Netgear Nighthawk R8000 accessibility

Hi, Does anybody on the list have an experience of the router Nighthawk R8000? I’ve decided to replace my airport extreme as it drops my connection so often now it’s become a nuisance. Sad but true. The Netgear sounds impressive but I was wondering whether anybody on the list might have some

Re: PDF reader for Mac?

Raul, If you had a few moments and didn’t mind, would you email me off list and tell me how you use GoogleDocs in chrome on your mac? I’ve never worked it out and I think it would be useful. thanks Andrew > On 2 Feb 2020, at 12:33, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > > Hello Tim and everyone else who

OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

Hi, I’m in a dreadful quandary. I’ve managed to setup my new Netgear X6 R8000 router successfully using web interface. However, I’ve hit a problem in that I am not able to setup my old (6 gen) airport extreme to join the existing network. I can see the airport extreme in airport utility and

Re: OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

ft Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Feb 3, 2020, at 11:29, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I’m in a dreadful quandary. I’ve managed to setup my new Netgea

Re: OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

mf Certified Tech > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Feb 4, 2020, at 02:55, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > It’s curiou

Re: OT: Airport extreme as extension to existing network

Hi Sabahattin, Thank you for this advice. As you rightly point out the last thing I want is to slow down my network. The reason I purchased Netgear Nighthawk was in order to improve the performance of my network. As the number of devices/computers has increased in my home over the last few y

Re: Question about Languages on the Mac Book Air

Hello Rhanda, If your macbook air has got Catalina installed, Voiceover has implemented automatic language switching so theoretically it ought to switch to the language in which a portion of text is written. It doesn’t always do so in reality. In voiceover utility which you get to by pressing

Re: customising VO

Hello, I have always had mouse cursor set up to follow VO cursor. As for other configurations, there are so many you will probably need to experiment. Remember, once you’ve configured Voiceover to your liking, you can export configurations and keep them in case you ever have to reset Voiceove

Re: customising VO

:49, hemaka...@gmail.com wrote: > > Thanks Andrew. > > I have learnt to customise numpad commander. It is such a powerful feature! > What do you mean by exporting? Are you talking about the portability feature? > > Warmly, > Hem. > > > From: 'Andrew

Accessibility of duolingo or similar software on iPhone

Hi, I was wondering whether duolingo or any other languages study app might be accessible with voiceover? In particular, I’m interested in learning Mandarin Chinese. Andrew -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or c

Mute voiceover in Catalina doesn't work

Hi, Just want to confirm the mute Voiceover gesture in Catalina doesn’t seem to work. The three finger double tap on the trackpad doesn’t seem to mute Voiceover as it used to in the past. Could anyone check this for me? Andrew -- The following information is important for all members of the

Re: toggling

Let’s say you have 3 applications open. If you start from one of them, and press command+tab do not release command button until you hear the name of the application you want to move backwards and forwards from. Only then release the command button. In this way, next time you execute command+

Re: resetting password

Hi Wayne, When powering your machine back on, hold down command+r for a couple of minutes to be certain you are going to boot into recovery mode. Then release the keys and wait. You won’t have speech automatically here so what I usually do while waiting is to try and activate voiceover with c

How to stop voiceover from announcing dropbox notifications?

Hi, This is driving me spare! I’m uploading loads of stuff to dropbox, including backing up my home folder. Voiceover keeps announcing file names being uploaded or downloaded interrupting whatever I’m trying to read. This is crazy because in Notification I have turned all notifications to dr

Re: How to stop voiceover from announcing dropbox notifications?

> > On Fri, 21 Feb 2020, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> This is driving me spare! I???m uploading loads of stuff to dropbox, >> including backing up my home folder. Voiceover keeps announcing file names >> being uplo

Double entries for apps in notification centre

Hi, I’ve been tinkering with notifications for my apps in system preferences/notifications, and I note that some of the apps in the table appear twice. Why is this and should I attempt to remove them? If yes, how would I do that? Thanks in advance Andrew -- The following information is im

Re: Moving Around Mac Mail Message Lists

The key combination is command+option+up arrow and down arrow respectively > On 22 Feb 2020, at 23:49, Kelly Ford wrote: > > Thank you, > > Command option and the arrow keys did the trick. > > Kelly > >> On Feb 22, 2020, at 5:02 PM, Caitlyn Furness >> wrote: >> >> Try option up or down arro

Contacts on my iPhone aren't syncing with my mac

Hi, Whenever I create or add a new contact on my iPhone, they do not seem to appear on my mac in Contacts. Both devices are signed into the same iCloud account and yet the newly added contacts don’t seem to sync with my mac. What am I doing wrong? Andrew -- The following information is impo

Accessible authenticator app

Hi, Just want to ask those of you who regularly use authenticator app with two factor authentication feature of various mail accounts. The choice is between Authy, Google Authenticator, and FreeOTP. Which one would be most accessible? Andrew -- The following information is important for all

Re: Open Drive on a Mac

Do you mean OneDrive? If it’s OneDrive, you will find it in the menu extra. Click on it and you will be able to access various options. Andrew > On 8 Mar 2020, at 02:34, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > I just installed Open Drive on my Mac. I have used it before but I've been > told that it works b

No passcode sounds on Apple watch after latest update

Hi, I have just updated my Apple watch 4th generation to the latest iOS 6.1. Now whenever I need to enter my passcode in order to unlock my watch, I receive no sound feedback on doubletapping the numbers. Can anyone reproduce this? If yes, is this a bug? Andrew -- The following informatio

Re: No passcode sounds on Apple watch after latest update

t;> >> Greg Wocher >> >> >>> On Mar 9, 2020, at 11:59 AM, Bradford Snyder wrote: >>> >>> Yes. My watch does the same thing. I think it started doing this behavior >>> with watchOS 6.x. >>> I’ve just learned to live with it. >&g

Re: No passcode sounds on Apple watch after latest update

live with it. >> >> - Brad - >> >> >> >> On Mar 9, 2020, at 07:47, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I have just updated my Apple watch 4th generation to the latest iOS 6.1. >> N

After upgrading to Catalina there's no sound when pasting an attachment into body of email

Hi, This may be trivial but it helps if you can’t see at all. In latest Catalina, when you want to attach a file to an email by pasting it, there’s no sound or Voiceover spoken feedback when you actually paste the file into the body of an email. Could you please confirm? In Sierra, when I co

Re: After upgrading to Catalina there's no sound when pasting an attachment into body of email

Certified Tech > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Mar 9, 2020, at 16:37, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > wrote: > > Hi, > > This may be trivia

Re: backblaze and voiceover

Hi Eric, The problem with CCC is not theirs but Apple’s requirement to grant full access to the disk. I’ve managed to overcome it by actually using drag and drop of the image with Voiceover. It worked although I can’t remember whether it worked immediately. once Vo was focused on the image t

OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

Hi, Does anybody on the list use Linux successfully either in virtual environment or on a separate computer? Please email off list if you wouldn’t mind sharing your experiences. Andrew -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any que

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

trying to understand. Andrew > On 26 Mar 2020, at 06:33, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Several of us on this list are long time Linux users. What are you > looking for? > > 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries writes: >> Hi, >>

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

> Remember, you're offering up 13-year old hardware for your Linux, so > your goal is console only. In that environment you'll have Speakup > and/or Fenrir for screen readers, and brltty for your braille display. > Those will be your main choices whether you go Debian, Arch, or

Re: Finding system dialogues on Mac 10.15.4

Dear Paul, I also register this behaviour both on sierra and on Catalina. Mostly, these system dialogues are not that important but occasionally they are. The way I explore them to act upon the ones that are important is to invoke application chooser menu. Only then will you be able to arrow

A couple Terminal questions

Hi, When working in Terminal and command line, is it possible to examine the window content with Voiceover? Say , ls -l command produces a list of files in the directory I am in. How can I examine each file and maybe even copy their names to clipboard or details about them if I were to use th

Re: A couple Terminal questions

o the shell you are running and its > options set in the shell default / profile / login files. > Jonathan > > > >> On Mar 29, 2020, at 10:21 AM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >> wrote: &

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

s well these days now that someone fixed >>>>> NVDA focus in the terminal. >>>>> >>>>> Ubuntu and Debian are related in that they both use similar device and >>>>> application management, eg., you use apt to install or remove software. >>

Re: A couple Terminal questions

understandable by programmers and > other cli mayvens is to say: "Pipe it to dev null." > > If you should enter: > > ls -l /dev/null > > You'll discover a writable/readable device (that's the crw' part) > called, "null." As you might gues

Re: A couple Terminal questions

sole screen reader for Mac. It makes >> working with the terminal a bit easier. It can be found at: >> https://github.com/tspivey/tdsr <https://github.com/tspivey/tdsr> >> >> Greg Wocher >> >>> On Mar 29, 2020, at 10:21 AM, 'Andrew Lamanche'

Re: A couple Terminal questions

would think >> linux etc would do the same thing. >> >> As for tab complete in the terminal, >> >> So long as you have the name correct to the point you hit the tab key then >> it should work for you. >> As long as there is a file or folder name with what you

Re: A couple Terminal questions

day) I'm not up to speed on just those kinds of facts. It's part of > why I haven't jumped ship from bash to zsh yet myself. What do I do with > all my profile customizations? > > Anyway, the explanation of why you want /usr/local in your path ahead of > everything el

Re: A couple Terminal questions

>> Homebrew should be fine with Sierra. It's possible the link in the page >> you got from me was old. That would explain the error you got. >> >> So, I'm thinking good clear instructions, but an old, out of date web >> pointer. >> >> I'll c

Re: A couple Terminal questions

go to meetings > > Drunkids just keep drinking. > > From: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > Sent: Tuesday, 31 March 2020 7:08 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com&g

Re: A couple Terminal questions

and you're learning fast. This > should become fairly soon as you learn more. > > Lastly, get used to the idea that you'll never know it all. Not even > after 30 years of heavy use of the cli will you know it all. That needs > to be OK, and it should help provide perspective.

Installing Windows10 on iMac with bootcamp assistant

Hi, Is it possible to install Windows10 on mac running Catalina with bootcamp assistant without sighted help? I understand some of you may have accomplished this and I would like to know whether there were any difficulties or snags and at which stage I might require sighted help to finish the

Re: OT: anybody on the list using Linux in VMWare or on a separate machine? Pls answer off list

> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 29 Mar 2020, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>

Re: Mac Mini Now Here

Janina, If you go to system preferences and users, and choose logging options, one of the choices is to enable voiceover on login screen. This should solve your problem of not having speech when logging in. By the way, I hadn’t responded to your last message when discussing OT Linux because I

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

How is the issue of accessibility of Tables in Word on mac? That used to be a major stumbling block as it has been on all the other ones on the Mac platforms apart from Pages. Andrew > On 7 Apr 2020, at 21:43, 'Kawal Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Just had a play with Microsoft w

Re: Ios 13.4.1

I’m getting fed up with Apple non-responsiveness to accessibility issues & have begun the process of going back to Windows. & Jaws. I’m so disappointed. > On 8 Apr 2020, at 08:16, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I just updated to iOS 13.4.1. > SO far i haven’t notice any bugfixes for Vo. > /A

Re: Ios 13.4.1

> Tim Kilburn > Jamf Certified Tech > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Apr 9, 2020, at 14:29, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > wrote: > > I’m getting

Re: Microsoft word on the Mac.

nd, is a community of members and > friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day > we work together to help blind people live the lives they want. > > >> On Apr 9, 2020, at 13:24, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >> mailt

Re: Ios 13.4.1

sionaries >>>> Subject: Re: Ios 13.4.1 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> You are free to go to a OS and device that meats your needs then. You gave >>>> no reasoning to why your fed up or why Apple doesn’t care. >>>> >>

Re: Ios 13.4.1

; > > Tim Kilburn > Jamf Certified Tech > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Apr 10, 2020, at 04:28, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > wrote:

Re: Headings in Mac pages or Word

Anne And Archie Robertson have written a book on word processing on the mac. It might be worth your while buying this book. Anne is a member on this list. I can’t remember where you might purchase the book from in either. epub or pages or pdf format but someone on the list might know. The ti

Testing, pleas ignore

Sorry for this, folk, but I’ve had no messages from the group for a few days so I thought I’d send a test message. Andrew -- 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 fee

Testing, please ignore

Just testing as I’ve not been receiving emails from this group -- 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 o

Re: GPS Apps

I tried Lazarillo in Spain as I was on holiday and it was hopeless. It was reporting streets & places in a chaotic way. So I ‘m afraid I’m disappointed in this app. > On 29 Apr 2020, at 13:27, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hello Petrus, > Many thanks for the tip on Lazarillo. I took it for a trial r

ITunes / Music library growing beyond my mac's capacity; suggestions what to do?

Hi, My Music/itunes library’s growing & growing. I’d like to pick your brains as to how to deal with it. Do I go an external drive way, or a very big SSD drive on a new mac? I’m concerned that should I relocate my library onto an external drive and it then develops a problem, I might lose ev

Re: ITunes / Music library growing beyond my mac's capacity; suggestions what to do?

ing > it because I do weekly backups. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 5/1/2020 2:46 PM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries wrote: >> Hi, >&

Re: ITunes / Music library growing beyond my mac's capacity; suggestions what to do?

gt; Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > > On 5/1/2020 3:12 PM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries wrote: >> Hi E.T, >> How do you back up such a big library? To a cloud service? Is yours a usb >> western digital di

Zoom on the mac?

Hi, Can we use Zoom on the mac? Anybody had luck doing so? In this lockdown situation more and more people are using Zoom. Andrew -- 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

Re: Zoom on the mac?

lto:jackson.dez...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Andrew, > > Yes, you absolutely can use Zoom on the Mac. I don’t remember exactly, but > you can obtain it either from the Mac app store or from the Zoom website. > > Dezman > >> On May 21, 2020, at 5:56 AM, '

Re: How to turn on auto Language switching in High Sierra

Please, keep on badgering Apple accessibility about multilingual issues as voice switching. It was messed up when High Sierra came and it was never fixed thereafter. I’ve been writing to Accessibility a about this for over 5 years now and they haven’t’ improved a bit about this. Please start wr

IPhone SE 2020 (2nd generation)

Hello, I’ve decided to upgrade from iphone 8 to iphone SE 2nd generation (2020). My reasons are to do with the touch ID sensor. Would you be happy to share your views/opinions on this iphone with me? Andrew -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries li

Re: IPhone SE 2020 (2nd generation)

esponsive and most times I have no issue with it. >> I even enjoy listening to music on it while I work, without any external >> speaker. The sound quality is quite good. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Take care, >> Tali >> >> On 9/19/21, skipper

Safari busy again on big sur 11.6

Hi, Since upgrading to the most recent 11.6 on my macbook pro late 2014, Safari has become sluggish. I’ve cleared the cashes, I keep my mac free from junk. Has anyone else experienced this, and is there anything else I can do? Or is it a matter of my mac being old? It has 16 GB RAM, 512 har

Voiceover doesn't follow Braille cursor in Big Sur 11.6

Hi, A question to Braille users on the mac in Big Sur 11.6. When I choose to read text either in email or in TextEdit using my Braille display, I notice that Voiceover focus doesn’t follow Braille display. As a result, if I decide to use my keyboard cursor to switch to using voice rather than

Re: No page up or down on MacBook Air...

I can’t execute page up or down with fn+up arrow or down arrow. It just doesn’t work. I’ve not found the way to move by page ever. :) Andrew > On 28 Sep 2021, at 12:06, 'Ron' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Tim, thanks for the reply. The keyboard help does exactly as you say, > however

Re: Autochange Language?

Hi, Auto-switch language has been hit&miss for a long time and I’ve been reporting it for over 5 years now since High Sierra was released. Auto-switch language works for some languages for me but it certainly doesn’t work for Greek. I’m pulling my hair out with Apple Accessibility. The troub

Re: Autochange Language?

cebook.com/Whose.Blind.Life.is.it.Anyway> > > > Twitter > @FiogkosZoe > > Love Isn't butterflies in your stomach, love is the heart beat you feel when > he's late > > >> On Sep 28, 2021, at 3:46 PM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries &

Voiceover reading pages in pdf documents twice

Hi, Has anyone noticed a very odd behaviour of Voiceover when reading pdf documents either in Preview or when Safari opens them on the web? Voiceover reads each page of a pdf document twice. This is very annoying and totally unnecessary. Could you confirm? Andrew -- The following informat

Safari bookmarks not syncing between computers

Hi, I always thought that if all my macs and devices are signed into the same icloud account, my bookmarks in Safari should be syncing as well. But this doesn’t seem to be the case. I can’t find the bookmarked pages on which I had added on my imac running Catalina on my other macs running Big

Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac

I certainly find macbook air with silicon chip is far superior to the intel based ones. Much faster & more responsive. > On 22 Oct 2021, at 00:34, 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I should be able to comment some time in November, assuming that the 14-inch > MacBook Pro that I or

Can't pair focus bluetooth braille display with macbook air running Monterey

Hello, I previously used the said focus 40 bluetooth with macbook pro running Big Sur and everything was fine: I could use the display either via usb or bluetooth.. Having upgraded my macbook air silicon to Monterey, I am unable to pair focus 40 bluetooth with my macbook air. I can use it via

Ignore, problem solved: Re: Can't pair focus bluetooth braille display with macbook air running Monterey

> On 26 Oct 2021, at 11:31, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hello, > > I previously used the said focus 40 bluetooth with macbook pro running Big > Sur and everything was fine: I could use the display either via usb or > bluetooth

Re: Ignore, problem solved: Re: Can't pair focus bluetooth braille display with macbook air running Monterey

:40, Rebecca Skipper wrote: > > How did you resolve the problem? > Just curious. > > -Original Message----- > From: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 6:40 AM > To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > Subject: Igno

Names of attached files aren't read by voiceover in Monterey

Hi, I’ve just sent a couple of attachments in an email to a friend. I noticed that when I have pasted the file into the body of the email - something which I would normally do in Mail - voiceover doesn’t read the name of the pasted ffile. It now says “group”,, which is rather unhelpful. Coul

Re: Names of attached files aren't read by voiceover in Monterey

. >> >> All the best >> Jürgen >> >>> Am 31.10.2021 um 11:28 schrieb 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >>> : >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I’ve just sent a couple of attachments in an email to a friend. I notic

Daisy reader for mac again

Hi, Whats the situation on a daisy reader for mac? Is there a way of reading bookshare daisy books on mac using Braille and speech butt being able to read in Braille only in a reliable and continuous way? Andrew -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: Daisy reader for mac again

Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On Nov 13, 2021, at 09:05, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Whats the situation on a daisy reader

Synology DS220+ NaS drive accessibility

Hi, Anybody on the list could comment on the accessibility with screen readers/voiceover in particular of the NAS drive Synology DS220+ drive? I’d appreciate any comments also directly to me outside the list if it should prove off topic. Andrew -- The following information is important for

Rumble.com how to play videos?

Hi, I’ve tried and tried but I can’t play any videos on Rumble.com on my mac. Has anyone got any tips how to activate play/pause button in order to play videos? Andrew -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have an

Re: Moving YouTube Slider?

You can interact with the slider and then use arrow keys to forward or rewind the video. Stop interacting with the slider in order to move to another element on the screen. > On 8 Dec 2021, at 01:32, Fazil M. wrote: > > Hi, Group. > How can I move Youtube slider, please? > Thanks! > > > --

Telegram again

Hi, Is there any accessible way I could use Telegram using voiceover? Andrew -- 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, plea

Where are audible books located on my mac?

Hi, Which folder are my audiobooks located in these days in mac os monterey? I can’t find them anywhere. I thought they might be under music/media but there is only music there. No books can be found. Many thanks Andrew -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Re: Where are audible books located on my mac?

> You might want to check the Downloads folder. > From the Desktop, press CMD + OPT + L. > > > That's where they end up on my Mac after downloading from the Audible website. > > HtH.- Brad - > > On Jan 30, 2022, at 11:19, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVision

Re: Where are audible books located on my mac?

Thank you to all those who responded. It’s certainly a step backwards. Andrew > On 31 Jan 2022, at 14:43, Barry Hadder wrote: > > /Users//Library/Containers/com.apple.BKAgentService/Data/Documents/iBooks/Books/Audiobooks > >> On Jan 31, 2022, at 02:42, 'Andrew Laman

Unable to setup family sharing with different apple id for purchases

Hi, I’m in this for ever irritating situation of having two apple IDs: one for ICloud & one for App store, purchases, books etc. I’m setting up family sharing and naturally I’d like the members of the family to use purchases I’ve got with a different AppleID. I’ve followed Apple’s instruction

Re: Unable to setup family sharing with different apple id for purchases

card will be charged, > but the official owner would be Charlotte > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On Feb 4, 2022, at 16:38, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >> wrote: &g

Re: Alternativ web browser

I find myself using Brave more and more often. Very fast. Download it from www.brave.com and look for an appropriate platform. You can install Brave on all your devices and have them synced. Andrew > On 24 Feb 2022, at 08:29, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > > Hi, > > severa

Mouse cursor follows voiceover cursor or ignores voiceover cursor

Hi, The subject explains my dilemma. Is it better to set mouse cursorr to ignore voiceover cursor or follow it? What is your experience. I’d appreciate your comments. Andrew -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions o

Re: Sent Folder in Mac mail?

Each account will have its own sent folder but there’s also the “all sent” folder which you can find in the list of all your mailboxes. I simply start typing all sent & I get taken to the box. Then vo+rightt a couple of times and you should be in the list of all sent messages. Once voiceover

Re: 1Password on Mac

I’d send their support team an email. They’ve always been extremely supportive to our accessibility needs. so please do contact them via support link. Andrew > On 25 Mar 2022, at 15:22, Brett Lewis wrote: > > Hi, > I have to use 1password for work and I have found that on the Mac, 1password

Re: issue navigating a document in Word on Mac

Hi, I sometimes experienced a similar issue in other word processing application - can’t remember which now. I think it may have something to do with the way the text wraps in the window. Look in Ms Word settings to see if there’s an option that says something like “wrap to window” that needs

Bookmarks not syncing yet again

Hi, I’ve asked for your help before and followed your advice but my safari bookmarks don’t seem to be syncing across all my macs which are connected to the same wifi network. They run on Catalina, Big Sur and Monterey. Would the syncing of bookmarks in Safari be affected if I created them whi

Can't add bookmarks in latest Safari 15.4

Hi, Just wanted to check or ask you to check whether you are able to add new bookmarks in Safari latest 15.4. I don’t seem to be able to bookmark any pages at all regardless which OS on my mac I use: Big Sur, Catalina, Monterey: the same thing happens. Can’t bookmark anything. Thanks, Andrew

Re: Can't add bookmarks in latest Safari 15.4

as in Bookmarks Menu or Favourites, then > press return. It shows up where it is supposed to. > > Later… > > > Tim Kilburn > Jamf Certified Tech > Apple Professional Learning Specialist > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurr

Re: Can't add bookmarks in latest Safari 15.4

ith Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Apr 20, 2022, at 14:04, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >> wrote: >> >> Hello Tim, >> >> It’s so weird but that’s

Re: VOiceDream Reader is out for Mac.

I was disappointed to see that it is subscription based too. I’d rather pay one-off fee even it were to be high. Andrew > On 3 May 2022, at 00:03, Brad Snyder wrote: > > I'm not going to pay $4.95 per month. I'll stick with using the one on my > iPhone. > > - Brad - > > On May 2, 2022, at

Re: Fast Way to Switch Voices?

No, I don’t think there is. I assume you run Big Sur or Catalina? It used to be very easy to do so but since Sierra, you have to arrow through a myriad of other voices to change back between two different languages. Apple is not taking much notice of this side of things but do badger them as

Re: Daisy Reader on the Mac?

Hi, On Dolphin website it says easy reader for mac is not available in UK. Is this possible? Andrew > On 19 Dec 2020, at 03:32, Gerry Cook wrote: > > Hi! > Don’t be shy to ask if you need help with it. > I will try to help you out. > /A > >> 17 dec. 2020 kl. 23:22 skrev 'Larry Honaker' via M

Item chooser causes Safari to report busy in Big Sur

Hi, In Big Sur when I’m in Safari and activate item chooser menu, Safari reports busy and I can’t use this feature. I have to escape from item chooser menu to be able to use safari again. Anybody can confirm this? It makes item chooser menu in Safari unusable. Shame as it is such a useful fe

Re: Daisy Reader on the Mac?

I know, I was shocked when I read it on the website. > On 22 Dec 2020, at 10:59, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > It sound a bit strange as they are in the UK. > Rubbish I tell you but what do I know. > /A > >> 21 dec. 2020 kl. 19:16 skrev 'Andrew Lamanche

Re: Contacts not transferring from Mac to iPhone

Hi, I have had problems similar to yours. try to sign out of your iCloud on your phone and back in to see if it is going to solve the problems. It’s a nuisance. > On 30 Dec 2020, at 20:58, Agent086b wrote: > > Hi all, > I created a contact on my Mac yesterday. Problem is it will not transf

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