RE: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread David Griffith
All I have to do to wake the Mac up is press a key. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 03 August 2012 17:31 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Shut down s

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread Thomas McMahan
Wow! so does this keystroke perform some kind of an instant shut down then? > - Original Message - From: "Thomas McMahan" > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 5:49 PM > Subject: Re: Shut down sound > > >> A

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
acbook? Thanks! > - Original Message - From: "Gordon Smith" > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 5:29 PM > Subject: Re: Shut down sound > > >> Hi Chris >> >> My only suggestion is that you can feel the fan

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread chris hallsworth
iOS Accessibility" Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 5:29 PM Subject: Re: Shut down sound Hi Chris My only suggestion is that you can feel the fan and HD activity until your machine is shut down. No, VoiceOver often goes down some time before the machine because the OS does a bit of housekeeping b

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread chris hallsworth
Wow! so does this keystroke perform some kind of an instant shut down then? - Original Message - From: "Thomas McMahan" To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 5:49 PM Subject: Re: Shut down sound Also we should factor in that Mac has

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread Thomas McMahan
vices do it? Thanks! > - Original Message - From: "josh gregory" > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 1:59 PM > Subject: Re: Shut down sound > > >> Yeah that'd be nice. That was one of the things tha

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
uts voiceover off > all the time, it's near instant. > > -Original Message- From: chris hallsworth > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 11:21 > To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility > Subject: Re: Shut down sound > > Well, if that is the case, how on earth do we know

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread Thomas McMahan
Also we should factor in that Mac has a fast shutdown. It's a lot faster than my Windows xp. It's even faster if you do the control option command eject method of shutdown. On Aug 3, 2012, at 8:12 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: > Hi Josh and Chris > > No, this cannot be done. But personally, I

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread josh gregory
gt; From: chris hallsworth > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 11:21 > To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility > Subject: Re: Shut down sound > > Well, if that is the case, how on earth do we know if the Mac is shutting > down? Does VoiceOver stay until it is about to be turned off? Kind of

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread Mike Welty
My mac which is the late 2009 model shuts down so fast it cuts voiceover off all the time, it's near instant. -Original Message- From: chris hallsworth Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 11:21 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Shut down sound Well, if that is the cas

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread chris hallsworth
27;" Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 4:37 PM Subject: RE: Shut down sound In practice I have not found this to be a problem as generally the Mac shuts down a lot quicker. ON my IMac I do not shut down but morally put it to sleep with command option escape and it is startlingly quick, pretty

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread Gordon Smith
is the case, how on earth do we know if the Mac is shutting down? Does VoiceOver stay until it is about to be turned off? Kind of like how iOS devices do it? Thanks! - Original Message - From: "josh gregory" To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Friday, August 0

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread josh gregory
n you get to option boot menu. > > David Griffith > > the > > > -Original Message- > From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net > [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth > Sent: 03 August 2012 16:22 > To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility >

RE: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread David Griffith
when you get to option boot menu. David Griffith the -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of chris hallsworth Sent: 03 August 2012 16:22 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Shut down sound Well, if

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread Mike Welty
I don't see why one would be needed, from what I've seen with almost every mac I've used it shuts down almost instantly. -Original Message- From: Gordon Smith Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 09:12 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Shut down sound Hi Josh

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread chris hallsworth
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 1:59 PM Subject: Re: Shut down sound Yeah that'd be nice. That was one of the things that I noticed that was different from windows. But sadly, I don't think there is. On 8/3/12, chris hallsworth wrote: Hello all is there a way of assigning a sound when shut

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Josh and Chris No, this cannot be done. But personally, I don't think it's really an issue. Maybe it's just that I've grown so accustomed to Mac OS, or maybe it's just my in-built dislike of Windows. I use it because I have too now and then, and it looks as though I'll have too for work,