Re: SOS can't hear voiceover on my new macbook air

2021-06-15 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
Tim, Thank you for your patient response I did get to recovery and tried to erase the hard drive and then reinstall from scratch. I think I may have messed things up since I got a message the start up disk couldn’t be verified. So I was stuck. I tried again to play around with volumes and f

Lossless Apple Music

2021-06-15 Thread Ronald van Rhijn
Hi, Is anyone using the lossless feature of Apple Music on Mac and/or iPhone already? I am curious if we can read which music is in lossless format with Voice Over. And if so, where exactly is this info found. Perhaps its due to me still running Catalina, but I never hear any info about lossl

Re: Lossless Apple Music

2021-06-15 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, On the Mac, while the music is playing, look in the LCD panel. If the title is Dolby Atmos, it will say so. Similarly, in the Now Playing screen on your iPhone, it will be announced by VO somewhere on that screen. With respect to Lossless, make sure that you’ve set your music app to play

Re: Lossless Apple Music

2021-06-15 Thread Patrick Ford
Hi, I have noticed that there are a number of playlists designed by Apple that are marked with the words spatial audio. These lists cover a wide variety of genres. I have also noticed that when you select lossless files in your preferences all the music which has not been downloaded will play in

Re: Lossless Apple Music

2021-06-15 Thread Ronald van Rhijn
Hi Tim, Thanks for that. Isn't it noticeable when searching for music on Apple Music? I mean not my own library, but looking for new music to add to my library. I think I read somewhere you should be able to find it when searching. Not sure though. I cannot set the lossless format, cause it isn

Re: Lossless Apple Music

2021-06-15 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Yes, there certainly are limitations on what will play the Dolby Atmos and/or Spacial Audio. I have the AirPod Pro which will do spacial audio in supported movies and TV shows when playing from iPhone. My surround sound system does support Dolby Atmos, but I only have the Apple TV HD at t

Re: Lossless Apple Music

2021-06-15 Thread Ronald van Rhijn
Hi Patrick, Ok you came across some playlists marked with the word spatial audio, that’s good to know. The word Spatial, was that in the name of the playlist or an additional tag? Ronald > Op 15 jun. 2021, om 19:47 heeft Patrick Ford het > volgende geschreven: > > Hi, I have noticed that t

Re: Lossless Apple Music

2021-06-15 Thread Brad Snyder
you won't see a Lossless option unless you are running macOS Big Sur 11.4 on your Mac, or iOS/iPadOS 14.6 on your iPhone or iPad. - Brad - On Jun 15, 2021, at 12:35, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi, On the Mac, while the music is playing, look in the LCD panel. If the title is

Re: Lossless Apple Music

2021-06-15 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Ronald, In the Music app, in Apple Music, select the Browse tab. If your device supports it, there are spacial audio playlists there for you to check out. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMu

Re: Lossless Apple Music

2021-06-15 Thread Ronald van Rhijn
Will do., although lossless is most important to me. thanks, Ronald > Op 15 jun. 2021, om 19:57 heeft 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > het volgende geschreven: > > Ronald, > > In the Music app, in Apple Music, select the Browse tab. If your device > supports it, there are spacial audio

Re: Lossless Apple Music

2021-06-15 Thread Patrick Ford
It's in the anme of the playlist, i.e, classical music in spatial audio - jazz in spatial audio - I don't know how long they will keep these playlists but they had quite a few such as classic rock in spatial audio and so look around and I'm sure you will come across these playlists - I had r

A Basic Question

2021-06-15 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi All, I am away and do not have access to my reference material. How does one access the Trash Folder on the Mac? I wish to delete a few files that I sent there. Thanks. Best Regards, Les -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

Re: Lossless Apple Music

2021-06-15 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! The spacial audio is for the AirPods I think. I can use it with the AirPods max but I haven’t tried that yet.. /A > 15 juni 2021 kl. 19:55 skrev Brad Snyder : > > you won't see a Lossless option unless you are running macOS Big Sur 11.4 on > your Mac, or iOS/iPadOS 14.6 on your iPhone or iP

Re: A Basic Question

2021-06-15 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Les, You can access it from the dock, VO-D. Cheers, Donna > On Jun 15, 2021, at 1:21 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: > > Hi All, > I am away and do not have access to my reference material. How does one > access the Trash Folder on the Mac? I wish to delete a few files that I sent > there. Thanks.

Re: A Basic Question

2021-06-15 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Donna, Thanks. That’s easy enough! Have a good day. Best, Les > On Jun 15, 2021, at 2:26 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Les, > > You can access it from the dock, VO-D. > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Jun 15, 2021, at 1:21 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> I am aw

Re: SOS can't hear voiceover on my new macbook air

2021-06-15 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
Yes, I think so. I too thought about this when I got stuck having migrated my data from the previous macbook air on which I used Alex whereas voiceover always defaults to uK Daniel as per location. However it was taking so long, I thought it couldn’t have been the case. But maybe…. Anyway, it

Re: SOS can't hear voiceover on my new macbook air

2021-06-15 Thread 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries
Thanks, Donna, I’m sorry to say I’ve had to return the macbook air to be replaced. Trying to erase the macintosh hd, and as you said, the OS couldn’t be reinstalled. What a horrible journey. Sleepless night and I’m in turmoil. Thanks again - glad not to be the only one. :) Andrew > On 14 Jun

Re: Lossless Apple Music

2021-06-15 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, As far as I can tell, if you’re listening to the Apple Music version of a title, it will be lossless if you’ve set your device to play lossless. There are other considerations as well. See this article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212183 Also, for an interesting read on the whole l

Re: SOS can't hear voiceover on my new macbook air

2021-06-15 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
I feel your pain. For what it’s worth, once your new Mac gets there, you will enjoy it. Sorry you had to go through this, I know well how frustrating it is. Cheers, Donna > On Jun 15, 2021, at 3:18 PM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Yes, I think so. I too thought about th

Re: A Basic Question

2021-06-15 Thread Lorie McCloud
if it's on the dock you can press vo-d to get to the doc and then type tr. that should. put you there. > On Jun 15, 2021, at 1:21 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: > > Hi All, > I am away and do not have access to my reference material. How does one > access the Trash Folder on the Mac? I wish to delete

Re: A Basic Question

2021-06-15 Thread 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries
Also, if you're on the finder, you can empty the trash by pressing Command+Shift+Delete. No need of going to the dock and emptying it there. HTH. Regards, Shawn, Sent from Sophia, the MacBook Air Want to join my WhatsApp groups such as Echo Enthusiasts, Accessibility Matters, Mac Users And Newb

Re: SOS can't hear voiceover on my new macbook air

2021-06-15 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Andrew, I am sorry you have had to go through this experience. I have a couple of suggestions when you get your replacement machine. By default, the function keys control Media features. Function Key 11 and Function key 12 control volume. So that’s a quick way to decrease or increase volume.

Time machine on M1 Mac?

2021-06-15 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, I’ve finally gotten to the point where I’m ready to back up my M1 Mac. But I have discovered that time machine no longer appears in my Extras menu. I found it in the Apps folder, but I only seem to have the option to Restore, not to backup. What’s the deal? How are we supposed to bac

Re: Time machine on M1 Mac?

2021-06-15 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Never mind, got it. Sorry to clutter the list. Cheers, Donna > On Jun 15, 2021, at 5:26 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > I’ve finally gotten to the point where I’m ready to back up my M1 Mac. But I > have discovered that time machine no longer appears in my Extras menu. I > found it i

Re: Time machine on M1 Mac?

2021-06-15 Thread Agent086b
Hi, could you please tell us how you fixed the problem. I will be purchasing an M1 Mac later in the year and any info will help. Max. > On 16 Jun 2021, at 8:33 am, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Never mind, got it. Sorry to clutter the list. > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Jun 15, 2

Re: Time machine on M1 Mac?

2021-06-15 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Sure. First, they moved Time Machine. It’s no longer in the Extras Menu. The tricky part is that you can access it in the Applications folder, but when I did that, the only option I had was to restore. However, when I accessed it from System Prefs, I was able to set up Time Machine, Configure t

Re: Time machine on M1 Mac?

2021-06-15 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, There is no difference when using time machine to back up an M1 Mac versus any other Mac. You need to go to System Preferences, Time Machine, then set it up there. Later… Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 15, 2021, at 4:56 PM, Agent086b wrote: > > Hi, > could you please tell us how you fi

Re: Time machine on M1 Mac?

2021-06-15 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi Donna, Actually, it’s just not in the Extras menu by default. You can add it to the Extras menu either by checking the box in the Time Machine pane in System Prefs, or in the Dock & Menus pane of System Prefs. BTW, the Time Machine app in the Applications folder has always behaved in the m

Re: Time machine on M1 Mac?

2021-06-15 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Tim, Interesting. I don’t remember ever having to set it up to show in the Extras menu. But prior to this Mac, I’ve always migrated my data using Time Machine, so it may be that I set it up on my first Mac and that option was just moved forward in the migration process. Cheers, Donna > On

Re: Time machine on M1 Mac?

2021-06-15 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi Donna, It probably was the default to be in the Extras Menu in the past. It is just not the default anymore in Big Sur. Later… Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 15, 2021, at 5:42 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > Interesting. I don’t remember ever having to set