Re: question about navigating in safari

thanks for the help, brad. that worked a treat for me. now i know what to do thanks again! shirley > On May 21, 2020, at 11:02 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Assuming you are using VoiceOver, you can use VO + CMD + L to navigate by > links. > VO + CMD + H will navigate by headings. > Add the SHIFT

RE: How do I use the new COVID-19 tracking feature in IOS 13.5?

Yes Tim that is what I believe also. They have created the API’s for the covid apps that others will create, But in this case apple have some form of covid tracking tool included in Ios 13.5 But still it is meant that other developers create the tracking apps and use the apple / google provided

Fwd: Face Time using Voice Over with Mac.

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Kawal Gucukoglu > Subject: Face Time using Voice Over with Mac. > Date: 22 May 2020 at 10:22:54 BST > To: Apple Access Ability > > Hello. > > I am not able to use Face Time on the Mac if using Voice Over (rather than > Siri). > > Please investigate. >

RE: Burning CDs and cats

I’m hoping you’re meaning burn the cat to the cd and not roast it for supper!? A similar thing has happened to a staff member at work, The kitten has done something on the keyboard to kill the managed desktop on the staff members windows desktop while working from home. She took a photo of the

Re: Zoom on the mac?

Hi! Sure you can. Works like a charm to. /A > 21 maj 2020 kl. 11:56 skrev 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hi, > > Can we use Zoom on the mac? Anybody had luck doing so? In this lockdown > situation more and more people are using Zoom. > > Andrew > > -- > The following informa

RE: How do I use the new COVID-19 tracking feature in IOS 13.5?

Yeah Petrus I had a look at it lastnight but haven’t done anything with it. It turns out most businesses don’t have the qr codes relating to the app and store related information. Good old government slow behind the 8 ball, But oh well can’t blaim them really they’re working pretty bloody hard t

Re: How do I use the new COVID-19 tracking feature in IOS 13.5?

So where is this app on the I phone as I updated my phone this morning and thought I’d find the settings for the app in health. However I am in the UK and the Government are not wanting to use it. I think they should as their NHS app is not working for them and they are under pressure to do tr

Re: How do I use the new COVID-19 tracking feature in IOS 13.5?

So where is this app on the I phone as I updated my phone this morning and thought I’d find the settings for the app in health. However I am in the UK and the Government are not wanting to use it. I think they should as their NHS app is not working for them and they are under pressure to do tr

RE: Convirtió MP3 files

I always thought typos was caused by my bad English language skills, Now I know it’s gremlins From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Friday, 22 May 2020 11:11 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Convirtió MP3 files Hi, Typos are never your fault, it’s those silly gremlins

RE: Convirtió MP3 files

Hi Petrus, Have you tried chrome? I do find chrome friendlier sometimes. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Friday, 22 May 2020 11:24 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Convirtió MP3 files Did you pay for it? As the one in the App Stor

RE: Convirtió MP3 files

Hi Petrus, How many books do you have and are you looking to convert them to m4b file types? I have windows machines with itunes which will convert mp3 to the m4b formats. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Friday, 22 May 2020 11:31 AM To: macvisionaries

RE: Music shortcut and repeating

What track is 20 minutes long? Stair way to heaven is only 10 or so, I’m guessing you have looked at the short cut to see if anything has changed? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Friday, 22 May 2020 1:54 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject:

Re: Zoom on the mac?

Could you help a bit further? There are a few Zoom programmes in the download section of zoom.us website and I can’t quite decide which one to go for. Is it a paid service? Andrew > On 21 May 2020, at 14:11, Brad Snyder wrote: > > I use Zoom on my Macs on pretty much a dail

Re: Zoom on the mac?

Zoom US is the one you want and it’s free. Kawal. > On 22 May 2020, at 11:30, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Could you help a bit further? There are a few Zoom programmes in the > download section of zoom.us website and I can’t quite > decide which one t

Re: Chat function using Voice over in Zoom

I’d be very happy to participate in such a gathering, to practice various Zoom features with the Mac. Thanks, Paul On May 21, 2020, at 19:08, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> wrote: Hi, I agree. I find it most distracting in the iPad app for Zoom.

Re: Chat function using Voice over in Zoom

I would too. It can be hard to figure things out when you are in a meeting. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPad > On May 22, 2020, at 7:37 AM, Paul Parravano wrote: > >  I’d be very happy to participate in such a gathering, to practice various > Zoom features with the Mac. > > Thanks, > > Paul

How do I set up daily digest mode on this list?

I am having trouble with my email. I am having to look at our messages on the web, and I would like to cut back on the amount of stuff coming through. How do I set up the MacVisionaries list so that I just get a daily digest, rather than individual messages? I can’t seem to figure out how to do

How do I check the time on the mac?

i am looking to know how i check what time it is on my mac? what is the command to do this? shirley -- 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: Face time on the Mac is broken or not?

Hi! Yes this is a bug i guess. Will send them a note. Do you by the way have the latest catalina update that was released yesterday? /A > 21 maj 2020 kl. 23:41 skrev 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries > : > > Hello. > > I tried making a face time call on the Mac but when I typed the person’s

Re: How do I check the time on the mac?

Hello Shirley, With the keyboard commander turned on, Option-t gives you the time. In VoiceOver Utility, in the Commanders category, you can choose whether to use the right or left Option key. However, on a laptop, the only sensible choice is the righthand Option key since there is no Control k

Re: Chat function using Voice over in Zoom

There is the free audio book about using Zoom. I don't know if it was shared on this list, so here is the link: https://mosen.org/zoom/ Best! Neboysha On 22.5.2020. 15:18, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: I would too. It can be hard to figure things out when you are in a meeting.

Joining Zoom meetings more efficiently from Mac using Chrome

Howdy folks. Here’s a quick question, and if the answer is simple and easy, I’m hoping that others can enlighten me. Using a Mac and the Google Chrome browser, is there a more efficient way of sjoining Zoom meetings when activating a link? My current process is to press Return on the link, caus

Re: Face Time using Voice Over with Mac.

I have been having similar issues for searching for people in FaceTime. I would suggest dropping accessibil...@apple.com And email reporting this with step by step instructions to repeat it. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-

Deleting Time Macine Backups

I added an APFS volume to the TM exclusion list. Now I want to delete the old backups for that volume. How? I found it in the sidebar and from the context menu, select delete but this is not working. Thanks. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been

VoiceOver And iPhone Migration

Hello all, I’m upgrading from my iPhone 7 to the new iPhone SE, and the new phone is arriving today. I was hoping I’d be able to use iPhone Migration to transfer from the old to the new device. Will VO give me the right feedback so I can align the two devices properly to do the initial part of

How to set up daily digest mode

Having problem with my mail. Need to reduce the total number of messages coming in for now. How do I set up daily digest mode for this list? Thanks.Dave Carlson -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about th

Re: How to set up daily digest mode

Hi, • Go to google.com • If not already signed in, sign in with the eMail address you use for the MacVisionaries group. • Now, in the Address bar, enter googlegroups.com, and press return. • Press the My Groups link. • In the table, press on MacVisionaries. • VO-space on the My Settings menu item

Re: VoiceOver And iPhone Migration

Hi, Yes, everything is accessible. What you’re actually doing is restoring the new iPhone from a backup, so hopefully you’ve been either backing up to iCloud or through iTunes/Finder on a Mac. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMu

unintended freezing of iPhone

Hi, I don’t know when it startet but I guess it must have started one or two weeks ago. My iPhone 11 Pro suddenly freezes from time to time for ruffly 5 to 10 seconds. After that period of time it works normal again. I restarted the iPhone but no change. Has anyone experienced this as well? Is

Re: VoiceOver And iPhone Migration

Hi, When I did this exact thing a couple weeks ago, updating from a 7 to the SE, it couldn't have been easier. The new phone asked if I wanted to restore from another phone and asked to enter a code that showed up on the phone on the device I was restoring from. Once I entered that it walked m

Re: Face Time using Voice Over with Mac.

Hi, The search feature does seem to be broken, or at least odd in its implementation. FaceTime does work though. You can simply enter a phone number in the Search field, press return, then VO-right to the Audio or Video button and VO-space on it. All the proper options will be available to y

Re: Joining Zoom meetings more efficiently from Mac using Chrome

Hi Raul, I don’t use Chrome on the Mac much, but my experience using Safari is similar when using a Zoom link to join a meeting. I don’t think there is any way around the procedure you described. In response to security concerns, Zoom enacted a number of steps on the Mac that I don’t believe c

Re: How do I check the time on the mac?

I am not a big Keyboard Commander user, but I have found that it is not a problem using the right Option key on my MacBook Pro keyboard. It works just as it does on my Mac mini with a full sized keyboard. BTW - the correct Keyboard Commander command for checking the time is OPT + T, not OPT by

Re: Zoom on the mac?

Hi Andrew, I thought the website was pretty straight forward. The link to download the Zoom client is clearly labeled. If you navigate to the second heading on the page, which is designated “Heading Level 2, Zoom Client for Meetings”, then the next link will download the desktop client for wha

Re: Zoom on the mac?

Hello Brad, I'm curious if you know of a faster way to join a Zoom meeting from a link if the Mac user is using Chrome. I wrote a message about this in another thread here but figured I'd ask you just in case you didn't see my other message. Currently, you have to stop interacting with the web

passwords in internet accounts

every so often my Mac wants my Google password for my gmail account. this time when I signed into Google it said Safari couldn't open the Mac OS page that was asking for the password. I want to go back in there and try again. how do I find passwords in internet accounts? I go to system prefs int

Re: passwords in internet accounts

Sounds like this is a Safari issue and not an issue with Internet Accounts. You may want to go into Safari preferences, then select the Passwords button in the toolbar and see if your Google password has been saved in the list. If not, you may be able to add it to the list. - Brad - On May 2

Re: passwords in internet accounts

Hi, This is a security thing. The convoluted way that Google and Apple integrate their ecosystems into each other sometimes causes this to rear its ungly head. I haven’t seen it in Catalina, but it was ever-present in Mojave. Occasionally, just following the process got rid of the password r

Re: Chat function using Voice over in Zoom

Thanks for that, although, for the most part I’ve got Zoom cased. It just some intricacies with managing the little things. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On May 22, 2020, at 7:46 AM, Nebojsa Tasic wrote:

New update for Apple Watch. A problem?

I have just updated my watch and I have probably started it 10 times as the breathing and heart rate are not showing on my watch as complications although they are there but they are invisible. Has anyone else had this problem and if so how did they fix it. This problem occurs quite regularly bu

Re: Face Time using Voice Over with Mac.

This was on the Mac. I have already reported it to Apple Access Ability by sending my instructions. FaceTime with the iPhone is perfectly fine. > On 22 May 2020, at 4:52 pm, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > The search feature does seem to be broken, or at least odd in it

Re: Face Time using Voice Over with Mac.

Hi, Yes, my instructions pertain to the Mac as well. The reference to iPhone in my post refers to the ability to use FaceTime on your Mac to call non-FaceTime recipients. If the continuity features are enabled between Mac and iPhone, then you can make a call from your Mac that uses your iPhon

Re: Face Time using Voice Over with Mac.

How do you do that on your iPhone then as I said to you that FaceTime on the Mac is not very good at the moment. I.e. I haven’t found it in the FaceTime keyboard yet on the iPhone. > On 22 May 2020, at 8:11 pm, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > Yes, my instructions pert

Re: VoiceOver And iPhone Migration

Thanks for the encouragement! Gabe’s right, it went pretty smoothly. Probably the toughest part was installing the SIM card! Big fingers, tiny card, no sight. But with a little trial and error, and being very careful where I put the little card on my desk, I did get it. I also had a bit of trou

Re: New update for Apple Watch. A problem?

Kawal, I'm not experiencing this. I don't have heart-rate set as one of my complications, so if you're talking about having it show up there, I can't comment. But I can easily bring it up in the apps. Cheers, Donna > On May 22, 2020, at 1:59 PM, 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries > wrote: >

Re: passwords in internet accounts

ok. well, I'm still running Mojave guess I'll have to diddle around with it some more. Sent from my iPad > On May 22, 2020, at 1:52 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > This is a security thing. The convoluted way that Google and Apple integrate > their ecosystems into

Re: passwords in internet accounts

Perhaps I misunderstood Lorie’s issue. I thought she was attempting to access her Gmail via the web portal using Safari. I’ve never needed to repeatedly sign into my Google account through Internet Accounts in System Preferences on any of my Macs. I guess I’ve been lucky in this regard. - Brad

Re: passwords in internet accounts

I was trying to download my gmail on my Mac. I finally got them connected again. > On May 22, 2020, at 3:15 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Perhaps I misunderstood Lorie’s issue. I thought she was attempting to > access her Gmail via the web portal using Safari. > I’ve never needed to repeatedly si

Re: New update for Apple Watch. A problem?

I can also bring it up in the apps on my watch but it was always showing in the complications. May be I’ll customise the face again to see what happens. I am reluctant to reset it as I can’t get the thing to get the bluetooth thing quick enough. I have never been able to use the camera on the

Re: passwords in internet accounts

I checked that and my password was there. when my gmail was offline it was telling me to enter my google password in internet accounts. couldn't figure out how to do it. > On May 22, 2020, at 1:32 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Sounds like this is a Safari issue and not an issue with Internet Acco

Re: Face time on the Mac is broken or not?

Not yet but I’ll do it now. It broke the watch so will it break the Mac as well? > On 22 May 2020, at 10:34, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Yes this is a bug i guess. > Will send them a note. > Do you by the way have the latest catalina update that was released yesterday? > /A > >> 21 maj 2

Re: passwords in internet accounts

Glad you got it working. - Brad - On May 22, 2020, at 15:21, Lorie McCloud wrote: I was trying to download my gmail on my Mac. I finally got them connected again. > On May 22, 2020, at 3:15 PM, Brad Snyder > wrote: > > Perhaps I misunderstood Lorie’s issue. I thoug

Re: Face time on the Mac is broken or not?

There are no updates for the Mac and I have not updated it unless it did it automatically as I have it on that. > On 22 May 2020, at 21:24, 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Not yet but I’ll do it now. It broke the watch so will it break the Mac as > well? > >> On 22 May 202

Re: New update for Apple Watch. A problem?

Hi, Like Donna, I normally don’t access the Heart Rate through the complications. I usually just press the side button, and it’s part of my Dock. Once I double-tap it from there, all works normally. I did look in the Photos complication though, which does appear to have the Heart Rate as par

Re: Music shortcut and repeating

Well Rime of the ancient Mariner by Iron Maiden is 15 minutes long and there are loads of classical tracks out there that are 20 minutes or longer. > On 22/05/2020, at 22:07, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > > What track is 20 minutes long? > > Stair way to heaven is only 10 or so, > > I’m guessin

Re: unintended freezing of iPhone

Did you install any new Apps around the time this started happening?Have you updated too 13.5 yet as this might help as well? > On 23/05/2020, at 03:40, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > > Hi, > > I don’t know when it startet but I guess it must have started one or two > weeks ago. My iPhone 11 Pro sudd

Re: Face Time using Voice Over with Mac.

Hi, On your iPhone, in Settings, Phone, find the item that says something about “Calls on other devices, when nearby” and double-tap it. Make sure this feature is turned on and that your Mac is also set to “on” on this screen. With this enabled, calls that come into your iPhone can be answere

Re: New update for Apple Watch. A problem?

I don’t buy any apps for the watch as I don’t really know what is good for us as I just use it as it is. Even the breathe is not showing as a complication but I don’t use that one. > On 22 May 2020, at 21:39, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > Like Donna, I normally don’

Re: How do I check the time on the mac?

You can also do VO+MM brings up the menu extras and you can check the time and battery level and other things there. > On 23/05/2020, at 04:07, Brad Snyder wrote: > > I am not a big Keyboard Commander user, but I have found that it is not a > problem using the right Option key on my MacBook P

Re: Face Time using Voice Over with Mac.

OK Tim. I’ll take a look. Can you transfer calls from your watch to your I phone or Mac if you are in another part of your property. That would be handy if you were walking towards one of your other devices. > On 22 May 2020, at 21:46, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > >

Re: New update for Apple Watch. A problem?

Hi, Maybe we’re getting confused here with terminology. It is my understanding that “complications” are the various watch-face collections that you can have. So, for example, I have the Modular complication, the Photos complication, the Siri complication and the Activity complication as the f

Re: Face Time using Voice Over with Mac.

Hi, I believe you can using Hand-Off, but I can’t remember the process or steps. I’ll confirm later. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On May 22, 2020, at 2:52 PM, 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries wrote:

Re: Convirtió MP3 files

Yes, if that is the format that the books App uses then I’m looking to convert my MP3 books. I have quite a few and I’d like to work out how to do it myself. Thanks for the offer, but I’m happy to email you off list with some of the titles in case you’re interested in reading them. > On 22/05

Re: passwords in internet accounts

can you tell me how to find these in system prefs/internet accounts in case this happens again? > On May 22, 2020, at 3:26 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Glad you got it working. > > - Brad - > > > On May 22, 2020, at 15:21, Lorie McCloud > wrote: > > I was trying t

Re: New update for Apple Watch. A problem?

Tim, Actually, the term “complication” refers to the various widgets, for lack of a better term, that can be used in different positions on a watch face. For example, on the Utility watch face, I have the Sun rise/sun set complication in the upper left corner, I have the Weather conditions comp

Re: passwords in internet accounts

I don’t find that the password for a Google account is stored anywhere in Internet Accounts. I have a Outlook.com email account, and I find my password is saved in the Outlook account settings. This is not the case for either my Google account or my AT&T/Yahoo account. -

Re: New update for Apple Watch. A problem?

hi Brad, Thanks for the clarification. So, basically, the thing that I was calling a complication is really a collection of complications. Cool. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On May 22, 2020, at 3:55 PM, Br

Re: New update for Apple Watch. A problem?

I have the modular complication. And within that complication, my heart rate and breathing used to show up. I thought that the heart rate and breathing was a complication. I disabled every other complication. As I did prefer that one. So maybe tomorrow, I will reset the watch and see what happen

Re: How do I check the time on the mac?

Another option is the date command in the terminal. From: Macvisionaries on behalf of Petrus Tuerlings Reply-To: Macvisionaries Date: Friday, May 22, 2020 at 16:48 To: Macvisionaries Subject: Re: How do I check the time on the mac? You can also do VO+MM brings up the menu extras and y

Re: New update for Apple Watch. A problem?

Tim, What you were calling a Complication is actually a watch face. A complication is something that appears on a watch face and provides information such as the day/date, temperature or some other information. . - Brad - On May 22, 2020, at 17:18, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries wrote:

Re: New update for Apple Watch. A problem?

Modular is a watch face, not a complication. - Brad - On May 22, 2020, at 17:23, 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries wrote: I have the modular complication. And within that complication, my heart rate and breathing used to show up. I thought that the heart rate and breathing was a complica

Re: Face time on the Mac is broken or not?

The trick is to do it from recent calls, or from messages. Open a conversation with someone in messages, then go to participants, then vo shift m and go to face time, hit enter on that and the call will be made. > On May 21, 2020, at 9:41 PM, Marie Lyons wrote: > > I am unable to make a Face

Apple Glass and iPhone 12 Rumors, iOS 13.5 Update, and More!

Good day all, I thought folks might like to read this, Some basic info regarding the covid tracing API And other interesting reads, [http://cdn.macrumors.com/newsletter/logo.png] Brought to

RE: New update for Apple Watch. A problem?

Yeah I've got the same issue now with messages and mail just press record The same thing where if I restart the watch the voiceover notification comes back The app icon is seemingly there it's just voiceover isn't pickng the icon up Apple pretty much told me there was nothing wrong and they wo

RE: Music shortcut and repeating

Now that’s something I hadn’t thought of waking up to. The iron maidan that is. Classical music I don’t have a lot of I might have to change my alarm music. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings Sent: Saturday, 23 May 2020 8:42 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.