Re: Siri and Calendar: how to turn off automatic Emailing of invitations

2019-12-14 Thread Dave Carlson
Paul, Suggest you not mention any names of people in your contact list when creating an event. 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

Re: Getting Stuck in Customer Reviews: Amazon.com

2019-12-14 Thread Dave Carlson
Yes, I’ve also noticed Safari being sluggish when there is an activity. To stop that loading message, add a verbosity adjustment to the Safari activity. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of

Re: Getting Stuck in Customer Reviews: Amazon.com

2019-12-14 Thread Dave Carlson
Barry, Not sure I was able to find where you mention to not have VO move the mouse constantly. Where would I find that? Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If

Catalina: Is it Now Safe to Upgrade?

2019-12-18 Thread Dave Carlson
Having heard some not-happy issues with Catalina, I’m waiting for the brave first-adopters to give their blessing to this new OS. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: Bluetooth keyboard

2019-12-20 Thread Dave Carlson
ergonometric keyboard with a wrist wrest area at the bottom. 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 running of this

Re: Moving widgets to dock on Ios 13.

2019-12-20 Thread Dave Carlson
Anders, Not sure if you meant app rather than widget for iOS? If so, just make sure you have an empty space in the dock area (no more than 5). Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Re: Moving apps with IOS

2019-12-20 Thread Dave Carlson
I think 4 is the max for the iPhone Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- 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

Re: Audio Improvement With Boot Camp

2019-12-24 Thread Dave Carlson
Another Boot Camp question: To run Windows, do you need to shut down Mac OS and then launch Windows from the log on greeting section? Or can you switch back/forth between the two without rebooting? Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The

Re: Audio Improvement With Boot Camp

2019-12-24 Thread Dave Carlson
files are specifically shared as you have done. Unless VMWare Fusion uses a whole lot more disk space, it sounds like the right alternative for me. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the

Re: Audio Improvement With Boot Camp

2019-12-24 Thread Dave Carlson
E.T., Okay, that sounds less than the 128Gb suggested for a Boot Camp partition. Other than the cost for VMWare Fusion, why is that option seeming a bit frightening? Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for

Re: Audio Improvement With Boot Camp

2019-12-24 Thread Dave Carlson
Thanks for that point w/r Time Machine. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- 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

Re: Not for the faint hearted

2019-12-24 Thread Dave Carlson
What global rule were you needing? Is it not possible to add rules to the mail app on the Mac itself? 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

Strange Characters - How do I Fix This?

2019-12-25 Thread Dave Carlson
and run them up the thread ºî. This will allow for an additional Ωî of blade length and release the bind. What can I do to get the î º or Ω to read out as the characters they are supposed to Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information

Is SIRI Just Dumb on the Mac?

2019-12-26 Thread Dave Carlson
on for an enhanced Mac SIRI? Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- 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

Re: Strange Characters - How do I Fix This?

2019-12-26 Thread Dave Carlson
Jonathan, Well, I played with those settings and added/removed several variants of encoding but I think I’m not correctly finding the way to save this document with new encoding. It always reopens the same old way, with those characters. Any further guidance appreciated. Dave Carlson Pioneer

Re: Is SIRI Just Dumb on the Mac?

2019-12-26 Thread Dave Carlson
Jonathan, Okay, then I’ve just sent a request to Apple Accessibility to put things right. Thanks for the clarification. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If

Re: Audio Improvement With Boot Camp

2019-12-26 Thread Dave Carlson
Ronald, So you say that your means of sharing files between Mac OS and Windows is via Dropbox? iCloud does not work? Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you

Re: Strange Characters - How do I Fix This?

2019-12-26 Thread Dave Carlson
characters by using the Option an selecting alternate encodings, so not sure exactly what these choices do. Thanks for trying, in any case. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: Questions about the find feature and a Safari bug in Catalina

2019-12-28 Thread Dave Carlson
Brianna, The issue with Safari I have had with Mojave, as well. In Safari preferences, look for s related to having the mouse follow the VO cursor. I believe it was turning that feature off that kept me from getting stuck in the reviews section. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar

Reading from VO Cursor to End

2019-12-28 Thread Dave Carlson
Okay, I forgot. I know read all is VO+A. But sometimes that command automatically jumps to the top of a document and reads the entire thing. How do I read from my current VO position to the end of a document? Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian

Re: Catalina Installer not showing in Startup

2019-12-28 Thread Dave Carlson
Where exactly is the “Install Disk Creator” app? 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 running of this list, or if

Re: Catalina Installer not showing in Startup

2019-12-28 Thread Dave Carlson
No, not what but where. Where is this app located? It’s not in my applications folder nor in the utilities folder. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you

Farewell iTunes: How to Use the Music App in macOS Catalina | PCMag.com

2019-12-29 Thread Dave Carlson
> https://www.pcmag.com/feature/371304/farewell-itunes-how-to-use-the-music-app-in-macos-catalina/3 > > <https://www.pcmag.com/feature/371304/farewell-itunes-how-to-use-the-music-app-in-macos-catalina/3> Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregon

Slow Response Switching in/out of Safari on Mac

2019-12-29 Thread Dave Carlson
app I’m switching to does not come up speaking to tell me which one it is. I think this is because I have a VO activity set up in Safari — is that something I just have to live with? Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is

Re: Slow Response Switching in/out of Safari on Mac

2019-12-29 Thread Dave Carlson
Michael, do you have any VO activities set up for Safari? 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 questions or concerns about the running of this

Re: Slow Response Switching in/out of Safari on Mac

2019-12-29 Thread Dave Carlson
faster. 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 running of this list, or if you feel that a member's po

Re: Slow Response Switching in/out of Safari on Mac

2019-12-29 Thread Dave Carlson
Tim, Only activity I have now is for Amazon, and that definitely switches out and in more slowly as reported. Same MacBook as you have with 16 Gb of RAM. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members

Re: Double Volume - Was: Another clean install question

2019-12-30 Thread Dave Carlson
Tim, Did you notice that the word volume is spoken as “volume volumes” by VO each time the word “volumes” is encountered? If not, then it is an artifact of the Tom voice I’m using. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The

Re: Double Volume - Was: Another clean install question

2019-12-30 Thread Dave Carlson
Where’s good old Eloquence when we need it most? It worked so well. 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 questions or concerns about the running of

Re: Double Volume - Was: Another clean install question

2019-12-30 Thread Dave Carlson
True. I brought up Alex, and he behaves with volumes. Tome is just being irritating. But at least Tome knows how to describe negative numbers in spreadsheets. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all

Re: Ring Video Doorbell

2019-12-30 Thread Dave Carlson
2.5 acre lot in a rural area and nearest neighbors are about 200 yards distant. So it’s a bit isolated. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

Re: 360 Mac Care?

2020-01-02 Thread Dave Carlson
Run, don’t walk away from this. 99.9% likely it’s a scam and they want to take over your computer. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions

Re: audio editors

2020-01-02 Thread Dave Carlson
Another option for the Mac is Sibelius. The Sibelius First version is free. Avid is the creator. 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

Re: audio editors

2020-01-04 Thread Dave Carlson
No. The actual product name is “Sibelius First”. That is the free version. Sibelius is a paid version. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Bendonian Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have

Re: audio editors

2020-01-04 Thread Dave Carlson
Yes, I've used it quite extensively several years ago. It is now available for the Mac and it works with voiceover. Correct - It is aimed at notation, and for printing musical scores. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Bendite Oregonian -- The foll

Re: speaking rate for vo on a Mac

2020-01-07 Thread Dave Carlson
Bradford, You may want to mention that right/left arrow might be necessary to bring up the speed of the voice, since intonation, pitch, and voice are also available in this area. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is

Re: speaking rate for vo on a Mac

2020-01-07 Thread Dave Carlson
Ah. Should have read a few ore messages before I hit the reply key. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running

Re: How to change an incoming e-mail from going to Junk to going to Inbox in Mail

2020-01-07 Thread Dave Carlson
K, same here. Many of my MacVisionaries messages go to my bulk mail folder. Nothing I do seems to train my mail server to stop filtering them. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Re: How to change an incoming e-mail from going to Junk to going to Inbox in Mail

2020-01-07 Thread Dave Carlson
Maria, Are you saying that simply by moving them out of my bulk folder and into my inbox , that I will train my mail filtering? Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: How to change an incoming e-mail from going to Junk to going to Inbox in Mail

2020-01-08 Thread Dave Carlson
Tim, Probably the word “Engineer” puts fright into any sensible computer application. 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

Re: Books App on the Mac

2020-01-11 Thread Dave Carlson
E.T. Out of curiosity I looked, and in System Preferences iCloud books is not one of the items that can be checked in the list. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list

Re: Books App on the Mac

2020-01-11 Thread Dave Carlson
Petrus, You said audio books. I know they are synced by using iTunes, so not sure if the native books app will work with them. I’m still on Mojave, so have not yet lost iTunes. Perhaps you’re already on Catalina? Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician

Re: Books App on the Mac

2020-01-11 Thread Dave Carlson
E.T. Found it, finally. It’s checked, but none of my audio books show up. I don’t think the books app is designed to play audio books, perhaps? Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Re: Books App on the Mac

2020-01-11 Thread Dave Carlson
Yes, I recall you are now on Catalina? 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 questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel

Re: Books App on the Mac

2020-01-12 Thread Dave Carlson
E.T. So you are saying that the books app does not play audio books? 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 running

Re: Books App on the Mac

2020-01-12 Thread Dave Carlson
Tim, Yes that makes sense. The books app on the iPhone plays audio, but Mac Mojave OSx had not been caught up to that capability. I’m still using Mojave, since I’ve not yet finished my Federal Income Tax preparations. Don’t want to booger up stuff until that’s behind me. Dave Carlson Engineer

Re: iCloud Drive and Editors

2020-01-12 Thread Dave Carlson
Donna, I’ll raise my hand. I still use text files all the time, in .txt format. Simple is golden, even if I am a dinosaur. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list

Re: iCloud Drive and Editors

2020-01-12 Thread Dave Carlson
Not hampered by editing on my iDevice. I do all my editing on the Mac or PC. TextEdit or Notepad are just fine. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have

Re: iCloud Drive and Editors

2020-01-12 Thread Dave Carlson
Interesting. Possibly I’ve encountered this, but most of my archival energy is on the Mac, and Windows is just a temporary repository. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Renaming an Image Link on a Safari Web Page

2020-01-12 Thread Dave Carlson
There’s an image link on my banking page that I’d like to relabel, since it is a fairly nonsensical name with a .JSP extension. I could do this on an iOS device, but don’t know how on an OSx Mac. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The

VO+J Jump is Totally Cool!

2020-01-12 Thread Dave Carlson
me some serious finger cramps. Thanks, E.T.! Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- 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

Re: Renaming an Image Link on a Safari Web Page

2020-01-12 Thread Dave Carlson
Jonathan, Thanks. That did the trick. Yet another VO command to add to my toolbox. 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

Re: Books App on the Mac

2020-01-15 Thread Dave Carlson
It’s okay, just mail me some of that wine. 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 running of this list, or if you

Re: Itunes match or not?

2020-01-18 Thread Dave Carlson
Man, this Apple Music and Match sound awful. I think I’ll stick to what I rip and keep on my Mac and in my library, and forget all about this Apple/Match stuff. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all

Re: Microsoft Word for Mac

2020-01-18 Thread Dave Carlson
E.T. Sounds like Pages is your next option. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- 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

Re: Plain Text Editor for iOS

2020-01-19 Thread Dave Carlson
s and exclamation marks. All possible during dictation. 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 questions or concerns about the running of this list, or i

Re: Itunes match or not?

2020-01-19 Thread Dave Carlson
Tim, Okay, that’s more encouraging. I’ll have to consider this, since I do have playlists on different devices that would be nice to have copied to others. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all

Re: Itunes match or not?

2020-01-19 Thread Dave Carlson
Tim, Okay, how or where do I sign up for iTunes Match? 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 questions or concerns about the running of this list

Re: Itunes match or not?

2020-01-20 Thread Dave Carlson
Tim, Thanks for the pointers. For US$24.99 per year, I think I’ll pass. Not desperate enough to sign up for yet another bill from Apple. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Re: recursive appointments

2020-01-22 Thread Dave Carlson
I’m recalling that MS-Outlook Calendar has some pretty amazing capability to do these types of scheduling. 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

Disappearing Extras Menu

2020-01-24 Thread Dave Carlson
might be causing this bad behavior? In the old days, when I first set up my MacBook pro and was learning, it would come up all the time. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Re: Disappearing Extras Menu

2020-01-24 Thread Dave Carlson
Oh, heck. I meant VO+M pressed twice. When I do that, the Extras menu does not reliably appear. 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

Re: Disappearing Extras Menu

2020-01-24 Thread Dave Carlson
Yep, doing exactly that Sometimes it will say “Extras Menu” and display nothing. Sometimes it will say “Time Machine” (which is my left-most item) and not allow any action. And once in a Blue Moon the Extras Menu will appear, in its entirety. Very annoying. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar

Re: Disappearing Extras Menu

2020-01-24 Thread Dave Carlson
that obscures the Extras Menu? If so, how would I know, or how would I fix/shrink them? Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

Re: Disappearing Extras Menu

2020-01-24 Thread Dave Carlson
IF the Extras menu does show, then it’s VO+right arrow or left arrow or space, depending on which menu I want open. The problem is poorly stated. I should not have said disappearing Extras Menu, I should have said “non-appearing” Extras Menu. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian

Re: Disappearing Extras Menu

2020-01-24 Thread Dave Carlson
The apps that I always have open are: Mail Messages Finder Calendar TextEdit I guess I’ll have to do some testing to see if/what app might be interfering. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following information is important for all

Re: Disappearing Extras Menu

2020-01-24 Thread Dave Carlson
Tim, First, using the VO lock did not change anything. Second, I’m not sure at this point about Escape vs. Cmd-Tab. Will have to experiment. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Re: Disappearing Extras Menu

2020-01-24 Thread Dave Carlson
the content area of Finder. This repeats ad nauseam. I’ll do some more messing around to see if there is some other pattern that emerges. Something is definitely interfering with the menus appearing. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The

Re: Disappearing Extras Menu

2020-01-24 Thread Dave Carlson
, could that be preventing the Extras (and sometimes the Apple) menu from appearing? I do have three network drives and my backup drive on my desktop, along with several alias items. Is there just too much junk? Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian

Re: Disappearing Extras Menu

2020-01-25 Thread Dave Carlson
Tim, Good suggestions. Takes a lot of time, but may well be worth it. If I were to do a complete restore of Mojave, would that screw up all my settings? I know that data should not be affected. Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following

Non-Appearing Extras Menu - Revisited

2020-01-25 Thread Dave Carlson
usually allows the cycle to start over. Is it possible that my apps are opening up in some overlay mode, so that the Extras menu obscures the Apple menu, or vice-versa? Where do I go to change the relative positioning of open windows and/or how they are lined up? Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar

Re: Disappearing Extras Menu

2020-01-26 Thread Dave Carlson
Adobe, Sibelius, Carvewright, Drop Box, Office 365, Turbo Tax 2019 - these are still “active” meaning I use them once in a while. Docuscan, Fine Reader, Epson Scan, Quicken - these are still in my Applications folder, so I guess still “installed” but I don’t use them any more. Dave Carlson

Re: Disappearing Extras Menu

2020-01-26 Thread Dave Carlson
without switching out and back to the app. Something that the Extra menu is doing causes the Menu bar to not appear, and the Extras menu to e blank. Like it never really shuts down completely. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following

Re: Disappearing Extras Menu

2020-01-26 Thread Dave Carlson
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Re: Disappearing Extras Menu

2020-01-26 Thread Dave Carlson
extras menu. It’s just like it’s not releasing, or completely shutting down. Any settings that might be the cause for this? Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, Engineer, and Musician -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list

Lost my "Selected" Highlights

2020-01-26 Thread Dave Carlson
one that was selected. Now there is no notification at all that one is selected. Ditto for some checkboxes that do not say “checked” or “not checked”. Is this a VO setting I managed to botch? Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- The following

Re: Lost my "Selected" Highlights

2020-01-26 Thread Dave Carlson
Wow. That did it. Was set to “low” so moved it up to “medium”. Thanks 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 questions or concerns about the running

Where do I Find "Open to Last Setting"?

2020-01-27 Thread Dave Carlson
System Preferences. Any hints? And my description may be off the mark, but something about closing or reopening... 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

Re: Where do I Find "Open to Last Setting"?

2020-01-27 Thread Dave Carlson
Steve, You may be right, and a brighter Mac bulb than I. But I was recalling that it was more global than individual applications. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: Disappearing Extras Menu - Solved!

2020-01-27 Thread Dave Carlson
along with me on this. Dave Carlson Engineer, Pioneer, Farfar, Woodworker, Musician, and Oregonian -- 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&#

Re: Disappearing Extras Menu - Solved!

2020-01-27 Thread Dave Carlson
Yes, given the results of checking that box, I wonder why it might be considered a useful so-called feature. Perhaps in the sighted world, it has some benefit. Dave Carlson Musician, Engineer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all

Just Discovered a Neat Keystroke

2020-01-27 Thread Dave Carlson
In an open mail message or text edit, for example the keystroke CMD+E will take whatever you have selected and use it in a find or find/replace dialog. Saves a bit of typing. Note: this is for the standard find (CMD+F and not the VO+F find). Dave Carlson Pioneer, Farfar, Oregonian, Woodworker

Re: Sequoia: Where'd the menus go?

2024-10-05 Thread Dave Carlson
This hapened to me a couple nights ago. I turned VO off and then back on again, and the problem cleared. VO is still the least-improved marginal app on the Mac — it’s too bad we can’t get JAWS to work with Mac OS. Dave Carlson Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Woodworker, and

Re: Difficulty With Face ID On iPhone 16 Pro

2024-10-28 Thread Dave Carlson
You may need to turn off the attention aware feature.Dave CarlsonWoodworker, Farfar, Oregonian, pioneer, engineer, and MusicianOn Oct 28, 2024, at 9:48 AM, pdevasto0...@gmail.com wrote:Hello all, I’m not sure if I can phrase my issue correctly, but here goes: I’m finding that using Face ID is much

Re: Setting up VMWare on M3 MacBook Pro

2024-11-13 Thread Dave Carlson
Thank you for the help. As to the last part about Jaws, would this be less of a problem if I ran NVDA instead? Dave Carlson Woodworker, Farfar, Oregonian, pioneer, engineer, and Musician On Nov 13, 2024, at 2:47 AM, Janina Sajka wrote: Dave Carlson writes: > ... > Can VMWare be ins

Setting up VMWare on M3 MacBook Pro

2024-11-12 Thread Dave Carlson
the VM machine to assist? Dave Carlson Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Woodworker, and Pioneer On Nov 12, 2024, at 4:37 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote: Exactly. I'm running Debian in VMware on my M2 Macbook Pro. Anders Holmberg writes: > Hi! &

Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible guitar tuning app?

2024-09-23 Thread Dave Carlson
Correct. That’s all it does. Dave Carlson Woodworker, Farfar, Oregonian, pioneer, engineer, and Musician On Sep 23, 2024, at 5:55 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: But does Talking Tuner actually play a note? I downloaded it, and it looks like all it does is listen whe

Re: Accessible Mesh Routers

2024-09-23 Thread Dave Carlson
Agree with Donna. I like the EERO system. Dave Carlson Woodworker, Farfar, Oregonian, pioneer, engineer, and Musician On Sep 23, 2024, at 8:01 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi ET, I completely agree with you about the Orbi. We just changed from the Orbi to an E

Re: Accessible Mesh Routers

2024-09-23 Thread Dave Carlson
I guess that could be true. But wouldn’t that also hold for the Alexa, or HomeKit, or other pods? Also, I would suspect that any other router system could have the capability to eavesdrop as well. Since I shop with Amazon all the time, I guess Already well enmeshed into their ecosystem and so don’t

Re: Just upgraded my MBP to OS 15, some issues, but it is working

2024-09-22 Thread Dave Carlson
top. Irritating. Dave Carlson Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Woodworker, and Pioneer edit text On Sep 22, 2024, at 9:26 AM, Frank Ventura wrote: Hi all, I just upgraded my Mac Book Pro to OS 15. For the most part everything is well except for two issues that hopefully someone

Re: Can anyone recommend an accessible guitar tuning app?

2024-09-22 Thread Dave Carlson
Talking Tuner. Dave Carlson Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Woodworker, and Pioneer edit text On Sep 22, 2024, at 4:56 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi all, Subject says it all. If anyone uses a digital tuner that is accessible, I’d love to know

Clearing Notifications

2024-09-28 Thread Dave Carlson
I’ve forgotten how to clear notifications on my Mac. Using Sequoia. I can bring up the list, but don’t remember how to close them. Dave Carlson Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Woodworker, and Pioneer edit text -- The following information is important for all members of the

Re: Mark’s New Apple Watch Ultra II, Waiting To Exhale

2024-09-29 Thread Dave Carlson
Mark, iOS 18 works fine on my iPhone 14 Pro. Dave Carlson Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Woodworker, and Pioneer edit text On Sep 28, 2024, at 14:07, MacVisionaries wrote: Hello All, Well, the other day, I went to the Apple store and purchased an Apple Watch Ultra, II

UTM and Windows 11 on Mac

2024-11-07 Thread Dave Carlson
Just opened the latest OSX Daily, and they describe this virtual machine app for the Mac. I’ve been researching VMWare and Parallels, but this one sounds like a no-cost solution. Has anyone else tried this, and if so, is it accessible through the setup process using Voiceover? Dave

Re: UTM and Windows 11 on Mac

2024-11-08 Thread Dave Carlson
Kelly, is VOcr a Windows program or Mac app? Dave Carlson Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Woodworker, and Pioneer On Nov 8, 2024, at 4:04 AM, Kelly Ford wrote: Hello, If you are talking the setup of Windows when using UTM, you would need to use a program called VOCR to read

Re: Apple Watch Mystery

2024-11-16 Thread Dave Carlson
because these additional movements made the construction of a watch more complicated they got their name for that reason? Maybe a consultation with Chat GPT might prove me wrong, or at least close to the meaning. Dave Carlson Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Woodworker, and

Re: Apple Watch Mystery

2024-11-16 Thread Dave Carlson
minutes on demand. Complications often require intricate craftsmanship and engineering, making such watches highly valued by collectors and enthusiasts. Dave Carlson Woodworker, Farfar, Oregonian, pioneer, engineer, and Musician On Nov 16, 2024, at 7:29 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionari

Re: pages

2024-12-04 Thread Dave Carlson
I wonder what would happen if you turned off cursor tracking. It sounds like your focus is not in the document itself, but on some sort of status bar or action element that is updating as you move word by word. Dave Carlson Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Woodworker, and

Re: Can not type in the Calculator app on Mac OS Sequoia 15.2

2024-12-19 Thread Dave Carlson
Same issue for me.e Dave Carlson Woodworker, Farfar, Oregonian, pioneer, engineer, and Musician On Dec 18, 2024, at 7:49 PM, mr.robertcole via MacVisionaries wrote:  Hello, When I try to enter numbers in Calculator using the numPad, or the top row, all I get is a ticking sound as if

VMWare User Group

2024-11-22 Thread Dave Carlson
detailed questions, is there a list where VMWare matters are the primary discussion? I’d like to join one. Dave Carlson Farfar, Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Woodworker, and Pioneer -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

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