Re: Connecting Bluetooth Keyboard to My MacbookPro?

2020-12-04 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
1. open system preferences 2. switch to the bluethooth pane by finding bluethooth and then pressing space. 3. turn on your keyboard following the insteaructions to start pairing. 4. find the table in system preferences and interact with that. :. move up and down that table until you find the key

Help, iPhone upgrade from hell

2020-12-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, Well, subject pretty much says it all, but here are my two questions for the list. I can’t access the app store from either phone now. The My Account Button isn’t even there, all I get is a screen showing best apps of 2020. Any thoughts? Second, the new phone won’t see my watch. As in,

Re: Help, iPhone upgrade from hell

2020-12-04 Thread Greg Wocher
Hello, If you are using a iPhone 10R or above voiceovers recognition options might be interfering with the App Store. If you can turn off screen recognition for the App Store and this might help. As for the watch I am not sure. I have never used pair manually. I always use the camera. Greg Woch

Passcode on Watch OS 7

2020-12-04 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello Donna, In response to your question of how I plan to use my Apple watch in silent mode with VoiceOver off. First I have only had the watch for 4 days and am thus still learning! In addition to telling the time I am using haptic alarms from the Alarm App and am viewing all the great health

Re: Passcode on Watch OS 7

2020-12-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Paul, I don't use it for mail or music or podcasts, but I do use it for messages, heart rate, blood oxygen, sleep, work-outs. I also use the modular face, which has five complications. My complications are set to display sunrise/sunset, time, temperature, activity data, date and phase of the

Re: Passcode on Watch OS 7

2020-12-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Oh, and by the way, using your watch for messages is super convenient. Being able to just raise your wrist and respond is a lot faster than opening up your phone. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 4, 2020, at 9:23 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello Donna, > > In response to your question of how I plan

RE: Connecting Bluetooth Keyboard to My MacbookPro?

2020-12-04 Thread Fazil
Thanks much, Jonathan. I was able to pair the keyboard successfully. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Jonathan C. Cohn Sent: Friday, December 04, 2020 5:00 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Connecting Bluetooth Keyboard to My MacbookPro? 1. open system

Connecting My Mac to WIfi?

2020-12-04 Thread Fazil
Hi, Group. I am new to my MacBookPro 2017. How can I connect it to WI-FI, please? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks! -- 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 fee

Re: Help, iPhone upgrade from hell

2020-12-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Thank you! Disabling screen rec did the trick for the app store. How do you get the watch to line up with the camera? I've never been able to do that. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 4, 2020, at 9:10 AM, Greg Wocher wrote: > > Hello, > If you are using a iPhone 10R or above voiceovers recognition option

Re: Help, iPhone upgrade from hell

2020-12-04 Thread Greg Wocher
Hello, Usually I just place the camera right against the watch and then slowly raise it straight up. This usually works. I have tried to manually pair it once but I was not able to get the watch to show up to pair. Greg Wocher > On Dec 4, 2020, at 12:57 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries

Big Sur has my MacBook Pro hard drive held prisoner

2020-12-04 Thread Robert Hill
Hi all, I installed Big Sur on my MacBook Pro when it first came out. I was having some issues that I was hoping to resolve by erasing my drive and starting over. When I went into disk utilities, I wasn't able to erase my drive, that option was dimmed out. So I went into recovery mode hoping

Re: Help, iPhone upgrade from hell

2020-12-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Well, I don't know how you do it. I gave it another go after reading your message, but ended up resetting my watch. *sigh* Cheers, Donna > On Dec 4, 2020, at 12:05 PM, Greg Wocher wrote: > > Hello, > Usually I just place the camera right against the watch and then slowly raise > it straight u

Re: shopping with Mac

2020-12-04 Thread Lorie McCloud
I don't know if they're available in Chrome or any other browser. when I was trying to play content on Rumble, Ray told me to disable styles in the developer menu in Safari. this worked great for playing on alternative video sites but it really messed up shopping. luckily it's not hard to toggle

Re: Help, iPhone upgrade from hell

2020-12-04 Thread Dave Carlson
Donna, Perhaps you have not checked your Apple ID to make sure your iPHone is connected to that account? Dave Carlson Farfar, Engineer, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer On Dec 4, 2020, at 5:50 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi all, Well, subject pretty much says it all, but h

Not Finding Network in System Preference?

2020-12-04 Thread Fazil
Hi, Group. I am trying to connect my MacBookPro to Wi-Fi but I don't find Network in System Preference. I find here my name and Apple ID. Am I doing something wrong? Your help is much appreciated. Thanks! -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list.

Re: Passcode on Watch OS 7

2020-12-04 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Most its when you take the watch of your wrist and put it back on again. That’s the only time I use the passcode. I have a question for you though. How did you get the haptic time to work without using VoiceOver? I know it can be done but I have no luck with that. /A > 3 dec. 2020 kl. 20:33 sk

Re: Help, iPhone upgrade from hell

2020-12-04 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Are you logged in to Icloud? Sounds like a dumb question but it might have to do with the problem. It sounds like a very very odd problem though. /A > 4 dec. 2020 kl. 14:50 skrev 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi all, > > Well, subject pretty much says it all, but here are my two

Re: Not Finding Network in System Preference?

2020-12-04 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi, Do a vo plus m twice. Arrow over to the right and you will find a menu called wifi. Arrow down to your network’s name and vo space on it. If you have a password, it will ask for it if you’ve never logged your mac onto your wifi. HTH, Cait > On Dec 4, 2020, at 2:50 PM, Fazil wrote: >

Re: Help, iPhone upgrade from hell

2020-12-04 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Is it the back or the front camera that’s used? Thanks. /A > 4 dec. 2020 kl. 19:05 skrev Greg Wocher : > > Hello, > Usually I just place the camera right against the watch and then slowly raise > it straight up. This usually works. I have tried to manually pair it once but > I was not able

Re: Big Sur has my MacBook Pro hard drive held prisoner

2020-12-04 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! One thing you might not be aware of is that disk utility in Recovery mode crashes VoiceOver. Its a bug and very annoying. /A > 4 dec. 2020 kl. 19:08 skrev Robert Hill : > > Hi all, > > I installed Big Sur on my MacBook Pro when it first came out. > > I was having some issues that I was hop

Re: Help, iPhone upgrade from hell

2020-12-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Nice thought, but yes, that was one of the first things I checked. I think I've got it all sorted out now, it just hasn't been the smoothest phone upgrade I've ever had. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 4, 2020, at 1:44 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > Donna, > Perhaps you have not checked your Apple ID to m

Apple Watch want respond

2020-12-04 Thread 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries
Dear List, I unpaired my watch from my old phone in order to paired it to my new phone. After restoring from a backup, the watch says sync process 100%, Press the Digital Crown to start. Well, pressing it does nothing. Also pressing the side button does nothing. So I can’t power off the watch. W

RE: Not Finding Network in System Preference?

2020-12-04 Thread Fazil
Thanks much, Ms. Furness, for your help and I do appreciate for that. I followed your instructions and now VoiceOver says ‘Wifi on’ and my network is checked and has four bars. Does it mean I am connected to the internet? If yes, Siri still says that she is having problem with connection. Does t

Can anyone recommend a router that is more accessible and user friendly than the Netgear Orby?

2020-12-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, I'll spare you the rant, but I'm really hating my experience with the Netgear Orby. At this point, I'm locked out of the app, the security codes they have sent me to reset my password have more characters than the app will allow, And I can't contact support because I'm not in the place

Re: Can anyone recommend a router that is more accessible and user friendly than the Netgear Orby?

2020-12-04 Thread joseph hodge
Something similar that is really. Nice is the Eero. I would go basic at this point do to wifi 6 not being in every device and most won’t benefit at this time. > On Dec 4, 2020, at 4:21 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'll spare you the rant, but I'm really hati

Re: Not Finding Network in System Preference?

2020-12-04 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Oh, I am glad I could help! As far as Siri goes, try turning off the phone and then turning it back on again. It’s amazing how that fixes things at times. And, yes, if your wifi says on and you’ve got four bars, you are definitely connected. Not sure how it is in your area, but sometimes her

How do I go to a specific page in a Pages document?

2020-12-04 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I’m running Pages on Mac OS 10.12.6, High Sierra. I want to be able to go to a specific page in a large Pages document. The web says I should be able to type CTRL Command G and type a page number. That’s clearly wrong. Is there a keyboard command to do this? -- The following information is

Visiting YouTube Via Mac?

2020-12-04 Thread Fazil
Hi, Group. How can I go to YouTube website via my Mac? VoiceOver says my wifi is on and has signal strength is four bar but I am unable to get Siri. She says I am having trouble now, try in a moment. Thanks! -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list

Re: Visiting YouTube Via Mac?

2020-12-04 Thread Dave Carlson
Sounds like your router is not connected to the internet. Do you have a cable modem, or satellite? Something is wrong from your Wi-fi router to the outside world. You might need to call your internet service provider and have them run some tests. Dave Carlson Farfar, Engineer, Oregonian, Woodwo

RE: Visiting YouTube Via Mac?

2020-12-04 Thread Fazil
Thanks much, Mr. Carlson. My iPhone and this desktop are on the same network as my Mac, the phone and the desktop are working just fine, should I still assume that it could be a network issue for which Mac is not connecting to wifi? Thanks! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@google

Re: How do I go to a specific page in a Pages document?

2020-12-04 Thread Brad Snyder
On my Mac running macOS Catalina, with Pages 10.3.5, I find that CMD + CTRL + G, is the correct keyboard command to go to a specific page in a Pages document. It is possible that you are running an older version of Pages and the keyboard commands could be different. You may want to go to the me

Re: Visiting YouTube Via Mac?

2020-12-04 Thread Muhammad Fayed
I have had the exact same issue after waking my MBP from sleep or after a starting it. I have solved it by reseting the NVRAM/PRAM. Check the following steps depending on the kind of Mac you have: https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204063 You may need to reset the SMC as well: https://support.ap

Re: Visiting YouTube Via Mac?

2020-12-04 Thread Muhammad Fayed
A note: I don’t know what will happen if you reset the NVRAM while Windows is installed using bootcamp on your Mac. > On Dec 5, 2020, at 7:51 AM, Muhammad Fayed wrote: > > I have had the exact same issue after waking my MBP from sleep or after a > starting it. I have solved it by reseting the

Re: Visiting YouTube Via Mac?

2020-12-04 Thread Dave Carlson
Okay, had it been just the phone connecting, then I would have presumed it was using cellular to connect. But since you have a separate desktop computer that works, then your ISP is providing you with connection to the outside world. No other ideas right now. Dave Carlson Woodworker, Oregonian,

Reseting NVRAM on a Mac with a windows installed via bootcamp

2020-12-04 Thread Muhammad Fayed
Hi, I wonder what will happen to a Mac device has windows 10 installed on it using bootcamp if we reset the NVRAM!!! What will happen?? I have faced an issue, but fortunately, it was solved on its own, so I’m asking for future reference. I have MBP 2016 15”. Thank you so much, Regards, Moha

RE: Visiting YouTube Via Mac?

2020-12-04 Thread Karen Lewellen
Have you tried just going to YouTube using your browser instead of siri? On Fri, 4 Dec 2020, Fazil wrote: Thanks much, Mr. Carlson. My iPhone and this desktop are on the same network as my Mac, the phone and the desktop are working just fine, should I still assume that it could be a network