Re: Facebook for I O S: Is anyone else seeing this same issue?

[Krister Ekstrom]

Hi,
I don’t have any issues with flicking around in Facebook latest version other 
than the known bug that when Facebook updates you get kicked out of the 
timeline and into one of the buttons or tabs and you have to get back into the 
messages list again.
/Krister

> 31 mar 2015 kl. 23:26 skrev Christopher-Mark Gilland :
> 
> OK, has my Facebook just crapped out, or is this a known issue?  It seems 
> like since the latest update, you no longer can flick around the screen.  
> Everything has to now be completely done with touch exploration.  You can't 
> even flick through your news feed.  If you touch one of the tabs at the 
> bottom of the screen, I can't seem to flick between them either.  I can 
> sometimes get flicking to kind of work, but not reliably, and definitely not 
> enough to make it be worthwhile.
> 
> If others are having this issue as well, then what are you all using on I O S 
> in the mingtime?
> 
> Chris.
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Re: Copying the contents of a pdf file into textedit

[Maria and Joe Chapman]

HI.

with mavericks at least I am able to open a pdf file in preview, press command 
a and then command c to copy it to the paste board.

Not sure if this can still be done in Yosemite.
Cheers 
Maria  

Produced on macbook probubbygirl1...@gmail.com




On 1 Apr 2015, at 12:24 pm, Barry Hadder  wrote:

> I don’t know of a way to select text in a pdf, but I can tell you how to get 
> all of the text into rtf or plain.
> The easiest way is to create an Automator workflow like the following.
> 
> 1.  open Automator and choose the services template.
> 2.  Interact with the work flow area and set the service to have no input and 
> to only work with Preview.
> 3.  Add the following actions to the work flow: run apple script, get 
> specified finder items, and extract pdf text.  You want them in that order.
> 4.  Interact with the run apple script action and enter the following in the 
> input field:
> on run
> tell application “Preview”
> path of document of front window
> end tell
> end run
> 5.  Interact with the extract pdf text action and configure it to output 
> plain text or rtf as you prefer.
> 6.  Save it.
> 
> That should get the job done.  It should also show up in the services menu of 
> Preview.  I’m sure you can think of ways to fine tune this idea to better 
> meet your needs.
> Note that I have found that the extract pdf text action doesn’t seem to work 
> with multi lingual pdfs for some reason.
> 
> 
> On Mar 31, 2015, at 4:10 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
> 
> The subject says it all.  
> When in the pdf viewer, how do I select text?  I tried cmd+a which didn’t do 
> anything.  
> 
> The next question is how to add textedit to the services menu in pdf viewer?
> 
> TIA
> Chris
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Re: audacity help please

[Dionipher Presas Herrera]

it i did record video and audio at the same time by quicktime player and garage 
band, then i merge it with imovie, first we sure that the video and the sound 
are a alined correctly then we detach the audion of the video then we delete it 
...  
> On 21 Mar 2015, at 7:51 pm, Christopher-Mark Gilland  
> wrote:
> 
> Both.
>  
> I currently use the most up to date ProTools 11, and it works fantastically.  
> I use it practically every day in the studio.
>  
> Chris.
>  
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> http://www.clgproductions.net - Original 
> Message - 
>> From: Phil Halton 
>> To: Macvisionaries 
>> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 10:35 AM
>> Subject: Re: audacity help please
>> 
>> Is this accessibility  true for the latest version of ProTools, or the 
>> older, unavailable  version for which you did the podcasts?
>> 
>>> On Mar 21, 2015, at 1:14 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland 
>>> mailto:clgillan...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> OK, but then how do you add a compressor to the vocal track?  How do you 
>>> add reverb?  Can I route my reverb through a send, then route it back into 
>>> an auxiliary track?  Can I add E Q, and actually specify a 12DB oct?  Can I 
>>> roll off say, in the vocal track, everything below 80HZ, then notch say 
>>> around the 120HZ to 140HZ range up by say, 1.5DBFS?  Can I read my peek 
>>> input meters to be sure that no clipping occurs, and that I don't peek 
>>> above say minus 10DB?  Getting back to the compressor, will it let me dial 
>>> in attack, release, threshold, and input as well as output take up gain 
>>> parameters?  When all is recorded, can I then add a master track where I 
>>> can do the final mix masterring?
>>>  
>>> These are the things I want/need to be able to do with Audasity.  If not, 
>>> then ehh... I'll just stick with ProTools as every! single! one of the 
>>> things I just mentioned above are 100 and 50 percent times accessible with 
>>> Voiceover.
>>>  
>>> Chris.
>>>  
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>>> Original Message - 
 From: Alex Hall 
 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
 
 Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 12:01 AM
 Subject: Re: audacity help please
 
 Video isn't going to happen, Audacity is audio only. You could use iMovie 
 or another app for adding the finished audio track to a video project.
 
 To do what you're wanting, just open Audacity; it will have a new project 
 open automatically. Hit cmd-comma, choose the Devices item from the table, 
 and interact with the scroll area, then review the items to be sure your 
 audio input is set how you want. Stop interacting twice, find the OK 
 button, and press it.
 
 Now, use R to record. Space will stop recording, and P will pause or 
 resume recording without stopping completely. Once you have the 
 instrumental track, and have pressed space to stop it, repeat the process 
 for vocals, and any other layers you want.
 
 Use up and down arrows to move through your different tracks. Vo-shift-m 
 will open a context menu, from where you can rename, move, and otherwise 
 adjust each track.
> On Mar 20, 2015, at 11:30 PM, 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries 
>  > wrote:
> 
> hello group; I want someone to help me understand how to use audacity for 
> one specific purpose. keyboard commands would be greatly appreciated. i 
> want to play the instrumental track and then record my voice over that. 
> then if possible i want to record both in video so i can upload to 
> youtube. please help me solve this puzzle. thanks, max 
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Re: Facebook for I O S: Is anyone else seeing this same issue?

[joseph]

Sent from my iPhone

> On 31 Mar 2015, at 10:26 pm, Christopher-Mark Gilland  
> wrote:
> 
> OK, has my Facebook just crapped out, or is this a known issue?  It seems 
> like since the latest update, you no longer can flick around the screen.  
> Everything has to now be completely done with touch exploration.  You can't 
> even flick through your news feed.  If you touch one of the tabs at the 
> bottom of the screen, I can't seem to flick between them either.  I can 
> sometimes get flicking to kind of work, but not reliably, and definitely not 
> enough to make it be worthwhile.
>  
> If others are having this issue as well, then what are you all using on I O S 
> in the mingtime?
>  
> Chris.
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> http://www.clgproductions.net
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Running iPhone 5s here, I can flick through all of the tabs no problem but 
scrawling through newsfeeds it has to be done using touch method
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help with dropbox web interface and deleted file recovery

[Paul Erkens]

Hi all,

I have a shared dropbox folder with a friend. He accidentally deleted a bunch 
of stuff that was only present in our shared folder, and I, rather we, would 
like to get it back.

>From the dropbox web interface, we can recover those files, but here’s a 
>question. I do see all the files that were deleted from the folder in 
>question. Everything from the last month is there, so that’s beautiful. 
>Problem is: I don’t know how to undelete these files, nor how to mark them for 
>undelete and then restore them in one go. I know that dropbox allows us to 
>undelete files and folders right from its own web interface, which is what I 
>need right now, but what do I click to achieve it? I can navigate to the 
>dropbox folder in question using the dropbox web interface, and next to each 
>file I want back, it says deleted audio, or deleted video. But clicking that 
>does not bring the file back. If you know how to do this with VoiceOver, 
>please let me know. 

Regards,
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Re: help with dropbox web interface and deleted file recovery

[Jed Barton]

I'm looking to do the same thing, so any info would be extremely ehlpful.

On 4/1/2015 6:57 AM, Paul Erkens wrote:

Hi all,

I have a shared dropbox folder with a friend. He accidentally deleted a bunch 
of stuff that was only present in our shared folder, and I, rather we, would 
like to get it back.


From the dropbox web interface, we can recover those files, but here’s a 
question. I do see all the files that were deleted from the folder in question. 
Everything from the last month is there, so that’s beautiful. Problem is: I 
don’t know how to undelete these files, nor how to mark them for undelete and 
then restore them in one go. I know that dropbox allows us to undelete files 
and folders right from its own web interface, which is what I need right now, 
but what do I click to achieve it? I can navigate to the dropbox folder in 
question using the dropbox web interface, and next to each file I want back, it 
says deleted audio, or deleted video. But clicking that does not bring the file 
back. If you know how to do this with VoiceOver, please let me know.


Regards,
Paul.



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Re: VoiceOver very sluggish when changing languages

[Dionipher Presas Herrera]

i have this problem with a new installed os on yosemite, but when i transfered 
backup to my prevuos os it turn to be the voices was updated too. hope this 
help. so i dont bother to reinstall my mac if still i can manage too.
> On 30 Mar 2015, at 9:14 pm, Lisette Wesseling  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike,
> I had this problem in Mavericks as well and actually find it slightly better 
> now in Yosemite. I switch from English to Dutch. I did get a new and faster 
> Mac though so maybe that's why it's better. 
> 
> Lisette
> 
>> On 31/03/2015, at 1:45 am, Mike Busboom  wrote:
>> 
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> I have been meaning to bring this up for quite some time, but I keep 
>> forgetting. 
>> 
>> I have been noticing that whenever I switch from one language to another, 
>> VoiceOver is very, very slow to load the new language and voice it.  When I 
>> switch from English to German, for example, I sometimes have to wait at 
>> least five seconds before the change is made.  Has anyone else experienced 
>> this phenomenon, and is there a remedy?  In earlier versions of the OS, this 
>> problem did not occur.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for your insights,
>> 
>> Mike
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Re: Sharing videos, making them smaller

[Stacey Robinson]

Where do I get Handbrake and is it free or paid?

Blessings,
Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.

mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net 
> On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:13 PM, Phil Halton  wrote:
> 
> I use handbrake to compress the videos I make. I just the default settings 
> and it really backs them down to a reasonable size, around 60% of original 
> size. I don’t really understand all the settings in handbrake, but there is a 
> compression factor percentage that you can fiddle with to get even smaller 
> videos.
> 
>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 9:33 PM, Stacey Robinson > > wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Tim,
>> I did that but it didn’t reduce them much.
>> 
>> Blessings,
>> Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
>>  
>> mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net 
>>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 8:00 PM, Tim Kilburn >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> In QuickTime, use the Export feature.  If you select iPhone, iPad and 
>>> AppleTV, it will compress it considerably smaller.  I had a 2.69 GB .mov 
>>> file that would export to either 800 MB, 600 MB or 200 MB.  Using those 
>>> compression factors, you should be able to reduce the size of your movies 
>>> considerably.
>>> 
>>> Later...
>>> 
>>> Tim Kilburn
>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>> 
>>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 18:39, Stacey Robinson >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> I have two videos that my husband took that I’d like to share with someone.
>>> I zipped them in separate files and put them into dropbox. That was at 
>>> about 1:00 this afternoon. They’re still uploading.
>>> Is there some way I can make them smaller and then send them to my friend 
>>> via email?
>>> I saved them as mov files in quicktime but that didn’t change the size. One 
>>> is 98 mb and the other is even bigger.
>>> All help is appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Blessings,
>>> Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
>>> 
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Re: Voice Dream Reader - Bug in latest Version?

[Mike Busboom]

Hello Alex,

I am wondering if you perhaps made a mistake when you gave me the email address 
for Voice Dream Reader support.  When I attempted to send them a note, my note 
was returned to me and I was told that no such address existed.

Would it be possible for you to recheck the address you gave me?  I also 
searched for the company on the Internet, but all I could find were reviews 
about the product, but not the contact info for the company.  I must be either 
incredibly inept or just having an unlucky day.

Sorry for the trouble, but thanks in advance,

Mike

> On 31,Mar,2015, at 14:33, Alex Hall  wrote:
> 
> I don't use the dictionary so haven't run into this, but I can say that 
> emailing supp...@voicedreamapp.com , or 
> mentioning @VoiceDreamApp on Twitter, will usually get you a response.
>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 4:39 AM, Mike Busboom > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> One of my favourite apps, if not !the! favorite one, is Voice Dream Reader, 
>> which I use every day.  I am using the latest version of the app which, 
>> according to the Help documentation is version 3.30.  I am also using the 
>> latest version of iOS8 on an iPhone 6 with 64 GB.
>> 
>> I seem to have found a bug in the program, and I am wondering if this list 
>> is the place for reporting bugs in specific apps.  The bug I seem to have 
>> encountered is with looking up words.  
>> 
>> In earlier versions, I was able to select a word and look it up in the 
>> dictionary.  In the app’s current iteration, whenever I try looking up a 
>> word, the app says: “No definition found.”  All is not lost, however, 
>> because the app still allows you to search the Web for the word.
>> 
>> I am wondering if anyone else is encountering this issue.  And while on the 
>> subject of Voice Dream Reader, does anyone know if there is a mailing list 
>> dedicated to the discussion of this app, as well as Voice Dream Writer?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Mike
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Re: VoiceOver very sluggish when changing languages

[Mike Busboom]

Thanks to everyone who has attempted to assist me with this problem.

I am reluctant to buy new voices, especially since I am very satisfied with 
what I already have.  If, for example, I bought voices from AssistiveWare, 
would I lose voices I already have on the system?  I’d hate to lose Alex.

Thanks to everyone for their input,

Mike

> On 1,Apr,2015, at 13:21, Dionipher Presas Herrera  wrote:
> 
> i have this problem with a new installed os on yosemite, but when i 
> transfered backup to my prevuos os it turn to be the voices was updated too. 
> hope this help. so i dont bother to reinstall my mac if still i can manage 
> too.
>> On 30 Mar 2015, at 9:14 pm, Lisette Wesseling  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Mike,
>> I had this problem in Mavericks as well and actually find it slightly better 
>> now in Yosemite. I switch from English to Dutch. I did get a new and faster 
>> Mac though so maybe that's why it's better. 
>> 
>> Lisette
>> 
>>> On 31/03/2015, at 1:45 am, Mike Busboom  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> 
>>> I have been meaning to bring this up for quite some time, but I keep 
>>> forgetting. 
>>> 
>>> I have been noticing that whenever I switch from one language to another, 
>>> VoiceOver is very, very slow to load the new language and voice it.  When I 
>>> switch from English to German, for example, I sometimes have to wait at 
>>> least five seconds before the change is made.  Has anyone else experienced 
>>> this phenomenon, and is there a remedy?  In earlier versions of the OS, 
>>> this problem did not occur.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance for your insights,
>>> 
>>> Mike
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Re: Voice Dream Reader - Bug in latest Version?

[Alex Hall]

Wow, apologies for that mistake! The address is actually
supp...@voicedream.com

The Twitter handle is correct, which is what threw me off. That's what I get 
for not double checking before sending.
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 8:37 AM, Mike Busboom  wrote:
> 
> Hello Alex,
> 
> I am wondering if you perhaps made a mistake when you gave me the email 
> address for Voice Dream Reader support.  When I attempted to send them a 
> note, my note was returned to me and I was told that no such address existed.
> 
> Would it be possible for you to recheck the address you gave me?  I also 
> searched for the company on the Internet, but all I could find were reviews 
> about the product, but not the contact info for the company.  I must be 
> either incredibly inept or just having an unlucky day.
> 
> Sorry for the trouble, but thanks in advance,
> 
> Mike
> 
>> On 31,Mar,2015, at 14:33, Alex Hall > > wrote:
>> 
>> I don't use the dictionary so haven't run into this, but I can say that 
>> emailing supp...@voicedreamapp.com , or 
>> mentioning @VoiceDreamApp on Twitter, will usually get you a response.
>>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 4:39 AM, Mike Busboom >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> 
>>> One of my favourite apps, if not !the! favorite one, is Voice Dream Reader, 
>>> which I use every day.  I am using the latest version of the app which, 
>>> according to the Help documentation is version 3.30.  I am also using the 
>>> latest version of iOS8 on an iPhone 6 with 64 GB.
>>> 
>>> I seem to have found a bug in the program, and I am wondering if this list 
>>> is the place for reporting bugs in specific apps.  The bug I seem to have 
>>> encountered is with looking up words.  
>>> 
>>> In earlier versions, I was able to select a word and look it up in the 
>>> dictionary.  In the app’s current iteration, whenever I try looking up a 
>>> word, the app says: “No definition found.”  All is not lost, however, 
>>> because the app still allows you to search the Web for the word.
>>> 
>>> I am wondering if anyone else is encountering this issue.  And while on the 
>>> subject of Voice Dream Reader, does anyone know if there is a mailing list 
>>> dedicated to the discussion of this app, as well as Voice Dream Writer?
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> 
>>> Mike
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Re: VoiceOver very sluggish when changing languages

[Matthew Dierckens]

Hello Mike and all.
You wil not lose any voices that you have on the mac, if you buy from 
assistiveware they will just be added to the voiceover utility. You can try out 
the demo of each voice for 30 days, and then make your decision to purchase the 
voice.
HTH.
God bless.
Matthew Dierckens
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> On Apr 1, 2015, at 08:40, Mike Busboom  wrote:
> 
> Thanks to everyone who has attempted to assist me with this problem.
> 
> I am reluctant to buy new voices, especially since I am very satisfied with 
> what I already have.  If, for example, I bought voices from AssistiveWare, 
> would I lose voices I already have on the system?  I’d hate to lose Alex.
> 
> Thanks to everyone for their input,
> 
> Mike
> 
>> On 1,Apr,2015, at 13:21, Dionipher Presas Herrera  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> i have this problem with a new installed os on yosemite, but when i 
>> transfered backup to my prevuos os it turn to be the voices was updated too. 
>> hope this help. so i dont bother to reinstall my mac if still i can manage 
>> too.
>>> On 30 Mar 2015, at 9:14 pm, Lisette Wesseling  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Mike,
>>> I had this problem in Mavericks as well and actually find it slightly 
>>> better now in Yosemite. I switch from English to Dutch. I did get a new and 
>>> faster Mac though so maybe that's why it's better. 
>>> 
>>> Lisette
>>> 
 On 31/03/2015, at 1:45 am, Mike Busboom  wrote:
 
 Hello everyone,
 
 I have been meaning to bring this up for quite some time, but I keep 
 forgetting. 
 
 I have been noticing that whenever I switch from one language to another, 
 VoiceOver is very, very slow to load the new language and voice it.  When 
 I switch from English to German, for example, I sometimes have to wait at 
 least five seconds before the change is made.  Has anyone else experienced 
 this phenomenon, and is there a remedy?  In earlier versions of the OS, 
 this problem did not occur.
 
 Thanks in advance for your insights,
 
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Re: Voice Dream Reader - Bug in latest Version?

[Mike Busboom]

Hey Alex,

We all make mistakes and for my part, I make tons of them!

Thanks so much for the correct address.  I’ve already sent a note to the new 
address.

You’re always helpful.

Mike

> On 1,Apr,2015, at 14:46, Alex Hall  wrote:
> 
> Wow, apologies for that mistake! The address is actually
> supp...@voicedream.com 
> 
> The Twitter handle is correct, which is what threw me off. That's what I get 
> for not double checking before sending.
>> On Apr 1, 2015, at 8:37 AM, Mike Busboom > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Alex,
>> 
>> I am wondering if you perhaps made a mistake when you gave me the email 
>> address for Voice Dream Reader support.  When I attempted to send them a 
>> note, my note was returned to me and I was told that no such address existed.
>> 
>> Would it be possible for you to recheck the address you gave me?  I also 
>> searched for the company on the Internet, but all I could find were reviews 
>> about the product, but not the contact info for the company.  I must be 
>> either incredibly inept or just having an unlucky day.
>> 
>> Sorry for the trouble, but thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>>> On 31,Mar,2015, at 14:33, Alex Hall >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> I don't use the dictionary so haven't run into this, but I can say that 
>>> emailing supp...@voicedreamapp.com , or 
>>> mentioning @VoiceDreamApp on Twitter, will usually get you a response.
 On Mar 31, 2015, at 4:39 AM, Mike Busboom >>> > wrote:
 
 Hello everyone,
 
 One of my favourite apps, if not !the! favorite one, is Voice Dream 
 Reader, which I use every day.  I am using the latest version of the app 
 which, according to the Help documentation is version 3.30.  I am also 
 using the latest version of iOS8 on an iPhone 6 with 64 GB.
 
 I seem to have found a bug in the program, and I am wondering if this list 
 is the place for reporting bugs in specific apps.  The bug I seem to have 
 encountered is with looking up words.  
 
 In earlier versions, I was able to select a word and look it up in the 
 dictionary.  In the app’s current iteration, whenever I try looking up a 
 word, the app says: “No definition found.”  All is not lost, however, 
 because the app still allows you to search the Web for the word.
 
 I am wondering if anyone else is encountering this issue.  And while on 
 the subject of Voice Dream Reader, does anyone know if there is a mailing 
 list dedicated to the discussion of this app, as well as Voice Dream 
 Writer?
 
 Thanks in advance,
 
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Re: Logos Bible Software

[Emilio]

Hello everyone,

While these Bible sites are fine, they all are completely reliant on the 
Internet, which is something I do not want to be completely tethered to.
I am interested in a program that will allow me to download the content, so 
I may have access to information without needing to connect to the 
Internet. This would prove especially useful when I am in areas where 
Internet access is not available. Contrary to modern first-world belief, 
the Internet is not ubiquitous.
It is a shame however, that Logos is not voiceover accessible because this 
software package seems ideal for edification.

Cheers.

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Re: Logos Bible Software

[Brian Howerton]

It definitely is shame that this is not accessible on the mac because I know at 
one time, it was accessible with a few workarounds.  What a shame.  I am 
getting ready to start seminary in the fall so I could really use this during 
my master’s degree.
Brian
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> Hello everyone,
> 
> While these Bible sites are fine, they all are completely reliant on the 
> Internet, which is something I do not want to be completely tethered to.
> I am interested in a program that will allow me to download the content, so I 
> may have access to information without needing to connect to the Internet. 
> This would prove especially useful when I am in areas where Internet access 
> is not available. Contrary to modern first-world belief, the Internet is not 
> ubiquitous.
> It is a shame however, that Logos is not voiceover accessible because this 
> software package seems ideal for edification.
> 
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Re: Sharing videos, making them smaller

[Phil Halton]

I think you get it on google, not sure.

> On Apr 1, 2015, at 8:28 AM, Stacey Robinson  wrote:
> 
> Where do I get Handbrake and is it free or paid?
> 
> Blessings,
> Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
>   
> mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net 
>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:13 PM, Phil Halton > > wrote:
>> 
>> I use handbrake to compress the videos I make. I just the default settings 
>> and it really backs them down to a reasonable size, around 60% of original 
>> size. I don’t really understand all the settings in handbrake, but there is 
>> a compression factor percentage that you can fiddle with to get even smaller 
>> videos.
>> 
>>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 9:33 PM, Stacey Robinson >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks Tim,
>>> I did that but it didn’t reduce them much.
>>> 
>>> Blessings,
>>> Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
>>> 
>>> mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net 
 On Mar 31, 2015, at 8:00 PM, Tim Kilburn >>> > wrote:
 
 Hi,
 
 In QuickTime, use the Export feature.  If you select iPhone, iPad and 
 AppleTV, it will compress it considerably smaller.  I had a 2.69 GB .mov 
 file that would export to either 800 MB, 600 MB or 200 MB.  Using those 
 compression factors, you should be able to reduce the size of your movies 
 considerably.
 
 Later...
 
 Tim Kilburn
 Fort McMurray, AB Canada
 
 On Mar 31, 2015, at 18:39, Stacey Robinson >>> > wrote:
 
 Hi all,
 I have two videos that my husband took that I’d like to share with someone.
 I zipped them in separate files and put them into dropbox. That was at 
 about 1:00 this afternoon. They’re still uploading.
 Is there some way I can make them smaller and then send them to my friend 
 via email?
 I saved them as mov files in quicktime but that didn’t change the size. 
 One is 98 mb and the other is even bigger.
 All help is appreciated.
 
 Blessings,
 Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.

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Re: Sharing videos, making them smaller

['Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries]

Handbrake is free and can be downloaded from here:

https://handbrake.fr

That said, video is just very large. A typical DVD has around 4-9GB of 
video data, and that's compressed from the source. Even if you compress 
a video really hard it's probably not going to get below the 10MB cap 
most email providers put on attachments.


The math works out this way. Say your video is 640x480 pixels, the 
lowest common resolution today known as Standard Definition or SD. 
Variations of HD (like modern iPhones record) go up to 1920x1080. If we 
stick with our 640x480 example that's 300K of data. Colors are 
represented by three bytes for red green and blue so it's 900K per 
frame. Most video runs 30 frames per second so that's 26MB of 
uncompressed data per second of video at SD size. So even if you 
compress it really hard to 1% of the original size you're at 270K per 
second or about 16MB a minute. I was poking around on the Netflix site 
and for SD they want 3Mb per second or about 300KB a second which 
matches pretty well with my maths above.


Anyway, it sounds like your 98MB video file is on the reasonably small 
side so I wouldn't expect it to get much smaller.


CB

On 4/1/15 10:39 AM, Phil Halton wrote:

I think you get it on google, not sure.

On Apr 1, 2015, at 8:28 AM, Stacey Robinson > wrote:


Where do I get Handbrake and is it free or paid?

Blessings,
Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net

On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:13 PM, Phil Halton > wrote:


I use handbrake to compress the videos I make. I just the default 
settings and it really backs them down to a reasonable size, around 
60% of original size. I don’t really understand all the settings in 
handbrake, but there is a compression factor percentage that you can 
fiddle with to get even smaller videos.


On Mar 31, 2015, at 9:33 PM, Stacey Robinson 
mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net>> wrote:


Thanks Tim,
I did that but it didn’t reduce them much.

Blessings,
Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net

On Mar 31, 2015, at 8:00 PM, Tim Kilburn > wrote:


Hi,

In QuickTime, use the Export feature.  If you select iPhone, iPad 
and AppleTV, it will compress it considerably smaller.  I had a 
2.69 GB .mov file that would export to either 800 MB, 600 MB or 
200 MB.  Using those compression factors, you should be able to 
reduce the size of your movies considerably.


Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Mar 31, 2015, at 18:39, Stacey Robinson 
mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net>> wrote:


Hi all,
I have two videos that my husband took that I’d like to share with 
someone.
I zipped them in separate files and put them into dropbox. That 
was at about 1:00 this afternoon. They’re still uploading.
Is there some way I can make them smaller and then send them to my 
friend via email?
I saved them as mov files in quicktime but that didn’t change the 
size. One is 98 mb and the other is even bigger.

All help is appreciated.

Blessings,
Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net


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Re: putting the bottom back on a Mac Mini

[Anders Holmberg]

Hi!
Its a bit tricky to get it back so you have to be pationt.
I got it back but can not for my life remember how.
/A
> 31 mar 2015 kl. 22:25 skrev KristeenHughes :
> 
> I just updated the memory in my Mini. I didn’t have any trouble getting the 
> lid off of the computer to put it in, but I can’t get it to go back on. It 
> will seem to fit nicely, but will not turn and lock back into place. I’d 
> rather not leave it lose this way, even though it sits on the lid, so at 
> least it is closed. Can anyone advise me what I am doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks.
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Re: VoiceOver very sluggish when changing languages

[Anders Holmberg]

Hi!
No you wont.
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> 1 apr 2015 kl. 14:40 skrev Mike Busboom :
> 
> Thanks to everyone who has attempted to assist me with this problem.
> 
> I am reluctant to buy new voices, especially since I am very satisfied with 
> what I already have.  If, for example, I bought voices from AssistiveWare, 
> would I lose voices I already have on the system?  I’d hate to lose Alex.
> 
> Thanks to everyone for their input,
> 
> Mike
> 
>> On 1,Apr,2015, at 13:21, Dionipher Presas Herrera  
>> wrote:
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>> i have this problem with a new installed os on yosemite, but when i 
>> transfered backup to my prevuos os it turn to be the voices was updated too. 
>> hope this help. so i dont bother to reinstall my mac if still i can manage 
>> too.
>>> On 30 Mar 2015, at 9:14 pm, Lisette Wesseling  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Mike,
>>> I had this problem in Mavericks as well and actually find it slightly 
>>> better now in Yosemite. I switch from English to Dutch. I did get a new and 
>>> faster Mac though so maybe that's why it's better. 
>>> 
>>> Lisette
>>> 
 On 31/03/2015, at 1:45 am, Mike Busboom  wrote:
 
 Hello everyone,
 
 I have been meaning to bring this up for quite some time, but I keep 
 forgetting. 
 
 I have been noticing that whenever I switch from one language to another, 
 VoiceOver is very, very slow to load the new language and voice it.  When 
 I switch from English to German, for example, I sometimes have to wait at 
 least five seconds before the change is made.  Has anyone else experienced 
 this phenomenon, and is there a remedy?  In earlier versions of the OS, 
 this problem did not occur.
 
 Thanks in advance for your insights,
 
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Re: Sharing videos, making them smaller

[Stacey Robinson]

Thanks I got it.
I can’t figure out how to use it.

Blessings,
Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.

mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net 
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 10:27 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries 
>  wrote:
> 
> Handbrake is free and can be downloaded from here:
> 
> https://handbrake.fr 
> 
> That said, video is just very large. A typical DVD has around 4-9GB of video 
> data, and that's compressed from the source. Even if you compress a video 
> really hard it's probably not going to get below the 10MB cap most email 
> providers put on attachments.
> 
> The math works out this way. Say your video is 640x480 pixels, the lowest 
> common resolution today known as Standard Definition or SD. Variations of HD 
> (like modern iPhones record) go up to 1920x1080. If we stick with our 640x480 
> example that's 300K of data. Colors are represented by three bytes for red 
> green and blue so it's 900K per frame. Most video runs 30 frames per second 
> so that's 26MB of uncompressed data per second of video at SD size. So even 
> if you compress it really hard to 1% of the original size you're at 270K per 
> second or about 16MB a minute. I was poking around on the Netflix site and 
> for SD they want 3Mb per second or about 300KB a second which matches pretty 
> well with my maths above.
> 
> Anyway, it sounds like your 98MB video file is on the reasonably small side 
> so I wouldn't expect it to get much smaller.
> 
> CB
> 
> On 4/1/15 10:39 AM, Phil Halton wrote:
>> I think you get it on google, not sure.
>> 
>>> On Apr 1, 2015, at 8:28 AM, Stacey Robinson >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Where do I get Handbrake and is it free or paid?
>>> 
>>> Blessings,
>>> Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
>>>  
>>> mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net 
 On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:13 PM, Phil Halton >>> > wrote:
 
 I use handbrake to compress the videos I make. I just the default settings 
 and it really backs them down to a reasonable size, around 60% of original 
 size. I don’t really understand all the settings in handbrake, but there 
 is a compression factor percentage that you can fiddle with to get even 
 smaller videos.
 
> On Mar 31, 2015, at 9:33 PM, Stacey Robinson  > wrote:
> 
> Thanks Tim,
> I did that but it didn’t reduce them much.
> 
> Blessings,
> Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
>  
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>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 8:00 PM, Tim Kilburn > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> In QuickTime, use the Export feature.  If you select iPhone, iPad and 
>> AppleTV, it will compress it considerably smaller.  I had a 2.69 GB .mov 
>> file that would export to either 800 MB, 600 MB or 200 MB.  Using those 
>> compression factors, you should be able to reduce the size   
>>   of your movies considerably.
>> 
>> Later...
>> 
>> Tim Kilburn
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>> 
>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 18:39, Stacey Robinson > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> I have two videos that my husband took that I’d like to share with 
>> someone.
>> I zipped them in separate files and put them into dropbox. That was at 
>> about 1:00 this afternoon. They’re still uploading.
>> Is there some way I can make them smaller and then send them to my 
>> friend via email?
>> I saved them as mov files in quicktime but that didn’t change the size. 
>> One is 98 mb and the other is even bigger.
>> All help is appreciated.
>> 
>> Blessings,
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>>  
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Re: Apple Script: Shut down the Mac

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So, what kind of file are you trying to play?

CB

On 3/31/15 4:54 PM, Chris Moore wrote:

Yes, it works on mp3 files.
Chris

On Mar 31, 2015, at 11:56 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries 
 wrote:

Weird. It works on my MacBook. I did

afplay ~/Desktop/Peace.mp3

and it started playing. Tried the same thing on my ancient MacPro desktop and 
it also worked. Both boxes are on OSX 10.10.2. Are you sure the audio file was 
correct? Did it give any messages? Normally there should be no text output and 
the audio just starts playing as soon as you hit enter.

CB

On 3/31/15 11:37 AM, Chris Moore wrote:

Chris,
afplay doesn’t produce any sound on my mac min running yosemite.  Too bad 
because is seems like a handy utility.

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new macbook user making the trancision from windows

[ted phillips]

Hi all.  My name is Ted Phillips and I am a very recent Mac convert.  I just 
got a new macbook pro running yocemity and one of my chief uses for the macbook 
is to record music using logic Pro X.  I do have a couple of questions that 
concern me a little though.
First,  How do I get voiceover to run automatically at logon?  I can’t seem to 
get it to work.  Second, there seems to be some up and down auto-gain with the 
volume using voice-over especially when going to different programs.  It only 
happens on the internal speakers but it is noticeable.  Does that mean there is 
a problem with my macbook?  Thanks all and I hope you all don’t mind me 
learning from you.

Ted Phillips

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Re: help with dropbox web interface and deleted file recovery

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Hi Paul,

I'm not sure whether it's going to work because I've not been in this 
situation.  However, if you press vo+shift+m to get contextual menu, would 
there be an option there to undelete the file?  It's worth checking this 
command.  You never know what contextual menu hides.

Andrew
> On 1 Apr 2015, at 11:57, Paul Erkens  wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a shared dropbox folder with a friend. He accidentally deleted a bunch 
> of stuff that was only present in our shared folder, and I, rather we, would 
> like to get it back.
> 
> From the dropbox web interface, we can recover those files, but here’s a 
> question. I do see all the files that were deleted from the folder in 
> question. Everything from the last month is there, so that’s beautiful. 
> Problem is: I don’t know how to undelete these files, nor how to mark them 
> for undelete and then restore them in one go. I know that dropbox allows us 
> to undelete files and folders right from its own web interface, which is what 
> I need right now, but what do I click to achieve it? I can navigate to the 
> dropbox folder in question using the dropbox web interface, and next to each 
> file I want back, it says deleted audio, or deleted video. But clicking that 
> does not bring the file back. If you know how to do this with VoiceOver, 
> please let me know. 
> 
> Regards,
> Paul.
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Re: Copying the contents of a pdf file into textedit

[Chris Moore]

Hi Barry,
I followed your modified instructions to make a service.  Your step 5 says to 
interact with the extract pdf text action to configure it to save it to txt or 
rtf.  
Once I select this action in the pdf table, I can’t figure out how to configure 
it.
I’m new to automator, so you’ll have to bare with me.
Chris 
> On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:38 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
> 
> I would like to suggest a much simpler variation on my initial suggestion.
> 
> In the workflow, Git rid of the applescript and get finder item actions, 
> change the input of the service to pdf file, and the application to Finder.  
> The only action you need is the extract pdf text.
> 
> I wasn’t able to make this work at first, but I finally figured out that it 
> was due to the multi lingual pdf issue that I mentioned earlier.
> So, if you prefer, you can just export a pdf to rtf within finder.
> 
> 
> On Mar 31, 2015, at 8:24 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
> 
> I don’t know of a way to select text in a pdf, but I can tell you how to get 
> all of the text into rtf or plain.
> The easiest way is to create an Automator workflow like the following.
> 
> 1.  open Automator and choose the services template.
> 2.  Interact with the work flow area and set the service to have no input and 
> to only work with Preview.
> 3.  Add the following actions to the work flow: run apple script, get 
> specified finder items, and extract pdf text.  You want them in that order.
> 4.  Interact with the run apple script action and enter the following in the 
> input field:
> on run
> tell application “Preview”
> path of document of front window
> end tell
> end run
> 5.  Interact with the extract pdf text action and configure it to output 
> plain text or rtf as you prefer.
> 6.  Save it.
> 
> That should get the job done.  It should also show up in the services menu of 
> Preview.  I’m sure you can think of ways to fine tune this idea to better 
> meet your needs.
> Note that I have found that the extract pdf text action doesn’t seem to work 
> with multi lingual pdfs for some reason.
> 
> 
> On Mar 31, 2015, at 4:10 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
> 
> The subject says it all.  
> When in the pdf viewer, how do I select text?  I tried cmd+a which didn’t do 
> anything.  
> 
> The next question is how to add textedit to the services menu in pdf viewer?
> 
> TIA
> Chris
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Re: new macbook user making the trancision from windows

[Alex Hall]

Welcome to the family! :P See below for my responses.
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 1:51 PM, ted phillips  wrote:
> 
> Hi all.  My name is Ted Phillips and I am a very recent Mac convert.  I just 
> got a new macbook pro running yocemity and one of my chief uses for the 
> macbook is to record music using logic Pro X.  I do have a couple of 
> questions that concern me a little though.
> First,  How do I get voiceover to run automatically at logon?  I can’t seem 
> to get it to work. 
Open System Preferences and choose the Users and Groups button. Just past the 
toolbar is a list of users; down arrow on that list until you hear "Login 
Options". VO-right until you find the "Use VoiceOver on the logon screen" and 
check it (you may have to activate the "Lock" button at the end of the window 
first).

> Second, there seems to be some up and down auto-gain with the volume using 
> voice-over especially when going to different programs.  It only happens on 
> the internal speakers but it is noticeable.  Does that mean there is a 
> problem with my macbook?
I doubt it, but given that your machine is still new, it's worth heading to an 
Apple Store to get it checked out. I've never noticed this problem, and I can't 
think of anything that would cause it. Unless your hands are covering the 
speakers somehow? They are near the keyboard on some models.
> Thanks all and I hope you all don’t mind me learning from you.
Of course, that's why we're here. :) Ask away, and don't forget to check out 
www.applevis.com for tons more resources, including a page just for VoiceOver 
users new to the Mac.
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having difficulty with popups. how can I make them go away

[Stacey Robinson]

Hi all,
Today while looking at the futureaids.com  website I 
kept getting popups that something was wrong with my mac. How do I fix this? My 
popup blocker is on.

Blessings,
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Re: Copying the contents of a pdf file into textedit

[Barry Hadder]

Hi,

Sounds like you haven't added to your work flow.  To add an action to a 
workflow, select it with up or down arrows and press enter.  You can then 
interact with the workflow area and then interact with the action.
When you interact with that action, there are radio buttons to choose the 
output format.

On Apr 1, 2015, at 1:12 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:

Hi Barry,
I followed your modified instructions to make a service.  Your step 5 says to 
interact with the extract pdf text action to configure it to save it to txt or 
rtf.  
Once I select this action in the pdf table, I can’t figure out how to configure 
it.
I’m new to automator, so you’ll have to bare with me.
Chris 
> On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:38 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
> 
> I would like to suggest a much simpler variation on my initial suggestion.
> 
> In the workflow, Git rid of the applescript and get finder item actions, 
> change the input of the service to pdf file, and the application to Finder.  
> The only action you need is the extract pdf text.
> 
> I wasn’t able to make this work at first, but I finally figured out that it 
> was due to the multi lingual pdf issue that I mentioned earlier.
> So, if you prefer, you can just export a pdf to rtf within finder.
> 
> 
> On Mar 31, 2015, at 8:24 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
> 
> I don’t know of a way to select text in a pdf, but I can tell you how to get 
> all of the text into rtf or plain.
> The easiest way is to create an Automator workflow like the following.
> 
> 1.  open Automator and choose the services template.
> 2.  Interact with the work flow area and set the service to have no input and 
> to only work with Preview.
> 3.  Add the following actions to the work flow: run apple script, get 
> specified finder items, and extract pdf text.  You want them in that order.
> 4.  Interact with the run apple script action and enter the following in the 
> input field:
> on run
> tell application “Preview”
> path of document of front window
> end tell
> end run
> 5.  Interact with the extract pdf text action and configure it to output 
> plain text or rtf as you prefer.
> 6.  Save it.
> 
> That should get the job done.  It should also show up in the services menu of 
> Preview.  I’m sure you can think of ways to fine tune this idea to better 
> meet your needs.
> Note that I have found that the extract pdf text action doesn’t seem to work 
> with multi lingual pdfs for some reason.
> 
> 
> On Mar 31, 2015, at 4:10 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
> 
> The subject says it all.  
> When in the pdf viewer, how do I select text?  I tried cmd+a which didn’t do 
> anything.  
> 
> The next question is how to add textedit to the services menu in pdf viewer?
> 
> TIA
> Chris
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Re: help with dropbox web interface and deleted file recovery

[The Believer]

   Since I have Dropbox on my Mac, I googled for solutions. The below 
link may provide what you need.




From The Believer. . .
   By way of the Chariots of the
Gods cameth the Aliens who
dwelt amongst the humans,
and bringeth much knowledge.

On 4/1/2015 11:04 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote:

  undelete these files, nor how to mark them for undelete and then restore them 
in one go. I know that dropbox allows us to undelete files and folders right 
from its own web interface, which is what I need right now, but what do I c


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Re: having difficulty with popups. how can I make them go away

[Tim Kilburn]

Hi,

These are likely due to cookies.  The best way to fix it would be to go under 
the the Safari menu and choose Clear History and web-site data.  Try clearing 
it for today or a bit longer if that doesn’t do the trick.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Apr 1, 2015, at 12:28, Stacey Robinson  wrote:

Hi all,
Today while looking at the futureaids.com  website I 
kept getting popups that something was wrong with my mac. How do I fix this? My 
popup blocker is on.

Blessings,
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Re: Abby Finer Reading. Was: Re: Reading PDF files on the mac

['Gabriele Battaglia' via MacVisionaries]

> Il giorno 27/mar/2015, alle ore 16:06, Anne Robertson  
> ha scritto:
> 
> Hello Gabriel,
> 
>> On 27 Mar 2015, at 15:25, 'Gabriele Battaglia' via MacVisionaries 
>> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I own a quite old scanner. How do I know if it is compatible with my Mac and 
>> Abbyy Fine Reader?
> FineReader Pro recognises most scanners that are recognised by the Mac. So 
> connect your scanner to your Mac and see whether Image Capture can see it. If 
> it does, you should be fine with FineReader.

> Hi Anne,

from the website of my scanner’s company, results that this OptiTek Slim 2600, 
requires Windows to run.

So, I must buy a new Scanner. Do you have any suggestion for a small, not to 
much expansive, a4 scanner which is good to recognize text and quite fast?

Thanks.
Gabriel.

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Re: having difficulty with popups. how can I make them go away

[Stacey Robinson]

I cleared it for today but I think I’ll go clear all of it.
Thanks.

Blessings,
Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.

mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net 
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 1:35 PM, Tim Kilburn  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> These are likely due to cookies.  The best way to fix it would be to go under 
> the the Safari menu and choose Clear History and web-site data.  Try clearing 
> it for today or a bit longer if that doesn’t do the trick.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 12:28, Stacey Robinson  > wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> Today while looking at the futureaids.com  website I 
> kept getting popups that something was wrong with my mac. How do I fix this? 
> My popup blocker is on.
> 
> Blessings,
> Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk.
>   
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Re: new macbook user making the trancision from windows

[Pamela Francis]

Hello and welcome,
First let me say this group is invaluable. Second, I would advise initially for 
you to almost totally concentrate on using your Mac for whatever you normally 
would have used windows for. None of us here  our windows bashers, we all 
respect the fact that it has its place. However the platforms are very 
different. The learning curve is definitely there. 
At least with your Mac, it's easier to fix on your own if you should happen to 
mess up a setting, or become skittish than would be if you were in windows. 
Dive into it, use it, ask away. We have  all been there. In addition to 
applevis.com you might also want to check out maccessibility.com they too have 
very informative podcasts.
Any of us will also do what we can to help you.  

Pam Francis

On Apr 1, 2015, at 1:22 PM, Alex Hall  wrote:

Welcome to the family! :P See below for my responses.
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 1:51 PM, ted phillips  wrote:
> 
> Hi all.  My name is Ted Phillips and I am a very recent Mac convert.  I just 
> got a new macbook pro running yocemity and one of my chief uses for the 
> macbook is to record music using logic Pro X.  I do have a couple of 
> questions that concern me a little though.
> First,  How do I get voiceover to run automatically at logon?  I can’t seem 
> to get it to work. 
Open System Preferences and choose the Users and Groups button. Just past the 
toolbar is a list of users; down arrow on that list until you hear "Login 
Options". VO-right until you find the "Use VoiceOver on the logon screen" and 
check it (you may have to activate the "Lock" button at the end of the window 
first).

> Second, there seems to be some up and down auto-gain with the volume using 
> voice-over especially when going to different programs.  It only happens on 
> the internal speakers but it is noticeable.  Does that mean there is a 
> problem with my macbook?
I doubt it, but given that your machine is still new, it's worth heading to an 
Apple Store to get it checked out. I've never noticed this problem, and I can't 
think of anything that would cause it. Unless your hands are covering the 
speakers somehow? They are near the keyboard on some models.
> Thanks all and I hope you all don’t mind me learning from you.
Of course, that's why we're here. :) Ask away, and don't forget to check out 
www.applevis.com for tons more resources, including a page just for VoiceOver 
users new to the Mac.
> 
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Re: Copying the contents of a pdf file into textedit

[Chris Moore]

Hi,
You were correct!  Once I hit enter on the action I was able to interact with 
it and set the output options.

This is far easier than performing a similar action with Adobe Acrobat Reader 
in Windows.

Chris
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Sounds like you haven't added to your work flow.  To add an action to a 
> workflow, select it with up or down arrows and press enter.  You can then 
> interact with the workflow area and then interact with the action.
> When you interact with that action, there are radio buttons to choose the 
> output format.
> 
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 1:12 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
> 
> Hi Barry,
> I followed your modified instructions to make a service.  Your step 5 says to 
> interact with the extract pdf text action to configure it to save it to txt 
> or rtf.  
> Once I select this action in the pdf table, I can’t figure out how to 
> configure it.
> I’m new to automator, so you’ll have to bare with me.
> Chris 
>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:38 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
>> 
>> I would like to suggest a much simpler variation on my initial suggestion.
>> 
>> In the workflow, Git rid of the applescript and get finder item actions, 
>> change the input of the service to pdf file, and the application to Finder.  
>> The only action you need is the extract pdf text.
>> 
>> I wasn’t able to make this work at first, but I finally figured out that it 
>> was due to the multi lingual pdf issue that I mentioned earlier.
>> So, if you prefer, you can just export a pdf to rtf within finder.
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 8:24 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
>> 
>> I don’t know of a way to select text in a pdf, but I can tell you how to get 
>> all of the text into rtf or plain.
>> The easiest way is to create an Automator workflow like the following.
>> 
>> 1.  open Automator and choose the services template.
>> 2.  Interact with the work flow area and set the service to have no input 
>> and to only work with Preview.
>> 3.  Add the following actions to the work flow: run apple script, get 
>> specified finder items, and extract pdf text.  You want them in that order.
>> 4.  Interact with the run apple script action and enter the following in the 
>> input field:
>> on run
>> tell application “Preview”
>> path of document of front window
>> end tell
>> end run
>> 5.  Interact with the extract pdf text action and configure it to output 
>> plain text or rtf as you prefer.
>> 6.  Save it.
>> 
>> That should get the job done.  It should also show up in the services menu 
>> of Preview.  I’m sure you can think of ways to fine tune this idea to better 
>> meet your needs.
>> Note that I have found that the extract pdf text action doesn’t seem to work 
>> with multi lingual pdfs for some reason.
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 4:10 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
>> 
>> The subject says it all.  
>> When in the pdf viewer, how do I select text?  I tried cmd+a which didn’t do 
>> anything.  
>> 
>> The next question is how to add textedit to the services menu in pdf viewer?
>> 
>> TIA
>> Chris
>> 
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Re: I Player for the Mac.

[Faisal ali]

David,
this may be a bit of a silly question, but is there  client for windows?
> On Mar 31, 2015, at 1:51 PM, David Griffith  wrote:
> 
> I searched on Google. I can look for you if you cnnot find it.
> 
> David Griffith
> 
> On 30/03/2015 22:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
>> So where do you get this from?
>> 
>> Kawal.
>> On 30 Mar 2015, at 21:56, David Griffith  wrote:
>> 
>> I  use Get i Player Automaker.
>> 
>> with this you download the files and
>> 
>> can  play them offline. Actually I convert the video files created to mp3.
>> 
>> David Griffith play them off line.
>> 
>> On 30/03/2015 19:09, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
>>> Has anyone used Iplayer for the Mac?  I hope someone can tell me if it's 
>>> accessible as the one for windows was not when I downloaded the I player 
>>> for downloading things from the BBC.  I was at work and so only had my work 
>>> machine to test it.  I will however download the Mac one to see what it's 
>>> like.
>>> 
>>> Kawal.
>>> 
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Re: Copying the contents of a pdf file into textedit

[Barry Hadder]

Automator is one of the coolest apps ever in that you can interactively build 
things with it without any programming experience in most cases.  Very 
classically Apple.  Oddly enough however, I don’t think they originally 
developed it.  I recall hearing somewhere that they acquired it some time in 
the distant past.
 
I’m looking in to creating an action that will open the current pdf page in 
textedit.  I think that is what we really need and I haven’t seen anything 
currently available that fits the bill.  So you see, you can also create your 
own actions although that is fairly advanced.

On Apr 1, 2015, at 2:18 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:

Hi,
You were correct!  Once I hit enter on the action I was able to interact with 
it and set the output options.

This is far easier than performing a similar action with Adobe Acrobat Reader 
in Windows.

Chris
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Sounds like you haven't added to your work flow.  To add an action to a 
> workflow, select it with up or down arrows and press enter.  You can then 
> interact with the workflow area and then interact with the action.
> When you interact with that action, there are radio buttons to choose the 
> output format.
> 
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 1:12 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
> 
> Hi Barry,
> I followed your modified instructions to make a service.  Your step 5 says to 
> interact with the extract pdf text action to configure it to save it to txt 
> or rtf.  
> Once I select this action in the pdf table, I can’t figure out how to 
> configure it.
> I’m new to automator, so you’ll have to bare with me.
> Chris 
>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:38 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
>> 
>> I would like to suggest a much simpler variation on my initial suggestion.
>> 
>> In the workflow, Git rid of the applescript and get finder item actions, 
>> change the input of the service to pdf file, and the application to Finder.  
>> The only action you need is the extract pdf text.
>> 
>> I wasn’t able to make this work at first, but I finally figured out that it 
>> was due to the multi lingual pdf issue that I mentioned earlier.
>> So, if you prefer, you can just export a pdf to rtf within finder.
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 8:24 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
>> 
>> I don’t know of a way to select text in a pdf, but I can tell you how to get 
>> all of the text into rtf or plain.
>> The easiest way is to create an Automator workflow like the following.
>> 
>> 1.  open Automator and choose the services template.
>> 2.  Interact with the work flow area and set the service to have no input 
>> and to only work with Preview.
>> 3.  Add the following actions to the work flow: run apple script, get 
>> specified finder items, and extract pdf text.  You want them in that order.
>> 4.  Interact with the run apple script action and enter the following in the 
>> input field:
>> on run
>> tell application “Preview”
>> path of document of front window
>> end tell
>> end run
>> 5.  Interact with the extract pdf text action and configure it to output 
>> plain text or rtf as you prefer.
>> 6.  Save it.
>> 
>> That should get the job done.  It should also show up in the services menu 
>> of Preview.  I’m sure you can think of ways to fine tune this idea to better 
>> meet your needs.
>> Note that I have found that the extract pdf text action doesn’t seem to work 
>> with multi lingual pdfs for some reason.
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 4:10 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
>> 
>> The subject says it all.  
>> When in the pdf viewer, how do I select text?  I tried cmd+a which didn’t do 
>> anything.  
>> 
>> The next question is how to add textedit to the services menu in pdf viewer?
>> 
>> TIA
>> Chris
>> 
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Re: Copying the contents of a pdf file into textedit

[Daniela Rubio]

Hi!
I actually created an app in Automator, that when opened, it prompts you for 
the files you want to transform into RTF, and it just does it. I will try to 
write about how it is done, but I got the info in Google some time ago, so if 
you look for it, there might be a blog or something with the recipe. I could 
also share the little app I made if you want. How ever, it will be an 
unidentified appear apple, so you will need to open it with the context menu 
instead of just with the regular Open command.
Cheers!

Daniela Rubio T
iPhone: +34662328507




> El 1/4/2015, a las 21:48, Barry Hadder  escribió:
> 
> Automator is one of the coolest apps ever in that you can interactively build 
> things with it without any programming experience in most cases.  Very 
> classically Apple.  Oddly enough however, I don’t think they originally 
> developed it.  I recall hearing somewhere that they acquired it some time in 
> the distant past.
> 
> I’m looking in to creating an action that will open the current pdf page in 
> textedit.  I think that is what we really need and I haven’t seen anything 
> currently available that fits the bill.  So you see, you can also create your 
> own actions although that is fairly advanced.
> 
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 2:18 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> You were correct!  Once I hit enter on the action I was able to interact with 
> it and set the output options.
> 
> This is far easier than performing a similar action with Adobe Acrobat Reader 
> in Windows.
> 
> Chris
>> On Apr 1, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Sounds like you haven't added to your work flow.  To add an action to a 
>> workflow, select it with up or down arrows and press enter.  You can then 
>> interact with the workflow area and then interact with the action.
>> When you interact with that action, there are radio buttons to choose the 
>> output format.
>> 
>> On Apr 1, 2015, at 1:12 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Barry,
>> I followed your modified instructions to make a service.  Your step 5 says 
>> to interact with the extract pdf text action to configure it to save it to 
>> txt or rtf.  
>> Once I select this action in the pdf table, I can’t figure out how to 
>> configure it.
>> I’m new to automator, so you’ll have to bare with me.
>> Chris 
>>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:38 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I would like to suggest a much simpler variation on my initial suggestion.
>>> 
>>> In the workflow, Git rid of the applescript and get finder item actions, 
>>> change the input of the service to pdf file, and the application to Finder. 
>>>  The only action you need is the extract pdf text.
>>> 
>>> I wasn’t able to make this work at first, but I finally figured out that it 
>>> was due to the multi lingual pdf issue that I mentioned earlier.
>>> So, if you prefer, you can just export a pdf to rtf within finder.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 8:24 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I don’t know of a way to select text in a pdf, but I can tell you how to 
>>> get all of the text into rtf or plain.
>>> The easiest way is to create an Automator workflow like the following.
>>> 
>>> 1.  open Automator and choose the services template.
>>> 2.  Interact with the work flow area and set the service to have no input 
>>> and to only work with Preview.
>>> 3.  Add the following actions to the work flow: run apple script, get 
>>> specified finder items, and extract pdf text.  You want them in that order.
>>> 4.  Interact with the run apple script action and enter the following in 
>>> the input field:
>>> on run
>>> tell application “Preview”
>>> path of document of front window
>>> end tell
>>> end run
>>> 5.  Interact with the extract pdf text action and configure it to output 
>>> plain text or rtf as you prefer.
>>> 6.  Save it.
>>> 
>>> That should get the job done.  It should also show up in the services menu 
>>> of Preview.  I’m sure you can think of ways to fine tune this idea to 
>>> better meet your needs.
>>> Note that I have found that the extract pdf text action doesn’t seem to 
>>> work with multi lingual pdfs for some reason.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 4:10 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
>>> 
>>> The subject says it all.  
>>> When in the pdf viewer, how do I select text?  I tried cmd+a which didn’t 
>>> do anything.  
>>> 
>>> The next question is how to add textedit to the services menu in pdf viewer?
>>> 
>>> TIA
>>> Chris
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Barry Hadder
>>

Re: Abby Finer Reading. Was: Re: Reading PDF files on the mac

[Georgina Joyce]

Hello Gabriel,

I just looked and saw a few of your scanner’s range supported. However, that is 
official support. That does not mean that it won’t work. It depends upon your 
choice. Do you want to fiddle about or just go out and buy a new scanner. A lot 
of drivers support several models but I couldn’t get info on those in the Slim 
range. I could find anything for my Epson but I plugged it in and it worked 
straight away.

I could not find any complaints that someone couldn’t get that model working on 
a Mac either. If that scanner has been around for a while, I’m sure someone has 
tried it.

Good luck.

Gena

> 
> from the website of my scanner’s company, results that this OptiTek Slim 
> 2600, requires Windows to run.
> 
> So, I must buy a new Scanner. Do you have any suggestion for a small, not to 
> much expansive, a4 scanner which is good to recognize text and quite fast?
> 
> Thanks.
> Gabriel.
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Re: Copying the contents of a pdf file into textedit

[Phil Halton]

I’ve successfully created a PDF to Text service for finder, but I can’t find 
where Automator stores the saved service. I want to remove it from the finder 
context menu. Do you know where services are stored and is it just a matter of 
deleting it from wherever it is in order to remove it from the system?

> On Apr 1, 2015, at 3:48 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
> 
> Automator is one of the coolest apps ever in that you can interactively build 
> things with it without any programming experience in most cases.  Very 
> classically Apple.  Oddly enough however, I don’t think they originally 
> developed it.  I recall hearing somewhere that they acquired it some time in 
> the distant past.
> 
> I’m looking in to creating an action that will open the current pdf page in 
> textedit.  I think that is what we really need and I haven’t seen anything 
> currently available that fits the bill.  So you see, you can also create your 
> own actions although that is fairly advanced.
> 
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 2:18 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> You were correct!  Once I hit enter on the action I was able to interact with 
> it and set the output options.
> 
> This is far easier than performing a similar action with Adobe Acrobat Reader 
> in Windows.
> 
> Chris
>> On Apr 1, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Sounds like you haven't added to your work flow.  To add an action to a 
>> workflow, select it with up or down arrows and press enter.  You can then 
>> interact with the workflow area and then interact with the action.
>> When you interact with that action, there are radio buttons to choose the 
>> output format.
>> 
>> On Apr 1, 2015, at 1:12 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Barry,
>> I followed your modified instructions to make a service.  Your step 5 says 
>> to interact with the extract pdf text action to configure it to save it to 
>> txt or rtf.  
>> Once I select this action in the pdf table, I can’t figure out how to 
>> configure it.
>> I’m new to automator, so you’ll have to bare with me.
>> Chris 
>>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:38 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I would like to suggest a much simpler variation on my initial suggestion.
>>> 
>>> In the workflow, Git rid of the applescript and get finder item actions, 
>>> change the input of the service to pdf file, and the application to Finder. 
>>>  The only action you need is the extract pdf text.
>>> 
>>> I wasn’t able to make this work at first, but I finally figured out that it 
>>> was due to the multi lingual pdf issue that I mentioned earlier.
>>> So, if you prefer, you can just export a pdf to rtf within finder.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 8:24 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I don’t know of a way to select text in a pdf, but I can tell you how to 
>>> get all of the text into rtf or plain.
>>> The easiest way is to create an Automator workflow like the following.
>>> 
>>> 1.  open Automator and choose the services template.
>>> 2.  Interact with the work flow area and set the service to have no input 
>>> and to only work with Preview.
>>> 3.  Add the following actions to the work flow: run apple script, get 
>>> specified finder items, and extract pdf text.  You want them in that order.
>>> 4.  Interact with the run apple script action and enter the following in 
>>> the input field:
>>> on run
>>> tell application “Preview”
>>> path of document of front window
>>> end tell
>>> end run
>>> 5.  Interact with the extract pdf text action and configure it to output 
>>> plain text or rtf as you prefer.
>>> 6.  Save it.
>>> 
>>> That should get the job done.  It should also show up in the services menu 
>>> of Preview.  I’m sure you can think of ways to fine tune this idea to 
>>> better meet your needs.
>>> Note that I have found that the extract pdf text action doesn’t seem to 
>>> work with multi lingual pdfs for some reason.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 4:10 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
>>> 
>>> The subject says it all.  
>>> When in the pdf viewer, how do I select text?  I tried cmd+a which didn’t 
>>> do anything.  
>>> 
>>> The next question is how to add textedit to the services menu in pdf viewer?
>>> 
>>> TIA
>>> Chris
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Re: Copying the contents of a pdf file into textedit

[Barry Hadder]

You can find it in ~/Library/Services.
I’m sure you can just delete it.  You might need to close and reopen system 
prefs if it’s open.


On Apr 1, 2015, at 5:53 PM, Phil Halton  wrote:

I’ve successfully created a PDF to Text service for finder, but I can’t find 
where Automator stores the saved service. I want to remove it from the finder 
context menu. Do you know where services are stored and is it just a matter of 
deleting it from wherever it is in order to remove it from the system?

> On Apr 1, 2015, at 3:48 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
> 
> Automator is one of the coolest apps ever in that you can interactively build 
> things with it without any programming experience in most cases.  Very 
> classically Apple.  Oddly enough however, I don’t think they originally 
> developed it.  I recall hearing somewhere that they acquired it some time in 
> the distant past.
> 
> I’m looking in to creating an action that will open the current pdf page in 
> textedit.  I think that is what we really need and I haven’t seen anything 
> currently available that fits the bill.  So you see, you can also create your 
> own actions although that is fairly advanced.
> 
> On Apr 1, 2015, at 2:18 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> You were correct!  Once I hit enter on the action I was able to interact with 
> it and set the output options.
> 
> This is far easier than performing a similar action with Adobe Acrobat Reader 
> in Windows.
> 
> Chris
>> On Apr 1, 2015, at 2:30 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Sounds like you haven't added to your work flow.  To add an action to a 
>> workflow, select it with up or down arrows and press enter.  You can then 
>> interact with the workflow area and then interact with the action.
>> When you interact with that action, there are radio buttons to choose the 
>> output format.
>> 
>> On Apr 1, 2015, at 1:12 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Barry,
>> I followed your modified instructions to make a service.  Your step 5 says 
>> to interact with the extract pdf text action to configure it to save it to 
>> txt or rtf.  
>> Once I select this action in the pdf table, I can’t figure out how to 
>> configure it.
>> I’m new to automator, so you’ll have to bare with me.
>> Chris 
>>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 10:38 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I would like to suggest a much simpler variation on my initial suggestion.
>>> 
>>> In the workflow, Git rid of the applescript and get finder item actions, 
>>> change the input of the service to pdf file, and the application to Finder. 
>>>  The only action you need is the extract pdf text.
>>> 
>>> I wasn’t able to make this work at first, but I finally figured out that it 
>>> was due to the multi lingual pdf issue that I mentioned earlier.
>>> So, if you prefer, you can just export a pdf to rtf within finder.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 8:24 PM, Barry Hadder  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I don’t know of a way to select text in a pdf, but I can tell you how to 
>>> get all of the text into rtf or plain.
>>> The easiest way is to create an Automator workflow like the following.
>>> 
>>> 1.  open Automator and choose the services template.
>>> 2.  Interact with the work flow area and set the service to have no input 
>>> and to only work with Preview.
>>> 3.  Add the following actions to the work flow: run apple script, get 
>>> specified finder items, and extract pdf text.  You want them in that order.
>>> 4.  Interact with the run apple script action and enter the following in 
>>> the input field:
>>> on run
>>> tell application “Preview”
>>> path of document of front window
>>> end tell
>>> end run
>>> 5.  Interact with the extract pdf text action and configure it to output 
>>> plain text or rtf as you prefer.
>>> 6.  Save it.
>>> 
>>> That should get the job done.  It should also show up in the services menu 
>>> of Preview.  I’m sure you can think of ways to fine tune this idea to 
>>> better meet your needs.
>>> Note that I have found that the extract pdf text action doesn’t seem to 
>>> work with multi lingual pdfs for some reason.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mar 31, 2015, at 4:10 PM, Chris Moore  wrote:
>>> 
>>> The subject says it all.  
>>> When in the pdf viewer, how do I select text?  I tried cmd+a which didn’t 
>>> do anything.  
>>> 
>>> The next question is how to add textedit to the services menu in pdf viewer?
>>> 
>>> TIA
>>> Chris
>>> 
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Dlink Modem router

[Agent086b]

Hi all,
after 8 years I need to purchase a new modem router. I am looking for a duel 
band. I am looking at a Dlink 2890al. this number may not be the same in all 
countries as I believe Dlink market there products differently around the 
world. I was not a fan of Dlink years ago but I understand they have lifted 
there game. Can anybody tell me if the web interface is accessible using 
Safari? I am also interested in opinions on this router. I have been using a 
Billion up to now. I have been reading reviews that say they are not as good as 
they used to be.
Thanks for any help.
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Re: Dlink Modem router

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Not sure what the cost difference is but the DLink DIR-628 I had was 
nothing but trouble. Couldn't get my devices to stay connected. I 
finally spent a lot more and got an Apple Airport and all the problems 
went away. It just works. If it were me I would get a simple DSL to 
Ethernet router and the connect that to an Airport for all the Wifi stuff.


CB

On 4/1/15 8:42 PM, Agent086b wrote:

Hi all,
after 8 years I need to purchase a new modem router. I am looking for a duel 
band. I am looking at a Dlink 2890al. this number may not be the same in all 
countries as I believe Dlink market there products differently around the 
world. I was not a fan of Dlink years ago but I understand they have lifted 
there game. Can anybody tell me if the web interface is accessible using 
Safari? I am also interested in opinions on this router. I have been using a 
Billion up to now. I have been reading reviews that say they are not as good as 
they used to be.
Thanks for any help.
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Re: Dlink Modem router

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Thanks,
I would like to do that but I can not find a DSL to ethernet  modem here. Could 
you tell me how long ago you had your Dlink?
Max

> On 2 Apr 2015, at 2:01 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries 
>  wrote:
> 
> Not sure what the cost difference is but the DLink DIR-628 I had was nothing 
> but trouble. Couldn't get my devices to stay connected. I finally spent a lot 
> more and got an Apple Airport and all the problems went away. It just works. 
> If it were me I would get a simple DSL to Ethernet router and the connect 
> that to an Airport for all the Wifi stuff.
> 
> CB
> 
> On 4/1/15 8:42 PM, Agent086b wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> after 8 years I need to purchase a new modem router. I am looking for a duel 
>> band. I am looking at a Dlink 2890al. this number may not be the same in all 
>> countries as I believe Dlink market there products differently around the 
>> world. I was not a fan of Dlink years ago but I understand they have lifted 
>> there game. Can anybody tell me if the web interface is accessible using 
>> Safari? I am also interested in opinions on this router. I have been using a 
>> Billion up to now. I have been reading reviews that say they are not as good 
>> as they used to be.
>> Thanks for any help.
>> Max.
>>  
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Re: Dlink Modem router

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Wow, had to dig a bit to figure that out and I purchased it March 2010. 
Hard to believe it was that long ago. I probably fiddled with it on and 
off for a year. I had an older 802.11b wifi router I wanted to upgrade 
to 802.11n so this seemed like just the thing. Eventually I reverted 
back to the old unit and saved up for something else. I ordered the 
Airport Feb 2012 after realizing I had pretty much flushed money down 
the drain on the DLink. I really didn't have time to sit on hold with 
tech support and diagnose an intermittent issue. The DLink was, at the 
time, about US$75 and the Apple Airport Extreme was US$165 so maybe I 
was expecting too much from such a cheap unit, but I guess I'm getting 
less tolerant of basic commodity technology that doesn't work reliably.


CB

On 4/1/15 11:08 PM, Agent086b wrote:

Thanks,
I would like to do that but I can not find a DSL to ethernet  modem here. Could 
you tell me how long ago you had your Dlink?
Max


On 2 Apr 2015, at 2:01 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries 
 wrote:

Not sure what the cost difference is but the DLink DIR-628 I had was nothing 
but trouble. Couldn't get my devices to stay connected. I finally spent a lot 
more and got an Apple Airport and all the problems went away. It just works. If 
it were me I would get a simple DSL to Ethernet router and the connect that to 
an Airport for all the Wifi stuff.

CB

On 4/1/15 8:42 PM, Agent086b wrote:

Hi all,
after 8 years I need to purchase a new modem router. I am looking for a duel 
band. I am looking at a Dlink 2890al. this number may not be the same in all 
countries as I believe Dlink market there products differently around the 
world. I was not a fan of Dlink years ago but I understand they have lifted 
there game. Can anybody tell me if the web interface is accessible using 
Safari? I am also interested in opinions on this router. I have been using a 
Billion up to now. I have been reading reviews that say they are not as good as 
they used to be.
Thanks for any help.
Max.
  

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Re: Dlink Modem router

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Hi,
the one I am looking at is $300.00 aud., about top of there range I think. Was 
the web interface accessible at that time?
Yours was about the time when Dlink had a bad name here.
Thanks again.
Max


> On 2 Apr 2015, at 2:31 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries 
>  wrote:
> 
> Wow, had to dig a bit to figure that out and I purchased it March 2010. Hard 
> to believe it was that long ago. I probably fiddled with it on and off for a 
> year. I had an older 802.11b wifi router I wanted to upgrade to 802.11n so 
> this seemed like just the thing. Eventually I reverted back to the old unit 
> and saved up for something else. I ordered the Airport Feb 2012 after 
> realizing I had pretty much flushed money down the drain on the DLink. I 
> really didn't have time to sit on hold with tech support and diagnose an 
> intermittent issue. The DLink was, at the time, about US$75 and the Apple 
> Airport Extreme was US$165 so maybe I was expecting too much from such a 
> cheap unit, but I guess I'm getting less tolerant of basic commodity 
> technology that doesn't work reliably.
> 
> CB
> 
> On 4/1/15 11:08 PM, Agent086b wrote:
>> Thanks,
>> I would like to do that but I can not find a DSL to ethernet  modem here. 
>> Could you tell me how long ago you had your Dlink?
>> Max
>> 
>>> On 2 Apr 2015, at 2:01 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Not sure what the cost difference is but the DLink DIR-628 I had was 
>>> nothing but trouble. Couldn't get my devices to stay connected. I finally 
>>> spent a lot more and got an Apple Airport and all the problems went away. 
>>> It just works. If it were me I would get a simple DSL to Ethernet router 
>>> and the connect that to an Airport for all the Wifi stuff.
>>> 
>>> CB
>>> 
>>> On 4/1/15 8:42 PM, Agent086b wrote:
 Hi all,
 after 8 years I need to purchase a new modem router. I am looking for a 
 duel band. I am looking at a Dlink 2890al. this number may not be the same 
 in all countries as I believe Dlink market there products differently 
 around the world. I was not a fan of Dlink years ago but I understand they 
 have lifted there game. Can anybody tell me if the web interface is 
 accessible using Safari? I am also interested in opinions on this router. 
 I have been using a Billion up to now. I have been reading reviews that 
 say they are not as good as they used to be.
 Thanks for any help.
 Max.
  
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Re: Dlink Modem router

['Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries]

Not sure it matters anymore as that was over five years ago now. Maybe 
someone else on the list has more current info on dlink accessibility. 
If you didn't need the ADSL interface, for the cost an Airport would be 
quite nice. Maybe a simple DSL to Ethernet box like this one for US$34:


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16825165003&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Modems+%2f+Gateways-_-N82E16825165003&gclid=CLidsrjc1sQCFdKDfgod8WQAIA&gclsrc=aw.ds

CB

On 4/1/15 11:35 PM, Agent086b wrote:

Hi,
the one I am looking at is $300.00 aud., about top of there range I think. Was 
the web interface accessible at that time?
Yours was about the time when Dlink had a bad name here.
Thanks again.
Max



On 2 Apr 2015, at 2:31 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries 
 wrote:

Wow, had to dig a bit to figure that out and I purchased it March 2010. Hard to 
believe it was that long ago. I probably fiddled with it on and off for a year. 
I had an older 802.11b wifi router I wanted to upgrade to 802.11n so this 
seemed like just the thing. Eventually I reverted back to the old unit and 
saved up for something else. I ordered the Airport Feb 2012 after realizing I 
had pretty much flushed money down the drain on the DLink. I really didn't have 
time to sit on hold with tech support and diagnose an intermittent issue. The 
DLink was, at the time, about US$75 and the Apple Airport Extreme was US$165 so 
maybe I was expecting too much from such a cheap unit, but I guess I'm getting 
less tolerant of basic commodity technology that doesn't work reliably.

CB

On 4/1/15 11:08 PM, Agent086b wrote:

Thanks,
I would like to do that but I can not find a DSL to ethernet  modem here. Could 
you tell me how long ago you had your Dlink?
Max


On 2 Apr 2015, at 2:01 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries 
 wrote:

Not sure what the cost difference is but the DLink DIR-628 I had was nothing 
but trouble. Couldn't get my devices to stay connected. I finally spent a lot 
more and got an Apple Airport and all the problems went away. It just works. If 
it were me I would get a simple DSL to Ethernet router and the connect that to 
an Airport for all the Wifi stuff.

CB

On 4/1/15 8:42 PM, Agent086b wrote:

Hi all,
after 8 years I need to purchase a new modem router. I am looking for a duel 
band. I am looking at a Dlink 2890al. this number may not be the same in all 
countries as I believe Dlink market there products differently around the 
world. I was not a fan of Dlink years ago but I understand they have lifted 
there game. Can anybody tell me if the web interface is accessible using 
Safari? I am also interested in opinions on this router. I have been using a 
Billion up to now. I have been reading reviews that say they are not as good as 
they used to be.
Thanks for any help.
Max.
  

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