Re: Numbers on EcoBee main screen on iPhone?

2020-12-18 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Brad, Yeah, I thought of all of those options. It’s just not clear from the app which one it is, so I wondered if another user had figured it out. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 18, 2020, at 12:34 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Could be the indoor or maybe the outdoor temperature.

Re: Yubikey?

2020-12-18 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Thanks, Janina. Do you happen to know how well it works with a Mac? Thanks, Donna Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 18, 2020, at 11:57 AM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, Donna: > > I use a Yubi key regularly to access my employer's VPN network and all > relevant services on th

Re: Numbers on EcoBee main screen on iPhone?

2020-12-18 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Brad: Would you give your Honeywell and its app high marks for accessibility? I'm currently on the latest NEST (from October of this year), but recovering from errors is a concern. I switched from the earlier Nest Learning thermostat because of error recovery accessibility. The latest generation

Re: Yubikey?

2020-12-18 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Donna: Regretably, I've no experience using it on a Mac, but I can't imagine it would be any different. It's such a little thing for me, the user. Just touch the back of the device that's in the USB port after typing my few chars. But, it will be good to hear a confirmation from someone with

Re: Read all and horrible tones.

2020-12-18 Thread Dave Carlson
Jonathan, Have had this problem with Safari all along. I’m now using MS-Edge, and find it very responsive and not prone to the annoying beeping during a read all. Recommend anyone who has not tried MS-Edge, to download and give it a test drive. Dave Carlson Oregonian, Engineer, Musician, Farfar,

Re: Yubikey?

2020-12-18 Thread Brett Lewis
Hi, This works exactly the same way on the Mac. You just touch the key and it authenticates. I should note this also works on iPhones. If they have the NFC chip built-in you can just touch them to the back of the iPhone and touch your finger and it authenticates. Brett > On Dec 18, 2020, at 11:5

Re: Yubikey?

2020-12-18 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Thank you, Brett. this is good news. Best, Donna > On Dec 18, 2020, at 2:43 PM, Brett Lewis wrote: > > Hi, > This works exactly the same way on the Mac. You just touch the key and it > authenticates. I should note this also works on iPhones. > If they have the NFC chip built-in you can just to

dropbox

2020-12-18 Thread Lorie McCloud
How do I turn on dropbox in notifications on my Mac running catalina? thanks. Lorie -- 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 is inappropriate

Re: Daisy Reader on the Mac?

2020-12-18 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Don’t be shy to ask if you need help with it. I will try to help you out. /A > 17 dec. 2020 kl. 23:22 skrev 'Larry Honaker' via MacVisionaries > : > > Thanks! I can find it. I appreciate the info. > > Kindly yours, > > Larry W. Honaker > > kc8...@icloud.com > > Thy word is a lamp unto my

Re: Anyone here have problems with airplay on there HomePods?

2020-12-18 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I don’t have a HomePod but I have an airport express. I have got problems with airplay on that one. I play music or whatever and it stops after a while and can’t connect to it again for some reason. /A > 18 dec. 2020 kl. 03:51 skrev matthew dyer : > > Evening all, > > For the last few days

Re: Read all and horrible tones.

2020-12-18 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I haven’t had that bug for a long time but interestingly its finally fixed. Took a very long time but makes me hopeful about other bugs. /A > 18 dec. 2020 kl. 14:43 skrev Jonathan Cohn : > > Often times with MacOS Safari if you typed VO-A to read everything > (especially if you have Group Na

Apple password

2020-12-18 Thread Lorie McCloud
every 2 or 3 days since upgrading to Catalina I get asked for the password for my Apple I D. this happens on the phone and also on my Mac. sometimes it locks my account regardless of what I put in there. I'd prefer not to have to deal with this if there was a way around it. anybody know what's g

mac os Big sur: found reason for voice over inconsistencies

2020-12-18 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi All, I found that some shortcut on the keyboard is responsible for changing the pitch for the general case, which then throws voice over off and starts to exhibit strange behaviour, such as not anouncing every second line, or acting as if it's muted. This shortcut basically can be triggered

Re: Daisy Reader on the Mac?

2020-12-18 Thread Gerry Cook
Hi! Don’t be shy to ask if you need help with it. I will try to help you out. /A > 17 dec. 2020 kl. 23:22 skrev 'Larry Honaker' via MacVisionaries > : > > Thanks! I can find it. I appreciate the info. > > Kindly yours, > > Larry W. Honaker > > kc8...@icloud.com > > Thy word is a lamp unto my

touch bar slowness

2020-12-18 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi All, It's me again, the ever detail pointing dude. Ever since I've switched from my older mbp with physical function keys to this touch bar contraption, my productivty has slowed down and I'm frustrated by how unresponsive this touch bar is. I map a lot of my most used applications (xcode,

Re: Facebook escalates feud with Apple over iOS privacy changes, cNet

2020-12-18 Thread Yuma Decaux
In my honest opinion, Facebook is one of the worst privacy violating companies in the world, if not the most, and will use any excuse to prop up its interest. The very fact that it uses crawlers across the web to check wherever you're surfing in itself is a privacy vilation. I just don't use fac

Re: Facebook escalates feud with Apple over iOS privacy changes, cNet

2020-12-18 Thread Mary Otten
I couldn’t agree more. Facebook‘s actions over the past few years have proven that it is a bad actor. Zuckerberg should go. And I’m all for Apple in this one. I value my privacy. I would never trust Facebook. I signed out of them a couple or three years ago and will never go back. I don’t need t

Re: Numbers on EcoBee main screen on iPhone?

2020-12-18 Thread Brad Snyder
Yes, I find the Honeywell Total Comfort Connect thermostat app to be almost 100% accessible using VoiceOver on my iPhone. I have had a Honeywell thermostat and the TCC app for about 6 years, and the accessibility has gotten better as time has gone on to the point that I can’t think of anything I

Re: dropbox

2020-12-18 Thread Brad Snyder
1. Go to System Preferences > Notifications. 2. Navigate to the Applications table, interact with the table and select Dropbox, then stop interacting with the table. 3. Using VO + Right Arrow, navigate the Notifications area, and customize the notifications your would like to receive for the D

Re: Apple password

2020-12-18 Thread Brad Snyder
Try signing out of your AppleID, and then sign back in. Also a good idea to make sure you have enabled 2-factor identification. If you haven’t changed your AppleID password in a while, you might consider doing that as well. - Brad - On Dec 18, 2020, at 18:33, Lorie McCloud wrote: every 2 or 3

Firefox updates.

2020-12-18 Thread Jonathan Cohn
A couple folks have asked me about why use firefox. I was going to grab some information I had received in a different channel about Firefox and VoiceOver support, but have not had a chance. Perhaps over the weekend, that will be possible. but in terms of Safari vs Firefox I believe that Firefox

Read all and horrible tones.

2020-12-18 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Often times with MacOS Safari if you typed VO-A to read everything (especially if you have Group Navigation turned on) VoiceOver would start making a constant beeping sound as it tried to determine layers of the page while reading. Usually when this happened, I could only get it to stop by turni

Re: Firefox updates.

2020-12-18 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Interesting idea to have one browser for entertainment, and another for banking. I'll mull that over. Thanks, as always, John. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 18, 2020, at 7:38 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > A couple folks have asked me about why use firefox. I was going to grab some > information I had

Yubikey?

2020-12-18 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, Has anyone used this device for authentication? Is it accessible? TIA, Donna -- 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 is inappropriat

Numbers on EcoBee main screen on iPhone?

2020-12-18 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, Is anyone else using the EcoBee thermostat app on their iPhone? If yes, on the main screen, there are two numbers displayed that appear to be related to thermostat temperature, but I can't tell what they represent. Does anyone know? TIA, Donna -- The following information is important

Re: Yubikey?

2020-12-18 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Donna: I use a Yubi key regularly to access my employer's VPN network and all relevant services on that network. It works for me as follows: 1.) I log into my Windows laptop computer; 2.) I access the Cisco VPM application and press enter on the Connect button; 3.) When the scre

Re: Numbers on EcoBee main screen on iPhone?

2020-12-18 Thread Brad Snyder
Could be the indoor or maybe the outdoor temperature. Could also be indoor humidity. These are all things that show up on my Honeywell app screen. - Brad - On Dec 18, 2020, at 11:31, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi all, Is anyone else using the EcoBee thermostat app on their iPh