Possible Switch To VarioUltra Braille Display

2020-02-03 Thread Pete De Vasto
good things about it, but I’m also having trouble figuring out if the display is even still available. I apologize as this may be a bit off topic, but I’m not sure where else to go for info at this point. Thanks in advance, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all

Re: Possible Switch To VarioUltra Braille Display

2020-02-04 Thread Pete De Vasto
>> and 1 USB device connected all at once. I use mine mostly to read Bookshare >> books, as you can store files on the display itself. >> >> I hope you find a display that best suits your needs, >> Brianna >> >>> On Feb 3, 2020, at 7:14 PM, Pete D

Re: Mac equivalent of JAWS Find Next?

2020-02-05 Thread Pete De Vasto
Donna, Slight modification to the find instructions: To do the initial find, you do VO + F, then subsequent next and previous finds are done using VO + G and VO + Shift plus g. The one thing about this that gets me is that sometimes I forget about the find next and previous, and, unlike the JAW

Abbreviations In iOS Messages

2020-02-18 Thread Pete De Vasto
, but I can’t for the life of me figure out how to do it any more, or if it’s even still possible. If you know what I’m talking about, and have any ideas, please let me know. Thanks so much, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If

Re: Abbreviations In iOS Messages

2020-02-18 Thread Pete De Vasto
eplacements and are found in Settings, General, > Keyboard. You can add new ones within the Text Replacements panel. > > Later... > > > Tim Kilburn > Jamf Certified Tech > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Feb 1

Re: Wi-Fi Extenders

2020-03-17 Thread Pete De Vasto
ut you can call it anything you like. Here's the info: >> NETGEAR WiFi Range Extender EX2700 - Coverage up to 600 sq.ft. and 10 >> devices with N300 Wireless Signal Booster & Repeater >> https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L0YLRUW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?i

Shuffling Songs With iOS 13 Music App

2020-03-20 Thread Pete De Vasto
where I can select shuttle. Can anyone tell me how I can shuffle songs with the new and improved Music app? Thanks so very much in advance, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the

Re: Shuffling Songs With iOS 13 Music App

2020-03-20 Thread Pete De Vasto
the upper portion of the screen. > > Later... > > > Tim Kilburn > Jamf Certified Tech > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Mar 20, 2020, at 15:36, Pete De Vasto <mailto:pdevasto0...@gmail.com>> wrote: &g

Editing Contact Info On iOS 13.4.1

2020-04-16 Thread Pete De Vasto
Hello all, I’ve not had to update my contacts in quite a while, but this morning I needed to update som info. Apologies if this has been asked before, but is it possible at all to edit a contact using VO on iOS 13.4.1? Thanks, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all

Re: Editing Contact Info On iOS 13.4.1

2020-04-16 Thread Pete De Vasto
existing contacts since 13.4.1. All I can do is assure you > that you probably weren’t doing anything wrong. Like you, I would like to > know how editing existing contacts is accomplished. > > Best regards, > > Mike > > > >> On 16.04.2020, at 20:00, Pete

Re: Editing Contact Info On iOS 13.4.1

2020-04-16 Thread Pete De Vasto
rad - > > > > > On Apr 16, 2020, at 13:21, Pete De Vasto <mailto:pdevasto0...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > Well, at least I know now I’m not the only one experiencing this issue. > Fortunately, I do also have a Mac that’s not yet been upgraded

Re: New display, new buttons.

2020-04-24 Thread Pete De Vasto
familiar with the 340, how many Braille cells does it have? Just curious. Let me know if you have any other questions. I’ve only had my Ultra for about two months, but I do love it. Pete De Vasto > On Apr 24, 2020, at 11:03 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I’ve got a Vario 340 tod

Re: New display, new buttons.

2020-04-24 Thread Pete De Vasto
Hi again, Anders, To demo how D2 and D5 work, start at the beginning of this reply and start reading exclusively in Braille. You’ll find that D2 will move right one display with, and D5 will go the other way. These keys also behave the same when reading documents or stuff on the web. /P > On

Re: New display, new buttons.

2020-04-25 Thread Pete De Vasto
uite good but i didn’t like the keyboard. > The D5 and D2 does not work on my mac. > If i press VO+k to bring up the keyboard help and then press d5 or d2 they > are listed but have no key definition. > But i don’t know. > /A > >> 24 apr. 2020 kl. 20:09 skrev Pete De Vast

Re: New display, new buttons.

2020-04-25 Thread Pete De Vasto
> > the mac has unmapped those keys for panning. I finally figured this out with > my actilino. you have to remap them. > > On Apr 25, 2020, at 10:28 AM, Pete De Vasto wrote: > > Not sure what’s going on here. If you’re not in keyboard help mode, but > anywhere els

Re: Silencing VoiceOver with the control key

2020-05-04 Thread Pete De Vasto
Petrus, Out of curiosity, what voice are you currently using? I’m using Victoria, one of the old-time voices that’s been with VO forever, and the control key does exactly what I expect it to do. Have you tried switching to either her, or maybe Samantha, just to see what happens? Pete De Vasto

Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-04 Thread Pete De Vasto
punctuation preference is set to “some”, so I guess that means it’s not considering these to be punctuation. Any thoughts on this? Many thanks, and again I am just very curious and can work around the characters if needed. Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all members of

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread Pete De Vasto
icaly select by language in the Voice over men, it will stop, or > BTW if you use any Voice other than ALex, He or she will not be able to read > the Arabic Caractors, > Hope it did not disturb you and others > > >> On May 4, 2020, at 5:04 PM, Pete De Vasto wrote: >> &

Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread Pete De Vasto
If you perform the below instructions, using the down-arrow instead of up will take you past the automatic language suggestion and land on other voices like Alex or Victoria or Samantha or whoever you want. At least, that’s what happened to me. Also, it may take a couple of seconds for VO to loa

Automatic Language Detection, Was Re: Question About E-mails from Ramy

2020-05-05 Thread Pete De Vasto
ption and voice over does nothing when I press the space bar. >> >>> On 5 May 2020, at 20:48, 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries >>> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> But I want to use Alex. I just want to turn of

iPhone SE 2nd Generation, Audio Recording Question

2020-05-07 Thread Pete De Vasto
internal limitations. If any of you actually have the new SE, I was wondering if you get stereo audio if you use Voice Memos to record. That won’t stop me from getting the phone, I’m just curious. Thanks as always, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

VoiceOver And iPhone Migration

2020-05-22 Thread Pete De Vasto
the process? Are there any other things I should know before I go this route? I can always fall back to iTunes or iCloud, but the migration process really does seem like it would be the way to go if it works OK with VO. Thanks for any thoughts or advice, Pete De Vasto -- The following

Re: VoiceOver And iPhone Migration

2020-05-22 Thread Pete De Vasto
verything 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

Sorting Order Of File List When Uploading Through Safari, Big Sir

2021-09-28 Thread Pete De Vasto
folder this way using Finder, but when I got back to the picker dialog the list was still alphabetical. Any ideas? Pete De Vasto -- 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

Re: With a Bluetooth keyboard, how to hide or show the on screen keyboard

2021-12-12 Thread Pete De Vasto
hidden” for me. Again, this may not help if you are not using an apple keyboard, but wanted to suggest anyhow. Thanks, Pete De Vasto > On Dec 11, 2021, at 10:42 PM, Frank Ventura > wrote: > > Hi all, when using a Bluetooth keyboard on my iPad does anyone recall the > keyboard

Changing Playback Destination For Voicemail On iOS 15

2021-12-26 Thread Pete De Vasto
phone away from my ear playback stops. Is there perhaps a VO setting I need to adjust so I can have others listen to a voice mail message if necessary? Thanks for any help in advance, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you

Re: How to turn on discriptee videos on

2022-01-29 Thread Pete De Vasto
With Amazon Prime, once you set the language of a particular video to the one that contains audio description, it remembers that you want it so, if you bring up a later video with description included, it should start playing automatically. Pete De Vasto > On Jan 29, 2022, at 12:55 PM, P

Favor!

2022-02-02 Thread PETE DE VASTO
> sorry to bother you, do you order from Amazon? > Thanks > > pete > -- 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: Favor!

2022-02-02 Thread Pete De Vasto
This is a hack, please IGNORE! > On Feb 2, 2022, at 5:53 AM, Rebecca Skipper wrote: > > I shop on Amazon all the time. > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> On Behalf O

Shop At Amazon E-mail Sent By Me

2022-02-02 Thread Pete De Vasto
Hi everyone, If you get an e-mail from me asking if I shop at Amazon, please DISREGARD it! I’ve had this happen to me from others before, and it is a scam. Delete that message, and don’t do anything with it! Thanks, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all members of

Re: speaker phone

2022-02-18 Thread Pete De Vasto
I mean pressing and holding the power button for a few seconds and double tapping power off, then turn the phone back on after waiting about 10 or 20 seconds. Pete De Vasto > On Feb 18, 2022, at 7:14 AM, Caitlyn Furness > wrote: > > Hi, > > Is anyone else having the prob

Re: How to set up new iPhone

2022-02-21 Thread Pete De Vasto
://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210433 <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210433> Hope this helps, Pete De Vasto > On Feb 21, 2022, at 10:15 AM, Phil Halton wrote: > > I can’t get to my local Apple store and so I’m thinking of buying online and > having it shipped to me. Problem is, I’ve al

Re: Lost My "All Inboxes" option In Mac Mail Mac OS Monterey

2022-03-25 Thread Pete De Vasto
g, however, Command+1 is taking me to my All Drafts >>> folder instead, and the All Inboxes selection is no longer in the Mailboxes >>> table. Do I remember right there is a toolbar type listing in addition to >>> the Mailbox list table, and the All Inboxes selection

VMWare Fusion On Mac OS Monterey

2022-04-24 Thread Pete De Vasto
memory to 4GB instead of 2GB. If anyone is using VMWare under Monterey, do you have any ideas of settings I might need to change? I guess it could be that early 2015 MacBook Airs are a little too old as well. Thanks for any help or ideas, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for

Playing Voicemail Messages Thru iPhone Speaker Extremely Low

2021-01-02 Thread Pete De Vasto
matter what I do, I have to put the phone close to my ear when playing a message. Has anyone else encountered this problem? If so, have you figured out a way to correct it? Many thanks for any suggestions, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Searching For Particular Messages In Mail on Catalina

2021-03-15 Thread Pete De Vasto
to invoke the Find command isn’t doing what I want, either, so I’m probably missing something very obvious, or maybe going about this search in the wrong way. I’d appreciate any help and/or ideas on this. Thanks, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all members of the

Re: Searching For Particular Messages In Mail on Catalina

2021-03-17 Thread Pete De Vasto
te: >>> 1. I am using Column Layout. >>> 2. When finished, I returned to the Search edit box in the ToolBar, to >>> clear my search criteria. >>> 3. I am using a full size keyboard, with extended keys. If using the >>> smaller MacBook keyboard, use F

Microsoft Teams On iPhone And Accessibility

2021-03-29 Thread Pete De Vasto
could get hold of? Is there any tweaking of settings that should be done to make things go better with VO? Thanks so much, Pete De Vasto -- 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

Re: Using a VM for windows.

2021-04-08 Thread Pete De Vasto
I’ve got VMWare 11, but thought it would be cool to upgrade to version 12. I don’t have a VMWare account, so I needed to register, too. All went fine until I got to the part where I needed to fill in the captcha. It even had an option to speak what I needed to type, but I could not for the life

Re: Using a VM for windows.

2021-04-09 Thread Pete De Vasto
neer > > On Apr 8, 2021, at 2:03 PM, Pete De Vasto <mailto:pdevasto0...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I’ve got VMWare 11, but thought it would be cool to upgrade to version 12. I > don’t have a VMWare account, so I needed to register, too. All went fine > until I got to the

Re: Using a VM for windows.

2021-04-09 Thread Pete De Vasto
d. Also both > those checkboxes. It finally worked. > > Dave Carlson > Farfar, Engineer, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer > > On Apr 9, 2021, at 7:24 AM, Pete De Vasto <mailto:pdevasto0...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I agree that the spoken number combination is one of

Re: Windows 10 on VMware Fusion.

2021-04-13 Thread Pete De Vasto
> Privacy and Security > Privacy tab, and make sure VMWWare Fusion.app has complete control of your computer. That may not be everything necessary, but hopefully it’ll give you a start. Pete De Vasto > On Apr 13, 2021, at 8:33 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I don’t kn

Re: Windows 10 on VMware Fusion.

2021-04-13 Thread Pete De Vasto
was not impressed by the braille support. > But I guess I need to do a restart to make it work properly. > Now its just time to get a license. > /A > >> 13 apr. 2021 kl. 17:54 skrev Pete De Vasto : >> >> Hi Anders, >> >> This same thing happened to me

Re: experience with N1 MacBook Air

2021-05-05 Thread Pete De Vasto
communicates at least with that? Perhaps that might be an alternative to help you. I know that Braille support is not the greatest, but it has in fact bailed me out sometimes, so had to ask. And I bet you already did think about it, and maybe you’ve even tried That option. Pete De Vasto >

Re: touch typing

2021-05-30 Thread Pete De Vasto
e a whole lot easier, too. Pete De Vasto > On May 29, 2021, at 5:57 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > Maybe there isn't. I was just hoping. it's not a problem unless the app I'm > using won't let me use braille screen input which sometimes happens. > > Sent

Re: problem with my Mac mini

2021-05-31 Thread Pete De Vasto
You’re right, Brad, control Delete did not work on my Mac. However, another alternative to bringing up the Apple menu, besides VO+M, is Control+f2. Pete > On May 31, 2021, at 6:13 AM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Yes, of course. > In my experience, this may not work on all max. > > - Brad - > >

Trimming A Video Under iOS 14

2021-06-14 Thread Pete De Vasto
thinking that if I could somehow adjust the start indicator to match the key frame, I could do what I wanted. Is there a known bug or setting change that I might be missing? Has anyone come up with an alternative to trimming a video on an iPhone? Thanks, in advance, Pete De Vasto -- The

Re: Trimming A Video Under iOS 14

2021-06-16 Thread Pete De Vasto
did work. Only pain was that each swipe increased the start value by only a tenth of a second. So it took some time to get to the 14 second point I wanted for the trim. But, at least I know I can do it now! Pete De Vasto > On Jun 14, 2021, at 5:58 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > > Hi Pete did

Keystroek That Mutes Headphone Audio

2021-07-01 Thread Pete De Vasto
ything is back to normal! I’ve been looking through different lists of shortcuts, but I can’t find a keystroke that would have initially done the muting. So now, does anyone know what shortcut I might have done to cause the headphones to go silent? Pete De Vasto -- The following informat

Re: adobe flash player

2021-07-09 Thread Pete De Vasto
For me, the .dmg file went into my Downloads folder. It’s really tricky to run, because VO doesn’t do a good job reading the buttons you need, just calling them images. What I resorted to doing, once I realized the app was open and running, was to navigate by the keyboard, and I got to first the

Finder: Move To Top Or Bottom Of File List

2020-06-17 Thread Pete De Vasto
date added, I’d like to quickly be able to go to the file I most recently added. I’ve looked on Apple Support for a shortcut, but can’t find one. Does that mean there simply isn’t any? Thanks for any help, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Re: Finder: Move To Top Or Bottom Of File List

2020-06-17 Thread Pete De Vasto
> Try using OPT plus up or down arrow. > > HTH > > - Brad - > > On Jun 17, 2020, at 11:39, Pete De Vasto <mailto:pdevasto0...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I have quite a few files on my Mac, so when I go into finder, the list is > q

Messages Handling With iOS 13.5

2020-06-17 Thread Pete De Vasto
I can’t remember. I don’t need to see these responses, so is there any way I can stop this from happening? I hope this is making sense. Thanks, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the

Re: Is there a braille command for moving to the dock in IOS?

2020-06-28 Thread Pete De Vasto
space + 4 5 6 is a good enough workaround, although I know it’s not ideal. Pete De Vasto > On Jun 28, 2020, at 10:03 AM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Donna, did you move the mail app to the very far right on the dock? > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... >

Re: Is there a braille command for moving to the dock in IOS?

2020-06-28 Thread Pete De Vasto
pretty good now with VO, at least it has been for me. OK, end of rearranging icons sales pitch, I hope you don’t mind donna! Pete De Vasto > On Jun 28, 2020, at 10:41 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Pete, > > Yeah, I think dots 456-chord is

Re: article on Firefox accessibility on the mac

2020-06-30 Thread Pete De Vasto
I agree with Dave. This list is no place for the current tangent we’re on. > On Jun 30, 2020, at 7:45 AM, Dave Carlson wrote: > > Uh-oh. Time to mute a topic. > > Dave Carlson > Farfar, Engineer, Oregonian, Woodworker, and Pioneer > > > > > On Jun 30, 2020, at 7:35 AM, alia robinson wrote:

Re: HomeKit thermostat?

2020-07-24 Thread Pete De Vasto
the temperature for days until the thermostat learns what I want it to do. When you used the app, did you ever try working the schedule? I also do have the Google app, but haven’t looked into using that one with my thermostat. I’ll take any ideas or suggestions. Thanks so much, Pete De Vasto

Wanting To Do Some Very Simplistic Video Editing

2020-07-29 Thread Pete De Vasto
as Quicktime Player, but VO doesn’t seem to be doing a good job of telling me where I am at any point in the file. I’m still on Mojave. Appreciate any help and thoughts, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

Re: airdrop

2020-08-11 Thread Pete De Vasto
into my Downloads folder, accept the request, and it will be transferred. I hope I’ve not missed anything, but hopefully this will at least point you in the right direction. Pete De Vasto > On Aug 10, 2020, at 12:46 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > how do you prepare your Mac to receiv

Re: airdrop

2020-08-11 Thread Pete De Vasto
ice List" but I couldn't actually find > a device list. > >> On Aug 11, 2020, at 9:57 AM, Pete De Vasto wrote: >> >> Hi Lorie, >> >> Airdrop uses Bluetooth to do its thing, so bluetooth has to be enabled on >> both your Mac and your iPhone. Go

Re: airdrop

2020-08-12 Thread Pete De Vasto
everyone or contacts. Hope that helps, Pete De Vasto > On Aug 12, 2020, at 7:58 AM, kglists via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hello. > > I wrote my Email before I saw this reply. > > Can you not Airdrop with friends and facilth? > > -Original Messa

Re: airdrop

2020-08-12 Thread Pete De Vasto
e > that in your Airdrop settings, the devices are discoverable by everyone or > contacts. > > Hope that helps, > Pete De Vasto > >> On Aug 12, 2020, at 7:58 AM, kglists via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hello. >> >> I wrote my Email befor

Re: airdrop

2020-08-12 Thread Pete De Vasto
running, is within bluetooth range of your device, and allows anyone to discover their device will show up on the list of people you can share with. If you are talking about only sending messages, it doesn’t matter what kind of device they have, so long as they can do texting. Pete De Vasto

Re: muting system voice

2020-08-17 Thread Pete De Vasto
. Pete De Vasto > On Aug 17, 2020, at 12:02 PM, Caitlyn Furness > wrote: > > Hi Jean, > > Not sure if you have a desktop or a laptop. You can mute and unmute > voiceover by doing a three finger double tap on the track pad. > > Was this what you are wanting? If

Re: numlock

2020-09-08 Thread Pete De Vasto
it this morning, but now I can’t get numlock to come back on! It doesn’t matter to me because I’m using Numpad commander, and once I turned mine back on all went back to what I am used to. I hope this is making sense. Pete De Vasto > On Sep 8, 2020, at 7:37 AM, dan d. wrote: > > The

Re: numlock

2020-09-08 Thread Pete De Vasto
n I press those keys over there. > > thanks. > Lorie > >> On Sep 8, 2020, at 10:13 AM, Pete De Vasto wrote: >> >> Dan is right. On the Apple keyboards, if you have a sighted person looking, >> the key is marked Clear. One other thing, though, Do you have

Safari Difficulties Repeatedly Loading WebSites

2020-09-22 Thread Pete De Vasto
, but wanted to reach out to see if anyone else has run into this situation, and how you’ve corrected the problem if you’ve been able to. Thanks so much for any help, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

Safari Version 14

2020-09-23 Thread Pete De Vasto
with it. By the way, I think I reached out a day or two ago asking about the site reloading issue, and think now that it might have something to do with Safari 14, but not sure. Thanks for any thoughts! Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: touch I.D. and pass code

2020-09-27 Thread Pete De Vasto
ind, also, that you can have more than one finger print. In my case, I set up finger prints for both my right and left hand index fingers, so I can unlock my phone with either hand very quickly. Hope this helps, Pete De Vasto > On Sep 27, 2020, at 1:30 AM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > can

Suppress Sound on first press of Home Button when Turning Phone On, iOS 14

2020-10-08 Thread Pete De Vasto
like to suppress it, if I can. Thanks for any help, Pete De Vasto -- 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 co

Re: unusual problem with my iPhone 8.

2020-10-15 Thread Pete De Vasto
phone is back on and running cooler. Pete De Vasto > On Oct 14, 2020, at 8:56 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Turn it back on. You should be good. > Usually there is some process running that is cleared with a restart, so you > should be OK. > > > - Brad - > > >

Using iPhone As A WebCam For Zoom Meetings

2020-10-16 Thread Pete De Vasto
web cam for either Mac or PC. Has anyone tried doing this? And if so, what success, or lack thereof, have you had? Thanks, in advance, for any help, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about

Re: Should I upgrade to Catalina or Big Sur?

2020-11-10 Thread Pete De Vasto
anything, I was gonna lose by upgrading. Pete De Vasto > On Nov 10, 2020, at 6:12 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Thanks, Brad. That's my leaning, but I thought that before I did, I'd see > what others think. > Cheers, > Donna > &g

Re: Should I upgrade to Catalina or Big Sur?

2020-11-10 Thread Pete De Vasto
Lorie, you and I are in the exact same position, so I’ll be interested in what others say as well because I, too, am comfortable with I have now. I so far can do everything I want to, and since I’m retired I’m not in a work situation where I would depend on it more than I am now. Pete De Vasto

Photos App on Mac OS and Voiceover

2020-11-12 Thread Pete De Vasto
searches, because everywhere I’ve landed on so far talks about doing voice overs in movies! Thanks for any ideas, Pete De Vasto -- 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

Re: Am I write and thinking that the Mac mini from 2018 does not have a headset jack?

2020-11-14 Thread Pete De Vasto
De Vasto. > On Nov 14, 2020, at 8:27 AM, matthew dyer > wrote: > > Yes and this is a shame as I really want to get thees speakers running on > this machine. Oh well I guess I will have to keep hunting for something that > works. Like I said I can confirm that they have po

Re: Control and Option backspace no longer working on my MBP for navigation and deletion

2020-11-14 Thread Pete De Vasto
in Keyboard Commander, and if you just upgraded your computer I’m wondering if something may have gotten lost. Just a thought. Pete De Vasto > On Nov 14, 2020, at 11:02 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Nope, that doesn't work either. this is so s

Re: Should I upgrade to Catalina or Big Sur?

2020-11-14 Thread Pete De Vasto
, because finding it that way wasn’t coming easy for me. What I did was to do a Google or whatever search engine you use in Safari to look for it, and search for something like “download Mac OS Catalina”. You should get a direct link to the apps store where the installer is located. Pete De

Re: Should I upgrade to Catalina or Big Sur?

2020-11-14 Thread Pete De Vasto
rie McCloud wrote: > > can you upgrade to Catalina even after Big Sur has come out? I'm having > second thoughts about going up to Big Sur from Mojave. > >> On Nov 14, 2020, at 4:14 PM, Pete De Vasto > <mailto:pdevasto0...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >>

Re: Am I write and thinking that the Mac mini from 2018 does not have a headset jack?

2020-11-15 Thread Pete De Vasto
Matthew, Would you be willing to share the brand and model of your speakers? I’m intrigued by you saying that the cord has a USB plug on one end and a 3.5-inch plug on the other, and I’d like to learn more about the concept. Thanks, Pete De Vasto > On Nov 14, 2020, at 12:26 PM, matthew d

Re: Screen Curtain Toggle Command

2020-12-03 Thread Pete De Vasto
o have predefined sets of values, control does not. So, I set up Control+Numpad minus to toggle screen curtain on or off, and that did the trick. Hopefully maybe that will help someone. Pete De Vasto > On Dec 3, 2020, at 12:22 PM, Traci Duncan wrote: > > Hi, it’s a handful. :) > &

Playing Back A Live Photo

2022-06-01 Thread Pete De Vasto
open the photo in question, and, to quote them, “hold the screen” to hear the content. I can’t seem to get this “hold screen” thing to work. Is Voiceover getting in the way here? Can someone tell me if it’s even possible to play these Live Photos with VO running? Many thanks as always, Pete De

Re: Playing Back A Live Photo

2022-06-01 Thread Pete De Vasto
d Tech > Apple Professional Learning Specialist > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Jun 1, 2022, at 09:24, Pete De Vasto > <mailto:pdevasto0...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> I know the concep

Re: hand-off

2022-06-21 Thread Pete De Vasto
about Continuity System requirements, and supposedly my Mac mini should work, but it doesn’t. I’m wondering if there is something about Monterey that’s getting in the way. Pete De Vasto > On Jun 21, 2022, at 7:26 AM, Phil Halton wrote: > > I don’t believe your iOS version is a prob

Re: Upcoming Iphones

2022-08-15 Thread Pete De Vasto
years? Pete De Vasto > On Aug 14, 2022, at 3:19 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > does the iPhone se 22 have a home button? I've got the se 20 and of course it > does. > >> On Aug 14, 2022, at 4:35 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: >> >> Of course not. Touch ID has bee

Re: Command-one for Inbox?

2022-11-02 Thread Pete De Vasto
ask. Thanks, Pete De Vasto > On Nov 1, 2022, at 7:36 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > If you have three mail accounts set up on your Mac, pressing CMD + 1, should > take you to your All Inbox. This is where you can see mail for all three of > your active accounts, in a combined inb

Re: Anyone have experience with the Orbit reader?

2024-03-24 Thread Pete De Vasto
ife is to be a terminal for my PC and for several Apple devices. I love having the QWERTY keyboard for when I'm writing stuff on my Apple devices. Pete De Vasto On Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 10:39:05 AM UTC-7 jasonj...@gmail.com wrote: > > On 24/3/24 13:16, 'Donna Goodin'

Re: Using P M Set To Schedule Automatic Shutdown Mac OS Sonoma

2024-05-07 Thread Pete De Vasto
I think that the problem is that, by default, the root user is disabled. On older versions, Apple says you can go into the Directory utility, and from there once you type in your local password you can do Edit > Enable root user, and you're fine. Under Sonoma, the Directory Utility doesn't see

Re: iMessage: How to Say You Like Someone's Message

2024-06-11 Thread Pete De Vasto
OK, I get that, but there are three selection whose meaning I don't understand: One that VO says "Heart", then one that says "Expclamation", and a thirtd that says "Question mark". Which one of these sends the "Liked" reaction? Pete De Vasto On

Problems Restoring A File Using Time Machine

2018-12-21 Thread Pete De Vasto
” announced with each one. I’m guessing this means that for some reason I have read-only access so can’t bring the file back? Has anyone experienced this problem, and if so what can I do about it? Many thanks, Pete De Vasto -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: Problems Restoring A File Using Time Machine

2018-12-21 Thread Pete De Vasto
om the time Machine Extras Menu in order to recover Time Machine > backup data. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Dec 21, 2018, at 08:29, Pete De Vasto <mailto:pdevasto0...@gmail.c

Re: Problems Restoring A File Using Time Machine

2018-12-21 Thread Pete De Vasto
e recover date then restore the file. Once > it is recovered and in your current file structure, it should be read/write. > If not, you can Get Info on the file and change its permissions. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recogniti

Re: Problems Restoring A File Using Time Machine

2018-12-21 Thread Pete De Vasto
refs, then re-open and check it again. The close is > required to properly apply changes. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Dec 21, 2018, at 09:19, Pete De Vasto <mailto:pdevasto0

Re: Shortcut keystroke for the time?

2018-12-29 Thread Pete De Vasto
Which Option key are you using? I was always in the habit of using right option, and I, too, thought it was broken after the upgrade. Try pressing Left-Option T and see if that works. If so, go to VoiceOver Utility, commanders, Keyboard commander. There’s an option for using either left or righ

RE: WiFi Networking

2018-12-31 Thread Pete De Vasto
If you go to Network Preferences, and select Wi-Fi from the Services table. From there, your Mac should discover your network and you can enter whatever credentials you need to connect. Pete De Vasto From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Angus MacKinnon Sent: Monday

Re: WiFi Networking

2018-12-31 Thread Pete De Vasto
To the right of the services table, there should be an “add service” button. Wi-Fi is already set up on my Mac so I can’t verify, but if you press the Add Services button, hopefully Wi-Fi is one that you could add. If not, I’ll have to defer to someone in the group who may have more experiences

Working With VMWare Fusion Snapshots

2019-01-01 Thread Pete De Vasto
. Has anyone else tried doing this, and if you’ve gotten it to work, how? Thanks, Pete De Vasto -- 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 po

Re: Working With VMWare Fusion Snapshots

2019-01-02 Thread Pete De Vasto
; I don't think you can do tis with Voiceover. > I had to have someone do it for me who could remote into my machine. > > Tom > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Pete De Vasto > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2019 4:22

Replaying Visual VoiceMail Message

2019-01-04 Thread Pete De Vasto
Hi everyone, AT&T is my provider, and I’ve got the latest version of iOS on my iPhone SE. They have me using Visual VoiceMail, and whenever I get a message, I can play it once but it always goes through the earpiece. My problem is that I can only play the message once. I’d like to be able to li

Re: Screen reader muted in fusion?

2019-01-17 Thread Pete De Vasto
I actually started out with VMWare 10, and then tried to upgrade to 11. I was able to get speech, but couldn’t get any of my USB devices, including my focus Braille display, to connect. So I went back to VMWare 10 and am staying there for the time being. Tom, is there any way you could find the

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