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Re: Parkinson's-friendly keyboard
Just to say, how lucky those people are to have you looking after their computer-related needs.
Otto?
On 3 Jul 2023, at 11:59, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
Reporting back. ?
By posting on three different forums hoping to find a member with Parkinson’s who had direct experience with keyboard problems, I got quite a number of very useful suggestions, all of which I sent to the lady in question and she was overwhelmed ?by all the help that people were kind enough to offer
My thanks for all the suggestions.
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Re: Parkinson's-friendly keyboard
Reporting back. ?
By posting on three different forums hoping to find a member with Parkinson’s who had direct experience with keyboard problems, I got quite a number of very useful suggestions, all of which I sent to the lady in question and she was overwhelmed ?by all the help that people were kind enough to offer
My thanks for all the suggestions.
Bob
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“ A man sees in the?world what he?carries in his heart.”
— Goethe,?Faust
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Re: Parkinson's-friendly keyboard
On Jul 2, 2023, at 1:20 PM, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
help in finding an external keyboard that would be Parkinson’s-friendly. This company is my go-to source for input devices for folks with special needs: __________________________________________________ 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: Seeking recommended 27" monitor
On Jul 1, 2023, at 6:00 AM, Gary Gildner <gary@...> wrote:
Well needless to say they had a LG 32" on sale in the store and decided go with it. I am not a gamer or graphics guru, but was blown away with the resolution of the monitor that was $200. That is a good price for a big monitor, but I do want to point out that it is not a 4K monitor, nor does it have an IPS panel (it is VA). However, I’m sure that it looks really good. Many users who aren’t into graphics or video production can’t even tell the difference between a 1080p monitor and a 4K monitor. __________________________________________________ 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: Parkinson's-friendly keyboard
Actually, look at the options in Accessibility. If what she is looking to manage is an unsteady hand, I think their might be a feature their. In that case if you don’t get an answer here, try asking Apple.?
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On Jul 2, 2023, at 17:52, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
? On Jul 2, 2023, at 18:50, Ben Rosenthal <ben@...> wrote:
Bob, are there specific qualities of such a keyboard that would make it beneficial to your senior?
Ben, I don’t know the answer to that. ?
I don’t even know the woman in question; I volunteered my services to one aging-in-place community and, having links with another, nearby aging-in-place community, they asked if I was willing to help the members of this other community too and I said yes.
So, out of the blue, this lady from that other aging-in-place community writes me with a plea for help and that led me to post the request that I did. ?
I forwarded what I have so far received and she was extremely grateful, never having thought to get a separate, specialized keyboard.
Bob ——— "Better to be a dog in?times of?tranquility than?a human in times?of?chaos.”? ? ? ?- Chinese?saying.
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Re: Parkinson's-friendly keyboard
I was going to ask the same question, what makes a keyboard Parkinson’s friendly?
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On Jul 2, 2023, at 17:52, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
? On Jul 2, 2023, at 18:50, Ben Rosenthal <ben@...> wrote:
Bob, are there specific qualities of such a keyboard that would make it beneficial to your senior?
Ben, I don’t know the answer to that. ?
I don’t even know the woman in question; I volunteered my services to one aging-in-place community and, having links with another, nearby aging-in-place community, they asked if I was willing to help the members of this other community too and I said yes.
So, out of the blue, this lady from that other aging-in-place community writes me with a plea for help and that led me to post the request that I did. ?
I forwarded what I have so far received and she was extremely grateful, never having thought to get a separate, specialized keyboard.
Bob ——— "Better to be a dog in?times of?tranquility than?a human in times?of?chaos.”? ? ? ?- Chinese?saying.
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Re: Parkinson's-friendly keyboard
Here are a few ideas that may be useful:
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Also, a keyboard with larger keys can help.?
Jerry
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On Jul 2, 2023, at 5:52 PM, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
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On Jul 2, 2023, at 18:50, Ben Rosenthal <ben@...> wrote:
Bob, are there specific qualities of such a keyboard that would make it beneficial to your senior?
Ben, I don’t know the answer to that. ?
I don’t even know the woman in question; I volunteered my services to one aging-in-place community and, having links with another, nearby aging-in-place community, they asked if I was willing to help the members of this other community too and I said yes.
So, out of the blue, this lady from that other aging-in-place community writes me with a plea for help and that led me to post the request that I did. ?
I forwarded what I have so far received and she was extremely grateful, never having thought to get a separate, specialized keyboard.
Bob
———
"Better to be a dog in?times of?tranquility than?a human in times?of?chaos.”?
? ? ?- Chinese?saying.
Re: Parkinson's-friendly keyboard
On Jul 2, 2023, at 18:50, Ben Rosenthal <ben@...> wrote:
Bob, are there specific qualities of such a keyboard that would make it beneficial to your senior?
Ben, I don’t know the answer to that. ?
I don’t even know the woman in question; I volunteered my services to one aging-in-place community and, having links with another, nearby aging-in-place community, they asked if I was willing to help the members of this other community too and I said yes.
So, out of the blue, this lady from that other aging-in-place community writes me with a plea for help and that led me to post the request that I did. ?
I forwarded what I have so far received and she was extremely grateful, never having thought to get a separate, specialized keyboard.
Bob ——— "Better to be a dog in?times of?tranquility than?a human in times?of?chaos.”? ? ? ?- Chinese?saying.
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Re: Parkinson's-friendly keyboard
Bob, are there specific qualities of such a keyboard that would make it beneficial to your senior?
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On Jul 2, 2023, at 13:20, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
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One of the seniors I help is 87, is getting a new MB Air, and is asked me for help in finding an external keyboard that would be Parkinson’s-friendly.
I am not asking for someone to do my searching for me, I am asking in the hopes that someone in this Group may have experiences with special keyboards like this and could offer suggestions.
I am hopeful that we will be able to find a bluetooth keyboard otherwise, we are almost certainly going to have to get one with a USB-A type connection necessitating the purchase of an adapter so it can be used with the MB Air.
Many thanks,
Bob
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“I have always?depended on the?kindness of?strangers.”
- Blanche?DuBois?A Streetcar?Named Desire
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Parkinson's-friendly keyboard
One of the seniors I help is 87, is getting a new MB Air, and is asked me for help in finding an external keyboard that would be Parkinson’s-friendly.
I am not asking for someone to do my searching for me, I am asking in the hopes that someone in this Group may have experiences with special keyboards like this and could offer suggestions.
I am hopeful that we will be able to find a bluetooth keyboard otherwise, we are almost certainly going to have to get one with a USB-A type connection necessitating the purchase of an adapter so it can be used with the MB Air.
Many thanks,
Bob
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“I have always?depended on the?kindness of?strangers.”
- Blanche?DuBois?A Streetcar?Named Desire
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Re: Migration - new MacBook
On Jun 30, 2023, at 3:47 PM, Ben Rosenthal <ben@...> wrote: Everything else ... documents, pictures, music, I can move manually from my backups. And all the IMAP mail will show up again when I set up the accounts ... so it really isn't a lot I need from the terror-machine. But how to go about it .... any suggestions?
Hi Peter,
Not to rub salt in your wounds, as I experienced just this, decades ago, which taught me the value of always maintaining a working restoration process, i.e., backups, clones, bootable external drives, and have thankfully been able to draw from these under your circumstance.
Is it possible you have no backups, or did I miss something?
If you do have backups, what are they, besides your cloud backup, which as you say is less than perfect?
1) Time Machine 2) External clone drive(s)? 3) Other off-site (such as backblaze, etc.) backups? 4) Have you called Apple support yet, surely they would be willing to help, as you just made a recent purchase? Ask for a supervisor when they answer.?
I think what you really need is a recent clone to draw from. ?
I totally get your situation, but for lack of knowing where to start, not knowing what kind of backups you have at your disposal I can't see a path forward. But hopefully there is a way. Can you provide us with the exact number and type of backups you currently have to draw from?
All the best, John?
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Re: Do any of the Mac Studio port sleep?
It’s not the perfect solution but a different approach is to get LED dimming stickers to place over the light source so that they’re not as intense. Search for “LED dimming sheet” or “LED dimming sticker” or “light diffusion sheet” for examples.
--? I am not scared of the dark. I’m scared of what hides in it. - Cyborg
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On Jun 30, 2023, at 4:57 PM, Leslie Kirk <leslie@...> wrote:
I had thought of that but I like them I'm working but I'd rather they turn off when I've walked away from my desk.?
On 30 Jun 2023, at 07:38, Leslie Kirk < leslie@...> wrote:
I have a Mac Studio (2022) M1 Max running Ventura 13.4.1. I have these little USB driven speakers for that have a blue light. I would love for these to go to sleep when my monitors do.?
The primary monitor is an LG HDR 4K Display (27-inch)
The secondary monitor is an HP 23er Display (23-inch) Can any of the ports go to sleep? I have tried searching and only seem to find references to laptops or ports that shouldn't be asleep.
Many thanks!
Leslie
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Re: Seeking recommended 27" monitor
I was working on the road and really missed having a second monitor so on a visit to Costco I thought I would pick up a "economical" 27 inch monitor and worry about how to get it home later.?
Well needless to say they had a? LG 32" on sale in the store and decided go with it.? I am not a gamer or graphics guru, but was blown away with the resolution of the monitor that was $200.?? That was a year ago, since then I now travel with my monitor if I am driving to a project, AND I also picked up a 32" for the home office.
So nice to have that extra real estate.
https://www.costco.com/monitors.html?price=50-100+100-200&refine=%7C%7Citem_location_pricing_salePrice-50%2Bto%2B100%7C%7Citem_location_pricing_salePrice-100%2Bto%2B200
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Re: Do any of the Mac Studio port sleep?
Yeah, I have that over
the bright green LED power light on my cable box in the bedroom.
That little light is right at eye level....
On 6/30/23 5:55 PM, Jerald Levinson
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I just use black electrician’s tape over the check engine light in
my car.
Jerry
On Jun 30, 2023, at 12:38 PM, Ben Rosenthal
<ben@...> wrote:
Do you ultimately
just want to hide the blue light? You could try?.
On 30 Jun 2023, at 07:38, Leslie Kirk < leslie@...>
wrote:
I
have a Mac Studio (2022) M1 Max running
Ventura 13.4.1. I have these little USB
driven speakers for that have a blue light.
I would love for these to go to sleep when
my monitors do.
The
primary monitor is an LG HDR 4K Display
(27-inch)
The secondary monitor is an HP 23er Display
(23-inch)
Can
any of the ports go to sleep? I have tried
searching and only seem to find references
to laptops or ports that shouldn't be
asleep.
Many
thanks!
Leslie
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Re: Migration - new MacBook
You saw how the kernel_task is taking up alle ressources. Doing a standard migration will only take about 3500 years.?
I know it’s not APFS itself, but the way the new OS’s work after Mojave … with two volumes if which one is locked
:-)
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Den 30. jun. 2023 kl. 21.47 skrev Ben Rosenthal < ben@...>:
Hi Peter -
It’s extremely difficult to migrate piecemeal in the way you describe. I don’t recommend it. Additionally, it might actually work out that the kernel extension that caused you problems on your previous Mac won’t have the same effect on your new Mac.
I recommend doing a standard migration of all your data and hoping for the best.
By the way, the signed system volume is not inherent to APFS but isn’t how Apple has been offering macOS as of Big Sur.
- Ben On 30 Jun 2023, at 05:41, Peter Rasmusen < peter@...> wrote:
Long story ahead ... be warned.?
A while back I wrote about my old beloved 15" MacBook Pro mid 2015 with 16 GB / 1TB?
For this of you (= all) who don't recall my perils, it it went from nice to evil after upgrading from Mojave to Monterey. Fans running a high speed constantly, kernel task using all the ressources. It was practically useless. ?I did literally everything to troubleshoot the issue including consulting Apple and non-apple experts. The most likely culprit being the kernel extension calls IOPlatformFamilyPlugin.kext which I have earlier had trouble with ... deleting it solved alle the issues. In Monterey it's undeleteable. My file system changed to APFS and it is no longer possible to mess with (= delete) kext files.?
The result can be seen here:?
<Screenshot 2023-06-30 at 10.52.40.png>
A minute or so after I start the computer, it's useless ... in the picture above the only user app's that are running is Activity Monitor (and of course iCloud is run-in the background).?
Anyway ... since the APFS volume is a secured volume that cannot be tampered with, I cannot get rid of the kernel extension and - well it may not have helped, but I have tried everything else. So I gave up and now my new computer has arrived: A MacBook Bro 14" M2Max with 32 GB RAM and 2 TB SSD.?
Now I need to migrate
I have most of my user data in iCloud and on external drives. Migrating everything from the old MBP would take a million years (see the image above - not really an abundance of fre ressources - even typing my name would take about 3 minutes). So I can restore from iCloud and from my external drives, but there are things I need, and I have no I idea how ...
Most of all settings ... like the filters in Mail that automatically sorts my incoming mail. ?Is there a settings file ... a plist ... that I can dig out and re-use??
And if so, where does it reside??
I also want all the mail I have stored in On My Mac ... there are a lot of folders with mail I have sorted in categories and projects. How do I get that over to the new computer.?
Everything else ... documents, pictures, music, I can move manually from my backups. And all the IMAP mail will show up again when I set up the accounts ... so it really isn't a lot I need from the terror-machine. But how to go about it .... any suggestions?
With hope,
Peter
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Re: Do any of the Mac Studio port sleep?
Does either display support auto power off? I don’t know if that’s a think but that’s the only way I can think of when the speaker is connected to the display.
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On Jun 30, 2023, at 13:57, Leslie Kirk <leslie@...> wrote:
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On 6/30/23 2:38 PM, Ben Rosenthal
wrote:
Do you ultimately just want to hide the blue light? You could try?.
I had thought of that but I like them I'm working but I'd rather
they turn off when I've walked away from my desk.
On 30 Jun 2023, at 07:38, Leslie Kirk < leslie@...>
wrote:
I have a Mac Studio (2022) M1 Max running
Ventura 13.4.1. I have these little USB driven
speakers for that have a blue light. I would love for
these to go to sleep when my monitors do.
The primary monitor is an LG HDR 4K
Display (27-inch)
The secondary monitor is an HP 23er Display (23-inch)
Can any of the ports go to sleep? I have
tried searching and only seem to find references to
laptops or ports that shouldn't be asleep.
Many thanks!
Leslie
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Re: Do any of the Mac Studio port sleep?
I just use black electrician’s tape over the check engine light in my car.
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On Jun 30, 2023, at 12:38 PM, Ben Rosenthal <ben@...> wrote:
Do you ultimately just want to hide the blue light? You could try?. On 30 Jun 2023, at 07:38, Leslie Kirk < leslie@...> wrote:
I have a Mac Studio
(2022) M1 Max running Ventura 13.4.1. I have these little USB
driven speakers for that have a blue light. I would love for
these to go to sleep when my monitors do.
The primary monitor is
an LG HDR 4K Display (27-inch)
The secondary monitor is an HP 23er Display (23-inch) Can any of the ports go
to sleep? I have tried searching and only seem to find
references to laptops or ports that shouldn't be asleep.
Many thanks!
Leslie
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Re: Do any of the Mac Studio port sleep?
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On 6/30/23 2:38 PM, Ben Rosenthal
wrote:
Do you ultimately just want to hide the blue light? You could try?.
I had thought of that but I like them I'm working but I'd rather
they turn off when I've walked away from my desk.
On 30 Jun 2023, at 07:38, Leslie Kirk < leslie@...>
wrote:
I have a Mac Studio (2022) M1 Max running
Ventura 13.4.1. I have these little USB driven
speakers for that have a blue light. I would love for
these to go to sleep when my monitors do.
The primary monitor is an LG HDR 4K
Display (27-inch)
The secondary monitor is an HP 23er Display (23-inch)
Can any of the ports go to sleep? I have
tried searching and only seem to find references to
laptops or ports that shouldn't be asleep.
Many thanks!
Leslie
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Re: Migration - new MacBook
Hi Peter -
It’s extremely difficult to migrate piecemeal in the way you describe. I don’t recommend it. Additionally, it might actually work out that the kernel extension that caused you problems on your previous Mac won’t have the same effect on your new Mac.
I recommend doing a standard migration of all your data and hoping for the best.
By the way, the signed system volume is not inherent to APFS but isn’t how Apple has been offering macOS as of Big Sur.
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Show quoted text
On 30 Jun 2023, at 05:41, Peter Rasmusen < peter@...> wrote:
Long story ahead ... be warned.?
A while back I wrote about my old beloved 15" MacBook Pro mid 2015 with 16 GB / 1TB?
For this of you (= all) who don't recall my perils, it it went from nice to evil after upgrading from Mojave to Monterey. Fans running a high speed constantly, kernel task using all the ressources. It was practically useless. ?I did literally everything to troubleshoot the issue including consulting Apple and non-apple experts. The most likely culprit being the kernel extension calls IOPlatformFamilyPlugin.kext which I have earlier had trouble with ... deleting it solved alle the issues. In Monterey it's undeleteable. My file system changed to APFS and it is no longer possible to mess with (= delete) kext files.?
The result can be seen here:?
<Screenshot 2023-06-30 at 10.52.40.png>
A minute or so after I start the computer, it's useless ... in the picture above the only user app's that are running is Activity Monitor (and of course iCloud is run-in the background).?
Anyway ... since the APFS volume is a secured volume that cannot be tampered with, I cannot get rid of the kernel extension and - well it may not have helped, but I have tried everything else. So I gave up and now my new computer has arrived: A MacBook Bro 14" M2Max with 32 GB RAM and 2 TB SSD.?
Now I need to migrate
I have most of my user data in iCloud and on external drives. Migrating everything from the old MBP would take a million years (see the image above - not really an abundance of fre ressources - even typing my name would take about 3 minutes). So I can restore from iCloud and from my external drives, but there are things I need, and I have no I idea how ...
Most of all settings ... like the filters in Mail that automatically sorts my incoming mail. ?Is there a settings file ... a plist ... that I can dig out and re-use??
And if so, where does it reside??
I also want all the mail I have stored in On My Mac ... there are a lot of folders with mail I have sorted in categories and projects. How do I get that over to the new computer.?
Everything else ... documents, pictures, music, I can move manually from my backups. And all the IMAP mail will show up again when I set up the accounts ... so it really isn't a lot I need from the terror-machine. But how to go about it .... any suggestions?
With hope,
Peter
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Re: Do any of the Mac Studio port sleep?
Do you ultimately just want to hide the blue light? You could try?.
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On 30 Jun 2023, at 07:38, Leslie Kirk < leslie@...> wrote:
I have a Mac Studio
(2022) M1 Max running Ventura 13.4.1. I have these little USB
driven speakers for that have a blue light. I would love for
these to go to sleep when my monitors do.
The primary monitor is
an LG HDR 4K Display (27-inch)
The secondary monitor is an HP 23er Display (23-inch) Can any of the ports go
to sleep? I have tried searching and only seem to find
references to laptops or ports that shouldn't be asleep.
Many thanks!
Leslie
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