Re: Bug in new version of Numbers on OS X

2020-04-12 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Phil, I haven’t much in the way of spreadsheets on my computer so I asked my husband to test the latest Numbers on his, which is a recent MacBook Pro running Catalina. For him, VoiceOver will read column headers for the first 22 columns, and row headers for the first 44 rows. This is true

Re: Apple Magic Trackpad 2

2020-04-12 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
I'm sure it's useful for desktops (e.g., Mac Mini, iMac, etc.), enabling the use of trackpad commander in VoiceOver. On 4/12/20, 00:48, "'E.T.' via MacVisionaries" wrote: One advantage is if you find the built in trackpad gets in the way, an external one would allow you to disabl

Re: Operating system accessibility (was RE: Ios 13.4.1)

2020-04-12 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
There is basic braille support in that what chrome speaks is presented on the braille display. Also I found the math support lacking last time I reviewed. I believe that chromevox did use abbreviations for control types but Iremember bing disappointed with either web alerts or item describtions.

Re: Bug in new version of Numbers on OS X

2020-04-12 Thread Phil Halton
I set up a test table in a new instance of numbers to test this out, and I find that with the months of the year label across the top row of the table voiceover will only recognize out to about August and then it just doesn’t see any labels. Also, voiceover is really acting strangely, crashing a

Re: Operating system accessibility (was RE: Ios 13.4.1)

2020-04-12 Thread Sandie Jazmin Kruse
Well, one thing i like about the chromebook is that they are so cheap, if they dont work, you toss it , and well buy a new one. If you are into that, of course. A laptop for $100 with Screenreader inbuild, yes me likes, me likes lots. I use a Acer for all of my medical work, and so far it is tak

Clean install of Catalina OS X refresher

2020-04-12 Thread Phil Halton
I’m planning to do a clean install of OS X. I am currently running catalina on a MacBook Air 2013. It’s been a while since I’ve done this, probably well before Sierra sometime, so I’d like a little refresher. Would someone knowledgable and experienced with this Tell me if the following bullet

Not Seeing Airplay Button in Music App

2020-04-12 Thread Brandon Olivares
I recently upgraded to Catalina, and I also have an Apple TV. In the new Music app, I cannot seem to find the airplay button to play on Apple TV. I see an airplay button in the miniplayer, but when I click on it it for some reason opens the volume control. Any idea why this might be? Apple TV d

Re: Apple Magic Trackpad 2

2020-04-12 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Foks, Is there a way on the track pad to press enter? I have not looked in a long time. I used to use the track pad more but found it silly to have to take my hand off to select a button or action. I think the best I could do back then was hold down a keyboard button like comman

Re: Apple Magic Trackpad 2

2020-04-12 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, You can simply double-tap on the Trackpad to perform the default action for the given item. That is, a double-tap will open, or check a checkbox etc. Alternatively as long as cursors are following each other, so that the mouse is where the VO cursor is, you can double-click on the Trackpa

Re: Not Seeing Airplay Button in Music App

2020-04-12 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, That should not matter as they are still both on the same network. Not sure why your AirPlay button is not showing. Mine is just to the VO-left of the Lyrics button and three VO-rights past the LCD panel. Make sure that AirPlay is enabled on your Apple TV and, this shouldn't matter, but

Sharing books to VOiceDream.

2020-04-12 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! If i want to read a book i have bought from the apple book store in VoiceDreamReader instead, can i do that? I tried to do it but couldn’t find any share button in actions and copying the book to VoiceDreamReader didn’t help either. Can someone give me some hints please? /A -- The followin

Re: Clean install of Catalina OS X refresher

2020-04-12 Thread Brad Snyder
Hi Phil, I’ve done a clean install of macOS Catalina several times recently, and had no issues with VoiceOver during the process. Since you say Catalina is already running on your Mac, you should be able to do a straight forward install from the recovery partition. Below is a link to an Apple

Re: FaceBook on safari

2020-04-12 Thread Lorie McCloud
how do you get to facebook basic on a Mac? thanks. Lorie > On Apr 11, 2020, at 5:27 PM, Michael Marshall > wrote: > > Hey, > I'm sure many people have suggested this already but you're better going to > Facebook basic, it's better than the mobile version. > >> On 11 Apr 2020, at 11:07 pm, Pa

Re: Catalina Clean Install

2020-04-12 Thread Ramy Moustafa Saber رامي مصطفى صابر
So, will i do a Catalina clean install then use TM to Bring back my Backup? > On Apr 6, 2020, at 3:38 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > Really, the only way to maintain those settings is to bring them back from a > backup, essentially, then not doing a clean install. >

Re: Sharing books to VOiceDream.

2020-04-12 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Hi Anders, I don’t think this is possible. I’m positive it used to be possible. Are you having trouble reading it with the books app? > On 13/04/2020, at 06:09, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > If i want to read a book i have bought from the apple book store in > VoiceDreamReader instead, can

Re: Sharing books to VOiceDream.

2020-04-12 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi Petrus! Its a bit problematic to read at least on the Mac and also in Ios. Its a swedish book also so i guess you can’t test it. /A > 12 apr. 2020 kl. 23:14 skrev Petrus Tuerlings : > > Hi Anders, > I don’t think this is possible. I’m positive it used to be possible. Are you > having trouble

RE: FaceBook on safari

2020-04-12 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, Just a quick note to let you know that I have just banned the Medical Marijuana user from the group. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lorie McCloud Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2020 1:05 PM To: 'D

Re: Sharing books to VOiceDream.

2020-04-12 Thread David Chittenden
Sorry to say that it has never been possible to share a commercial copyrighted book from Apple's book app to any other app or device. It might be possible when one uses certain 3rd party solutions to break the copyright protections, but this would be illegal. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email

Re: Sharing books to VOiceDream.

2020-04-12 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
What problems are you having reading the book? One thing I did when I was having problems with a book was to open the appearance options and I turned off scrolling view. > On 13/04/2020, at 09:19, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi Petrus! > Its a bit problematic to read at least on the Mac and al

Re: Sharing books to VOiceDream.

2020-04-12 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Hi David, Now I’m going to blame my age for this as I think my confusion here was that I purchased IOS 11 without the eye and saved it to both voice dream reader and the books app on my phone. I know that was a couple of years ago now so that is wy I’m blaming my age. So I apologise if I gave

Re: Sharing books to VOiceDream.

2020-04-12 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Ok, i will try to use that option to see if it helps. There seem to be a lot of scrolling for me. I would like to read the books with my braille display. /A > 13 apr. 2020 kl. 00:15 skrev Petrus Tuerlings : > > What problems are you having reading the book? One thing I did when I was > havin

Re: Clean install of Catalina OS X refresher

2020-04-12 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks Brad, I’m still a little confused about the reformatting process. I see where it says select delete APS up volume from the edit menu, and then I’m supposed to delete the Mac HD data? I’m really not clear on the steps that you take here could you maybe clarify I can find the Mac HD and Mac

Re: Sharing books to VOiceDream.

2020-04-12 Thread Petrus Tuerlings
Hi Anders, Good luck, I don’t use a Braille display so not sure if it’ll work. Hopefully others out there that use Braille displays might be able to help. > On 13/04/2020, at 10:23, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Ok, i will try to use that option to see if it helps. > There seem to be a lo

RE: Apple Magic Trackpad 2

2020-04-12 Thread Simon A Fogarty
It can be useful in those situations but also I'm guessing if you want an external trackpad so you don't keep hitting the onboard one for a notebook, -Original Message- From: 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries Sent: Sunday, 12 April 2020 11:29 PM To: Macvisionaries Subject: Re: Apple M

Re: FaceBook on safari

2020-04-12 Thread Patrick Ford
Hi, the best info I could find is that on the mac there is no basic , but on IOS you can find it after signing in on safari on the mobile fb site. You can go to the account and then the general account area and choose basic instead of I think it is called normal or some such word. > On Apr 12

Re: Clean install of Catalina OS X refresher

2020-04-12 Thread Jonathan Cohn
One thing I discovered recently after my son wiped out his disk drive, is that time machine backups of Catalina include a recovery partition with a Catalina installer. You might find this very useful. Jonathan Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Apr 12, 2020, at 6:40 PM, Phil Ha

Re: Catalina Clean Install

2020-04-12 Thread Jonathan Cohn
If you do this your computer will be in essentially the same sate as it was before you did the clean install. Why are you looking to do a clean install? There might be less drastic actions you can take. Jonathan Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Apr 12, 2020, at 4:52 PM, ⁨Ramy

Headings in Mac pages or Word

2020-04-12 Thread Muhammad Babar Shahzad
Hello all, I am a new user of MacBook pro. I am a student and I have to format the assignments using headings. How can i enable voiceover to read and assign the headings in either word or pages? I also have to use numbers or excel so, may i request for any tutorials about these programs? Any rec

Re: FaceBook on safari

2020-04-12 Thread PRAMIT BHARGAVA
Hi Lorie, Try this link for facebook basic in your safari browser https://mbasic.facebook.com/ Hope this helps Pramit On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 1:35 AM Lorie McCloud wrote: > how do you get to facebook basic on a Mac? > > thanks. > Lorie > > > On Apr 11, 2020, at 5:27 PM, Michael Marshall > wr