Well what you should be able to do and what you can do don’t seem to work. And, I found out that this is a known bug that plagues some folks back in to Lion. So here’s the fix, and it did work for me at least. You create a message rule. If all conditions are met, all attachments containing “.” mark as read. This apparently forces Mail to acknowledge that there was an attachment. It marks the message to a different color, you could do any color change and it will work, and the little paperclip icon reappears. That’s what’s missing. It’s not a VO issue at all. Sighted people are having the same problem. But I’ve now got easily accessible attachments all over the place like I used to have in Mountain Lion. It took a few times for me to get the rule correct. The attachment name is a period surrounded by quotes BTW since that probably didn’t read for you if punctuation is limited. My problem was that sometimes I didn’t even know if there was an attachment for sure. Now the attachment icon has reappeared and I’ll know. As I said, my sighted co-worker is experiencing the same thing and will apply this fix as well. apple needs to apply it, LOL.
On Nov 22, 2013, at 1:06 PM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote: > You should always be able to save with save attachments in the file menu even > if you can't open it. Be sure to go down below "save" to "save attachments". > As for opening rather than saving, if you interact with the text and move > very slowly, you can often, but not always, get on the attachment. Then > usually it's now better to do vo-shift-m for the context menu and choose open > from that instead of vo-space. This doesn't always work though and to > compound matters, I find that people's attachments are placed close together > or so near other text that it is hard to get focus on it. Also it may say > "attachment image" which I think is different than what it said in Mountain > Lion, but you should be able to open it or at least save it with "save > attachments" > > -- > 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 Nov 22, 2013, at 2:28 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Did you check your file menu? That’s the only way that works for me. >> >> >> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >> built-in! >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! >> >> On Nov 22, 2013, at 2:13 PM, Deb Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Well I’m definitely having problems with this very thing. I know there’s >>> an attachment. I can see it on the iPhone and in Windows, and in the >>> headers of the message when I’m on the mac. but nothing will open it. Save >>> attachment is dimmed, Look is dimmed. the context menu has no attachment. >>> But as I said, I know it’s there because every other device in the world >>> sees it and opens it. This is just an impossible situation so far. >>> It’s in the headers so I do know it’s here. >>> >>> Deb >>> >>> On Nov 19, 2013, at 12:38 PM, Sharon Ballantyne <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I know I wrote last week but I still cannot open attachments since >>>> upgrading to Mavericks. >>>> >>>> Prior to upgrading I could use quick look using command y. This would >>>> allow me to open or save the attachment as I chose. >>>> >>>> Now using command y does not seem to be able to get focus. Even if I have >>>> tried to save the attachment, I get a message of no items found. >>>> >>>> I really need to figure this out. >>>> >>>> I also would like help with isolating attachments if more than one >>>> attachment is attached. >>>> >>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thank-you >>>> >>>> Sharon >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> 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/groups/opt_out. > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
