Re: USB issue

2009-03-03 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi. I'm sorry. I played around with some settings in my mail program yesterday, and I forgot to change them back to normal before I sended a mail to this list. I'm Søren Jensen. I'm really sorry. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.

Re: USB issue

2009-03-03 Thread Poul pik
Hi Dave. What filesystem is your 500 gb drive running? NTFS, Fat 32 or one of the Mac/Linux filesystems? Have you installed any virtual cd-drives on your machine? That's the only thing which makes my cd-drive spinning when I don't use it. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolforthebl

Re: Questions about bootcamp

2009-03-03 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good evening, 1. I have not tested it, but I believe that the operating system menu at boot time does not stop at the end of the list. Meaning, that if you keep pressing the right arrow you will end back at the beginning. 2. There is no speech on the operating system selection menu. 3. You

USB issue

2009-03-03 Thread Dave Wright
Good evening all, Just recently I had my iTunes library become corrupted and I was forced to rebuild it. Thank goodness for backups. Anyway, I was adding music to my library from my 500GB drive and everything seemed to go ok until it was time to find album artwork. At this point, I noticed that

Re: Questions about bootcamp

2009-03-03 Thread George Zaynoun
Does all the below you mentioned happen with or without speech? Can you shed some light on how to install windows using bootcamp for a totally blind person like me and if one needs sighted help and when i.e at each stage? I can install windows the unattended way and have usb speakers, what to mo

Re: Questions about bootcamp

2009-03-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
Boot camp will be a bit faster, since windows has all of the processor power and memory to itself, the responsiveness of fusion is quite good though, that's what I use and I have no plans to switch to boot camp because of speed issues. - Original Message - From: "Bejarano, Rafael P."

Re: Questions about bootcamp

2009-03-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
One advantage of fusion is that it will allow you to install windows without sighted help. It also allows you to run wwindows and the mac OS at the same time. It's not quite as responsive as running windows natively, but quite snappy for a virtual machine. - Original Message - From: "C

Re: Using apps which put icons in menubar

2009-03-03 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I don't think you can as they aren't in the main menubar. Thanks, Alex, On 3-Mar-09, at 12:40 PM, James Dietz wrote: > > I've ran into a couple of apps here or there which, when run, place an > icon in a corner of the screen (apparently on the menu bar) which when > clicked will bring up

Re: Gmail notifier, anyone use?

2009-03-03 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I use it just to know when new mail comes in at school where there is a proxy blocking all other trafic. Thanks, Alex, On 3-Mar-09, at 11:50 AM, rayna424 wrote: > > I'm thinking about getting the gmail notifier. Does anyone use it? I > used to love it when I could see. Different ballgam

Re: Questions about bootcamp

2009-03-03 Thread David Poehlman
bootcamp is deffinately faster. On Mar 3, 2009, at 10:30 PM, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote: Hi Kara, Thanks for your prompt reply to my e-mail. When I asked if Bootcamp or Fusion was better, I should have been clearer. What I want to know is whether the performance of Bootcamp is faster than t

Re: Questions about bootcamp

2009-03-03 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good evening, Bootcamp will give you greater performance. However, I run Fusion and for what I do, mostly web development, under Windows XP, Fusion is quite responsive. I would recommend giving things a try with Fusion and if you notice that your virtual machine is sluggish then use bootc

RE: Questions about bootcamp

2009-03-03 Thread Bejarano, Rafael P.
Hi Kara, Thanks for your prompt reply to my e-mail. When I asked if Bootcamp or Fusion was better, I should have been clearer. What I want to know is whether the performance of Bootcamp is faster than that of Fusion, or vice versa. Cordially, Rafael -Original Message- From: macvision

Re: iso

2009-03-03 Thread Maurice Mines
hi you can use simpleyburnes it will the job. On Mar 3, 2009, at 6:50 PM, louie wrote: > > Howdy all, > How do I burn a iso file to disk? > Thank you for any help. > > louie > louiem...@wavecable.com > > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message bec

Re: iso

2009-03-03 Thread Jacob Schmude
Hi Louie Open the disk utility (Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.app)and burn it from there. It has full support for iso files, just press command+b and point it at the ISO file you need to burn. On Mar 3, 2009, at 20:50, louie wrote: > > Howdy all, > How do I burn a iso file to disk? >

Re: iso

2009-03-03 Thread Buddy Brannan
On Mar 3, 2009, at 8:50 PM, louie wrote: > > Howdy all, > How do I burn a iso file to disk? Open it with disk utility, then press cmd-b once it's selected there. Then just follow the prompts. > Thank you for any help. > > louie > louiem...@wavecable.com > > > > > > -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV

iso

2009-03-03 Thread louie
Howdy all, How do I burn a iso file to disk? Thank you for any help. louie louiem...@wavecable.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macv

Re: Hey you automator heds!…

2009-03-03 Thread Cara Quinn
Thanks so much Esther, will try this now! As usual, you sooo rock!… Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn On Mar 3, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Cara, > Hey all, I'm wanting to create two workflows to launch two shell > scripts. I

Re: M4A and ITunes bombed out on a client computer

2009-03-03 Thread Scott Howell
Eric, just curious, how many did he rip before iTunes had a cow. How many songs did this amount to and how much space. I have about 2800 some odd songs running at about 35Gb and I know others have even larger libraries than that. I am not aware of a limit, but it is possible there is. I do

Re: Questions about bootcamp

2009-03-03 Thread Cara Quinn
Rafael, you can select an OS at startup by holding down the option key for a few seconds, when you hear the chime. then you'll simply use right or left arrows to select the OS and press enter to boot into that OS. The BootCamp installed OS will always be the last OS all the way to the

Re: Hey you automator heds!…

2009-03-03 Thread Esther
Hi Cara, > Hey all, I'm wanting to create two workflows to launch two shell > scripts. It's not immediately obvious to me how to tell Automator how > to point to each script?… I haven't done much with Automator recently, but what you want to do is select the Utilities library, then there are

Re: Hey you automator heds!…

2009-03-03 Thread Cara Quinn
Ah, I should clarify here that I actually have found the utility action to run a shell script from within a workflow, it's just that I can't seem to find a way to tell Automator where the scripts are located. -Am I just being extra blonde?… lol!… Smiles, CQ :) --- View my Online Port

Hey you automator heds!…

2009-03-03 Thread Cara Quinn
Hey all, I'm wanting to create two workflows to launch two shell scripts. It's not immediately obvious to me how to tell Automator how to point to each script?… -anyone have any tips / tricks?… Thankie muchly!… Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelpla

Re: Facebook users

2009-03-03 Thread rayna424
Hi Esther. I ended up speaking to someone on the phone and we went over the group mode thing. I think I'll wait on that until I get more comfortable haha. I'm finding that learning this like pealing an onion, and so far I've only taken off the thin dry outer coating haha. At least after my phone c

Re: M4A and ITunes bombed out on a client computer

2009-03-03 Thread erik burggraaf
Thank you very much. This was extremely helpful. In any event it will save him a lot of time and some worry. The importing thing seems to be a known issue. According to him, he did some googling on it and found that many people had run into his exact problem. I appreciate the pointer.

Questions about bootcamp

2009-03-03 Thread Rafael Bejarano
Hello everyone, I'm writing to ask those of you who use Bootcamp a couple of questions. First, how accessible is it? That is, how do you choose which OS to use at start-up? Second, is Bootcamp better than fusion? Why or why not? Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. Cordia

Re: M4A and ITunes bombed out on a client computer

2009-03-03 Thread Jacob Schmude
Hi Eric Not sure whats up with iTunes, I've never heard of this happening, but Max certainly will rip to Apple Lossless. It can take advantage of all audio encoders builtin to the Mac OS, and apple lossless is one of them--it uses the same encoder that iTunes does. Setup an m4a encoder and

M4A and ITunes bombed out on a client computer

2009-03-03 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi guys, A client of mine got a mac to use as a senterpiece of his music system. His first order of business was to rip his massive cd collection into apple lossless .m4a format onto a 1 tb network hard drive, and this he set out to do with a vengeance. About 400 cd's in, ITunes suddenl

Re: update from Digidesign regarding Pro Tools accessibility

2009-03-03 Thread Slau
Umm... I think perhaps you didn't look around the site closely enough, Karen. There are a bunch of headings and it's most definitely there. The heading is named "Update Winter 2009." - Original Message - From: "Karen Lewellen" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 2:02 PM Subject: Re: up

Re: Facebook users

2009-03-03 Thread Esther
Hi Randi, Group mode is one of the settings in the VoiceOver Utility panel (VO- F8). Interact with the table (VO-Shift Down arrow) and navigate to the "Web" setting. Then stop interacting (VO-Shift Up Arrow) and VO- right to the settings under "Web". The first entry will be "When naviagat

Using apps which put icons in menubar

2009-03-03 Thread James Dietz
I've ran into a couple of apps here or there which, when run, place an icon in a corner of the screen (apparently on the menu bar) which when clicked will bring up the actual app window/preferences/whatever system tray-style. I can't seem to find the specified icon anywhere on the screen with VO.

Re: Need help with ripping audio tracks with SimplyBurns using Rip user-defined sessions mode

2009-03-03 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Chuck, wouldn't it be easier to use Max? Best, erik burggraaf A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 3-Mar-09, at 12:02 PM, Chuck Reichel wrote: > > Hi listers, > Can someone shed some light! on how to get "SimplyBurns to

Re: Facebook users

2009-03-03 Thread rayna424
I was gonna respond to the gmail thing in the gmail thread but its still empty LOL. I was wondering if I was hearing sounds with new email when gmail was open. H. Guess I am LOL. Thanks, I had no idea. rayna424 wrote: > I just had a friend help me set up facebook yesterday. I'm finding > many

Re: Facebook users

2009-03-03 Thread rayna424
Group mode? Whats that? I can only write on walls if they write on mine first. I can't access anyone's profiles to start any kind of dialogue, other than commenting on people's status messages. Eliza Cooper wrote: > Hi Randi, > I used to use the gmail notifier on my pc, but since the Mac's >

Re: Facebook users

2009-03-03 Thread Eliza Cooper
Hi Randi, I used to use the gmail notifier on my pc, but since the Mac's mail application makes a noise whenever you get mail if it's open (even if you're doing something else), I haven't needed to get it. I don't know if that helps any. Also, yes, I have a ton of trouble with facebo

Re: How can I play .wmv files?

2009-03-03 Thread Bob Hill
Thanks to all who replied. Got Flip4Mac installed and running. Help is much appreciated. Bob Hill On Mar 3, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Richie Gardenhire wrote: > > You might try www.versiontracker.com, and there are several editions > of Flip4Mac, which you can download. If I'm not mistaken, you hav

Need help with ripping audio tracks with SimplyBurns using Rip user-defined sessions mode

2009-03-03 Thread Chuck Reichel
Hi listers, Can someone shed some light! on how to get "SimplyBurns toRip user- defined sessions? " I can't seem to get 1 or 2 tracks to rip what is the trick? PS I still can't send fresh emails to list so that is why i am replying just to get this question to the list. Talk soon On Mar 3,

Re: Facebook users

2009-03-03 Thread Michael Babcock
I learned that using group mode yesterday, appeared to work better on the whole site:) On Mar 3, 2009, at 10:51 AM, rayna424 wrote: > > I just had a friend help me set up facebook yesterday. I'm finding > many limitations which apparently so are a lot of screenreader users. > Anyone use? I go b

Facebook users

2009-03-03 Thread rayna424
I just had a friend help me set up facebook yesterday. I'm finding many limitations which apparently so are a lot of screenreader users. Anyone use? I go between mobile facebook and the regular one to accomplish anything. Any pointers? Thanks, Randi --~--~-~--~~~---~--

Gmail notifier, anyone use?

2009-03-03 Thread rayna424
I'm thinking about getting the gmail notifier. Does anyone use it? I used to love it when I could see. Different ballgame now. Thanks, Randi --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To

Fwd: Apple introduces compact wired keyboard with new iMacs

2009-03-03 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, you may want to pay close attention to this bit of info. It is not a really big deal, but it is rather curious and well it would be an issue if you didn't know. Begin forwarded message: > Accompanying updates to Apple's line of desktops Tuesday is a new > compact, wired keyboard with

Re: update from Digidesign regarding Pro Tools accessibility

2009-03-03 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi, Agreed with Scott, and might we have the statement here? When I followed the link I only reached the pages of those who have signed, and an invitation to add mine which is already there. Karen On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Scott Chesworth wrote: > > Hey Jerry, > > Thanks for posting this man, I'd ha

Re: update from Digidesign regarding Pro Tools accessibility

2009-03-03 Thread Slau
Hey Scott, We've come up with a list but it needs to be expanded and explained for Digi to get the big picture along with the details. When I have that ready, I'll give a shout. Cheers! Slau - Original Message - From: "Scott Chesworth" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 1:06 PM Sub

Re: update from Digidesign regarding Pro Tools accessibility

2009-03-03 Thread Scott Chesworth
Hey Jerry, Thanks for posting this man, I'd have missed it otherwise. Any chance of seeing the list of priorities? There's no doubt in my mind that you know pt deeper than me and no doubt that you've got it all covered, I'd just be curious to check it out and see what's on the horizon to be don

Re: How can I play .wmv files?

2009-03-03 Thread Richie Gardenhire
You might try www.versiontracker.com, and there are several editions of Flip4Mac, which you can download. If I'm not mistaken, you have to have a previous version of Flip4Mac, before you can upgrade to the latest free version. At least, I did. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska. On

Need help with ripping audio tracks with SimplyBurns using Rip user-defined sessions mode

2009-03-03 Thread Chuck Reichel
Hi listers, Can someone shed some light! on how to get "SimplyBurns toRip user- defined sessions? " I can't seem to get 1 or 2 tracks to rip what is the trick? PS I still can't send fresh emails to list so that is why i am replying just to get this question to the list. Talk soon On Mar 3,

Re: mail problem with voiceover.

2009-03-03 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Søren, I'm actually not using the VO cursor when this happens. That's why I said it's a similar flavor of the issue. However, it does act funky for me either way. Have a nice day!… Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn On Mar

Re: How can I play .wmv files?

2009-03-03 Thread Chris Blouch
Yup. The free Flip4Mac plugin is what most folks use. http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac-wmv/overview.htm CB Bob Hill wrote: > Hi all, > > I am wondering how I can play "wmv" files on the Macintosh. > Can someone point me to a plug-in or something to play these? > > Thanks. > > Bob Hill > > > >

Re: safari so busy in downloads window

2009-03-03 Thread Scott Howell
Sorry WIll, can't say I have encountered this either. Might be worth clearing your cache,b ut not sure that would have much impact, but worth a try. On Mar 3, 2009, at 8:25 AM, David Poehlman wrote: > > no. > > On Mar 3, 2009, at 7:48 AM, william lomas wrote: > > > hi since safari 4 I n

How can I play .wmv files?

2009-03-03 Thread Bob Hill
Hi all, I am wondering how I can play "wmv" files on the Macintosh. Can someone point me to a plug-in or something to play these? Thanks. Bob Hill --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries"

update from Digidesign regarding Pro Tools accessibility

2009-03-03 Thread Slau
The most recent update from Digidesign regarding compatibility with VoiceOver has been posted at http://www.protoolspetition.org Keep in mind, once you've read the statement, that we're about to send our specific list of priorities as far as which areas to address first. Cheers! --~--~

Re: mail problem with voiceover.

2009-03-03 Thread Scott Bresnahan
Hi, The Safari beta installs a core framework for html rendering. This affects all apple applications that share this framework. In fact, one of the biggest issues with Safari 4 beta had to do with Mail.app plugins like rss plugins and password helper plugins. So, it's because of this shar

Re: safari so busy in downloads window

2009-03-03 Thread David Poehlman
no. On Mar 3, 2009, at 7:48 AM, william lomas wrote: hi since safari 4 I note that whenever I am downloading something safari always seems busy when downloading and voice over does not interact as easily with the list ite to show progress has anyone else noted this? will --~--~---

Re: mail problem with voiceover.

2009-03-03 Thread Mark Baxter
How could Safari affect the behavior of Mail? Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goog

safari so busy in downloads window

2009-03-03 Thread william lomas
hi since safari 4 I note that whenever I am downloading something safari always seems busy when downloading and voice over does not interact as easily with the list ite to show progress has anyone else noted this? will --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You receive

Re: mail problem with voiceover.

2009-03-03 Thread Krister Ekstrom
I can confirm your problems. Here, it occurs whenever i VO to investigate the mail headers or such. Shift tabing out of the message body seems to solve the problem. I have had this problem even before the latest Safari beta. /Krister 3 mar 2009 kl. 11.08 skrev Anne Robertson: > > Hello C

Re: mail problem with voiceover.

2009-03-03 Thread David Poehlman
interesting, I never thought to use the vo cursor in the first place. On Mar 3, 2009, at 6:12 AM, Søren Jensen wrote: Hi John and Cara. Don't use the VO cursor when writing mails. I've also had this problem, but when I only use the tab key and the arrow keys, I never have this problem. This is

Re: mail problem with voiceover.

2009-03-03 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi John and Cara. Don't use the VO cursor when writing mails. I've also had this problem, but when I only use the tab key and the arrow keys, I never have this problem. This is the same in Text edit. I have had a lot of focus problems, but if I only use the arrow keys, it works fine. Best r

Re: mail problem with voiceover.

2009-03-03 Thread Scott Howell
Interestingly, I have had no issues with Mail or any other application after upgrading to Safari 4 beta. Now I did recently have to do a complete reinstall of Leopard do to a problem I created, but it is hard to say if this has anything to do with it. --~--~-~--~~~-

Re: mail problem with voiceover.

2009-03-03 Thread David Poehlman
I'm not having this problem or any other new issue in mail but I did have to restart my system to get the end of screen boundary audibility back. On Mar 3, 2009, at 5:25 AM, Thomas McMahan wrote: I think that is the problem. Just uninstalled it as well, and now on reply it just says "html"

Re: mail problem with voiceover.

2009-03-03 Thread Thomas McMahan
I think that is the problem. Just uninstalled it as well, and now on reply it just says "html" not quickly saying "edithtml." When mine was acting up would have to use vo/tab until it would announce the "to:" field, then tab until it got to the html again, move mouse cursor to vo cursor,

Re: mail problem with voiceover.

2009-03-03 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Cara, John and everyone, I've had this problem, too. I think it's related to Safari 4. I uninstalled Safari 4 and everything seems fine again. Cheers, Anne On Mar 3, 2009, at 2:43 AM, Cara Quinn wrote: > > John , I've also started noticing some flavor of this behavior. > For me, as

Re: Possible Cure for Safari Interaction Losing

2009-03-03 Thread constantlyvaria...@gmail.com
Hi! I upgraded to Safari 4 beta and the problem vanished. (Kids, don't try upgrading vital organs at home! ;-) ) Best regards, Felix --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to t