Re: Advice for new computer
Please read this entire message before changing any settings.
The part that you don't want to see is the preview pane.??The preview pane is useful for seeing entire messages while quickly moving through the message list.??Alternatively, you can double click on messages to view them in a separate window.
It looks to me like you are using standard layout with bottom preview.??If so, you should see both "Show Column Layout" unchecked and "Show Side Preview" in the View menu.??If the preview pane is taking up too much vertical real estate, one alternative would be to switch to side preview. (View -> Show Side Preview).??OTOH, if you want to entirely get rid of the preview pane, then read on.
You can resize the message list and preview panes.??If you look closely, you will see a very fine line separating the two panes.??If you hover the cursor over that line, a different cursor will appear.??It has two vertical lines close together with a two headed vertical arrow in its middle.??On my Mac it's very sensitive, so you may need to try several times before you see it.??You can use that cursor to drag that line down (making the message list pane bigger) and up (making the preview pane bigger).??If you drag that cursor all the way to the bottom of the Mail window, then you make the preview pane go away. However, if you do so and later want to restore the preview pane then it may be very difficult to do so.??For that reason, it might be best to drag the cursor almost to the bottom, rather than all of the way.
If you do move it all of the way to the bottom, then the following is how to restore it at a later date.
Carefully move the mouse pointer along the bottom edge of the mail window. ?As you move the cursor it will change to a double ended arrow or a ?horizontal bar with a up facing arrow. ?When the horizontal bar+arrow appears, click and drag up. ?Your preview pane should reappear.??This can be very finicky.??Some folks find this impossible to do, and end up having to remove their mail preferences file to restore the preview pane.??Of course, deleting that file??also removes all other Mail configurations.??This is the reason I recommend not entirely closing the preview pane.
The same thing works when using side preview, except that the cursor is a vertical bar with a left facing arrow and the drag is from the right side.
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On Mar 20, 2025, at 1:53?PM, Bob Stern via groups.io <bobbystern@...> wrote:
Here is the screenshot.
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i apologize, I don’t know how to make this smaller
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Re: Custom sound for group texts
I continued to research the issue and stumbled across the correct search term.?
There is no way to customize the sound for a group, but you can for the individuals in the group. This works for me as there are four other members and me.?
I set a softer sound that is easy to differentiate from all other text alerts.?
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On Mar 19, 2025, at 22:53, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
? Is there any way to set up custom alert/sound for group message similarly as you can for a single contact?
Brent ?
On my late 2012 Mac mini running 10.15.7?
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Re: How you fill your days during retirement
Jim, you really do have a lot of time on your hands. ?At 78, I’m still seeing my patients twice a week so I’m looking forward to checking out the chipmunk emoji that you mentioned?
On Thursday, March 20, 2025, 9:16 AM, jimrobertson via groups.io <jimrobertson@...> wrote: I wonder a LOT how it can be that I’m always behind (I won’t confess when I last backed up my laptop) now that I’m retired and supposedly free of demands on my time. But, two examples (only one Apple-related)
- My 78th B-day is this weekend. If I can still stand up on my skis in 2 years, my annual pass for the gorgeous local Nordic Ski center, another 1500 feet up and 15 miles away from Bozeman will drop from $250/yr to $15/year (so far, it’s just about the ONLY thing optimistic I can look forward to).
- Just 5 minutes ago, I discovered that whoever pixelled or stole the “Chipmunk” emoji for Apple needs to get outside more. His creation is either a mythical beast or a mutant. Chipmunks do NOT have tails like that ?
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Re: Advice for new computer
Here is the screenshot.
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i apologize, I don’t know how to make this smaller
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Re: Advice for new computer
Can you take a screenshot and in Preview add an arrow (or other indicator) pointing to the pane that you don't want to see?
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On Mar 20, 2025, at 1:20?PM, Bob Stern via groups.io <bobbystern@...> wrote:
It is Apple silicon. Shows chip is Apple M1.
I don’t see the Apple intelligence.
I don’t see Summarize Message Previews under Viewing. I may have seen it elsewhere last week but not toda
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Re: Advice for new computer
It is Apple silicon. ?Shows chip is Apple M1.
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I don’t see the Apple intelligence.
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I don’t see Summarize Message Previews under Viewing. I may have ?seen it elsewhere last week but not today.
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Re: Advice for new computer
Thanks Randy but that didn’t work.
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Apple mail there is a window under the headers that I don't need since the headers show what I prefer and this window is redundant. I can't figure out how to remove that wasted space.
Try hitting:Command - Option - Shift - H
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How you fill your days during retirement
I wonder a LOT how it can be that I’m always behind (I won’t confess when I last backed up my laptop) now that I’m retired and supposedly free of demands on my time. But, two examples (only one Apple-related)
- My 78th B-day is this weekend. If I can still stand up on my skis in 2 years, my annual pass for the gorgeous local Nordic Ski center, another 1500 feet up and 15 miles away from Bozeman will drop from $250/yr to $15/year (so far, it’s just about the ONLY thing optimistic I can look forward to).
- Just 5 minutes ago, I discovered that whoever pixelled or stole the “Chipmunk” emoji for Apple needs to get outside more. His creation is either a mythical beast or a mutant. Chipmunks do NOT have tails like that ?
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Jim Robertson
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Custom sound for group texts
Is there any way to set up custom alert/sound for group message similarly as you can for a single contact?
Brent ?
On my late 2012 Mac mini running 10.15.7?
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Re: Connectology in home entertainment
I also have syncing problems with my newer Sony TV. (1-2 years old)
I have a Sony TV, 4K Apple TV, and a Samsung Soundbar that randomly loses the sound connection. It doesn’t happen with regular TV use (digital antenna channels), only happens when streaming via the Apple TV.?
I’ve read countless Google & Reddit posts about this, so I/we are not the only one with this issue. What works for me sometimes, is to hold down the power button on the Sony TV remote until ?Cancel/Restart pops up, and I choose restart. If that doesn’t work, then I have to do what you did - disconnect everything and start fresh.
This never happened with my 10 year old Sony, just the newer one. (I still use the older one in a bedroom, with an older Apple TV)
Jackie K.
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On Feb 27, 2025, at 3:00?PM, jimrobertson via groups.io <jimrobertson@...> wrote:
There’s an “enhanced” version of ARC HDMI (labeled eARC, for "enhanced audio return channel”) which is supposed to automate interoperability among remote controls for your TV, Sound Bar, DVD player, set-top box, and streaming box (like the Apple TV). For me, it appears the Apple TV is the “villain” which screws up everything else. So, I’m wondering if anyone here has fallen victim to such issues, and if so, what they’ve tried and how well it helped).
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Re: Advice for new computer
Given that you didn't include a screenshot, I'm just taking a stab in the dark...
Perhaps your wife's MacBook Air is an M1 or later model and Summarize Message Previews is turned on in Mail?
Apple > About this Mac If it?says: - Chip Apple M#, then it's Apple silicon - Processor...Intel, then it's an Intel Mac
If it's Apple Silicon, then is Apple Intelligence turned on? Apple??> System Settings >? ?? ??Apple Intelligence & Siri > Apple Intelligence
If Apple Intelligence is turned on, is Summarize Message Previews turned on in Mail? Mail > Settings > Viewing >? ?? ??Summarize Message Previews If that is selected and you don't want to see those summaries, then deselect it.
I have an Intel Mac, so I can't send any screenshots of Apple Intelligence options.
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On Mar 17, 2025, at 12:10?AM, Bob Stern via groups.io <bobbystern@...> wrote:
I Apple mail there is a window under the headers that I don't need since the headers show what I prefer and this window is redundant. ?I can't figure out how to remove that wasted space.
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Bev in TX
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On Mar 16, 2025, at 10:10 PM, Bob Stern via groups.io <bobbystern@...> wrote:
Apple mail there is a window under the headers that I don't need since the headers show what I prefer and this window is redundant. I can't figure out how to remove that wasted space. Try hitting: Command - Option - Shift - H __________________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice __________________________________________________
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Re: Advice for new computer
Bev,
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I previously adjusted the screen resolution last summer before I had cataract surgery. ?I didn't bother again since then.
I made an adjustment this evening to a larger resolution.
I will try some of my programs in the next few days o see if that helps.
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I Apple mail there is a window under the headers that I don't need since the headers show what I prefer and this window is redundant. ?I can't figure out how to remove that wasted space.
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Thanks to all that have replied.
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Bobby
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Re: Best way to stop unwanted texts
Even when the US FTC was fully staffed and funded, they took no action unless they got tens of thousands of complaints, and even then they were ineffective. And Fatman and Robber in office, they are neither fully staffed or funded. Which programs do you thing got cut first?
The only emails I have reported, are the ones that threatened harm to the recipient. Oh, by the way, they may, doubtfully take action of email spam, but recently, they only take note of text spam, but take no action.?
And I bet even in Canada and the UK, the results are the same. It is like a dog chasing its own tail. Too late, or don’t have jurisdiction.?
You can thank spam calls on the invention of VOIP calls. It allows a computer to make the calls, and they only need humans to close the deal. Text spam is only a few years old.
Brent ?
On my late 2012 Mac mini running 10.15.7?
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And I’ve just discovered it’s the same in the US:
Mark In Canada you can forward them to the Canadian fraud centre. Not sure what it achieves but it’s satisfying. Forward smishing texts to 7726
Madeline ?Nothing will stop unsolicited texts, emails or calls.?
I recommend not texting back stop, not unsubscribing to emails from sources you have never done business with, or answering calls from unknown calls. (Unless you are expecting a call from an organization like state agencies or say a doctors office that might not use a known number, or a return call from a business.)
By replying in any way, you are confirming the have a live way to contact you. Blocking email, doesn’t work because they change their e-ddress as fast as they change their underwear. Unsolicited callers spoof the number called from just as fast.
Unsolicited contact is usually from unethical jerks, that don’t care what you say.?
Brent ?
On my late 2012 Mac mini running 10.15.7?
On Mar 15, 2025, at 2:59 PM, Joan Sax via < jsax@...> wrote:
I am getting almost 10 unwanted texts a day asking for contributions to various political causes. I have been checking ‘delete and report junk’. My daughter says I should first reply STOP before the delete and report junk. Which if any of these methods will stop this infernal text messages?
Regards,
Joan
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Re: Best way to stop unwanted texts
You can report them all you want, but does anything ever happen? Short answer, no.?
So why waste your time, be done with them and move on. I’ve tried all the possible courses of action, and ignoring them has given the best results in lowering the numbers and frustration.?
Years ago I had some time on my hands, so I went after all the junk mail I was receiving. I researched the sources and the contact information of the marketing companies. I made a nuisance of myself. It got to the point, that I would make a polite call to the marketing company, give them my name, and they would, without any run around add my contact info to the do not contact list for the new companies list. I even got the Penny Saver coupon mailer stopped. And to this day, 20+ years later, I get almost no junk mail. Of course, I miss out on all those raffles and drawings, because I don’t enter them, but I figure I won by getting almost no junk mail. I was a slow process, took a year or two, but I won.
Something has changed in Apple’s email filters. I used to get less than a hundred emails that would make it thru far enough that they would end up in the Junk folder. For the last two months, I have gotten about a total of 6.?
As to the spam calls, the calling numbers are spoofed, and they often use a random number generator for calling. Listen to their pitch, there is nothing specific to you. It is the old throw it against the wall and see what sticks. A vast majority of people order online, so they say your package has an incorrect address (so how did they USPS figure out your phone number?), or their is a problem with your Amazon account. Between the two ploys, that covered about 60% or better of people. But they did not mention anything specific about you or your order.?
I just spent more time typing this than I have with spam in the last 3 months.
Brent ?
On my late 2012 Mac mini running 10.15.7?
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It’s the same number in the UK, too ?? In Canada you can forward them to the Canadian fraud centre. Not sure what it achieves but it’s satisfying. Forward smishing texts to 7726
Madeline ?Nothing will stop unsolicited texts, emails or calls.?
I recommend not texting back stop, not unsubscribing to emails from sources you have never done business with, or answering calls from unknown calls. (Unless you are expecting a call from an organization like state agencies or say a doctors office that might not use a known number, or a return call from a business.)
By replying in any way, you are confirming the have a live way to contact you. Blocking email, doesn’t work because they change their e-ddress as fast as they change their underwear. Unsolicited callers spoof the number called from just as fast.
Unsolicited contact is usually from unethical jerks, that don’t care what you say.?
Brent ?
On my late 2012 Mac mini running 10.15.7?
On Mar 15, 2025, at 2:59 PM, Joan Sax via < jsax@...> wrote:
I am getting almost 10 unwanted texts a day asking for contributions to various political causes. I have been checking ‘delete and report junk’. My daughter says I should first reply STOP before the delete and report junk. Which if any of these methods will stop this infernal text messages?
Regards,
Joan
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On Mar 16, 2025, at 9:21?AM, Randy B. Singer via groups.io <randy@...> wrote:
The following popular 2TB external SSD is on sale currently at an amazing price:
Crucial X6 2TB Portable SSD - Up to 800MB/s - PC and Mac - USB 3.2 USB-C External Solid State Drive - CT2000X6SSD9, Black
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I have no idea how long this sale is going to last. So hurry if you are interested.
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Bev in TX
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Re: Best way to stop unwanted texts
On Mar 15, 2025, at 3:59?PM, Joan Sax via groups.io <jsax@...> wrote:
I am getting almost 10 unwanted texts a day asking for contributions to various political causes. I have been checking ‘delete and report junk’. My daughter says I should first reply STOP before the delete and report junk. Which if any of these methods will stop this infernal text messages?
The begging for contributions from political groups is probably legal, but still difficult to stop. The organizational infrastructure behind the “PACs” is intertwined, and that’s often revealed in the messages or emails themselves, with text stating something like that if you respond you’re agreeing to receive messages from all the associated entities as well.
What angers ME most about many of these appeals is their stupidity. They ask me to “sign petitions” (the text of which are NEVER included in the request), when what they’re really after is MONEY. They make “sky is falling” claims when there still are (admittedly weak) supports hold up the sky. They couch their appeals in desperate begging “before midnight tonight” with promises to do the literally impossible if I comply with their request. Silliest of all, they often claim that they need such responses only from some small prime integer number of contributors in order to change the world.
Worst of all, no one READS responses other than to tally those that authorize tolling your bank account.
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Jim Robertson
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The following popular 2TB external SSD is on sale currently at an amazing price:
Crucial X6 2TB Portable SSD - Up to 800MB/s - PC and Mac - USB 3.2 USB-C External Solid State Drive - CT2000X6SSD9, Black
$100 with free delivery
I have no idea how long this sale is going to last. So hurry if you are interested.
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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice
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On Mar 16, 2025, at 09:40, Mark via groups.io <mark.mahabir@...> wrote:
And I’ve just discovered it’s the same in the US:
Mark In Canada you can forward them to the Canadian fraud centre. Not sure what it achieves but it’s satisfying. Forward smishing texts to 7726
Madeline ?Nothing will stop unsolicited texts, emails or calls.?
I recommend not texting back stop, not unsubscribing to emails from sources you have never done business with, or answering calls from unknown calls. (Unless you are expecting a call from an organization like state agencies or say a doctors office that might not use a known number, or a return call from a business.)
By replying in any way, you are confirming the have a live way to contact you. Blocking email, doesn’t work because they change their e-ddress as fast as they change their underwear. Unsolicited callers spoof the number called from just as fast.
Unsolicited contact is usually from unethical jerks, that don’t care what you say.?
Brent ?
On my late 2012 Mac mini running 10.15.7? On Mar 15, 2025, at 2:59 PM, Joan Sax via ??< jsax@...> wrote:
I am getting almost 10 unwanted texts a day asking for contributions to various political causes. I have been checking ‘delete and report junk’. My daughter says I should first reply STOP before the delete and report junk. Which if any of these methods will stop this infernal text messages?
Regards,
Joan
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Re: Best way to stop unwanted texts
And I’ve just discovered it’s the same in the US:
Mark
In Canada you can forward them to the Canadian fraud centre. Not sure what it achieves but it’s satisfying. Forward smishing texts to 7726
Madeline ?Nothing will stop unsolicited texts, emails or calls.?
I recommend not texting back stop, not unsubscribing to emails from sources you have never done business with, or answering calls from unknown calls. (Unless you are expecting a call from an organization like state agencies or say a doctors office that might not use a known number, or a return call from a business.)
By replying in any way, you are confirming the have a live way to contact you. Blocking email, doesn’t work because they change their e-ddress as fast as they change their underwear. Unsolicited callers spoof the number called from just as fast.
Unsolicited contact is usually from unethical jerks, that don’t care what you say.?
Brent ?
On my late 2012 Mac mini running 10.15.7?
On Mar 15, 2025, at 2:59 PM, Joan Sax via < jsax@...> wrote:
I am getting almost 10 unwanted texts a day asking for contributions to various political causes. I have been checking ‘delete and report junk’. My daughter says I should first reply STOP before the delete and report junk. Which if any of these methods will stop this infernal text messages?
Regards,
Joan
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Brent
Bob Stern