[macvoiceover] Re: weather in menu bar
- From: Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 20:45:08 -0500
Oh yeah, the weather alerts are the difficult one. On my iPhone I use swacket
and hd weather radio for alerts but haven't found anything good on my Mac.
--
Cheryl
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
(Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
On Aug 4, 2012, at 8:37 PM, Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All I really need is the tempature and weather alerts. Thanks.
> Keith Reedy
> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On Aug 4, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Okay. Tell me what information you want besides what it gives and I'll let
>> you know if i find something that does that. I'm going to stick with this
>> one until I find something better.
>>
>> --
>> Cheryl
>>
>> May the words of my mouth
>> and the meditation of my heart
>> be acceptable to You, Lord,
>> my rock and my Redeemer.
>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 4, 2012, at 6:31 PM, Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Cheryl
>>>
>>> I had this on my drive for most of a week, it didn't show enough info in
>>> the menu and it was a little unstable to work with. Thanks for giving it a
>>> look.
>>> Keith Reedy
>>> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 4, 2012, at 7:05 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Okay, I did a google search and that lead me back to the app store for one
>>>> called menuweather. I guess it used to be free but now it's $1.99. When
>>>> you first open it, it will ask if it can use your current location. Then
>>>> after that, you will think it's inaccessible because the application will
>>>> say system dialog but you won't be able to read it or access it. But if
>>>> you go into the menu extras you will see the temperature, and then when
>>>> you do vokeys-space on that you will get a whole list of information and
>>>> preferences is accessible through that. If you have other weather apps in
>>>> the menu get them out of there first. I still had Farensius in there and
>>>> even though I could find two menu items they looked the same. Once I got
>>>> rid of that app, weathermenu worked fine.
>>>> Oh, it asked to use my current location and I said okay but it was saying
>>>> a location that wasn't quite what I wanted so I added the one i wanted;
>>>> you have to have at least one location or it won't let you delete one. I
>>>> think you can have up to five locations.
>>>>
>>>> It does have a few quirks. If you press "more weather" in the menu, you
>>>> will be in a popover but you can't get out of it because I think the
>>>> keyboard focus stays in the menuweather window; use your window chooser
>>>> menu to get out. Also, I haven't found a way to get it to show me the
>>>> hourly forecast though there is a radio button for it. I'm still playing
>>>> with it but so far it's the best I've found and for $1.99 if you hate it
>>>> you haven't lost much. I think you have to run the application for the
>>>> menu item to be there and I don't know if it can start at login via its
>>>> preferences but if not, there may be a way to add it to your login items.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hth.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cheryl
>>>>
>>>> May the words of my mouth
>>>> and the meditation of my heart
>>>> be acceptable to You, Lord,
>>>> my rock and my Redeemer.
>>>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 4, 2012, at 5:39 PM, Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thats the kind of problems I am having with these apps.
>>>>> Keith Reedy
>>>>> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 4, 2012, at 6:18 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> farensius gives me the temperature in the menu bar but I can't get tny
>>>>>> other information out of the app.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Cheryl
>>>>>>
>>>>>> May the words of my mouth
>>>>>> and the meditation of my heart
>>>>>> be acceptable to You, Lord,
>>>>>> my rock and my Redeemer.
>>>>>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Aug 4, 2012, at 5:15 PM, Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think I tried all the ones in the app store.
>>>>>>> Keith Reedy
>>>>>>> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Aug 4, 2012, at 5:28 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Keith:
>>>>>>>> Maybe you could tell us which ones you've tried so we won't try the
>>>>>>>> same ones.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Cheryl
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> May the words of my mouth
>>>>>>>> and the meditation of my heart
>>>>>>>> be acceptable to You, Lord,
>>>>>>>> my rock and my Redeemer.
>>>>>>>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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