Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread Dave Carlson
For the benefit of listers who missed it, below you will find the web site where the instructions came from. 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

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread Dave Carlson
Don’t know where that idea evolved. I have not gotten it even close. The instructions I sent out were copied from the web site that E.T. suggested. I was simply showing him what I was wable to read on the screen, and the mystery text contained in an image file (.PGN) I had to use OCR to render.

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Hi Dave, Since it's working for you, Can you send us a copy of your WorkFlow file? Here is how to find it. 1. press shift+Command+G 2. paste or type the following in to the edit field. ~/Library/services 3. press enter Now open the Library and copy the Type the date file. Thanks, Rob > On Sep

Re: In-screen Touch ID potentially signals a backward step ahead, 9 to 5 Mac

2019-09-06 Thread lenron brown
I am really excited about this. I need a new phone I am thinking, so next year if I get what I want in an Iphone I will get one. I love touch id and I refuse to give it up. On 9/6/19, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello All, > > As I am one of those insane people who is waiting for Apple to re-introduce >

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread David G. Carlson via iPhone
What you saw is what I saw. Dave Woodworker, engineer, musician, Oregonian, and pioneer On Sep 6, 2019, at 6:09 PM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi, Did the email program add or delete some words or punctuation? This did not work for me, the script had errors. And why is the word

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
I did not spend enough time looking at this but got stuck on where or how to add the "Run Applescript" action. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 9/6/2019 6:09 PM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Did the email program add or delete some words or punctuation? This did not work for me, the script had errors. And why is the word “image” there? Thanks, > On Sep 6, 2019, at 4:07 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > E.T., > > I pulled in the PNG file to do OCR, and inserted the result where the

In-screen Touch ID potentially signals a backward step ahead, 9 to 5 Mac

2019-09-06 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, As I am one of those insane people who is waiting for Apple to re-introduce Touch-ID back into the iPhone, before purchasing a new model, I found the following article interesting. Mark. In-screen Touch ID potentially signals a backward step ahead By Ben Lovejoy In-screen Touch ID

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Oh ok. Does that thing work? From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 9/6/2019 1:07 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: E.T., I pulled in the PNG file to do OCR, and inserted the result where the “user uploaded

Re: notifications on my Mac

2019-09-06 Thread Lorie McCloud
none would suit me just fine. how do I get to it? thanks. Lorie > On Sep 6, 2019, at 9:32 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Yes, you can do some adjusting of what shows up as a dialog versus just > showing up in Notification center. I was looking at the options for All day > event notifications

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread Dave Carlson
E.T., I pulled in the PNG file to do OCR, and inserted the result where the “user uploaded file” was found. Here’s the total answer. Dows that “stuff” in the middle make sense? Hahaha... it works!!! Here it is. All it takes is a single Action, to run a little Applescript. 1) In Automator,

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread Dave Carlson
E.T., Yes, I was able to find the reply/solution. But part of it was an image user uploaded file that was in PNG format? Here’s the text I copied from the web site, along with the additional note they added later… Hahaha... it works!!! Here it is. All it takes is a single Action, to run a

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
No. Do this. Load the page, interact, turn on QuickNav, press h until you hear "all replies". You don;t need to read the question so can skip to the replies. Now this is what I find works. Turn QN off and vo right arrow to the text area. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread Dave Carlson
E.T., Thanks for the additional. But I think the essential information is contained in the embedded image upload to that set of instructions? I tried OCR on it, but it was poor resolution and did not render into something that I could understand. It sounded like a set of script instructions to

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
This may be the solution. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 9/6/2019 8:26 AM, David G. Carlson via iPhone wrote: Same result for me Dave

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread David G. Carlson via iPhone
Same result for me Dave Woodworker, engineer, musician, Oregonian, and pioneer On Sep 6, 2019, at 8:20 AM, John JD Denning wrote: I followed the link and attempted to complete the instructions. I didn’t know that service was there. Well it isn’t they are on my Mac. I’m wondering if it

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
I did not see those items either under Mojave. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 9/6/2019 8:20 AM, John JD Denning wrote: I followed the link and attempted to complete the instructions. I didn’t

Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread John JD Denning
I followed the link and attempted to complete the instructions. I didn’t know that service was there. Well it isn’t they are on my Mac. I’m wondering if it depends on the version of macOS one has. I’m using Mojave. Here are the instructions from that site. To enable this service open System

Re: notifications on my Mac

2019-09-06 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Yes, you can do some adjusting of what shows up as a dialog versus just showing up in Notification center. I was looking at the options for All day event notifications in my Calendar app (preferences / alerts) and only saw options for none, 1 day before at 9AM or two days before at 9 AM. (Well

Re: Beginners question

2019-09-06 Thread Jonathan Cohn
This is not a hardware dependent change, but a OS one. It might have come out about the same time as the Touch Bar machines but I certainly need to use the all modifiers when adjusting Voice Parameters. > On Sep 5, 2019, at 11:50 PM, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > > From memory I think the shift

Re: Update to need to refresh voiceover often on iOS

2019-09-06 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
I have been using the enhanced Alex voice forever and have notexperienced the problem. Perhaps removing the enhanced version then redownloading it may help? From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On

Update to need to refresh voiceover often on iOS

2019-09-06 Thread Phil Halton
Sent from my IPhone Well, I switched to the Siri male voice from the Alex voice for a period of one week and never once got the problem of voiceover going silent and needing to be refreshed. Then after one week I went back to Alex, it ran fine for about two days and then twice in the same

Re: Numpad commanderr

2019-09-06 Thread dan d.
A commander using numbers different from those on the main keyboard can be established with those on the numpad. For an example, a commander using an option+ 3 on the main keyboard and an option + 3 on the numpad would do different things. On Fri, 6 Sep 2019, Hemachandran Karaha wrote: > Hi

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Re: Keystroke to Insert Time/Date into Mail, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers

2019-09-06 Thread 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries
Try this: http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2012/04/insert-the-date-and-time-with-a-keyboard-shortcut.html > On Sep 5, 2019, at 10:51 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > I was always using the Ctrl+F5 keystroke in Windows Notepad to insert the > date and time quickly and easily. How can this be

Re: New Mac User

2019-09-06 Thread 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries
That would be me. To do this: • When you open the Mail app, you should be in the Messages table. • Interact with that table. You should then be on a message in that table • Now, interact with that message. If you aren’t on one, Voiceover + Right arrow until you are. • Now, you should hear

Re: New Mac User

2019-09-06 Thread 'Kristeen Hughes' via MacVisionaries
Someone mentioned that you could simply go through mail hearing only the subject spoken. Can this be explained? Kristeen On Sep 2, 2019, at 9:30 PM, d.prater via MacVisionaries wrote: I've used a Mac for a good 7 or more years. Int time, I've used Windows, the Mac, and several forms of

USB Hub for iPad Pro

2019-09-06 Thread Simon A Fogarty
Hi Lists, Sorry but I'm cross posting this A while back someone posted something about a USB-C hub that had been developed for the iPad Pro and expanding it's USB etc ports I'm just wondering if this device is yet available and if it will work on IOS 12.x for the iPad or will only work with the

Re: Beginners question

2019-09-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Petrus, Here’s a solution for you. In VoiceOver Utility, go to Commanders and select Keyboard commander. This is the one that uses the righthand Option key. Click the Add button and press a key that is not already used by the commander. VO-Right Arrow once to the menu button, click it