Re: Mac mini accessories

2018-01-17 Thread Harry Bell
Thanks, Simon, I’ll check Logitech out! Harry > On 18 Jan 2018, at 06:04, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > What about looking at a USB headphone / microphone set? > > That way you don't need to worry about mic and audio jacks which the mini has, > > I know logitek have a lot of models of this sort of

RE: mac partition question

2018-01-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
Is spel checking not part of mac mail and outlook these days -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Thursday, 18 January 2018 5:09 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: mac partition question

RE: Mac mini accessories

2018-01-17 Thread Simon Fogarty
What about looking at a USB headphone / microphone set? That way you don't need to worry about mic and audio jacks which the mini has, I know logitek have a lot of models of this sort of thing but I'm sure other brands do also. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [m

Re: update on my partition issue

2018-01-17 Thread The wolf
Hello I got bootcamp up and running also the recovery partition got reinstalled thank you all for the help Hank On 1/17/2018 12:02 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: Under the usb installer disk util you can see the partition, If you eraise or partition the drive from the drive level then you will

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Marshall Scott
> Marshall > Hi, Folks, I hope you are reporting this issue to Apple Accessibility. I had a similar problem a couple of weeks ago and after spending some time on the phone with them, the Apple person was able to reproduce the problem. Something in the website (Audible) was using up 100 perc

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Emrah, I half to do this periodically with my Avid Pro tools box. It definitely clears "VoiceOver's" throat! ;) Talk soon Chuck "God does not play dice with the universe" "Albert Einstein’ On Jan 17, 2018, at 3:07 PM, Emrah wrote: > Chuck, > I just went ahead and executed on your instructions

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Emrah
Chuck, I just went ahead and executed on your instructions. I don't know if it's just a placebo effect, but I'm already feeling some improvement without rebooting. Haven't done much yet, but if this really has solved my major issues, I'll be so very grateful to you. Seriously, it's a life-savor

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
VoiceOver definitely does multithreading. There appear to be separate threads for each active window plus a few. I can't remember now but I believe that most MAcOS programs can dynamically adjust their threads based on needs. One other neat feature is that if an Application is full screen, the OS

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Emrah, Heres an apple tech tip on how to clear sluggish VO movement by deleting the Caches folder. This helps minimize the "busy" issue for me. :) Basic steps below; To empty out the Caches folder on your computer, you’ll need to open up Finder first. With Voiceover on, you can press V O D

Re: update on my partition issue

2018-01-17 Thread E.T.
Simon, Yes but only when running an installer. Otherwise the recovery partition is hidden. 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 (1

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Emrah
Anouk, Good point with Mail. I was thinking about mentioning it as I was trying to get to this thread of conversation with my busy busy mail App, and then saw your message. Indeed, Mail is also a pain. I'm running the latest updates, but have not tried using a different account. What I did thoug

Re: Mac mini accessories

2018-01-17 Thread Harry Bell
Thank you - that sounds a good idea! Now for. Researching a speaker! Regards Harry > On 17 Jan 2018, at 16:20, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Harry, > > I love my Aftershokz bone-conduction headset. There are various versions from > Aftershokz. I have the wired ones, but you can also get a Bl

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Anouk Radix
I am using the newest version of os x and it is fully updated. > On 17 Jan 2018, at 16:02, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Well, you didn't indicate if you have upgraded to the latest version of the > OS. Also, have you looked to see if the problems persist when creating a > temporary account or usin

Re: Mac mini accessories

2018-01-17 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Harry, I love my Aftershokz bone-conduction headset. There are various versions from Aftershokz. I have the wired ones, but you can also get a Bluetooth version. They’re not great for music, but since I’m a bit deaf now, they’re good enough for me and they don’t cut me off from what’s hap

Re: mac partition question

2018-01-17 Thread E.T.
We could use a full time spell cheker, want the position? Pay is lousy. (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 (1934-1996),

Re: mac partition question

2018-01-17 Thread David Tanner
Please note correction of spelling of question. It’s been spelled wrong now for way too long. David Tanner >From my iPhone 7 > On Jan 16, 2018, at 11:10 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > So you used a mac with possibly mt lion or mavericks > Yes the disk utility has changed since then. > > -O

Re: mac ram question

2018-01-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I recommend you work directly with a memory company that has a good reputation. It can be quite difficult to determine that bad memory cards are causing havoc on your computer, and memory is inexpensive enough that hit is worth the warranty provided by better known outfits. Speaking of which I hea

Re: Selecting text from a web page.

2018-01-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
There might be one other thing in play here. Some websites grab the arrow keys for their own purposes. This will disable the shift-arrow functionality. You can override this in VoiceOver Utility:Web Check the Always allow keyboard commands to navigate websites This will enable the arrow key selec

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Well, you didn't indicate if you have upgraded to the latest version of the OS. Also, have you looked to see if the problems persist when creating a temporary account or using the "guest" account on the system. This is a good way to see if the slowdowns are a system issue or a configuration issue.

Re: mac sound card question

2018-01-17 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Check your specs. It's probably also a spdif port. The wolf writes: > Hello I am wondering if any one could tell me how to set up the mac for line > in recording? > > there is only 1 jack on the mac it is a head phone jack I am thinking it may > be one of those jacks that have multiple purposes l

Re: Contact data for Microsoft's dedicated accessibility help desk

2018-01-17 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Reposting to get my response into the correct thread ... i should probably add that I've never called them myself. Myh knowledge of them is based on reports from Microsoft staff participating in the W3C Working Group I chair--that's the good authority to which I refer. I do not expect to call the

Re: Keychain

2018-01-17 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Oops. My apologies, everyone. This message was accidently posted to the wrong thread. Sorry about that! Janina 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries writes: > Well, i should probably add that I've never called them myself. Myh > knowledge of them is based on reports from Microsoft staff participatin

Re: Keychain

2018-01-17 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Well, i should probably add that I've never called them myself. Myh knowledge of them is based on reports from Microsoft staff participating in the W3C Working Group I chair--that's the good authority to which I refer. I do not expect to call them. That's because I purchased an OEM license of Wind

Re: VMware Fusion 10.1.1 and BootCamp

2018-01-17 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Anders: Two comments ... 1.) You can download a Windows 10 iso image without first purchasing a license here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO I expect there are parallel sites for languages other than English. The above is English, but the iso you get is c

Mac mini accessories

2018-01-17 Thread Harry Bell
For my new Mac mini, what combination of microphone and speaker works well? I can’t use in-ear earphones. Can anyone recommend either a headset with microphone or separate speaker and a microphone? Thanks Harry -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries li

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi, I have the seem problem with my 2013 macbook air with core i7 and 8gb of ram. Safari is constantly busy as is often mail. I have no such problems on ios but os x with voiceover is REALLY sluggish. And while braille is better then in the last release its still worse then what it used to be. Gr

Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Emrah
Hi good people, I'm seriously starting to lose it with Mac OS, and iOS in general. I have a Macbook Air 11" early 2015 with a Core I7 and 8GB ram, and my overall experience with the OS is super unpleasant. Everything feels slow and sluggish, Safari is constantly overwhelmed, even on Apple Websit