Re: Stopp ads loading

Dan: You didn't explain the rest of it. Let me try for those who don't know what Dan is talking about. There's a simple ASCII text file on the Mac, and pretty much on every other OS that supports Internet access at /etc/hosts. This is the oldest, the very first implementation of how to find othe

Re: Single-Letter Searching for Filenames

Old habits are indeed going to get in the way of productivity. It'd probably not go very high on the list, but this feature seems a reasonable RFE for accessibility support on any OS. It's also additive, so everyone with the habit of the single char followed by arrow navigation will still find the

Mac Mini Now Here

And, she's on line on my LAN slowly getting configured for service. BTW: Her name is cantata, cantata.rednote.net. look her up! It's not surprising, but still somewhat annoying all the things I've forgotten about configuring the OS X environment to my liking. I've forgotten, of course, because I'

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

Janina, If you go to system preferences and users, and choose logging options, one of the choices is to enable voiceover on login screen. This should solve your problem of not having speech when logging in. By the way, I hadn’t responded to your last message when discussing OT Linux because I

Re: Keeping Finder Windows Open

Lorie, I know about the Command+~ to switch between open windows. My problem is keeping them all open. It’s rare that I ever have more than two open. When I try to open a third, the previous one closes. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The fol

Back up of music on Icloud

Hello everyone, Have you any idea how can I back up music on Icloud? Thank you. Tibor -- 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 inappropr

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

Thanks for the pointer, Andrew. I was there before, but didn't realize I needed to adjust the browser to show applications. It doesn't default to applications, and I missed that one thing. Got it now! However, here's a somewhat bigger concern. The setup wizzard concatinated my name to create the

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

Hi! Happy you get things going. Strange that it didn’t went back to speakers when you disconnected the cable from the headphone jack. /A > 4 apr. 2020 kl. 13:11 skrev 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > : > > And, she's on line on my LAN slowly getting configured for service. BTW: > Her name is

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

Assuming these instructions are not out of date, you cane rename your user account and home directory: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201548 On 4/4/20, 08:59, "'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries" wrote: Thanks for the pointer, Andrew. I was there before, but didn't realize I needed

Re: Stopp ads loading

Not sure I understand where I can find this file. Did I miss something? Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the runni

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

Hi Janina, Glad to hear you’ve received your new Mac mini and are getting things setup the way you like. I know it is quite a process with what seems like a million little settings that you only deal with when setting up a new machine, and then forget about. As for changing/modifying your use

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

Forgot to mention, you can change your computer’s name on the network by going to System Preferences > Sharing, but I bet you knew that.😉 - Brad - On Apr 4, 2020, at 09:27, Brad Snyder wrote: Hi Janina, Glad to hear you’ve received your new Mac mini and are getting things setup the way you

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

It seems you need to be logged in via a different account (with administrative privileges) to make the changes. This is easily done, of course, by creating a second account. From: Macvisionaries on behalf of Brad Snyder Reply-To: Macvisionaries Date: Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 10:27 To: M

Re: Stopp ads loading

Use command shift g to go to folder and enter /etc/. 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 4/4/2020 7:03 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: Not sure I understand where I can find this file. Did I miss something?

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

I’ve done this before, and I did not have to login as a different user. My user account is the only user account on my machine and I am the administrator. I have been able to modify both my user name and home folder name while logged in as myself. - Brad - On Apr 4, 2020, at 09:43, 'Jason Whi

Re: Stopp ads loading

Or you can download it from the site below, extract the HOSTS file and copy it to the /etc/ folder. The file is updated about every month or so. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been

Re: Stopp ads loading

Instead of editing the hosts file with individual items,the easeyer way is to replace the existing hosts file. These replacement hosts files can be foun on the net in which new objectional ip addresses are added as discovered. I first found this method to avoid the irking youtube ads. It has bee

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

Your home account name is found in the users folder. Rename it as you desire, your password will not change. On Sat, 4 Apr 2020, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote: > Thanks for the pointer, Andrew. I was there before, but didn't realize I > needed to adjust the browser to show applicati

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

Thanks, Jason. That support file is just what I needed, and it was updated last December so is quite up to date. Task accomplished! Best, Janina 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries writes: > Assuming these instructions are not out of date, you cane rename your user > account and home directory: >

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

Thanks, Brad. The Apple support page Jason White provided had pretty much these same directions except that it advised doing so from a second account with administrative privileges. Best, Janina Brad Snyder writes: > Hi Janina, > > Glad to hear you’ve received your new Mac mini and are getting

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

Hey, Brad: I actually didn't know that. I found a command to do the same thing in terminal: sudo scutil --set cantata did the trick. Brad Snyder writes: > Forgot to mention, you can change your computer’s name on the network by > going to System Preferences > Sharing, but I bet you knew that.😉

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

Wait , reboot! What is that , we dont do that in Linux, at least not often! LOL. For the guy asking for Linux help i might be able too help out as well i run my own on VM on the chromebook. That is another subject. All of this ssh on mac reminds me of a story, back in the times when i was young w

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

The third bit of data that I had to set is the db entry for home directory. Fortunately, I checked all the fields in the Andvanced menu before closing and applying. Makes sense of course. It's the same on any Unix/Linux. Brad Snyder writes: > I’ve done this before, and I did not have to login as

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

Yeah, I thought that was interesting, too. I was rather hoping I might have the option to send voice over to the audio on the TV I'm using for a monitor, since the connection is hdmi and OS X recognized the monitor right away. But, it hasn't shown up anywhere as an audio option so far. Janina An

Re: Stopp ads loading

Dan D, Okay, need help here. Where is the ETC folder? I vaguely recall seeing it somewhere, but not now. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any quest

Re: Stopp ads loading

Yes, I checked them closely. They retain the all essential localhost addresses up top, both for IPv4 and IPv6. However, one might need to be careful of owner, group and appropriate permissions. The sudo command should cover that, but I didn't do mine that way so I'm uncertain. Checking the file o

Re: Stopp ads loading

Dave: try: /private/etc Dave Carlson writes: > Dan D, > Okay, need help here. Where is the ETC folder? I vaguely recall seeing it > somewhere, but not now. > > Dave Carlson > Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer > > > > > > -- > The following information is impo

Ggames on the mac

Can anyone give me some good recommendations for accessible games on the mac with vo? I would love to try out a few. thanks shirley -- 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

Re: Back up of music on Icloud

Hi, Others might have better ideas but here is what I do. I actually pay for iTunes Match to keep all my music backed up and available on all devices. I also have other sound files and I created a folder in my iCloud Drive for that. Also, if you place a folder with the sound files yo

Re: Keeping Finder Windows Open

my experience with this is that you can have however windows open that you want. you can cycle around through all of them using command-accent or whatever that is. maybe you have a different finder setting somewhere than I do but I've had 3 or 4 windows open many times. > On Apr 4, 2020, at 7:2

Re: Ggames on the mac

What kind of games do you like to play? There are a few options, not as many on Windows, but there are some. Do you like text or audio games? Do you like single or multiple players? Online or offline? Fantasy or Sci-Fi? > On Apr 4, 2020, at 3:22 PM, Shirley Healy wrote: > > Can anyone give me

Re: Ggames on the mac

audio games would be good. and online ones preferably. also dice games, slots, etc. shirley - Original Message - From: 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2020 1:12 AM Subject: Re: Ggames on the mac What kind of games

Re: Ggames on the mac

Okay, it looks like you’ll be wanting this site: http://qcsalon.net > On Apr 4, 2020, at 7:48 PM, Shirley Healy wrote: > > audio games would be good. and online ones preferably. > also dice games, slots, etc. > shirley >> - Original Message - >> From: 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries

Re: Ggames on the mac

Thanks! I appreciate you telling me about this site. shirley - Original Message - From: 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2020 1:50 AM Subject: Re: Ggames on the mac Okay, it looks like you’ll be wanting this site: