Re: Should I upgrade to Ventura?

2022-10-28 Thread 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
Is anybody else having trouble with random text not showing up in edit fields? I can be typing away, go back to proofread, and find that several letters are missing. I know I typed them. I was never aware of losing focus either, the text just disappears. This did not happen before I

Creating Commanders - Was: vo command to close an application?

2022-10-28 Thread Bill Gallik
I believe you are asking if there is a way to assign a key sequence to automatically launch a specific app. For instance, I have a Commander using the “w” to launch MS-Word. When I wish to use MS-Word I type in the key combination of and the app is opened. Now for some explanation

Re: vo command to close an application?

2022-10-28 Thread Karen Lewellen
Lets not go that far. Still have a track pad moving me around with barely a breath laughs. finally found a pair of headphones, but mercy the tutorial voice is something I wish I could change...still have lines from the system voice I do not understand either. But I have the important answer

Re: Should I upgrade to Ventura?

2022-10-28 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Janina, What you describe is exactly why I often wait till summer to upgrade. It’s so frustrating to be trying to get something done, and be bogged down by Apple . I really don’t think they get that we just need things to work. They can introduce whatever new feature, but if you are

Re: vo command to close an application?

2022-10-28 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
You will find most macOS commands listed in the menu bar. 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 10/28/2022 6:02 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Perfect, thanks!

Re: vo command to close an application?

2022-10-28 Thread Karen Lewellen
Perfect, thanks! On Fri, 28 Oct 2022, E.T. wrote: There is no VO command, but the standard macOS command is Command Q. 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: vo command to close an application?

2022-10-28 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
There is no VO command, but the standard macOS command is Command Q. 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 10/28/2022 5:42 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: And is

vo command to close an application?

2022-10-28 Thread Karen Lewellen
And is there any way to create a list of ones you use often to launch them quickly? Understand that when on the menu bar the last application run is there, but that is not what I mean. Thanks, Karen

Re: Should I upgrade to Ventura?

2022-10-28 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
I'm rather wishing I'd waited. I'm upgraded yesterday, so have limited experience. But I had issues just getting applications list to work as expected under Finder today--right when I didn't need the headache of systems not working as expected. Then there are those wonderful notifications wanting

Re: Transferring data to new iMax

2022-10-28 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Well, I want to agree with Brad and Jason. It's essentially what I'm planning to do sometime next spring when the (hopefully) M3 laptops are released. I do have some caveats, however. For instance this next time around I plan to rely a bit more on folders even for grouping applications. I am

Re: Transferring data to new iMax

2022-10-28 Thread Agent086b
Hi, what is the simple assistant you refer to? Max. > On 29 Oct 2022, at 5:28 am, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > THere is a simple assistant in the utilities folder on your Macs. > Just use that and follow the instructions. > Why complicate things when not needed. > /A > >> 28 okt. 2022 kl.

Re: Transferring data to new iMax

2022-10-28 Thread Agent086b
Hi, how did you copy over the files you want? I don’t use Drop box ore have enough space in iCloud to use either of them. Thanks again. Max. > On 28 Oct 2022, at 11:09 am, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > When I bought my 14-inch MacBook Pro, I started afresh. I copied over >

Re: Should I upgrade to Ventura?

2022-10-28 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Thanks, Matthew and everyone for your responses. I have checked out that article, and I don’t see anything that would be a show stopper for me. I think I will probably take the plunge on Sunday. Cheers, Donna > On Oct 28, 2022, at 4:05 PM, > wrote: > > Donna, > > Have you checked out the

RE: Should I upgrade to Ventura?

2022-10-28 Thread ilovecountrymusic483
Donna, Have you checked out the bugs found vintora article on applevis? I have been using iit since one of the betas and have not found any mager problems. I always do a clean refresh after any mager os upgrade which seems to help with preventing problems. In any event, I have a stable

Re: Should I upgrade to Ventura?

2022-10-28 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Mickey, I teach Spanish. I don’t really use anything too unusual - Word, Mail, Safari, QuickTime and Amadeus Pro. I guess what makes me hesitant is that I was really unhappy after upgrading my phone and my watch. Basic things about using them with Voiceover were either broken, didn’t

Re: Should I upgrade to Ventura?

2022-10-28 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Well, at least you can get your own language. I think if I had to pick, I rather have my language than a second one. :) I have the link to the AppleVis guide to System Settings. If I do upgrade, I’m sure I’ll be checking that out in detail. Cheers, Donna > On Oct 28, 2022, at 1:34 PM,

Re: Should I upgrade to Ventura?

2022-10-28 Thread Mickey Quenzer
Hello Donna: What makes you hesitate about upgrading your Mac? what subjects do you teach and what programs do you use? That might help us figure out what would be best for you. On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 1:35 PM Anders Holmberg wrote: > Hi! > Well, its a good question. > For me seem to work quite

Re: Should I upgrade to Ventura?

2022-10-28 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Well, its a good question. For me seem to work quite good except from that I can not get English speech. Only Swedish so far. But I haven’t have time to check things out. Maybe you should wait until the season is over. So you could take time to learn the new system settings app. Just one

Re: Transferring data to new iMax

2022-10-28 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! THere is a simple assistant in the utilities folder on your Macs. Just use that and follow the instructions. Why complicate things when not needed. /A > 28 okt. 2022 kl. 00:28 skrev Herbie Allen : > > I would use a service like Dropbox or iCloud and store all your documents > there. You

RE: Adjusting Stepper for Voice Rate

2022-10-28 Thread Fazil M.
Thanks much, Jerry, it, indeed, helped! Now one more supplementary question: The voice rate changes in the increment of five, Can I adjust it with some smaller increment, please? Thanks! From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Gerry Cook Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2022 11:52

Re: Slides presentation and VoiceOver

2022-10-28 Thread Julie Rattray
Hi, So you have two options for doing slides etc with the Mac: You can use keynote - the Mac presenter application - I find it fairly easy to use and you can create slides and save the presentation fairly easily. The slide formatter area allows you to add slide transitions as well. Keynote

Slides presentation and VoiceOver

2022-10-28 Thread Lucas Gil Nadolskis
Hello all. I will need to give a talk in couple of weeks where I will be required to use slides. I have never done such a thing using macOS, so I would be interested to hear people’s experience with both creating the slides and presenting them. Thank you very much. Kind regards. Lucas

Re: Should I upgrade to Ventura?

2022-10-28 Thread 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries
If you’re nervous about it, you can wait until 13.1 or so. But I’ve not found any show-stopping bugs. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com Https://write.as/devinprater > On Oct 28, 2022, at 7:13 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi all, > > As some of you may remember, I teach, so

Re: Should I upgrade to Ventura?

2022-10-28 Thread alia robinson
seems okay to me, much more responsive. speech is much faster across the board. I think you’ll be fine. Alia > On Oct 28, 2022, at 8:13 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi all, > > As some of you may remember, I teach, so I am often hesitant to upgrade my > Mac during

Good news for those who did not like the switch to percentages in Watch 9

2022-10-28 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, For those who shared my displeasure with the shift in Watch 9 to VO speaking percentages rather than numbers in the activity complication, that appears to have been fixed in 9.1. I’m using the Modular face, so cannot speak for what happens with other watch faces. Cheers, Donna --

Should I upgrade to Ventura?

2022-10-28 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, As some of you may remember, I teach, so I am often hesitant to upgrade my Mac during the academic year. In addition, I did not have good experiences with upgrades to IOS 16 or Watch 9, so I’m especially gun-shy about upgrade to Ventura? I know that everyone’s mileage may vary, but

Re: Adjusting Stepper for Voice Rate

2022-10-28 Thread Gerry Cook
Hi Fazil you use VO command shift left and right arrow to find what you want then, you use up and down arrows to adjust the rate pitch and Internation and so on. Hope that helps. > On 28 Oct 2022, at 5:20 pm, Fazil M. wrote: > > Hi, group. > How can I adjust stepper in Voiceover Utility to

Adjusting Stepper for Voice Rate

2022-10-28 Thread Fazil M.
Hi, group. How can I adjust stepper in Voiceover Utility to adjust Read's voice rate, please? I have MacbookPro2017 and Ventura. 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

MS-Excel Keys - Was: MS-Word Shortcut Keys

2022-10-28 Thread Bill Gallik
Please pardon me, but in my immediately prior message I implied that I was using MS-Word, but in fact the app is MS-Excel. * * * * * * * * * * * * - Bill from Ino, Wisconsin - "The early bird may get the worm," - "But the second mouse gets the cheese!" - Contributor Unknown > On Oct 28, 2022,

MS-Word Shortcut Keys

2022-10-28 Thread Bill Gallik
I have a quite specific question and then a more general issue. First, the specific question; in Word help I read that using the key sequence <+> will insert the current time and/or time in the focussed cell. I presume the cell must be formatted appropriately prior to deploying this key