Activity monitor is under utilities. You can get information from it, but I am not sure if it is all the information it displays. I said to get someone because when mine went quiet there was no way for me to read any thing, so I needed sighted assistance to figure out which program was eating all my ram. OnceI found out the bad guy, I was able to fix my problem! Of course restarting now and then helps! I often forget I have mine running days without doing a good restart. :) Hope is working well for you now. Rachel.
On Nov 30, 2011, at 1:33 PM, Becky Knaub wrote: > Hi Rachel, > I realized I hadn't restarted in a while, so thought I might do that and see > if it works. How do you bring up the activity monitor? Does VO not read it? > My MBP is only a few months old so can't imagine I used that much hard drive > space. Probably just a lot of ram. > > Becky > On Nov 30, 2011, at 12:22 PM, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: > >> Today's Topic Summary >> Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics >> >> how to work with facebook? [2 Updates] >> where can I tips on general usage of safari bookmarks with vo [1 Update] >> Update to my monitor question [2 Updates] >> Looking for a monitor to connect to my mac mini [2 Updates] >> Little Mac Victories [2 Updates] >> Lastpass on the Mac [1 Update] >> where to start i I want to automate terminal commands [2 Updates] >> Burning Itunes purchases to CD? [2 Updates] >> Voice Over acting Odd [3 Updates] >> Clearing my question [1 Update] >> Google Chrome tutorial was off topic [1 Update] >> safari refuses to launch. [1 Update] >> Avout Voice Settings on Mac [1 Update] >> GarageBand Questions [4 Updates] >> how to work with facebook? >> Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> Nov 30 05:19PM +0100 >> >> Dear listers, >> >> What is the best way for a voiceover mac or an iphone user to work with >> facebook? I have a small app on my phone but its accessibility is not what >> you would wish for, to say it carefully. I just don't get the hang of it >> with all those unlabeled things that say image image button button button. >> The normal facebook site is big. I don't find my around there easily. >> There's also a mobile version, but is there an alternative? For example, >> another facebook app, not from the facebook team, an app that is accessible >> to voiceover? If we have to use either the regular or the mobile facebook >> site, do you have any information on what to ignore? >> >> Paul. >> >> "Mr. L. Alexander" <turningbyto...@gmail.com> Nov 30 05:01PM >> >> the problem with facebook extends to many thousands of sites across the >> world who do not properly code or object label their sites. each part of a >> site contains graphical links, etc which in cases are not labeled or if ar >> then left as numbers, making life EXTREMELY difficult for us all. >> >> it's not a case of an app in most cases to make a website accessible, it's a >> question of the developers listening to website accessibility requirements >> and documentation which is widely available and in many cases, developers >> comply with these rules and development requirements. >> >> that's the sad fact of it. I've lost count of sites I've had to work with >> where I've had to have sighted help even to get a bloomin phone number. >> >> the other ridiculous issue is CAPTCHA. don't get me started on this >> nightmare, then adding inaudible translations which are poorly recorded and >> distorted. an absolute joke. >> >> sorry. it's one of those days for Free Macs For The Blind where things >> aren't looking too good. >> >> lew >> >> >> On 30 Nov 2011, at 16:19, Paul Erkens wrote: >> >> > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> Mr. L. Alexander. >> Free Macs For The Blind. >> E-Mail: freemacsfortheb...@mac-access.net >> Direct line: 07936 877500 >> >> Free Macs For The blind is a charity project supplying older but working >> apple macs for blind and visually impaired people throughout the UK FOR FREE! >> >> Do you have an old unwanted mac, any hardware, software, old PC's, etc or a >> copy of outspoken 9.2 you would be willing to donate? please get in touch. >> >> Mac Access Dot Net; The British Mac Accessibility Network, we're here to >> help anybody disabled with anything Apple! >> http://www.mac-access.net >> >> where can I tips on general usage of safari bookmarks with vo >> Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> Nov 30 05:08PM +0100 >> >> Iona, >> I saved one of Esther's many useful posts on this topic. She answered Linda >> Adams and me. Here's the post, below. >> Hi Paul, >> >> Ricardo has given you the quick answer to using bookmarks. You can >> read a more detailed description about general navigation of your >> bookmarks in my archived post: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg21962.html >> (Re: moving and deleting bookmarks) >> >> I'll just briefly remark here that there is a general page for your >> bookmarks that you access with Command-Option-B, which is the shortcut >> for the "Show All Bookmarks" entry in Safari's Bookmarks menu. You'll >> greatly simplify your navigation of that page, and improve your >> understanding of its organization if you first hide your toolbar, >> bookmarks bar, and tab bar -- all options that toggle between show and >> hide with shortcuts listed in the View Menu on the menu bar (Command- >> Shift-Backslash, Command-Shift-B, Command-Shift-T). At that point, >> after you interact with the scroll area, pressing tab will move you >> between three areas: a table of different collections of bookmarks >> such as your navigation history, your Bookmarks Bar, your Bookmarks >> Menu, and any folders you may have created to organize your bookmarks >> on this page; a search text field that you can also move to directly >> with Command-F, and a table listing individual bookmarks in your >> selected bookmark collection by bookmark name and address. The >> general action will be to interact with the table of collections and >> select a bookmark collection or folder and then to tab to the table >> listing the individual bookmark entries and interact, then navigate to >> the bookmark of interest and activate it by pressing space bar. You >> can also reduce the list of entries to navigate through in that second >> table by using the search field to type in Bookmark names or parts of >> bookmark names, and then only matching entries will be shown in the >> second table. The usual navigation options of typing the first few >> letters in the name of a bookmark to move to it and/or using your up >> and down arrow keys will work here. There are also context menu >> options for editing bookmark name or address, copying or deleting, etc. >> >> As Ricardo mentioned, the first nine bookmarks saved to the Bookmarks >> Bar on your Bookmarks page have the special property that they can be >> launched by pressing the Command key together with the number of the >> bookmark. (You can hide your bookmarks bar and still activate the >> first nine bookmarks by pressing Command and the number from 1 to 9 >> for the bookmark you want.) However, note that whenever you save a >> new bookmark to the Bookmarks Bar, it becomes bookmark number 1, and >> displaces the previous first bookmark, which is now number 2, etc. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Nov 28, 2011, at 9:10 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: >> >> >> Update to my monitor question >> matthew Dyer <ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com> Nov 30 09:56AM -0500 >> >> Hi all, >> >> I managed to connect my vga addapter. My question is this. How can I tell if >> it is working. I don't have a monitor as of yet as I am still trying to find >> one, but I was under the empression that it is supposed to make the machine >> act as if a display is connected.Is there a way to find out if it is >> working? Thanks. >> >> Matthew >> >> Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> Nov 30 10:22AM -0500 >> >> Without a VGA monitor or the NTSC contraption attached your Mac will >> endlesly scan for a non-existant monitor which will bog it down. Not >> sure how to tell if the Mac thinks there is a display hooked up at the >> moment but if you're getting a lot of voiceover busy messages that's >> usually a symptom. >> >> CB >> >> On 11/30/11 9:56 AM, matthew Dyer wrote: >> >> Looking for a monitor to connect to my mac mini >> matthew Dyer <ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com> Nov 30 10:06AM -0500 >> >> Thanks. I only asked about t bird because yyou were using the mac version to >> responde to my message. as for this box device you were refering to, can you >> get this localy. If any how I could get this work it would be nice for now. >> >> Matthew >> >> >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >> >> Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> Nov 30 10:14AM -0500 >> >> Dunno about finding the box locally. Might try the usual suspects like >> Radio Shack or Best Buy. Best buy has one for $64 here: >> >> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/StarTech.com+-+VGA-to-TV+Video+Converter/Scaler/9682896.p?id=1218265849967&skuId=9682896&st=ntsc%20vga&cp=1&lp=1 >> >> Radio Shack as one for $85 here: >> >> http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2486440 >> >> Might be others around where you live. >> >> CB >> >> On 11/30/11 10:06 AM, matthew Dyer wrote: >> >> Little Mac Victories >> Sarai Bucciarelli <sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com> Nov 29 08:17PM -0600 >> >> We told you so! Nice job. Keep fighting the urge to use Windows. >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 5:46 PM, Traci wrote: >> >> >> Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> Nov 30 07:13AM -0800 >> >> Isn't that fun? :) >> >> Teresa >> >> "We are made of star-stuff"--Carl Sagan, Cosmos >> >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 6:17 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: >> >> >> Lastpass on the Mac >> Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> Nov 30 07:10AM -0800 >> >> Quite usable. >> >> Teresa >> >> "The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete Graham >> >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 1:09 PM, agent086b wrote: >> >> >> where to start i I want to automate terminal commands >> Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com> Nov 29 08:52PM -0500 >> >> Hi all, >> >> I would love to create a script or what ever that I can call up to perform a >> series of terminal commands. I had a look at the automator and found a >> record option to type in all the steps. I performed the actions but when I >> tried to run the action got an error. I suspect that the key sequence goes >> to fast since it is saying that terminal is not running when it was expected >> to. >> Any ideas how to do this or where to look for prewritten scripts I can >> modify? >> Is the script editor a better option than automator? >> >> I have no formal scripting experience but have read and written jaws scripts >> using their manual but really nothing fancy. >> >> Thanks for any suggestions. >> >> Ioana >> >> Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> Nov 30 10:03AM -0500 >> >> You could just do the script in the shell as well and skip automater. >> Just put each command line by line in a text file and then modify the >> text file to be executable with >> >> chmod a+x >> >> after that you can just run that text file and it will execute all the >> commands inside as though you had typed them. I often use this for >> repetitive tasks and just name the file "g" for "Go". One tricky bit is >> the shell will look in certain places (directory paths) for files to run >> and often times this is not your present directory. So unless I add the >> present directory (usually denoted as a dot or period) to my path I have >> to specify it when doing my "g" command: >> >> ./g >> >> If you want I can give you the commands to add . to your path and avoid >> the ./ nonsense. >> >> CB >> >> On 11/29/11 8:52 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: >> >> Burning Itunes purchases to CD? >> Sarai Bucciarelli <sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com> Nov 29 08:13PM -0600 >> >> Hi: >> I don't think you need to backup your iTunes purchases anymore because you >> can just redownload them. >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >> >> Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> Nov 30 09:59AM -0500 >> >> True, but there is still something about having it permanently on the >> shelf. Not that Apple is going away any time soon but it certainly has >> happened with other online music services. For a large library, >> re-downloading can also take a while. Of course everybody now days has >> local backups with Time Machine, right? >> >> CB >> >> On 11/29/11 9:13 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: >> >> Voice Over acting Odd >> Becky Knaub <becnc...@embarqmail.com> Nov 29 08:44PM -0500 >> >> Hi all, >> VO is acting really odd on my MBP today. It has stopped talking all the >> sudden three different times. I had to restart it and then it was fine. >> Anyone got any suggestions? Also does anyone know why Safari often keeps >> saying busy? >> >> Becky and C >> >> Rachel Magario <maga...@gmail.com> Nov 29 07:54PM -0600 >> >> I can think of 3 things. >> 1. check if you running low in your hard drive space. >> If I get less than 50 Gb of hard drive my VO gets slow because I use loads >> of applications running at once. >> 2. turn your activity monitor on and ask somebody to check who is taking the >> most of your ram when vo gets quiet. >> 3. this must be really far off, but once I had so many attachments that when >> I turned my mail on my vo got really slow. I had to clean like 20 gb of >> attachments on my mail, but you are probably not data horder like me. But >> just in case. >> HTH, >> Rachel >> >> >> >> >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Becky Knaub wrote: >> >> >> Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@sbcglobal.net> Nov 30 08:35AM -0600 >> >> Hi y'all. >> My computer was being a really naughty computer yesterday. I updated it late >> yesterday afternoon, and I sure hope Apple has now fixed it. My speech >> froze; I turned speech off and back on, but it wasn't always fine. Sometimes >> it killed the speech altogether and kept running the braille display. I know >> this is going to sound weird, but it seemed to me that it behaved better >> when I changed voices from Alex to Samantha. I decided I'd rather put up >> with the changes in pitch occasionally than have to restart all the time. I >> also noticed that sometimes quitting TextEdit worked to restore things. >> >> Regards, >> Gigi, who is hoping my Mbp behaves better today >> >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Becky Knaub wrote: >> >> >> Clearing my question >> Francisco Salvador Crespo <crespofranciscosalva...@gmail.com> Nov 29 11:37PM >> -0300 >> >> Hi, >> >> My question is: what shortcut can i use to change voice attributes for >> content, status or the default voice, can you understand me now? >> >> Thanks a lot, >> >> Francisco >> >> Google Chrome tutorial was off topic >> Barry Abbott <bpabbo...@gmail.com> Nov 29 10:24PM -0400 >> >> Hello Hank. If you have Google Chrome installed and have added the Google >> Chrome speech extension from the google web store. >> >> Press the Google Chrome key (control+option)+h which puts you in chrome >> help. One of the links there is the interactive tutorial. >> >> Barry >> >> >> On 2011-11-27, at 1:16 PM, Hank Smith wrote: >> >> >> safari refuses to launch. >> "Jessica" <stevies...@gmail.com> Nov 29 08:47PM -0800 >> >> I've just recently tried to launch safari, only to have voiceover tell me >> "open," like it normally does when I perform the "open," command, only it >> just sits there and refuses to do anything. I've tried to launch other aps, >> and they've opened perfectly fine, so don't understand what the problem is, >> and have restarted the computer, and nothing has helped. >> Has anyone ever had this issue? >> Are you looking for a free home based business that will also pay you a good >> income? 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I press VO + command + the arrow keys and i get change it but >> only it changes with the buttons and the commands but not in the reading >> How can i do that? >> >> Thanks a lot and i with your answer >> >> GarageBand Questions >> Gavin Grundlingh <g.batw...@gmail.com> Nov 29 11:12PM +0200 >> >> Hi Ricardo, >> >> Thanks for the tip on extending loops. The reason I originally asked >> the question was because the song I'm trying to create consists of >> several different loops, one after the other. I'd like to then take >> tha multi-looped section and repeat the whole thing a certain number >> of times. I planned to put all the bass on 1 track, all the piano on 1 >> track, all the drums on 1 track, and so on. Perhaps what I want to do >> would be better explained if I sent you the file. Is there a way I can >> get it to you? >> >> Regards, >> >> Gavin >> >> >> Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> Nov 29 04:26PM -0500 >> >> Hi, >> >> What your trying to do is certainly doable. I do this in my projects all the >> time. Do you have dropbox? This would probably be the easiest way to get me >> your track. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >> www.mobileaccess.org >> >> On Nov 29, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Gavin Grundlingh wrote: >> >> >> Gavin Grundlingh <g.batw...@gmail.com> Nov 29 11:33PM +0200 >> >> Hi Ricardo, >> >> Yes, I have dropbox. 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