MBP 2014

2018-12-20 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Quick note ... Simon Fogarty writes: > ... > To install windows you need to run on the mac side > Boot Camp assistant, > > Then follow the prompts to install your windows. > > Easiest option is to put the windows installer package if in an ISO file on > to your desktop, > Then format your USB

Re: Having problems with attempting to install windows 10 on my MBP 2014

2018-12-20 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
If your attempt to install using Bootcamp fails, you need to use Bootcamp again to delete your previous attempt before trying again. You will always get this kind of error if you simply try to install again without first clearing out whatever Bootcamp did on the attempt that failed. hth Janina '

Re: Having problems with attempting to install windows 10 on my MBP 2014

2018-12-20 Thread 'Dan' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Already did that. Dan > On Dec 20, 2018, at 8:04 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > If your attempt to install using Bootcamp fails, you need to use > Bootcamp again to delete your previous attempt before trying again. You > will always get this kind of error if you simp

Re: Having problems with attempting to install windows 10 on my MBP 2014

2018-12-20 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Good. You may also need to clear all files off your USB stick. Worth a try. PS: Are you sure you're correctly creating the file system on the USB device? what files do you see on there? 'Dan' via MacVisionaries writes: > Hi, > Already did that. > > > > Dan > > > > On Dec 20, 2018, at 8:04 P

Re: Having problems with attempting to install windows 10 on my MBP 2014

2018-12-20 Thread 'Dan' via MacVisionaries
first I format the USB drive as fat 32. No files on the desk. Then I go through the Boot Camp process, at which point Boot Camp format the USB drive. After the system fails and I look at the USB drive, it has a number of windows files on the desk and it is also labeled with the windows installa