A test message to the list, please ignore

2023-04-05 Thread M. Taylor
Just testing the delivery services to the group. Please ignore. -- 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, please contact the

Stopping zoom voice announcements?

2023-04-05 Thread 'Catherine Turner' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Please does anyone know whether/how it's possible to stop the system voice on Mac announcing things like "Catherine has joined this channel" when using zoom? I've gone into the preferences in zoom, accessibility, screenreader and unticked everything, quit and re-opened zoom and I'm still gett

Re: Stopping zoom voice announcements?

2023-04-05 Thread Herbie Allen
Two things. First, make sure you are updated to the latest Zoom as that seems to have finally stopped the problem for me at least. The only other work around I have found is to turn off VO for a couple minutes and then turn it back on. You will hear announcements while it is off, but they should

App for using Facebook on the mack

2023-04-05 Thread Rebecca Sabo
Hi all , I was wondering if their is a accessible app to use with Facebook on the mack? If not do you just have to go too their website ? I was just wondering what the easiest way to use it on the mack . Thanks again Becky -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Re: App for using Facebook on the mack

2023-04-05 Thread Herbie Allen
You have to use the website in Safari, but it is usable there, especially the mobile site. > On Apr 5, 2023, at 13:47, Rebecca Sabo wrote: > > Hi all , > I was wondering if their is a accessible app to use with Facebook on the > mack? If not do you just have to go too their website ? I was j

Re: Anyone had mail problems with the latest Mac OS?

2023-04-05 Thread 'Nichole Keck' via MacVisionaries
Herbie, I have had no problems with my wonderful new MacBook Pro M2. This thing just keeps on trucking.. Sorry, Herbie; I know you tried to convince me to send it to you instead, but no can do. Guess you’ll just need a new one . Seriously, not sure what could cause this for you. > On Apr 4,

Moving Ring Tone From Mac To iPhone

2023-04-05 Thread pdevasto0219
Hi everyone, I've been able to create a short ring tone in MP3 format, and convert it to .M4R which is the correct format needed to move it onto my phone. The phone is a 3rd Generation iPhone SE running iOS 16.4, and my Mac is running Monterey. I can locate the M4R file in Finder, but my problem i

How to turn off iPhone WiFi auto-join for public and carrier networks, 9 to 5 Mac

2023-04-05 Thread M. Taylor
How to turn off iPhone WiFi auto-join for public and carrier networks, 9 to 5 Mac Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 8:16 AM Have you noticed your iPhone jump onto a WiFi network when you're away from home without asking first? Or maybe you want to check what networks your iPhone is auto-joining? Follow

Re: Stopping zoom voice announcements?

2023-04-05 Thread 'Catherine Turner' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Thanks for the suggestions. I think my zoom is up-to-date because it updated this evening just before I joined the meeting and had the problem. But I'll try your other workarounds... Thanks, Catherine On 4/5/23, Herbie Allen wrote: > Two things. First, make sure you are updated to the lat

Re: Moving Ring Tone From Mac To iPhone

2023-04-05 Thread mr.robertcole via MacVisionaries
Hi, Below is a message from the Late Tim Kilburn. From: "Tim Kilburn via groups.io" Subject: Re: [OATS] Trying to get a home-made ringtone from my Mac to my iPhone Date: June 5, 2021 at 4:25:43 PM EDT To: only-apple-...@groups.io Reply-To: only-apple-...@groups.io Hi Robert, Thanks for sharing.

Pop up Message session will exspire

2023-04-05 Thread mr.robertcole via MacVisionaries
Dear List, When using Safari, I get a message from the Web page, Pop up Message session will exspire in 30 seconds. I can not find the message so I can hit the button to keep me signed in. Any suggestions? Thanks, Rob -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionari

copying text on an iPhone

2023-04-05 Thread Lorie McCloud
I want to copy the text in an email on my phone and paste it somewhere else. is there a way to do this? I understand how to paste it. what I’m asking about is how to select and copy text. thanks. Lorie -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If

Re: copying text on an iPhone

2023-04-05 Thread doug . lawlor
Hi Lorie, Yes you can do this. 1. Use the iOS roter and navigate to "Text Selection" 2. Swipe down and you will hear a number of options related to selecting text. I just chose Select all and the text of the email minus the signature was selected. 3. Now roter to "Edit" and choose "Copy".

Re: copying text on an iPhone

2023-04-05 Thread Gabe Griffith
Hi, I find the easiest way to select text is to use the rotor. You will need to go into the rotor option in your VO settings to activate select text. Then you just make sure the VO focus is at the beginning of what you want to select, rotor to select text, flick up or down until you get to the

Re: copying text on an iPhone

2023-04-05 Thread doug . lawlor
To add to this, if you select characters, words, or lines as options, you have to then swipe right and you'll hear the text as it's being selected. You can then roter to the "Edit" option and select "Copy" to copy it to the clipboard then navigate to another app ,and paste it their. Here is part

Re: Moving Ring Tone From Mac To iPhone

2023-04-05 Thread Brad Snyder
Adding a custom ringtone to an iOS device from a Mac running Catalina or a newer version of macOS, is possible using VoiceOver, albeit a little challenging as it requires drag and drop. After creating your ringtone, follow these steps to add it to your iPhone from a Mac running Catalina or newe

Re: copying text on an iPhone

2023-04-05 Thread Lorie McCloud
ah ok. that’s what my problem was. I didn’t have “text selection” in my rotor. > On Apr 5, 2023, at 11:14 PM, Gabe Griffith wrote: > > Hi, > > I find the easiest way to select text is to use the rotor. You will need to > go into the rotor option in your VO settings to activate select text. Th

Re: Pop up Message session will exspire

2023-04-05 Thread Brad Snyder
Try pressing VO + F2 twice quickly, then review the list of Safari windows to see if you can find the pop-up listed in the list of open Safari windows. If you don’t find it there, try pressing VO + F1 twice quickly, and see if a system dialog is in the list of running items. HTH. - Brad - On

Re: App for using Facebook on the mack

2023-04-05 Thread bbsshawn via MacVisionaries
As Herbie said, you have to use the website. There used to be an app called Trillian that worked very well with Facebook but unfortunately, like Twitter, Facebook discontinued support for third party apps. With that being said however, there is a Mac app for Facebook Messenger on the app store.