OK Carol, that's no problem. There are several ways that you can deal with
this.
First of all, I remember that you came from a Windows background originally.
Remember in Windows how you could do alt+tab to move between applications?
Well, it's the exact, same principle here. If you hit command+Tab, that
will cycle you between opened programs just like alt+tab did in Windows.
So, what you can do, is command tab and make sure that the only thing opened
is the Finder. When you hit command+tab, remember, your command key is the
key right to the left and right of your space bar. You can use either of
them in combination with the tab key. Just hold down your command key, then
start pressing the tab key, while leaving your command key held down. When
you hear the name of an application you want to move focus to, release your
command key. Once you're in the application, just press command+Q to quit
the application. When I say application, I'm just meaning a program. Same
thing interchangeably. Application, program, same thing. The Mac is gonna
call it more application, but just so not to confuse you further, they're
both the same lingo, no difference at all.
A good way for you, Carol, to remember command+Q to quit is just think the
mneumonic, q is for quit. So q is for quit, c is for copy, p is for print,
cut and paste are the same as they were in windows, with the exception you
use the command key instead of the ctrl key. So, command+x is cut,
command+v is paste, and command+z/zed call it as you will, is undo.
Command+C is copy, and command+A is select all.
I really hope that this helps you out, but if you need anything better
explained, please let me know, and I'll try to think of another way to
reword things more simply.
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Pearson" <[email protected]>
To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: Mail busy message
Thanks and I'll keep this information safe.
Last night, the Mac told me that it could not close down because something
Was still working in finder. It suggested I should stop applications etc,
but I haven't a clue where to go!
I finally had to give in and reluctantly do a force quit!
If you can tell me how to deal more gently and effectively with this
problem in the future, that would be most useful, thanks!
Carol P
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On 18 Jul 2013, at 05:47 PM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Andy and Carol,
I really don't have this problem with Mail and I receive hundreds of
messages every day. However, I have some suggestions.
Whenever applications are behaving unreasonably, I find it useful to
repair permissions. You do this by opening the Utilities folder
(Cmd-Shift-u) and opening Disk Utility.
In Disk Utility, there is a table with which you interact to find your
internal hard drive. It's usually the second item in the table and is
often called Macintosh HD. Select it and stop interacting. Then navigate
twice right and check that First Aid is selected.
Navigate down from there to the button Repair Disk Permissions and click
it.
You can follow the progress of the permissions repair by navigating up to
Results and interacting with that table.
When the repair is complete, the bottom line will say as much and you can
quit the Utility.
Cheers,
Anne
On 18 Jul 2013, at 18:30, ANDY COLLINS <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Carol - I'm actually finding mail a bit of a pain, just when I think
I can navigate it ok, the appearance changes, or Having interacted with
a message, when I stop, I am thrown out in to somewhere I didn't expect
to be, and can't get back to my messages without some fiddling about.
I've searched around for help, and have heard a couple of Pods referring
to mail, but nothing really that has given an in-depth explanation of
how it works, and how to best set it up. I'm a bit like this in Safari
or Chrome, I think I've grasped navigating etc, only to encounter
something that throws me, and then frustrates me too! -
Andy
----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Pearson"
<[email protected]>
To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: Mail busy message
Andy,
I have been having similar problems.
One thing that sometimes seems to help me is, instead of stopping
reacting in messages, to cycle between the reading of headers or
messages, and I think this is the third one that sometimes comes up,
but I can't remember offhand what it is.
We both are getting there slowly! I think there may be a keystroke
we're both missing, so I hope somebody will chime in here!
Carol P
Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch
On 18 Jul 2013, at 04:58 PM, Andy Collins <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi all -
A lot of the time, when I stop interacting with messages table in
mail, VO says "busy." The only way I can get out of this is by
quitting the app, and reopening it. Do others have this issue? Can
anything be done about it? -
Andy
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