Re: Big Sur, Time Machine and VoiceOver Problems

2020-12-30 Thread Jonathan Cohn
The Applications folder is a bit weird in newer OS's since those applications (except Safari) that come with the OS are on a read only area that is designed to be locked away from being modified, while App Store apps and hand installed apps also can reside there. The OS seamlessly merges these t

Re: Big Sur, Time Machine and VoiceOver Problems

2020-12-30 Thread John Panarese
I don’t know how it worked for you in the past, but opening TM from the applications menu does the same thing as it always has for me. It opens the interface, but you need the Window Chooser menu to get to the TM controls. The only oddity I am currently seeing is VO doesn’t seem to interact p

Re: Big Sur, Time Machine and VoiceOver Problems

2020-12-30 Thread Steve Matzura
To your first point, every article I've read, whether it's from Apple or a user, says managing one's backups via Finder is a bad idea because TM can get confused if something else gains control of its index structure. To your second point about the interface being the same, indeed it is. But

Re: Big Sur, Time Machine and VoiceOver Problems

2020-12-30 Thread John Panarese
If I want to open my time machine disk to see the folders, I u usually look at it through the Finder. I open the disk and proceed from there. As far as I can see, the time machine interface looks the same to me. I just tried this by opening Time Machine from the menu extras while focused

Re: Big Sur, Time Machine and VoiceOver Problems

2020-12-30 Thread Steve Matzura
Hot dog! You nailed it! I forgot to look in System Preferences, but like the song says, oops, there it is! On 12/30/2020 11:38 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: Steve, As to seeing TM in the Extras menu, is there a checkbox in TM preferences that needs to be selected? Dave Carlson Oregonian, Farfar,

Re: Big Sur, Time Machine and VoiceOver Problems

2020-12-30 Thread Dave Carlson
Steve, As to seeing TM in the Extras menu, is there a checkbox in TM preferences that needs to be selected? Dave Carlson Oregonian, Farfar, Engineer, Musician, Pioneer, and Woodworker On Dec 30, 2020, at 7:24 AM, Steve Matzura wrote: First off, what's up with Time Machines disappearing from t