discovery plus

2021-02-20 Thread Shirley Healy
is anyone subscribed to discovery plus? I've just subscribed on my Iphone but the app isnt very accessible. does anyone know if there are workarounds to make it more accessible? shirley -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

Re: removable volumes

2021-02-20 Thread Brad Snyder
You need to do CmD + E, to eject the volume before you remove the SD card. - Brad - On Feb 20, 2021, at 21:24, Lorie McCloud wrote: since I've installed Catalina if I have an sd card in the slot and I'm copying files from it, when I'm finished I go out of it and vo says the name of the

Re: Silver Sparrow malware?

2021-02-20 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
This just repeated the info I've already seen. Still no info on how to determine if your Mac has been infected. Donna > On Feb 20, 2021, at 4:48 PM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/02/20/more-malware-found-to-target-apple-silicon-macs > >

removable volumes

2021-02-20 Thread Lorie McCloud
since I've installed Catalina if I have an sd card in the slot and I'm copying files from it, when I'm finished I go out of it and vo says the name of the volume and then: "eject." does that mean I can take it out of the slot without doing anything or do I still needto press command e? thanks.

Re: Am I doing something fundamentally wrong?

2021-02-20 Thread Brad Snyder
Don't do it in recent. Go to the folder that actually contains the file, and do it there. You should get better results. - Brad - On Feb 20, 2021, at 17:12, Fazil wrote:  Hi, Group. I am trying to rename a file but I am unable doing that. I go to finder, interact with Sidebar, navigate to

Re: Am I doing something fundamentally wrong?

2021-02-20 Thread Lorie McCloud
I think you can just hit enter on the filename edit it and then hit enter again to save the changes. > On Feb 20, 2021, at 5:12 PM, Fazil wrote: > > Hi, Group. > I am trying to rename a file but I am unable doing that. > I go to finder, interact with Sidebar, navigate to recent, stop

Re: Silver Sparrow malware?

2021-02-20 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Thanks! Donna > On Feb 20, 2021, at 4:48 PM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/02/20/more-malware-found-to-target-apple-silicon-macs > > > > On

Am I doing something fundamentally wrong?

2021-02-20 Thread Fazil
Hi, Group. I am trying to rename a file but I am unable doing that. I go to finder, interact with Sidebar, navigate to recent, stop interacting, navigate to the contents of Recent, which, basically, is the list of my files which I have created in TextEdit. I select a file here that I want to

Re: Silver Sparrow malware?

2021-02-20 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/02/20/more-malware-found-to-target-apple-silicon-macs On 2/20/21, 15:14, "'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries" wrote:Hi all, Anyone know anything about this? I just read that it has infected over thirty thousand macs, but haven't seen anything on how to tell if

Re: VoiceOver friendly invoice app?

2021-02-20 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Brad, Thanks. That looks promising. Is there anything out there that can be purchased out right? Subscriptions just keep adding up and as you know become "larger than they should"! :) It would be nice if the application can communicate with "turbo tax" as My Wife uses this for us now. Any

RE: Reading the Name of active document?

2021-02-20 Thread Fazil
Thanks much, and how can I read the name of the active application, please? Thanks! From: 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2021 10:26 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Reading the Name of active document? With focus in the editing

Silver Sparrow malware?

2021-02-20 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, Anyone know anything about this? I just read that it has infected over thirty thousand macs, but haven't seen anything on how to tell if your Mac has been infected. Cheers, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

iTunes/Music playlist changed unexpectedly

2021-02-20 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi, isn’t that strange? I changed this playlist several weeks ago, added some songs and so on. Today I found it sat back to an older version from several weeks ago. Very annoying. Now I need to remember which songs I’ve added in this particular list. Hopefully there are no changes in all my

Re: Reading the Name of active document?

2021-02-20 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
With focus in the editing window, Ctrl-Option-F2. Depending on your system, it may have to be entered as Ctrl-Option-Fn-2. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Fazil Date: Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 11:13To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Reading the Name of active

Re: Deleting a Document from Finder

2021-02-20 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
There’s generally no confirmation. Command-Delete moves it to the trash without prompting, and announces that it has done so. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Fazil Date: Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 11:23To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Deleting a Document from

Re: Deleting a Document from Finder

2021-02-20 Thread Brad Snyder
Make sure you are actually in Finder, and not still in TextEdit when you attempt to delete the file. Use the keyboard command Fn + VO + NumberRow 1, to identify the active application. If after performing the command, you hear VoiceOver report TextEdit, as the active application, close the

RE: Deleting a Document from Finder

2021-02-20 Thread Fazil
Thanks much, Brad, this is the problem, I hear the question bud do not find an answer with VO-Arrow keys. Thanks! From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Brad Snyder Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2021 8:38 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Deleting a Document

Re: Deleting a Document from Finder

2021-02-20 Thread Brad Snyder
After pressing CMD + Delete, if presented with a dialogue asking you to confirm your delete request, use VO + left or right arrow, to navigate the dialogue to locate the appropriate response, then press VO + Spacebar, to select the action. - Brad - On Feb 20, 2021, at 10:23, Fazil wrote:

Re: Reading the Name of active document?

2021-02-20 Thread Brad Snyder
On your MacBook Pro with TouchBar, use the following command to read the name of the active window or document: Fn + VO + NumberRow 2 - Brad - On Feb 20, 2021, at 10:13, Fazil wrote: Hi, Group. How can I read the name of an open file in TextEdit, please? Thanks! -- The following

Deleting a Document from Finder

2021-02-20 Thread Fazil
Hi, Group. How can I delete a document? I went to Finder, opened a text file and read it. Then I tried to delete a file from the list of the files. When I hit command-delete, VoiceOver confirms with me whether I wanted to move that file to trash but did not give me a yes-no option, how can I

Reading the Name of active document?

2021-02-20 Thread Fazil
Hi, Group. How can I read the name of an open file in TextEdit, please? Thanks! -- 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,

RE: Query regarding Mail in MacOS Big sur.

2021-02-20 Thread matthew dyer
Hi, Are you using colom view by chance? If so, that may be the reason. What you could do is setup an activity with verbosity level set to the lowest setting and this should saulve your problem. The other thing you could is seþ the view to standdered view. HTH. Matthew us -Original

Re: Query regarding Mail in MacOS Big sur.

2021-02-20 Thread John Panarese
You might have, use column layout, checked in the View menu of Mail. At least, it sounds like this is what is happening. 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

Query regarding Mail in MacOS Big sur.

2021-02-20 Thread 'Gary Price' via MacVisionaries
Morning everyone! Please has anyone on here noticed something really annoying in Mail on MacOS Big sur. VoiceOver has started saying Column one then a certain row number. Is there any way of stopping this? I've tried looking in VoiceOver utility under verbossity which my friend Christopher