Journaling Software

2020-02-08 Thread Brandon Olivares
Any recommendations for accessible journaling software? I’ve been trying to use Day One but it’s not very accessible. I’d rather have something more structured than just writing it in notes or something. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If

Re: Journaling Software

2020-02-08 Thread Brandon Olivares
Just downloaded it, looks really nice. Thanks! > On Feb 8, 2020, at 12:50 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I second Tim's recommendation. MacJournal is a nice app. > Donna > > >> On Feb 8, 2020, at 10:46 AM, Brandon Olivares

Re: Looking for VoiceOver accessible "budgeting" software?

2020-02-16 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi, You Need A Budget (YNAB) is the best app I’ve found out there. Some elements could definitely be more accessible but they’ve made huge leaps in that area. But more importantly their budgeting philosophy is the most useful I’ve found. Brandon > On Feb 16, 2020, at 12:55 PM, CHUCK REICHEL

Re: Ignore, still trying to make contact

2020-03-07 Thread Brandon Olivares
I’ve gotten all your emails, for what it’s worth… > On Mar 7, 2020, at 10:56 PM, Eric Caron wrote: > > Still adjusting settings to try to get the group emails to show up on my Mac. > > Eric Caron > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list.

Re: Ignore, still trying to make contact

2020-03-07 Thread Brandon Olivares
Yes I sent it to the group. > On Mar 7, 2020, at 11:01 PM, Eric Caron wrote: > > Hi Brandon, > > I received your message. I’m hoping you sent it to the group as that > might mean I found the fix for the problem. > > Eric Caron > > > >> On Mar

Re: Group wisdom on upgrading to Catalina?

2020-03-11 Thread Brandon Olivares
I’d upgrade. I did a few weeks ago and I love it. It’s much faster to me. > On Mar 11, 2020, at 10:59 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > I decided to just wait until the next os comes out this fall. from my past > experience I would say that it's likely to be a better version of Catalina. I > like M

Re: A VoiceOver friendly SFTP program

2020-03-16 Thread Brandon Olivares
Yes Transmit does SFTP and is rather good at it. ☺️ > On Mar 16, 2020, at 4:40 AM, Daniel Chavez wrote: > > If I’m not mistaken, Transmit does SFTP. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about

Re: Question please regarding the option-t time check

2020-03-26 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi, Yeah you have to edit the script. For me it’s in /Library/Scripts/VoiceOver/Time Of Day.applescript Just scrolling through the script, I think you can remove these lines: -- readjust for 12 hour time if (currentHour > 12) then set currentHour to (currentHour - 12) end if Hope that

Not Seeing Airplay Button in Music App

2020-04-12 Thread Brandon Olivares
I recently upgraded to Catalina, and I also have an Apple TV. In the new Music app, I cannot seem to find the airplay button to play on Apple TV. I see an airplay button in the miniplayer, but when I click on it it for some reason opens the volume control. Any idea why this might be? Apple TV d

RS Games on Catalina?

2020-04-18 Thread Brandon Olivares
Does RS Games not work with Catalina? Just tried downloading the client and I’m getting an error. Brandon -- 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'

Re: RS Games on Catalina?

2020-04-18 Thread Brandon Olivares
Oops I was stupid, accidentally downloaded 32Bit. Got it now, thanks! > On Apr 18, 2020, at 12:19 PM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Yes, it works did you download the 64-bit version? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 18, 2020, at

Re: Catalina -- What are Caveats and Trade-Offs?

2020-04-25 Thread Brandon Olivares
Nothing’s been irritating to me. The process has gone pretty smoothly. The only minor bug I’ve been experiencing is that when I interact with a bit of text on a web page, it doesn’t take me to the start of the text, but to the end. Not sure if anyone else has experienced this. Brandon > On Apr

Re: Catalina -- What are Caveats and Trade-Offs?

2020-04-26 Thread Brandon Olivares
Oh I’ve run into that issue as well. If the search text is found on the current paragraph, then it’ll just keep taking you to the same paragraph. Once you find it, you have to use VO-right arrow to go to the next paragraph and then can use VO-g to search again. That’s what’s worked for me. Bran

Safari Busy

2021-08-13 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi, Safari has been freezing a lot. Often when I just open a new window, it’s hard to navigate anywhere because Safari keeps saying it’s busy. Also in any window, if I just press cmd+l to get to the address bar, it often freezes. Does anyone else have this issue? I’m on Big Sur. Thanks, Brando

Re: Safari Busy

2021-08-13 Thread Brandon Olivares
Odd. How many tabs do you have open? I have a lot of tabs open at any given time, so maybe it’s that? Though I have 16 GB of RAM so I wouldn’t think it’s that. > On Aug 13, 2021, at 7:07 PM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > > On 13/8/21 6:41 p

Re: Slack and Voice-over, Can anyone help please?

2021-10-08 Thread Brandon Olivares
Not sure when you started using it, but I literally just started noticing this issue earlier this week. Before then, it worked great: no interruptions in speech at all. I’ve been thinking of asking about it on this list as well. The web version works pretty well if you want to try that. I’m hopi

Re: Slack and Voice-over, Can anyone help please?

2021-10-20 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi, Slack seems to be working again. has anyone else noticed that? Brandon On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 12:05 PM Sadam Ahmed wrote: > Hi all, > I’ve recently started a new role as QA software tester at a new firm. > A lot of my responsibilities and tasks come via Slack. > Whilst the iPhone app is a

Re: Trying to run Applet to make Wordle accessible, how do I modify the URL when creating a new bookmark

2022-01-30 Thread Brandon Olivares
I use an app called TextExpander which expands keyboard abbreviations into longer text. I took the JavaScript from that accessible Wordle site and made it into a snippet in that app. Then I just make it paste into the address bar when I'm on the Wordle page and that works perfectly. I think the

Re: Trying to run Applet to make Wordle accessible, how do I modify the URL when creating a new bookmark

2022-01-30 Thread Brandon Olivares
ul. Are you able to > see the word that you entered? > Thanks, > Donna > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 30, 2022, at 12:56 PM, Brandon Olivares >> wrote: >> >> I use an app called TextExpander which expands keyboard abbreviations into >>

Re: opening a .rar file on my mac m1

2022-04-25 Thread Brandon Olivares
Yes, I also just started using the Unarchiver and it works great for .rar files. > On Apr 25, 2022, at 12:43 PM, 'Mervin Keck III' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I use an app on my M1 called the unarchiver which is free. It does a good job. > I use 7zip on my windows machine and in fact just h

Fast Way to Switch Voices?

2020-12-20 Thread Brandon Olivares
I’m learning French, and I’d love a way to quickly switch to the French voice. I’ve used VO-CMD-Shift-arrows to select voices but there are too many and so it takes time to select the French one. Is there some faster way to select a specific voice, maybe through activities or something like that

Re: Fast Way to Switch Voices?

2020-12-21 Thread Brandon Olivares
ween two different languages. Apple is not > taking much notice of this side of things but do badger them as I do. Have > you tried to choose automatic language detection? I think it’s the first > choice when you press vo+command+shift+uparrow. > > Andrew >> On 20 Dec 20

Re: Amadeus pro playback question

2020-12-22 Thread Brandon Olivares
I find it helps if you press esc first, then it seems to work reliably. Brandon > On Dec 22, 2020, at 4:02 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > > Hello, > When I open a song in Amadeus Pro, pressing space does not start playback. > Do I need to be focused on a particular area on the screen? > > Chris >

Re: Your favourite apps

2020-12-27 Thread Brandon Olivares
Another app that I like is Amadeus Pro. Great for audio editing, have never seen anything better. For coding I use Coda, and for FTP I love Transmit. Also 1 Password is invaluable for storing passwords and other sensitive data. One last one is TextExpander, for inserting text snippets. “Better

Re: I'm reading very long documents on my Mac?

2020-12-28 Thread Brandon Olivares
I don’t understand the issue? I generally just use TextEdit, and haven’t encountered any issues with it. “Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven” – Satan, from Milton’s Paradise Lost > On Dec 28, 2020, at 7:36 PM, maurice Mines wrote: > > Hello, I find myself having to read a very le

Re: I'm reading very long documents on my Mac?

2020-12-28 Thread Brandon Olivares
27;s something that I'm > written that you don't understand, please reach out to me and asked what my > original intent wires. I will do everything I can to help clear up any > misunderstandings that may occur due to the he talks written above. Thank you > for readin

Re: 90 percent loaded

2021-01-01 Thread Brandon Olivares
Sounds like maybe a remote resource, like a remote script or something, might be down and so the browser can’t load it. If that’s the case, the video should still play. “Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven” – Satan, from Milton’s Paradise Lost > On Jan 1, 2021, at 4:16 PM, Lorie Mc

Re: Amadeus Pro insertion point question

2021-01-03 Thread Brandon Olivares
No pressing the arrow keys won’t make any noise. Generally I press space to see where I am, or cmd+G to get the current location in minutes and seconds. Brandon “Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven” – Satan, from Milton’s Paradise Lost > On Jan 3, 2021, at 4:53 PM, 'Catherine Turne

Re: Amadeus Pro insertion point question

2021-01-04 Thread Brandon Olivares
yhead right? Which is > different from the insertion point...? > > Catherine > > On 1/3/21, Brandon Olivares wrote: >> No pressing the arrow keys won’t make any noise. Generally I press space to >> see where I am, or cmd+G to get the current location in minutes and >

Re: Is mail chimp accessible?

2021-01-04 Thread Brandon Olivares
I haven’t used it for years, but it used to not be too bad. But I far prefer ConvertKit, it’s generally very accessible and it has far more features. Brandon “Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven” – Satan, from Milton’s Paradise Lost > On Jan 4, 2021, at 4:33 PM, jean parker wrote:

Re: Flash card app?

2021-01-11 Thread Brandon Olivares
If you’re OK with just iPhone, Flashcards Deluxe is the best app I’ve found. It syncs with Dropbox, has simple text import via tab-separated values, supports spaced repetition, and is really easy to use. The apps author is very responsive as well. I’ve never found an accessible flashcards app f

Re: Announcing indentation

2021-01-18 Thread Brandon Olivares
As far as I know, there is no way. I’m a professional developer and have never found a way to get VO to announce the indentation. Nine times out of ten I really don’t need to, since my editor takes care of indentation automatically. But if I do need to check, I just put the cursor at the first

Re: this freaking touchbar is the worse gimmick I have come across

2021-02-03 Thread Brandon Olivares
Honestly I enjoy the TouchBar. I don’t use it a lot but I do find it helpful occasionally. Just a tip, if it stops responding, restarting VoiceOver can sometimes help, or switching out of and back into the application you’re in. Also, I thought I heard Touch Bar is being discontinued, so you ma

Re: Emoji's on the Mac?

2021-02-09 Thread Brandon Olivares
I don’t get exactly what you are doing? I just have to interact with the category name and I see all the emojis there. “Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven” – Satan, from Milton’s Paradise Lost > On Feb 9, 2021, at 9:13 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > > I actually noticed that as well,

TextExpander Problems

2021-02-18 Thread Brandon Olivares
Does anyone here use TextExpander? It’s worked fine for years, and now just yesterday I upgrade it, and now it barely works. In the app, it keeps popping up a menu that I can’t seem to get out of, the menu contains things like “disable expansion”, “new snippet”, “preferences”, “sign out”, “qui

Re: Select one character

2021-03-25 Thread Brandon Olivares
That’s exactly how you do it. After reading the character it should say “selected”, which means you’ve selected that character. “Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven” – Satan, from Milton’s Paradise Lost > On Mar 25, 2021, at 7:10 AM, Nebojsa Tasic wrote: > > > Hi All! > How to se

Issue with Playlists on Music

2021-06-20 Thread Brandon Olivares
I’m having an issue in the Music app on my MacBook Pro. A lot of my songs are not appearing on my computer, though they show up on my phone. They were added to my library from Apple Music. I thought maybe it was an issue with the network, as I was just on vacation. But I just got home and so am

Spaced Repetition Apps?

2020-05-29 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi, I’m studying for the Series 65 exam and want to create flashcards to help me study. Do you know of any good software for either the Mac, on the web, or on IOS that makes this easy using spaced repetition? Anki is what most people recommend but it’s not accessible. Quizlet used to work but

Bug in Numbers

2020-06-02 Thread Brandon Olivares
I’m noticing a bug in Numbers I’d like to see if anyone else can replicate. If I’m in a spreadsheet, down a few rows, and I try to go to the top of the sheet using VO-shift-Home (VO-shift-function-left arrow), Voiceover briefly turns off and then back on, and I’ve not actually moved to the begin

Re: Endding the RE: article on Firefox accessibility on the mac

2020-07-02 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hey Ray, Just want to at least say from one person that I think you should be able to put anything you want in your signature. It was others making an issue of your signature, not you. If someone put something “politically correct” in their signature, no one would care. I commend you for standi

Re: Query regarding Dropbox on Mac.

2020-07-05 Thread Brandon Olivares
Yep I agree with John. If you don’t like the signature, just move on. No one’s forcing you to read it, and the signature isn’t insulting in itself unless people choose to take offense. > On Jul 5, 2020, at 10:13 PM, John Panarese wrote: > >In my humble opinion, I think we have had enough p

Re: Opinions on Safari start page?

2020-07-31 Thread Brandon Olivares
I just put my start page as my favorite website lol. > On Jul 31, 2020, at 8:39 PM, Traci Duncan wrote: > > Hi all, > > I’ve been playing around with different start page options for Safari. Then > came across this extension. > > Web Start > https://apps.apple.com/us/app/webstart/id636513238

Re: Building Accessible Website with Wordpress

2020-08-04 Thread Brandon Olivares
I run two different Wordpress websites and have never run into accessibility issues. For hosting, I recommend Siteground. They are very reasonable and quite accessible, and use the standard CPanel on the backend so it’s easy to use. For themes anything from StudioPress is good. One website work

Re: Looking for FTP app for Mac

2020-08-22 Thread Brandon Olivares
My favorite is Transmit. I’ve been using it for years and it works great. Brandon > On Aug 22, 2020, at 8:07 PM, 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Dear List, > Can you suggest a free accessible FTP app for the Mac? > Thanks, > Rob > > -- > The following information is important f

Re: Financial Management on the Mac

2020-09-18 Thread Brandon Olivares
My favorite is You Need a Budget (YNAB). It’s a web app and an IOS app. It has a bit of a steeper learning curve, but it’s worth it. If you need any help, let me know. I am a financial advisor. Brandon > On Sep 18, 2020, at 11:09 PM, Kerryann Ifill wrote: > > Hi all, > > Does anyone recommen

Games for the Mac?

2020-10-03 Thread Brandon Olivares
Does anyone know of any good accessible games for the Mac? I especially enjoy shooting games, but not a fan of zombies (so many accessible games seem to include zombies for some reason). Been searching but not finding too much. Brandon -- The following information is important for all members

Re: Electronic Signing

2020-11-12 Thread Brandon Olivares
I really don’t think there’s a way: I always get Aira to help when I need to sign something. Brandon > On Nov 12, 2020, at 8:52 AM, Kerryann Ifill l...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all: > > I’ve been using more electronic attempts sign pdf files recently, but but I > cannot do this without assis

Re: The Psychology of technology

2020-12-09 Thread Brandon Olivares
Interesting. Curious what you like about your iPad so much? I’ve often had the same thought, that there’s not much point to an iPad for the blind. I have a MacBook Pro, an iPhone, and an Apple Watch, but never felt the need for an iPad. But hey, if you enjoy it, and feel joy in the thought of up

Re: What's the correct key press to insert an emoji on the Mac?

2022-05-25 Thread Brandon Olivares
Just VO-space works perfectly for me. > On May 25, 2022, at 9:10 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Question says it all. I have no problem finding the one I want, but no key > that I press seems to insert it into my document. I’ve tried space, enter, > and comm

Re: What's the correct key press to insert an emoji on the Mac?

2022-05-25 Thread Brandon Olivares
How does it get transferred from the iPhone to Mac? Is it just automatic? > On May 25, 2022, at 11:10 AM, Herbie Allen wrote: > > Using the phone, go to Settings, General, Keyboard, and text Replacement. go > to the add button, the first option is the phrase, Switch to your emoji > keyboard o

Re: Safari incredibly sluggish

2022-05-27 Thread Brandon Olivares
This has been happening to me as well and emptying the cache unfortunately hasn't helped. > On May 27, 2022, at 4:58 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > > @Lorie: Press CMD + Option + e > > @Phil: Seems to work. Haven’t heard the busy message again. Thanks a lot. > > Jürgen > > >> Am 27.05.2022 um 0

Re: slack and voiceover?

2022-06-25 Thread Brandon Olivares
I do for work, yes. Brandon > On Jun 25, 2022, at 10:35 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Hi all, > Anyone using slack with voiceover? > Just curious, > Karen > > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about

Re: Terminal and voiceover

2022-06-26 Thread Brandon Olivares
I'm a programmer so I spend lots of time in the Terminal. I've never had any issue with it. Sometimes VoiceOver won't read every single line, but before an important operation where I want to read all the output, I press cmd+K to clear the screen and so the only output is from the next command I

Re: M1 Mac mini just beeps

2022-07-14 Thread Brandon Olivares
It does? Just tried this on an M1 MacBook Pro and it didn't work for me. Doing that on the trackpad works though. > On Jul 15, 2022, at 12:24 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > How about tapping the Touch Bar twice with three fingers? That toggles speech > on/off. > > Dave Carlson > Woodworker, Musi

Re: paypal revisited.

2022-07-15 Thread Brandon Olivares
Wow, that's really degrading… sorry you experienced that. Someone needs to be retrained. > On Jul 15, 2022, at 4:21 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Hi folks, > Anyone know, even if via another list, of an accessibility contact for Paypal? > Rather tired of being asked by paypal Canada if I have a

Re: pdf's that are images

2022-07-21 Thread Brandon Olivares
There's a great online service I use called OnlineOCR (https://www.onlineocr.net). I don't do OCR enough to pay for software to do it, and this you can pay for a number of pages and just upload your document and download the result. > On Jul 21, 2022, at 8:09 AM, Chanelle Allen wrote: > > Voi

Creating Screen Recordings on Mac

2022-08-04 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hey everyone, I'm trying to figure out how to perform screen recordings on the Mac. I know cmd+shift+5 brings up the options but I'm not sure how to configure it. I need to do a recording in Chrome, with audio enabled. I'm not sure whether to select to record the whole screen, or how I can just

Re: Creating Screen Recordings on Mac

2022-08-04 Thread Brandon Olivares
tured as far as audio goes, there are different ways of getting > that done… one of those things is using a software called Loop Back. > Rogue Amoeba | Loopback: Cable-Free Audio Routing > <https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/> > > > >> On Aug 4, 2022, at 9:38 PM, Bra

Re: Audible on a Mac

2022-08-12 Thread Brandon Olivares
I just play them in the Books application. Works fine. > On Aug 12, 2022, at 9:02 AM, Herbie Allen wrote: > > It can be done through the website. > >> On Aug 12, 2022, at 00:18, Lorie McCloud wrote: >> >> How do I play a book from Audible on my Mac running Monterey? >> >> thanks. >> Lorie >

Re: Opening a Contiguous Set of Text Files Into a Single Document

2022-08-25 Thread Brandon Olivares
If you don't mind a terminal solution: Cat file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt ... file16.txt > book.txt > On Aug 25, 2022, at 1:11 PM, Herbie Allen wrote: > > That is interesting about the terminal. However, I gave the Zip instructions > because you had indicated you wanted a binder type file. >

Re: google drive Access-ability?

2022-08-30 Thread Brandon Olivares
I just suggest using Chrome; it tends to be more accessible for Google apps. Brandon The visionary bookkeeper www.possiblepromise.com > On Aug 30, 2022, at 9:18 AM, Chuck Reichel > wrote: > > Hi List, > A studio client sent me an invite to a shared google drive folder and before > jumping in

Re: Reviewing the Terminal window

2022-08-31 Thread Brandon Olivares
Interact with the part that says “shell, text”. I use terminal every day and it works fine for me. > On Aug 31, 2022, at 8:25 AM, Steve Matzura wrote: > > And I do that how? > > > On 8/30/2022 7:18 PM, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries wrote: >> >> On 30/8/22 18:32, Steve Matzura wrote: >>> H

Re: Help! I just did something weird in Safari

2022-09-06 Thread Brandon Olivares
Is there an alert or something the page popped up? Check the window chooser. > On Sep 6, 2022, at 11:58 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi all, > > So I have absolutely no idea what I did, or how I did it. Somehow, I opened > a webpage that I have bookmarked, such that it

Re: Question re taking email accounts offline

2022-09-08 Thread Brandon Olivares
I used to use the same method of creating a mailbox that combined my personal accounts and making that cmd+1, then making my work mailbox cmd+2. Now… I just don't bother for some reason, a lot of my work emails come to my personal mail anyway since my GitHub account is attached to my personal em

Re: Absolutely fed up to the back teeth with the Facebook basic site

2022-09-14 Thread Brandon Olivares
That's weird; I've not been experiencing anything like that. The mobile site works well for me. Brandon > On Sep 14, 2022, at 12:46 AM, Michael Marshall > wrote: > > hey all, > I am absolutely fed up to the back teeth with the Facebook basic site. > For awhile now, every time I try and respon

Re: Jumping to/from the top/bottom of a web page

2022-09-15 Thread Brandon Olivares
VO-shift-home should do it. > On Sep 15, 2022, at 9:41 PM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > I seem to have problems doing this with the Safari web browser. How do I jump > up to the top or jump down to the bottom of a web page? > > Dave Carlson > Woodworker, Musician, Oregonian, Farfar, Pioneer, and En

Music Shuffling by Group

2022-09-16 Thread Brandon Olivares
I've been noticing that when I shuffle in the Music app, it sometimes (not always for some reason) groups them by group. I've looked through the info tabs of the songs it's doing this for and can't see any difference between those and ones it's not grouping. I listen to mostly classical music so

Transfer Only Part of a User Account?

2022-11-02 Thread Brandon Olivares
I’m getting a new MacBook Pro tomorrow and want to know if there’s a way to transfer only part of a user account? When I got this computer, my Documents folder was accidentally deleted and really messed up my configuration. I wanted to make sure I could start with a proper configuration on the

Can't Authorize Audible

2022-11-04 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hello, I just got a new MacBook Pro and am now on Monterey (10.6.1). I can’t seem to authorize Audible. I open the book, click yes to authorize, and it redirects me to Audible. I click activate, and it opens books again but nothing happens. Has anyone else experienced this? I’m not sure how to

Issue with Two-Finger Gestures on Trackpad in Monterey

2022-11-25 Thread Brandon Olivares
I just got a new MacBook Pro last month, which came with Monterey (I was still on Big Sur on my old laptop). I’ve been having an issue that I can’t determine is a hardware or software issue. I’m thinking software because it only happens with two-finger gestures, so I wanted to see if anyone els

Time Tracking

2022-12-02 Thread Brandon Olivares
Any time tracking recommendations for the Mac? I need something for my business where I want to track time for clients, just for personal reference so I know how much time I’m spending on each client. At my job we use Toggl but the web interface isn’t the most accessible, though the app isn’t b

Re: Time Tracking

2022-12-02 Thread Brandon Olivares
n as well as a timer. > >> On Dec 2, 2022, at 23:13, Brandon Olivares wrote: >> >> Any time tracking recommendations for the Mac? I need something for my >> business where I want to track time for clients, just for personal reference >> so I know how much time

Re: Goooggle Drive question

2022-12-11 Thread Brandon Olivares
There’s usually a download option in the toolbar in Drive. Just search for a button called Download. I’ve always been able to. > On Dec 11, 2022, at 12:32 PM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello, > A friend has sent me an Email containing a link to an MP3 file on his Google > Drive. I am running Ve

Anyone Having a Problem with Nightowl?

2023-01-14 Thread Brandon Olivares
For the last two days, any time I open NightOwl, it asks me to reauthenticate Twitter. Which is fine, but the page to do so doesn’t actually load, and it constantly plays the error sound again and again and again. I’m unable to do anything else. Is anyone else having this problem? Brandon --

Re: Anyone Having a Problem with Nightowl?

2023-01-14 Thread Brandon Olivares
On Jan 14, 2023, at 10:03 AM, Greg Wocher wrote: > > Hello, > THe issue is that quite a few third party twitter clients are experiencing > this right now. Its not just night owl. > > Greg Wocher > > >> On Jan 14, 2023, at 10:01 AM, Brandon Olivares >> w

Re: Simple Text Editors

2023-01-29 Thread Brandon Olivares
For the Mac, I generally just use TextEdit and it works fine for me. I also like to use the Notes app for keeping quick notes I want to refer back to later. For programming I use PHPStorm. But not sure the type of editor you’re looking for. > On Jan 29, 2023, at 5:34 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionari

Re: Simple Text Editors

2023-01-29 Thread Brandon Olivares
;> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>>> On Jan 29, 2023, at 5:03 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries >>>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>  Not even close to what I want but I did neglect to state that I want a >>>> plain text edito

Re: Web site compatibility issues with Safari?

2023-02-05 Thread Brandon Olivares
Safari’s been dicey for me too, but I don’t like Chrome enough to switch completely. However several websites I’ll only use in chrome, like QuickBooks Online for example. > On Feb 5, 2023, at 9:33 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > Yes, > That happened to me a couple weeks ago with a web page, and n

Link Preview in Facebook on Web

2023-03-03 Thread Brandon Olivares
Not sure if anyone else has posted about this, but when I’m on Facebook on web (the regular version, not mobile) it’s almost impossible to navigate because every time VoiceOver is on some name or other link, it pops up a dialog that says “link preview” and it’s really hard to get out of it. I u

Wow It Works!

2023-03-14 Thread Brandon Olivares
I thought I had heard that iPhone apps could sometimes run on the Mac but never tried it. But I’ve been desperate for a flashcards app for the Mac because I really don’t like using my phone that much. I love Flashcards Deluxe so thought I’d try downloading it on my Mac, and it works great! It’s

Re: Any Thoughts on Quickbooks

2023-06-15 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hello, I recommend QuickBooks Online. I’m a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor trained to use the software and it is fairly accessible. I’m a professional bookkeeper so use it on a daily basis. If you’re not comfortable using it though, feel free to pass on my details. It does have quite a learni

Re: Unable to read tables in Safari

2023-06-25 Thread Brandon Olivares
For what it’s worth, I’m still on Monterey and I could not read that table either. > On Jun 25, 2023, at 10:39 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > For some reason, my original reply to Michael was sent via a different > address. Here it is again. > > Here’s a

Re: Unable to read tables in Safari

2023-06-26 Thread Brandon Olivares
Have you tried Chrome? I just did with that website and while it also doesn’t read the table, I was able to tab through and see the show titles. Not super convenient but it was workable. I think it comes down to the design, not necessarily the browser. I just looked at the HTML and honestly I’m

Re: Unable to read tables in Safari

2023-06-26 Thread Brandon Olivares
problem, a site > accessibility problem, or a little of both, but I don’t know enough HTML to > evaluate it as you did. I am not trying to blame Apple, if the problem is > really poor website design. But I do think I’m seeing more of this behavior. > Cheers, > Donna > >

Re: Does anyone use multiple VO languages on a Mac

2023-06-28 Thread Brandon Olivares
Actually, I use activities to switch between English and French and it works just fine for me. > On Jun 28, 2023, at 8:08 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > > The solution is to make sure that Select based on language is not chosen in > the VO rotor. Unfortunately, Certain actions cause VO to bounce to

Re: Does making Dropbox folders online only decrease local disk consumption?

2023-07-02 Thread Brandon Olivares
Yes, I do it all the time to save space. Just mark the folder as online only and everything under it should be marked and removed from the disk. > On Jul 2, 2023, at 6:58 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > > I assume that making Dropbox files online only decreases your local disk > consumption. I furth

Re: Does making Dropbox folders online only decrease local disk consumption?

2023-07-02 Thread Brandon Olivares
> at least from the Win10 machine’s point of view? > > Thanks, > Kevin > > >> On Jul 2, 2023, at 6:04 PM, Brandon Olivares >> wrote: >> >> Yes, I do it all the time to save space. Just mark the folder as online only >> and everything under

Re: Chat GPT, Anyone?

2023-07-10 Thread Brandon Olivares
I use it regularly and it works really well, though it has limits. I use it to help with writing, sometimes to help with programming, to brainstorm ideas, etc. It’s definitely insane how far things have come in such a short time. BTW you don’t necessarily need the app: there is a web interface a

Re: Accessible free hosting

2023-07-26 Thread Brandon Olivares
Please don’t waste your time with free hosting. These days when you can literally get hosting for a few dollars a month, I don’t understand why anyone would want free hosting. There’s always a catch. There are lots of good web hosts out there. > On Jul 26, 2023, at 7:54 AM, Nebojsa Tasic wrote

Re: Accessible free hosting

2023-07-26 Thread Brandon Olivares
I think if it were me, and I didn’t already have a website to create a subdomain off of, I’d go with one of three possible solutions: Sign up for a $4 droplet at DigitalOcean. It takes a bit of technical knowledge to setup but isn’t all that difficult. Create an application on platform.sh, which

Re: youtube on a Mac

2023-07-29 Thread Brandon Olivares
Yes it’s doable; I’ve done it before. You have to select the notifications option where you can select what type of notifications you want to receive from that channel, and there’s an unfollow option (can’t remember the exact text, sorry). > On Jul 29, 2023, at 4:15 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: >

Re: Scanning & ocr options?

2023-08-06 Thread Brandon Olivares
ABBYY FineReader is what I use and it works quite well. Very easy to use. > On Aug 6, 2023, at 7:02 AM, 'jason' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > The option frequently mentioned is ABBYY FineReader for Mac. I haven’t used > it, and there may be alternatives now. > I have used the Windows version

Re: Scanning & ocr options?

2023-08-07 Thread Brandon Olivares
d to this question, do you guys use a scanner or document camera? What > works well with the Mac? > > Thank you, > Traci > > >> On Aug 6, 2023, at 9:16 AM, Brandon Olivares >> wrote: >> >> ABBYY FineReader is what I use and it works quite well. V

No More Facebook Mobile Site?

2023-08-08 Thread Brandon Olivares
Woke up this morning, went to the Facebook mobile site as I usually do on my computer, and got redirected to the main site instead. Is this happening for anyone else? Is there no more mobile version for Facebook? The regular version doesn’t work so well in Safari so I used the mobile version in

Re: No More Facebook Mobile Site?

2023-08-08 Thread Brandon Olivares
Never mind, apparently I panicked for nothing. I just tried again and it worked. Very odd. I definitely tried multiple times before so I thought it was gone. > On Aug 8, 2023, at 5:46 AM, Brandon Olivares wrote: > > Woke up this morning, went to the Facebook mobile site as I usually

Facebook Mobile Site (Again)

2023-08-15 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hello, I asked a while ago about the Facebook mobile site being down. Then it came back for a time. But for the last several days I’ve not been able to access it at all. m.facebook.com just redirects to the main Facebook site. I’ve not seen anyone else mention this so I’m wondering if I’m alon

Re: Facebook Mobile Site (Again)

2023-08-16 Thread Brandon Olivares
led out across the whole user base at some point. > > I’ve switched over to just using the Facebook mobile app on my iPhone which > seems accessible. > > Hth, > Jeff > > >> On Aug 16, 2023, at 12:47 AM, Brandon Olivares >> wrote: >> >> Hello, >&

Accessible Way to Create Selective Screenshots

2023-08-18 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi everyone, I want to be able to take screenshots but not of the entire screen. If I use cmd+shift+3, it takes a screenshot of the whole screen, including some background windows, menu bars, and things like that. Sometimes I want to take a screenshot but only include, say, the contents of the

Re: wi-fi

2023-08-22 Thread Brandon Olivares
If you have an iPhone, why not just use the hotspot feature? That’s what I’ve done in the past when the internet’s gone out. > On Aug 22, 2023, at 5:12 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > I’m going to a house where there’s no wi-fi. I’m always looking for a > solution to this problem. I saw this on f

Re: Recommendations new MacBook Air m2

2023-08-27 Thread Brandon Olivares
You probably only need 8 GB of RAM. If you have a lot of files I think it’s better to go with 512 GB of space at least — I tried 256 GB once and I ran out so quickly and kept having to delete stuff. I prefer SSD over hard drives. Nothing else should matter all that much. > On Aug 27, 2023, at 5

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