Hi! OK to make the time shortcut work properly you also need to check the [allow voiceover to be controlled by apple scripts] check box in the General section of voiceover utility! HTH Colin
On 5 Nov 2013, at 03:19, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1. You can’t, at least not easily, if at all. The Mac will sleep when the lid > is closed and that’s that. > > 2. The whole trackpad is touch-sensitive. The bottom half clicks down and is > one button (to right click, hold control as you click anywhere on the pad). > The top half, while not clickable, is still touch-sensitive. > > 3. If you have Mountain Lion or above, just press vo-m twice to go to the > status menus, and find Dropbox in there. If not, open the Voiceover Utility > with vo-f8 and find the navigation item in the categories table. In there > should be all the different cursors, mouse included. Set the vo cursor to > follow the mouse cursor, or just tell vo to speak what is under the mouse at > whatever delay you want. > > 4. Also in the VO Utility, go to the Commanders category and enable the > Keyboard Commander. By default, this should set up option-t to be time and > date, but you can modify that if you want to or even set it to be part of a > different commander. > On Nov 4, 2013, at 9:55 PM, Rob <musicmaker...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I cant seem to find where to disable the MacBook going to sleep when I >> close the lid. >> I looked in power and battery settings but couldn't find it. >> My other question is about the touch pad. >> I have seemed to found a bar that presses down on the left and right ends. >> I believe this is the mouse buttons. >> above this bar is a square place but it dont feel like a glass touch pad. >> so if there is no touch pad, how would someone move the mouse pointer? >> I connected a USB mouse but didn't hear Voice Over speak as I moved the >> mouse around. >> Iam trying to get voice over to find the DropBox on the status menu. >> My last question is is there a hotkey to announce time and date? >> Thanks, >> Rob >> You can leave me a voice mail or fax at >> 206-426-3505 >> "God is good all the time, & All the time God is good" >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.