Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Eleanor Burke
okay thanks Anne. just one more question what is the function of mission control Sent from my iPhone > On 26 Mar 2014, at 06:44, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Eleanor, > > I’m wondering whether your problem might not be Mission Control. I always > disable Mission Control as I find it useles

Slow bootup?

2014-03-26 Thread christopher hallsworth
Hi all my Macbook Pro 2012 model running Os X 10.9.2 is slow booting up. Once booted all is well. I'm thinking of doing a clean install as never done one since owning this mac nearly two years ago. So should I go ahead and do this? My processor is Core I5 and memory is 4 GB. Any responses greatl

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread chris Apple Boy
1. Open System Preferences. 2. Click on Mission Control. 3. Disable all the keyboard shortcuts by setting them all to - (dash) which appears at the bottom of each of the popup buttons. By doing this you have effectively disabled Mission Control and the Dashboard. Hope this helps. Regards Chris Cla

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Eleanor Burke
fair point but do I not need mission control Sent from my iPhone > On 26 Mar 2014, at 08:02, chris Apple Boy wrote: > > 1. Open System Preferences. > 2. Click on Mission Control. > 3. Disable all the keyboard shortcuts by setting them all to - (dash) which > appears at the bottom of each of th

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Eleanor, Mission Control is a way of managing open applications and organising them into Spaces. Since VoiceOver does not take account of Spaces (groups of applications used together for a given task), Mission Control is useless to us. So this is why I disable Mission Control on my comput

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Ben J Bloomgren
Is there a way to disable the mission control without disabling the dashboard. Ben J. Bloomgren Manager CLG Productions Http://www.clgproductions.com 704-256-0067 Hours: Nonday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern accept holidays. > On Mar 26, 2014, at 1:15, Anne Robertson wro

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Eleanor Burke
Thanks Anne. The experience I have been having, is that a common one for VO users? Mission Control popping up out of the blue when I am executing another command? - Original Message - From: "Anne Robertson" To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 8:15 AM Subje

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread chris Apple Boy
Yes. Just disable all the keystrokes for Mission Control. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 26 Mar 2014, at 08:18, Ben J Bloomgren wrote: > Is there a way to disable the mission control without disabling the dashboard. > > Ben J. Bloomgren > > Manager > CLG Pr

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Eleanor Burke
What is the function of the dash board? - Original Message - From: "Ben J Bloomgren" To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 8:18 AM Subject: Re: Track Pad Settings Is there a way to disable the mission control without disabling the dashboard. Ben J. Bloomgr

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread chris Apple Boy
No as it's for managing other windows. I don't find it the least useful but that's just me who soly relies on VoiceOver. Maybe those with vision may disagree on this. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 26 Mar 2014, at 08:04, Eleanor Burke wrote: > fair point bu

Re: Slow bootup?

2014-03-26 Thread Christopher Gilland
Chris, I am having identically the same issue, and let me tell you, I thought reinstalling would help, but it really actually didn't. Chris. - Original Message - From: "christopher hallsworth" To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 3:45 AM Subject: Slow boo

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Anne Robertson
Yes. Mission Control often interferes, especially while editing a text document. It’s all too easy to hit a wrong key from time to time, or not to press all the keys of a command at once, and to find that something unexpected has happened. Cheers, Anne On 26 Mar 2014, at 09:20, Eleanor Burke

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Anne Robertson
The Dashboard is the widget manager. I leave the Dashboard short cut enabled. Cheers, Anne On 26 Mar 2014, at 09:21, Eleanor Burke wrote: > What is the function of the dash board? > - Original Message - From: "Ben J Bloomgren" > To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" > Sent: Wednesday, Marc

RE: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Henry Miller
Hi Ann Please could you explain the key strokes for system preferences? Best wishes Henry -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson Sent: 26 March 2014 06:45 To: OS X & iOS Accessibility Subject:

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Henry, I’m not sure what you mean by the keystrokes for System Preferences. You get to System Preferences by going to the Apple menu (VO-m) then going down to System Preferences and pressing Return. Once in System Preferences, interact with the scroll area and you’ll find lots of buttons

RE: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Henry Miller
Hi Ann Many thanks for your comprehensive explaination, I am most grateful. Best wishes Henry -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson Sent: 26 March 2014 11:13 To: OS X & iOS Accessibility Subj

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Eleanor Burke
What does a widget manager do? - Original Message - From: "Anne Robertson" To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:11 AM Subject: Re: Track Pad Settings The Dashboard is the widget manager. I leave the Dashboard short cut enabled. Cheers, Anne On 26 Ma

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread isaac
The wigit t manager allows you to remove and disable wig its. On Mar 26, 2014, at 8:04 AM, Eleanor Burke wrote: > What does a widget manager do? > - Original Message - From: "Anne Robertson" > To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:11 AM > Subject: Re: Tr

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread isaac
To remove a wigit first check or uncheck the boxes of the wig its you want to disable or remove then choose the option move to trash or disable.On Mar 26, 2014, at 8:08 AM, isaac wrote: > The wigit t manager allows you to remove and d > On Mar 26, 2014, at 8:04 AM, Eleanor Burke > wrote:

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Josh Gregory
Howard you go about doing this? Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 26, 2014, at 9:25 AM, isaac wrote: > > To remove a wigit > first check or uncheck the boxes of the wig its you want to disable or remove > then choose the option move to trash or disable.On Mar 26, 2014, at 8:08 AM, > isaac wrote:

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread isaac
You would go in to widget manager then choose the widgets you want to delete or disable by checking or unchecking the boxes then tab to the disable button to disable the widget or move to trash to remove the widget. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please addres

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Anne Robertson
The Dashboard is where you find all your widgets. Widgets are tiny applications that are very simple to use. There are a dozen or more preinstalled widgets such as Weather, Contacts, Calculator, etc. The default short cut is F12. You find the installed widgets by opening the Dashboard and pressi

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Richie Gardenhire
I unchecked those widgets I wasn't using when Tiger first came out; I don't think unchecking changes how widgets work that much in Mavericks. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 26, 2014, at 5:34 AM, isaac wrote: > > You would go in to widget manager then choose t

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Josh Gregory
Right… Where is the widget manager? Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 26, 2014, at 9:34 AM, isaac wrote: > > You would go in to widget manager then choose the widgets you want to delete > or disable by checking or unchecking the boxes then tab to the disable button > to disable the widget or move

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread chris Apple Boy
Open the Dashboard and then open the Window Chooser menu it should be in there. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 26 Mar 2014, at 14:46, Josh Gregory wrote: > Right… Where is the widget manager? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 26, 2014, at 9:34 AM, isaac

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Josh Gregory
Oh very good, thanks. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 26, 2014, at 12:26 PM, chris Apple Boy > wrote: > > Open the Dashboard and then open the Window Chooser menu it should be in > there. > Regards Chris > Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! > >> On 26 Mar 2014, at 14:46, Josh Gr

app switcher since 7.1 update

2014-03-26 Thread meadowlark77
Hello all, Is anybody having trouble with getting to the App Switcher in IOS7.1 in their iDevices? I am, with both my iPhone5 and my iPad Mini. Sometimes, it just doesn't work when you hit that home button twice to get there. The ony way I seem to get it, at times, is to highlight something

question on account settings in iPad Mini

2014-03-26 Thread meadowlark77
Hello y'all, Last night, I sent a text to someone and it came back saying it had failed but no reason was given for the failure. It makes me think I don't ahve something set right in the iPad Mini. My iPad mini can go on both cellular and wifi. I guess what my question is, is this. Whe

Re: app switcher since 7.1 update

2014-03-26 Thread Sarah k Alawami
apparently it's another bug that was discussed on the apple vis thread. pertaining to ios7.1 Have you called the accessibility hotline and reported this? Good luck. On Mar 26, 2014, at 9:45 AM, meadowlark77 wrote: > Hello all, > >Is anybody having trouble with getting to the App Switche

Re: Slow bootup?

2014-03-26 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Have you tried a full reinstall of mavericks/ I did and although slow, I do see a slight speed increase. Take care. On Mar 26, 2014, at 12:45 AM, christopher hallsworth wrote: > Hi all > my Macbook Pro 2012 model running Os X 10.9.2 is slow booting up. Once booted > all is well. I'm thinking

Re: Slow bootup?

2014-03-26 Thread Christopher gilland
Yes, I did. I'm sorry if I didn't make that clear, although I thought I had. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Sarah k Alawami" To: "mac access list iOS Accessibility" Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:20 PM Subject: Re: Slow bootup? Have you tried a full reinstall of mavericks/

Re: Slow bootup?

2014-03-26 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Actually I meant that for the original poster, halsworth. Yeah there are 2 chris's on this post. lol! Looks like it might be time to call apple care on this one. good luck. On Mar 26, 2014, at 10:30 AM, Christopher gilland wrote: > Yes, I did. I'm sorry if I didn't make that clear, although

Re: Slow bootup?

2014-03-26 Thread Christopher gilland
I did, and they have no clue. they clame my boot time really isn't that bad. Come on! timed: 8 and a half minutes? I don't freaking think so! Chris. - Original Message - From: "Sarah k Alawami" To: "mac access list iOS Accessibility" Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 2:11 PM Subj

Re: Slow bootup?

2014-03-26 Thread Josh Gregory
What in the… Are you serious? Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 26, 2014, at 2:18 PM, "Christopher gilland" > wrote: > > I did, and they have no clue. they clame my boot time really isn't that bad. > Come on! timed: 8 and a half minutes? I don't freaking think so! > > Chris. > > - Origi

Re: question on account settings in iPad Mini

2014-03-26 Thread Aleeha Dudley
My iPad mini does this at times as well. I don't think it is a settings issue. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 26, 2014, at 12:49 PM, "meadowlark77" wrote: > > Hello y'all, > >Last night, I sent a text to someone and it came back saying it had > failed but no reason was given for the failur

Re: Slow bootup?

2014-03-26 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I realize I'm going in circles here but try a permissions repair in the recover console and a disk repair. Also and I don't know how to do this but c heck to see if you have a bad ram stick or not. I'm thinking hard ware here might be an issue. take care. On Mar 26, 2014, at 11:20 AM, Josh Gre

Re: question on account settings in iPad Mini

2014-03-26 Thread isaac
Set it to you’re phone number. On Mar 26, 2014, at 11:49 AM, meadowlark77 wrote: > Hello y'all, > >Last night, I sent a text to someone and it came back saying it had > failed but no reason was given for the failure. It makes me think I don't > ahve something set right in the iPad Mini. >

Re: Slow bootup?

2014-03-26 Thread Christopher gilland
Of corse I'm serious! I wouldn't a written the list had I not been. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Josh Gregory" To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 2:20 PM Subject: Re: Slow bootup? What in the… Are you serious? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 201

Re: Slow bootup?

2014-03-26 Thread Christopher gilland
I've done the permission repair/disk repair, replaced the hard drive and reimaged everything back over, and, this is happening on about 3 of my mac systems, so the likelyhood of it being a ram problem is unlikely. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Sarah k Alawami" To: "mac access l

Re: Slow bootup?

2014-03-26 Thread Josh Gregory
Of course, I didn't mean it like that. That's an awful long time though. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 26, 2014, at 3:09 PM, "Christopher gilland" > wrote: > > Of corse I'm serious! I wouldn't a written the list had I not been. > > Chris. > > - Original Message - From: "Josh Gregory"

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Margaret
How do you get into widget manager? Can you explain exactly what widget is used for. I have seen posts talking about widget manager but I have never worked out what it is all about. Margaret Sent from my iPhone > On 27 Mar 2014, at 12:34 am, isaac wrote: > > You would go in to widget mana

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread isaac
First you have to install widget manager. Next go in to system preferences then go to widget manager then choose the widgets you want to disable or delete then tab to the move to trash or disable button. Widgets are like iCons to applications such as weather and other apps. On Mar 26, 2014, at 3

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread Josh Gregory
A little explanation would be helpful here, how do you get widget manager, where exactly do you get it from? Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 26, 2014, at 4:49 PM, isaac wrote: > > First you have to install widget manager. Next go in to system preferences > then go to widget manager then choose t

Re: Slow bootup?

2014-03-26 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Hmm then it looks like a bnug in mavericks. I'd report this to apple care. Take care. On Mar 26, 2014, at 12:22 PM, Josh Gregory wrote: > Of course, I didn't mean it like that. That's an awful long time though. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 26, 2014, at 3:09 PM, "Christopher gilland"

Re: app switcher since 7.1 update

2014-03-26 Thread Rodney Haynie
Brenda, I am using an iPhone5, and iOS7.1, and no problems here with activating and navigating the App Switcher. double press of the Home button seems to work everywhere I try it. I can be on the Home page, or elsewhere. Take care. Rodney On 3/26/14, meadowlark77 wrote: > Hello all, > > Is an

Re: Track Pad Settings

2014-03-26 Thread chris Apple Boy
And how do you install this Widget Manager? Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 26 Mar 2014, at 20:49, isaac wrote: > First you have to install widget manager. Next go in to system preferences > then go to widget manager then choose the widgets you want to disabl

Re: app switcher since 7.1 update

2014-03-26 Thread meadowlark77
No, I have not. Take care, Brenda mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net - Original Message - From: "Sarah k Alawami" To: "mac access list iOS Accessibility" Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:19 PM Subject: Re: app switcher since 7.1 update apparently it's another bug that was discussed on

Re: question on account settings in iPad Mini

2014-03-26 Thread meadowlark77
Okay, thanks. I appreciate that. Take care, Brenda mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net - Original Message - From: "Aleeha Dudley" To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:10 PM Subject: Re: question on account settings in iPad Mini My iPad mini does this at times as

Re: question on account settings in iPad Mini

2014-03-26 Thread meadowlark77
Okay, that's what I did and I was getting a weird thing of not being able to send messages out. Verizon assigned it a different number and when I asked what that was, they said it was only the number tha they assigned to the network, but when Iuse my own number to send from, evidently, it i

Re: app switcher since 7.1 update

2014-03-26 Thread meadowlark77
I used to be able to do that, too, until this last OS update. Take care, Brenda mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net - Original Message - From: "Rodney Haynie" To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 12:03 PM Subject: Re: app switcher since 7.1 update Brenda, I am usin

Re: app switcher since 7.1 update

2014-03-26 Thread Sarah k Alawami
There's a thread on apple vis that discusses what's new. some of them discuss this very bug that you reported t this list. I can't find it at the moment but if you go to http://apple.com and type in the search field what's new in ios you'll find some comments including my own regarding this and o

Re: app switcher since 7.1 update

2014-03-26 Thread Glenn
Brenda, Did you adjust the button action in accessibility before you updated? I am wondering if you reduced the speed required for home key clicks, and forgot about it, and maybe the setting did not stick through the update. Otherwise, see if it works better if you click faster or slower. HTH. Gle

Re: app switcher since 7.1 update

2014-03-26 Thread Juanita Martin
I have the same phone as you and I haven't seen this problem with the app switcher either. sent from my phone > On Mar 26, 2014, at 12:03 PM, Rodney Haynie wrote: > > Brenda, > I am using an iPhone5, and iOS7.1, and no problems here with > activating and navigating the App Switcher. > doub