[audio-pals] Re: Self Teaching on the iMac
- From: Thomas McMahan <thomas.mcmahan@xxxxxxx>
- To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 22:54:15 -0500
Well they have actually improved a little over the years, but they could still
improve it more. Although I still hope for the day when html5 makes flash and
those captchas become extinct.
On Aug 13, 2014, at 8:44 PM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for this information. I had to wait till Amanda got home to click the
> next button and then the finish button. They are a pain on the windows side
> of things as well, but I believe they are coming out with some self
> installers.
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:39 PM
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>
> Okay if you have an app that says not responding, or doesn’t seem to be, do
> command option escape. That brings up othintication window. If you can’t
> find it you may have to go into the window chooser to find the othintication
> window that is VO keys f2 twice, the f2 that is while holding down the VO
> keys. Interact in the table in othintication, find the app, then back out.
> You don’t have to click the app, then click force quit. A dialog will come
> up tell it to force quit again and it will force it. That can also relaunch
> finder for you too. Strangely enough sometimes you may have to do it.
>
> As for flash installers and updates, those are a pain. Just use your tab key
> to find the function you want it to do, then try either your return key or
> spacebar. Using the VO spacebar doesn’t seem to work. Same with stuff
> involving Java both of those are problematic. They are both also in
> accessibility of your system preferences. Why they are there I don’t know,
> but they have been since Mavericks came out.
>
> In fact with Java to check i think it opens up the Java window and you then
> have to do VO m to see the apple menu then you have it check for updates.
> Even if you set these things to automatically update, they don’t always do
> it, or it might be a day later than when it comes out, although since you
> live in the Eastern time zone, maybe not. A buddy of mine in Ohio gets his
> updates ahead of me over 90% of the time. Sometimes mine are almost a day
> later if I just wait for them. So when he tells me of an update then I go
> check sometimes they are available and sometimes they aren’t.
>
> On Aug 13, 2014, at 1:48 PM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> I found the one that shuts down the computer quickly by accident. I had the
> help keys on going through those keys trying to figure everything out. I
> thought maybe the mute key had been activated, then I realized the computer
> had been shut down. I am in the process of trying to install Adobe Flash
> Player, but it doesn’t seem to be taking. At one time I had about three flash
> player installers on the computer *LOL*. Then I got it narrowed down to one.
> However, when I go to the html window I make my selection and then I click
> next and nothing seems to be happening. I could have kicked myself one time.
> I waited and waited, I hit the next button a few times without any success.
> So, after a while I decide to shut down the window and it quits but not
> before telling me that Adobe was 90% installed. I have found the force shut
> down keys to if a program is not responding.
>
> From: audio-pals-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 12:38 PM
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> Subject: [audio-pals] Re: Self Teaching on the iMac
>
> Command q. Command w closes windows sometimes, command q the app, don’t need
> vo keys for everything there are key commands universal to mac as well.
> Control option command eject for example is a fast way to power off your
> machine. Handy if a storm is coming up fast. I know those don’t happen
> often where you live, but lightning where you live can reach fast. That
> avoids the dialogs etc. If your phone is hooked on the machine at same time
> you will hear it blip as it switches over to battery power and that is a good
> confirmation that the machine is off, besides the lack of VO and the click on
> your volume controls of course.
>
> On Aug 13, 2014, at 7:41 AM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hey Tom,
> I know that pressing VO keys and I believe shift with the letter q or just
> VO keys and the q key shuts down the programs, but it shuts down everything
> including voiceover. Is there a way to close out programs without shutting
> down voiceover?
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