RE: In iOS 11, The iBook VoiceOver Continuous Reading Bug has Been Resolved

Thank you, Simon. I'm glad to do it. I am so happy to be a member of the blindness/low vision community. I will always do whatever I can to further are cause for we are all part of the same family. I know that sounds corny but I truly feel this way. My only true regret is that I cannot d

RE: File Vault Nightmare

Hi Donna, Which OS version are you using on the MBP? I use it on my MBA mid 2013. I have to start VO up at log in as it doesn't speak by default any more, It talks at this point in a very basic vo voice.. I get the username field and enter my username and hit enter this gives me the password

RE: touch recognition on latest MBP?

It's broken, You should send it to me LOLOLOL, -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Thursday, 28 September 2017 2:26 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: touch recognition on late

RE: IOS 11.1 and Mail

Yes but only for developers not for public beta or production. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Thursday, 28 September 2017 1:31 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IOS 11.1 and Mail

RE: watchOS 4: How to customize and use the new Siri face on Apple Watch

Hi Krister, Well did you get up to 88 miles per hour when trying to time travel? That might be part of the issue, At 88 M p/h you get lights coming out of the flux capacitor that helps make the time travel happen! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macv

RE: In iOS 11, The iBook VoiceOver Continuous Reading Bug has Been Resolved

Hi Mark, Great news Thanks for letting us know and great work advising apple of the problem. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Wednesday, 27 September 2017 7:33 PM To: macvisionaries@googleg

Re: VMware Fusion 8

I am not sure, because, I have not upgraded yet. -- 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 contact the owners or mode

iOS 11 Maps VoiceOver Reading-Turn-Instruction Bug

Hello Everyone, Below my signature, you will see a bug report I recently submitted to Apple. Please join me in requesting that this bug be resolved in a future release of iOS 11. Please feel free to use any or all of the following text in your feedback submissions. If you are a developer, pl

VMware Fusion 8

Is VMware Fusion 8.5.8 compatible with macOS High Sierra? I get an error when I try to load the VM. Error message follows... "Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded" From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where y

64 bit radium not working after upgrade

Hello all. This is the verbatim text of an email I got from a friend of mine who is very upset that he has lost the usability of Radium after upgrade. As you'll see in the text, radium was working fine for him, that is the 64-bit new version, until he upgraded. Now, he's out of luck. Does anybod

iOS 11, voiceover, iPad and Bluetooth keyboard

I'm sending this message out to a few lists, because I am interested to know about folks experiences with iOS 11 and iPads. I'm interested in the new functionality that iOS 11 brings with multiple applications open, dragging and dropping at Cetera. I know it is early days, but I'm just wondering

Re: Hide the annoying app dock in iOS 11's Messages app - CNET

Thank you, I finally got this to work! I found I had to touch the button, not flick to it, and try a few times to get the downward flick just right, but the app bar is gone! If anyone else tries this and it doesn't work right off, keep at it. It's kind of fiddly. -- Alex Hall > On Sep 25, 2

Re: File Vault Nightmare

Even with FileVault, you can turn on VoiceOver and get speech feedback for the prompts. You should first enter your account and hit enter. Then, type your password and hit enter. As for turning off the MBP, provided you have a touch bar, you can hold the power button for a second and you

File Vault Nightmare

Hi, all, So, unbeknownst to me, it seems that FileVault is activated by default on the new MBPs. This morning I shut my computer off by force quit, because I couldn't get it to shut down normally. When I got home from work, I tried to restart it. Apparently FileVault was activated. I always

touch recognition on latest MBP?

Hi, all, So I believe I have it activated. I did the whole finger-print scan thing. But when trying to restart my MBP today, my fingerprint was not recognized. Any thoughts? If this seems vague, what are you supposed to be able to do once your fingerprint is recognized in the initial setup?

shutting down latest MBP?

Hi all, How does one do this? Thus far, the only way I've found is to do a force quit by pressing and holding the Eject key. TIA, Donna -- 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,

ever music not connecting to my Pcloud account.

I’ve been using the evermusic app on my Iphone, which I love, especially sense I was, the key word being “was,” able to use it with my Pcloud account. However, something went wrong, which I forget what that that something was, so I decided to delete the account from within the app and add it aga

Re: IOS 11.1 and Mail

No. We need to be careful how we enter information. Version 11 dot 0 dot 1 is now available. Not 11 dot 1. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God d

High Sierra Speech

Its been a long long time since I experienced this issue so do not remember the solution. While working in HS today, on occasion I would hear two voices, one much slower than the normal voice. What is the fix? Thanks. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the

RE: Uber App and a Guide Dog

Oh neither is mine, I remember when the NFB wanted the state of new York to bar the use of service animals in public buildings...and I do not use a dog myself. Still, that is all the more reason for uber to incorporate this process into the app itself. Or find an objective way to gather thi

Re: Apple posts new security documents about Face ID

Even though I love touch ID I want to see this face ID in action. I won't be getting the X but I plan on playing with it. On 9/27/17, Maria Reyes wrote: > Apple has taken steps to educate potential owners of the iPhone X about Face > ID ahead of its release on Nov. 3, releasing a white paper alon

RE: Uber App and a Guide Dog

I will admit, my opinion of the NFB is not good. Don't worry, I will not air dirty laundry. I just didn't like the way they treated a guide dog user I knew. Who, had a chapter of the NFB, yet was treated like dirt. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvi

Re: High Sieara not showing up in updates

High Sierra is not an update. Look on the Featured tab in the app store. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancien

RE: IOS 11.1 and Mail

Matt: Thanks all over the place. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Dierckens Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 7:17 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IOS 11.1 and Mail The 11.1 update is only av

High Sieara not showing up in updates

Hi all, I know High Sierra is out. When I check for updates it does not show up. When latest Safari came out a week or Two ago it showed up as an update. Thanks for any advice on this one. Max. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have

Re: IOS 11.1 and Mail

The 11.1 update is only available for developers God bless. Matt Dierckens, Certified assistive technology specialist Macintosh, iOS, and windows Trainor Canadian phone: 519-962-9140 US phone: 573-401-1018 On Sep 27, 2017, at 18:02, Jim Noseworthy wrote: For some reason, I'm not seeing the 1

RE: IOS 11.1 and Mail

For some reason, I'm not seeing the 11.01 update. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Arnold Schmidt Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 6:20 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: IOS 11.1 and Mail

RE: Uber App and a Guide Dog

I am not writing from a place of cynicism. instead I feel the source is more likely to be preaching to the choir. why should ubber pay anyone to survey something that cannot be generalized in the first place? I cannot speak to the app itself, but given how many travel variation's are possible

Apple posts new security documents about Face ID

Apple has taken steps to educate potential owners of the iPhone X about Face ID ahead of its release on Nov. 3, releasing a white paper alongside a support document that explains how the biometric authentication technology works to keep the user's data secure. Found within Apple's revamped pri

Doing a reset on a iPhone 5S

I upgraded my iPhone 5S to IOS11. How does a person do a reset on The iPhone 5s. I use to be able to hold the Home and Sleep Buttons for ten seconds to do a reset. IOS 11 has the Sleep button reserved to call emergency services. Thank you. Angus MacKinnon -- The following information is imp

PDF improvements in iOS 11?

There were supposed to be improvements for both Mac and iOS devices with the latest upgrades of the operating systems. This has to do with voiceover reading PDF files which has been pretty miserable frankly. I believe I saw a note on Apple Vis saying that there weren't improvements in iOS 11. Ha

Bluetooth keyboard and iPhone or iPad

I know there have been issues in the past with funky Bluetooth keyboard connectivity with I-devices. I wonder if that situation has become more stable, and has anyone on any of these lists use the logitech K4 80 keyboard with their i-device? It is appealing because you can use it with three devi

Re: IOS 11.1 and Mail

It is still the same on my iPhone 6, running 11.0.1. I have almost gotten use to it by now, it has been a while since I have deleted a message or thread that I didn't want to delete. Arnold Schmidt Sent from Arnold's iPhone On Sep 27, 2017, at 2:50 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote: For those of y

Re: Contacts syncing

Well, first you need to decide if you want to keep your contacts from now on in Google or in iCloud. In either case, I think the easiest thing to do if you have a Macintosh is to 1. Go to All my Google contacts 2. Select all the contacts you want to migrate from the contact list. Unless you pic

Re: Contacts syncing

Dear Jonathan, Please seee my questions below underneath your responses. > On 27 Sep 2017, at 18:50, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > I would just select one cloud source and use that. How would I go about choosing just one cloud source? I'm so ignorant Jonathan, I can't quite understand how it works

IOS 11.1 and Mail

For those of you who were bothered by the delete action staying the selected item after you deleted a mail message, this has been altered with the IOS 11.1 update that came out today. It is now back to the usual and expected behaviour of switching the action to activate—it is now safe to tap th

Re: IOS 11 - deleting apps

Double tap and hold until you hear started editing then double tap again to delete. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-

IOS 11 - deleting apps

Hello, The old trick of double-tap and hold to move and delete apps doesn’t seem to work on IOS 11. Anyone else encounter this, and is there a work around? Thanks Chris -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concern

Re: Contacts syncing

I would just select one cloud source and use that. If you don't use iCloud web interface but you do use googles web interfaces then I suggest you migrate all your contacts over to Google and then remove iCloud contacts from your Apple devices. Otherwise, you will find that you never quite have the

RE: Uber App and a Guide Dog

Sorry, when there is money coming from the agency being surveyed, I call into question the validity of the survey and whether the answers not wanted go into file 13. I guess as I get older, I become more sinical especially when it comes to blind agencies. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups

Re: Uber App and a Guide Dog

Also note, that the NFB set up a survey that you can fill out to show the results of your trip with UBEr or List. It asks where you were traveling, when, and with whom. It then asks if the driver knew and abided by the non-discrimination laws. There is also a question about the accessibility of th

Re: I don't want the recent tracks on Itunes

Please note, at one point I posted an Apple Script that would say what the next scheduled song in iTunes would be. This script by necessity opens the recent history view. I expect an opposite script could be written. Also, if it is the fact that iTunes is tracking your history and not the fact tha

Re: I don't want the recent tracks on Itunes

Hi, It should not repeat once removed from the sidebar. I guess that it's possible that it could return upon an iTunes update, but really, it should not as preferences are maintained through most updates. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 27, 2017, at 08:50, Ramy Moustafa

Re: I don't want the recent tracks on Itunes

Thanks so much, but how can i avoid this to repeat again? > On Sep 27, 2017, at 3:55 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > Navigate to the Recently Added item in the Library Sidebar, press VO-shift-m > to bring up the Contextual menu and choose "Remove from Sidebar". > > That should do it. > > L

RE: Uber App and a Guide Dog

Was this right behind Toronto? Know idea about uber, but regularly Toronto's taxi association gets complaints about this I am told. So often in fact that they have a dedicated contact just for them. Uber is an interesting travel choice regardless, just ask the women who have been assaulted b

Re: Problems with messages app in iOS 11

This is happening for me as well, I’m not seeing all the messages. Also, as far as the actions menu, sometimes it defaults to the delete function instead of the activate function at least this is what is happening in the mail app. So, I sometimes wind up deleting a message instead of activatin

Re: I don't want the recent tracks on Itunes

Hi, Navigate to the Recently Added item in the Library Sidebar, press VO-shift-m to bring up the Contextual menu and choose "Remove from Sidebar". That should do it. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 27, 2017, at 07:37, Ramy Moustafa wrote: Hi all : sorry for sending agai

Re: I don't want the recent tracks on Itunes

Hi all : sorry for sending again, but really, i need a solution for this, help please Thanks in advance > On Sep 26, 2017, at 9:35 PM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > > Hi all: > > I’m using the latest Version of iTunes on my mac, i don’t want iTunes to > remember my latest tracks that i have previousl

Re: vo+cmd+arrow keys for volume, speed etc in High Sierra gone?

Thanks a lot. Thankfully the option is still available with the additional shift key. I will have to look out for a list of all the new High Sierra accessibility features and shortcuts. regards, Ronald > Op 26 sep. 2017, om 22:18 heeft Tim Kilburn het volgende > geschreven: > > Hi, > > Add

Scott headset

Hi Scott: Can you send the message again? It got deleted accidentally and I cannot find it. Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. I

Re: watchOS 4: How to customize and use the new Siri face on Apple Watch

I've never understood the whole timeline thing, either. I seem to engage it at odd times when I'm not trying to, but just now, when I tried to make it work, I couldn't. Best, Donna > On Sep 27, 2017, at 3:32 AM, Krister Ekstrom > wrote: > > Hi, > Either i have misunderstood something obvious

Re: watchOS 4: How to customize and use the new Siri face on Apple Watch

Hi, Either i have misunderstood something obvious and simple or there’s something wrong with my Apple watch series 2 because the time travel thing has never worked for me. /Krister > 27 sep. 2017 kl. 06:03 skrev M. Taylor : > > 9to5Mac - Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 8:51 AM > watchOS 4: How t