Facilitator: Chanelle

Topics:  Getting acquainted with a Mac Laptop keyboard after being a PC user; considerations for purchasing an external keyboard; learning names and locations of keys via Keyboard Help; accessing the VoiceOver Quick Start Tutorial; purposes/uses for VoiceOver Commands help; online resources for learning keyboard commands; finding app-specific commands via the menu bar; how to tell whether ethernet is active; what services require WiFi; toggling WiFi on/off in the Control Center; how to force quit an app; advisability of updating to macOS Sequoia; searching all Mail messages on the Mac; creating email rules for moving messages into folders and advantages of moving items manually; how to select text on a website with advertisements; toggling between rich text and plain text in TextEdit; Brave Browser accessibility with VoiceOver; trouble Using Trackpad Rotor in Safari; how to have less hints and VoiceOver speech; differences between iOS VoiceOver rotor and web rotor; how to quickly answer a FaceTime call; online resources for Mac courses; view all the songs in a playlist on Apple Music; how to play recents on Apple Music; is backup with Time Machine still necessary.

Facilitator: Chanelle Allen
Topics: Concern about not updating to Sequoia: what was email from RIM about; what is RIM (Remote Incident Manager); How to get signed up for the Mac class; How to activate Siri using the touch bar or keyboard; Is there a tone to let you know Siri is listening when you enable Hey Siri; Advantages of switching to a Mac in terms of VoiceOver and other accessibility features and compatibility with LibreOffice/other Windows apps used by sighted colleagues; Magnification on Mac versus Windows; Dark Mode on the Mac; Keyboard command to turn on Smart Invert/Invert Colors; Command-Option-F5 to bring up a menu to choose accessibility settings; How to connect Zoomax EReader to the Mac; Is it possible to connect the Humanware EReader to the Mac; What does VO-V stand for; Demo: Adding voices to the Speech Attributes rotor in macOS Sequoia; How to make VoiceOver stop talking; How to delete an email message; How to use Function keys without having to touch the touch bar; Key assignments when using Windows keyboard on Mac; Unable to type in the final field of a web form requiring initials; Keyboard commands for moving through form fields; How to download Google Chrome for Mac; Audio cannot be heard after Loopback update; How to set up VoiceOver languages and auto detect language change; How to download voices in other languages.

Facilitator: Chanelle Allen

Facilitator: Chanelle Allen

Topics:   How to copy a link from an email and save it for future use; How to set up VoiceOver Preferences on a MacBook Air 2018; How to interact and select something in a table; Using the Trackpad two finger swipes to interact and uninteract; Should automatic updates be turned off; Printing an envelope with TextEdit; Demo: how to enable Reader on a webpage in Safari; How to stop VoiceOver speech; Experiences with using Be My AI for getting help on the Mac; Advantages and considerations when using RIM for screen share; How to generate table of contents links based on sections of a Pages document; Tip: Use Alexa's ChatGPT skill to ask about Apple information; Tasks that are easier to do on the Mac versus iPhone; Differences between the Messages app on Mac and iOS; Opening a website from macOS Safari on the iPhone using Handoff; Differences between list view and column view in Finder; How groups in Finder work; Visual appearance of column and list view; What is safe to delete and how to accomplish it; How to turn off accidental toggling of Mission Control; Easier keyboard alternatives to Mission Control; Voice Control as an alternative for using the Mac; Ease of using Braille on the Mac.

Facilitator: Chanelle Allen

Topics: Working around quirks of the Mail Send Later feature; what to do when editing Word documents shared by others: compatibility in TextEdit and Pages; learning curve for Word on Mac: ribbon, footnotes, spellcheck, and keyboard commands; screen reader and PDF files on an older 2013 Mac; how to react to and delete messages in the Messages app; the m commands: menu bar, shortcut menu, menu extras, and actions menu); converting or exporting Pages documents to Word; using advanced features such as breakout rooms in Zoom on the Mac; checking audio and video settings in Zoom; finding settings in other apps like Teams; how to use streaming services on the Mac; YouTube in Safari: navigating via headings and locating tabs; how to add an email sender to contacts; adding a contact in Messages on Mac; creating keyboard shortcuts for menu items; how to create keyboard commands using the function keys on the extended Magic keyboard with numeric keypad; features of the Satechi Bluetooth Extended Numeric Keypad; dismissing popups and dialogs on the Mac; uses for the numpad; advantages of the Apple Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad.

Facilitator: Chanelle Allen

Topics: How to dismiss alerts that pop up when filling out web forms; caution when using suggested strong password on Southwest.com; why is one site more accessible in other browsers; how to enroll in the Mac Training class and find the YouTube channel; how to install Chrome; text replacement works in Chrome but not Safari; Amadeus Pro: how to set multiple markers in a file and see time between them; has anyone had success with Logic Pro on the Mac; is it possible to turn off Zoom alerts on the iPhone as you can on the Mac; use crown button on AirPods to mute microphone in Zoom on Mac; why is there no keyboard command to mute VoiceOver speech; how to create a mute command; what is the most efficient way to move through and fill out a form; preferences for when to use Quick Nav; how to access and change number formats for data in Numbers; use Control+F5 to move to and interact with the toolbar in any app; other useful Mac keyboard shortcuts and where they are found in System Settings; why does the Finder open on restart; latest macOS Sonoma bug: Finder always launches with the last window that was open before Mac restart; pressing the button twice on AirPods brings up Siri and does not mute or unmute microphone on Zoom; Mac Studio description: comparison to Mac Mini; best method for clearing RAM and shutting down; how to learn new commands and gestures without getting overwhelmed; resources, mindset, and strategies for learning the Mac.

Facilitator: Chanelle Allen

Topics: Can you purchase a Mac on Amazon; How to make an alias to a link in Safari; How to add or remove a widget with VoiceOver on Mac; can Jaws go on the Mac; How to get to Messages on a Mac; Why would you want a widget on the Mac; Differences between mac and iOS widgets; How do you write and format a resume on the Mac; VO command to determine font and formatting; Is there a way to fix a corrupted update file on the Mac; What is the process of installing an app from a website; Differences between PKG and DMG; How to deal with an app that doesn't seem to open (specific example is Pontes Media Downloader); What is the start speaking item in the edit menu in Pages; Difference between pressing arrow keys by themselves and using modifiers with arrows; Difference between information provided by VO commands vs keyboard commands; Shortcut for starting dictation; Proper method for ejecting removable media from the Mac; How to prevent message about drive not ejected completely when computer goes to sleep; VoiceOver freezes when opening the lid so the password click sound isn't heard; Why do option-m and option-s sometimes make beeping noise; Settings in power and battery options pertaining to drives.

Facilitator: Chanelle Allen

Facilitator: Chanelle

Topics:

What is "Press Ok" actually, VO-K) in the practice area of the VoiceOver tutorial; Defining the VO modifier; first line or letter navigation; toggling quick key navigation and Quick Nav; What is Sonoma; inexplicable reason Mac Operating systems have names and iOS does not; ways of accessing the touch bar on a Mac and using function keys without the bar; how to turn on VoiceOver on touch bar Mac; Mac Calendar: setting up repeat occurrences for the correct date and custom repeat interval; how to answer a FaceTime call with VoiceOver; problems with single key navigation on the Mac; alternatives to VoiceOver navigation: Numpad Commander and Keyboard Commander; why people use external keyboards; reasons to use magic tap gesture or create a keyboard command to simulate it; how to create aliases for Zoom links; Zoom keyboard command to bring the main window in focus from anywhere; how to Transfer apps and layout from iPhone to Mac; Quick shortcuts for opening apps on Mac; apps and Services that Transfer over from iPhone; where to find things when the Desktop is blank; Mac lost contact with phone: how to get reconnected; how to shut down the Mac and the three shortcuts for entering menus with VoiceOver; would using the Help button provide information in Finder; explanation of the Help button in certain system dialogs such as System Settings and VoiceOver Utility; what is a collection: how you got there and how to get out; collections in the Messages app; can collections help with organization; password doesn't work after Mac update: try resetting VoiceOver with Command-F5; exporting and importing mailboxes; use a Mac as a secondary monitor for another Mac particularly for WhatsApp authentication with QR codes; keyboard shortcut to take a screenshot.

Facilitator: Chanelle