Re: VO Jumping Out of Mail: Was - Improving music app experience

2022-02-04 Thread Brian Hansen
I’m running the latest MacOS, and it’s doing the same thing to me. I haven’t found a pattern to it as of yet, but it seems to be taking place when I delete a mail message after reading it. > On Feb 4, 2022, at 12:31 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > Well, VO just jump

Re: ring tones on iPhone

2016-08-19 Thread Brian Hansen
I recently ran into the same problem. I had to call Apple, and have them re-grant me a download for my missing ringtones. Blessings, Brian > On Aug 19, 2016, at 3:48 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi List, > > A crazy question, > > I’ve just re imaged my iPhone 6s+ to try to correct a few

Sports Score Updates On My Mac

2017-10-29 Thread Brian Hansen
I’m looking for either an application and/or widget that will allow me to setup and keep track of my favorite teams, as well as have access to live scores. I tried installing the Yahoo Sports app for the Mac, but it seems to be pretty much useless. Not to mention, it hasn’t been updated in a few

Re: Weather apps for macOS

2017-11-25 Thread Brian Hansen
I’m looking for one as well. So far I’ve been having to rely on my local NWS web site, but it would be nice to be able to get the weather conditions, forecast and severe weather statements at a glance. Blessings, Brian > On Nov 25, 2017, at 12:05 PM, Joe Quinn wrote: > > Apologies if this h

Reading of News Articles Using the Actual Twitter Client

2016-12-12 Thread Brian Hansen
I downloaded the actual Twitter client and installed it on my Mac mini, and I’m wondering how to get to the actual articles.. When I’m down-arrowing through my timeline, and find a posted article I’m interested in reading, if I hit enter on the article all I seem to see is “Tweet Details” or co

Appending To The MacOS Clipboard

2016-12-17 Thread Brian Hansen
Is it possible to append text, graphics and links to the clipboard in macOS Sierra, or would I need a 3rd party app, and if a 3rd party app is required, is there one that works well with VO? Thanks. Blessings, Brian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visiona

Quickly Identifying the Currently Playing Track In iTunes

2017-02-08 Thread Brian Hansen
Is there a built-in keyboard command, or a VO command to quickly find out the name of the currently playing track? I’ve got a couple of albums that I downloaded that I wanted to know the name and track number of the song I was on. Thanks. Blessings, Brian -- The following information is im

Re: Quickly Identifying the Currently Playing Track In iTunes

2017-02-08 Thread Brian Hansen
ve focus to the currently playing > song and VO should announce what it is right away. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:45, Brian Hansen wrote: > > Is there a built-in keyboard command, or a VO command to quickly

Re: Quickly Identifying the Currently Playing Track In iTunes

2017-02-08 Thread Brian Hansen
location. the limitation with this method is that the HotSpots are >> usually lost whenever iTunes is quit. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:59, Brian Hansen wrote: >> >>

Re: Quickly Identifying the Currently Playing Track In iTunes

2017-02-11 Thread Brian Hansen
me others. > Should do the trick. It will return the song title and artist and say a few > extra things if iTunes is not running or if music is paused/stopped. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Feb 8, 2017, at 20:28, Brian Hansen <ma

macOS Encryption Questions

2017-02-17 Thread Brian Hansen
I’m fixing to do a clean install of Sierra on my Mac, and I was wondering should I erase the disk using MacOS extended with encryption, or should I use file volt after the MacOS is installed? Also, are there any issues, or potential issues I need to be aware of when using either of the above me

ICloud music library discrepancies

2017-02-20 Thread Brian Hansen
I’ve got a bit of a mystery on my hands. iTunes on my Mac says that I have 3945 songs in my music library. The “Music Tracker” app on my phone reports that I have 3923 songs in my iCloud music library. Is there a way to easily find out which one is actually correct without having to count by

Merging Folders

2017-02-20 Thread Brian Hansen
I have 2 folders that have the same name on two different backup drives. For the most part, they’re about 80% identical, but each of them does contain some files and folders that the other doesn’t. I’d like to merge them into one folder, but every time I try to copy them, the only choices I ge

Re: ICloud music library discrepancies

2017-02-21 Thread Brian Hansen
gt; to determine the discrepancies from this and go from there. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Feb 21, 2017, at 00:24, Brian Hansen wrote: > > I’ve got a bit of a mystery on my hands. iTunes on my Mac says that I have > 3945 songs in

Re: ICloud music library discrepancies

2017-02-21 Thread Brian Hansen
e song. If it reads "Ineligible", then it is not in a > format that is compatible with the iCloud Music Library. You should be able > to determine the discrepancies from this and go from there. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On

Re: ICloud music library discrepancies

2017-02-22 Thread Brian Hansen
uploaded to the iCloud Music Library. They're able to > be imported and stored locally, but just not available for iCloud viewing. > > Later.. > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Feb 22, 2017, at 00:02, Brian Hansen wrote: > > Hi Tim, >

Re: The Native iOS News App: It's Right There Waiting for You

2017-03-16 Thread Brian Hansen
Hi Mark, How are you getting around the screen refreshes? When I open an article, and have VO start reading, I’ll hear the sound as if a web page finishes loading and VO stops reading. The only way to get VO to start reading again is to start from the beginning of the article. Other than tha

Sorting Favorites In Safari

2017-03-23 Thread Brian Hansen
Is there a way to set up a custom sorting of my Safari favorites? I’ve added a couple of new ones, and they seem to be appearing first when I’m tabbing through my favorites, and I would like them to appear at the end. Thanks for all of your help. Blessings, Brian -- The following informati

Re: free or paid vpn that works with Voiceover on Mac and iOS?

2017-04-02 Thread Brian Hansen
Has anyone tried Nord VPN? It's recommended by CNET. Blessings, Brian > On Apr 2, 2017, at 3:07 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Try express vpn > > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cameron Strife

Re: Question about making phone calls through FaceTime

2018-04-20 Thread Brian Hansen
Once you’ve connected to your bank, hit VO-Shift-Space. This seems to get focus, and then you can enter the numbers like normal. Blessings, Brian > On Apr 20, 2018, at 9:38 PM, Robert Cole wrote: > > This does not work. > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 20, 2018, at 10:00 PM, E.T. wr

Re: DTMF entry during a FaceTime call

2018-06-06 Thread Brian Hansen
When placing a call on your Mac using FaceTime, once the call is connected to your bank, or where ever you want to access an automated system, just hit Shift-VO-Space when the call is connected, and you will be able to manually enter in digits just as if you were using a regular phone. Blessing

Re: DTMF entry during a FaceTime call

2018-06-07 Thread Brian Hansen
ote: > > Brian, > When I do this, it just brings up the apple menu. > Thanks > >> On Jun 6, 2018, at 11:53 AM, Brian Hansen > <mailto:ozark.bluesma...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> When placing a call on your Mac using FaceTime, once the call is connected >

Re: Strange behaviour when loging-in in OS Sierra

2016-10-28 Thread Brian Hansen
I just did a clean install of Sierra yesterday on my Mac Mini, and lo and behold, now I have the same problem. I've got two login accounts, and it's happening on both of them. Blessings, Brian > On Oct 27, 2016, at 2:59 PM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > Hm! I only have one user too. I am exc

Re: Strange behaviour when loging-in in OS Sierra

2016-10-28 Thread Brian Hansen
M, Andrew Lamanche > <mailto:ioani...@me.com>> wrote: >> >> Could you report this to Accessibility? I have but It would help to have >> more of us point this out >>> On 28 Oct 2016, at 15:40, Brian Hansen >> <mailto:ozark.bluesma...@gmail.com>> wrote

Re: Strange behaviour when loging-in in OS Sierra

2016-10-29 Thread Brian Hansen
t It would help to have > more of us point this out > On 28 Oct 2016, at 15:40, Brian Hansen <mailto:ozark.bluesma...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I just did a clean install of Sierra yesterday on my Mac Mini, and lo and > behold, now I have the same problem. I've g

Re: Is Apple's iCloud website now completely inaccessible

2016-10-31 Thread Brian Hansen
I’m having the same issue on my end, and it doesn’t seem to be with just mail. When looking up stuff in the Apple support web section, I’ve found that at times, it's doing the same thing. Blessings, Brian > On Oct 31, 2016, at 3:05 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > Each time I tried to access

How To Generate a Randomly Sorted Playlist In the Latest iTunes

2016-11-27 Thread Brian Hansen
I’m hoping someone can give me a bit of help here. I need to create a playlist for all of my wife’s Christmas music. Is there an easy way to get her hundreds of songs into the play list, and then have iTunes generate a randomly sorted playlist she can use on her iPhone? Thanks for any and all

Getting Rid of Old Email Addresses That Show Up In the Native Mail App

2017-04-14 Thread Brian Hansen
Using the latest version of MacOS, how do I get rid of old email addresses that pop up when I go to compose a new mail message? I checked the contact, and the correct email address is the only one showing, but when I create a new email message, I’m given the choice of the old address, as well a

Getting Internet Explorer Favorites in to Safari

2017-06-29 Thread Brian Hansen
A friend of mine has replaced his dead PC with a Mac mini. He has a backup folder containing all of his IE favorites that he would like to some how import into Safari so they all don't have to be recreated by hand. Since they were not exported out of IE, they are in their individual files and

Re: Getting Internet Explorer Favorites in to Safari

2017-06-29 Thread Brian Hansen
ain to a bookmark file that > Safari can import. But before going to all that trouble I’d just do a search > of the web and see what turns up. > >> On Jun 29, 2017, at 1:25 PM, Brian Hansen wrote: >> >> A friend of mine has replaced his dead PC with a Mac mini. He has

Re: Getting Internet Explorer Favorites in to Safari

2017-06-29 Thread Brian Hansen
them. They could then be exported again to a bookmark >> file that Safari can import. But before going to all that trouble I’d just >> do a search of the web and see what turns up. >> >>> On Jun 29, 2017, at 1:25 PM, Brian Hansen >>> wrote: >>> &g

VoiceOver Verbosity Problems

2016-10-09 Thread Brian Hansen
I’m running the latest release of MacOS Sierra, and I’m running into a bit of a problem with the default verbosity settings. For what ever reason, VoiceOver seems to be stuck in the high-verbosity setting. I’ve tried changing it to low, but VO keeps reading and chattering away in the high ver

Re: VoiceOver Verbosity Problems

2016-10-10 Thread Brian Hansen
> chime four times. Your Mac will then boot normally. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > >> On 10 Oct 2016, at 06:42, Brian Hansen wrote: >> >> I’m running the latest release of MacOS Sierra, and I’m running into a bit >> of a problem with the default

Copying custom ringtones to my iPhone help please

2024-11-02 Thread Brian Hansen
Hi everyone. It’s been years since I’ve needed to copy over custom ringtones to my iPhone, but now I’m having a bit of a problem. I’m running the latest macOS on my MacBook Pro, and I can’t seem to get the ringtones copied over to my phone. I’ve tried using the dragon drop commands, copy, and p

Re: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

2024-10-01 Thread Brian Hansen
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Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

2024-10-01 Thread Brian Hansen
Is there a voice-Over command key combo I can use to find out the battery status of my MacBook? I’m running the latest Mac operating system. Thanks for anyand all help. Blessings, Brian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any que

OCR package for the latest macOS

2024-12-06 Thread Brian Hansen
Hi everyone. I’m looking for a really good OCR package for my new Mac, that will work really well with VoiceOver, and do all of the OCR processing locally on my computer. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Blessings, Brian -- The following information is import