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hi. I just bought a MacBook pro and I don't know how to use it. I'm totally blind and I use voice over. will some one be able to give me some basic instructions please or give me some resources? thanks -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If y

RE: The Native iOS Maps App Provides Excellent Intersection Announcements, But .

Hi Mark, I agree with your thoughts on maps and it's general usage. I used it on xmas eve for navigating my way around a city I hadn't been in for 5 years and has undergone major changes due to earthquake damage, Maps as you said spoke route information and intersection / crossing details

RE: The Native iOS Maps App Provides Excellent Intersection Announcements, But .

Hello Ben, The Maps app has come a long way since those early days. In case you and others did not know, it is now possible to send a bug report or feature request from directly within the app, itself. To do this: 1. Open the Maps app. 2. Tap the Settings button, located near the upper ri

Re: The Native iOS Maps App Provides Excellent Intersection Announcements, But .

Hi Mark, Apple is using many more sources for map and POI data. I just read through the list. I have been using Maps primarily for the type of walking you described for a few years now. I also use BlindSquare for the same purpose, but maps is often more accurate. As for POIs, I submitted a bu

Re: The Native iOS Maps App Provides Excellent Intersection Announcements, But .

Mark, That's why I love Nearby Explorer. I turn off points of interest when I'm in a car, but I turn them back on when I walk. I'll have to try that tomorrow with Maps. I've been wary of that app since the initial problem with wrong data in the mapping. Ben On 1/6/2017 21:32, M. Taylor w

The Native iOS Maps App Provides Excellent Intersection Announcements, But .

Hello All, I was just experimenting with the native iOS Maps app today and, as many of you already know, if one sets the tracking feature to, "On+Heading", then places VoiceOver focus on the, "My Location", area of the screen, as one travels down a road, cross street names and intersection info

The Power User's Guide to Safari

Do any of these work under iOS? I'd presume so. http://lifehacker.com/the-power-user-s-guide-to-safari-1790770952 Do these work under iOS?

Big Time Machine Project

Holy backup project Batman! I got my MacBook Air in Summer 2011, and I have faithfully used Time Machine since. Finally, in the last 6 Months my external hard drive got full and some old backups were automatically deleted. So, I bought a new 1TB drive. Yesterday, around 3:15 PM, I began the proc

Re: Amadeus Pro purchase site.

Hi just so you know, this app is also available from the Mac App Store. > On 5 Jan 2017, at 22:42, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I am about to purchase Amadeus Pro but am wondering about the payment methods > radiobuttons. > 3 of the radiobuttons are unlabled and only the 4th button is labled

Re: Main Stage or Garage band when playing live?

Yes, this will work. One word about your keyboard though. GB has somewhat limited support for Midi controllers other then the notes and pitch bend. Therefore you'll probably need to really use the arrow keys on your notebook rather than the track select buttons of your keyboard. One exception to

Re: Main Stage or Garage band when playing live?

ok, but if all I need is to select a track that has piano or electric paino, and play with it, will it be ok? On 1/6/17, 'Roland Zitzke' via MacVisionaries wrote: > Hi, this is an interesting question. > MainStage is certainly the way to go for live performances. It has many > features tailored a

Re: Main Stage or Garage band when playing live?

Hi, this is an interesting question. MainStage is certainly the way to go for live performances. It has many features tailored around this task. However, I am not sure about the VO accessibility of MainStage. I have never actually used it but on the logic accessibility group I remember people say

Main Stage or Garage band when playing live?

Hello all: I need to use my mac Laptop to play in live Performances. I know that this group may not have many musicians, but I hope that I can get my question here. what is the best when playing in live concert using laptop and a midi controller? Main stage or garage band? I will not move betwe

Re: Urgent, urgent Apple Logo appears with a message Installing Progress has not windows sometimes when I turn on My Mac computer!

Hi Helga, without knowing the history of your installation it appears as if some part of the Sierra upgrade terminated prematurely. Did you try to download and install all available updates, either via the Appstore or by opening the terminal and typing: sudo softwareupdate -i -a Does this window