Ah … clever. I just did.?
Thanks Ben!?
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On 15 May 2025, at 20.07, Ben Rosenthal via < ben@...> wrote:
You can sign into ?to delete your message. On May 15, 2025, at 10:51, Peter Rasmusen < peter@...> wrote:
Sorry for my last mail, it was obviously not to this list.
If the list mom or list dad or whatever can delete it, please do. If not, just leave it and forget about it.
It wasn’t very interesting anyway.
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Sorry for my last mail, it was obviously not to this list.
If the list mom or list dad or whatever can delete it, please do. If not, just leave it and forget about it.
It wasn’t very interesting anyway.
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I have always used the √ sign and has never had any complaints.?
But it’s an interesting question, and I love mysteries, so … yes, there is a solution (probably more, but here’s one) and it’s simple:?
You can easily make your own shortcut …?
System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Text Replacements?
Click the + to add one and type e.g. ;v (or whatever else you feel like, that you normally don’t use) and then paste in this:??
It works for me in instantly in Messages and I also made it work in Mail too, but I had to dig a little to make it wok in Mail. So here’s the trick.?
1. Open Mail
2. Create a new email
3. In the menu bar, click Edit > Substitutions > Text Replacement
4. Make sure it’s checked/enabled
5. Type the shortcut (e.g., ;v) in the body of the message, then hit space — it should convert to ? Now it also works in Mail.? ? It seems it also works in Text Edit and in Safari, if you ever have to type text in Safari.?
I also tried in Word, but no luck … Word has it’s own text replacement, so you have to set up you're replacements sin Word.?
For other apps, I havent tested.?
But anyway … it seems I can be made to work faily easy.?
I also came across an app called Espanso () … it’s free, but and its a bit tricky to get started with. You have to use Terminal.
If needed, I can - to the best of my abilities - try to type a relatively simple “how to”.?
But at least now you know how to get ? that is not a √?
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On 15 May 2025, at 16.51, Randy B. Singer via groups.io <randy@...> wrote:
On May 15, 2025, at 7:42 AM, Jaqi Thompson via groups.io <yywomyn@...> wrote:
None of the Character Viewer checkmarks I found look like the one Randy has; where did that one come from?
Different fonts have different, usually hidden, extended characters. ?I think that one was from Lucinda Grande. ?You have to hit some combination of modifier keys to get it. ?I just pulled it from a form that I once created. There used to be utilities that would give you a list of all of the extended characters included with each of your installed fonts. ?I haven’t looked lately to see if any of these still exist. ?Nowadays I just save time and cut and paste special characters from past documents if I don’t know where and how to access them. _______________________ Randy _______________________
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On May 15, 2025, at 7:42 AM, Jaqi Thompson via groups.io <yywomyn@...> wrote:
None of the Character Viewer checkmarks I found look like the one Randy has; where did that one come from? Different fonts have different, usually hidden, extended characters. I think that one was from Lucinda Grande. You have to hit some combination of modifier keys to get it. I just pulled it from a form that I once created. There used to be utilities that would give you a list of all of the extended characters included with each of your installed fonts. I haven’t looked lately to see if any of these still exist. Nowadays I just save time and cut and paste special characters from past documents if I don’t know where and how to access them. _______________________ Randy _______________________
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Re: a very simple question (I hope)
Hi, Otto, Of course you are right, Option v ?√ ?is a square root symbol! ?It also makes a beautiful checkmark. ?My old mind knew that once upon a time, but had completely forgotten that way to get a checkmark from the keyboard as Kurt requested, as well as forgotten that a square root symbol was on the Mac. Also, in my first reply to Kurt, I said the iPhone emojis, aka Character Viewer, has two checkmarks, but there are actually 5 or more versions: ? ??? ?? ?? ? ??
When you do a Search in Character Viewer, just enter “check”. ?That gives you more options than the full “checkmark.” ?Some of those additional options are not checkmarks at all, but searching “checkmarks” does not bring up all the actual checkmarks.
And, of course, you can re-size using command+ or command-
None of the Character Viewer checkmarks I found look like the one Randy has; where did that one come from? Jaqi?
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On 15 May 2025, at 11:30, Randy B. Singer via < randy@...> wrote: On May 14, 2025, at 10:38 AM, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:
Can someone please tell me how to make a check mark on the Mac keyboard. Copy and paste this: ?? ?
Or Show Emoji & Symbols (Character Viewer) > Bullets/Stars (3rd row from bottom) > Add to Favourites,
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I didn't remember how to get a checkmark, so I went to my Keyboard Viewer. ?
Odd. ?Although it shows as an A+ on the toolbar, it briefly changes to the US keyboard, when I click on it. I have always had an Extended keyboard (A+).
Unsure when it changed, but even though the System shows there is an A+ connected, the only keyboard display is the US keyboard.
Disconnect/reconnect finds and reconnects the A+, but still only shows the US keyboard in the viewer.
Another change in recent upgrade/updates? ?
I guess I should test EVERY MacOS feature and function after every update…once I find where they got moved and/or renamed
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On 15 May 2025, at 11:30, Randy B. Singer via < randy@...> wrote: On May 14, 2025, at 10:38 AM, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:
Can someone please tell me how to make a check mark on the Mac keyboard. Copy and paste this: ?? ?
Or Show Emoji & Symbols (Character Viewer) > Bullets/Stars (3rd row from bottom) > Add to Favourites,
Otto 10.15.7
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On May 14, 2025, at 10:38 AM, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:
Can someone please tell me how to make a check mark on the Mac keyboard.
Copy and paste this: ?? ?
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Essential But Hard To Find?Macintosh Software and Advice
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As I said earlier, it’s actually a square root symbol, but it’s “close enough”: √ opt-v vs ? Character Viewer > Bullets/Stars
Otto
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On 15 May 2025, at 00:10, Bob Hasselbrink via < hippie1@...> wrote:
I guess Option + v, which I have always used, could be considered a concept of a check mark.
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I guess Option + v, which I have always used, could be considered a concept of a check mark.
Bob
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On May 14, 2025, at 11:47 AM, Ben Rosenthal via < ben@...> wrote:
I don’t think there’s a keyboard shortcut for that character, but you can insert it using?. As an extension, you could copy this character and create a Text Replacement Shortcut to insert it. On May 14, 2025, at 10:39, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:
? Can someone please tell me how to make a check mark on the Mac keyboard.
Thanx,
Kurt Youngmann
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Re: a very simple question (I hope)
That’s the square root symbol, although it looks a little like a check mark (tick in the UK).
I find it strange that there isn’t a tick symbol available without going into emoji, etc. If I used it a lot, I’d set it up as a key combo.
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On 14 May 2025, at 18:47, Steve Kane via < skane-l@...> wrote:
√
Option-V makes a reasonable check mark depending on the font you are using.
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This is what I use!
Sent from iPhone
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?√
Option-V makes a reasonable check mark depending on the font you are using.
On May 14, 2025, at 12:38?PM, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:
Can someone please tell me how to make a check mark on the Mac keyboard.
Thanx,
Kurt Youngmann
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Problems upgrading macOS from v15.4 to v15.5
Well, this is why I always wait a week or so to install significant updates, until all the bugs get worked out and the patches get launched.?
Of course, my issue could be unique to my hardware for some reason, but just a heads up if you are running an external display(s).?
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On an M-chipped MacBook Air I upgraded today from Sequoia v15.4.1 to v15.5. Connected to the MBA via USB-C is an LG 5k external display, with spaces and two displays configured and stable in system settings prior to the upgrade.?
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After running the upgrade the external display did was not recognized at all, and all of the open apps, spaces, windows, all ended up jumbled on the MBA with the external display dead. Having experienced various oddities over the decades I knew the first thing to try was simply hands-off and shut down. Then after the first restart, at least now the external display was recognized and somewhat functional, however it took quite some time to figure out where some of the spaces, apps, and windows had disappeared to.?
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After more reboots, and troubleshooting I discovered some of the apps were somehow "off" of the current screen (space) and were revealed when I used the F3 key, which may vary from model to model, but normally shows you everything within a space or a display that's either covered up or totally off the screen entirely. Even stranger was when the "missing" apps appeared with the F3 key, even when I dragged them back into a space they flew off again. I finally figured out that I needed to "quit" the lost app and relaunch it into a "fresh" space. That worked.?
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Sorry, if I'm not being clear, or if you don't use spaces, etc. but just a heads up that if you are using external displays to be ready for some troubleshooting.?
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? ? Hi Kurt, ?you asked how to make a checkmark from ?your keyboard, but the unacceptable two slant bars \/ ?(don’t know their real name) can easily be beat using iPhone emojis. ?Plus Apple offers easy ways to get either of their good checkmark emojis into whatever you’re doing on a Mac. ?See 2 screenshots below. ?There’s more, but you can see the Apple website within the screenshot and find more on your own.
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On May 14, 2025, at 10:38?AM, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:
Can someone please tell me how to make a check mark on the Mac keyboard.
Thanx,
Kurt Youngmann
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Control+Command+Space is the default shortcut for Emoji & Symbols.
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On May 14, 2025, at 11:08, ncoom gilbar via groups.io <ncoom@...> wrote:
? Easy for me. Once you use more than one keyboard layout, you have an icon in the Menu Bar. Click on that, one of the options is Show Emoji and Icons. Scrolling through there, you can find almost anything.
How do you get there without the icon??
shalom, ncoom
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On 14 May 2025, at 13:38, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:
Can someone please tell me how to make a check mark on the Mac keyboard.
Thanx,
Kurt Youngmann
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Re: a very simple question (I hope)
Easy for me. Once you use more than one keyboard layout, you have an icon in the Menu Bar. Click on that, one of the options is Show Emoji and Icons. Scrolling through there, you can find almost anything.
How do you get there without the icon??
shalom, ncoom
???? ??????? small-odds-man We’re all here because we’re not all there
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On 14 May 2025, at 13:38, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:
Can someone please tell me how to make a check mark on the Mac keyboard.
Thanx,
Kurt Youngmann
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√
Option-V makes a reasonable check mark depending on the font you are using.
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On May 14, 2025, at 12:38?PM, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:
Can someone please tell me how to make a check mark on the Mac keyboard.
Thanx,
Kurt Youngmann
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Re: a very simple question (I hope)
I don’t think there’s a keyboard shortcut for that character, but you can insert it using?. As an extension, you could copy this character and create a Text Replacement Shortcut to insert it.
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On May 14, 2025, at 10:39, kurt youngmann <tgobbi@...> wrote:
? Can someone please tell me how to make a check mark on the Mac keyboard.
Thanx,
Kurt Youngmann
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a very simple question (I hope)
Can someone please tell me how to make a check mark on the Mac keyboard.
Thanx,
Kurt Youngmann
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“The most erroneous stories?are?those we think we know?best --?and therefore never?scrutinize or?question." -?Stephen Jay Gould
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On May 14, 2025, at 5:37 AM, Dutch Junge via groups.io <dutch@...> wrote:
I agree Migration Assistant does the best job of transferring from an old Mac to a new one. In fact, MA can do things that are more or less impossible to replicate any other way. The last time time that I got a new Mac, I decided to upgrade by starting over from mostly scratch. But I soon found that it was impossible to move over the many rules that I had created in Mail, and just about everything else having to do with Mail, without using MA. That alone would have taken me forever to re-create manually. I lost a lot of stuff from my browser and other apps too. __________________________________________________ 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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