A basic Mail question

['Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries]

Hi,

I've started using Mac Mail more frequently, but I'm not finding the
keyboard shortcut to jump to the top (or bottom) of a list. For example
when in a mailbox on the list of all the messages in that mailbox, how
do I jump to the top of the list? And how to the bottom of the list?

It's a simple basic question, but I've failed to find the answer. Must
be looking in all the wrong places! 

Thanks in advance,

Janina


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Re: Why does my iMac make a pinging sound every 30 seconds?

['Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries]

I always forget the notifications on the Mac!  I remember them on the I phone 
though.  I’ll have a look.

Thank you.

> On 25 May 2021, at 22:06, Brad Snyder  wrote:
> 
> There should have been a Notification banner in the upper right corner of the 
> Mac’s screen.  You can access these Notification banners using VO + N, then 
> using the up/down arrow keys, then pressing Enter to select and place focus 
> on the Notification.  You will then need to open the Actions menu, using VO + 
> CMD + Spacebar, where you can select the appropriate action for the 
> Notification.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> - Brad -
> 
> 
> On May 25, 2021, at 15:42, 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries 
> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> 
> My Mac kept saying bluetooth keyboard disconnected.  It had been doing this a 
> lot when I put my Surface Tablet pro on.  So today I restarted the Mac and it 
> stopped it.  There were no dialogue boxes showing.  It would do this 
> intermittently.  After restarting it, it didn’t do this at all.
> 
> Kawal.
> 
>> On 25 May 2021, at 15:35, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
>> mailto:Macvisionaries@Googlegroups.com>> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> As John aptly said, it is  a System dialog alert that is trying to tell you 
>> to pay attention to it.  It will continue to do this until you attend to it. 
>>  Use VO-f1-f1, the Application Chooser, to find this alert.  The Window 
>> Chooser, V(-f2-f2, does not usually reveal System alerts.
>> 
>> Later…
>> 
>> 
>> Tim Kilburn
>> Jamf Certified Tech
>> Apple Professional Learning Specialist
>> Apple Teacher
>> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>> 
>>> On May 25, 2021, at 7:55 AM, John Panarese >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>>  You might have a system dialog that is bugging you. Try using the window 
>>> chooser and app chooser menus to find the dialog and deal with it. It’s 
>>> probably asking you permission to do something or warning you about an 
>>> incompatible app.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Take Care
>>> 
>>> John D. Panarese
>>> Director
>>> Mac for the Blind
>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com 
>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com 
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>>> 
 On May 25, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Paul Hopewell >>> > wrote:
 
 Hello,
 I am running Bigsur 11.4 on my 2019 iMac. The iMac makes a pinging sound 
 about every 30 seconds or so and has done this at least for the entire 
 Bigsur release. This is beginning to annoy me and I would like to stop it.
 Has anyone any idea why the iMac does this and what I can do to stop it? I 
 am connected to the Internet via wifi and use a bluetooth keyboard.
 Many thanks forany tips.
 Best … Paul Hopewell
 
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Re: Why does my iMac make a pinging sound every 30 seconds?

[Brad Snyder]

There should have been a Notification banner in the upper right corner of the 
Mac’s screen.  You can access these Notification banners using VO + N, then 
using the up/down arrow keys, then pressing Enter to select and place focus on 
the Notification.  You will then need to open the Actions menu, using VO + CMD 
+ Spacebar, where you can select the appropriate action for the Notification.

HTH.

- Brad -


On May 25, 2021, at 15:42, 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries 
 wrote:

Hi.

My Mac kept saying bluetooth keyboard disconnected.  It had been doing this a 
lot when I put my Surface Tablet pro on.  So today I restarted the Mac and it 
stopped it.  There were no dialogue boxes showing.  It would do this 
intermittently.  After restarting it, it didn’t do this at all.

Kawal.

> On 25 May 2021, at 15:35, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
> mailto:Macvisionaries@Googlegroups.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As John aptly said, it is  a System dialog alert that is trying to tell you 
> to pay attention to it.  It will continue to do this until you attend to it.  
> Use VO-f1-f1, the Application Chooser, to find this alert.  The Window 
> Chooser, V(-f2-f2, does not usually reveal System alerts.
> 
> Later…
> 
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Jamf Certified Tech
> Apple Professional Learning Specialist
> Apple Teacher
> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
>> On May 25, 2021, at 7:55 AM, John Panarese > > wrote:
>> 
>>  You might have a system dialog that is bugging you. Try using the window 
>> chooser and app chooser menus to find the dialog and deal with it. It’s 
>> probably asking you permission to do something or warning you about an 
>> incompatible app.
>> 
>> 
>> Take Care
>> 
>> John D. Panarese
>> Director
>> Mac for the Blind
>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com 
>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com 
>> 
>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer
>> 
>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>> 
>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 25, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Paul Hopewell >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> I am running Bigsur 11.4 on my 2019 iMac. The iMac makes a pinging sound 
>>> about every 30 seconds or so and has done this at least for the entire 
>>> Bigsur release. This is beginning to annoy me and I would like to stop it.
>>> Has anyone any idea why the iMac does this and what I can do to stop it? I 
>>> am connected to the Internet via wifi and use a bluetooth keyboard.
>>> Many thanks forany tips.
>>> Best … Paul Hopewell
>>> 
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Re: Why does my iMac make a pinging sound every 30 seconds?

['Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries]

Hi.

My Mac kept saying bluetooth keyboard disconnected.  It had been doing this a 
lot when I put my Surface Tablet pro on.  So today I restarted the Mac and it 
stopped it.  There were no dialogue boxes showing.  It would do this 
intermittently.  After restarting it, it didn’t do this at all.

Kawal.

> On 25 May 2021, at 15:35, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As John aptly said, it is  a System dialog alert that is trying to tell you 
> to pay attention to it.  It will continue to do this until you attend to it.  
> Use VO-f1-f1, the Application Chooser, to find this alert.  The Window 
> Chooser, V(-f2-f2, does not usually reveal System alerts.
> 
> Later…
> 
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Jamf Certified Tech
> Apple Professional Learning Specialist
> Apple Teacher
> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
>> On May 25, 2021, at 7:55 AM, John Panarese > > wrote:
>> 
>>  You might have a system dialog that is bugging you. Try using the window 
>> chooser and app chooser menus to find the dialog and deal with it. It’s 
>> probably asking you permission to do something or warning you about an 
>> incompatible app.
>> 
>> 
>> Take Care
>> 
>> John D. Panarese
>> Director
>> Mac for the Blind
>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com 
>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com 
>> 
>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer
>> 
>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>> 
>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On May 25, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Paul Hopewell >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> I am running Bigsur 11.4 on my 2019 iMac. The iMac makes a pinging sound 
>>> about every 30 seconds or so and has done this at least for the entire 
>>> Bigsur release. This is beginning to annoy me and I would like to stop it.
>>> Has anyone any idea why the iMac does this and what I can do to stop it? I 
>>> am connected to the Internet via wifi and use a bluetooth keyboard.
>>> Many thanks forany tips.
>>> Best … Paul Hopewell
>>> 
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Re: Update on turning touchpad off and on on the fly

['Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries]

Hi Dave,

That would be logical.  The Mouse Keys relates to the primary keyboard as far 
as I’m aware.

Later…


Tim Kilburn
Jamf Certified Tech
Apple Professional Learning Specialist
Apple Teacher
(with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

> On May 25, 2021, at 8:56 AM, Dave Carlson  wrote:
> 
> Tim,
> Yes, just confirmed your point. The laptop keyboard lost those keys for 
> normal typing. Drat.
> Interestingly is that with my external USB-connected keyboard, those keys do 
> not get mapped and they continue to work as expected, even with mouse keys 
> enabled.
> But of course that’s not the point, using an external keyboard.
> Ah, well…back to the old method of a physical USB mouse connected when 
> traveling…
> 
> Dave Carlson
> Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Farfar, Woodworker, and Pioneer
> 
> On May 25, 2021, at 7:43 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> While this will turn off the trackpad, it also may have some unforeseen 
> consequences for you.  When Mouse Keys is enabled, you have now made the 7, 
> 8, 9, u, I, o, j, k, l and a few more keys have different functions.  When 
> Mouse Keys is enabled, these keys work as mouse directional keys, and typing 
> with them is not possible.  So, with Mouse Keys enabled, you cannot enter any 
> text that requires these keys.  You would need to turn Mouse Keys off, type, 
> then turn it back on.  In the past, there were also some issues with cmd-w 
> and other keyboard shortcuts, although I can’t recall them all, nor do I know 
> if this is still the case.
> 
> Just a warning to those who decide to use this workaround, as you may find it 
> a pain to constantly toggle it on/off in order to type letters with your 
> right hand.
> 
> Later…
> 
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Jamf Certified Tech
> Apple Professional Learning Specialist
> Apple Teacher
> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
>> On May 25, 2021, at 7:48 AM, Dave Carlson > > wrote:
>> 
>> Pretty cool. Works on Mojave, as well. Slightly different controls in the 
>> System Preferences for that version.
>> 
>> Dave Carlson
>>  Oregonian, Farfar, Engineer, Musician, Pioneer, and Woodworker
>> 
>> On May 25, 2021, at 6:35 AM, Ian Harrison > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hi listers,
>> apologies if someone has already posted this.
>> 
>> A lister previously advised to use a connected mouse to turn off the 
>> touchpad so I woldn’t accidentally use the pad to change focus. I’ve now 
>> found a way to do this on the fly without the need for a mouse or external 
>> touchpad. I can now turn the pad back on when I have finished so my sighted 
>> friends can use it as intended.
>> 
>> Do the following:
>> Go to Apple preferences in Big Sur
>> click on Accessibility
>> Click on pointers in the table of options
>> Click on other pointer tab
>> Put a tick in the enable mouse keys box
>> Go into the mouse options pop up and tick turn off touchpad when mouse keys 
>> enabled
>> Click OK
>> 
>> Now you can toggle the touchpad on and off with 5 quick presses of the 
>> option key on the keyboard
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Ian
>> 
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Re: Update on turning touchpad off and on on the fly

[Dave Carlson]

Tim,
Yes, just confirmed your point. The laptop keyboard lost those keys for normal 
typing. Drat.
Interestingly is that with my external USB-connected keyboard, those keys do 
not get mapped and they continue to work as expected, even with mouse keys 
enabled.
But of course that’s not the point, using an external keyboard.
Ah, well…back to the old method of a physical USB mouse connected when 
traveling…

Dave Carlson
Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Farfar, Woodworker, and Pioneer

On May 25, 2021, at 7:43 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
 wrote:

Hi,

While this will turn off the trackpad, it also may have some unforeseen 
consequences for you.  When Mouse Keys is enabled, you have now made the 7, 8, 
9, u, I, o, j, k, l and a few more keys have different functions.  When Mouse 
Keys is enabled, these keys work as mouse directional keys, and typing with 
them is not possible.  So, with Mouse Keys enabled, you cannot enter any text 
that requires these keys.  You would need to turn Mouse Keys off, type, then 
turn it back on.  In the past, there were also some issues with cmd-w and other 
keyboard shortcuts, although I can’t recall them all, nor do I know if this is 
still the case.

Just a warning to those who decide to use this workaround, as you may find it a 
pain to constantly toggle it on/off in order to type letters with your right 
hand.

Later…


Tim Kilburn
Jamf Certified Tech
Apple Professional Learning Specialist
Apple Teacher
(with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

> On May 25, 2021, at 7:48 AM, Dave Carlson  > wrote:
> 
> Pretty cool. Works on Mojave, as well. Slightly different controls in the 
> System Preferences for that version.
> 
> Dave Carlson
>  Oregonian, Farfar, Engineer, Musician, Pioneer, and Woodworker
> 
> On May 25, 2021, at 6:35 AM, Ian Harrison  > wrote:
> 
> Hi listers,
> apologies if someone has already posted this.
> 
> A lister previously advised to use a connected mouse to turn off the touchpad 
> so I woldn’t accidentally use the pad to change focus. I’ve now found a way 
> to do this on the fly without the need for a mouse or external touchpad. I 
> can now turn the pad back on when I have finished so my sighted friends can 
> use it as intended.
> 
> Do the following:
> Go to Apple preferences in Big Sur
> click on Accessibility
> Click on pointers in the table of options
> Click on other pointer tab
> Put a tick in the enable mouse keys box
> Go into the mouse options pop up and tick turn off touchpad when mouse keys 
> enabled
> Click OK
> 
> Now you can toggle the touchpad on and off with 5 quick presses of the option 
> key on the keyboard
> 
> Cheers
> Ian
> 
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Re: Update on turning touchpad off and on on the fly

['Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries]

Hi,

While this will turn off the trackpad, it also may have some unforeseen 
consequences for you.  When Mouse Keys is enabled, you have now made the 7, 8, 
9, u, I, o, j, k, l and a few more keys have different functions.  When Mouse 
Keys is enabled, these keys work as mouse directional keys, and typing with 
them is not possible.  So, with Mouse Keys enabled, you cannot enter any text 
that requires these keys.  You would need to turn Mouse Keys off, type, then 
turn it back on.  In the past, there were also some issues with cmd-w and other 
keyboard shortcuts, although I can’t recall them all, nor do I know if this is 
still the case.

Just a warning to those who decide to use this workaround, as you may find it a 
pain to constantly toggle it on/off in order to type letters with your right 
hand.

Later…


Tim Kilburn
Jamf Certified Tech
Apple Professional Learning Specialist
Apple Teacher
(with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

> On May 25, 2021, at 7:48 AM, Dave Carlson  wrote:
> 
> Pretty cool. Works on Mojave, as well. Slightly different controls in the 
> System Preferences for that version.
> 
> Dave Carlson
>  Oregonian, Farfar, Engineer, Musician, Pioneer, and Woodworker
> 
> On May 25, 2021, at 6:35 AM, Ian Harrison  > wrote:
> 
> Hi listers,
> apologies if someone has already posted this.
> 
> A lister previously advised to use a connected mouse to turn off the touchpad 
> so I woldn’t accidentally use the pad to change focus. I’ve now found a way 
> to do this on the fly without the need for a mouse or external touchpad. I 
> can now turn the pad back on when I have finished so my sighted friends can 
> use it as intended.
> 
> Do the following:
> Go to Apple preferences in Big Sur
> click on Accessibility
> Click on pointers in the table of options
> Click on other pointer tab
> Put a tick in the enable mouse keys box
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Re: Why does my iMac make a pinging sound every 30 seconds?

['Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries]

Hi,

As John aptly said, it is  a System dialog alert that is trying to tell you to 
pay attention to it.  It will continue to do this until you attend to it.  Use 
VO-f1-f1, the Application Chooser, to find this alert.  The Window Chooser, 
V(-f2-f2, does not usually reveal System alerts.

Later…


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(with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

> On May 25, 2021, at 7:55 AM, John Panarese  wrote:
> 
>  You might have a system dialog that is bugging you. Try using the window 
> chooser and app chooser menus to find the dialog and deal with it. It’s 
> probably asking you permission to do something or warning you about an 
> incompatible app.
> 
> 
> Take Care
> 
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>> On May 25, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Paul Hopewell  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> I am running Bigsur 11.4 on my 2019 iMac. The iMac makes a pinging sound 
>> about every 30 seconds or so and has done this at least for the entire 
>> Bigsur release. This is beginning to annoy me and I would like to stop it.
>> Has anyone any idea why the iMac does this and what I can do to stop it? I 
>> am connected to the Internet via wifi and use a bluetooth keyboard.
>> Many thanks forany tips.
>> Best … Paul Hopewell
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RE: Update on turning touchpad off and on on the fly

[kglists via MacVisionaries]

I can't find this option in accessibility in system preferences.

-Original Message-
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Behalf Of Ian Harrison
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 2:35 PM
To: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries ; 
'Harry Bell' via VIPhone 
Subject: Update on turning touchpad off and on on the fly

Hi listers,
apologies if someone has already posted this.

A lister previously advised to use a connected mouse to turn off the touchpad 
so I woldn’t accidentally use the pad to change focus. I’ve now found a way to 
do this on the fly without the need for a mouse or external touchpad. I can now 
turn the pad back on when I have finished so my sighted friends can use it as 
intended.

Do the following:
Go to Apple preferences in Big Sur
click on Accessibility
Click on pointers in the table of options Click on other pointer tab Put a tick 
in the enable mouse keys box Go into the mouse options pop up and tick turn off 
touchpad when mouse keys enabled Click OK

Now you can toggle the touchpad on and off with 5 quick presses of the option 
key on the keyboard

Cheers
Ian

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Re: Why does my iMac make a pinging sound every 30 seconds?

[John Panarese]

  You might have a system dialog that is bugging you. Try using the window 
chooser and app chooser menus to find the dialog and deal with it. It’s 
probably asking you permission to do something or warning you about an 
incompatible app.


Take Care

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> On May 25, 2021, at 9:48 AM, Paul Hopewell  wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I am running Bigsur 11.4 on my 2019 iMac. The iMac makes a pinging sound 
> about every 30 seconds or so and has done this at least for the entire Bigsur 
> release. This is beginning to annoy me and I would like to stop it.
> Has anyone any idea why the iMac does this and what I can do to stop it? I am 
> connected to the Internet via wifi and use a bluetooth keyboard.
> Many thanks forany tips.
> Best … Paul Hopewell
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Re: Update on turning touchpad off and on on the fly

[Dave Carlson]

Pretty cool. Works on Mojave, as well. Slightly different controls in the 
System Preferences for that version.

Dave Carlson
 Oregonian, Farfar, Engineer, Musician, Pioneer, and Woodworker

On May 25, 2021, at 6:35 AM, Ian Harrison  wrote:

Hi listers,
apologies if someone has already posted this.

A lister previously advised to use a connected mouse to turn off the touchpad 
so I woldn’t accidentally use the pad to change focus. I’ve now found a way to 
do this on the fly without the need for a mouse or external touchpad. I can now 
turn the pad back on when I have finished so my sighted friends can use it as 
intended.

Do the following:
Go to Apple preferences in Big Sur
click on Accessibility
Click on pointers in the table of options
Click on other pointer tab
Put a tick in the enable mouse keys box
Go into the mouse options pop up and tick turn off touchpad when mouse keys 
enabled
Click OK

Now you can toggle the touchpad on and off with 5 quick presses of the option 
key on the keyboard

Cheers
Ian

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Why does my iMac make a pinging sound every 30 seconds?

[Paul Hopewell]

Hello,
I am running Bigsur 11.4 on my 2019 iMac. The iMac makes a pinging sound about 
every 30 seconds or so and has done this at least for the entire Bigsur 
release. This is beginning to annoy me and I would like to stop it.
Has anyone any idea why the iMac does this and what I can do to stop it? I am 
connected to the Internet via wifi and use a bluetooth keyboard.
Many thanks forany tips.
Best … Paul Hopewell

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Update on turning touchpad off and on on the fly

[Ian Harrison]

Hi listers,
apologies if someone has already posted this.

A lister previously advised to use a connected mouse to turn off the touchpad 
so I woldn’t accidentally use the pad to change focus. I’ve now found a way to 
do this on the fly without the need for a mouse or external touchpad. I can now 
turn the pad back on when I have finished so my sighted friends can use it as 
intended.

Do the following:
Go to Apple preferences in Big Sur
click on Accessibility
Click on pointers in the table of options
Click on other pointer tab
Put a tick in the enable mouse keys box
Go into the mouse options pop up and tick turn off touchpad when mouse keys 
enabled
Click OK

Now you can toggle the touchpad on and off with 5 quick presses of the option 
key on the keyboard

Cheers
Ian

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Switching between emails organised by theme

[Ian Harrison]

Hi listers,
I would like to flick between emails that were organised by theme but cn’t find 
a keyboard shortcut to do this. Any ideas?
Many thanks
Ian

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