Re: Muting startup sound

99% of the time, I use a headset with my macbook air, so all I have done… I unplugged my headset, so sound would come out of the speakers, then I muted the sound and plugged in my headset again. This way, when I turn on my mac, the chime doesn't happen, yet I still get all sound via my headset

Re: Bluetooth Brail Display without Keyboard

Isn't the braille pen a good & very affordable option? I believe they have a model with 12Cells and no keyboard. http://www.braillepen.com On Jul 23, 2013, at 5:01 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Brailliant classic 24 sounds like your baby. > > You can probably even find one cheep. > > Hope this

Keyboard shortcut iCloud tabs?

Hi all, I just did some googling with no result. Does anyone know if there is a keyboard shortcut to quickly jump to the iCloud tabs in Safari? Thank you, Traci -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: Keyboard shortcut iCloud tabs?

aul Erkens wrote: > Hi Tracey, > > I don't have the answer, but because you seem familiar with icloud tabs, I > hope you know how I can delete all of them. How do I get rid of all icloud > tabs, so that I can start from scratch with them? Interested. > > Paul. > O

Moving multiple iCal events

Hi all, Is there a way I can move multiple events to a different calendar? They are all inside my home calendar right now and I'd like to move them to family. Thank you, Traci -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe

Re: facebook on the mac

I use the free version of menuTab for Facebook. It's on the mac app store. It meets my needs fine. You can navigate posts via headings. If you find occasionally you can't vo-space on something, try mouse keys vo-shift-space. Traci On Aug 26, 2013, at 5:38 PM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > I ju

Re: facebook on the mac

nuTab for gmail & outlook. Traci On Aug 27, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Jed Barton wrote: > Oh wow, ever used menutab, what is it? > > Cheers, > Jed > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behal

Assistant with a workflow

Hi all, Ok, I think I am successful so far, but of course, I want to expand on this. Lol! I found directions online for creating a workflow to set my desktop wallpaper to the astronomy picture of the day. http://www.peachpit.com/blogs/blog.aspx?uk=Mac-Productivity-Quick-Scripts-and-Workflows--

Re: filter Finder list by file type?

Hi, AS I see it, there is 2 ways you could do this. 1. When you're interacting with the table, hit VO-Shift-backslash, then VO-right-arrow to move over to type. Press VO-space to sort via file type. Press VO-shift-backslash to get out of the table sorting options. This will show the finder

How to create a password-protected (encrypted) disk image

Hi all, I was googling on how to have a password protected folder on my Mac. For example, if I had a collection of articles I wanted to keep private or a daily journal. The following link will bring you to, what seems to be, the most popular option. Is this the way y'all would go about it?

Any dashboard fans?

Hi all, Are there any fans & users of dashboard? If you aren't a user, have you gone as far as killing it? I found instructions the other day on opening up terminal & killing dashboard. Just curious. I've tried to like it, but it just hasn't happened. Lol! Traci -- You received this messa

Activities now switching well

Hi all, Is there some sort of bug with VoiceOver activities? I have set up a couple and most of the time they don't switch properly. For example, when VO should switch back to my default activity & default voice, it often sounds like it is switching to Austrailian Lee. I like Lee, but that is

Re: Any dashboard fans?

t. I have >>>> not yet found good tiles, though I admit I did not look too hard. Am I >>>> missing something? >>>> >>>> On 9/12/13, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I use dashboard mult

Infovox Lisa

Hello, I recently revisited Infovox and noticed they have Austrailian children's voices & a new female voice. I'm demoing Lisa and really enjoying her so far. Traci -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this g

Re: Infovox Lisa

I first chose her for reading out long passages of text: stories, articles, letters, etc. So far, I'm really enjoying her for this. I made her my system voice and loaded her up onto my iPod Nano. Lol, she does pretty well, but really mangles some composer names. Is the purchasing process fair

Re: Infovox Lisa

I've never bought a voice, so I can't answer that. I believe you visit this site: http://www.assistiveware.com/product/infovox-ivox You'll download the infoVox control manager and each voice has a 30-day trial. You don't have to demo them all at one time. :) Traci On Sep 17, 2013, at 10:25 A

iTunes error, how to find it?

Hi all, When I'm syncing my iDevice and an error comes up, how do I find out the problem? I'm currently syncing my iTouch and it says error beside it. Thank you, Traci -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from thi

Re: Assistant with a workflow

se with this or not, but the way I > suggested was lousy. There wasn't any other way to do what I was wanting > though. I think that you will find this action helpful. > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/40clp7uf1zu20ei/19cOsB4DPG > > Good luck. > > On Sep 2, 2013, at 1:1

Re: Assistant with a workflow

1xs9sv/Send%20Notification.action.zip. > For some reason, dropbox sees it as a directory rather than a bundle. > > On Sep 20, 2013, at 12:38 PM, Traci Duncan wrote: > > Thank you for this. > > I opened the dropbox link, but which link in dropbox is the file to download.

accessibility variations with different browsers

Hi all, Just recently, my bank's bill payments portion of the site has been tricky with Vo & Safari. I was pleased to realize, it is working well using Chrome. Why is this? Why do some sites work better depending which browser is being used? The bill payment area use to work just fine with S

moving the mouse

Hi all, Something I continue struggling with in the Mac is effectively using the mouse. Let me give you the situation I had this morning and maybe you all have some tips. I was using menuTab for Facebook and was trying to tag someone in a status update. I typed the at sign followed by the na

Sharing Reminders lists in ios7

Hi all, I'm having a heck of a time sharing reminder lists since upgrading to ios7. I tried to re-add the person I share the list with, I also tried to delete the list and create a new one then share it. None of these things worked. I googled this problem and it seems others are having the sa

VO hot keys in iTunes

Hi all, I thought I’d pass this along. I am using iTunes 12, however I am still on Mavericks. I decided to try to create VoiceOver hotkeys for the radio buttons my music, playlist, match, etc. in iTunes 12. I wanted to report so far it has been a great success. Even when I am in the store, I

I haven't updated, should I?

Hello, I have a Macbook Air Summer 2011. I am running Mavericks, what are your thoughts on updating to Yosemitie? Really, the only reason I’m thinking of updating, is because the Mac app store won’t let me update any apps. Otherwise, I don’t know what Yosemitie has to offer me, and I hate the

Re: finally upgraded to 10.10

This slightly less responsiveness, does the age of the Mac make a difference? I have a Macbook Air Summer 2011, I’m running Mavericks with no noticeable problems. Traci On Feb 3, 2015, at 7:28 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > Hey everyone, well I decided now that apple has released the second update

Re: Am I nuts, or is Alex way better now?

I take it, this new Alex is in Yosimity only? I have consistently used Compact Samantha on my Mac. I have mostly found Alex difficult to understand after long periods of reading. He seems to blur his words together. I was using him on my iPad mini for a while, but ended up going back to trus

Giving an app permission

Hi all, I’m using iText Express a lot lately, but I don’t remember how to tell my Mac this app is trusted. Every time I go to open a document, I need to jump through a couple hoops to say it is ok. Isn’t there a setting where I don’t need to do this anymore? Thanks, Traci Ready set CLIMB , C

Help with some mail settings

Hi all, I need a little help with some mail settings. First, is there a way to change the way VO reads the header of the messages list? For example, I'd like to hear the subject before hearing who the msg is from. Second, is there a way to set up, if I have read mail on another machine and h

How to Stop Autoplay Video in Safari for Mac | OSXDaily

What do y'all think of this tip? http://osxdaily.com/2017/07/12/stop-autoplay-video-safari-mac/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+osxdaily+%28OS+X+Daily%29 Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If

TunnelBear Completes Industry-First Consumer VPN Public Security Audit

VPN users on their Mac and iPhones may find this interesting. https://www.tunnelbear.com/blog/tunnelbear_public_security_audit/ Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running

Reorganizing inside playlist

Hi all, I’m having trouble moving songs around inside a playlist. I thought I use to be able to delete the song, then paste it in a different slot. I’ve tried cutting and pasting with VO-comma and VO-period, but that isn’t working. Nor is mouse down and move the song. Any suggestions? For

Custom Ringtone tip

Hi all, this may be helpful to some. For those of you that use Doug’s script make ringable, I stumbled across how to make it work with the new iTunes set up. The custom ringtone is in the iTunes music folder. Right along with the other tracks from the album you created the tone from. Once you

Key Features of GoodSync

Hi all, 2 questions here… Have you heard of this program? GoodSync? > https://www.goodsync.com/features Secondly, a while back we talked a little bit about manually syncing specific folders, but I cannot remember the name. It had to do with typing in a stri

Re: Key Features of GoodSync

y command. > >Finally, you can list all the (listable) modules available from a > particular rsync daemon by leaving >off the module name: > > rsync somehost.mydomain.com <http://somehost.mydomain.com/>:: > > Best wishe

Time Machine seems stuck

Hi all, it has been 90 days since my last back up. I have tried a few times, but Time Machine seems super sluggish. It prepares the backup, cleans up old backups, etc. Ordinarily, this takes maybe a few minutes, but recently it is taking over a half hour. My first thought is, should I delete

External drives and Time Machine

I have a few more questions on Time Machine back ups and external hard drives. In researching for a new external drive, I’m learning that I’ve been rather lucky that my Seagate has not failed on me. Apparently, Seagate and WD drives failures are pretty common. Any recommendations? Onto Time

Re: External drives and Time Machine

;>>> reliable use especially if they are subject to changing temperatures >>>>>> and laptop use. If you spend a little more I think the reliability of >>>>>> even Seagate and WD drives improves. Generally though folks with >>>>>>

Big Time Machine Project

Holy backup project Batman! I got my MacBook Air in Summer 2011, and I have faithfully used Time Machine since. Finally, in the last 6 Months my external hard drive got full and some old backups were automatically deleted. So, I bought a new 1TB drive. Yesterday, around 3:15 PM, I began the proc

Re: Urgent, urgent Apple Logo appears with a message Installing Progress has not windows sometimes when I turn on My Mac computer!

Hi all, I’m late to this discussion and I cannot find all the messages that belong to it. I am also getting these odd empty window messages when I turn on my MacBook Air. Here are a few of them: LaterAgent has no windows nbagent has no windows Location Menu has no windows I’ve also got the in

Voiceover keyboard shortcut switching languages

Hi all, Is there a keyboard shortcut to switch between 2 languages? I know of the rotor, but sometimes it’s hard to understand the foreign language speak the rotor settings. I prefer it on iOs where the system voice, in my case English, speaks while I go through the rotor. Thanks, Traci --

Creating email folders and labels

I usually go onto the web and log into gMail to create new folders and labels, but I was wondering can this be done in Mac mail? If so, would it be just the same as if I had gone to gMail on the web? I want the folder and labels to show up across the board, like my others do. Thank you, tryin

Re: Creating email folders and labels

rieve e-mails then this will create a label > on the web page. > > Let me know if you need more details. > > > On 8 March 2017 at 15:17, Traci Duncan <mailto:our4p...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I usually go onto the web and log into gMail to create new folders and >

Re: Creating email folders and labels

nly run on unread > e-mails when Mail is retrieving messages. So if you first read a message on > your IOS device and than it gets retrieved by the Mac the rule does not run. > > > > On 10 March 2017 at 14:19, Traci Duncan <mailto:our4p...@gmail.com>> w

Recovering iPhone backup from TM

Hi all, I want to do a multi step thing here. Can I retrieve old iPhone backups from time machine? I then want to open them from the app iMazing. I successfully opened a June 2016 iPhone backup and saved years of text conversation between me and my Aunt. I now want to see if I have anymore m

Re: Recovering iPhone backup from TM

achine and have Imazing read them. Traci > On Mar 28, 2017, at 11:43 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > And what is amazing? > /A >> 27 mars 2017 kl. 18:54 skrev Traci Duncan : >> >> Hi all, I want to do a multi step thing here. >> >> Can I retrieve

Re: Modifying files inside Time Machine backups

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

Apple Airport Extreme necessary?

Hi all, I have a new xFinity router to set up. It’s been a long time since I’ve done this. I was wondering if my old Airport Extreme is still a necessary step? It isn’t the latest model; it’s the next one back. Apparently, I can set up this new router via the xFinity app. Any tips on secur

Re: Apple Airport Extreme necessary?

all set. > I wish Apple was still updating the Airport routers they were some of > the best I've ever used and the easiest to setup. > Hope this helps! Jeff > > >> On 2/6/19, Traci Duncan wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have a new xFinity router to set

Re: Apple watch & bluetooth headset

Hello, is there a particular model number I should be looking for for the Plantronics voyager edge? Thank you, Traci Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 17, 2019, at 12:52 AM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hello Mark, > > Thank you for this encouraging response. I shall certa

Seven Simple Steps Toward Online Privacy – Robert Epstein – Medium

Interesting article. What are your thoughts? BTW, is Firefox accessible on the Mac? Hope you enjoy, Traci https://medium.com/@re_53711/seven-simple-steps-toward-online-privacy-20dcbb9fa82 Seven Simple Steps Toward Online Privacy Robert EpsteinMar 16, 2017 I haven’t received a targeted ad on my

Easy clean up Mac

Hi all, I have a mid 2011 MacBook air and it is digitally cluttered. At least it feels that way. I have old apps that I don’t even remember what they do now. What do you recommend I use to clean it up? Hopefully something straight forward and not complicated. BTW, I didn’t know it was an o

Re: Easy clean up Mac

good. I think it is around $20 or somewhere >>around there. >> > >> > Matthew >> > >> > >> > >> > -Original Message- >> > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >><mailto:macvis

Amazon music tips

Hi, do you guys prefer to download Amazon Music via Safari, or via their Mac app? I successfully downloaded a couple albums last week via Safari, but it was a pain in the... does anyone have some good tips to make this process easier? Thank you, Traci Sent from my iPhone -- The following inf

Voiceover navigating bluetooth keyboard

Hi all, I have chose a bluetooth keyboard and currently trying it out. I have a few VO questions. Mostly I’m wondering if it is a Voiceover thing or the hardware keyboard. Navigating with control-option-command is not responsive most of the time. Quick-nav seems to come on and off frequently. I

bulk deleting mail

Hi all, I’m hoping you guys have a better way to accomplish this. Using mail on the Mac, deleting a bulk group of messages rarely translates over to mail on my phone. I am using Imap and a gmail account. Currently, I need to log into gmail on the web and bulk delete that way. It is cumberso

Ringtone Solution?

It’s been a while since I’ve tried to create a ringtone. It seems things have changed with iTunes 12.8. The create AAC version isn’t available anymore. Is there another option for creating ringtones inside iTunes then transferring them to the iPhone? I’ve tried a couple audio converters, and

Mac won’t start up and install OS

I am not sure if anyone can help me, but I’m a little concerned about my MacBook Air. It is a mid 2011. The only reason I kind of know what’s going on, is because I used Seeing AI on my iPhone. It looks like the iOS will not boot up or installed. Is there anything I can do on my own? Thank yo

Re: Mac won’t start up and install OS

recovery mode, and change security options. > > HTH, > > Jonathan Cohn > >> On Nov 15, 2018, at 11:08 AM, Traci Duncan wrote: >> >> I am not sure if anyone can help me, but I’m a little concerned about my >> MacBook Air. It is a mid 2011. >> >> The on

Re: Mac won’t start up and install OS

Yes, you can startup VoiceOVer in recovery mode, though it will not be a high > quality voice that comes up when you hit command-F5, and I doubt that VO > Utility is available either but it can read the menus and options. > > >> On Nov 15, 2018, at 11:42 AM, Traci Duncan wro

iTunes not seeing iPod Touch

Any tips here? I connected my iTouch and went through the trust this computer, but it didn’t show up in the menu. Now I can’t get iTunes to recognize it at all. I’ve tried both USB ports, restarted both device and Mac. I’ve connected my iPhone and synced that up fine. I’ve looked at my Mac’s sy

Re: iTunes not seeing iPod Touch

computer > to unlock the device with your pin number? > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Traci Duncan > Sent: Thursday, 13 December 2018 7:05 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: iTunes not seeing iPod Touch &g

Modifying files inside Time Machine backups

Hi all, I am not super familiar with Time Machine. I just started playing around with searching inside old backups. I want to modify some old files. Probably delete some older backups of files. I have some dmg protected folders. Outside of Time Machine, I open these like normal. They are treate

Re: Modifying files inside Time Machine backups

ange was made. If you no longer have the file in your > current file structure, you use Time Machine to recover that file and make > any changes you need to the recovered file. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort

Re: Modifying files inside Time Machine backups

I am noticing I failed to mention my back up is on an external disk. Does that make a difference? Traci Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 19, 2018, at 3:07 PM, Traci Duncan wrote: > > Interesting… > > So I could go in and delete an entire back up, but not necessarily a file or

Muting Voiceover sounds or speech

Hi all, I can do this on iPhone easily. Is there a way to separate speech and sounds mute on the Mac? I notice if I mute speech, when I unmute it, it unmutes sounds as well. I like my Voiceover sounds off at all times. Any tips how I can mute and unmute one without changing the other? Thanks,

Re: Muting Voiceover sounds or speech

n wrote: > > Hello, > > Look at the sound area of VoiceOver utility, and see if that does what you > want. You can get into VoiceOver utility with the keystroke VO-F8. > Best Wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > >> On May 9, 2019, at 12:31 PM, Traci Duncan wrote: &

Family desktop questions

Hi, we have been thinking about getting a household desktop. I have a couple questions and looking for your advice. First, the Mac mini has always interested me. What are your thoughts on this device? Does it work well connected to a LED Television as a monitor? Questions for either Mac deskto

Additional iTunes fields

Hi all, I am wondering if there are additional playlist fields that I may not have thought of. I have all my Christmas music under the grouping Cringle Crunes, then they are under various genres. So, it is easy for me to create a smart playlist of country Christmas, Jazz Christmas, etc. What I

Ios apps on my Mac

Hi all, It has been a long time since I have set up a new device. Where are ios and iPad apps in the Mac now? Is it still possible to check individual apps then sync those to the new device? Thanks, Traci Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Ma

MacXDvd

Hi all, it’s been a while since I’ve wanted to download a video from the web. Has anyone heard of this MacXDvd site? Alternatively, do you have a recommendation on how to download a video from the web? The two programs I use to use don’t seem to be responding. Thanks, Traci -- The following i

Still cannot delete mail messages

Hi all, I’m frustrated over here. I am still unable to delete messages like I always use to be. They just keep reappearing. What I have just tried and it seems to work is select all the messages I want to delete, then go through the sub menus and move to trash. The messages finally left the

Mac Mini as a windows machine?

Hi, hope this style of thread is okay for a mac list. I have been a Mac user for 5 years now, and I’m way behind in the windows world. I want to jump back in and freshen up my windows skills. I’ve always kind of liked the concept of the Mac Mini. Would it make a good mid priced Windows solut

Audible transferring books BookSense

Hi all, Is there a way on the Mac, to transfer an Audible book to my BookSense. I tried the simple method of copying and pasting, but my BookSense says I need to activate this title with the Audible Manager. Well, there doesn’t seem to be one for the Mac. Any advice? Thanks, Traci -- The f

Default button

Okay, little embarrassed to ask this question… ;) When dialog boxes come up and there is a default button, is there a VO command to always select the default option? I’m not certain if VO is consistently over the default button. Thanks, Traci -- The following information is important for al

Re: Default button

om E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >>>> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >>>> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >>>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >&g

Stopping automatic videos on Safari

As the subject says… Some news sites like cNet and pcMag have these automatic videos begin along with the text article. Is there an accessible way to stop them? Thanks, Traci -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

Accessibility of cutting the cord

Hi all, This morning I was doing some research for a friend and it got me thinking about my own household. For years, I’ve wanted to cut the cable cord. It looks like Hulu live with cloud DVR might finally be the answer for those reluctant cord cutters. My question for the groups are what ha

Re: Accessibility of cutting the cord

month on internet, tv and cloud DVR service and I’d love to cut > out all the TV costs. > >> On May 4, 2017, at 1:24 PM, Traci Duncan wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> This morning I was doing some research for a friend and it got me thinking >> about my

Re: Accessibility of cutting the cord

;> I like to watch. I also have a library of movies, TV shows, and music about >> 15TB that keep me busy when board. But with Netflix, direct TV now, and my >> own collection, I don’t need a cable subscription. >>> On May 4, 2017, at 1:59 PM, Traci Duncan wrote: >

Re: What shall I get? Any recommendations?

;) I’m not really in the market for a new Mac laptop, but I’m following this discussion with interest. Something y’all said that grabbed my attention, is running windows on the Air. This surprised me. What specs on an Air would you recommend to seamlessly run Windows? I have an Mid 2011 MBA.

Re: What shall I get? Any recommendations?

I wanted to reiterate something here. I’ve had my MBA since Summer 2011. Nearly 5 years and it’s performance feels no different from the day I started it up. This continues to amaze me. Four or five years into my Windows laptop, I was itching for a new one, because it just felt sluggish and

iTunes, can't get out of playlists

Hi all, having an odd issue here. I can’t seem to get out of my playlist view. Music radio button is checked & my music radio button is checked, but the side bar is still the playlist column. Any suggestions? Thanks, Traci -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Playlist and playlist1

Hi all,I’m having playlists automatically duplicating themselves, or near duplicates.  I don’t know how this got started or how to stop it.  It’s weird.  Let’s say I have a playlist called Piano Faves.  Well, now it says Piano Faves then Piano Faves1 just below that.  I have 3 or 4 playlists that a

Re: iTunes, can't get out of playlists

did on my Youtube channel? It'll clear up > a lot of this. > > http://youtube.gillandmarketing.com > > I worked very hard on that video. > --- > Christopher Gilland > JAWS Certified, 2016. > Training Instructor. > > clgillan...@gmail.com > Phone: (7

Creating Quick Events

Hi all, a couple Mac Calendar questions… When creating quick events, is it possible to add alert times inside the quick event edit field? Can we create events that happen 2 days in a row? Say you have a meeting Tuesday and Wednesday at 7PM. I couldn’t figure out how to write that in quick ev

Re: T-Mobile spends 1 billion on 700 mhm spectrum so far this year, more to come

Hi, have any tMobile customers on list used it’s international service? As in you are in the States or Canida and are calling the UK or Spain, etc. For their simply choice plan you can add an international package for $10 or $15 for unlimited calls to the UK. That would be very bennifitial in

Re: Locked out

I hope this isn’t a silly question, but does this mean anyone could just overwrite the Mac’s log in password? That doesn’t sound very secure. Thank you, Traci > On Jun 7, 2016, at 8:28 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > You can usually use the Application Chooser to navigate these panels.

Anytrans or iMazing?

Hi all, I want to save all my text and iMessages. From reading the archives, it looks like these are the 2 apps to consider. Does anyone have experience with saving their messages? Which app did you use? Thank you, Traci -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac V

Archiving Text & iMessages

Hi all, Has anyone saved their text messages from their iPhones? If so, how did you do it? Are they in a format that you can read them later? Thank you, Traci -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about

MesaSQLite, Desert Sand Software

This application was recommended to read the back up database of iPhone text and iMessages. Does anyone have experience with this. I don’t know what I’m doing. I’ve never tried to read a database file, and I’m not getting very far. :) Any guidance is appreciated. Traci > http://www.deserts

Mac security, encrypting, backing up, oh my!

Here are some interesting articles about securing data on our Macs and encrypting back ups & external drives. 5 Ways to Keep Your Mac's Data Safe and Secure - The Mac Observer http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/5-ways-to-keep-your-macs-data-safe-and-secure?utm_source=macobserver&utm_medium=rs

Safari & credit cards

Hi all, Who’s comfortable storing their credit card info in Safari for autofill check out while shopping? How secure is this on the Mac? Any tips or advice for or against? Thank you, Traci -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have a

audio controls on the web

Hi all, I have an URL that brings me to a radio interview. It seems to be an audio boo link. Is there some way I can open this and get some audio controls? I can access the play/pause button but that is all. I’d like to be able to fast forward. I’ve tried to open the URL in Quicktime, Flip

Faces and features - Apple Watch User Guide

Some of you may like to have the descriptions of all the available watch faces. It’s kind of nice to simply read it out on the computer. HTH, Traci > http://help.apple.com/watch/#/apd6ce85daf4 > -- The following information is important for all

Another way to change right command key?

Hi all, is there another way to change the right command key on my MacBook Air? I am really missing my right control key. Thank you, Traci -- 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 li

Reading paragraphs?

HI ALL, I TYPICALLY USE ITEXT EXPRESS FOR CREATING AND READING DOCUMENTS. I NOTICE IN SIERRA, READING VIA PARAGRAPH IS NOT AN OPTION ANYMORE. IS THERE A WAY I CAN CHANGE THIS? I SEE WINDOW SPOTS, CHARACTERS, WORDS, NAVIGATION. THANK YOU, TRACI PS. LOL, FOR SOME REASON I CANNOT CAPITOLIZE THIN

PayPal digital gift store

Hello, I usually use the PayPal digital gift store to purchase iTunes gift codes, however, I’m having a hard time with the website today. For some reason I cannot get past the shopping cart page. Actually, even though the webpage title says it is the shopping cart, I cannot locate anything ins

Unable to capitalize letters

Weird issue here. I cannot capitalize letters. It is like my shift keys are not working. Any ideas? Thanks, Traci -- 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 tha

Disregard Re: Unable to capitalize letters

It turns out somehow my VoiceOver setting was changed. It just wasn’t reading out the cap before letters. Thanks, Traci > On Sep 24, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Traci Duncan wrote: > > Weird issue here. I cannot capitalize letters. It is like my shift keys are > not working. &g

Re: Have any VMWare fusion users found workarounds for remapping their caps key now that Karabiner and Seal don't work on Sierra?

Hi, would this manual remapping work to remap the right command key into right control? Thanks, Traci Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 24, 2016, at 4:43 PM, Grant wrote: > > Hi Megan, > > A new version of Karabiner is being developed for Sierra. Currently however, > you have to remap the key by

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