I just love this list! I learn so many things here, even after five years on a Mac. I never knew you could search that way. Thanks, John! Cheers, Donna > On Oct 21, 2014, at 1:56 PM, John Panarese <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Pam, > The Take Control series of books are really good reads. They cover a wide > range of topics and you can't go wrong with those books. > > The results for spotlight now appear to show in a table. You can use table > navigation to read them. However, what I tend to do is use more specific > commands for searching for specific items. For example, I just did a search > for documents that have the word, dog, in them. > > dog kind: documents > > If I VO-right arrow, I am presented with a table. The table has the results > of all of my documents that have the word, dog, in them. > > You can use things like > the Beetles kind: mp3 > > the Beetles kind: audio > > The word, kind, has the colon after it and then a space with documents, > audio, mp3, pdf, etc. This designates the type of item you are searching for. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, [email protected] > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain > Lion > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > >> On Oct 21, 2014, at 2:57 AM, Pamela Francis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi John, >> I've heard a lot of good things about the take control series. If you >> cancer, please explain why the arrow key functionality within spotlight was >> taken away. As far as search criteria, if I enter a file name, or name of an >> artist within spotlight, I get everything but either of what I'm looking >> for. I don't understand what you mean by simple searches. I thought entering >> the proper file name or song name constituted a simple search. What am I >> missing? Please explain. >> Thanks much. >> >> Pam Francis >> >> On Oct 20, 2014, at 6:24 PM, John Panarese <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Actually, this was another feature that was focused on during the beta >> cycle. Realistically, Spotlight is designed to give more functionality to >> simple searches. It is not a matter of using the arrow keys any longer. >> Information is presented in table format based on the results. Remember >> that you can use ways to phrase your search criterion to make Spotlight more >> effective. If you depend on Spotlight, I highly recommend the Take Control >> of Spotlight for Finding Anything on Your Mac. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John D. Panarese >> Director >> Mac for the Blind >> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >> Email, [email protected] >> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >> >> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain >> Lion >> >> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >> >> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >> >> >> >> >>> On Oct 20, 2014, at 6:42 PM, Pamela Francis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one having this issue. Jim, do you also >>> here something to the effect of either button or image? When I have >>> attempted to use spotlight in its current iteration, I get everything but >>> what I'm looking for. I have been raked over the coals on this list for >>> complaining to Apple for fear there are those who will lose their >>> accessibility. At this particular juncture in my opinion they lost an >>> integral part of what the OS was supposed to mean. I have enough vision to >>> be able to see the screen, yet it does no good to use my key commands to >>> get where I need to go. Apple is more concerned about aesthetics then they >>> are functionality with reference to how their current OS works. If we don't >>> ask questions, stand up for what we need we will ultimately lose what we >>> have. Those who are currently taking me to task now will be truly >>> whining.. The difference is, you know me, they don't. >>> Pam Francis . >>> >>> On Oct 20, 2014 10:05 AM, "'Jim Fettgather' via MacVisionaries" >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I have a quick question about the way that Spotlight is supposed to work in >>> Yosemite. >>> >>> As far as I have been able to read, you should be able to get web results >>> from Bing, using Spotlight. >>> >>> So, pressing Command Spacebar, which brings up the edit box, and then >>> typing in a search term, using the down arrow key produces absolutely no >>> results. >>> >>> Results are indeed displayed for documents and email, but I am hoping that >>> there might be an easy way to get Bing results displayed in Spotlight, if >>> this is supposed to be the way that it works. >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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