The app is easier. I think it used to be better. I believe that there were more
headings in the past, but still, overall, the app is easier to use than the
website.
Mary Ward
On Apr 24, 2024, at 12:19 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
wrote:
Hello all,
Have always used the computer for this.
using VO + Shift + K, then you can
> use either Option key.
>
> - Brad -
>
>
>
>> On Apr 14, 2024, at 13:59, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
>> wrote:
>>
>> I just found them the second time I did my search. They are question mark
>&
I sent this
before doing a second search.
> On Apr 14, 2024, at 1:52 PM, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
> wrote:
>
> Hi list. I need to be able to type the Spanish upside down question and
> exclamation marks. But I am typing them for learners, so the base
Hi list. I need to be able to type the Spanish upside down question and
exclamation marks. But I am typing them for learners, so the base of the
email will not be in Spanish. SO I don’t think I want to actually change to
the Spanish keyboard. Does anybody happen to know how to do this? I
an issue with your
> Apple Card.
>
> - Brad -
>
>
>
> On Mar 6, 2024, at 12:41, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
> wrote:
>
>
> I had fraudulent attacks on two cards on the same day. It was my own fault, I
> was not paying attention. Anyway, the Chase
those moments and experiences.
>>> I actually really like the idea that the Apple Card notifies you when a
>>> purchase is made. At least that way if there is fraud, you’re more likely
>>> to catch it quickly. In general, I don’t really like the idea of getting
nt notifications might be enough to make
> me reconsider that. :)
> Thanks again,
> Donna
>
>> On Mar 6, 2024, at 1:19 PM, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
>> wrote:
>>
>> I feel the need to explain this a little better. It is not my intention at
>
I feel the need to explain this a little better. It is not my intention at all
to trash the Apple Card. I still use it frequently and have put some major
purchases on it. It is easy to set up and use. I feel confident that I always
know exactly what is going on and that I have a lot of
I really appreciate you
mentioning them.
Cheers,
Donna
> On Mar 6, 2024, at 9:55 AM, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
> wrote:
>
> Yes, I use both. I use Apple Pay on the phone and the Mac. The only concern I
> have is that once I had some fraudulent charges. The chase b
Yes, I use both. I use Apple Pay on the phone and the Mac. The only concern I
have is that once I had some fraudulent charges. The chase bank people were on
the ball, but with Apple Pay, I had to contest the charges and wait for the
money. I thought they were not quite as much on the ball.
Once you have completed setting up fingerprint #1, setup fingerprint #2 using
> the same finger.
> Did the same thing when I had a TouchID iPhone, and it made the TouchID
> process work more reliably.
>
> - Brad -
>
>
>
> On Nov 10, 2023, at 16:52, 'Mary Ward' via Mac
Hi. I am trying to set up my fingerprint on my new Apple keyboard, the one
with the fingerprint sensor, numbered, and everything. So far, I am not very
successful. Is there a trick to this? I have been able to do this on iPhones
and an iPad, but somehow, this keyboard seems to be different.
I believe that if you are paying an individual, you must use Apple Cash, not
regular Apple Pay. Unless, of course, this has changed since last year. I
once had to add some money from my bank account to pay an individual. I have
also had to use it to pay certain types of organizations, such
I always use a headset of some kind. I o only had one that bled through. My
old-fashioned headset was fine.
Mary Ward
On Oct 30, 2023, at 3:34 PM, joseph hudson wrote:
Hi Simon, when you click the link, you can click the allow button once it
takes you into Safari. Then this will open up the
you have your keyboard preferences
> setup), will mute/unmute the Mac’s system volume.
> This is not at all the same as muting/unmuting VoiceOver speech.
>
> - Brad -
>
>
>
> On Oct 21, 2023, at 14:36, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>
> I think it’s f10.
>
>&
Hello. I have need of a memory jog for something I used to know. I need to
tell VoiceOver not to mute speech by default. How it got there has to do with
a failing wired keyboard and my incompetence with the trackpad. I looked in
the VO utility and didn’t see it right away. Please somebody
ow, until
> you hear VO say “Text”. The sender, subject line, and recipient information
> are in this area. Interact with this area,, then use VO + Down Arrow to read
> this information.
>
> HTH.
>
> - Brad -
>
>
>
> On Oct 9, 2023, at 13:34, 'Mary Ward'
Hi list. I can’t figure out how to read the subject line of an email by
character. I thought I would see it if I interacted with the message headers,
but the subject did not appear there. I needed to be able to read an order
number character by character over the phone to a company
I think that I would like a bit more of a delay in the speaking of the auto
corrections. It’s so in my face that I can’t address the issues. I find it
extremely distracting if not disruptive. However, the corrections themselves
are much more accurate than they used to be. I just hope that I
Are you only having problems with editing or is it actual focus? I am finding
the changes to auto-correction to be very difficult to work with, even though
it is much more accurate than it was before. But this is both in iOS and Mac
OS. I don’t want to turn it off, of course, but sometimes I
It used to be better. But now, the heading navigation does not seem to be as useful as it was a while back.Mary WardOn Sep 19, 2023, at 9:25 PM, Gabe Griffith wrote:Hi, I agree with what Dave said. The Amazon app is very clunky but is fairly accessible. I think part of the problem is that there
Especially if you are blind and don’t need a monitor and can get away with just
a keyboard.
Mary Ward
On Sep 13, 2023, at 11:33 AM, Traci Duncan wrote:
Hi guys, remember when I wondered if the Mac mini could be used like a laptop?
*Grins, I’m not the only one. There are links and youTube
I have begun to appreciate interaction, though I disliked it quite a bit at
first.
The approach used by Windows screen readers also has advantages and
disadvantages. The screen reader has decided for you in advance what you
consider the working part of the screen. It’s great when it
don’t have to get
a new Mac. This one is too new for that, being a 2020 Mac mini that I like a
lot.
> On Jun 24, 2023, at 9:09 PM, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
> wrote:
>
> John: Yes, I finally contacted them, after so many times I made up excuses
> or thought m
INING AND SUPPORT
>
>
>
>
>> On Jun 24, 2023, at 5:04 PM, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello. I had a drive or two that I thought were causing problems in the
>> Finder on my M1 Mac mini. Drives were getting burned up and just
Hello. I had a drive or two that I thought were causing problems in the Finder
on my M1 Mac mini. Drives were getting burned up and just not functioning
right. I got rid of the hub. Unfortunately, though, I am now having problems
with drives no matter how they are connected. Is the Finder
dress bar.
> Or, place focus on the URL/link, and open the Shortcut menu, and select Open
> with > Google Chrome.
>
> HTH.
>
> - Brad -
>
>
>
> On Jun 11, 2023, at 17:51, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
> wrote:
>
> Hi. I would like for Google apps li
ote:
>
> This is easy.
> Just copy the URL/link, and paste into the Google Chrome address bar.
> Or, place focus on the URL/link, and open the Shortcut menu, and select Open
> with > Google Chrome.
>
> HTH.
>
> - Brad -
>
>
>
> On Jun 11, 2023, at 17:51, 'Mary Ward' vi
Hi. I would like for Google apps like Google Sheets to open in Chrome. But I
don’t want Chrome to be my default browser. Is this possible? I feel very
lost when I try to get Chrome and Apple products to work together. If anyone
can help, I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
--
The following
is significantly better than anything you’ll find in the media.
https://www.livingblindfully.com/episode-222-a-comprehensive-demonstration-of-the-be-my-eyes-virtual-volunteer-and-chat-gpt-pontificates-on-the-pros-and-cons-of-being-blind/
On Apr 25, 2023, at 09:20, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
wrote
It was on 60 minutes on Sunday using the Alex voice.
The guy was using the speech very fast. They had to slow it down for the
general audience.
Mary Ward
On Apr 25, 2023, at 7:30 AM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
wrote:
On 24/4/23 21:00, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote:
>Is
yboard...
> "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible
> will make violent revolution inevitable."
> --John F. Kennedy
> My e-Mail:
> ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>
> On 4/18/2023 6:14 PM, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries wrote:
>> You’re a brave man!
>
Oh, great idea, never thought of doing that. I think I would like air playing
them on my Mac.
> On Apr 19, 2023, at 2:25 PM, Herbie Allen wrote:
>
> Two options. If you have an M1 mac, it might be a Catolist app. I believe
> those are under iPad app in the Mac App store. The other thing
You can download the books zipped up on your Mac to play somewhere else, I
don’t know if they can go to the phone since this seems sort of redundant. But
if you are using players like the Stream, you might need to be sure that the
player knows to ignore the files that the Mac puts with them
I have a details section where all my apps are listed. I have to go into the
group where it says my name and it’s in there. This is a 2020 M1 running
Ventura 13.3.1. A couple levels of interaction, but it’s all there.
Hope this helps.
> On Apr 18, 2023, at 11:30 AM, 'E.T.' via
You’re a brave man!
> On Apr 18, 2023, at 8:02 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
> wrote:
>
> If anyone is running Fusion, I've a question. Please reply to me off list.
> Thanks.
>
> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
> "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible
> will make violent revolution
> HTH.
>
> - Brad -
>
>
>
> On Apr 14, 2023, at 14:07, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
> wrote:
>
> Yes, that was my concern. As VoiceOver users, most of us depend on the
> keyboard commands more than the average sighted person does. So generally, I
&g
e Undo and Re-Do commands
> were added above the cut command. If you look at the Edit menu in the finder
> it should say, cut dimmed, this means that the cut operation is not currently
> available.
>
> Cheeers!
> Jonathan Cohn
>
>
>
>> On Apr 13, 2023, at 8:28
I don’t know why I am still seeing cut command x in the edit menu of my Finder.
I am running Ventura 13.3.1. Am I somehow doing something wrong? Anyway, I
do know to copy and move files and do it all the time. I just don’t understand
why I see cut in the edit menu in the finder. It seems
Herbie’s instructions were perfectly clear. You don’t cut and paste files and
folders, to remove them from their original location and put them in a new
place. You copy and move them. What is confusing is the menu, which lists
command x in the edit menu of the finder, but it does not list
supportive.
> On Feb 13, 2023, at 7:57 AM, Herbie Allen wrote:
>
> Are the Time machine drives plugged in? You mentioned them so that makes
> things confusing. No Finder issues for me, but you can always try restarting
> it from the task manager.
>
>> On Feb 12, 2023, a
Hi. I am having continued problems with the Finder on my Mac, which I just
updated to 13. Whatever. I have had two hard discs that I used for Time
Machine go bad for some reason. But also, even when I can see the files in my
Finder, I can’t do much from there and can’t even get to the menu
be a formatting issue.On Feb 1, 2023, at 15:13, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries wrote:Hello. I bought a nice big hard disc to store books, movies, and music on. It is connected to my Mac mini via a cable. I got messages saying that it had not been ejected properly, though, of course, it had not been
load. There could also be a formatting issue.
>
>> On Feb 1, 2023, at 15:13, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello. I bought a nice big hard disc to store books, movies, and music on.
>> It is connected to my Mac mini via a cable. I got messag
Hello. I bought a nice big hard disc to store books, movies, and music on. It
is connected to my Mac mini via a cable. I got messages saying that it had not
been ejected properly, though, of course, it had not been ejected at all. If I
try to go to my external drives, the finder just stops
Any old cheap one.
Mary Ward
On Jan 29, 2023, at 6:57 AM, 'Adrienne Chalmers' via MacVisionaries
wrote:
Guys,
Considering ditching the iMac and getting a Mac Mini. I know you can use them
without a display, but it’s useful to have one in case of the need of being
rescued by a sighted
I leave external drives plugged in on my M1 all the time and have no
problems. But I have it log in automatically, so it may not apply.
> On Jan 16, 2023, at 8:56 AM, Herbie Allen wrote:
>
> I am also curious as someone was asking me about this very issue the other
> day. they use
Y I agree that learning the apps that come with the Mac when you are a beginner
is a good idea. Learning those apps, get you through the basic use of your
computer. I also agree that when you do use third party apps, most of them will
be things you download from websites. But learn your basic
to use the drive on either Mac or Windows as necessary.- Brad -
On Dec 23, 2022, at 15:04, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries wrote:Hi again. What format do I need for erasing a hard disc to use on the Mac? It is currently formatted for Windows, which means I can’t write to it. I plan to use
gt;
> Hi,
>
>
> If you just want to use it for storing stuff you copy over, then xfat should
> work just fine. If you want to use it as a backup then apfs is what you want.
>
>
> HTH.
>
>
> Matthew
>
>
>
> On 12/23/2022 4:04 PM, 'Mary Ward' via Mac
Hi again. What format do I need for erasing a hard disc to use on the Mac? It
is currently formatted for Windows, which means I can’t write to it. I plan to
use it to store things like books, movies, music and the like. APFS case
sensitive, encrypted, etc? I was about to erase it when I
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>
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>> On Dec 23, 2022, at 1:28 PM, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
>> wrote:
>>
>> This problem with the unresp
This problem with the unresponsive finder has been getting worse for a while
now, but it is making it more difficult for me to use the machine now. I had
to wait several minutes this time after I rebooted the Mac. Then it just was
very slow instead of completely unresponsive. I know that
I have had trouble with this on occasion. It usually happens when I first open
the app. After a while, things settle down and it does what it is supposed to
do.
It has actually helped for me to leave apps open. I was used to closing apps
down after use as a Windows user, but this strategy
Kliph:
So sad to hear this. I did notice that he had not ben active on the list, but
I had no idea. He will be sorely missed. I did not know him, but he was
always very helpful and could explain things to non-techies without being
condescending. That is a rare talent, even among trainers.
Sometimes I have to do VO space on the edit field before I turn Quick Nav off.
Or I guess you could interact with the edit field. But no, you can’t just
leave it in Quick Nav and expect not to go flying all over the web page because
it thinks you are giving it commands. Been there done that.
I know there are some recordings people have made on this. Basically, the
collection of conversations is the list of conversations you have had with
specific people. It’s a collection, so you have to interact with it and select
one. The messages themselves are on the right.
I am not giving
It just means you will be on Monterey. If it does what you need, it isn’t dead
yet. I know a couple of Apple engineers who use very old operating systems,
because their favorite applications are old.
Mary Ward
On Nov 24, 2022, at 9:42 AM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
wrote:
No, it just
To get VoiceOver to read attributes, you can use the verbosity rotor with VO V,
and make your choices in there. There are a number of choices in there, but
the one you want is text attributes. Move to it with VO left and right arrows,
move to the settings there with up and down. I have never
I also keep accidentally adding podcasts or lectures to my music when I use the
music app to read them. I guess it makes sense. But I definitely don’t want
them there.
> On Nov 8, 2022, at 12:45 PM, Herbie Allen wrote:
>
> I recommend you install VLC Media Player as that will be much
nd on, even though you have pressed the
>>> control key. Try pressing the caps lock key. that should make it hush.
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Nov 3, 2022, at 1:22 PM, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>&g
I wrote to Apple about the problem with not being able to mute speech in
mailboxes when viewing messages with two or more lines showing. This is one of
the situations where using the control key just doesn’t work. They said they
had been able to replicate the problem. In the meantime, I will
John Panarese gives classes a couple times a year, some free and some with a
small fee at Mac for the Blind, but I don’t think he does anything on Youtube.
http://macfortheblind.com/http://macfortheblind.com/
There are some at Ibugtoday at this link.
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
No, but you do have to go into the table, I mean interact with it. You go into
the utility like before. Select speech in the VoiceOver utility. Then VO to
the right till you see the table that says customize language list. You have
to interact with that table. There is a popup button that
Rogue Amoeba’s web site now says that their apps have updates for Ventura.
> On Oct 24, 2022, at 1:52 PM, Herbie Allen wrote:
>
> Just updated and I’m already confounded by the messages app. When I go to a
> different conversation, it tells me two conversations selected. I do love the
>
I am pretty sure that Ventura can’t be run on anything older than 2018. That’s
a big jump, but that is what I thought they said. I have had Macs that were no
longer able to upgrade to the latest OS. You don’t get offered an upgrade that
your machine can’t run.
> On Oct 2, 2022, at 6:56 PM,
You don’t have to spend much on a monitor for your Mac mini. Just anything
with an HDMI 2.0 or Thunderbolt will do. Guess which one is cheaper? I bought
my monitor used for $50. I used it with a 2011 Mac mini and am now using it
with a Mac mini M1 2020. No problem with either machine,
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