Re: Anyone know anything about a green and yellow spinning thing that replaces the cursor?

2021-05-04 Thread Brad Snyder
Then just let it sit. It should go away when it finishes whatever it is doing. Perhaps it is still doing the restoration/migration from the TimeMachine backup. - Brad - On May 4, 2021, at 19:45, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi Brad, I did that, but when I re-booted the Mac, it

Re: Any Experiences with the MB Air m1?

2021-05-04 Thread 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries
VMWare say they won't support ARM64 Windows for licencing reasons at the moment (silly policy IMO, but there we are), but also I don't know what the screen reader situation is on ARM64 Windows at the moment either. If you want to run Windows and macOS on the same box, you continue to need an

Re: Anyone know anything about a green and yellow spinning thing that replaces the cursor?

2021-05-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Brad, I did that, but when I re-booted the Mac, it came right back. Cheers, Donna > On May 4, 2021, at 7:14 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > Donna, > This is also called a “spinning pizza”. It means the Mac is processing > something. > If it doesn’t go away on its own after a while, you can

Re: Anyone know anything about a green and yellow spinning thing that replaces the cursor?

2021-05-04 Thread Brad Snyder
Donna, This is also called a “spinning pizza”. It means the Mac is processing something. If it doesn’t go away on its own after a while, you can press and hold the TouchID button until the computer shuts down. - Brad - On May 4, 2021, at 17:34, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: So

Re: Any Experiences with the MB Air m1?

2021-05-04 Thread Herbie Allen
You won’t be able to run Window’s on the newer Macs. There is an ARM Based version that has recently come out for VMwhere, but do not know how accessible or what is supported. > On May 4, 2021, at 09:52, Ibraheem Fakir wrote: > > Hi List, > > Considering trading my older machine in and

Re: Isn't there a keyboard command to mute/unmute speech in Voiceover?

2021-05-04 Thread 'Matthew Dierckens' via MacVisionaries
Hi, no unfortunately there isn’t a keyboard command however you can create one in keyboard commander God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified assistive technology specialist Macintosh, iOS, and windows Trainer > On May 4, 2021, at 18:14, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Yeah,

Re: Anyone know anything about a green and yellow spinning thing that replaces the cursor?

2021-05-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
So my husband googled this, and apparently its called the spinning wait cursor--also unofficially the Spinning Beach Ball of Death. And death seems to be what it's brought to my Mac. It's completely locked up and neither of us can get the Mac to do anything. Is this mac toast, or is there

Anyone know anything about a green and yellow spinning thing that replaces the cursor?

2021-05-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
According to my sighted husband, that is what is on the screen of my Mac. He cannot make it go away, and when it is there, we can't click on anything. Anyone know what this thing is? TIA, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you

Re: Isn't there a keyboard command to mute/unmute speech in Voiceover?

2021-05-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Yeah, now it seems like VO isn't stayIng checked in Accessibility options. I've done absolutely everythingg I know to do, including talking to an idiot at Apple Accessibility. this MBA may be headed right back to Apple. Thanks anyway, Donna > On May 4, 2021, at 5:07 PM, Jenny Wood wrote:

Re: Isn't there a keyboard command to mute/unmute speech in Voiceover?

2021-05-04 Thread Jenny Wood
I know you can use a three-finger double-tap on the trackpad when the trackpad commander is turned on to mute voiceover, but I’m not aware of a keyboard command that involves buttons. If there is such a thing, I would love to know myself! LOL Jenny Sent from my iPhone > On May 4, 2021, at

Isn't there a keyboard command to mute/unmute speech in Voiceover?

2021-05-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
I thought there was, but I can't seem to find it. If it exists, anyone know what it is? 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, or if you feel that a member's post

Re: VO on new Mac stops speaking after I migrate my data using Time Machine

2021-05-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi Robert, Nice guess. Tried it, but no dice. I've figured out the problem is that VO is on, but nothing I do will activate speech. (sigh*( Thanks, Donna > On May 4, 2021, at 4:02 PM, Robert Hill wrote: > > Hi Donna, > > What you might want to try is to hold down CTRl and option keys, and

Re: VO on new Mac stops speaking after I migrate my data using Time Machine

2021-05-04 Thread Robert Hill
Hi Donna, What you might want to try is to hold down CTRl and option keys, and hit the power button 3 times. This should get you into a window where accessibility settings are checked or unchedcked. Use VO and right arrow to move through the options. VoiceOver should be the first option. It

VO on new Mac stops speaking after I migrate my data using Time Machine

2021-05-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, Subject says it all. I migrated my data, everything seemed to be going well. I heard VO say only 7 minutes remaining. But when I came back in the room, my MBA had gone completely silent. The screen is lit up, so I know the Mac is on. It's been like that for about twenty minutes.

Re: Any reason not to migrate data to a new Mac using a Time-machine backup rather than having it migrate directly from the old Mac?

2021-05-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Interesting. I'd thought about doing that, but though my recent stuff is stored in iCloud, I have a fair amount of stuff on my Mac from before, so that could end up being sort of time-consuming. Cheers, Donna > On May 4, 2021, at 12:02 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: > > I prefer to migrate my data

Re: Any reason not to migrate data to a new Mac using a Time-machine backup rather than having it migrate directly from the old Mac?

2021-05-04 Thread Brad Snyder
I prefer to migrate my data manually rather than using either a Time Machine backup, or the Migration Assistant. This way I know I have transferred only the data and not any of the accumulated garbage from the old Mac. Since I keep most of my files in iCloud drive, this is a very simple

Any reason not to migrate data to a new Mac using a Time-machine backup rather than having it migrate directly from the old Mac?

2021-05-04 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, I'm excited to say that I'm a proud owner of a new MBA. In the past, I've migrated my data using a time-machine backup, and it seemed to go faster and more smoothly. However, that was several OSes ago, so I thought I'd see what the current thinking about that is. My old Mac is

Any Experiences with the MB Air m1?

2021-05-04 Thread Ibraheem Fakir
Hi List, Considering trading my older machine in and picking up the m1 MacBook Air. Anyone have one and if so, what are your impressions with day to day VO use, running Windows with Jaws or NVDA, and video conferencing applications? I’m also tired of the typing speed reduction on the butterfly