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Sent from my iPhone On 04/02/2013, at 3:44 PM, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics > > How to Jailbreak iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS Using evasi0n [iOS > 6.1 - iOS 6] [4 Updates] > Boot camp Linux [1 Update] > Uncut demonstration of jailbreak iOS six using voice over [1 Update] > strange happenings in apple mail [3 Updates] > password prompt for no reason [2 Updates] > o. t.: Microsoft Office for Mac! Important: read and leave comments! [6 > Updates] > Google books [3 Updates] > QuickTime plugging Apple Mail problem. [1 Update] > word count for mac? [2 Updates] > anyone store the movies in their iTunes library on a portable hard drive? [1 > Update] > Adding Album Art in iTunes [1 Update] > How to Jailbreak iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS Using evasi0n > [iOS 6.1 - iOS 6] > "Raul A. Gallegos" <r...@raulgallegos.com> Feb 04 12:32PM -0600 > > Hello everyone. I am just passing this along. Unfortunately I am out and > about today on my day job and so am unable to jailbreak my iPhone. > > http://www.iphonehacks.com/2013/02/how-to-jailbreak-iphone-using-evasi0n-ios-6-1-ios-6.html#.UQ_90Il5mc0 > > > Ray Foret Jr <rfore...@att.net> Feb 04 12:56PM -0600 > > I say, ain't this illegal? Why would anyone want to do this to an Iphone 5 > anyhow? > > > Sent from my mac > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray > Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! > > > > Scott Rumery <blindfait...@gmail.com> Feb 04 03:33PM -0500 > > No it is not illegal. A person might want to Jailbreak their iPhone to take > advantage of some cool apps that Apple doesn't allow in their app store. > > > Michael Babcock <michael.babcoc...@gmail.com> Feb 04 01:43PM -0700 > > It is not illegal to jailbreak your device, there was a ruling in 2010 that > the Federal Communications Commission deemed it to not to be inappropriate to > jailbreak your device. However, last Saturday, started another thing that the > Federal Communications Commission began in 2010. This is, it is illegal to > unlock your device. > Jailbreaking your device provide you rude access to the device, and allows > you to make any modifications to the device that you would like. Whereas, > unlocking a device will allow you to utilize of that device that was designed > for a specific carrier, on another carrier's network. The FCC no longer wants > individuals to purchase phones at discounted prices, and then move them to > better networks. > You can hear a demonstration of the jailbreaking process on my blog below. > In my opinion, this is one of the easiest process is once you get it going, > that there has been for jail braking iOS > Michael > > http://empoweringtheblind.com > Empowering the blind, one step at a time. > > > > > Boot camp Linux > Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> Feb 04 03:35PM -0500 > > Another question is how Linux-specific you're going to get since OSX is > Unix underneath. So shell scripts, file permissions and all that jazz > can be done there the same as any other unix box. > > CB > > On 1/21/13 7:14 PM, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote: > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > > Uncut demonstration of jailbreak iOS six using voice over > Michael Babcock <michael.babcoc...@gmail.com> Feb 04 01:26PM -0700 > > For those of your curious about the jailbreak process, I created a brief > uncut audio file of me actually jailbreaking my iPhone 4S. This process is > very simple, and you can hear this pod cast here: > http://empoweringtheblind.com/blog/uncut-demonstration-of-jailbreak-ios-six-using-voice-over/?id=workwithmike > Please use the comment field on the website to provide me with any of your > comments. You can utilize sites such as Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, and > Twitter so you don't have to create an account on the site to comment. > Obviously, I would appreciate it if you shared this link with any other > friend you may have. > Michael > > > strange happenings in apple mail > Jed Barton <j...@jedbarton.com> Feb 04 02:16PM -0500 > > Hey guys, > Whenever i am outside of apple mail it's telling me that i am getting > messages, it starts reading who it is from, etc. > I'll be in another window, and it'll start saying who it is from. Should this > happen? > > > Daniel C <topdog2...@gmail.com> Feb 04 02:54PM -0500 > > Yes, it's because you have AppleMail opened, it's just notifications in case > you needed to say, wait for an important message. > > > Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> Feb 04 02:59PM -0500 > > You can go to system preferences, then notification center, and disable mail. > Right now, it is popping up a notification for every message, and vo is > dutifully reading out those announcements. > > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > password prompt for no reason > Jed Barton <j...@jedbarton.com> Feb 04 02:06PM -0500 > > Hey guys, > > On this new macbook, i have told it to never go to sleep. Yet about every 10 > minted if i just sit here with the screen open and don't touch the keyboard, > it'll ask for the password. > Any ideas? > > > Esther <mori...@mac-access.net> Feb 04 09:29AM -1000 > > Hello Jed, > > There are two things happening: > 1) Your security settings are checked to require a login password if your > computer goes to sleep or if the screensaver goes on > 2) You screensaver is set to go on if there is no activity in 10 minutes. > > Neither of these settings have to do with your energy saver settings for > computer sleep or display sleep, except that it doesn't make sense to have > the screensaver go on after the display goes to sleep. > > I think you can fix this by going to your System Preferences for "Security & > Privacy". You may need to press the "Click the lock to make changes" button > and supply your password before you can change the setting. Either uncheck > the check box that requires a password for the screen saver or display sleep > or set the pop up button to only have this kick in after a long time of > inactivity -- like an hour. Then click the lock again to prevent further > changes. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Feb 4, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Jed Barton wrote: > > > > o. t.: Microsoft Office for Mac! Important: read and leave comments! > SaraFord <saraf...@microsoft.com> Feb 04 09:39AM -0800 > > > > Esther <mori...@mac-access.net> Feb 04 08:15AM -1000 > > Hello Sara, > > The quickest resource to point you to is Apple's VoiceOver Downloads page: > http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/downloads.html > > That contains the link to the current VoiceOver Getting Started Guide (that > is also on your computer if you start up VoiceOver with Command-F5), and can > be accessed once VoiceOver is turned on by pressing Control-Option-F5 by > accessing the VoiceOver Help menu with Control-Option-h > > The Control and Option key combinations are referred to here as the > "VO-Keys", and are pressed in combination with other letters. So to bring up > the help menu with VO-h means pressing Control-Option-h. > > When you turn on VoiceOver with Command-F5, you will be taken through an > introduction training in the basics. More details are given in the VoiceOver > Getting Started Guide (on the web), with a summary of commands in the > appendices. > > There are different resources for learning about the accessibility APIs for > developers. Another good place to get basic information is the AppleVis.com > web site under the Users Guides, David Woodbridge has been running a series > of podcasts for new Mac users there, and also has a number of resources at > the Vision Australia Web site. > > This is an older link to their web pages, but is more suited to an > introductory impression: > Adaptive Technology Related POD casts, files, and links > <http://www.adaptive-tech.org/ess/html/> > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Feb 4, 2013, at 7:39 AM, SaraFord wrote: > > > > Esther <mori...@mac-access.net> Feb 04 08:50AM -1000 > > Hello Sara, > > Some more quick additions of sources of information on VoiceOver related > topics: > > I mentioned earlier in the thread that you can find out a lot about previous > discussions on these lists by using the Mail Archives web page for this list > at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > and running a search in the text box. Searching supports wild cards, boolean > arguments, date range, author, and many other features, but you can get a lot > from just putting in basic searches. Apart from the fact that the search > algorithms are much better than the ones from Google Groups, and that the > pages are accessible to all user platforms and browsers, what is particularly > useful is the ability to read up and down threads with access key > combinations, because you can quickly view exactly what posts a user is > responding to in the context of long threads. I forgot to note that if you > start up Safari without VoiceOver running, the access key prefix combination > is "Control-Option" and not simply "Control", so you would press > Control-Option-n to read the next post in the thread. The archived list posts > go back to December 2005, before this list moved to Google Groups in 2009. > The old archives are at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss@macvisionaries.com > > The mac-access list, another list for Mac VoiceOver users, is also archived > at the mail archive site, and is searchable: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net > > If you want to find out about more lists of Mac users, many of these are > summarized at John Panarese's Macfortheblind.com web site. You can also > create a web shortcut file for the mail-archive sites to email or place on > your Desktop, or elsewhere. This was previously detailed here, but is more > easily found on the "Tips and Tricks" page at John's site: > http://macfortheblind.com/Tips-and-Tricks-for-the-Mac > (VoiceOver users can use item chooser menu VO-i to navigate to "Web Shortcut > Files", or navigate by heading). This web shortcut file works on Windows > machines, too. to open the default browser to the designated web page. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Feb 4, 2013, at 8:15 AM, Esther wrote: > > > > Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> Feb 04 10:55AM -0800 > > I don't think anybody wants to go back to "being isolated" as you put it. > What they do want are certain features not available in the mainstream, such > as what Anna has pointed out in her posts about the AccessNote app. I didn't > hear her or anybody else who is enjoying the app say they want to be > isolated. They want to get jobs done efficiently, and if the mainstream > doesn't offer that, then they will use those apps that do, and never mind who > produced them. These phones and apps are tools, means to an end, not > sociological statements about blind ghettos and other such nonsense. > > Mary > > Mary Otten > motte...@gmail.com > > > Chris H <christopher...@gmail.com> Feb 04 06:57PM > > It's all down to exchange rates. The Us dollar will always be more > expensive than the Gb pound. Cheeky I know but that's life. > > > Christopher Hallsworth > > On 04/02/2013 16:09, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > >> Sent from my iPhone > > >> On Feb 4, 2013, at 9:47 AM, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> > >> wrote: > > >>> I haven't seen accessnote and i think the price tag is outrageous just to > >>> test and probably diss the product. What i for the life of me can not > >>> understand and probably never going to get an answer to is this: Why do > >>> we blind people so want to get back to the isolated state we were in > >>> before the IPhone? Why do we want to get back to being in the hands of > >>> people who make apps that are badly coded, lacks the most common features > >>> and often, though admittedly not always is a downright insult of our > >>> inteligence and to a ridiculous price when other apps exist that work? Is > >>> it because we've talked to the developers of apps and haven't got > >>> positive responses quickly enough? Is it that we lack the knowledge to > >>> tell the developers what we want? I don't know, the only thing i know is > >>> what i remember from when this list started, and how it has developed up > >>> to now. I also know i'm going to get flamed to bits for saying this, it's > >>> just that i think it needs to be said. Not that it matters, i a > m only one voice and one voice can be ignored, and i may even be wrong > altogether in what i feel, so i don't know anything. > > > Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> Feb 04 11:02AM -0800 > > My input here is that what you are stating is that by the time Word and Excel > become accessible most people either won't switch or like something better. > > > Google books > Nancy Wyman <nancywyma...@gmail.com> Feb 04 09:46AM -0500 > > Hello, > I need to purchase a book that I can only find through Google books. Is is is > it accessible? Will there be a way for me to read the book either on the Mac > or iPhone? > Thanks > Nancy > > Nancy Badger, Ph.D > Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services > UT Chattanooga > Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. > > > Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> Feb 04 06:48AM -0800 > > Yes, you can go to the Google Play site in Safari on the Mac or use the > Google Play app on the IPhone. The books are a little tricky to read on the > desktop. You just have to press the "next page" button instead of using > standard browser keystrokes. > > HtH, > Teresa > > > On the other hand, there are different fingers. > > > > Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> Feb 04 10:46AM -0800 > > When looking at google books, you have to make sure it contains text and > isn't just scanned images. If it is just scanned images, as many of them are, > it will not be accessible. > > Mary > > Mary Otten > motte...@gmail.com > > > QuickTime plugging Apple Mail problem. > Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> Feb 04 01:03PM -0500 > > I found this article about the problem but it seems to be related to OSX > 10.6, Java, Mail add-ons and system updates. > > http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20013991-263.html > > CB > > On 2/3/13 6:26 AM, Danny Noonan wrote: > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > > word count for mac? > Traci <our4p...@gmail.com> Feb 04 09:26AM -0800 > > In the app Bean, hit command-option-G, this will give you word count, > character count, and a few other statistics. > > HTH, > Traci > 1 step, 2 step, ... 1,311 steps! I can do the BIG CLIMB 2013, with your > support. Our efforts will help make a big difference in the fight against > blood cancers. Please give to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Learn more & > donate here. Thank you. > http://www.llswa.org/site/TR/Events/BigClimb?px=1570735&pg=personal&fr_id=1250 > > > > Ray Foret Jr <rfore...@att.net> Feb 04 11:29AM -0600 > > I thought Bean was rather unstable and somewhat crash prone. > > That so? > > > Sent from my mac > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray > Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! > > > > anyone store the movies in their iTunes library on a portable hard drive? > "Phil Halton" <philh...@gmail.com> Feb 04 10:47AM -0500 > > in that case, I think it was ricardo who gave the advice to uncheck the "add > media to iTunes library", or something like that in the iTunes preferences. > Then, when you add the movie files to your iTunes library, it'll just make a > pointer to them instead of actually copying them over to the iTunes library. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna Goodin" <doniado...@me.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 9:25 PM > Subject: Re: anyone store the movies in their iTunes library on a portable > hard drive? > > > > > Adding Album Art in iTunes > Emilio <emilio.s.hernan...@gmail.com> Feb 04 06:46AM -0800 > > Hello Esther and others, > > > I am writing because I observed in the message that Ester has been having > some issues with Audio Book Binder(ABB) . I am not sure if this program is > the same app available in the Appstore, but if so, I have not had any > issues joining audio books longer than 14 hours. > > While I will agree that chapter navigation is not possible, it is not a > deal-breaker. > > However, when converting my audio books so as to join them using ABB, I > first remove the DRM protection using Tunes4Mac Audio Converter, which can > be purchased from http://www.tune4mac.com. The caveat for this software is > that audio books should be imported into iTunes, so they can be recognized > by the program. With this said, upon launching Tunes4Mac will highly > suggest that you do not use iTunes while the conversion takes place. Upon > completion the books will be placed in an “audio books” folder within the > “documents” folder. These files will be converted into the m4a format. At > which time, then you can join the tracks using ABB regardless of the > length, as it has been proved in my case. For instance, Moby Dick by Herman > Melville is 26 hours as a single track, The Camel Club by David Baldacci is > 16 hours, and Bag of Bones by Stephen King is 21 hours. > > > Hope this has been helpful. > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group > macvisionaries. > You can post via email. > To unsubscribe from this group, send an empty message. > For more options, visit this group. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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