Don’t mean to be picky, but strictly speaking VO D opens and takes you into the
dock where you will find the apps which appear there. If you want to access a
list of all apps on the Mac then hit shift command A. That will take you into
a list with which you’ll be prompted to interact which means pressing shift VO
keys and down arrow. This all sounds complicated but after a while it becomes
like riding a bike…though that’s not a very good comparison is it’s something
I’ve never managed to master.
On 26 Apr 2016, at 19:36, Michael Cassidy
<mike.cassidy137@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:mike.cassidy137@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Trace,
No, there is no start menu. Control-Option d will give you access to the apps.
In order to read a document from the Mac on a PC, from Pages you have to export
the document as a Word document. I’ll send you some tutorial-type documents.
Best wishes,
Mike
On 26 Apr 2016, at 14:48, Spring Flower
<spring.flower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:spring.flower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
hi, thanks for this, my mac arrived to day along with an ipod as i'm doing a
major clear out of my cd's as i'll have it all on the ipod with a back up.
i've so far noticed that there are cursor keys which i assume i use in the same
way as i would on a pc
is there a start menu
trace
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Cassidy<mailto:mike.cassidy137@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Access-UK<mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 9:03 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: mac laptops
Hi Trace,
As Ed says, Macs are very accessible out of the box. There will be some
learning curve, but there is plenty of learning material on the
Applevis.com<http://applevis.com/> website. That’s how I learned; I paid for a
year’s one-to-one but I didn’t need to use it. I now use both PC and Macbook
without much difficulty at all.
Hth
Mike
On 21 Apr 2016, at 15:06, Edward Green
<edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Trace,
Yes, Voiceover comes as standard and it'll talk right out of the box.
The Macbook Air and Macbook Pro both have USB. The Macbook might too though I'm
not sure.
You can also copy your iTunes library using an external drive, though if you
want to save to it from the Mac, you may need to reformat it.
Ed
On 21 Apr 2016, at 14:56, Iain Lackie
<ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
You could use iTunes Natch. This would give access to your iTunes library on
all your devices. You would have to pay, but I think it's worth it.
Iain
On 21 Apr 2016, at 2:20 pm, Spring Flower
<spring.flower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:spring.flower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
hi
how accessible are mac laptps, i assume that they'll come with voice over
already loaded as is the case with the iphones etc
do they come with usb slots etc
i have stuff on external drives from a windows laptop, woud it be hard worki to
get this stuff on a mac.
one of the things is my itunes library which i've inported from cd in to itunes
via a windows 7 sony vaio, how would i get5 that in to itunes on a mac
thanks and sorry for being so thick
trace
