growl

[Badger, Nancy]

I know this has been discussed before and I apologize.  I just had a window pop 
up on my mac that said "growl helper app system dialog."  When I tried to read 
it, nothing happened.  What is growl and how do I deal with it?  I didn't even 
know I had it, that's why I didn't pay attention to the previous emails.
thanks
Nancy
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LibreOffice 3.5.0

[Chris Blouch]

Maybe it's just me but the new release of LibreOffice (the open source 
competitor to OpenOffice) seems to be even worse for voiceover support. 
At least on OpenOffice I could navigate a spreadsheet and it would 
announce cell content. It wouldn't tell me which column or row I was in 
but at least I got something. LibreOffice announced nothing and after a 
few moments I started getting Voiceover Busy messages and then the whole 
app crashed. This was on OSX 10.7 with 4GB RAM so it should have been 
fine from a host system perspective.


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a probably silly question about the IPhone

[Jean-Claude Provost]

Hi all,

I hope the moderators will forgive my slightly off-topic question on this list… 
 In my defence, I don't do this often:-)

How does one toggle the caps-lock function.  The user guide says to tap shift 
twice but, obviously, this can't work when using VoiceOver.

Thanks in advance for your answer…

Cheers to y'all!

JC

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Bookmarks

[Allison Manzino]

Hi all,

I remember someone asked about bookmarks on this list a while ago. To see the 
bookmark folders press VO B. To enable the folders to show up, you have to 
interact with the horizontal splitter and set it to above zero. Safari wile say 
busy, the only way to get out  of this busy dialog is to quit and relaunch 
VoiceOver. I do this regularly to enable me to select which bookmark folder I'd 
like. I also did a podcast on this issue. It can be found at:
http://gwenna.podbean.com


I hope this helps. have a great day.

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Re: LibreOffice 3.5.0

[Chris Blouch]

If anyone cares, I opened a bug on this:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46107

CB

On 2/15/12 9:57 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
Maybe it's just me but the new release of LibreOffice (the open source 
competitor to OpenOffice) seems to be even worse for voiceover 
support. At least on OpenOffice I could navigate a spreadsheet and it 
would announce cell content. It wouldn't tell me which column or row I 
was in but at least I got something. LibreOffice announced nothing and 
after a few moments I started getting Voiceover Busy messages and then 
the whole app crashed. This was on OSX 10.7 with 4GB RAM so it should 
have been fine from a host system perspective.


CB



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Re: Shared Drive

[Chris Blouch]

Everything you need to share your Mac hard drive to your windows box is 
already included in OSX. Just need to go into preferences, turn on File 
Sharing in the Sharing preferences then go to Options and turn on SMB 
(Windows) sharing. Further down there is also a list of users that you 
want to have SMB sharing access so you'll need to turn those on as well. 
So I log into my Mac as cblouch so on the windows side I map a network 
drive to \\ip_address_of_my_mac\cblouch and choose Connect using 
different credential and use my Mac username (cblouch) and password. 
That should be all there is to it. You'll get another drive on your 
Windows box which is actually the Mac's hard drive with all the usual 
folders.


CB

On 2/14/12 8:03 PM, Marc Grossman wrote:

I have both a Mac Mini and a separate Windows machine. I would like to be able 
to create a shared drive so that I do not need to send files back and forth 
with email or transfer with a thumb drive. For example, I might start working 
on a document on one machine and continue working on it with a different 
machine. I guess I want Dropbox functionality without dealing with Dropbox! I 
have no interest in running Windows on my Mac. Can somebody point out any web 
references that would explain how to do this? I am okay with purchasing new 
hardware if it is required.
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Re: a probably silly question about the IPhone

[Anne Robertson]

Hello Jean-Claude,

To put the shift lock on, place one finger on Shift and tap twice with another 
finger. To take the shift lock off again, place one finger on Shift and tap 
once with another finger. I'm in touchtyping mode.

A un de ces quatre,

Anne

On 15 Feb 2012, at 15:58, Jean-Claude Provost wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I hope the moderators will forgive my slightly off-topic question on this 
> list…  In my defence, I don't do this often:-)
> 
> How does one toggle the caps-lock function.  The user guide says to tap shift 
> twice but, obviously, this can't work when using VoiceOver.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your answer…
> 
> Cheers to y'all!
> 
> JC
> 
> Jean-Claude Provost
> jc.prov...@dansmacave.com
> 
> 
> 
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Re: a probably silly question about the IPhone

[Alex Hall]

Alternatively, move to shift, then tap three times. The tripple tap
with vo on is the same as the double tap with vo off. As Anne pointed
out, split tapping twice does the same thing, which I didn't know.

On 2/15/12, Anne Robertson  wrote:
> Hello Jean-Claude,
>
> To put the shift lock on, place one finger on Shift and tap twice with
> another finger. To take the shift lock off again, place one finger on Shift
> and tap once with another finger. I'm in touchtyping mode.
>
> A un de ces quatre,
>
> Anne
>
> On 15 Feb 2012, at 15:58, Jean-Claude Provost wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I hope the moderators will forgive my slightly off-topic question on this
>> list…  In my defence, I don't do this often:-)
>>
>> How does one toggle the caps-lock function.  The user guide says to tap
>> shift twice but, obviously, this can't work when using VoiceOver.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your answer…
>>
>> Cheers to y'all!
>>
>> JC
>>
>> Jean-Claude Provost
>> jc.prov...@dansmacave.com
>>
>>
>>
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multipart archives

[erik burggraaf]

Hi all,  anyone know what opens a multipart 7zip archive?  rar expander took 
responsibility for it but then said the 7zip file was not a valid rar archive, 
which of course, it isn't.

Thanks,

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Re: multipart archives

[Courtney Curran]

Hi,
I think a program called The unarchiver will work, it's free in the mac app
store.
HTH,
Courtney

Sent from my iPad

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Hi all,  anyone know what opens a multipart 7zip archive?  rar expander
took responsibility for it but then said the 7zip file was not a valid rar
archive, which of course, it isn't.

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Re: multipart archives

[Matt Dierckens]

Hi, There's an app called stuffit expander and it does exactly what you need..
Matt
Sent from my macbook pro

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> Hi all,  anyone know what opens a multipart 7zip archive?  rar expander took 
> responsibility for it but then said the 7zip file was not a valid rar 
> archive, which of course, it isn't.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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Re: a probably silly question about the IPhone

[Wes Smith]

If you do the s

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 15, 2012, at 7:58 AM, Jean-Claude Provost 
wrote:

Hi all,

I hope the moderators will forgive my slightly off-topic question on this
list…  In my defence, I don't do this often:-)

How does one toggle the caps-lock function.  The user guide says to tap
shift twice but, obviously, this can't work when using VoiceOver.

Thanks in advance for your answer…

Cheers to y'all!

JC

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Re: a probably silly question about the IPhone

[Eugenia Firth]

Hi Wes. 
First, we ask questions about iPhones and iPads on here all the time. Many 
times they relate to the Mac anyway, and they are starting to be closely 
related questions too. 

It is not a is not a silly question on the iPhone that you asked. I couldn't 
get it to work at first, until I tried tapping on the on-screen shift three 
times instead of twice. Just remember that when the directions say once or 
twice, we've got to do an extra one. I got it to work when I did that. 

Regards y'all from Dallas, 
Gigi 

On Feb 15, 2012, at 10:32 AM, Wes Smith wrote:

> If you do the s
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Feb 15, 2012, at 7:58 AM, Jean-Claude Provost  
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I hope the moderators will forgive my slightly off-topic question on this 
>> list…  In my defence, I don't do this often:-)
>> 
>> How does one toggle the caps-lock function.  The user guide says to tap 
>> shift twice but, obviously, this can't work when using VoiceOver.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for your answer…
>> 
>> Cheers to y'all!
>> 
>> JC
>> 
>> Jean-Claude Provost
>> jc.prov...@dansmacave.com
>> 
>> 
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Re: a probably silly question about the IPhone

[Ray Foret Jr]

Well, you tap shift four times quickly.  At least, that's how I seem to 
remember it.


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> Hi all,
> 
> I hope the moderators will forgive my slightly off-topic question on this 
> list…  In my defence, I don't do this often:-)
> 
> How does one toggle the caps-lock function.  The user guide says to tap shift 
> twice but, obviously, this can't work when using VoiceOver.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your answer…
> 
> Cheers to y'all!
> 
> JC
> 
> Jean-Claude Provost
> jc.prov...@dansmacave.com
> 
> 
> 
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Re: a probably silly question about the IPhone

[Matt Dierckens]

Hi, I couldn't get this to work. Tried to do as you suggested for shift lock, 
and it just goes shift, and selected shift.
Matt
Sent from my macbook pro

On 2012-02-15, at 10:47 AM, Alex Hall wrote:

> Alternatively, move to shift, then tap three times. The tripple tap
> with vo on is the same as the double tap with vo off. As Anne pointed
> out, split tapping twice does the same thing, which I didn't know.
> 
> On 2/15/12, Anne Robertson  wrote:
>> Hello Jean-Claude,
>> 
>> To put the shift lock on, place one finger on Shift and tap twice with
>> another finger. To take the shift lock off again, place one finger on Shift
>> and tap once with another finger. I'm in touchtyping mode.
>> 
>> A un de ces quatre,
>> 
>> Anne
>> 
>> On 15 Feb 2012, at 15:58, Jean-Claude Provost wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I hope the moderators will forgive my slightly off-topic question on this
>>> list…  In my defence, I don't do this often:-)
>>> 
>>> How does one toggle the caps-lock function.  The user guide says to tap
>>> shift twice but, obviously, this can't work when using VoiceOver.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance for your answer…
>>> 
>>> Cheers to y'all!
>>> 
>>> JC
>>> 
>>> Jean-Claude Provost
>>> jc.prov...@dansmacave.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: Captcha Solving on the Mac

[Adie]

Hi all

It's not just people with hearing impairments who have trouble with
these audio captchas. They are, generally speaking, of appalling
quality. The ones which contain a sentence, as opposed to unrelated
words and numbers, are a little easier, but really, how can any site
think they are fit for purpose?

I usually try to record what the thing says, but it often is
completely indecipherable. Sometimes I swear I have it right and it
still rejects it.

The site which most annoys me is the UK govt e-petitions site, which
has these for all signatories. My MP even complained to the Cabinet
Office and we just got the brush off. Have any of these people ever
tried one of these themselves? I think not.

It is particularly offensive when they then tell you it's to test if
you are human. Presumably they thk we are not.

Anyway, even I sometimes get fed up of complaining about them to site
owners, but I suppose we just have to keep doing it until they stop
using them. There are other more accessible solutions to the humanity
thing.

Grump

Adrienne
On Feb 14, 8:28 pm, Mark BurningHawk Baxter 
wrote:
> Google, FB, Twitter, all have audio captchas.  for people with hearing loss, 
> these prove abysmally challenging, but even I have managed to solve them.  
> They're not at all easy, and I dread the thought of trying to re-sign-up for 
> Craigslist because of this.
>
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Re: Captcha Solving on the Mac

[Esther]

Hi,

I've used the audio captcha for Google Groups, and agree this isn't ideal, but 
it's doable. I know this won't work for everyone, but the original poster has 
an iPhone, I think.  What about using the free VizWiz app, taking a picture of 
the screen with the iPhone camera, and sending a question, "What is the text in 
this captcha?"  Alternatively, as suggested earlier, you can take a screen 
capture with Command-Shift-3 and send this as an attachment via email to a 
sighted friend.  The files show up on your Desktop.

HTH. Cheers,

Esther
 
On Feb 15, 2012, at 7:41 AM, Adie wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> It's not just people with hearing impairments who have trouble with
> these audio captchas. They are, generally speaking, of appalling
> quality. The ones which contain a sentence, as opposed to unrelated
> words and numbers, are a little easier, but really, how can any site
> think they are fit for purpose?
> 
> I usually try to record what the thing says, but it often is
> completely indecipherable. Sometimes I swear I have it right and it
> still rejects it.
> 
> The site which most annoys me is the UK govt e-petitions site, which
> has these for all signatories. My MP even complained to the Cabinet
> Office and we just got the brush off. Have any of these people ever
> tried one of these themselves? I think not.
> 
> It is particularly offensive when they then tell you it's to test if
> you are human. Presumably they thk we are not.
> 
> Anyway, even I sometimes get fed up of complaining about them to site
> owners, but I suppose we just have to keep doing it until they stop
> using them. There are other more accessible solutions to the humanity
> thing.
> 
> Grump
> 
> Adrienne
> On Feb 14, 8:28 pm, Mark BurningHawk Baxter 
> wrote:
>> Google, FB, Twitter, all have audio captchas.  for people with hearing loss, 
>> these prove abysmally challenging, but even I have managed to solve them.  
>> They're not at all easy, and I dread the thought of trying to re-sign-up for 
>> Craigslist because of this.
>> 
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Re: Vo Support for Brailliant 40?

[Shanna Stichler]

I did that, yes. VO can't seem to detect the display, even though if I pair 
it as I would any other bluetooth device, my computer has no problems. Also, 
my IPhone will not find the device at all.


Shanna

-Original Message- 
From: chris hallsworth

Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7:37 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Vo Support for Brailliant 40?

Did you go to settings, general, accessibility, VoiceOver, Braille? This
is the place to pair Braille displays, and not via settings, general,
bluetooth.


Christopher H

On 14/02/2012 12:57, Shanna Stichler wrote:

Hi all,
I recently acquired a Brailliant 40 BI display. My distributor told me
that this product would pair with IOS devices and my MacBook, however
this does not appear to be the case. I have no problems using the
Brailliant with a Windows machine, but so far have had absolutely no
luck with anything Apple.
I have done my own research, and it seems that this particular display
is not yet supported with VO, but I thought I’d check on this list. Has
anyone had luck with one of these things. I really hope so, because I
absolutely fell in love with the display, and I’d love to keep it.
Shanna

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Re: Vo Support for Brailliant 40?

[Matt Dierckens]

Hi Shana,
My best bet is to just wait until we hear something from apple about this.
Matt
Sent from my macbook pro

On 2012-02-14, at 11:25 AM, Shanna Stichler wrote:

> I did that, yes. VO can't seem to detect the display, even though if I pair 
> it as I would any other bluetooth device, my computer has no problems. Also, 
> my IPhone will not find the device at all.
> 
> Shanna
> 
> -Original Message- From: chris hallsworth
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7:37 AM
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Vo Support for Brailliant 40?
> 
> Did you go to settings, general, accessibility, VoiceOver, Braille? This
> is the place to pair Braille displays, and not via settings, general,
> bluetooth.
> 
> 
> Christopher H
> 
> On 14/02/2012 12:57, Shanna Stichler wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I recently acquired a Brailliant 40 BI display. My distributor told me
>> that this product would pair with IOS devices and my MacBook, however
>> this does not appear to be the case. I have no problems using the
>> Brailliant with a Windows machine, but so far have had absolutely no
>> luck with anything Apple.
>> I have done my own research, and it seems that this particular display
>> is not yet supported with VO, but I thought I’d check on this list. Has
>> anyone had luck with one of these things. I really hope so, because I
>> absolutely fell in love with the display, and I’d love to keep it.
>> Shanna
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Re: Mounting a network drive

[Paul Henrichsen]

Thanks, John. Exactly what I needed. I know exactly the dialog you are talking 
about as I had to remove two items which showed up as running at startup, but 
which I had uninstalled.
Thanks.

On Feb 14, 2012, at 3:45 PM, John Panarese wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> 
>OK, this is in System preferences.  Start there.
> 
> 1. Choose, Users and Groups
> 2. Choose your account.
> 3. Choose the login tab
> 4. Navigate to the table of applications that will run at startup.
> 5. Navigate to the, Add, button, and VO-space on it.
> 6. When the dialog opens, navigate to the sidebar as you would in any 
> application dialog.  Choose the network drive and then navigate to the volume 
> list.
> 7. Navigate to the, open, button, and after you vo-space on it, the volume 
> should be added to the table of applications.
> 
> Take Care
> 
> John Panarese
> jpanar...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 14, 2012, at 6:31 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote:
> 
>> John. I'm not seeing any sidebar. The only add button I'm seeing after doing 
>> a command K is the add favorite server button.
>> And there is no sidebar there.
>> Where are you seeing the add button? Can you give me the steps starting from 
>> the desktop?
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> On Feb 14, 2012, at 3:08 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>> 
>>>  Yes, you have to press the, VO-space, on the, add button.  When the dialog 
>>> opens, go to the sidebar and select your network drive.  Then, from the 
>>> file list, select the actual volume or volumes you want to mount at start 
>>> up.  It's just like adding an application to your startup items.  YOu don't 
>>> need command-k once you set this up.  The volumes will appear on your 
>>> desktop mounted.
>>> 
>>> Take Care
>>> 
>>> John Panarese
>>> jpanar...@gmail.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Feb 14, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote:
>>> 
 Thanks for that. The recent servers menu button helped since I couldn't 
 remember the exact name of the drive.
 One more thing, though. Is there any way to get the drive to mount 
 automatically so I don't have to press command K?
 At least one keystroke is better than seven or eight; but is there a way 
 to get it to mount automatically when the mac is turned on?
 Thanks.
 
 On Feb 14, 2012, at 10:08 AM, Søren Jensen wrote:
 
> Hi.
> This is a very annoying known issue in Lion. I don't remember what Apple 
> scrued up but they broke some of the protocols which cause this issue. 
> The easiest thing you can do is press command k in Finder, and type the 
> following: smb:// and then the name on your network drive.
> Here is an example:
> smp://server
> and then press enter. If you have more than one network drive, you can 
> store these as your favorit drives. Otherwise you just have to write this 
> once, and then the address to your network drive won't be deleted next 
> time you press command k.
> Best regards:
> Søren Jensen
> Mail & MSN:
> s...@coolfortheblind.dk
> Website:
> http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/
> 
> Den 14/02/2012 kl. 18.41 skrev Paul Henrichsen:
> 
>> Hi. Is there a way to mount my network drive connected to my apple 
>> router whenever I boot my system?
>> Right now, I have to go into the finder sidebar and mount it so it shows 
>> up on my desktop.
>> Once I do that, it remains on the desktop until the next time i boot up.
>> Thanks.
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Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

[John Panarese]

No, you can still fool the newer Minis into thinking you have a monitor.  I 
have a mid 2011, and it works fine without a monitor.  You need to get a mini 
VGA display port and a  converter box.  It's a setup that will run about $60 in 
total, but it works fine if you really don't want or you don't have a monitor.

Take Care

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> You definitely need to at least have a monitor connected, the older minis, 
> from before 2008 could get around this by connecting the adapter that allows 
> you to connect it to a TV through the RCA plug. All newer minis however, must 
> be connected to a monitor, no way around it.
> On Feb 14, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Bill Holton wrote:
> 
>> Beofre I bought my Mini I called Apple twice and asked if this would be a
>> problem.  They assured me it would not.  Recently dealing with another
>> related issue they told me they had never received any complaints about
>> minis not working properly without a monitor.  I sent htem a half dozen
>> emails from people who had.  Now they don't respond to me anymore.
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:24 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!
>> 
>> Do you have the mac mini connected to a monitor, if not, it may cause this
>> kind of behavior, the monitor does not need to be turned on, just connected.
>> On Feb 12, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Steve Holmes wrote:
>> 
>>> I just installed Dropbox this afternoon on my new mac mini.  I thought
>>> it installed OK and it even synced up my files from the host but now I
>>> constantly get "Finder busy" all the time whenever I open *ANY* window
>>> in the finder! At this point, the Finder is completely useless while
>>> the Dropbox app is running.  If I go into my login preferences and
>>> remove Dropbox from the startup list and log back in, I can use the
>>> finder like always.  As soon as I launch Dropbox from the
>>> applications folder or allow it to run at login, Finder goes to hell
>>> in a handbag!
>>> 
>>> Has anyone else experienced thins kind of thing? 
>>> 
>>> Note, I am using a mac mini without a monitor connected.  I surely
>>> hope this isn't also going to be a problem like the auto starting of
>>> VO when no monitor is connected.
>>> 
>>> Hey, I really want to use Dropbox but this performance hit is a show
>>> stopper for me.
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Re: a probably silly question about the IPhone

[James Scholes]

Matt Dierckens wrote:
> Hi, I couldn't get this to work. Tried to do as you suggested for shift lock, 
> and it just goes shift, and selected shift.
Did you actually try typing after tripple-tapping Shift?  Because that is 
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Re: A Question About Facebook Apps and The Mac

[Traci]

Hello, I don't know the answer to your first question.

However, on my Mac I use a combination of the full FB site on Safari, and a Mac 
App called MenuTab.

Good luck, and welcome to the Facebook world.  :)

Traci
Sent by Macbook Air Mail

On Feb 14, 2012, at 4:48 PM, M. Taylor wrote:

> Hello Everyone,  
> 
> I am going to cross-post this because I don't know which group will be more
> likely to know the answer.
> 
> I have finally capitulated and begun using FaceBook.  
> 
> I am using Facebook on both my iPhone and my MacBook.  
> 
> I have joined a Facebook group.  When I comment on someone's post to the
> group, I do not see my comment on my own wall.  
> 
> Can someone please tell me if this can be done and, if so, what must I do to
> make it happen.  
> 
> Again, I want any comments I make to someone else's post to show up on my
> wall.  
> 
> Also, I remember someone posting, somewhere, that using the FaceBook mobile
> site as the best place to interact with FaceBook.  Is this still true?  
> 
> If you prefer to reply off-list, my email address is:
> mk...@ucla.edu  
> 
> Thank you all in advance.
> 
> Most Sincerely and a Little Frustrated, (Smile) 
> 
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Launch Private Browsing?

[Traci]

So, I'm successful in creating a keyboard shortcut to begin private browsing 
once I've launched Safari, wooh-hooh!  Is there a way to create a shortcut to 
launch Safari in private browsing mode?  I have right option s to launch 
Safari, it would be cool to have option shift s to launch it in private 
browsing mode.

Thanks all,
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Re: A Question About Facebook Apps and The Mac

[Mark BurningHawk Baxter]

I don't know of an app other than Safari to use with a Mac and FB.  I use the 
mobile site, and I navigate the posts from others' walls I subscribe to by 
repeatedly using the VO Command H, move between headings, commands; all the 
stuff on my wall happens under heading level six, apparently.  I do have a 
problem with the page auto-refreshing periodically, but a bunch of repeated 
taps of the headings command, or an items chooser for a name or word I remember 
gets me back to where I was relatively painlessly.  I use the full site, just 
because that's what I cut my teeth on.

Comments you make to someone else go on *THEIR* wall, not your wall, so there's 
no way to have them show up unless you copy them manually into the text box for 
your own wall posts.  Then, you'd also have to copy the relevant thread, so I 
really think this is not very efficient, but it's the only way I can think for 
your comments on someone else's wall to show up on yours.


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Re: a probably silly question about the IPhone

[Matt Dierckens]

Yeah I did. I tped a letter, then typed another, and it just did a lower case 
letter.
Matt
Sent from my macbook pro

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> Matt Dierckens wrote:
>> Hi, I couldn't get this to work. Tried to do as you suggested for shift 
>> lock, and it just goes shift, and selected shift.
> Did you actually try typing after tripple-tapping Shift?  Because that is 
> exactly what VO is supposed to say.
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Re: a probably silly question about the IPhone

[James Scholes]

The first letter of a sentence, or the first letter you type in a text field, 
is usually always capitalised.  Thus, type your first letter, then activate 
shift lock.
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Re: Captcha Solving on the Mac

[Jennifer Perdue]

Just for the record.  I also have a problem deciphering captious and I have no 
problems with my hearing at all.  They are just difficult in general.

Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks
On Feb 15, 2012, at 11:41 AM, Adie wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> It's not just people with hearing impairments who have trouble with
> these audio captchas. They are, generally speaking, of appalling
> quality. The ones which contain a sentence, as opposed to unrelated
> words and numbers, are a little easier, but really, how can any site
> think they are fit for purpose?
> 
> I usually try to record what the thing says, but it often is
> completely indecipherable. Sometimes I swear I have it right and it
> still rejects it.
> 
> The site which most annoys me is the UK govt e-petitions site, which
> has these for all signatories. My MP even complained to the Cabinet
> Office and we just got the brush off. Have any of these people ever
> tried one of these themselves? I think not.
> 
> It is particularly offensive when they then tell you it's to test if
> you are human. Presumably they thk we are not.
> 
> Anyway, even I sometimes get fed up of complaining about them to site
> owners, but I suppose we just have to keep doing it until they stop
> using them. There are other more accessible solutions to the humanity
> thing.
> 
> Grump
> 
> Adrienne
> On Feb 14, 8:28 pm, Mark BurningHawk Baxter 
> wrote:
>> Google, FB, Twitter, all have audio captchas.  for people with hearing loss, 
>> these prove abysmally challenging, but even I have managed to solve them.  
>> They're not at all easy, and I dread the thought of trying to re-sign-up for 
>> Craigslist because of this.
>> 
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>>  • AIM, Skype and Twitter:  BurningHawk1969
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Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

[Cara Quinn]

John, thanks for the tip that this option is still available.

I wonder though; -seems like for the price, one might just as well by an 
inexpensive monitor! lol!

Thanks again and have an awesome day!…

Smiles,

Cara :)
On Feb 15, 2012, at 10:12 AM, John Panarese wrote:

   No, you can still fool the newer Minis into thinking you have a monitor.  I 
have a mid 2011, and it works fine without a monitor.  You need to get a mini 
VGA display port and a  converter box.  It's a setup that will run about $60 in 
total, but it works fine if you really don't want or you don't have a monitor.

Take Care

John Panarese
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On Feb 14, 2012, at 11:35 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:

> You definitely need to at least have a monitor connected, the older minis, 
> from before 2008 could get around this by connecting the adapter that allows 
> you to connect it to a TV through the RCA plug. All newer minis however, must 
> be connected to a monitor, no way around it.
> On Feb 14, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Bill Holton wrote:
> 
>> Beofre I bought my Mini I called Apple twice and asked if this would be a
>> problem.  They assured me it would not.  Recently dealing with another
>> related issue they told me they had never received any complaints about
>> minis not working properly without a monitor.  I sent htem a half dozen
>> emails from people who had.  Now they don't respond to me anymore.
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:24 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!
>> 
>> Do you have the mac mini connected to a monitor, if not, it may cause this
>> kind of behavior, the monitor does not need to be turned on, just connected.
>> On Feb 12, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Steve Holmes wrote:
>> 
>>> I just installed Dropbox this afternoon on my new mac mini.  I thought
>>> it installed OK and it even synced up my files from the host but now I
>>> constantly get "Finder busy" all the time whenever I open *ANY* window
>>> in the finder! At this point, the Finder is completely useless while
>>> the Dropbox app is running.  If I go into my login preferences and
>>> remove Dropbox from the startup list and log back in, I can use the
>>> finder like always.  As soon as I launch Dropbox from the
>>> applications folder or allow it to run at login, Finder goes to hell
>>> in a handbag!
>>> 
>>> Has anyone else experienced thins kind of thing? 
>>> 
>>> Note, I am using a mac mini without a monitor connected.  I surely
>>> hope this isn't also going to be a problem like the auto starting of
>>> VO when no monitor is connected.
>>> 
>>> Hey, I really want to use Dropbox but this performance hit is a show
>>> stopper for me.
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RE: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

[Bill Holton]

Amazon has nice ones that even include sound for about $100.
If you shop at buy.com or geeks.com you can probably do even  better.


-Original Message-
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cara Quinn
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 4:00 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

John, thanks for the tip that this option is still available.

I wonder though; -seems like for the price, one might just as well by an
inexpensive monitor! lol!

Thanks again and have an awesome day!.

Smiles,

Cara :)
On Feb 15, 2012, at 10:12 AM, John Panarese wrote:

   No, you can still fool the newer Minis into thinking you have a monitor.
I have a mid 2011, and it works fine without a monitor.  You need to get a
mini VGA display port and a  converter box.  It's a setup that will run
about $60 in total, but it works fine if you really don't want or you don't
have a monitor.

Take Care

John Panarese
jpanar...@gmail.com



On Feb 14, 2012, at 11:35 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:

> You definitely need to at least have a monitor connected, the older minis,
from before 2008 could get around this by connecting the adapter that allows
you to connect it to a TV through the RCA plug. All newer minis however,
must be connected to a monitor, no way around it.
> On Feb 14, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Bill Holton wrote:
> 
>> Beofre I bought my Mini I called Apple twice and asked if this would be a
>> problem.  They assured me it would not.  Recently dealing with another
>> related issue they told me they had never received any complaints about
>> minis not working properly without a monitor.  I sent htem a half dozen
>> emails from people who had.  Now they don't respond to me anymore.
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:24 PM
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!
>> 
>> Do you have the mac mini connected to a monitor, if not, it may cause
this
>> kind of behavior, the monitor does not need to be turned on, just
connected.
>> On Feb 12, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Steve Holmes wrote:
>> 
>>> I just installed Dropbox this afternoon on my new mac mini.  I thought
>>> it installed OK and it even synced up my files from the host but now I
>>> constantly get "Finder busy" all the time whenever I open *ANY* window
>>> in the finder! At this point, the Finder is completely useless while
>>> the Dropbox app is running.  If I go into my login preferences and
>>> remove Dropbox from the startup list and log back in, I can use the
>>> finder like always.  As soon as I launch Dropbox from the
>>> applications folder or allow it to run at login, Finder goes to hell
>>> in a handbag!
>>> 
>>> Has anyone else experienced thins kind of thing? 
>>> 
>>> Note, I am using a mac mini without a monitor connected.  I surely
>>> hope this isn't also going to be a problem like the auto starting of
>>> VO when no monitor is connected.
>>> 
>>> Hey, I really want to use Dropbox but this performance hit is a show
>>> stopper for me.
>>> 
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Re: a probably silly question about the IPhone

[Brett C.]

You may need to go to your phone settings, general, keyboard, and enable caps 
lock.

Brett C.

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> The first letter of a sentence, or the first letter you type in a text field, 
> is usually always capitalised.  Thus, type your first letter, then activate 
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Re: a probably silly question about the IPhone

[Matt Dierckens]

It is already selected. But I'll double check.
Matt
Sent from my macbook pro

On 2012-02-15, at 4:16 PM, Brett C. wrote:

> You may need to go to your phone settings, general, keyboard, and enable caps 
> lock.
> 
> Brett C.
> 
> On Feb 15, 2012, at 12:10 PM, James Scholes wrote:
> 
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>> activate shift lock.
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Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

[Esther]

Hi Cara and Others,

The original information about the adapter to fool recent generation  Mac Minis 
into thinking a monitor is connected came from Chris Blouch, as John mentioned 
in various earlier posts on this subject. I'll paste in Chris' post with the 
part number link below.

However, an easier way to find the link to specific adapter from Sewell 
Electronics is to Google for John's account, "Adventures with My Mac Mini" at 
macfortheblind, since he links the device there (I search on "macfortheblind 
mac mini monitor") to pull up this page at:
http://macfortheblind.com/?p=591

Here's the post to this list from Chris, from last August:

Right, as far as the Mini knows it is hooked up to a monitor, which happes to 
be the VGA to NTSC adapter. I think I paid about $30 for the VGA to NTSC box. 
Yup, it was this one:
http://sewelldirect.com/pc-to-tv.asp

It does take a USB port for power but my Mini has four so that was fine. I also 
already had an HDMI or displayport to VGA adapter from somewhere or other. I 
think they only ship with HDMI to DVI these days.
The end result is the mini stops its fruitless search for a monitor that isn't 
there so it can move on to more important things like doing your work.
CB


On Feb 15, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Cara Quinn wrote:

> John, thanks for the tip that this option is still available.
> 
> I wonder though; -seems like for the price, one might just as well by an 
> inexpensive monitor! lol!
> 
> Thanks again and have an awesome day!…
> 
> Smiles,
> 
> Cara :)
> On Feb 15, 2012, at 10:12 AM, John Panarese wrote:
> 
>   No, you can still fool the newer Minis into thinking you have a monitor.  I 
> have a mid 2011, and it works fine without a monitor.  You need to get a mini 
> VGA display port and a  converter box.  It's a setup that will run about $60 
> in total, but it works fine if you really don't want or you don't have a 
> monitor.
> 
> Take Care
> 
> John Panarese
> jpanar...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 14, 2012, at 11:35 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
> 
>> You definitely need to at least have a monitor connected, the older minis, 
>> from before 2008 could get around this by connecting the adapter that allows 
>> you to connect it to a TV through the RCA plug. All newer minis however, 
>> must be connected to a monitor, no way around it.
>> On Feb 14, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Bill Holton wrote:
>> 
>>> Beofre I bought my Mini I called Apple twice and asked if this would be a
>>> problem.  They assured me it would not.  Recently dealing with another
>>> related issue they told me they had never received any complaints about
>>> minis not working properly without a monitor.  I sent htem a half dozen
>>> emails from people who had.  Now they don't respond to me anymore.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
>>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:24 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!
>>> 
>>> Do you have the mac mini connected to a monitor, if not, it may cause this
>>> kind of behavior, the monitor does not need to be turned on, just connected.
>>> On Feb 12, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Steve Holmes wrote:
>>> 
 I just installed Dropbox this afternoon on my new mac mini.  I thought
 it installed OK and it even synced up my files from the host but now I
 constantly get "Finder busy" all the time whenever I open *ANY* window
 in the finder! At this point, the Finder is completely useless while
 the Dropbox app is running.  If I go into my login preferences and
 remove Dropbox from the startup list and log back in, I can use the
 finder like always.  As soon as I launch Dropbox from the
 applications folder or allow it to run at login, Finder goes to hell
 in a handbag!
 
 Has anyone else experienced thins kind of thing? 
 
 Note, I am using a mac mini without a monitor connected.  I surely
 hope this isn't also going to be a problem like the auto starting of
 VO when no monitor is connected.
 
 Hey, I really want to use Dropbox but this performance hit is a show
 stopper for me.
 

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Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

[John Panarese]

Absolutely.  If you can get a monitor, that is obviously the easiest 
solution.  In my situation, I don't have the space for a monitor with the 
current setup.  So, the converter box and adaptor fit the bill.  However, I do 
have a monitor around in case I need sighted assistance.  I just wanted folks 
to know that there is a setup that will work if they don't have a monitor and 
that Apple is not completely aware that the newer Minis still can't work well 
without a monitor.  Please contact me off list if anyone wants the actual 
hardware recommendations that were suggested to me and I now use.


Take Care

John Panarese
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On Feb 15, 2012, at 4:00 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:

> John, thanks for the tip that this option is still available.
> 
> I wonder though; -seems like for the price, one might just as well by an 
> inexpensive monitor! lol!
> 
> Thanks again and have an awesome day!…
> 
> Smiles,
> 
> Cara :)
> On Feb 15, 2012, at 10:12 AM, John Panarese wrote:
> 
>   No, you can still fool the newer Minis into thinking you have a monitor.  I 
> have a mid 2011, and it works fine without a monitor.  You need to get a mini 
> VGA display port and a  converter box.  It's a setup that will run about $60 
> in total, but it works fine if you really don't want or you don't have a 
> monitor.
> 
> Take Care
> 
> John Panarese
> jpanar...@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 14, 2012, at 11:35 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
> 
>> You definitely need to at least have a monitor connected, the older minis, 
>> from before 2008 could get around this by connecting the adapter that allows 
>> you to connect it to a TV through the RCA plug. All newer minis however, 
>> must be connected to a monitor, no way around it.
>> On Feb 14, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Bill Holton wrote:
>> 
>>> Beofre I bought my Mini I called Apple twice and asked if this would be a
>>> problem.  They assured me it would not.  Recently dealing with another
>>> related issue they told me they had never received any complaints about
>>> minis not working properly without a monitor.  I sent htem a half dozen
>>> emails from people who had.  Now they don't respond to me anymore.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
>>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:24 PM
>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> Subject: Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!
>>> 
>>> Do you have the mac mini connected to a monitor, if not, it may cause this
>>> kind of behavior, the monitor does not need to be turned on, just connected.
>>> On Feb 12, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Steve Holmes wrote:
>>> 
 I just installed Dropbox this afternoon on my new mac mini.  I thought
 it installed OK and it even synced up my files from the host but now I
 constantly get "Finder busy" all the time whenever I open *ANY* window
 in the finder! At this point, the Finder is completely useless while
 the Dropbox app is running.  If I go into my login preferences and
 remove Dropbox from the startup list and log back in, I can use the
 finder like always.  As soon as I launch Dropbox from the
 applications folder or allow it to run at login, Finder goes to hell
 in a handbag!
 
 Has anyone else experienced thins kind of thing? 
 
 Note, I am using a mac mini without a monitor connected.  I surely
 hope this isn't also going to be a problem like the auto starting of
 VO when no monitor is connected.
 
 Hey, I really want to use Dropbox but this performance hit is a show
 stopper for me.
 
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Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

[John Panarese]

Hi Esther,
Thanks for saving me the effort of digging up Chris's info.  I have it 
around here, but I can never remember which folder I saved it to.  *smile*

Take Care

John Panarese
jpanar...@gmail.com



On Feb 15, 2012, at 4:40 PM, Esther wrote:

> Hi Cara and Others,
> 
> The original information about the adapter to fool recent generation  Mac 
> Minis into thinking a monitor is connected came from Chris Blouch, as John 
> mentioned in various earlier posts on this subject. I'll paste in Chris' post 
> with the part number link below.
> 
> However, an easier way to find the link to specific adapter from Sewell 
> Electronics is to Google for John's account, "Adventures with My Mac Mini" at 
> macfortheblind, since he links the device there (I search on "macfortheblind 
> mac mini monitor") to pull up this page at:
> http://macfortheblind.com/?p=591
> 
> Here's the post to this list from Chris, from last August:
> 
> Right, as far as the Mini knows it is hooked up to a monitor, which happes to 
> be the VGA to NTSC adapter. I think I paid about $30 for the VGA to NTSC box. 
> Yup, it was this one:
> http://sewelldirect.com/pc-to-tv.asp
> 
> It does take a USB port for power but my Mini has four so that was fine. I 
> also already had an HDMI or displayport to VGA adapter from somewhere or 
> other. I think they only ship with HDMI to DVI these days.
> The end result is the mini stops its fruitless search for a monitor that 
> isn't there so it can move on to more important things like doing your work.
> CB
> 
> 
> On Feb 15, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Cara Quinn wrote:
> 
>> John, thanks for the tip that this option is still available.
>> 
>> I wonder though; -seems like for the price, one might just as well by an 
>> inexpensive monitor! lol!
>> 
>> Thanks again and have an awesome day!…
>> 
>> Smiles,
>> 
>> Cara :)
>> On Feb 15, 2012, at 10:12 AM, John Panarese wrote:
>> 
>>  No, you can still fool the newer Minis into thinking you have a monitor.  I 
>> have a mid 2011, and it works fine without a monitor.  You need to get a 
>> mini VGA display port and a  converter box.  It's a setup that will run 
>> about $60 in total, but it works fine if you really don't want or you don't 
>> have a monitor.
>> 
>> Take Care
>> 
>> John Panarese
>> jpanar...@gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 14, 2012, at 11:35 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
>> 
>>> You definitely need to at least have a monitor connected, the older minis, 
>>> from before 2008 could get around this by connecting the adapter that 
>>> allows you to connect it to a TV through the RCA plug. All newer minis 
>>> however, must be connected to a monitor, no way around it.
>>> On Feb 14, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Bill Holton wrote:
>>> 
 Beofre I bought my Mini I called Apple twice and asked if this would be a
 problem.  They assured me it would not.  Recently dealing with another
 related issue they told me they had never received any complaints about
 minis not working properly without a monitor.  I sent htem a half dozen
 emails from people who had.  Now they don't respond to me anymore.
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
 [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
 Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:24 PM
 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
 Subject: Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!
 
 Do you have the mac mini connected to a monitor, if not, it may cause this
 kind of behavior, the monitor does not need to be turned on, just 
 connected.
 On Feb 12, 2012, at 7:43 PM, Steve Holmes wrote:
 
> I just installed Dropbox this afternoon on my new mac mini.  I thought
> it installed OK and it even synced up my files from the host but now I
> constantly get "Finder busy" all the time whenever I open *ANY* window
> in the finder! At this point, the Finder is completely useless while
> the Dropbox app is running.  If I go into my login preferences and
> remove Dropbox from the startup list and log back in, I can use the
> finder like always.  As soon as I launch Dropbox from the
> applications folder or allow it to run at login, Finder goes to hell
> in a handbag!
> 
> Has anyone else experienced thins kind of thing? 
> 
> Note, I am using a mac mini without a monitor connected.  I surely
> hope this isn't also going to be a problem like the auto starting of
> VO when no monitor is connected.
> 
> Hey, I really want to use Dropbox but this performance hit is a show
> stopper for me.
> 
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accessible world classrooms

[Badger, Nancy]

I tried everything I could think of to get into the accessible world classrooms 
for the first time tonight.  I downloaded what they said to download, I found a 
place where they asked for a username and password but I didn't have one.  My 
husband who is sighted tried and he couldn't get in either.  Can someone give 
me instructions using a mac with voice over?
Thanks
Nancy
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Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services
U. of TN Chattanooga
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Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

[annelie robledo]

Thank you for this tip. I have a mac book and lately my finder was extremely 
slow. I removed drop box from the log in and every thing is good now. Again 
thank you.
On Feb 14, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:

> So have you removed dropbox in the Users & Groups Login Items list? That 
> would at least solve the immediate problem. The Mini to VGA to NTSC converter 
> still seems to do the job until Apple gets a fix in.
> 
> CB
> 
> On 2/13/12 5:51 PM, Steve Holmes wrote:
>> So assuming I have to get a way to fake out my Mac Mini in thinking
>> there is a monitor connected, is there any way to use Dropbox on this
>> box until I can find the necessary hardware? I find it amazing that
>> that app alone would cause the Finder to go into the mud and get
>> "busy" all the time no matter what folder I try and go into.
>> Reminder: as soon as I kill or disable dropbox from running, it gets
>> all good again.
>> 
>> Any other ideas?
>> 
>> On 2/12/12, Steve Holmes  wrote:
>>> I just installed Dropbox this afternoon on my new mac mini.  I thought
>>> it installed OK and it even synced up my files from the host but now I
>>> constantly get "Finder busy" all the time whenever I open *ANY* window
>>> in the finder! At this point, the Finder is completely useless while
>>> the Dropbox app is running.  If I go into my login preferences and
>>> remove Dropbox from the startup list and log back in, I can use the
>>> finder like always.  As soon as I launch Dropbox from the
>>> applications folder or allow it to run at login, Finder goes to hell
>>> in a handbag!
>>> 
>>> Has anyone else experienced thins kind of thing?
>>> 
>>> Note, I am using a mac mini without a monitor connected.  I surely
>>> hope this isn't also going to be a problem like the auto starting of
>>> VO when no monitor is connected.
>>> 
>>> Hey, I really want to use Dropbox but this performance hit is a show
>>> stopper for me.
>>> 
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Re: multipart archives

[Gerry Cook]

Hi i've had success with stuffit expander and theunarchiver from the mac app 
store as free apps, they are worth a try.
cheers gerry have a great day
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On 16/02/2012, at 3:19 AM, Courtney Curran wrote:

> Hi,
> I think a program called The unarchiver will work, it's free in the mac app 
> store.
> HTH,
> Courtney
> 
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> On Feb 15, 2012, at 11:17 AM, erik burggraaf  wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,  anyone know what opens a multipart 7zip archive?  rar expander took 
>> responsibility for it but then said the 7zip file was not a valid rar 
>> archive, which of course, it isn't.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
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