Hi Jim,
Here is the article, it’s not very long:
The new Apple TV remote is a thing of beauty. It’s got six simple buttons, it’s
rechargeable and it features a beautifully simple touchpad at the top to swipe
across menus, app icons and letters to enter passwords.
But the simple joy of using the touchpad is very Apple-like. There are hidden
secrets to the surface uses, with
Comment: I copied the above line and it is pasted here as it is. Maybe "to the
surface uses, with" makes sense to you, it doesn't to me. Anyhow, on with the
article:
Here’s how to get the most out of your Apple TV remote touchpad.
Rearrange app icons - Trust me, that icon rectangle is totally
wiggling.
To rearrange your apps on your Apple TV, simply swipe navigate to any specific
app, then click and hold the touchpad down until it starts to wiggle. You can
then swipe up, down, left or right to move the icon to another spot in your
Apple TV icon grid. Click again to make the change permanent and stop the
wiggling.
Delete apps - Are you sure sure?
To get rid of an app after you’re done with it, simply swipe navigate to the
app, then click an hold down the touchpad, as above. This time, however, press
the Play button on your Apple TV remote to delete the app. You’ll get a
confirmation screen; click on Delete to remove the app, or Cancel to skip the
whole thing.
Swipe faster - Swipe faster for even faster movement.
Typing in a password and need to get to the end of the alphabet? Simply swipe a
little harder on your Apple TV remote touchpad and the “cursor” will fly across
the screen in either direction. Same for the app icons. Accelerated swiping
means that you’ll get a much faster movement if you swipe faster. Go slower to
select one letter (or app icon) at a time. It takes some getting used to, but
works pretty well.
Backspace and alternate characters - Oh hai! Look what's hiding in here!
One issue I’ve had when entering text is correcting mistakes. Swiping all the
way to the far right to hit the delete key is annoying, to say the least,
especially when your password has tricky characters in it. If you “hover” over
a letter when typing, simply click and hold the touchpad down and you’ll get
all the alternate characters for that letter or number, plus you’ll get a
backspace key right there to fix your mistake.
Musical options - An Apple Music fan needs options, ok?
When you’re playing a song on your Apple TV, you might want to add it to your
music, or add to a playlist. You can do this easily with your remote touchpad.
Simply click and hold on the name of the song and you’ll get a contextual menu
that offers you all the things you can do with that song, like add to a
playlist, go to the song’s album, or start a station based on that song. Hit
the Menu button to go back to your song list if you don’t want to choose any of
the options.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Jim Ruby
Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 10:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: 5 hidden remote touchpad tricks will make you an Apple TV expert
Would some one post the article please it seems window-eyes don't like this web
page it stops talking. I don't have another screen reader on this machine to
try.
Thanks.
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Mary Otten
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 10:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: 5 hidden remote touchpad tricks will make you an Apple TV expert
Hi Dan,
I will be curious to know how many of these work with voiceover. Particularly
the flying across the screen to get from one end of the typing alphabet to the
other. It seems like that would be very hit and miss for us. Really hoping for
Bluetooth keyboard support. I don't have an Apple TV, so I cannot test any of
this out. That is I don't have a new one.
Mary
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> On Nov 3, 2015, at 6:52 PM, dan Thompson <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Thank you Mary for sharing this very useful tip! God bless and have a great
> evening.
>
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> Mary Otten
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 6:24 PM
> To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via; VIPhone 'ChalmersAS' via
> Subject: 5 hidden remote touchpad tricks will make you an Apple TV expert
>
> For those of you with new Apple TVs. No clue if any of this is actually
> voiceover accessible. But here you go.
> http://www.cultofmac.com/395666/5-hidden-tricks-make-you-apple-tv-expert/
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