Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread Lorie McCloud
oh ok. that might be the problem. I highlighted it. didn't open it though. does the information thing work better if it's open? > On Jun 12, 2022, at 8:24 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > IF the drive is large enough, it may take some time before that information > is available. > > Dave Carlson

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread Dave Carlson
IF the drive is large enough, it may take some time before that information is available. Dave Carlson Engineer, Farfar, Woodworker, Pioneer, Musician, and Oregonian On Jun 12, 2022, at 12:06 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: I was looking for size and memory used. vo read those but no info to go

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Lorie, I get it now, what you are missing is, you need to u VO right arrow to read through that information. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 6/12/2022

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
No Lori. Command i (Get Info) only gives you information about the phusical drive. As I already said, use command shift c to see the list of drives, and open your USB drive to view its contents. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread Lorie McCloud
I was focused already on the drive in question. I. had pressed command i and was reading the information. the problem is that I would hear size: and then nothing. it would go on to the next thing. it didn't say collapsed but I guess I could try expanding it. same thing happened with "memory

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread Gabe Griffith
Hi, As ET said, press command, shift, c to open the list of drives in finder. Arrow to the drive in question and press command i. I then VO right arrow through the options and am able to get the info such as the drive size, available space etc. If there is anything that is collapsed you will

Re: Accessing notifications

2022-06-12 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
For now I’m undecided. On the one hand, it’s easier now to just go on and do whatever it was that you wanted to do in the first place. On the other, every time you reopen your computer that stupid notification is just going to pop up again, so you might as well just dismiss it the first time.

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread Lorie McCloud
I was looking for size and memory used. vo read those but no info to go with them. > On Jun 12, 2022, at 9:07 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > What “particular” info are you looking for? There are a number of items in > the Info window that may need expanded or

Re: Audio Description Volume

2022-06-12 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Bummer, I sent a mail to Apple Accessibility to see if they can pass this along to someone to look into fixing the movie. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com

Re: question about apple mail accounts.

2022-06-12 Thread Herbie Allen
I know you can definitely do iCloud. Back when i did mine it was easy enough to set up, and it’s straight forward with setting up on the Apple devices. > On Jun 12, 2022, at 13:38, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Hi folks, > My tony award goal is not quite that simple, ctv.ca requires a

question about apple mail accounts.

2022-06-12 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi folks, My tony award goal is not quite that simple, ctv.ca requires a subscription, with one of our homemates creating an account so they can watch this as well. because I want everything connected to my mac already, and they will be emailing me a link I intend to create? an apple mail

Re: Accessing notifications

2022-06-12 Thread Brad Snyder
Perhaps my memory fails me. I don't recall Big Sur being any different from Monterey with regard to interacting with notifications. - Brad - On Jun 12, 2022, at 12:41, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi, It may have depended on the specific notification. Those persistent ones

Re: Accessing notifications

2022-06-12 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Yes, that’s also as I remember it. The one situation that poses difficulties for me in Monterey is answering an incoming Facetime call when the Mac is locked. It’s hard to reach the notification in time after using touch ID to unlock the device. I don’t remember whether I tried VO-N in that

Re: Accessing notifications

2022-06-12 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, It may have depended on the specific notification. Those persistent ones that remain on the screen may have often been given automatic focus by VO, I can’t recall. I do recall though that it was slightly different in Big Sur. I actually prefer the Monterey style of doing things with

Re: Accessing notifications

2022-06-12 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Huh. I don’t know what to tell you, but it was different for me in Big Sur. Maybe there was some setting that was different. Cheers, Donna > On Jun 12, 2022, at 9:28 AM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Well, there's no reason why it should be any different on your machine > running big serve than it

Re: Audio Description Volume

2022-06-12 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Not that I’m aware of. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Jun 12, 2022, at 09:10, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > Is it possible to decrease the

Audio Description Volume

2022-06-12 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Is it possible to decrease the volume if the audio described track in an iTunes movie? Thanks. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com -- The following

Re: Accessing notifications

2022-06-12 Thread Brad Snyder
Well, there's no reason why it should be any different on your machine running big serve than it is when running Monterey. It is the same on both of my machines. - Brad - On Jun 12, 2022, at 08:16, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Actually, Brad, for me it is different. In Big

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, What “particular” info are you looking for? There are a number of items in the Info window that may need expanded or interacted with to gain more info. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Whups that should be command shift c. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 6/12/2022 7:04 AM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote:    You need to use command v

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
You need to use command v to open the Computers window in the Finder. Navigate to said USB drive and open the folder to view its contents. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail:

Re: information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread Herbie Allen
I’ll preface this by saying someone who’s actually done this would know, but did you do Command I on the actual label of the drive itself? If so, there might be multiple categories at the top. > On Jun 12, 2022, at 02:55, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > I put a thumb drive in my Mac mini running

Re: Accessing notifications

2022-06-12 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Actually, Brad, for me it is different. In Big Sur, the focus was automatically placed there. I did not have to press VO N. Cheers, Donna > On Jun 11, 2022, at 5:20 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Actually, if there is an on screen notification, you should be able to place > focus on the

Re: Accessing notifications

2022-06-12 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Thanks all.! This worked. Cheers, Donna > On Jun 11, 2022, at 5:18 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > Press VO-n to bring focus to the notifications, down arrow once then press > return. This will bring focus to the specific notification that was being > announced.

Re: an absolutely silly, but for me important mac question?

2022-06-12 Thread Herbie Allen
Yes Herbie > On Jun 11, 2022, at 20:57, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > In my own defense because accessing broadcast content tends to be important > work wise, when living in my own home, I have cable. > At the moment though I am in a shared situation. > However, I need to access something, being

information on a thumb drive

2022-06-12 Thread Lorie McCloud
I put a thumb drive in my Mac mini running Monterey that I was planning to put some data on. I pressed command i for info. I wanted things such as size and memory used which vo read but it didn't read the actual info just the heading or title or whatever you would say. is there some other