google.com, pub-2479148851417979, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0 Quick Tips for Mac Geeks: May 2020

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

How to activate your on-screen Mac Keyboard (Virtual Keyboard) - High Sierra and Mojave and Catalina

How to activate your on-screen Mac Keyboard (Virtual Keyboard) - High Sierra and Mojave and Catalina

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Top SIRI Commands for IPhone

To send a text messages or call using Siri using your contacts you have to define who you are and who your family and friends are, here are some examples



MAKE A FACETIME CALL USING SIRI

  • FaceTime my Dad
  • FaceTime (first and last name)
  • Call me (Siri will ask Say your name)
  • Call my Dad is (Siri will ask Say your Dads name)
  • Call my wife is (Siri will ask Say your wife's name)
  • Call my husband (Siri will ask Say your husbands name or select it)
  • Call My brother (Siri will ask- Say your brothers' name)
  • Call my mom (Siri will ask - Say your moms name)
  • Call my boss is (Siri will ask - Say your boss's name)
  • Call my Nephew (Siri will ask What is your Nephew's name - then say it)
  • Call my Niece (Siri will ask What is your Nephew's name - then say it)
  • Call My Doctor (Siri will ask - Say your Doctors name)
•  Add a reminder fro my mothers birthday (say date)

Find PICTUREs

Show me picture from this week

Show me picture from April 29th


MAKE A FACETImE CALL using Siri

  • FaceTime my Mom
  • FaceTime (first and last name)

SEND TEXT MESSAGES

  • Send a message to Esther
  • Send a message to Sean saying ‘Let’s sign the new record deal tonight'
  • “Send a message to Kerry on her mobile saying ‘I am running late'”
  • “Text my mom and dad saying ‘Let’s have dinner tomorrow evening'”
  • “Text Sharon and Becky saying ‘Where are you?'”
  • “Send a message to 000-000-0000”

READ TEXT MESSAGES

  • Siri, Read my new test messages
  • Siri, “Read it again”

REPLY TO TEXT MESSAGES

  • Siri, “Reply ‘I love you too'”
  • Siri, “Reply ‘I will arrive in 10 minutes'”
  • Siri, “Call him on mobile”

VOICE MAIL

  • “Check my voice mail”
  • “Do I have new voice mail?”
  • “Play my last voice mail”
  • “Play the last voicemail from Pam”
  • “Play voice mail from Kerry”

ASK SIRI TO SEND EMAIL MESSAGES

  • “New email to Sean Combs”
  • “Email Kerry and Lisa and say ‘I am going out of town this weekend'”
  • “Email mom about the trip”
  • “Mail Justin about the concert tickets”

ASK SIRI TO CHECK EMAIL MESSAGES

  • “Check email”
  • “Read my last email”
  • “Do I have any new messages?”
  • “Any new email from my boss today?”
  • “Show the email from Kerry yesterday”
  • “Show new mail about the football game”

ASK SIRI TO RESPOND TO EMAIL MESSAGES

  • “Reply ‘Hey Kerry, let’s watch Scandal tonight”
  • “Call him at work”

ASK SIRI ABOUT MESSAGES

“Read my notifications”

ASK SIRI TO LOCATE FRIENDS AND FAMILY

  • “Where is my wife?”
  • “Is my wife at home?”
  • “Where is my Justin?”
  • “Where are all my friends?”
  • “Who is near me?”

SIRI PRODUCTIVITY QUESTIONS

See Siri commands related to reminders, manage lists and notes, and set alarms and timers.

SIRI COMMANDS FOR CALENDAR

  • “Schedule a meeting with Sean tomorrow at 1 PM”
  • “Schedule a conference call with Justin today at 7 PM”
  • “Schedule a meeting about the new acquisition at 1 PM”
  • “schedule meeting about renovations at 2PM tomorrow in the conference room
  • “Set up a meeting at 10 AM”
  • “Set up a meeting with Brian at 11 AM”
  • “New appointment with Andrew Tuesday at noon”
  • “Meet with Kerry at 6”

ASK SIRI TO CHANGE EVENTS

  • “Reschedule 7 PM meeting to 9 PM”
  • “Reschedule my 10 AM meeting today”
  • “Reschedule my appointment with Dr. Manning to next Monday at 9am”
  • “Move my 2pm meeting to 3:30 PM”
  • “Add Andrew to 3:30 meeting”
  • “Add Alicia to meeting with Andrew”
  • “Cancel the new acquisition meeting”

ASK SIRI ABOUT YOUR EVENTS

  • “What’s on my calendar today?
  • “What’s on my calendar tomorrow?
  • “What’s on my calendar for Friday?”
  • “When is my next meeting”
  • “Where is my next meeting?”
  • “When is my next appointment?”
  • “When am I meeting with Justin?”

CONTEXTUAL REMINDERS (REMIND ME ABOUT THIS)

Most of Apple’s apps support this feature. For example, you can ask Siri to remind you about a web page you’re looking at in Safari, a specific location in Maps, a text message in Messages, a contact card in Contacts, your last edited document in Apple’s office suite, and more.
  • “Remind me about this”
  • “remind me about this in an hour”
  • “Remind me about this when I get home”
  • “Remind me about this when I get to the car”
  • “Remind me about this email Friday at noon”
  • “Remind me about ‘this place’ when I get in the car”

ASK SIRI TO SET A REMINDER

  • “Remind me to check the mailbox”
  • “Remember to stop by the bank”

TIME BASED REMINDERS

  • “Remind me to call mom at 7 PM”
  • “Remind me to walk the dogs at 7am tomorrow”
  • “Remind me to leave work at 4 PM”

LOCATION BASED REMINDERS

  • “Remind me to water the flowers when I get home”
  • “Remind me to stop by the dry cleaners when I leave work”
  • “Remember to pick up dry cleaning next Friday”
  • “Remind me to call Kerry when I leave”
  • “Remind me to call Barry when I get to work”

ASK SIRI TO CREATE AND FIND NOTES

  • “Create note: Door pass code is one two three two”

ASK SIRI TO CHECK THE TIME

  • “What time is it?”
  • “What day is it?”
  • “What is today’s date?”
  • “What time is it in New York?”
  • “What time is it in Belgium?”
  • “What’s the date this Friday?”

ASK SIRI TO SET OR CHANGE ALARMS

  • “Set an alarm for 7 AM”
  • “Wake me up tomorrow at 5 AM”
  • “Wake me up on weekdays at 6 AM”
  • “Wake me up on weekends at 10 AM”
  • “Wake me up in 3 hours”
  • “Change my 7 AM alarm to 6:30 AM”
  • “Show all alarms”
  • “Turn off my 6:30 alarm”
  • “Delete my 6:30 alarm”
  • “Turn off all alarms”

ASK SIRI TO USE A TIMER

  • “Set the timer for 10 minutes”
  • “Show the timer”
  • “Reset the timer”
  • “Stop the timer”
  • “Resume the timer”
  • “Change timer”

SIRI ON THE GO QUESTIONS

ASK SIRI FOR MAPS AND DIRECTIONS

  • “Where am I?”
  • “How do I get home?”
  • “Directions to home”
  • “Directions to my Sean’s home”
  • “Take me to my wife”
  • “Show my current location”
  • “Show me Union Station”
  • “Give me public transit directions to the Union Station”
  • “Show me directions from Washington DC to Philadelphia Pennsylvania”
  • “Are we there yet?”
  • “What’s my ETA?”

ASK SIRI ABOUT RESTAURANTS

  • “Show me restaurant information for Cheesecake Factory in Arlington”
  • “Show me reviews for Cheesecake Factory in Arlington”
  • “I need a reservation tonight at Cheesecake Factory tonight”
  • “Show me good seafood restaurants near me”
  • “Table for four in Washington DC Friday Night”

SIRI QUESTIONS FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES

  • “Find pizza near me”
  • “Find coffee near me”
  • “Where’s a good Chinese place around here?”
  • “Find Starbucks near me”
  • “Good Mexican restaurants near me”
  • “What’s the best restaurant in Arlington?”
  • “Find a gas station near me”
  • “I’m running low on gas”
  • “Show me the closest hospital”
  • “I need a good plumber”
  • “Show ATMs near me”
  • “Is there a pharmacy near me?”
  • “I need some aspirin”
  • “Show me the nearest WiFi hotspots”
  • “Find a happy hour nearby”
  • “What time does Burger King close?”
  • “Where’s a good inexpensive place to eat around here?”
  • “Find me a place to eat where I can sit outside”
  • “Where’s a good hair salon?”

MATH AND CONVERSIONS

  • “What is 71 x 2?”
  • “What is 2 to the 8th power?”
  • “What is the square root of 144?”
  • “What’s an 18% tip on $85?”
  • “What is the tip on $220?”
  • “How much is $100 in Canadian dollars?”
  • “What is 32 degrees Fahrenheit in Celsius?”
  • “How many cups in a liter?”
  • “How many ounces in a cup?”

SIRI QUESTIONS FOR ENTERTAINMENT

APPLE MUSIC SIRI COMMANDS

Here are some Apple Music Siri Commands we have found so far. More to come.
  • “Play Born to Run
  • “Play the number one song right now”
  • “Play the top rock songs now”
  • “Shuffle the top 10 hip-hop songs”
  • “Play the most popular song from June 2014”
  • “Play the song from Selma
  • “Play top song from 1999”
  • “Play Only by Nicki Minaj”
  • “I like this song”
  • “Play my Rock and Roll station”
  • “I want to hear the live version of this song”
  • “Add billy Joel to my library”
  • “Get the new Kendrick Lamar album”
  • “Buy this song”
  • “Add this song to my wish list”

MUSIC CONTROLS

  • “Play Jazz music”
  • “Play exercise playlist”
  • “Play work playlist”
  • “Shuffle my Road Trip playlist”
  • “Play the album ‘The New Classic'”
  • “Play the album ‘The New Classic’ shuffled”
  • “Play Alicia Keys”
  • “Play ‘Love Never Felt So Good'”
  • “Play more songs like this”
  • “Pause music”
  • “Stop music”
  • “Resume music
  • “Skip track”
  • “Play previous track”
  • “What music is playing?”
  • “Hey Siri, what song is this?”
  • “Play Alicia Keys on iTunes radio”
    SEARCH THE WEB FOR IMAGES
  • “Search for images of cats”

Monday, May 18, 2020

Microsoft Teams Not Working on a Mac? - Delete the Cache



How to Delete the Cache in Microsoft teams for Mac  

1. Quit Microsoft Teams. 2. Delete files in following folders.  

“~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/Application Cache/Cache” 
“~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/blob_storage” 
“~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/Cache” 
“~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/databases” 
“~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/GPUCache” 
“~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/IndexedDB” 
“~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/Local Storage” 
“~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/tmp”  

3. Restart Microsoft Teams

Saturday, May 16, 2020

Clear cache safari - How to Speed up Safari on your Mac by clearing the Cache in macOS Catalina


As time passes Safari performance can become very slow while you are browsing.
Here is a quick fix to help you clear out the cache and improve performance in Safari. How to delete the Cache in Safari on a Mac Open Safari Select the Safari drop down Menu Select Preferences. Click the Advanced tab Click Show Develop menu in menu bar. Select the Develop drop down Menu in Safari Then Select Empty caches.

Friday, May 15, 2020

Take Flyover tours in Maps on your iPhone and your Mac - here is a list

  • A Coruña, Spain
  • Aarhus, Denmark
  • Acapulco, Mexico
  • Adelaide, Australia
  • Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
  • Aix-en-Provence, France
  • Aizuwakamatsu, Japan
  • Ajaccio, France
  • Akita, Japan
  • Akron, OH
  • Albany, NY
  • Albuquerque, NM
  • Alicante, Spain
  • Allentown, PA
  • Almería, Spain
  • Amarillo, TX
  • Amiens, France
  • Ancona, Italy
  • Angers, France
  • Annecy, France
  • Antwerp, Belgium
  • Aomori, Japan
  • Arcachon, France
  • Arches National Park, UT
  • Arecibo, Puerto Rico
  • Atlanta, GA
  • Auckland, New Zealand
  • Augsburg, Germany
  • Austin, TX
  • Avignon, France
  • Badajoz, Spain
  • Bakersfield, CA
  • Baltimore, MD
  • Barcelona, Spain
  • Bari, Italy
  • Basel, Switzerland
  • Bastia, France
  • Baton Rouge, LA
  • Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Berlin, Germany
  • Berne, Switzerland
  • Besançon, France
  • Béziers, France
  • Biarritz, France
  • Bielefeld, Germany
  • Birmingham, England
  • Blackpool, England
  • Bobbio, Italy
  • Boise, ID
  • Bonifacio, France
  • Bordeaux, France
  • Boston, MA
  • Braga, Portugal
  • Braunschweig, Germany
  • Bremen, Germany
  • Brno, Czech Republic
  • Bruges, Belgium
  • Brussels, Belgium
  • Budapest, Hungary
  • Buffalo, NY
  • Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
  • Cáceres, Spain
  • Cádiz, Spain
  • Calgary, Canada
  • Calvi, France
  • Canberra, Australia
  • Cannes, France
  • Cape Town, South Africa
  • Carcassonne, France
  • Cardiff, Wales
  • Catalina Island, CA
  • Chambord, France
  • Charleston, SC
  • Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France
  • Chenonceaux, France
  • Cheyenne, WY
  • Chicago, IL
  • Chichén Itzá, Mexico
  • Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Cincinnati, OH
  • Cittadella, Italy
  • Clermont-Ferrand, France
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
  • Coimbra, Portugal
  • Collioure, France
  • Cologne, Germany
  • Columbia, SC
  • Columbus, OH
  • Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Cordoba, Spain
  • Cork, Ireland
  • Corte, France
  • Cuernavaca, Mexico
  • Culiacán, Mexico
  • Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
  • Denver, CO
  • Detroit, MI
  • Devil’s Tower, WY
  • Dijon, France
  • Dresden, Germany
  • Dublin, Ireland
  • Dunedin, New Zealand
  • Durban, South Africa
  • Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Ensenada, Mexico
  • Florence, Italy
  • Foxboro, MA
  • Freeport, Bahamas
  • Fresno, CA
  • Fukuyama, Japan
  • Genoa, Italy
  • Ghent, Belgium
  • Gibraltar
  • Gifu, Japan
  • Gijon, Spain
  • Glasgow, Scotland
  • Gold Coast, Australia
  • Gorges de l’Ardèche, France
  • Gorges Du Verdon, France
  • Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Granada, Spain
  • Grand Canyon, AZ
  • Graz, Austria
  • Green Bay, WI
  • Greensboro, NC
  • Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Guaymas, Mexico
  • Hagi, Japan
  • Hakodate, Japan
  • Hamamatsu, Japan
  • Hamburg, Germany
  • Hanover, Germany
  • Hawaii (Big Island), US
  • Helsingborg, Sweden
  • Helsinki, Finland
  • Hermosillo, Mexico
  • Hikone, Japan
  • Himeji, Japan
  • Hiroshima, Japan
  • Hoover Dam, AZ/NV
  • Houston, TX
  • Huelva, Spain
  • Indianapolis, IN
  • Infantes, Spain
  • Izumo, Japan
  • Izushi, Japan
  • Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
  • Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Joshua Tree National Park
  • Kahului, HI
  • Kanazawa, Japan
  • Kapaa, HI
  • Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Key West, FL
  • Kiel, Germany
  • Kingston upon Hull, England
  • Kitakyushu, Japan
  • Kōya, Japan
  • Kumamoto, Japan
  • Kyoto, Japan
  • La Paz, Mexico
  • La Rochelle, France
  • Lahaina, HI
  • Lake Powell, UT
  • Lake Tahoe, CA
  • Las Vegas, NV
  • Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA
  • Le Mans, France
  • Leeds, England
  • Leipzig, Germany
  • Lens, France
  • Leon, Spain
  • Lihue, HI
  • Lille, France
  • Limoges, France
  • Linköping, Sweden
  • Linz, Austria
  • Liverpool, England
  • London, England
  • Loreto, Mexico
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Louisville, KY
  • Lugo, Spain
  • Lyon, France
  • Madrid, Spain
  • Malmö, Sweden
  • Manchester, England
  • Mannheim, Germany
  • Marseille, France
  • Martha’s Vineyard, MA
  • Matsumoto, Japan
  • Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  • Mazatlán, Mexico
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • Memphis, TN
  • Messina, Italy
  • Meteor Crater, AZ
  • Mexicali, Mexico
  • Miami, FL
  • Middlesbrough, UK
  • Milan, Italy
  • Millau, France
  • Milwaukee, WI
  • Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
  • Mobile, AL
  • Modesto, CA
  • Monaco
  • Mont-Saint-Michel, France
  • Montpellier, France
  • Montréal, Canada
  • Monument Valley, AZ
  • Mt. Rushmore, SD
  • Munich, Germany
  • Münster, Germany
  • Murcia, Spain
  • Nagasaki, Japan
  • Nagoya, Japan
  • Naha, Japan
  • Nantes, France
  • Naples, Italy
  • Nara, Japan
  • Nashville, TN
  • Nassau, Bahamas
  • Nelson, New Zealand
  • Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
  • New Orleans, LA
  • New York, NY
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, England
  • Newcastle, Australia
  • Nice, France
  • Niigata, Japan
  • Nîmes, France
  • Nottingham, England
  • Nuremberg, Germany
  • Oahu, HI
  • Oakland, CA
  • Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Odawara, Japan
  • Odense, Denmark
  • Okayama, Japan
  • Oklahoma City, OK
  • Omaha Beach
  • Omaha, NE
  • Osaka, Japan
  • Padua, Italy
  • Paestum, Italy
  • Palermo, Italy
  • Pamplona, Spain
  • Paris, France
  • Parma, Italy
  • Pavia, Italy
  • Pensacola, FL
  • Perpignan, France
  • Perth, Australia
  • Perugia, Italy
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • Pinnacles National Park, CA
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Ponce, Puerto Rico
  • Porterville, CA
  • Portland, ME
  • Portland, OR
  • Porto, Portugal
  • Porto-Vecchio, France
  • Poughkeepsie, NY
  • Prague, Czech Republic
  • Preston, England
  • Propriano, France
  • Providence, RI
  • Puebla, Mexico
  • Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
  • Queenstown, New Zealand
  • Raleigh, NC
  • Rapid City, SD
  • Reggio Di Calabria, Italy
  • Reims, France
  • Remoulins, France
  • Rennes, France
  • Rochester, NY
  • Rome, Italy
  • Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Royal Gorge, AR
  • Sacramento, CA
  • Saint-Étienne, France
  • Saint-Tropez, France
  • Sakai, Japan
  • Salamanca, Spain
  • Salem, MA
  • Salzburg, Austria
  • San Antonio, TX
  • San Diego, CA
  • San Francisco, CA
  • San Jose, CA
  • San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • San Sebastián, Spain
  • Sanremo, Italy
  • Sapporo, Japan
  • Seattle, WA
  • Sendai, Japan
  • Seville, Spain
  • Shizuoka, Japan
  • South Bend, IN
  • Springfield, MA
  • Springfield, MO
  • St. Louis, MO
  • Stockholm, Sweden
  • Stockton, CA
  • Stoke-on-Trent, UK
  • Stonehenge, England
  • Strasbourg, France
  • Stuttgart, Germany
  • Sydney, Australia
  • Syracuse, Italy
  • Taichung, Taiwan
  • Takahashi, Japan
  • Takamatsu, Japan
  • Tallahassee, FL
  • Taormina, Italy
  • Teotihuacán, Mexico
  • Tijuana, Mexico
  • Tōjinbō, Japan
  • Tokyo, Japan
  • Toledo, OH
  • Toronto, Canada
  • Toulouse, France
  • Toyama, Japan
  • Treviso, Italy
  • Tsu, Japan
  • Tsunoshima, Japan
  • Tucson, AZ
  • Tulsa, OK
  • Tulum, Mexico
  • Turin, Italy
  • Twelve Apostles, Australia
  • Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Valencia, Spain
  • Valladolid, Spain
  • Vancouver, Canada
  • Venice, Italy
  • Vigo, Spain
  • Virgin Islands
  • Visalia, CA
  • Visby, Sweden
  • Wailua, HI
  • Wellington, New Zealand
  • Wichita, KS
  • Yokkaichi, Japan
  • Yosemite National Park, CA
  • Zaragoza, Spain
  • Zion National Park, UT

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