Using dictionary.app with voiceover

Hi, Has anybody had any luck using dictionary.app with Voiceover? I have several dictionaries checked in the preferences but when I type in a word in search box I get no results in the web area where results should show up. Am I doing something wrong? It’s really irritating. Andrew -- The

Re: Using dictionary.app with voiceover

aries >> wrote: >> >> Andrew, >> I took a quick look and had the same issue. Will have to look at it more >> closely. >> >> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> Many believe that we have been visited >> in t

Re: Using dictionary.app with voiceover

... >> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> Many believe that we have been visited >> in the past. What if it were true? >> >> On 7/28/2019 3:45 AM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries wrote: >>> Hi, >>> Has anybody had any luck using dictionary.app with

Re: audible.com unusable with Safari on my Mac

No, I’m not having any issues with audible.com and I visit the website often on Sierra, Mojave and Catalina beta. Andrew > On 5 Aug 2019, at 00:47, Raymond Foret Jr wrote: > > Anybody else noticed that when you try to go to: > > audible.com > > It

Re: Shift click on some items in extras menu.

I’ve just tried this on Bluetooth and wifi icons in menu extra but the way I’ve accomplished it is: 1. vo+m twice to go to menus extra 2. move to the icon you want, i.e. bluetooth 3. Route mouse cursor to vo cursor with vo+command+f5 and confirm the routing with vo+f5 4. disable trackpad

Encrypt.me positive take on accessibility

Dear All, I’m pasting below the content of the most recent newsletter from encrypt.me that wonderfully includes their commitment to accessibility. So please have a read and give Terry Myers positive feedback so that he knows we appreciate. Here is the newsletter: View

Re: No Permission to Read

I’m afraid in Catalina beta, all folders & item list have the same added after their name by Voiceover. i’ll bee reporting it to Accessibility. > On 18 Jul 2019, at 16:29, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > In Mojave sometimes when browsing folders and files in my home directory, I >

Re: Buying from app store on the mac.

I’ve just tried this in Catalina appstore. I chose the “discover” in the side bar and then command+f to find an app or type in a sttring of words. Then to the left of your name, you should find results. If you find the name of an app you want, vo+spacebar on it. Then vo+arrow keys, in my

Re: Shift click on some items in extras menu.

I seem to think it is option+mouse click, not shift+mouse click? > On 24 Jul 2019, at 18:46, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I guess i am really not clear here. > There’s an alternative menu for some menus such as wifi and bluetooth. > This can only be activated with shift and a mouse. > /A >

Re: Shift click on some items in extras menu.

Again, I am able to activate these by using option+mouse click as described in my previous posts. I don’t think it’s shift+mouse click. > On 24 Jul 2019, at 18:46, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I guess i am really not clear here. > There’s an alternative menu for some menus such as wifi and

Virtual machine folder after moving documents to iCloud drive

Hi, I hope somebody, particularly Tim, might respond to this SOS message. I’ve decided to move my Document folder into iCloud drive. I run Windows in VMWare Fusion on my macbook pro as well, and the virtual machine folder is located in Document folder. Having moved Document folder into

Re: How to drag and drop in Mail or iTunes

Before you release the mouse with vo+command+shift+spacebar, you need to route mouse cursor to vo cursor with vo+command+f5 again and then release the mouse. > On 18 Sep 2019, at 19:55, Barry Hadder wrote: > > The best way to drag and drop is the following: > 1. Move vo to the object to be

Re: Time for a new phone.

I’m going to stick to iPhone 8 as I like the home button and touch ID. Love the size of it as well. Andrew > On 21 Sep 2019, at 16:21, Matt T wrote: > > Hi folks, subject says it all. > > I'm looking at either the 8, or the XR. > > What do people think? > > I like my touch ID. > > -- >

For thos who don't wish to update to iOS 13 yet

Hi, Just seen this post on another group posted for those of us who do not wish to upgrade to iOS 13 because of possible bugs. I’m pasting the crucial bit below. "With iOS 13 coming out and lots of us not wanting to download it because of the multiple voiceover bugs, may I take this

Re: Arranging my contacts, Icloud, gmail or what?

Tim, While answering the question on syncing google contacts to iCloud, you said: "or you can add contact syncing to the Google account, which will make your GMail contacts available in the Contacts app.” I feel rather foolish asking after so many years of using macs but how would you achieve

New macs without function keys

Hi, The new macs, I understand, no longer have a row of function keys at the top. Is there an Apple resource that would teach how to use the touch bar to a newbee new mac user? :) Andrew -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

Re: an accessible and secret chatting app please?

Try Signal for end to end encrypted txt messaging and voice. It’s for iPhone. The desktop version isn’t very accessible but the iOS is. You will need to invite everybody you wish to communicate with in this way to install and use this app. Andrew > On 8 Jul 2019, at 11:10, Ramy Moustafa

Re: Can't find update apps button on iPhone iOS 13.2 in appstore

. > > 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 11/1/2019 11:20 AM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries wrote: >> Hi, >> Just updated my iPhone 8 to the latest

Re: Safari busy way too often, tired of Apple's quality control issues

Hi Eric, I understand your frustration. I have similar problems on a website that has a lot of material and possibly graphics/pictures. I’m also now irritated about certain bugs which Apple has failed to fix although I’ve been reporting them for over 4 years. Getting a Pc has also crossed

Re: Uninstalling Adobe Flash Player

Try activating window chooser menu and check whether there is a window asking you to enter your computer password to proceed. That has sometimes happened to me in other situations. I don’t seem to be able to proceed because I need to enter my computer password but Voiceover doesn’t report

Re: Messages app on the Mac

I’ve found that unless the contact mobile number has the + country code, Voiceover won’t report its name. > On 5 Nov 2019, at 20:39, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Petrus, > > Check that Contacts is ticked under your Apple ID in System Prefs. The > Messages app refers to

Re: How secure is iCloud drive?

As an alternative, you could create a sparse bundle disk on your mac using Disk utility. You can password protect it and I believe it is encrypted too. Only a person who knows the password can open such a disk. You can specify how large the disk you want. I did so a number of years ago. It

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

Appallingly no. There’s nothing that can alleviate my misery when it comes to PdF file. I guess I shall die still struggling with these. Nobody listens. > On 5 Nov 2019, at 17:09, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello, > Can anyone recommend a hopefully free PDF viewer App for Mac OS Catalina >

Re: macbook pro not pairing with smart beetle

Has she paired it with her mac via Bluetooth in system preferences? Beetle’s got to be put into pairing mode and then she needs to go to bluetooth in system preferences. Once she can see Beetle in table of devices, she needs to interact with the cell that says Beetle where she will find pair

Re: Setting for the Messages App on the Mac

Petrus, You need to enable this feature on your iPhone in settings / Messages where you tick the box to allow your iPhone and mac to send and receive sms message to non-iPhone users. There may be a need to enter a code on your mac to tether the two devices so keep your Messages app on the mac

Re: Sonos Controller for Mac

Angus, Yes, there’s a mac controller for Sonos, and you can download it from the support page of Sonos.com. Here’s the link to download it. Unfortunattely, with Mac controller it is not very accessible. Many buttons are not labelled although I have labelled them myself using vo+/ labelling

Re: macbook pro not pairing with smart beetle

Smart Beetle is 14 cell Braille display. > On 17 Nov 2019, at 21:12, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > > What is a smart beatle? > > > > -Original Message- > From: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > Sent: Sunday, 17 November 2019 10:30 PM > To: macvisionar

Re: Setting for the Messages App on the Mac

ot discussed on this group before. I’m sending and > receiving messages on both devices perfectly but if I delete a message on the > phone it stays on the Mac and if I delete a message on the Mac it stays on > the phone. I haven’t had any luck fixing this. > >> On 17/11/20

Re: Sonos Controller for Mac

Yes, Sonos app for iOS & Android are accessible. Appstore is where you need to go. Andrew > On 17 Nov 2019, at 20:05, Angus MacKinnon wrote: > > Andrew > > Thank you for the help. Regarding another issue; is their a Remote Control > for the Sonos? > > Angus MacKinnon, Personalism Student >

Re: go to end of document in preview

On my laptop I use fn+vo+right arrow to go to the end of the document and fn+vo+left arrow to go to the beginning of document. This is provided you interact with the content of the document. Andrew > On 11 Nov 2019, at 17:10, Ian Harrison wrote: > > Dear all, > > is there a keyboard

Re: Notifications

I’m afraid it used to happen to me in earlier versions too. I have resorted to muting Voiceover with double tripple finger tap so that I wouldn’t here these notifications. > On 4 Nov 2019, at 20:31, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi All, > > Anyone else having VO announce

Re: Viewing PDF files on Mac OS Catalina

I’ve had lots of problems opening Skim under Catalina but finally managed it. You have to go to system preferences / security & privacy after you attempt to open skim. There will probably be a warning message asking you whether you want to open it some such. Remember to allow changes first

Re: Option+T speak time delay problem

Same here: I deleted the file but the problem has not gone away. It gets better for a time but it doesn’t stick. > On 15 Oct 2019, at 14:08, Leo wrote: > > Hi, I did just as you said, and it worked for around 4 minutes, I was so > happy that every minute a check my battery status and the

Re: Capslock and VMWare Fusion

Hello Kelly, The problem of the caps key as Jaws key in VMWare Fusion has always been a bit of a problem and you will need to jump through a number of hoops to make it work. The way I had accomplished it some years ago, as long as I can remember is as follows. 1. You need to disable caps lock

Re: What am I Doing Wrong -- Find Text on a Safari Web Page

I choose item chooser menu vo+i and type the string there to get as near to the text I search for. Once I type the text, I arrow down the results and if I find what I want press enter or vo+spacebar. Andrew > On 4 Nov 2019, at 03:35, Dave Carlson wrote: > > I get frustrated when using

Can't find update apps button on iPhone iOS 13.2 in appstore

Hi, Just updated my iPhone 8 to the latest iOS 13.2. I get a notification that 37 apps updates are available but when I go to the appstore, I can’t find the update button. Any clues as it where it has gone? Andrew -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Re: Capslock and VMWare Fusion

ere is working well. > > Beyond that, Fusion is working well to run multiple Windows VMs. > > Kelly > > > > >> On Oct 19, 2019, at 10:01 AM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >> wrote: >> &

Contacts on my iPhone aren't syncing with my mac

Hi, Whenever I create or add a new contact on my iPhone, they do not seem to appear on my mac in Contacts. Both devices are signed into the same iCloud account and yet the newly added contacts don’t seem to sync with my mac. What am I doing wrong? Andrew -- The following information is

Accessible authenticator app

Hi, Just want to ask those of you who regularly use authenticator app with two factor authentication feature of various mail accounts. The choice is between Authy, Google Authenticator, and FreeOTP. Which one would be most accessible? Andrew -- The following information is important for

Re: Logitech K380 Multi-Device Bluetooth Keyboard

I’ve been very happy with this keyboard. On the left side of the keyboard towards the top left corner, there’s a round button that you slide up to turn it on. Slide it down once you’ve finished using it to turn it off. Pairing it with 3 different devices was relatively easy. Once you pair

Re: OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

ed Tech > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Feb 4, 2020, at 02:55, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > It’s curious. In earlier versi

Re: PDF reader for Mac?

Raul, If you had a few moments and didn’t mind, would you email me off list and tell me how you use GoogleDocs in chrome on your mac? I’ve never worked it out and I think it would be useful. thanks Andrew > On 2 Feb 2020, at 12:33, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > > Hello Tim and everyone else

Netgear Nighthawk R8000 accessibility

Hi, Does anybody on the list have an experience of the router Nighthawk R8000? I’ve decided to replace my airport extreme as it drops my connection so often now it’s become a nuisance. Sad but true. The Netgear sounds impressive but I was wondering whether anybody on the list might have

OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

Hi, I’m in a dreadful quandary. I’ve managed to setup my new Netgear X6 R8000 router successfully using web interface. However, I’ve hit a problem in that I am not able to setup my old (6 gen) airport extreme to join the existing network. I can see the airport extreme in airport utility and

Re: OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

unds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Feb 3, 2020, at 11:29, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I’m in a dreadful quandary. I’ve managed to setup my new Netgear X6 R8000 >

Re: Question about Languages on the Mac Book Air

Hello Rhanda, If your macbook air has got Catalina installed, Voiceover has implemented automatic language switching so theoretically it ought to switch to the language in which a portion of text is written. It doesn’t always do so in reality. In voiceover utility which you get to by

Re: OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

Hi Sabahattin, Thank you for this advice. As you rightly point out the last thing I want is to slow down my network. The reason I purchased Netgear Nighthawk was in order to improve the performance of my network. As the number of devices/computers has increased in my home over the last few

Accessibility of duolingo or similar software on iPhone

Hi, I was wondering whether duolingo or any other languages study app might be accessible with voiceover? In particular, I’m interested in learning Mandarin Chinese. Andrew -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

Mute voiceover in Catalina doesn't work

Hi, Just want to confirm the mute Voiceover gesture in Catalina doesn’t seem to work. The three finger double tap on the trackpad doesn’t seem to mute Voiceover as it used to in the past. Could anyone check this for me? Andrew -- The following information is important for all members of

How to stop voiceover from announcing dropbox notifications?

Hi, This is driving me spare! I’m uploading loads of stuff to dropbox, including backing up my home folder. Voiceover keeps announcing file names being uploaded or downloaded interrupting whatever I’m trying to read. This is crazy because in Notification I have turned all notifications to

Re: toggling

Let’s say you have 3 applications open. If you start from one of them, and press command+tab do not release command button until you hear the name of the application you want to move backwards and forwards from. Only then release the command button. In this way, next time you execute

Re: resetting password

Hi Wayne, When powering your machine back on, hold down command+r for a couple of minutes to be certain you are going to boot into recovery mode. Then release the keys and wait. You won’t have speech automatically here so what I usually do while waiting is to try and activate voiceover with

Re: customising VO

Hello, I have always had mouse cursor set up to follow VO cursor. As for other configurations, there are so many you will probably need to experiment. Remember, once you’ve configured Voiceover to your liking, you can export configurations and keep them in case you ever have to reset

Re: customising VO

:49, hemaka...@gmail.com wrote: > > Thanks Andrew. > > I have learnt to customise numpad commander. It is such a powerful feature! > What do you mean by exporting? Are you talking about the portability feature? > > Warmly, > Hem. > > > From: 'Andrew Laman

Re: How to stop voiceover from announcing dropbox notifications?

> > On Fri, 21 Feb 2020, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> This is driving me spare! I???m uploading loads of stuff to dropbox, >> including backing up my home folder. Voiceover keeps announcing file names >> being uploaded or do

Double entries for apps in notification centre

Hi, I’ve been tinkering with notifications for my apps in system preferences/notifications, and I note that some of the apps in the table appear twice. Why is this and should I attempt to remove them? If yes, how would I do that? Thanks in advance Andrew -- The following information is

Re: Moving Around Mac Mail Message Lists

The key combination is command+option+up arrow and down arrow respectively > On 22 Feb 2020, at 23:49, Kelly Ford wrote: > > Thank you, > > Command option and the arrow keys did the trick. > > Kelly > >> On Feb 22, 2020, at 5:02 PM, Caitlyn Furness >> wrote: >> >> Try option up or down

Re: Twitter Apps For Mac OS

You should be able to interact with the web area where it will be possible for you to log in again. To interact, press, vo+shift+down arrow, to stop interacting use up arrow instead with the same key combination. Night owl still works on Catalina. I also use Twitter and it works ok. Andrew >

Re: Reading Attachments Included In Calendar Events

Pete, If you place vo cursor on the name of the pdf file, try to invoke contextual menu with vo+shift=m and see whether it would give you any choices like save or open attachment? I have no idea whether it will work but it’s worth testing it. Andrew > On 9 Jan 2020, at 22:23, Pete De Vasto

iClever bluetooth keyboard

Hi, A question to those who use iClever bluetooth keyboard. Does this keyboard connect to more than one device? Many thanks Andrew -- 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,

Re: Dropbox has no windows

Try to go to the menu extra, find the dropbox icon and vo+spacebar on it. You should here a sound and have a look there for various options. Dropbox has changed recently and is more difficult for me to configure. I’ve already reported it to Dropbox team. Andrew > On 3 Jan 2020, at 22:40,

Re: iClever bluetooth keyboard

gt; > Hi Andrew, > > I have one of these keyboards, but I don't use it often. I *think it does > connect to more than one device, though I'm not 100% sure. > Cheers, > Donna > > >> On Jan 5, 2020, at 6:00 AM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >> wrote:

Re: iClever bluetooth keyboard

s, > > I think the model I have is a BK03 > It's the tri folding bt keyboard, > Hope that helps. > > -Original Message----- > From: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > Sent: Monday, 6 January 2020 1:00 AM > To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > Subject: iClever blue

Re: Dropbox has no windows

On Jan 5, 2020, at 3:15 AM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Try to go to the menu extra, find the dropbox icon and vo+spacebar on it. >> You should here a sound and have a look there for various options. Dropbox >> has changed recently and is

Re: Dropbox has no windows

ns because they've been the easiest for me to use. > >> On Jan 5, 2020, at 3:15 AM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Try to go to the menu extra, find the dropbox icon and vo+spacebar on it. >> You should here a sound and have a look there f

Re: No passcode sounds on Apple watch after latest update

t;> >> Greg Wocher >> >> >>> On Mar 9, 2020, at 11:59 AM, Bradford Snyder wrote: >>> >>> Yes. My watch does the same thing. I think it started doing this behavior >>> with watchOS 6.x. >>> I’ve just learned to live with it. >&g

Re: No passcode sounds on Apple watch after latest update

live with it. >> >> - Brad - >> >> >> >> On Mar 9, 2020, at 07:47, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I have just updated my Apple watch 4th generation to the latest iOS 6.1. >> Now wheneve

After upgrading to Catalina there's no sound when pasting an attachment into body of email

Hi, This may be trivial but it helps if you can’t see at all. In latest Catalina, when you want to attach a file to an email by pasting it, there’s no sound or Voiceover spoken feedback when you actually paste the file into the body of an email. Could you please confirm? In Sierra, when I

Re: After upgrading to Catalina there's no sound when pasting an attachment into body of email

> Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Mar 9, 2020, at 16:37, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > wrote: > > Hi, > > This may be trivial but it helps if you can

No passcode sounds on Apple watch after latest update

Hi, I have just updated my Apple watch 4th generation to the latest iOS 6.1. Now whenever I need to enter my passcode in order to unlock my watch, I receive no sound feedback on doubletapping the numbers. Can anyone reproduce this? If yes, is this a bug? Andrew -- The following

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

How is the issue of accessibility of Tables in Word on mac? That used to be a major stumbling block as it has been on all the other ones on the Mac platforms apart from Pages. Andrew > On 7 Apr 2020, at 21:43, 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Just had a play with Microsoft

Re: Ios 13.4.1

I’m getting fed up with Apple non-responsiveness to accessibility issues & have begun the process of going back to Windows. & Jaws. I’m so disappointed. > On 8 Apr 2020, at 08:16, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I just updated to iOS 13.4.1. > SO far i haven’t notice any bugfixes for Vo. > /A

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

nd, is a community of members and > friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day > we work together to help blind people live the lives they want. > > >> On Apr 9, 2020, at 13:24, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >> mailto:macvisionarie

Re: Ios 13.4.1

ilburn > Jamf Certified Tech > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Apr 9, 2020, at 14:29, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > wrote: > > I’m getting fed up with Appl

Re: Ios 13.4.1

lburn > Jamf Certified Tech > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Apr 10, 2020, at 04:28, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > wrote: > > I think frustratio

Re: Ios 13.4.1

>>>> Subject: Re: Ios 13.4.1 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> You are free to go to a OS and device that meats your needs then. You gave >>>> no reasoning to why your fed up or why Apple doesn’t care. >>>> >>>>

Re: Headings in Mac pages or Word

Anne And Archie Robertson have written a book on word processing on the mac. It might be worth your while buying this book. Anne is a member on this list. I can’t remember where you might purchase the book from in either. epub or pages or pdf format but someone on the list might know. The

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

Janina, If you go to system preferences and users, and choose logging options, one of the choices is to enable voiceover on login screen. This should solve your problem of not having speech when logging in. By the way, I hadn’t responded to your last message when discussing OT Linux because

OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

Hi, Does anybody on the list use Linux successfully either in virtual environment or on a separate computer? Please email off list if you wouldn’t mind sharing your experiences. Andrew -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

nrir for screen readers, and brltty for your braille display. > Those will be your main choices whether you go Debian, Arch, or > something else. > > And, you'll be using these either on bash or zsh sells. > > Or, you may decide to learn emacs and emacspeak--but that's yet anothe

Re: Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

Dear Paul, I also register this behaviour both on sierra and on Catalina. Mostly, these system dialogues are not that important but occasionally they are. The way I explore them to act upon the ones that are important is to invoke application chooser menu. Only then will you be able to

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

isionaries wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi, Simon: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, but not the graphical desktop of Ubuntu, and not the audio

A couple Terminal questions

Hi, When working in Terminal and command line, is it possible to examine the window content with Voiceover? Say , ls -l command produces a list of files in the directory I am in. How can I examine each file and maybe even copy their names to clipboard or details about them if I were to use

Re: A couple Terminal questions

learn more. > > Lastly, get used to the idea that you'll never know it all. Not even > after 30 years of heavy use of the cli will you know it all. That needs > to be OK, and it should help provide perspective. > > Best, > > Janina > > As she reaches for her coffee

Re: A couple Terminal questions

go to meetings > > Drunkids just keep drinking. > > From: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > Sent: Tuesday, 31 March 2020 7:08 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Su

Re: A couple Terminal questions

o the shell you are running and its > options set in the shell default / profile / login files. > Jonathan > > > >> On Mar 29, 2020, at 10:21 AM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >> wrote: >&g

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

t;>>>> Ubuntu and Debian are related in that they both use similar device and >>>>> application management, eg., you use apt to install or remove software. >>>>> Here's an example to install mplayer: >>>>> >>>>> On Debian and Ubuntu:

Re: A couple Terminal questions

nter: > > ls -l /dev/null > > You'll discover a writable/readable device (that's the crw' part) > called, "null." As you might guess, 'null' is nothing, nowhere. It's > were garbage goes when programming. > > So, the impercation is a more polite way of saying: "

Re: A couple Terminal questions

mplete in the terminal, >> >> So long as you have the name correct to the point you hit the tab key then >> it should work for you. >> As long as there is a file or folder name with what your looking for. >> >> I use it when typing long commands like >> Sudo /A

Re: A couple Terminal questions

der for Mac. It makes >> working with the terminal a bit easier. It can be found at: >> https://github.com/tspivey/tdsr <https://github.com/tspivey/tdsr> >> >> Greg Wocher >> >>> On Mar 29, 2020, at 10:21 AM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries

Re: A couple Terminal questions

Sierra. It's possible the link in the page >> you got from me was old. That would explain the error you got. >> >> So, I'm thinking good clear instructions, but an old, out of date web >> pointer. >> >> I'll check that out for you. Meanwhile, there's no damage don

Re: A couple Terminal questions

om bash to zsh yet myself. What do I do with > all my profile customizations? > > Anyway, the explanation of why you want /usr/local in your path ahead of > everything else is very spot on. The how to do it in zsh is where I'm > stumbling. > > Best, > > Janina > >

Installing Windows10 on iMac with bootcamp assistant

Hi, Is it possible to install Windows10 on mac running Catalina with bootcamp assistant without sighted help? I understand some of you may have accomplished this and I would like to know whether there were any difficulties or snags and at which stage I might require sighted help to finish the

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

trying to understand. Andrew > On 26 Mar 2020, at 06:33, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Several of us on this list are long time Linux users. What are you > looking for? > > 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries writes: >> Hi, >> >> Does any

Testing, pleas ignore

Sorry for this, folk, but I’ve had no messages from the group for a few days so I thought I’d send a test message. Andrew -- 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

Testing, please ignore

Just testing as I’ve not been receiving emails from this group -- 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 member's post is inappropriate, please contact the

Re: GPS Apps

I tried Lazarillo in Spain as I was on holiday and it was hopeless. It was reporting streets & places in a chaotic way. So I ‘m afraid I’m disappointed in this app. > On 29 Apr 2020, at 13:27, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello Petrus, > Many thanks for the tip on Lazarillo. I took it for a trial

Re: ITunes / Music library growing beyond my mac's capacity; suggestions what to do?

it because I do weekly backups. > > 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 5/1/2020 2:46 PM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries wrote: >> Hi, >> My Music/it

ITunes / Music library growing beyond my mac's capacity; suggestions what to do?

Hi, My Music/itunes library’s growing & growing. I’d like to pick your brains as to how to deal with it. Do I go an external drive way, or a very big SSD drive on a new mac? I’m concerned that should I relocate my library onto an external drive and it then develops a problem, I might lose

Re: ITunes / Music library growing beyond my mac's capacity; suggestions what to do?

e that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 5/1/2020 3:12 PM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries wrote: >> Hi E.T, >> How do you back up such a big library? To a cloud service? Is yours a usb >> western digital disk? >> Simon >&g

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