RE: battery in Apple TV remote?

2016-02-21 Thread Simon Fogarty
And if it’s the apple tv forth gen then you don't need to change the battery it's rechargeable using a lightening cable. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Miller Sent: Monday, 22 February 2016 3:21 AM

Re: Selecting text in Terminal

2016-02-21 Thread Blee Blat
I haven't tried this extensively yet but the few things I did paste worked out rather well. If you press command return instead of just return when you execute the command it marks the output. Then you can do command shift a and that will select marked output. and then command c to copy and

how I had to fix having 3 different voices

2016-02-21 Thread Marie Lyons
I had tried to correct it in voice utility but I still had 3 voices even after I made the changes. I spoke with disability support and they went through and we were able to eliminate 1 of the voices. They consulted with someone who is their expert. They thought there may have been some scripts

Re: Changing languages with a bluetooth keyboard

2016-02-21 Thread Ben J. Bloomgren
Being that Cmd+space invokes the spotlight, I've changed it to option+space and option+shift+space. Honestly, on the mac, I use the menu more than I use the keystroke. On iOS, there is no such menu as per my experience. Ben - Original Message - From: Seyoon Choi To:

Re: Changing languages with a bluetooth keyboard

2016-02-21 Thread Seyoon Choi
I understand your situation, and was wondering that self to be able to do it on my Mac. I remember Command spacebar use to work, and now I don’t even know if there is any quicker way of switching languages that appears after the key combo is pressed. Seyoon Choi syc20...@gmail.com YouTube Video

Re: Changing languages with a bluetooth keyboard

2016-02-21 Thread Ben J. Bloomgren
Seyoon, Ann and all, Cmd+ctrl+space doesn't work either. Ann, by changing languages, I didn't just mean cycling through Voiceover languages in the language rotor. I'm trying to literally change the keyboard layout between languages as the next keyboard button would do on the touch screen.

Selecting text in Terminal

2016-02-21 Thread Chris Meredith
Hey gang. Is this even possible? There are times when I want to copy and paste various terminal outputs into either email or Slack chats (my company lives in Slack and spends most of its life in the Unix shell), and I can’t seem to find a way to bend VoiceOver to my will on this one. So far

Re: Accessible Mac Video Editor?

2016-02-21 Thread Seyoon Choi
Amadeus Pro is more suitable for audio editing and cannot edit video at the same time. Usually if I ever have to precisely edit audio files I prefer Amadeus Pro. Other times when I have to edit both video and audio Final Cut is my solution, though it’s not the easiest program to pick up on as I

Re: Accessible Mac Video Editor?

2016-02-21 Thread Phil Halton
I only use Amadeus pro to normalize the audio channel. You would lose video if you cut out sections of the audio. Actually you would put the audio and video out of sync as only the audio track would be change the video track would remain the same. About all you can do is insert silence on the

Re: smart folders

2016-02-21 Thread Alex Hall
A normal folder is a collection of files you put under a single location, and can hold other folders which also contain files. A smart folder is a virtual folder that you don't add anything to manually. Instead, you specify a set of criteria and let the Mac add to and remove from the folder on

smart folders

2016-02-21 Thread Marie Lyons
What are they and what do they do? Marie Lyons -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or

Re: alert when a download is complete with yossimity

2016-02-21 Thread Stacey Robinson
Matthew, Thanks I’ll save this and give it a try. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Feb 21, 2016, at 2:27 PM, Matthew Dierckens wrote: > > Hi Stacey, > The

Apple Pay Finally!

2016-02-21 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi all: I went back to Sprouts, and to the same register. Apple pay finally worked! There was not an ok button to press. The catch is, I didn’t do anything differently. It just worked this time. At least we know my phone works! Sarai D. Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -- The

Re: alert when a download is complete with yossimity

2016-02-21 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hi Stacey, The only way to accomplish this task is to create a folder action on the downloads folder. To do this, do the following. 1. Go to the desktop with VO shift D. 2. Press command shift H to go to the home folder. 3. Find your downloads folder and press VO shift M to open the context menu.

Re: What to do when cmd-f5 just dings?

2016-02-21 Thread Blee Blat
Yup, pretty serious bug I think. Also means that you don't get braille until you log in either or bluetooth audio and USB devices either. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this

Re: What to do when cmd-f5 just dings?

2016-02-21 Thread Grant
I actually see this issue regularly on both my Macs. It happens when the computer needs your password after a period of inactivity, and VoiceOver isn’t on. For example, when I’m using VMWare Fusion and allow the computer to go to sleep, I can’t turn VoiceOver back on until I correctly enter my

Re: What to do when cmd-f5 just dings?

2016-02-21 Thread E.T.
Alex, I do not know if this is related. Are you using a headset, Bluetooth or wired? I use both, Bluetooth most of the time now. It was always reliable under Yosemite. Not under El Capitan when using Bluetooth. Because focus always lands on the password field, I can enter it and its good.

Re: Any comments on Apple's position against unreasonable search

2016-02-21 Thread Karen Lewellen
Nice piece to be sure. The answer is of course this is a right, constitutional and human. This is not about one phone, or Apple supporting terrorism if they do not help. It is about the right of being innocent in your own phone and communication, until proven otherwise. On Sat, 20 Feb

Re: Questions re tactile covers

2016-02-21 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, I saw several when I was training extensively. I found it very distracting after learning without. On the other hand, I've read user claims of 80 wpm typing speed when learning to type with a tactile screen protecter. I'm certainly nowhere near that. 15 or 20 wpm at best and thank

Re: Accessible Mac Video Editor?

2016-02-21 Thread Kevin Chao
In QuickTime, VoiceOver can only trim in 5% and 1%, but a sighted person with mouse can do fine trimming. Is fine trimming (.1% or ms) keyboard accessible with iMovie or Final Cut Pro? On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 7:50 AM Ray Foret Jr wrote: > But when you import the file in

Re: battery in Apple TV remote?

2016-02-21 Thread Donna Goodin
You know, I actually already have it installed. But I've never used it, so I just forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 21, 2016, at 9:50 AM, E.T. wrote: > > Install the Remote app on your iPhone or iPad? That may

Re: Accessible Mac Video Editor?

2016-02-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
But when you import the file in to Amadeus Pro, and then chage it, don't you lose the video? I would guess that you would. Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice

Re: battery in Apple TV remote?

2016-02-21 Thread E.T.
Install the Remote app on your iPhone or iPad? That may save you some steps. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 2/21/2016 6:25 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi Daniel, It is the 3rd Gen. Thanks for

Re: What to do when cmd-f5 just dings?

2016-02-21 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Alex, In that situation, I would shut down the computer and reinitialise the PRAM as something is clearly very wrong. Cheers, Anne > On 21 Feb 2016, at 16:40, Alex Hall wrote: > > I did, yes. Sorry, I should have said that. >> On Feb 21, 2016, at 10:28, gs

Re: What to do when cmd-f5 just dings?

2016-02-21 Thread Donna Goodin
Hey Alex, Not sure if this will help, but I had some similar weirdness last week when I was doing al those restarts because of the problematic messages we were receiving. Try hitting Tab, and then doing CMD F5. Not sure why that would work, but it did for me. HTH, Donna > On Feb 21, 2016, at

Re: What to do when cmd-f5 just dings?

2016-02-21 Thread Alex Hall
I did, yes. Sorry, I should have said that. > On Feb 21, 2016, at 10:28, gs wrote: > > Did you try Function CMD F5? > > On Feb 21, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > I wondered about that, but I had a sighted person check. The Mac was waiting >

Re: What to do when cmd-f5 just dings?

2016-02-21 Thread gs
Did you try Function CMD F5? On Feb 21, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Alex Hall wrote: I wondered about that, but I had a sighted person check. The Mac was waiting for the password, since it's set to automatically log into the only account on the machine, so cmd-f5 definitely should

Re: What to do when cmd-f5 just dings?

2016-02-21 Thread Alex Hall
I wondered about that, but I had a sighted person check. The Mac was waiting for the password, since it's set to automatically log into the only account on the machine, so cmd-f5 definitely should have done something. > On Feb 21, 2016, at 09:54, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > >

Re: What to do when cmd-f5 just dings?

2016-02-21 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, I believe that when the login screen does this, it means it is really the lock screen and not the login screen. If there switch users is enabled, you might be able to get to the full login screen, though I can’t remember where the button for that is, or if there is a keyboard shortcut.

Re: battery in Apple TV remote?

2016-02-21 Thread Donna Goodin
Just FYI, I just opened it. Works exactly as you suggested. Cheers, Donna > On Feb 21, 2016, at 8:27 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > The Apple TV 3 appears to have a watch-style battery. I haven't tried it > either, but take a coin to the slot in the center of the non-button side

Re: battery in Apple TV remote?

2016-02-21 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, I was just looking at it trying to figure out how to open it. Nice that the 4th gen charges via the lightning cable. We almost upgraded this year, but decided to hold out for the 5th gen. Cheers, Donna > On Feb 21, 2016, at 8:27 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > The Apple

Re: battery in Apple TV remote?

2016-02-21 Thread Alex Hall
The Apple TV 3 appears to have a watch-style battery. I haven't tried it either, but take a coin to the slot in the center of the non-button side of the remote and try pushing in and turning left. This should open the cover, but again, I haven't personally tried it. The Apple TV 4 remote is

Re: battery in Apple TV remote?

2016-02-21 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Daniel, It is the 3rd Gen. Thanks for the info, I'm getting really tired of having to actually walk over to the TV every time I want to start a new episode. I know, the epitome of laziness. :) Cheers, Donna > On Feb 21, 2016, at 8:20 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: > > Hi

Re: battery in Apple TV remote?

2016-02-21 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi Donna. Is it the Apple TV third generation? If so, you can change the battery yourself, you just need a CR 2032 watch battery. Those are relatively cheap. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 21, 2016, at 9:12 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm noticing that the

battery in Apple TV remote?

2016-02-21 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I'm noticing that the remote for our Apple TV doesn't seem to have it's usual range, so am thinking that the battery must need changing. Has anyone ever done this? Can the user change it or does it have to go to an apple store? I'm also assuming from the shape of the remote that it

What to do when cmd-f5 just dings?

2016-02-21 Thread Alex Hall
Hey all, I've run into this from time to time on 10.11: hit command-f5, and you get the error ding instead of VoiceOver. Right now, I'm seeing it on my sister's Air, at the logon screen, but I've seen it on my machines as well. I figured it was a beta thing, but the Air in front of me doesn't

Questions re tactile covers

2016-02-21 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, When I was asked about these, it kind of took me by surprise. I got my first iPhone the first week that the first accessible model, the 3GS, came out. At that time of course there was no such thing as a tactile cover, so I learned to use my phone without one. I'd be curious to hear

Re: Accessible Mac Video Editor?

2016-02-21 Thread Phil Halton
I use QuickTime to record and trim videos, I then import the file into Amadeus pro and normalize the audio there. Sent from my IPhone > On Feb 20, 2016, at 11:58 PM, Kevin Chao wrote: > > Audio balance = normalizing multiple audio channels. > Are there any podcast for

alert when a download is complete with yossimity

2016-02-21 Thread Stacey Robinson
I’m running Yosemite and would like to set a sound that can be played when a download reaches my desktop. Is there a way to do this? If so, please send step by step instructions. Thank you. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.

Re: tactile covers for the iPhone 6S

2016-02-21 Thread Alex Hall
ATGuys re-sells SpeedDots. To my knowledge, SpeedDots is the only company that makes tactile screen protectors. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 20, 2016, at 23:52, Helga Schreiber > wrote: > > Hi guys! How are you all? I Think at guys.com has dots as well? Or

Re: Changing languages with a bluetooth keyboard

2016-02-21 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Ben, I don’t know whether this works, but have you tried the left and up arrows together to go through the rotor options, then when you land on Language, use the up or down arrow. Cheers, Anne > On 20 Feb 2016, at 23:13, ben J. Bloomgren wrote: > > Hello