Re: mac os server and remote desk top

Hi, Yes, I do lots via the Terminal as well, but Simon was mentioning that he wasn't comfortable working in the Terminal, hence, alternative GUI methods. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 9, 2017, at 21:39, sandi sørensen wrote: Use ssh, and terminal, also known as Bash. I

It's Official: Mark is on iPhone 8 Plus (smile)

Hello All, Well, I was in an Apple Store today just browsing around when I decided to go ahead and make the plunge and get a new phone. While I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with iPhone 10, believe it or not, I do not like its smaller form factor nor, as a low vision user, its display aspect-ra

Re: mac os server and remote desk top

Use ssh, and terminal, also known as Bash. It is a little geeky to set up, but i promise you once done you can do 10 different things at the same time SandieSent from my iPad > On 10 Nov 2017, at 05.15, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi Simon, > > If they both get upgraded to High Sierra, then you'

Re: mac os server and remote desk top

Hi Simon, If they both get upgraded to High Sierra, then you'd still be fine. With respect to the VPN, if you have DNS set up on the Sierra server, then enable Open Directory on the Sierra server. Once OD is enabled, create a network user with "Services Only" privileges. Use this network use

RE: Black Friday: Deal apps can help save you money on holiday shopping

Hi ET, That's a change, Normally I'm in the Brown, more commonly known as shit! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Friday, 10 November 2017 12:43 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Bl

RE: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

Have you looked at your VO settings to see if things there are set to miss edit fields. Possibly it's a vo utility causing the problems -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Friday, 10 November 2

RE: Recommendation for a Bluetooth keyboard to pair with my iPhone

Hi Erik, Yeah very interesting, I would be surprised if you couldn’t get one, I thought I saw something say they would ship to me in NZ so I’d be surprised if not to Canada But hey you never know. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Erik B

Recording streaming audio?

Hi. Can anybody recommend a free utility I can use on the mac to record streaming audio? I have a handy utility in windows land for this but they don't have a version for mac OSX yet. I don't want anything fancy;I just want to record to an mp3 file. Any suggestions? Thanks, Cameron. -- The fo

RE: Black Friday: Deal apps can help save you money on holiday shopping

Sounds like our boxing day, the day after Xmas, All the shops go crazy with boxing day sales that last a week long. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of CHUCK REICHEL Sent: Friday, 10 November 2017 2:13 AM To:

Re: Black Friday: Deal apps can help save you money on holiday shopping

Simon you are for sure in the red. Not good! (smiles) From 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 E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

RE: Black Friday: Deal apps can help save you money on holiday shopping

Ok, So it's just another Friday? I still don't understand why it's called black Friday, At least our black Fridays are a Friday the 13th. But I can't say I've ever bumped in to Jason! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] O

RE: Apple TV and iTunes Library

Yeah I understand, I got a 4K tv at the start of this year only because the high def non 4k version was 20 dollars cheaper and didn't see the point of going backwards for only 20 bucks. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: mac os server and remote desk top

Hi Tim, Yeah one Idea and yes the two devices are currently both running sierra but that will get updated soonish. I would prefer to be able to also access files / folder structures as well as server features, but from an off site location through my vpn which is being bloody difficult with se

RE: changing the rota on a mac mini without a touch pad.

Cheers for that, I'll give it a go. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2017 1:07 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: changing the rota on a mac mini without a t

RE: Black Friday: Deal apps can help save you money on holiday shopping

Oh, That makes Sence. In my case currently that's everyday. Both cards currently maxed out. And still my phone hasn't arrived. Oh well, -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2017

Re: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

Hi, Not sure why it would have deleted the entire line unless the line of text was highlighted. Normally, on a Mac, when moving from left to right, the cursor will land just to the right, or after, the last item read. Therefore, if you pressed the delete key, it would delete the last letter o

Re: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

I too have the same problems. What I want to know if I want to delete a word or letter, does the cursor need to be on top of the letter that you wish to delete? I deleted an entire line which I didn't want. I felt like throwing my Mac mini across the room. Kawal. > On 9 Nov 2017, at 19:34, M

Re: High Sierra VoiceOver Mouse-Click Bug, Reported, Can You Confirm?

Hi! Hmm, intresting. I haven’t thought about this but when you brought up the problem i tried and you are right. /A > 9 nov. 2017 kl. 20:40 skrev M. Taylor : > > Hello Everyone, > > I have heard that in the latest release of High Sierra, one can no longer > execute a mouse-click using the Voice

Re: Black Friday: Deal apps can help save you money on holiday shopping

Hi! It seems some other countries doing the exact same thing. I think we have had this in Sweden too. /A > 9 nov. 2017 kl. 14:12 skrev CHUCK REICHEL : > > Hi Simon, > > Its know as the biggest shopping day of the year or at least thats what they > claim! > Its the day after Thanks giving to GOD

Re: High Sierra VoiceOver Mouse-Click Bug, Reported, Can You Confirm?

Hi, The virtual mouse-click works for me in 10.13.1. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 9, 2017, at 12:40, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Everyone, I have heard that in the latest release of High Sierra, one can no longer execute a mouse-click using the VoiceOver key-combination o

High Sierra VoiceOver Mouse-Click Bug, Reported, Can You Confirm?

Hello Everyone, I have heard that in the latest release of High Sierra, one can no longer execute a mouse-click using the VoiceOver key-combination of Shift+Control+Option+Space-bar. Can someone please confirm this? Thank you, Mark -- The following information is important for all members of

RE: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

Hello Christine, Not that this will help you now but, this problem has been well documented with Apple developers. Based on my experience with reporting Mail bugs, it can take up to an entire release version in order to resolve these kinds of things. I'm not saying it will take to next ye

Re: Recommendation for reliable good quality USB 3.0 Data Transfer Cable for transferring between MacBook and Braille Display

Hi Christine, I've used https://www.cablewholesale.com/ for my recording studio for many years and they have reliable cables with out breaking the bank! :) I usually call; CableWholesale; Jesse@925-455-0800 ext. 221 HTH Chuck "God does not play dice with the universe" "Albert Einstein’ On N

Recommendation for reliable good quality USB 3.0 Data Transfer Cable for transferring between MacBook and Braille Display

Hello all. I’ve been burned by purchasing what were supposed to be high-quality adaptors and cables in the past, but don’t want to break the bank. Has anyone had consistent good luck with a particular manufacturer? i am looking for a short cable; all I seem able to find are at least three feet.

Re: Navigating headings in Pages

Wow, thanks! Works like a charm! This is especially helpful because I can type to search within this menu. Devin Prater Assistive Technology Instructor in Training JAWS, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and Powerpoint certified by World Services for the Blind > On Nov 9, 2017, at 10:02 AM, Jür

Re: Navigating headings in Pages

Hi Devin, press VO + u to open the lists, choose Headlines and use this list like in Safari. That’s the only way I found so far to jump to specific headlines. All the best Jürgen > Am 09.11.2017 um 16:44 schrieb Devin Prater >: > > Hi all. I have saved a template for les

Re: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

Well, I guess I have no choice but to go with the flow. It is certainly easier than composing elsewhere and then cupying and pasting. Thanks. Christine > On Nov 9, 2017, at 10:58 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > No, it's not natural for me either. I often still revert back to VO > navigat

Re: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

Hi, No, it's not natural for me either. I often still revert back to VO navigation within the composing area and mess things up. This arrow navigation is the best I can do for now. I'm not sure if this is going to be modified, or if this is the new way. I've heard that there are some fixes

Re: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

Okay, I am going to use that method right now for moving about in this message and attempting to change a word. That does seem to work. I will certainly have to work at this; it is not natural for me. :) Christine P.S. Does anyone know what this mysterious message “empty group” refers to in an

Re: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

as we said don’t use vo keys at all, use the arrows, and keep quicknav off. On Nov 9, 2017, at 10:49 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: Nothing is working for knowing where I truly am in the message. I absolutely cannot edit in email. -- The following information is important for all members of t

Re: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

Yes, good point keep your fingers off the vo keys. :) it’s a bit annoying to get used to, but quicknav ruins it completely. when reading an email quicknav is awesome now. On Nov 9, 2017, at 10:45 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, I don't use QuickNav much, if at all, and still find similar frustrati

Re: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

Nothing is working for knowing where I truly am in the message. I absolutely cannot edit in email. Christine -- 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 memb

Re: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

Hi, I don't use QuickNav much, if at all, and still find similar frustrations as Christine, albeit, not to the same degree. I've found that VO jumps to the beginning sometimes when I stop to think between typing. the best thing I've found is to just not use VO navigation when composing eMails

Navigating headings in Pages

Hi all. I have saved a template for lesson plans so I can simply select the template and fill it out. This template is separate into headings. I’ve tried using VO+Command+H, adding the shift key to that, but neither navigate through the headings in the document. Is there a way to do this? Devin

Re: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

as I said keep quicknav off. it really helps. On Nov 9, 2017, at 10:30 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: I absolutely cannot edit in email, though I can edit fine in Text Edit or Pages. The cursor is never where it is supposed to be. I try to backspace or fix a typo, and I am never where I wish to

Re: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

I absolutely cannot edit in email, though I can edit fine in Text Edit or Pages. The cursor is never where it is supposed to be. I try to backspace or fix a typo, and I am never where I wish to be. Even if I interact and VoiceOver reads word by word, I am never on, or even before or after, the w

Re: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

turn quicknav off when replying to messages. turn it on when navigating them. I love that the mail app now has navigation via quick nav letters more like a webpage. it takes some getting used to. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you hav

Re: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

Hi, When reading emails, try interacting with the message area, then arrow down through the message text to read it. Don't use the VO keys, just the arrow keys. If you need to go word by word, hold down the option key while pressing the right arrow, or left arrow to go back. Use just the righ

Re: What on earth did I do??? Mail is driving me crazy

> Hi, Roland. Thanks for your suggestion, but this did not work for me. I > cannot edit within email; I cannot get the cursor to where I need to be. > Every time I try to read an email, it jumps from beginning to end, and back > again. There is no ability to read by word or character. I have

Re: Recommendation for a Bluetooth keyboard to pair with my iPhone

I don't have this keyboard myself, only because I can't buy from amazon.com anymore. I'm not sure why most of us need to iOS devices. One is enough for me. Regardless, I have been interested in how this keyboard determines its pairings. As far as I'm concerned, Bluetooth is Bluetooth is Bluetoo

Re: Recommendation for a Bluetooth keyboard to pair with my iPhone

Thanks, Cliff. I’ll check it out. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 9, 2017, at 2:01 AM, Kliphton Miller wrote: > > It’s a bit smaller than the apple BT keyboard. Donna, no it does not fold up. >> On Nov 8, 2017, at 2:04 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >> >> Hi Cliffton, >> >> How big is

Re: Black Friday: Deal apps can help save you money on holiday shopping

Hi Simon, Its know as the biggest shopping day of the year or at least thats what they claim! Its the day after Thanks giving to GOD" DAY and most people in the UsA have the day off and are recovering from to much Turkey! :) The stores claim they make there "Nut" for the year on that day! Chuck

Re: Recommendation for a Bluetooth keyboard to pair with my iPhone

Hi erik, Is this iClever keyboard able to connect to more than one IOS device? I’I’d rather connect to a couple of IOS devices rather than windows android and ios at one time. But it reads well in the reviews Sent from my iPad On 8/11/2017, at 8:30 AM, Erik Burggraaf mailto:e...@erik-burggra

Re: Recommendation for a Bluetooth keyboard to pair with my iPhone

It’s a bit smaller than the apple BT keyboard. Donna, no it does not fold up. > On Nov 8, 2017, at 2:04 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Cliffton, > > How big is this Logitech keyboard? > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups