Re: Creating A temporary UrL?

2020-03-28 Thread Daniel Chavez
Well hey Was only offering. If they take it, then so be it. :-) -- 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 the

Re: Zoom, and Voiceover accessibility information

2020-03-28 Thread Julie Rattray
Fab thanks > On 27 Mar 2020, at 15:37, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > Yes, you can share video in a screen sharing session of a Zoom meeting. See > this link for some tips: > > https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/202954249-Optimizing-a-Shared-Video-Clip-in-Full

RE: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

2020-03-28 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi Janina Could yo contact me off list si...@fogarty.net.nz I've got a couple of linux related questions and this isn't the list for that. Cheers, Simon F -Original Message- From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries Sent: Friday, 27 March 2020 6:55 PM To: 'Andrew Lamanche' via Mac

Re: Mac Mini Now On Order

2020-03-28 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Bard: I got the full ekyboard with numeric keypad. Despite that, it's still quite compellingly compact. I'm not sure I know what all the keys are. Do you know of a writeup somewhere about the physical key layout? Frankly, I have the same question about the Mini itself. I'm wondering whether

Re: Mac Mini Now On Order

2020-03-28 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Thanks, Simon. This is interesting. Since I'm not looking to type, why not just use the same USB keyboard I'm happily pecking at right now? Who cares if I remap Windows and Alt? They'll be Windows and Alt again when I have the KVM switch machines, right? So why not swap them when the KVM is talkin

Re: Mac Mini Now On Order

2020-03-28 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
lol, Simon. You made me smile, a good thing these days. PS: You know I love you anyway, right? Simon A Fogarty writes: > Janina, > > Did you order one for me as well? > > Even better did you order me 2 of them? > > I'll tell you I love you lots! > > -Original Message- > From: 'Janin

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

2020-03-28 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Simon: I believe Ubuntu installations are still very accessible, but I don't know that for a fact. I'd be surprised if they weren't, but I just don't actually know. The nice thing about trying installations is that you lose nothing by trying. The virgin environment is one you can quite comfor

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

2020-03-28 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Andrew: First, congratulations for getting your first Linux up and working. You made a liar out of me by getting Orca working, and that's perfectly fine! The email you want is Thunderbird. You should be able to install as root: apt-get install thunderbird You may first want to update your

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

2020-03-28 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Yes, I agree with Simon, and apologize I forgot to answer that part of your question, Andrew. You're in perfectly good shape with a 64bit cpu and 8 Gb of RAM. By the time you need more, you'll have developed some excellent skills. I think there are two approaches to the problem from a general per

Re: Creating ringtones via IPHone.

2020-03-28 Thread KliphnShari Miller
Hello, I did a podcast on this back in September. Using your podcast app of choice, search for the Stur it up podcast, Stur is spelled with the letter U, find that episode and listen to it. Otherwise pasted below is the step by step instructions. Importing a ring tone into your Apple iOS devi

Re: Mac Mini Now On Order

2020-03-28 Thread KliphnShari Miller
That is not true. I have had my Mac mini since 2014, and have never had a monster connected to it. And it works just fine. > On Mar 25, 2020, at 8:26 AM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > The Mac mini requires that you have a monitor connected to it in order for it > to work. If you either don’t have

Re: Mail in Catalina

2020-03-28 Thread KliphnShari Miller
The issue I have with Catalina and mail, is I have my preview messages to no lines, but voiceover reads mail without being open. How is this corrected? > On Mar 23, 2020, at 12:11 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > Yes, that machine should handle things just fine

Logic Pro voiceover tutorial?

2020-03-28 Thread KliphnShari Miller
Since Logic Pro is free for 90 days, I decided to try it out. But have no clue where to start. Anyone have a voiceover tutorial, or know where I can get one? thanks. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns

Re: Keychain

2020-03-28 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, When in Safari, double-tap either the username entry field, or the password entry field. This will activate your cursor and bring up the on-screen keyboard. This next part isn't consistent, as sometimes it takes more swipes than others, but, if you have a keychain entry for this item, the

Re: Mac Mini Now On Order

2020-03-28 Thread Brad Snyder
Janina, The Mac mini’s power button is on the right rear corner. You should have no trouble finding it. I use an older Mac USB keyboard from 2006 on my mini, but my wife has a newer version on her iMac with the same layout as the newer full-size bluetooth keyboards. The Qwerty area is pretty

Re: Question please regarding the option-t time check

2020-03-28 Thread maurice mines
Dear Dave, slight correction here. California voters voted to leave at daylight savings time and a statewide ballot measure in 2018. The state must apply to the federal government to leave daylight savings time and/or standard time and pick one time. But the boat, ballot measure at that time sta

Re: the 3rd USB flash drive with the same issue

2020-03-28 Thread Ramy Moustafa Saber رامي مصطفى صابر
ok, but when changing the security preferences to erase all things, the erase is demmbed, why/ > On Mar 27, 2020, at 10:31 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > When I used the word "wipe", yes, that is the same as erase. So, go into > Disk Utility on the Mac, locate an

Re: the 3rd USB flash drive with the same issue

2020-03-28 Thread Ramy Moustafa Saber رامي مصطفى صابر
Just to Clear things. when i choose Fat32, the eras button is demmbed, with no reason. but when i choose X-fat, it’s working, is there any reason for this? > On Mar 27, 2020, at 10:31 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > When I used the word "wipe", yes, that is the same

Re: the 3rd USB flash drive with the same issue

2020-03-28 Thread Brad Snyder
FAT32 doesn’t work on flash drives. It has always been that way. Not sure if this is a Mac thing, but I think it is the same on Windows. Your choices are standard FAT, or Extended XFAT. I’d go with XFAT because it will allow for larger file sizes. HTH - Brad - On Mar 28, 2020, at 13:22, ⁨Ram

Re: Question please regarding the option-t time check

2020-03-28 Thread Dave Carlson
Morris, So it’s standard time that California voted on? Didn’t know that. But I do know that all three states need to get together and agree before the Fed will allow it to happen. I’d hate to have to switch time driving north/south across the borders. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, W

RE: Mac Mini Now On Order

2020-03-28 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi Janina, Im doing the opposite I'm having to work from home like the rest of new zealdn and as my work computer is a windows machine I'm still using a mac full keyboard num pad. I just find the typing better than the dell windows keyboard that I have for the computer -Original Message-

RE: Mac Mini Now On Order

2020-03-28 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Oh baby that talk will get you anything! Lol. -Original Message- From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries Sent: Saturday, 28 March 2020 11:46 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Mac Mini Now On Order lol, Simon. You made me smile, a good thing these days. PS: You know I

RE: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

2020-03-28 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hang on what? Ubuntu will install in to windows ? That would be great if it didn't screw up my windows install How do I do this and is it something you would recommend for someone who really hasn't touched linux in years? -Original Message- From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries S

Re: the 3rd USB flash drive with the same issue

2020-03-28 Thread Ramy Moustafa Saber رامي مصطفى صابر
Trying now the x-fat > On Mar 28, 2020, at 8:39 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > FAT32 doesn’t work on flash drives. It has always been that way. Not sure > if this is a Mac thing, but I think it is the same on Windows. > Your choices are standard FAT, or Extended XFAT. > I’d go with XFAT because

RE: Remoting into another Mac?

2020-03-28 Thread brent
I heard a demonstration video on Youtube about some software called Sinter. In that particular one, they were demonstrating a mac reading the screen of a PC somehow. I wonder if this software, if it is even more than an unreleased university concept, can do Mac to remote Mac, and all other possi

Re: Keychain

2020-03-28 Thread 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
I like my keychain to be simple. If Mark’s wonderful keychain can keep my passwords safe especially if I rely on the keychain to remember my passwords for the websites I visit, then I am a happy person as I can’t remember generated passwords so I keep my passwords simple but strong for me to r

Re: Keychain

2020-03-28 Thread Lorie McCloud
are you saying that you have to have security code and/or fingerprint enabled in order to use keychain on your IOS device? > On Mar 28, 2020, at 6:17 PM, 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I like my keychain to be simple. If Mark’s wonderful keychain can keep my > passwords s

RE: the 3rd USB flash drive with the same issue

2020-03-28 Thread Simon A Fogarty
No issue on windows using fat32 unless a file is bigger than 4GB in size, From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Brad Snyder Sent: Sunday, 29 March 2020 7:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: the 3rd USB flash drive with the same issue FAT32 doesn’t work on flash

RE: the 3rd USB flash drive with the same issue

2020-03-28 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Possibly because of the size of the USB device’s storage, Fat32 could be greyed out if the drive is over something like 64 gb Or because you need to partition it first to ensure no mac os format is on it before formatting as fat 32. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ramy Mous

Re: Mail in Catalina

2020-03-28 Thread Eric Caron
Hi, If you are hearing emails being read as they come in it is possible that the notifications are set up in a way that speaks them. I remember turning that off in the past. Eric Caron > On Mar 28, 2020, at 8:06 AM, KliphnShari Miller wrote: > > The issue I have with Catalina and

Re: Keychain

2020-03-28 Thread Brad Snyder
Yes. In order to use iCloud Keychain on your iOS device, you must have a passcode enabled. Once you have a passcode, you may use either TouchID or FaceID, but this is optional. Keychain will not work without security enabled. HTH - Brad - On Mar 28, 2020, at 19:47, Lorie McCloud wrote: ar

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

2020-03-28 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Simon: Yes, but not the graphical desktop of Ubuntu, and not the audio device drivers either. Just the command line environment. Learn more here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10 Note I haven't tried this under bootcamp, though I'd expect it to work. Note also th

Re: Mac Mini Now On Order

2020-03-28 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Thanks, Brad. This is incredibly valuable info to me. Do you know about powering the bluetooth keyboard? I would imagine there's some kind of batteries involved, but I can find nothing that feels like a compartment for them. I feel the tiny little slide switch on the upper right hand outer corner

Re: Question please regarding the option-t time check

2020-03-28 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Ah, Maurice, that's about enough reason to move back to California, imo! Janina maurice mines writes: > Dear Dave, slight correction here. California voters voted to leave at > daylight savings time and a statewide ballot measure in 2018. The state must > apply to the federal government to lea