Mac: Parallel Books Don't Advance (or Retreat) With Arrow Keys

Another thread this morning reminded me I had a new-Mac-user issue.

When my wife and I started using Macs, I noticed that the right-left arrow key maneuver in Logos did not advance through parallel books. The Pong ping sound was all I got. Manually selecting a book from the Parallel Books menu works, but that's not as fun or fast. So, this morning I opened the Parallel Books menu and clicked about, just to see if the Archie Bunker TV repair method (slap TV on side) would work. Wadyaknow, it started working. I tried a similar tactic on my wife's Mac, but no dice.

I have vision issues, so it's likely I have missed something. On Windows, ti just worked without any additional intervention. Is there some gnostic nod-wink sequence needed to set this up on a Mac (which I just stumbled upon unknowingly on my computer)?

The computers are identical: iMac 24 (M1); macOS Ventura 13.2.1; Logos Desktop 23.2.35.

BTW, the Wiki has Cmd+Arrow for the keyboard shortcut, but 'arrow' only works on my Mac, and neither works on my wife's.

Here's a screenshot of my Mac (the one where it works):

Here's a screenshot of my wife's Mac (the one where it doesn't work):

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JT (alabama24)

When my wife and I started using Macs, I noticed that the right-left arrow key maneuver in Logos did not advance through parallel books. The Pong ping sound was all I got. Manually selecting a book from the Parallel Books menu works, but that's not as fun or fast. So, this morning I opened the Parallel Books menu and clicked about, just to see if the Archie Bunker TV repair method (slap TV on side) would work. Wadyaknow, it started working. I tried a similar tactic on my wife's Mac, but no dice.

The likely issue is that the panel was not active (which means some other panel was). I have never had any issues with this feature on any of my Macs.

DMB

Like JT, I don't have the arrow-ing issue ... at least on Bibles (other than the 735 possible choices, not all at once)

For a long time, on non-Bibles, you had to be positioned correctly (at the headword) in order to avoid disaster (layout getting destroyed). That seems to now work a lot better.

It still gets mixed up on indices. If you're using a specific index, for whatever reason it'll quietly change indices on you (and then the arrow key impact).

Robert M. Warren

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1251939#Comment_1251939

The likely issue is that the panel was not active

Thanks for the reply, but no, only one panel was open and it was selected.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1251951#Comment_1251951

Can you replicate and afterwards provide a screenshot?

Robert M. Warren

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1251969#Comment_1251969

I have discovered the cause for the issue on my wife's Mac. I was testing that one using Splashtop remote, since I'm too clumsy to navigate a guitar stand and other begging-to-be-knocked-over items in her office. Splashtop was not properly transmitting the arrow keys. We tried it in-person and it works.

This, however, doesn't explain my initial difficulties with mine. I will use such vestigial superstition as sanctification hasn't yet remedied to explain that.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1252089#Comment_1252089

Go back to my first post and try troubleshooting again. If it doesnt work, grab logs and screenshots.

Robert M. Warren

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1252100#Comment_1252100

Thanks. Both are working now, so I'm calling it a goodie. It was all probably a compound Robertism.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1252106#Comment_1252106

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