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Re: MacOS Sierra
artie505 #42514 11/04/16 03:55 AM
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Okay.

Turned it back on and will give it another go.

I have actually found the TAP works better with the three fingers "curved under" a bit - not as flat out at the System Preferences demo suggests.


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Re: macOS Sierra
Ira L #42521 11/04/16 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted By: Ira L
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I just upgraded, and I'm not liking it much so far because of broken apps, and in that regard, my beloved moveAddict no longer works, and although I believe there's a way to cut & paste files and folders across volumes I either haven't figured it out or haven't been able to make it work; neither command-C followed by command-option-V, nor command-X, does anything that I can see.

Am I missing something, or is something broken?

Thanks.

According to this Apple Support document the ordinary command-C or -V should work on files in the Finder.

Thanks, Ira, but that doesn't address my problem.

I thought there was a way to cut and paste apps (and other folders) and files across volumes.

Wasn't it a much heralded "new" feature a few OS's back? (My understanding is that moveAddict was discontinued because Apple usurped its functionality, including what I'm asking about.)


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Re: MacOS Sierra
MG2009 #42524 11/04/16 01:29 PM
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Think of the three finger tap as a special kind of context menu. What it shows is dependent on where you tap and if there are no available options at that location nothing appears. For example if I three finger tap on a word in Safari it automatically goes to the dictionary.


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Re: MacOS Sierra
joemikeb #42525 11/04/16 02:40 PM
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Through El Cap, three finger tap invariably works when my cursor is hovering over a word, but many times it takes me several tries to get the tap right, i.e. to get a pop-up, which is always dictionary and/or Apple dictionary.

Sierra added new options including Google and Spotlight, but when I upgraded those were all I ever saw...no dictionary options.


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Re: MacOS Sierra
artie505 #42527 11/04/16 03:48 PM
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" . . . What it shows is dependent on where you tap and if there are no available options at that location nothing appears . . . "

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Ahhh. Well, that explains why I sometimes get nothing! blush


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Re: MacOS Sierra
MG2009 #42528 11/04/16 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted By: MG2009
" . . . What it shows is dependent on where you tap and if there are no available options at that location nothing appears . . . "

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Ahhh. Well, that explains why I sometimes get nothing! blush

I missed that before.

In El Cap, if there are no options I get a blank pop-up pane that says "No Results Found".

As long as my cursor is hovering over a word, I get something.

Edit: Try hovering over "El Cap" or "Great Equalizer" (in my sig).

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Re: MacOS Sierra
MG2009 #42529 11/04/16 04:20 PM
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There is a simple little Preference you can add— JiTouch that easily allows you set your clicks, taps and pushes to whatever you want them to be. I am using it with no problems on osMac 12.x.


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Re: MacOS Sierra
artie505 #42531 11/04/16 04:23 PM
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To sum up, in SIERRA :

1. sometimes I will get the popup with Dictionaries, Wiki, Apple, etc. (per joemikeb #42524)

2. sometimes I will get the popup with “No Results Found” message (per Artie505 #42528)

3. sometimes I will get no popup or any message of any kind (per joemikeb #42524)

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So it appears to me, that this feature is working completely as expected in SIERRA . . . with some minor adjustment of the 3-finger(s) position at times.


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Re: MacOS Sierra
Ira L #42533 11/04/16 04:32 PM
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" . . . . set your clicks, taps and pushes to whatever you want them to be . . . "


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Checked it out, but do not see the option to bring up the "contextual menu" as described in this thread (i.e. using the 3-finger tap or alternate gesture).

Re: MacOS Sierra
MG2009 #42537 11/04/16 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted By: MG2009
To sum up, in SIERRA :
3. sometimes I will get no popup or any message of any kind (per joemikeb #42524)

Where is your cursor when that happens?

Is it hovering over a word or somewhere/thing else?

More: Do you get a pop-up with your cursor hovering over anything but text?

Still more: I've always assumed that a three-finger tap has been no more than an alternative to command-control-D...the original way to access dictionary/thesaurus.

Is that correct, or do the two somehow differ (other than as respects the new functionality in Sierra).

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Re: macOS Sierra
artie505 #42600 11/07/16 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted By: artie505
Originally Posted By: Ira L
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I just upgraded, and I'm not liking it much so far because of broken apps, and in that regard, my beloved moveAddict no longer works, and although I believe there's a way to cut & paste files and folders across volumes I either haven't figured it out or haven't been able to make it work; neither command-C followed by command-option-V, nor command-X, does anything that I can see.

Am I missing something, or is something broken?

Thanks.

According to this Apple Support document the ordinary command-C or -V should work on files in the Finder.

Thanks, Ira, but that doesn't address my problem.

I thought there was a way to cut and paste apps (and other folders) and files across volumes.

Wasn't it a much heralded "new" feature a few OS's back? (My understanding is that moveAddict was discontinued because Apple usurped its functionality, including what I'm asking about.)

I just found a 10 year old post on MacUpdate that tells how to move items across volumes without having to go back and delete the original, albeit not with keyboard commands.

If I click-drag a file or folder to a location on another volume and depress command before I release the click the selected item will disappear from its original location and wind up in its new location on the second volume.

Not precisely what I was looking for, but it'll suffice.


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Re: macOS Sierra
jchuzi #42996 12/02/16 12:58 AM
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I guess that I'll have to wait until the next time that updates are available to see if App Store is behaving.
For no reason that I can discern, App Store is now normal. I can see updates installed in the last 30 days and was notified of an update to iMovie.


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Re: macOS Sierra
jchuzi #43002 12/02/16 04:44 PM
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Yep. Same here. Someone forgot to "flip a switch" on a previous OS update. smirk


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Re: MacOS Sierra
artie505 #43091 12/08/16 09:50 PM
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The MacOS 10.12.2 release is anticipated soon. There have been three betas versions in the last week or so two of them in the last 24 hours. Today's beta release is the first that did not have a corresponding iOS 10.2 beta release. I am experiencing no issues on my Late 2012 Mac mini so I suspect this last one is due to TouchBar issues on the new MacBook Pro and 4G and 5G monitor compatibility.


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Re: MacOS 10.12.2
joemikeb #43164 12/13/16 11:41 PM
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MacOS 10.12.2 the full release not the beta is available from the App Store.


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Re: MacOS 10.12.2
joemikeb #43165 12/14/16 12:40 AM
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The update via App Store went smoothly for me.


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Re: MacOS 10.12.2
jchuzi #43169 12/14/16 02:19 PM
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The 10.12.2 Combo is available from here: Downloads


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Re: MacOS 10.12.2
pbGuy #43173 12/14/16 07:17 PM
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I used the Combo updater while in Safe Boot, and by far, this is the smoothest (and fastest) OS update I've done in years.

At the conclusion of an OS update, I always run DiskWarrior, and it always finds assorted things, nothing serious (I think), merely a few errors. But this time, DW found only 1% of what had been my norm, leading me to conclude that DW doesn't work as it did with previous OSs, or this update is vastly improved.

FWIW: my results were practically identical on a 27" i7 iMac and mid 2011 15" MBP


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Re: MacOS 10.12.2
Pendragon #43210 12/16/16 09:14 PM
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Another thing that I noticed with the 10.12.2 update: Notification Center now has a white background with black writing instead of the reverse.


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Re: MacOS 10.12.2
jchuzi #43219 12/17/16 06:35 PM
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Re: " . . . Notification Center now has a white background."

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Mine has a 3-toned GREY background with black text.

Re: MacOS 10.12.2
MG2009 #43226 12/17/16 08:15 PM
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You're right. I just misinterpreted it as white.


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Re: MacOS 10.12.2
jchuzi #43227 12/17/16 08:38 PM
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Ah.

Actually . . . I prefer the new look/colours. I often find reading white text on black background harder on the eyes - unless I am reading in the dark (For example: An iBook on the iPad). Otherwise, lighter background/darker text usually works for me.

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