Re: El Capitan oddities

From	Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Date	2015-10-05 22:09 -0700
Message-ID	<2015100522092046856-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> (permalink)
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Subject	Re: El Capitan oddities

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On 2015-10-06 04:58:23 +0000, John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> said:

> On 10/5/15 9:44 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
>> In article <muv1vm$pkv$1@dont-email.me>, John Somerset
>> <somerset@nospam.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> El Capitan's spell check says "El Capitan" is a spelling error.
>> 
>> Not on my system.
> 
> Maybe after you downloaded and before I downloaded, Apple discovered 
> that "El Captain" is the correct spelling!

"El Captain" is Spanglish and incorrect spelling.

Both The National Park Service at Yosemite NP, Apple, and 99.9% of 
Californians know it by its correct name "El Capitan" or "El Cap".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Capitan>

>> 
>>> In System Preferences > Keyboard, Dashboard had been deactivated.
>> 
>> Not on my system.
>> 
> MacRumors reported August 20 that as of El Capitan beta 7, it was 
> disabled by default.
> 
> A user reported that F12 worked after she opened Dashboard from the 
> Dock. I don't have it in my Dock, but after considerable cerebral 
> straining, I realized I could open it through my Applications folder or 
> Launch Pad. I disabled it, then opened it through my Applications 
> folder.  After that, F12 worked.
> 
> The MacRumors article said it was also disabled by default in Yosemite. 
>   I wonder why it wasn't disabled for me.
> 
> Some say Apple may do away with Dashboard. I could have the date 
> displayed on my menu bar, which would have been undesirable with my 
> old, narrower monitor.  I wonder if there are equally convenient 
> substitutes for all widgets.


-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-05 19:45 -0400
  Re: El Capitan oddities nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-05 20:07 -0400
    Re: El Capitan oddities billy@MIX.COM - 2015-10-06 08:36 +0000
      Re: El Capitan oddities nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-06 10:08 -0400
    Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-06 12:58 -0400
      Re: El Capitan oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-06 17:19 +0000
        Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-06 13:39 -0400
          Re: El Capitan oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-06 17:54 +0000
            Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-06 20:59 -0400
              Re: El Capitan oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 00:59 +0000
          Re: El Capitan oddities Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-06 16:25 -0700
            Re: El Capitan oddities nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-06 19:29 -0400
              Re: El Capitan oddities Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-07 00:10 +0000
              Re: El Capitan oddities Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 08:05 -0700
                Re: El Capitan oddities nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-07 12:09 -0400
                Re: El Capitan oddities Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 09:20 -0700
  Re: El Capitan oddities Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-06 13:09 +1300
  Re: El Capitan oddities Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-10-05 18:44 -0700
    Re: El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-06 00:58 -0400
      Re: El Capitan oddities Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-10-05 22:09 -0700
        Re: El Capitan oddities John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-10-05 22:44 -0700
      Re: El Capitan oddities Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-10-05 22:30 -0700
        Re: El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-06 04:30 -0400
  Re: El Capitan oddities xxx <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-10-06 03:18 -0400
    Re: El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-06 05:41 -0400
      Re: El Capitan oddities nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-10-06 08:42 -0600
        Re: El Capitan oddities Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-06 08:04 -0700
      Re: El Capitan oddities xxx <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-10-06 20:35 -0400
    Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-06 12:59 -0400
      Re: El Capitan oddities xxx <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-10-06 20:32 -0400
        Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-07 08:38 -0400
          Re: El Capitan oddities "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gmail.com> - 2015-10-07 07:44 -0600
  MenuMeters (Was: Re: El Capitan oddities) befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2015-10-06 10:05 +0200
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  Re: El Capitan oddities Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-06 12:58 -0400
    Re: El Capitan oddities Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-06 16:13 -0700
      Re: El Capitan oddities John Somerset <somerset@nospam.com> - 2015-10-06 19:46 -0400
        Re: El Capitan oddities Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-06 17:10 -0700

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