Re: Article on computer vision features in iOS18.3

2025-02-02 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
I also look forward to USB-C with my next upgrade. At that point, both the iPhone and the Mac will be entirely USB-C. From: 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries Sent: Sunday, February 2, 2025 19:08 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Article on

Re: Article on computer vision features in iOS18.3

2025-02-02 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
I have an iPhone XS. When it ceases to be supported by the latest iOS release, then the time to upgrade will have come. The improvements in each new device are incremental, but they eventually become substantial enough to make upgrading worthwhile. Of course, other people have different upgradi

Re: Article on computer vision features in iOS18.3

2025-02-02 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
ore errors. I’m guessing that the Meta glasses take a wider picture, so don’t miss beginnings or ending of lines. Cheers, Donna On Jan 31, 2025, at 6:33 PM, 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries wrote: I don’t have a recent iPhone with which to test this. I hope it works well wi

Article on computer vision features in iOS18.3

2025-01-31 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
I don’t have a recent iPhone with which to test this. I hope it works well with VoiceOver. https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/01/31/hands-on-visual-intelligence-gets-more-powerful-as-an-underrated-iphone-16-feature -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionarie

Re: I'm interesting Windows virtual machine Braille Display dilemma.

2025-01-27 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
The driver compiled for Arm64 might work. How long it takes to produce will presumably depend on how much architecture-specific code they have, if any. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Maurice A. mines Date: Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 14:23 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.co

Re: I'm interesting Windows virtual machine Braille Display dilemma.

2025-01-24 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
The problems you describe are exactly among the reason why I don’t run virtual machines. I don’t want to deal with the extra complexity and unreliability, especially in attaching Braille displays. I know this might not be ideal for practical reasons, but can you run macOS on the Mac, and other

Re: Blind apples subscription info, (wasRe: Some Comments from Moderator Mark)

2025-01-12 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
I’m centrally interested in discussing the Mac as well, thus I think there’s room for a Mac-oriented VoiceOver and accessibility mailing list which isn’t dominated by iOS users who aren’t also Mac users. From: 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries Date: Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 09:59

Re: In Login ... Window ... Content is empty

2025-01-10 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
I haven’t noticed it. Definitely try Sequoia if that isn’t what you’re running already. If the problem still occurs, we’ll need to try to work out why some of us are experiencing it and others not. From: 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries Date: Friday, January 10, 2025 at 16:04 To: macvisionarie

Re: Some Comments from Moderator Mark

2025-01-09 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
Mailman3 and Sympa are the two options that seem to be attracting community issues in the communities I frequent. The difficulty with Discourse (and this may have changed) is that it used to treat the entire forum as though it were a single mailing list. You couldn’t subscribe to one subforum o

Re: Some Comments from Moderator Mark

2025-01-09 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
For $10 US per month (perhaps even $5 US per month), you could rent a Linux virtual server, install mailing list server software on it, configure everything appropriately, and run as many mailing lists as resources allow. Prices in Euro are similar if you prefer a European hosting provider. I d

Re: Native Calendar App w/ Sequoia OS

2025-01-09 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
I use the calendar in Microsoft Outlook for Mac these days. It comes with my Microsoft 365 subscription. That’s why I’m not using Apple’s Mail, Calendar or Contacts significantly. From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries Date: Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 09:20 To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: N

Re: Some Comments from Moderator Mark

2025-01-06 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
I agree with Donna. I don't know what activities on the other list, if any, contravene Google's Terms of Service, as I'm not subscribed to it. However, if you think the decision was automated, and if there's nothing obviously wrong or illegal in the content of the posts, then maybe the time has

Re: Amazon Test

2025-01-04 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
VO-Shift-F3. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Lorie McCloud Date: Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 16:22 To: 'Tim MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Amazon Test I’m going to try this. I had a terrible time the last time I shopped with Amazon Fresh. is there a quick way to turn cursor

Re: Problems Using Amazon

2025-01-04 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
Accessing the Amazon Web site via Google Chrome with VoiceOver for mac appears to be unaffected by the bugs under discussion. From: 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries Date: Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:23 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Probl

Re: Mac Mini with an M4 chip

2024-12-25 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
The operating system updates typically run for at least seven years these days, and some older operating system releases receive security fixes for a while thereafter. I bought a 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro back in 2021. If Apple continues to support the operating system as it has done i

Re: Mac Mini M4

2024-12-24 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
If you’re upgrading from an Intel-based Mac, presumably your best option would be to install all of the software new instead of restoring from backup, due to the different CPU architectures. If your previous device uses Apple Silicon, then I assume this doesn’t matter. From: 'Sabahattin Gucukog

Re: Problems Using Amazon

2024-12-22 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
isionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Problems Using Amazon I use the amazon app all the time. Haven't had a problem. Will have to try it on my computer. Peggy Sent from my iPhone On Dec 21, 2024, at 6:47 AM, 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries wrote:  I tested it under Linu

Re: Problems Using Amazon

2024-12-21 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
There are also modal dialogues on more Web sites these days than there used to be. They can acquire focus when you're simply reading Web content. You need to close the dialogue to resume reading. Often, fortunately, the VoiceOver cursor returns to where you were before the interruption. Amazon d

Re: Problems Using Amazon

2024-12-21 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
I tested it under Linux and Windows with screen readers and found Amazon remained accessible in both. So far, only Apple devices are exhibiting the accessibility issues. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Eric Oyen Sent: Saturday, December 21,

Re: Problems Using Amazon

2024-12-17 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 16/12/24 16:05, Matthew Janusauskas wrote: Yes, navigation on the website with VOiceOver and Safari is badly broken. Google Chrome appears to work though; Firefox may be unaffected also. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have an

Re: Accessible software (Mac) to create sheet music?

2024-12-13 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
You can use Lilypond with any text editor. I haven’t tried it, but I’ve heard positive comments about it.It is packaged for the Mac in Homebrew. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Frank Ventura Date: Friday, December 13, 2024 at 05:34To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Acc

Re: Scan Converters

2024-12-11 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 11/12/24 18:21, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries wrote: Would like suggestions for a Mac app to convert scanned images from my printer to different formats. Thanks. Imagemagick. https://imagemagick.org/script/index.php -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Vision

An informative article on macOS security and malware

2024-12-04 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/12/04/what-a-new-threat-report-says-about-mac-malware-in-2024  -- 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's post

Re: ios 18.1.1 update

2024-12-01 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 1/12/24 14:17, Caitlyn Furness wrote: Has anyone had trouble updating to this version? I've read about people having trouble with vo not spearking numbers, etc.. I keep getting nagged about this update, so would like to update if there are no problems..? If you don't update soon, you'l

Re: First Boot On the New Mini

2024-11-29 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 29/11/24 15:27, Steve Matzura wrote: I've always done this with a USB keyboard connected, then set up a Bluetooth keyboard afterward. I can't do that any more because I no longer have a USB Mac keyboard, and even if I still had the old one, it had a USB-A connector, and the new machine is

Re: Out with the old, in with the new

2024-11-29 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 29/11/24 15:11, Steve Matzura wrote: Did I forget anything? No. However, note that there's a new Reset option in System Settings -> General, so you may be able to erase the data partition without having to boot into recovery mode. I haven't tried it for obvious reasons. -- The followin

Re: The mantis q40 on the Mac.

2024-11-29 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 29/11/24 04:23, Anders Holmberg wrote: I have noticed that my Mantis q40 is not very well supported when it comes to the keyboard. Has anyone here had issues such as the function key not changing functionality for f-keys, keyboard can’t be identified issues. I don't know much about the M

Re: Neither voiceover cursor nor pc cursor follow Braille display

2024-11-11 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
Anyone else who can submit proper bug reports, with appropriate technical detail, should do so. However, I suspect Apple may have too few accessibility experts dividing their time among too many operating systems and other accessibility projects. On 11/11/24 15:55, 'Andrew' via MacVisionaries

Re: UTM and Windows 11 on Mac

2024-11-10 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
program called VOCR to read the Windows setup screens in my experience. It is doable if you are comfortable with a bit of trial and error. That said, VMWare now is free on the Mac for personal use and probably a better choice. On Nov 8, 2024, at 5:27 AM, 'Jason J.G. White' via MacV

Re: ChatGPT Mac App

2024-11-08 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
. But I was not able to copy content. Am 08.11.2024 um 15:47 schrieb 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries : I strongly suspect it is due to the ChatGPT app update. The control used to present the responses has changed. Interestingly, the button to activate the spoken interface is

Re: Using virtualization software on my 2019 Mac Pro

2024-11-08 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
My understanding is that a dual boot configuration with Asahi Linux and MacOS is an option, but of course you would need to reboot to switch operating systems, and I don't know how accessible the procedure is for selecting the system to load during boot. From: 'J

Re: ChatGPT Mac App

2024-11-08 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
I strongly suspect it is due to the ChatGPT app update. The control used to present the responses has changed. Interestingly, the button to activate the spoken interface is accessible. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Kelly Ford Sent: Friday, N

Re: UTM and Windows 11 on Mac

2024-11-08 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
error. That said, VMWare now is free on the Mac for personal use and probably a better choice. On Nov 8, 2024, at 5:27 AM, 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries wrote: As I recall, there was a discussion of it on AppleVis relatively recently. I suggest searching there if you haven

Re: UTM and Windows 11 on Mac

2024-11-08 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
As I recall, there was a discussion of it on AppleVis relatively recently. I suggest searching there if you haven't done so already. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of Dave Carlson Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2024 23:03 To: Mac Visionaries Cc: F

Re: New Mac talking in Sleep Mode.

2024-11-01 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
Mine doesn’t. Are you sure it’s in sleep mode, as opposed to being at the lock screen? Could you be more specific about what it says in sleep mode, as this might give insights into how to prevent it? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com on behalf of N2KPV Date: Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:59To

Re: Mark, The iPad Pro M4, and the Apple Magic Keyboard with Track Pad

2024-10-29 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 27/10/24 14:23, MacVisionaries wrote: Question:  Are there any particular tips and tricks you know of that will make the keyboard respond more like a Mac Book keyboard with VoiceOver enabled? Can you be more specific about what functionality you think is missing? As far as I know, you sh

Re: Difficulty With Face ID On iPhone 16 Pro

2024-10-28 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 28/10/24 13:14, Dave Carlson wrote: You may need to turn off the attention aware feature. I turned that feature off straight away after enrolling Face ID. I haven't had any problems with it; the device is an iPhone XS, now among the oldest phones supporting iOS 18. If the phone is the app

Re: iOS 18.1 Update

2024-10-28 Thread 'Jason J.G. White' via MacVisionaries
On 28/10/24 15:23, Bradford Snyder wrote: Try restarting the device. Use hard restart if necessary. I think that's the best option. I have 18.1 here, and there are no obvious issues with it - it's remarkably reliable. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Vision

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, Jürgen 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

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