Re: memory problem?

2024-10-16 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 15/10/24 19:13, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Lots of times when I get the error, I only have one thing open or am doing a quick look at a file... So confusing! 🙂 It could be a service running in the background. You'll need to examine memory statistics. Activity Monitor is the obvious tool for t

Re: The iPhone Dial Pad, Back on Top, After All These Years!

2024-10-07 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 7/10/24 02:15, MacVisionaries wrote: Younger people may not know this but, once upon a time, the primary purpose of a mobile phone was to actually make a phone call using a dial pad (smile). An interviewee on a podcast insightfully suggested that they aren't "phones" anymore, they're act

Re: Sequoia: Where'd the menus go?

2024-10-01 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 1/10/24 14:31, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote: It seems VO+M no longer works in Sequoia. I must say I wasn't expecting that! It works for me. Something is different in your system or configuration. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries l

Re: My decision whether to get the 16 or the 16 Pro

2024-09-30 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 30/9/24 08:54, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: I’d love to hear what others do if you want to share. I have an iPhone XS, one of the oldest devices that can run iOS 18. It meetgs my needs well. I plan to wait at least another year, expecting that next year's operating system ma

Re: Passwords and Passkeys

2024-09-29 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
I’m currently using Apple’s included password manager with Apple Keychain. Obviously, this works well among my Apple devices, but I would consider adopting a solution that supports Linux as well, preferably self-hosted, and definitely not requiring a cloud service or payment. Keepass might be the a

Re: Clearing Notifications

2024-09-29 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
Different notifications have different options, e.g., “close” or “clear all”. Whatever option you need is in the menu, however. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Bradford Snyder Date: Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 19:07To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Clearing NotificationsCorrec

Re: Sonoma

2024-09-23 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 23/9/24 17:09, Lorie McCloud wrote: as far as accessibility goes, how is Sonoma compared to Ventura? it’s the time of year when I probably should upgrade. normally I stay 1 behind the current os and for me that has worked very well. I haven't noticed much difference from one release to t

Re: Accessible Mesh Routers

2024-09-23 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 23/9/24 11:15, Bradford Snyder wrote: The problem with Eero, is that it is owned by Amazon. Using one of these system means you have given Amazon permission to harvest all of your internet browsing activity, which means you have forfeited any expectation of privacy when online. Almost ever

Re: microsoft word docs in mail

2024-08-26 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
Try a double tap and hold on the button that opens the attachment. This may open a context menu. I haven’t checked what options are in there, but a Web search suggests there should be an option to choose the application with which to open the file. From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries Date: Mond

Re: Adjusting value for pitch change in VO on the Mac?

2024-08-22 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
You could also turn off the pitch changes and re-enable them selectively in situations in which you need them. VoiceOver Activities may help with it.I use the Braille display when editing text, so the problem doesn’t arise, but everyone has different use cases, of course. From: macvisionaries@googl

Re: Virtual machines for the Mac and linux.

2024-08-17 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 17/8/24 11:32, Anders Holmberg wrote: Since VMware is not going to be gone I was wondering if you can run linux in parallels? Or are there any other ways such as emu or something else to do this? You could try the following, about which I've heard positive reports. I haven't used it per

RE: Anyone have the VisionPro?

2024-08-02 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
I don't have it, and I can't think of a good use case that would justify my purchasing it. This situation may change, however. -Original Message- From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2024 3:18 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Anyone have the V

Re: HIMS Braille displays

2024-07-27 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
A few suggestions: You may receive more responses by asking on a braille display-related mailing list, such as braille-display-us...@groups.io, to which you can subscribe. You could also ask the vendor to test the demonstration device and provide an explanation. In addition, check the term

Re: Thoughts on Apple Keynote?

2024-06-12 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
I have a late 2021 MacBook Pro, and the hardware is very impressive. MacOS is a good operating system also, but I already knew that from having used my late 2013-model MacBook Pro. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Phil Halton Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 14:09To: macvisionar

Re: Updating phone while in another country

2024-06-09 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 9/6/24 00:39, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: I live in the US, but am in Italy right now. I’m getting messages that I have an IOS update ready to install, but am hesitant to do so. Does anyone know if the version my phone downloaded will be the US version, or the Italian one? M

Re: Ambiguity of "Double-Press Home" has me frustrated

2024-06-05 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
My iPhone doesn’t have a Home button – it’s an iPhone XS. The gesture to reach the list of open apps is to slide up from the bottom of the screen until the second haptic vibration occurs. If this gesture is also available on your phone, you could use it instead of the Home button. From: 'Janina Saj

Re: Should I buy carbon copy cloner? Is it good enough to just use time machine? Thought anyone?

2024-06-04 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
Note that the operating system volume is managed entirely by Apple on modern machines, so you only need a backup strategy for the data volume. On 3/6/24 13:42, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote:    I use both. CCC will do the same basic backup as Time Machine but is very flexible if you wish to m

Re: VMware's Fusion now free for personal use!

2024-05-27 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 27/5/24 04:50, Nebojsa Tasic wrote: Thanks. Can Docker be used instead of virtual machine? Can you use Linux on Docker like on a virtual machine or the regular installation? So far as I know, you can run Docker on MacOS to use Linux containers. I haven't had any experience with it. I have a

Re: List View versus Column View

2024-05-20 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 20/5/24 00:03, Brad Snyder wrote: Asking which is better, List view or Column view; is like asking which is better, Chocolate or Vanilla ice cream. The answer you get, depends on who you ask. I agree, and they're both available at any time. -- The following information is important for all

Re: List View versus Column View

2024-05-19 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 19/5/24 17:50, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote:    I have always used list view on the Mac. I would like some feedback on this as it may help me when using a braille display connected to the Mac.    Things such as, are there any areas in macOS where one view is better over the other? L

Re: Problem reseting touch ID with stolen device protection on.

2024-05-15 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
You might have to reset the device altogether, then recover your data from an iCloud backup. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Paul Hopewell Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 11:23To: macvisionaries Subject: Problem reseting touch ID with stolen device protection on.Hello, I have a

Re: Using P M Set To Schedule Automatic Shutdown Mac OS Sonoma

2024-05-07 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 7/5/24 10:52, Pete De Vasto wrote: I think that the problem is that, by default, the root user is disabled. On older versions, Apple says you can go into the Directory utility, and from there once you type in your local password you can do Edit I have sudo working on my Sonoma system with

Re: Using P M Set To Schedule Automatic Shutdown Mac OS Sonoma

2024-05-05 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 5/5/24 16:19, pdevasto0...@gmail.com wrote: My sighted wife just got a new M3 iMac running Sonoma, and I want to help her configure it to shut down at a certain time each day like her earlier computer did. I have hers and my older  Macs running versions earlier than Sonoma, and could enab

Re: qc 25 bose headphones with iphone SE

2024-05-04 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
Yes, that’s what you need. From: ngc5055 via MacVisionaries Date: Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 11:46To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: qc 25 bose headphones with iphone SEok great, thanks ...my iPhone is a 2nd gen S E. SO the 3.5 mmm to lightning apapter would work?On May 4, 2024, at 11:3

Re: Unable to Boot into New Startup Volume

2024-05-02 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 1/5/24 20:55, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: Google seems to point to the master boot record  (MBR). Anyone have experience with this function? My understanding is that Intel-based machines no longer have master boot records - it's all UEFI. Apple Silicon machines have their own boot

Re: 2020 Mini Stuck on Sonoma 14.2.1

2024-05-01 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 1/5/24 09:06, Steve Matzura wrote: I keep hearing about updates to 14.4, but I never actually receive them. If I go to "About this Mac," it does not show that there are any updates. Did I do something wrong and accidentally disable this somewhere along the way? Does it show that automa

Re: Macintosh vs iPad

2024-04-28 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 28/4/24 09:49, Jonathan Cohn wrote: For those that have both an iPad and a M1, M2 or M3 Mac, when do you feel the need to use the Mac instead of your iPad. When does the iPad seem particularly frustrating . My iPad is very old at this point and mostly sits unused. By contrast, I'm a dail

Re: A very handy way to deal with junk mail

2024-04-17 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
I run my own mail server. I have it configured to train its filter on all of the mail that I move into the spam folder. Anything automatically placed in the spam folder and later moved out of it manually is automatically trained as legitimate mail. I would expect commercial mail providers to d

Re: Voiceover frequently shutting off

2024-04-16 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 16/4/24 10:30, Phil Halton wrote: By the way, this usually happens after a long period of inactivity on the laptops. Like for example first thing in the morning after a nights inactivity, or even after several hours during the day of not being used. I would suggest contacting Apple and creati

Re: Keychain Cannot be Found

2024-04-14 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 13/4/24 17:02, ancient.aliens via MacVisionaries wrote: During setup I may have inadvertently changed a setting. What do I need to change to correct this? Many thanks. I suppose you just use System Settings, find the setting in question, and fix it. -- The following information is imp

Re: Secondary Apple ID

2024-04-11 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 11/4/24 18:36, ancient.aliens via MacVisionaries wrote: Another issue, this one on Sonoma. I had not been using Apple mail for some time. The account I am sending from is offline. I attempted to log in and after entering the password, was prompted to do a verification which failed with un

Re: notifications on my Mac

2024-04-11 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 10/4/24 22:39, Herbie Allen wrote: Unless you have a good reason not too, the simplest way would just be to upgrade and be done with it. There isn’t much of a difference if you are on the previous OS. In addition, there are the security issues. I always run the latest OS on everything, unl

Re: Passkeys and how to use them with voiceover

2024-04-01 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 1/4/24 05:06, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries wrote: At which point do you get the prompt to use touch ID?  One of my macs has got touch ID but another is quite old and hasn’t got one.  How would passkey work on such a machine? You're prompted when you press the button on the Web sit

Re: Passkeys and how to use them with voiceover

2024-03-31 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 31/3/24 15:42, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries wrote: I’m trying to use passkeys as a more secure method to sign into various services like Microsoft, Google, and passkeys enabled websites. I’ve tried this with Google accounts but I’m not being successful in using them. Has anyone on t

Re: Anyone have experience with the Orbit reader?

2024-03-24 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 24/3/24 13:16, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: I assume you bought it from those Envision people? It didn’t seem to me like they were very organized, and I was worried they wouldn’t be able to make a go of it. Have they added Wifi to the Vario? The only change I am aware of on

Re: Anyone have experience with the Orbit reader?

2024-03-24 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 24/3/24 12:19, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: I *loved my VarioUltra!  Of all the nonQWERTY braille displays I’ve used, it was my favorite.  I kept my Vario for years after Baum folded, but eventually it bit the dust. I bought mine new last year. If you still have yours and

Re: Anyone have experience with the Orbit reader?

2024-03-24 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 24/3/24 11:29, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: I’ve never seen the 20-cell version, but yes. The forty-cell units have three buttons at either end of the braille cels. They’re very handy. BAUM displays (now manufactured by VisioBraille) also have three keys at either end of th

Re: Anyone have experience with the Orbit reader?

2024-03-24 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 24/3/24 09:23, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Yeah. So far it’s only in my thumbs, so if the display has panning buttons on either end of the braille cells, I’m fine. The Brailliant does have that, but the Mantis does not. In this situation, would the Active Tactile Control of Hel

Re: Headphones for my SE 2020

2024-03-24 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 24/3/24 05:25, meikle.aiden via MacVisionaries wrote: I’ve recently purchased an Iphone SE 2020 and I cannot locate the headphones jack.  Is there one or am I to buy Bluetooth headphones for this model. There's a lightning to headphone adapter available. Otherwise, you'll need to use Bl

Re: GMail App on iPhone

2024-03-23 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 22/3/24 01:42, JĂĽrgen Fleger wrote: I don't like the conversations view in this App on my iPhone. But it seems it doesn't work to disable it in the settings. Whether it is enabled or disabled it always looks the same. Note that you can configure Apple Mail to access Google's Gmail accounts.

Re: Anyone have experience with the Orbit reader?

2024-03-23 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 23/3/24 09:07, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: I am still on a quest to find a braille display with a qwerty keyboard, and I just saw that Orbit is about to release a forty cell display with a qwerty keyboard. I’d love to hear about people’s experience with the Orbit reader. I re

Re: Another Item new to Sonoma 14.4

2024-03-20 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: I get the following dialog when I boot to Sonoma. Where in settings is this so I can turn off the dialog? Thanks. Is it a dialogue, or a notification? If the latter, you can close it in Notification Center. If it truly is a dialogue, I think your best optio

Re: What's the deal with the Globe key?

2024-03-15 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 15/3/24 11:59, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: One question first. What’s the deal with the Globe key? What is it used for? What’s the deal for those of us with older Macs that don’t have one? On older portable devices, it's referred to as the FN key. It has various commands a

Re: Any way to empty the junk folder without sending the messages to the trash?

2024-03-14 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 14/3/24 09:12, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: So when I empty the Junk folder, it just sends the messages to the Trash. Then I have to go to Trash, and delete them again. Any way to delete messages from junk without sending them to the trash? I thought that CMD-backspace did this

Re: Braillex el does not detect.

2024-03-12 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 12/3/24 11:27, Anders Holmberg wrote: I have a braillex el 40 c here which won’t detect in VoiceOver. It seems to have power as I can read the name and revision of the display. I would suggest testing it with a different device and operating system. Have you checked that it's on Apple's list

Re: Running wineskin on an m1 Mac.

2024-03-11 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 11/3/24 12:26, Anders Holmberg wrote: It was last updated 2015 so it might work but I guess its better to buy an extra computer. You could still run a virtual machine, I suppose, as discussed on this list in recent weeks. Having a second physical machine would probably be easier, though

Re: Anyone else using Apple Pay or an Apple Card?

2024-03-08 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 7/3/24 10:16, Brad Snyder wrote: This is true, unless you have enabled the new Stolen Device Protection feature. I recently enabled stolen device protection. Face ID is working reliably, but I did turn off the requirement to look at the device when I first set up Face ID. I've used App

Re: Question about word

2024-03-06 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 6/3/24 15:10, John Panarese wrote:     I believe centering is command-e with the highlighted text. I’m not sure what the left justify is, but I think it’s command-l. It's usually better to use styles instead, e.g., title, heading level 1, etc. -- The following information is important for

Re: Question about word

2024-02-27 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 25/2/24 14:13, Brad Snyder wrote: When using Word on a Mac, I suggest skipping the Ribbon, and looking for what you want in the pulldown menus of the Menu  Bar. This way, when you find the action you are looking for, if it has a keyboard command, you will find it listed there as well. An a

Re: Windows Insider and VMWare Fusion

2024-02-24 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 24/2/24 07:41, Kelly Ford wrote: The processor itself between the two VMs ends up showing differently inside of Windows. They are configured the same in the two VMs in terms of what resources the VMs are using. Has anyone else hit this and found a solution? Are there any CPU options you co

Re: Taking watch iPhone and Mac to Italy this summer

2024-02-21 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 20/2/24 22:22, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Yeah, and I will be on wifi pretty much of the time.  Mostly I was just wondering if I need different chargers. No - the chargers are all switching power supplies that will take 120-240V or whatever the official specifications say.

Re: Mac OS Calculator?

2024-02-20 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 19/2/24 15:03, Doug Lee wrote: Curiously I don't find sagemath in Homebrew; wonder if it left? I checked on two Macs (one mine and one a That's interesting - it appears for me, see below. I'll acknowledge that Linux is my primary computing environment these days though. ==> sage: 10.2,2

Re: Any accessible games for the mac

2024-02-19 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 19/2/24 15:49, Rebecca Sabo wrote: I was wondering if their are any good accessible games to play on the Mac? You should be able to play "interactive fiction" games on the Mac. They're the only kind of game in which I have sustained an interest, although admittedly I haven't played signif

Re: Mac OS Calculator?

2024-02-19 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 19/2/24 10:25, Doug Lee wrote: I've never tried calc, but I've used bc for a long time when I need a quick calculation. Thank you for the recommendation. At the other end of the sophistication scale is Sagemath, also available in Homebrew. It's more than the ultimate calculator. -- The

Re: Mac OS Calculator?

2024-02-19 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 19/2/24 01:23, Mohamed Fayed wrote: I wonder whether anyone here tried to use the default scientific calculator that comes with Mac OS. You can access it via Applications/Calculator.app. I haven't tried the default calculator, but I have found the calc tool to be useful. It runs in a termi

Re: Can not update clanmymac.

2024-02-18 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 18/2/24 13:14, Anders Holmberg wrote: I can not update cleanly Mac x from with in the app. When I do Sonoma tells me that its damaged so it can not be installed. I've never heard of it, so I can't offer specific advice. However, have you tried removing it and reinstalling? -- The followin

Re: attaching a Zoomax e-reader to a Mac as a braille display

2024-02-11 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 11/2/24 11:15, Jessica Barr wrote: It wouldn't hurt to contact whoever is in charge of distributing the eReader and troubleshooting problems. Also, be sure you are running the latest MacOS release, which at the moment is 14.3.1. Check Apple's hardware compatibility list of supported brai

Re: VMware Fusion/Player

2024-02-07 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 27/1/24 20:45, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote: I was happy to pay $10 9less one penny) for an accessible vm. Clearly, I'm hoping this works out! I'll report when I've successfully started running Arch in an UTM vm, or when I give up on trying. This project, based on Qemu, received an

Re: Closing multiple dialogue boxes

2024-01-29 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 29/1/24 16:19, Traci Duncan wrote: somehow, I have over 40 bluetooth system dialogues! Is there a way I can close them all at once? Couldn't you just reboot the machine, choosing not to keep the windows that were open? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac V

Re: A question for the list. Which of these two back up products is best or a VO user?

2024-01-23 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 23/1/24 11:35, Maurice A. Mines wrote: If anyone has any other suggestion, other than Time machine, please speak up? Borg backup. https://www.borgbackup.org/ Note: I haven't used it yet on the Mac, but I have used it (including recovery of a file) under Linux. It should run identically on

Re: Braille SupportFixes

2024-01-22 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 22/1/24 17:09, Anders Holmberg wrote: Its so interesting that braille on both linux and windows are far better to edit with and navigate with. I agree, which is why I tend to use my Linux machine for any serious editing at the moment. I can work around the issues on the Mac, but why work a

Re: How does one Ctrl Click?

2024-01-15 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 15/1/24 16:27, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote: Most unexpectedly I found it as a menu option. Go figure. VO-Command-Space may offer whatever function you're looking for as well. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

Re: How to read pdf or if there is a app

2024-01-07 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 7/1/24 06:46, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote: Preview does pretty well on PDF that embeds postscript fonts, imo. It does not do so well on graphical images of text characters, and it does not directly offer the option to OCR those files. Try VO-Shift-L (image description) with the Vo

Re: My review after spending two weeks with the Activator braille display

2024-01-05 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 5/1/24 18:08, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: I can’t imagine switching to an Android phone, but you’re absolutely right.  If one were to do that, the Activator would lose much of its luster. If you "can't imagine" it, then you're the right kind of customer for the Activator.

Re: My review after spending two weeks with the Activator braille display

2024-01-05 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 5/1/24 17:30, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: I think the situation with the docks will sort itself out eventually, though I would want to know the cost of the new dock before purchasing the unit. That's very wise. I would be reluctant to purchase a device designed to be considera

Re: My review after spending two weeks with the Activator braille display

2024-01-05 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 5/1/24 14:23, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: It’s a pretty nifty device.  It’s just young, and it’s therefore having some growing pains, some of which are the direct result of things that Apple and Microsoft have done.  It wouldn’t surprise me at all if I own one some day. Thank

Re: Accidentally deleted App Library app on my iPhone

2024-01-03 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 1/1/24 19:09, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote: Yes, I really did do that! Now unsure of how to get it reinstalled. Any suggestions much appreciated! This idscussion may help. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252071005?sortBy=best -- The following information is important for a

Re: Microsoft Word for Mac

2024-01-03 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 3/1/24 09:17, 'Mervin Keck III' via MacVisionaries wrote: I use Word, Excel, and OneDrive on the MacBook Pro M1. I have not had any issues with accessibility. I have Office 365 but have not played with the other Office Apps even though they are on my Mac. A few notes on Microsoft Word for M

Re: Can't read mail from a listserv, help please

2023-12-31 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 31/12/23 16:44, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: so I have to believe that this is something going on on my end. Perhaps something to do with the handling of remote content? Have you checked the messages for attachments? -- The following information is important for all members of

Re: Uber app kills Voice Over on my iPhone

2023-12-22 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 22/12/23 15:59, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote: Beginning during an outing this past Wednesday, but then again Thursday I noticed that using Uber on my SE is crashing Voice Over. When I last tried the Uber app, I encountered the known accessibility bug whereby a VoiceOver user can

Re: What's going on with Audio Hijack.

2023-12-15 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 15/12/23 12:42, Anders Holmberg wrote: I try to upgrade to Audio hijack 4.3 And get this message. You now need to adjust your system’s settings to allow ACE to run. In the Mac's “Recovery” environment, you’ll modify the System Security Policy to match the settings pictured below. Apple's d

Re: Lockscreen Persistence, after Updating my Iphone 13Pro, to IOS17

2023-12-13 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 13/12/23 13:30, roni mathew wrote: Since the update, which makes  the interface faster and more snappy, my lockscreen will  re-appear just secods after I try to evoke  password unlock dialogue. I think your best option is to create an Apple Accessibility support case. I am not experienci

Re: Activator, and iPhone transition to USBC

2023-12-11 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 11/12/23 12:02, 'Angie Nutt' via MacVisionaries wrote: I’ve just had a thought though: if one does buy the new docking station and keeps an older iPhone as well, presumably one could chop and change between the two docks, making it a more flexible device. Yes, I expect this to be possible. Yo

Re: Anyone have any experience with the activator braille display

2023-12-09 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 8/12/23 12:23, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: but I kind of can’t believe they wouldn’t plan for the migration to USB-C. If they don’t, the activator will have one of the shortest shelf lives of any braille display I’ve ever seen. The European Union rules that influenced Apple's

Re: Anyone have any experience with the activator braille display

2023-12-08 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 7/12/23 18:34, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Just wondered if anyone has had a chance to use the Activator braille display from Helptech--formerly HandyTech? No, but I've used one of their older displays briefly in a technology demonstration. The finger detection mechanism work

Re: Do you have a favorite app/browser for Twitter/X??

2023-12-05 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 5/12/23 11:49, Jessica Moss wrote: That’s what I’ve been hearing as well, which is sad, considering all the links they went to to make it usable in the first place. I'm using ActivityPub, the open and federated standard supported by Mastodon, Pleroma, etc., for social media. I prefer it to

Re: Do you have a favorite app/browser for Twitter/X??

2023-12-05 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 5/12/23 09:28, Herbie Allen wrote: THERE IS AN APP FOR X IN THE MAC APP STORE. I've also read claims from multiple sources that X (formerly Twitter) dismissed all of their accessibility specialists last year, so it's a matter of luck whether and to what extent it continues to be accessib

Re: Getting VoiceOver TTS into Zoom calls

2023-12-04 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 4/12/23 08:55, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote: You're correct, Jason. However, checking the box wasn't sufficient for some reason. In VoiceOver Utility -> Sound, is the output device set to system default? If not, that's your problem. -- The following information is important for

Re: Getting VoiceOver TTS into Zoom calls

2023-12-03 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 3/12/23 09:29, Brad Snyder wrote: Loopback is a great option, however if you are already able to screen share, then just change your VO output to the system default ,and you should be good. If I remember rightly, when you enable screen sharing, there's an option (typically a check box) to

Re: Reading Terminal Windows with VoiceOver

2023-12-01 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 30/11/23 21:22, Jonathan Cohn wrote: There is also a dedicated SR for for the terminal. I heard about it but I have not  actually tried it out at all. It doesn't seem to support braille output, so it isn't an option for me. -- The following information is important for all members of the M

Re: Reading Terminal Windows with VoiceOver

2023-11-30 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 30/11/23 07:28, Kelly Ford wrote: Does anyone have a suggestion on how to read Terminal windows with VoiceOver on the Mac a line at a time? While interacting with the terminal widget, VO-Up/Down-Arrow should read the text a line at a time. -- The following information is important for al

Re: Can I stop the double-finger double-tap from playing music in iOS 16?

2023-11-25 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 25/11/23 10:29, Doug Lee wrote: Ah, I've not been wanting Apple to change the magic tap behavior for everyone else; I've just been wanting the ability to adjust what functions it can do on my own phone, much as we can do for the power button. You can't adjust it, as far as I know. -- The

Side button behaviors in iOS 17

2023-11-24 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
[Reposting, as the following reply didn't make it to the list - I probably forgot the reply-to-all.] I’m just describing how Apple works. As I understand it, their attitude has long been that they design the user interface as they want it to be, to provide the experience they think best, and y

Re: Side button behaviors in iOS 17

2023-11-23 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 22/11/23 23:27, Phil Halton wrote: OK, in iOS 17 it seems they’ve changed the behavior of the side button for use with Siri. It used to be that you would hold the button and wait for the sound and then speak to Siri. You would have to do this for each request of Siri. Now, it seems that y

Re: Need a new Braille display

2023-11-22 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 22/11/23 17:58, Jessica Barr wrote: The Brailliant is quite a bit more expensive, but I think it's a great product. I've had good luck with the first two displays from Baum (now VisioBraille) that I have owned. The third display is too new to comment on with respect to durability, but it

Re: One Drive blocks access to menu extra in Sonoma

2023-11-19 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 19/11/23 08:20, Simon Cavendish wrote: Could anyone replicate this before I report this to Apple? It's a known bug. I don't know whether it's Apple's or Microsoft's. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concer

Re: Full Keyboard Access

2023-11-19 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 19/11/23 00:07, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote:    In Sonoma I want too turn this off but its dimmed. How to undim it? Thanks. As I recall, it's incompatible with VoiceOver, turned off by default, and can't be enabled when Voiceover is running. Matters may have changed, but that's my r

Re: Parallels desktop for Mac frustrations.

2023-11-17 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 16/11/23 14:47, Maurice A. Mines wrote: My question to the group is if the time to go back to VMware? Will VMware run better when it comes to dealing with USB cable communication? I don't know, but VMWare at least has an accessibility statement: https://www.vmware.com/help/accessibility.h

Re: Unsure what Mac to get

2023-11-13 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 13/11/23 13:23, 'Mervin Keck III' via MacVisionaries wrote: You said 36GB Ram? I’m not questioning you. However, that is an unusual number for Ram. I’m accustomed to seeing 16, 32, 64, etc. Is that correct that 36 GB is the new normal? And what is the new recommended storage option these d

Re: Unsure what Mac to get

2023-11-13 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 13/11/23 12:23, John Dowling wrote: I need lots of ram because I work with a lot of tracks inside Logic Pro, and I need the high power. Anyone have any suggestions? Based on what I've heard, the M3 Max chip gives you substantially superior performance. It's currently available in the MacB

Re: How to send attachments

2023-11-05 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 4/11/23 19:17, Rebecca Sabo wrote: I asked this question before but I can not fine the answer in my documents or my emails. How do you send at attachments again? In Apple Mail, it's Command-Shift-A. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list.

Re: Delete iPhone backup from Mac

2023-11-04 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 4/11/23 14:14, Paul Hopewell wrote: My lesson from the above is that I should check with Google Search before Emailing this list! Yes, it's usually faster. The mailing list is best for questions that don't have obvious answers which can be found in a search. That's why there is a communit

Re: Disregard Re: Apple Announcement?

2023-10-31 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 31/10/23 07:32, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Just found it online. In general, just visit a site such as https://www.appleinsider.com/ for all the details of any Apple announcements. The new products should be good upgrades for those who have good reasons to purchase. I h

Re: My first ever Zoom call on a mac and I'm really worried

2023-10-30 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 30/10/23 09:18, Simon Cavendish wrote: I’ve been sent an invitation to a Zoom meeting in a few days’ time. I’ve got Zoom installed on my M1 chip macbook air but I’ve not done a Zoom meeting before. They sent me a link, and then some ID numbers. If I click the link, will it automaticall

Re: Can not find my custom email folders after fresh install

2023-10-27 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 27/10/23 10:00, mr.robertcole via MacVisionaries wrote: There are folders in my iCloud account not showing on my Mac. I chose rebuild mailboxes, but it didn’t helpp. Can someone point me in the right direction? I'm not familiar with iCloud mail, but you may need to subscribe to specific f

Re: Siri no longer plays a sound when activated with the side button on my iPhone

2023-10-25 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 25/10/23 09:40, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: It still doesn’t make sense that we’re not all experiencing the same thing. Some of us get the Siri sound, many of us don’t, you apparently get a haptic, I don’t, and so on. I still say write to accessibility. If that is the way S

Re: Microsoft teams and VO, will it work together?

2023-10-24 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
Attending a meeting should be relatively easy, as you need only interact with the meeting controls rather than the larger Teams application. > On Oct 23, 2023, at 12:49, Mohamed Fayed wrote: > > Yes. I use it both on iPhone and on Mac OS. > I find the web version more responsive than the deskto

Using Touch ID with sudo in MacOS Sonoma

2023-10-23 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
There’s an interesting but not much publicized new feature in MacOS Sonoma: you can enable Touch ID to be used with the sudo command, and this configuration change persists across operating system updates. To make the change, copy /etc/pam.d/sudo_local.template to sudo_local in the same directo

RE: iPhone Plus, Definitely Heating It Up: Mark is Taking a Pass on iPhone 15 Series

2023-10-12 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
Bugs leading to heating issues were reputedly fixed in iOS 17.0.3. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of matthew dyer Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2023 4:53 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iPhone Plus, Definitely Heating It Up: Mark is T

RE: Email Providers

2023-10-12 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
so little; together we can do so much." -Helen Keller My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com<mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com> On 10/11/2023 5:22 AM, 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries wrote: I would suggest purchasing a domain name, then associating it with an e-mail provider. Yo

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