RE: VO not coming on at Startup on new MBA

I think I'll stick with my old Mac! -Original Message- From: 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 10:23 AM To: via MacVisionaries Subject: VO not coming on at Startup on new MBA Hi all, On new MBA, VO does not come on at start up. I can bring up the recovery

RE: article on Firefox accessibility on the mac

Nonsense like this has no place on this list! Stop it! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of alia robinson Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 10:06 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: article on Firefox accessibility on the mac and things like t

RE: Orbit Reader 20 Plus

In reading the documentation, I see no mention of cursor routing keys. Therefore, how do you select items on the screen? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Ryan Mann Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 9:08 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Orbit Reader 20 Plus

Orbit Reader 20 Plus

Has anyone on this list had any experience with this Braille display? Any thoughts or observations would be welcome! -- 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

RE: mac pro pricing

How many are you gonna buy? LOL From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Simon Fogarty Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 2:38 AM To: 'macvisionaries@googlegroups.com' Subject: mac pro pricing Hi List, Has anyone actually seen a pricing structure for the new Mac Pro yet other th

RE: iCloud verification

I got it to work, it just doesn't sound like it is working, but it did, it took me 3 tries but hey, it's done!! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of John Panarese Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2019 11:22 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iCloud

iCloud verification

My Mac has recently rejoined the land of the living. However, one problem I'm having is that when I put in my iCloud password in order to connect to iCloud, my phone is sent a verification code. The problem is, that when I attempt to fill in the code there are numbers already filled in, and they wo

RE: My Mac is Still Dead

Wow! The guy from Apple had me reset the time for some reason known only to him, and that was for whatever reason not allowing me to contact the recovery server. Thanks to your help, I am now reinstalling the OS! Thanks!! From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019

RE: My Mac is Still Dead

When I enter this command in terminal, I receive the answer “command not found. From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Monday, April 29, 2019 3:17 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My Mac is Still Dead Hi, When in recovery mode, go up to the menubar to Utilitie

RE: My Mac is Still Dead

Ok, here’s the thing. I was playing with the trackpad, and I got the WIFI menu to open. There was a check mark by my WIFI menu. Then in the recovery utility menu I chose the help item which opened a web page. I figured, what have I got to lose? I pressed command l and typed in a web address. Saf

RE: My Mac is Still Dead

Thanks for this! I might have a working Mac soon! From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Monday, April 29, 2019 2:17 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My Mac is Still Dead Hi, Anyone who has eyes that work. Basically, it's just an item in one of the corne

RE: My Mac is Still Dead

Hi, Will the sighted person that helps me with this have to be a computer expert, or can the average person do it? From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Monday, April 29, 2019 1:53 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: My Mac is Still Dead Hi, If you have a USB

RE: My Mac is Still Dead

Is there a way to connect to my WIFI if in fact I am not? This time, after trying what you suggested, A window came up talking about installing Mohave. I pressed the continue button, and after several minutes, I received a message stating that the recovery server could not be contacted. I guess

RE: My Mac is Still Dead

No, I have Internet access through my WIFi network. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Georgina Joyce Sent: Monday, April 29, 2019 10:50 AM To: AppleVis List Subject: Re: My Mac is Still Dead Hello, Is this to get internet access? I see Tim suggests that you will need

RE: My Mac is Still Dead

Hi Georgina and others, My MacBook Air is mid 2013. I have internet access. I have also just called Apple Accessibility. The gentlemen was extremely patient, but he could not help. He stated that I will need sighted help or I’ll have to go to the Apple store. I bet that will cost me a ton of m

My Mac is Still Dead

A while back, I wrote to this list to talk about a problem with my MacBook Air. The problem occurred when I started the process to install High Sierra. I got distracted by one thing or another, and I mistakenly closed the lid on my machine. I attempted to restart, and after turning Voice Over on, a

RE: I may have fried my Mac Book Air

How do I launch Recovery? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Michael Marshall Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 8:28 AM To: 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: I may have fried my Mac Book Air hey, You certainly have not killed the MacBook, this actually happens

I may have fried my Mac Book Air

I haven't updated my Mac in quite a while. Yesterday, I decided to let it install High Siera. I was doing a number of things, and, without thinking, I closed the lid sometime during the install process. Now, all Voice Over says in the Fred voice is, "install reminder has no windows" It's been like