David, thank you. I have some questions arising out of these excellent
answers. Why then are all these folders on the Dock? especially if I would
not access them from there. I also put on Team Viewer but again I do not
know how to access it. I had it running in the background but now it is not
and it has disappeared from the Dock where I put it. Once it is open I want
to be able to read the two numbers to allow someone access to my Mac. In
relation to opening a folder voice over always says press voice over keys
and space-bar.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Griffith" <d.griff...@btinternet.com>
To: "'OS X & iOS Accessibility'" <mac-access@mac-access.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 5:46 AM
Subject: RE: Beginners Questions
What does it mean when I hear voice over say dropbox has no windows?
This means that you have probably tried to open the DropBox app rather
than
your DropBox folder.
There is little value in opening the DropBox app in this way and you will
normally get this message.
To open your dropbox folder hit command shift H to go to your home
folder.
Interact, open the main user folder , which will be your name and then
inside that folder you will find Desktop, Documents, Downloads and then
finally your DropBox folder. You can access and use your dropbox folder
as
a normal Finder folder from here. If you want a quicker way to getting
there
hit shift VO M on the dropbox folder and select make alias. This alias is
like a Windows shortcut and you can for example copy or move it to the
desktop. So you can get to your DropBox folder there.
If you really need to get to the Dropbox app use VO M twice to get to menu
extras and access the options there but getting to settings is an
accessibility challenge with Voiceover in ML at least.
What does it mean when I hear Downloads in stacks?
I have not personally
heard this but I think you may be hearing simply that a download has
arrived. IT seems TO BE related to having a downloads stack in the dock
which I personally do not have. It may be a Mavericks thing. A Google
search on your question revealed the following explanation.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3739
Personally if I want to access the downloads folder I used option command
L
from Finder rather than the Dock.
when I press voice over and space bar a folder does not open, why
To open folders use command down arrow and command up arrow to close it
again.
Alternatively use command O but the above it easier I think.
How do I know what operating system I am running apart from the version
number, e.g. Mountain Lion, Snow Leopard, Mavorix? Excuse bad spelling.
I am not on my Mac at the moment but from menmory this is all under the
normal Apple Menu in Finder. Have you looked there for About my Mac or
software update?
David Griffith
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