Antonio: Nicely put. I've been at this over a year and stillfind your post informative. Thank you.
Carolyn H On Feb 8, 2011, at 2:08 PM, Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr. wrote: > Hello Mohamed, > > I am also pretty much a beginner with the mac, even after owning mine for 5 > months. > > Here are a couple of things I've learned which may be of some help: > > First off, when in finder you can view the contents of your computer with > Command-Shift-C. > > View applications with control-shift-A. > > View documents with Control-Shift-o. > > View home with Control-Shift-H. > > This is all available from the go menu in finder. > > To expand a folder you'd press Command-down arrow. > > To collapse a folder press Command-up arrow. > > I just now realized you can also expand and collapse folders with the right > and left arrow keys as you did in Windows, and prefer this method. > > Once you find a file you wish to open, use command o to open it. > > Here is how you can use folder naviagation commands to find your ring tones > folder for iTunes: > > 1. Press Command-Shift-C for computer. > > 2. Down arrow till you hear "users" and press right arrow. > > 3. Download to your computer user name, and expand with right arrow. > > I am not sure how your specific folder name will display in this step, but > for me it is my first and last name. > > 4. Down arrow to "music" and again expand this folder. > > 5. Now down to your specific iTunes "library name" folder and expand. > > I named mine Antonio's Library, so this is the folder name for me. > > 6. Down arrow to iTunes media, then expand the folder. > > 7. Download and expand the "ring tones" folder. > > It is necessary to expand the folder to reveal the files contained here. > > Pressing tab to view files will not work as it does in windows. > > The folder may be empty if you have no added ring tones since purchasing your > phone. > > If you have ring tone-ready files, you would paste them into this folder we > just navigated to. > > Creating ring tones is another animal altogether, but just know that ring > tones should be in the correct format, .m4r. > > It will be handy to know you can bring up a context menu of sorts when you > press Control-Option-Shift-m. This works well when you want to know what you > can do with a file, skype contact, and so on. > > I hope this is helpful and accurate coming from a newbe. > > Antonio Guimaraes > > > On Feb 8, 2011, at 11:50 AM, Mohammed Al-shara wrote: > >> Hi Colin! >> >> thanks alot for your answers, that's exactly what I was looking for. about >> the applications, I successfully browsed them, but is there another place >> that shows my applications? asking because I didn't see things like the >> terminal in there. also, how do I browse my disks and there contents? >> something like my computer in windows? I also heard that there were other >> utilities like a partition utility, didn't see it. >> >> and finally for now, is there something like a context menu in the mac? if >> not, how do you operate on a file, like open it / zip it / see its >> properties, etc, etc? >> >> thanks again for the very complete answer that you sent already. >> >> best, >> Mohammed Al-shara. >> >> On 2/8/2011 6:11 PM, Colin M wrote: >>> Hi Mohammed! >>> A quick way to open applications is to use the command [command+shift+a ] >>> That will put you in the app's! >>> For the navigation of web you can turn quick nav on by pressing the left >>> and right arrows down at the same time [vo will say either quick nav on or >>> off] >>> Other methods include opening the web rota with the command [vo+u ] and in >>> there you can move from left to right or right to left through headings, >>> links, visited links,form controls, frames and others! >>> Then when your on something you want like headers you can down arrow to get >>> to what you want! >>> Or if you know what your heading your looking for just type the first few >>> letters and the list of headers will narrow down! >>> Or links or form controls which ever your on! >>> So you get to your header in the list just press vo+space and it will put >>> you right there! >>> And if it is a link you want to open just vo+space again! >>> You can also open Item chooser with the command [ vo+i ] and down arrow >>> through items there as well that option will or should also show you things >>> like the close button and other stuff! >>> So I hope this is of some help to you! >>> Colin >>> Qapla! >>> >>> Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak >>> >>> On 8 Feb 2011, at 15:02, Mohammed Al-shara wrote: >>> >>>> hi group. >>>> >>>> first, I am a new user of mac, and I have recently joined the list. I do >>>> own an iphone from some time, so I am familiar with voiceover with IOS. I >>>> have few questions: >>>> >>>> 1. how do I browse webpages with the errow keys? I set navigation to DOM, >>>> then I use vo+right errow key to move through the page bit by bit, like I >>>> would use the errow keys alone with windows screen readers. I appreciate >>>> that the mac works differently, however, I think there exists an easier >>>> way that I am not aware of. >>>> >>>> 2, how do I open my applications menu? if I go to the doc and then >>>> navigate to applications, then press that using vo+space, nothing happens >>>> and vo doesn't read my applications. a sighted friend confirmed that the >>>> application list does open. >>>> >>>> 3. what resources exist about voiceover for the mac apart from the >>>> excellent getting started guide on apple website, and the builtin help, >>>> this group, and perhaps bits here and there from macaccessibilities? is >>>> there something like www.applevis.com but this time for the mac? >>>> >>>> thanks alot. >>>> >>>> Mohammed Al-shara. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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