Hi, Thanks for your help with this. I had a measure of success but think I'll leave it for now as maybe I'll use the doc more than the desktop. I did set the view of the finder to list view - do you think that's sensible? It sounded like it would be the easiest to use...guess it depends on personal preference really but am trying to make it as easy as possible...
Thanks, Catherine On 12/24/12, Sarah k Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > It can be depending on your preferences. From the finder which is sort of > the desk top and you can get to it with cmd tab do the following, > > hit cmd cahma. > > 2. Check the stuff you want to show up like hard drives and stuff. > > 3. Interact wight he tool bar with vo shift down arrow and go to the side > bar tab. > > 4. Press the side bar button with vo space and stop interacting with the > tool bar. Uncheck the stuff you don't want to see. I unchecked everything as > i don't use the side bar. > > 5. Close the window with cmd w. > > Good luck. > On Dec 24, 2012, at 10:38 AM, Catherine Turner > <catherineturner2...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Am getting started with Mac and VO and was just trying to look around >> the desktop. But Voiceover says it's empty. I'm sure earlier on it >> wasn't empty. Is the desktop empty by default on a new Mac? Can >> anyone help? >> >> Thanks, and happy holidays to all, >> Catherine >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > -- Twitter: CTurner1980 My blog: http://catherineturner.wordpress.com <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
