Re: Yosemite and voice commands

2015-08-15 Thread Pete Nalda
Love this! Can't wait until my mbp get back from the shop, and can go explore. I personally *love* the voice interaction my iPhone gives me. :) Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates Louie P (Pete) Nalda MySpace.com/musikonalda Facebook.com/lpnalda Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda Twitter: @lpnalda

Re: macbook requirements to run osx 10.10?

2015-08-15 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi. Based on your description, your friend has the same MacBook I have but newer. They can definitely run Yosemite. From what I hear, 4 gigs is the max a white MacBook can go up to in terms of ram, though a friend of mine said that you could easily put in 2 4 gig ram sticks. I don't know how

macbook requirements to run osx 10.10?

2015-08-15 Thread Sunshine
a friend wanted me to ask what are the requirements for using osx 10.10 the latest version of osx they have a macbook running snow leppard 10.63 2 gigs of ddr3 ram and an intell core 2 duo processer that is running 2.4 ghz. Would they need to up the ram to be able to handel the osx 10.10 and

Re: macbook requirements to run osx 10.10?

2015-08-15 Thread Sunshine
so don't you mean what the processor can handel? meaning the processor is a intel core 2 fduo 2.4 ghz. is this what you mean? On 8/15/2015 9:32 PM, Littlefield, Tyler wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello: I'm confused what your question actually is. If the system can

Re: macbook requirements to run osx 10.10?

2015-08-15 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 No, I mean what the motherboard can handle. It's based on the motherboard in the system. Regardless this is all symantics and basic hardware requirements. So find out (by calling apple or looking up the model) the max memory. HTH, On 8/15/2015 10:31

Re: Yosemite and voice commands

2015-08-15 Thread Alex Hall
If he wants to open Mail, then compose a new message, all with speech, does he get VoiceOver feedback? That is, does VO say anything when Mail launches, or the message composition window appears? I'm hoping the total lack of speech is something odd on my system. On Aug 15, 2015, at 3:10 PM,

Re: macbook requirements to run osx 10.10?

2015-08-15 Thread Sunshine
there is no apple store where my friend lives. If it could use the 4 gigs of ddr3 ram, but in the two slots wouldn't it be better to buy one stick of 8 gigs of ddr3 ram? On 8/15/2015 9:08 PM, Littlefield, Tyler wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What you can easily do

Re: macbook requirements to run osx 10.10?

2015-08-15 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
What year is the Mac that they have? Yosemite and El Capitan run on 2009 or new model Macs. Also, it wouldn't hurt to upgrade the ram. I have 4 GB of ram in this thing and it ran perfect with Yosemite. It may not be necessary but who knows how slow the Mac will run with only 2 GB of ram. HTH.

Re: macbook requirements to run osx 10.10?

2015-08-15 Thread Sunshine
From what my friend can tell it looks like a 2011 macbook white polly carbon they are having trouble getting into the overview part of the about this mac if this helps it has a built in super drive how much memory can a macbook be fully upgraded to? Meanning 8 gigs is this the fullest amount a

Re: macbook requirements to run osx 10.10?

2015-08-15 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What you can easily do doesn't mean it's still doable. You need to insure the limit, because you'll be wasting your time if you stick in 2 4 gb sticks if it only supports 4 gb. Also you get faster speeds through duel channel, so 2 2 gb sticks would be

Re: Answering a Skype Call on a Mac

2015-08-15 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! You can press shift cmd h to end it. /A 15 aug. 2015 kl. 20:50 skrev don bishop w6...@donbishop.org: Actually I haven't put skype on my Mac yet, so this is probably a dumb question. Thanks for the heads-up on answering a call; how do you end a call? Thanks, Don -

Re: Answering a Skype Call on a Mac

2015-08-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Command+tab to the Skype window, then hit command+shift+H. Chris. --- Visit me online: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: don bishop w6...@donbishop.org To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2015 2:50 PM Subject: Re: Answering a Skype

Re: Answering a Skype Call on a Mac

2015-08-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Oh, wow! I never knew that command+shift+R would answer. Thanks for the tip! Chris. --- Visit me online: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: Shawn Krasniuk bbssh...@icloud.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2015 5:49 PM Subject:

Re: Answering a Skype Call on a Mac

2015-08-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
That's great, unless you wanna first see who's calling. LOL! Chris. --- Visit me online: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: Faisal ali To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2015 2:45 PM Subject: Re: Answering a Skype Call on a

Re: Itunes recorder for mac.

2015-08-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I'm booting up my mac now, but is this app in the app store? If not, do you know how much it is? Chris. --- Visit me online: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: Maria Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 14,

Re: Yosemite 10.10.5 and IOS 8.4.1 released

2015-08-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I had the same issue, then tried again this morning, and the update was there. Chris. --- Visit me online: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday,

Re: Answering a Skype Call on a Mac

2015-08-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
When you get an incoming call, it'll pop the call notification up in the foreground. just vo+right arrow a couple of times to the accept button, and hit vo+space. Chris. --- Visit me online: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: Mauricio Molina To:

No problem with IOS update.

2015-08-15 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. I accidentally found the install button for the latest I phone update. Thanks. Kawal. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: Answering a Skype Call on a Mac

2015-08-15 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey guys. To add to this, the hotkey to answer a call is Command+Shift+R and the command to end it as other people have said is Command+Shift+H. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime:

Re: macbook requirements to run osx 10.10?

2015-08-15 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello: I'm confused what your question actually is. If the system can take up to 8 GB ram, you need to buy 2 sticks of 4 GB. If it can take 4, you need to buy 2 sticks of 2 GB. It's based on what the motherboard can handle, not what amounts you can

Re: pages and text edit question

2015-08-15 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Anne, is this setting still just for the document or is it ment for all documents? So, do I need to activate this in every new document? All the best Jürgen Am 14.08.2015 um 15:25 schrieb Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk: Hello Denise, In Pages, go to the View menu and from the

Answering a Skype Call on a Mac

2015-08-15 Thread Mauricio Molina
Hi All, Using VoiceOver, what is the easiest way to answer a Skype call on a Mac? In Windows one would have to configure the accessibility shortcut for answering a call with Alt+Up Arrow under the Tools menu/Options. Is there a similar configuration change required on a Mac or is there a

Re: Recommendations for Antivirus Programs.

2015-08-15 Thread Kevin White
Hello, I was a bit hesitant to try Adware Medic at first, but it looks as if the company who makes it has recently been acquired by Malwarebytes. I've used both Eset and Malwarebytes on my Windows machine in the past, and I have been satisfied with the level of protection. Thanks for the info.

Re: Yosemite and voice commands

2015-08-15 Thread Alex Hall
I'm glad you mentioned this. I've often thought that speech commands and dictation on the Mac can be almost as good as Dragon, but much more accessible. The problem I always run into is that VoiceOver and dictation don't play nice together. Even with headphones in, VO speech is automatically

Re: Answering a Skype Call on a Mac

2015-08-15 Thread Faisal ali
when I get a call, the Skype call pop up automatically pops up, and I just hit return which answers the call. On Aug 15, 2015, at 1:42 PM, Mauricio Molina mauriciohmol...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Using VoiceOver, what is the easiest way to answer a Skype call on a Mac? In Windows one

Re: Answering a Skype Call on a Mac

2015-08-15 Thread don bishop
Actually I haven't put skype on my Mac yet, so this is probably a dumb question. Thanks for the heads-up on answering a call; how do you end a call? Thanks, Don - Original Message - From: Faisal ali faisal.a...@icloud.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, August

Preserving iTunes audiobooks when performing a clean install

2015-08-15 Thread Daniel McGee
Dear all I have a lot of audiobooks that I've purchased from iTunes. When El capitan is release in the autumn, what would be the best way of getting them back into iTunes if I was to perform a clean install of the new os, rather than the regular upgrade? Thanks in advance for any help with

Re: Introduction

2015-08-15 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Indeed I have. Tuesdays I feel very comfortable using it even though I spend 8 hours a day using the Windows platform at work. On 13 Aug 2015, at 03:43, percygarrett percygarr...@sw.rr.com wrote: You have been using the MAC since 2110? Percy - Original Message - From: Kawal Gucukoglu

RE: Yosemite 10.10.5 and IOS 8.4.1 released

2015-08-15 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Anne, I'm so glad you got everything sorted out. As for me, even though I've never experienced any difficulties, using SuperDuper, I always make a copy of my hard drive before updating the OS. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Yosemite 10.10.5 and IOS 8.4.1 released

2015-08-15 Thread Anne Robertson
I did the update to 10.4.1 yesterday and Mail went constantly busy. Having had to force quit it, I repaired disk permissions again (I always do that immediately after an update), but no joy. I reinitialised the PRAM with no success either. So finally I resorted to downloading the combo updater

Re: pages and text edit question

2015-08-15 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Jürgen, If you want all documents to have the same settings, you need to create your own blank document template with the settings you like. Cheers, Anne On 15 Aug 2015, at 10:38, Jürgen Fleger apple-engl...@fleger.net wrote: Hi Anne, is this setting still just for the document

Re: Yosemite 10.10.5 and IOS 8.4.1 released

2015-08-15 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Phil, A combo Update will take any level of the current OS up to the latest level. If an update done the usual way goes wrong somehow, doing the combo update can sort things out. The current one is to be found at: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1832?locale=en_US

RE: BootCamp drivers for Windows 10 now available.

2015-08-15 Thread wayne coles
hello I am using the latest thanks hello I am using the latest version thanks -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 6:38 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: BootCamp drivers for Windows 10 now available.

2015-08-15 Thread sadam . lists
Hi, This won't work for Fusion. Only if you're running Windows through BootCamp. Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- On 16 Aug 2015, at 12:02 am, wayne coles wayne...@gmail.com wrote: hello I am using the latest thanks hello I am using the latest version thanks -Original

Yosemite and voice commands

2015-08-15 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello listers, Those of you who do Mac training might be interested in the experience we had this week, teaching a Mac beginner with very little computer experience of any kind. Our client has problems with his hands. He can only press one key with each hand and has trouble finding his way

Re: Yosemite 10.10.5 and IOS 8.4.1 released

2015-08-15 Thread Phil Halton
OK, I'll ask. What is the combo updater Ann? Sent from my IPhone On Aug 15, 2015, at 8:37 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: I did the update to 10.4.1 yesterday and Mail went constantly busy. Having had to force quit it, I repaired disk permissions again (I always do that

Re: Yosemite 10.10.5 and IOS 8.4.1 released

2015-08-15 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I had no issues on any of the four Macs I updated over the last few days. Good troubleshooting though Anne. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Aug 15, 2015, at 08:23, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Phil, A combo Update will take any level of the current

Re: Yosemite and voice commands

2015-08-15 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Alex, I forgot to mention that my client is very comfortable with his iPhone, so the Trackpad Commander was also part of the mix. We set a voice command to speak selected text and there is already a voice command to select all. We certainly had no problems with VoiceOver interfering with

IOS update is stuck for me.

2015-08-15 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. I was notified that there was an I phone update but have not seen it for my Computers as yet. However when I try to update my I phone six plus, there is no update button. I have looked all over the screen, even turning Voice Over back and on but the download button is dimmed. I have

Re: Yosemite 10.10.5 and IOS 8.4.1 released

2015-08-15 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Mark, There was never a risk of me not being able to revert to OS X 10.10.4, but I’d done the update on a client’s MacBook Air with no problems and felt that there must be a solution to my own problem on my MacBook Air. I’ve been a Mac user for nearly 20 years, so very little scares me. I

Re: Answering a Skype Call on a Mac

2015-08-15 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Shift Command H to hang up a call. When the notification pops up to answer, I VO Right arrow twice and there is an accept button. I press VO space on that. On 15 Aug 2015, at 19:50, don bishop w6...@donbishop.org wrote: Actually I haven't put skype on my Mac yet, so this is probably a dumb

RE: Answering a Skype Call on a Mac

2015-08-15 Thread Mauricio Molina
Thanks to Faisal and Kawal; I will try both techniques. Mauricio -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kawal Gucukoglu Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2015 12:37 PM To: Macvisionaries Subject: Re: Answering a Skype