RE: snow leopard server on a macbook

2009-10-28 Thread Frank Ventura
Hi Uma, this is a real long shot but have you tried setting up a VM in Fusion and installing it to that and seeing if that is enough to fool it into installing? Doing some quick searching I found this article that suggests that it may be possible to install to a Mac Book, you may want to email the

Re: New Snow Leopard install, very slow Safari and other issues

2009-10-28 Thread John André Netland
Esther, Do you know what is the correct adaptor to use for desktop computers like G5, Mac pro etc. I have tried running those machines without monitors but with a video adaptor. It has a flat USB like plug in the other end of a cable, but the plug is wider than USB, common to connect to

Re: New Snow Leopard install, very slow Safari and other issues

2009-10-28 Thread John André Netland
Hi, Sounds like you do not have a display connected to your Mac Mini. This will cause your Mac to be slow in the way you describe. You might connect a video connector for Mac Mini, and the issue should disappear. Hope this helps, John André On 29. okt. 2009, at 00.48, Doug Lee wrote: > >

very painfully slow safari

2009-10-28 Thread christos hux
I was reallysupprised about how sluglish safari was after I did the upgrade to snow leopard. It drove me crazy so I went & switched browsers. I now use a older browser called: icab which is shareware based. Its fully voice over accessable. It costs $20 for a license & its

Re: New Snow Leopard install, very slow Safari and other issues

2009-10-28 Thread Esther
Hi Doug, I'll point you to a Mail Archive list post that gives links to the correct video adapters for both new Mac Mini models (since March 3, 2009 -- with Mini-DVI ports -- "Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter") and for the older Mac Mini models with DVI ports (manufactured before Mach 2009 ---

Re: twitter clients and bible program for mac questions

2009-10-28 Thread Jessi and Goldina
hey, syrinx is the best twitter client. there's also twitteriffic, but syrinx has way more functionality and is better!!! not sure about the Bible program but I'd like to find one too!! On 2009-10-28, at 8:42 PM, David Geiger wrote: > > would like some help finding a good twitter client for m

twitter clients and bible program for mac questions

2009-10-28 Thread David Geiger
would like some help finding a good twitter client for mac osx 10.6 sl desktop client that will work good with voice over and also was hopeing somone could tell me if there is a bible program out for mac that is voice over compatable thanks --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

installed SL and love it!

2009-10-28 Thread Ben King
Dear Mac friends and scholars, I want you to know that I installed SL on Saturday. I love it! I love the Quick Nav feature. This feature is my favorite. I also really like the web roter. SL is amazing! Have a wonderful day. Blessings, Ben King --~--~-~--~~~-

Free Downloadable Copy of "Take Control of VMWare Fusion 3"

2009-10-28 Thread Esther
Hi, VMware, the makers of Fusion, that allows you to run virtual machine versions of Windows and Linux on your Mac, are sponsoring the new version of Joe Kissell's new Take Control series book, "Take Control of VMWare Fusion 3", so that PDF copies of the new book can be freely downloaded. Thi

Re: New Snow Leopard install, very slow Safari and other issues

2009-10-28 Thread Doug Lee
I have no compatible monitor at this location, but I just heard of some sort of "dongle" that's supposed to fool the machine into thinking I have one. Any info on where to obtain such a thing? On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 05:36:22PM -0700, Mac Cougar wrote: Plug in a monitor for the performance issu

Re: New Snow Leopard install, very slow Safari and other issues

2009-10-28 Thread Mac Cougar
Plug in a monitor for the performance issues. On Oct 28, 2009, at 4:48 PM, Doug Lee wrote: > > Last Friday I installed Snow Leopard as an upgrade of Leopard on my > Mac Mini. I also installed the newer Xcode from the Snow Leopard CD > over the Xcode I already had. I finally reinstalled the Port

[Mac-cessibility News] VMWare Fusion 3 Maintains Accessibility

2009-10-28 Thread Maccessibility
VMWare Fusion 3 Maintains Accessibility Yesterday, VMWare Fusion version 3 was released for Mac OS X. This version of the popular desktop virtualization software, which allows Mac users to simultaneously run other operating systems alongside OS X, boasts a variety of new features, including Windo

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-28 Thread patrickneazer
Hello Scott and all: Well, I do not know if they thought you were nuts though let us just say that a book could be written entitled adventures in communication with them (smile). I will say that the company may not quite be as invested in the accessibility conversation as we might be on thi

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-28 Thread patrickneazer
Hello Scott and all: You are welcome. I am glad that the information proved useful. The only addition I would make is something I alluded to earlier. When and if you purchase the software, give it a test in an environment in which you may not be as familiar. The biggest challenge was the I no

New Snow Leopard install, very slow Safari and other issues

2009-10-28 Thread Doug Lee
Last Friday I installed Snow Leopard as an upgrade of Leopard on my Mac Mini. I also installed the newer Xcode from the Snow Leopard CD over the Xcode I already had. I finally reinstalled the Ports package, though I did not recompile all my ports yet. But I got a number of very nasty surprises

Re: New To The List

2009-10-28 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I definitely don't think Apple's prices are that bed. Hell, you have Windows laptops that cost that much, and that's basic. At least, the prices in my country are stupidly high for a Windows computer. And then, of course, I have to pay even more money to get a screen reader if I don't

Re: my 2 months with a mac

2009-10-28 Thread Chris Blouch
I'm not very familiar with Shoutcast, but they seem to have a mac client, so it's not obvious to me that broadcasting on the Mac couldn't be done. http://www.shoutcast.com/download#14 CB a radix wrote: > Hey Tony, Nice to hear from you! (the world is a small place) Funny we > started our mac

Re: ISpectrum for the IPhone

2009-10-28 Thread Scott Howell
Thanks for the feedback, that was helpful. On Oct 28, 2009, at 3:59 AM, patrickneazer wrote: > Hello Scott: > > I found ISpectrum to be accessible though clunky to use. I could > locate the button and take the picture. However, after that the > touchpad became sluggish and I would have to lo

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-28 Thread Scott Howell
I should comment here that when I asked the company about accessibility, they didn't seem to know their app was accessible. WHen I pointed out I had it on good authority it was and encouraged them to keep this in mind for future versions, I had not heard back. Don't know if they thought I

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-28 Thread Scott Howell
Hey, actually this was very helpful and this will definitely help me make that decision. That is exactly what I was looking for, is some real field experience. Thanks a lot. On Oct 28, 2009, at 3:54 AM, patrickneazer wrote: > Hello Scott: > > You have probably gotten all of the information y

Selecting pages of text in Safari

2009-10-28 Thread James & Nash
Hi list, I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, but how can i select a page of text in Safari please? I don't want to select all the links etc just the text of the article. I have tried interacting with the text and using the VO + Enter selection command, but this only got me so far

Re: ISpectrum for the IPhone

2009-10-28 Thread Scott Howell
Thanks for the feedback, that was helpful. On Oct 28, 2009, at 3:59 AM, patrickneazer wrote: > Hello Scott: > > I found ISpectrum to be accessible though clunky to use. I could > locate the button and take the picture. However, after that the > touchpad became sluggish and I would have to lo

Blogging and VoiceOver

2009-10-28 Thread John Panarese
Hi folks, Sorry to cross post, but I'm trying to reach as many potential helpers as possible. I was wondering about how one goes about blogging with a Mac and VoiceOver. I have been asked to be involved with a blog, and I know nothing about how to do so. If anyone could kindly write me o

Re: speeding up finder

2009-10-28 Thread Howard Dupuis
What is your system? While I've got only about a quarter of the songs you have, my Mac speeds along just fine and dandy. Are you using iTunes? You wouldn't, perhaps, be using a Mac Mini without a monitor, would you? (If so, I know what's holding things up.) Please do tell more. -- Howard Tony Ber

Re: New To The List

2009-10-28 Thread James & Nash
Hi Dan, Bet you don't remeber me smile. Anyway, a lot of folks on here seem to be using Amadeus Pro.And yes, I agree with you, Appel's prices are prohibitive. Take care - Original Message - From: "Daniel Rowe" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:50 PM Subject: New To The List

Problem using POP3 in Mail.app

2009-10-28 Thread James & Nash
Hi list, I decided to use (unwisely it now seems) IMAP instead of POP3 in Mail. This worked well, but there was a problem on the Windows end, so I changed back, but now I cannot make POP work on my Mac. After removing my account, I deleted all the references I could find in the Keychain Acces

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-28 Thread Portia
Hello, Thanks for the info. This helps me a lot too, as I'm getting the iPhone this weekend. Take care and have a bright day. Smiles, Portia. -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --~--~-~

New To The List

2009-10-28 Thread Daniel Rowe
Hi all. I'm sereously considering switching over to the mac and also will be getting an iPhone when it becomes available on my network. I've been following Apple's progress with voice-over since the beta of Tiger. Apple are an amazing company for putting all this effort into making their pr

Re: Subscribing to the ViMacAudio mailing list

2009-10-28 Thread Claude Renaud
Esther, > I think the contact info for the owner of the VImac-audio list is: > > allse...@gmail.com > Thank you for your response but apparently my membership has been accepted. Even if I have not received a message yet, I can access to the ViMacAudio web page and post from there...

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-28 Thread hank smith
is this only a iphone app - Original Message - From: "Christina" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:32 PM Subject: Re: MobileNavigator for North America > > Yes, that helps, thanks so much. :) > On Oct 28, 2009, at 11:28 AM, patrickneazer wrote: > >>> Hello Christina and all: >>

RE: Google Chrome Mac Beta

2009-10-28 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Considering that Chrome is not really useable in the JAWS world either, I'm not surprised. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 1:09 PM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Goo

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-28 Thread Christopher Gilland
I assume mobile navigator is only for the IPhone, not for Windows Mobile? Sorry I'm a bit behind on mail. Hey, they ported ITunes to windows, so who knows, thought I'd ask as Mobile Geo is way! too expensive. Chris. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this mess

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-28 Thread patrickneazer
Hello Christina and all: You are most welcome. If you have any other questions that might assist in your decision on purchasing it or if you purchase it and have questions do not hesitate to ask. And no, even though that sounded like a salesperson quotation I do not receive a dime if anyone

speeding up finder

2009-10-28 Thread Tony Bernedal
Hi all Is there any tips on how to speed up finder or is it any better file manager out there. I try to go to my music folder that contains about 4 songs and finder go to the folder and almost sitting on the first item and saying busy for about 20 minutes or so. If I move the vo cursor

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-28 Thread Christina
Yes, that helps, thanks so much. :) On Oct 28, 2009, at 11:28 AM, patrickneazer wrote: >> Hello Christina and all: >> >> Yes, your questions make sense (smile). >> >> Navigon has a few speed settings ... car, motorcycle, bicycle, and >> pedestrian. There might be one other though I am not look

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-28 Thread patrickneazer
> Hello Christina and all: > > Yes, your questions make sense (smile). > > Navigon has a few speed settings ... car, motorcycle, bicycle, and > pedestrian. There might be one other though I am not looking at it > at this moment. If you select a setting the receiver gets an idea of > how fast

Re: Google Chrome Mac Beta

2009-10-28 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, That's unfortunately the same with Google's new Google Wave. Google can actually be quoted to be committed to accessibility, and it's even written in black on white. I personally believe that still has to show. Google CHrome has been out for a while, and as far as I know it's still no

Google Chrome Mac Beta

2009-10-28 Thread Chris Blouch
Some of you may have noticed that Google Chrome is now out for the Mac. I downloaded and installed it but was disappointed to find that the web content itself was not accessible. While I could reach the rest of the UI, it was mostly unlabeled buttons. Sad that Google has not adopted universal

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-28 Thread Christina
So, does Navigon work well when on foot as aposed to being in a car? Does it work while on a city bus? I hope my questions make sense? I mean, does it know you're walking or does it think you're in a car? Thanks, Christina On Oct 28, 2009, at 12:54 AM, patrickneazer wrote: > Hello Scott:

Re: Subscribing to the ViMacAudio mailing list

2009-10-28 Thread Esther
Salut Claude, Claude Renaud wrote: > Hi all, > > Does someone know the owner of this list ? > I subscribed to it sevral days ago but my membership is still > pending ... > I think the contact info for the owner of the VImac-audio list is: allse...@gmail.com In the meantime, until you get a

Re: problem with mail account

2009-10-28 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Matthew, Yes the connect button did work. But Frank and Nic were right, if I clicked on Show Certificate, I did find an option to check a box to always trust that site. I then had to sign in with my account password for my Mac to change my trust settings. Best, Donna On Oct 27, 2009, a

Re: -- SPAM -- not spam, possibly helpful? : was: Re: -- SPAM -- slight accessibility issue with fusion 3

2009-10-28 Thread David McLean
Because it is considered spam by my ISP. Sorry, didn't remove the word from the subject. On Oct 27, 2009, at 10:35 PM, John J Herzog wrote: > > Hi, > When I say highlight, I mean command tab. > So, if you move focus away from VMware fusion, you can then turn > voiceover off, command tab to the

Re: Accessible iPod Touch

2009-10-28 Thread M AUSTEN
Hi, I'd just like to say a big thank you to all the people that have taken the time and trouble to answer my question about Accessibility on the iPod Touch. Mark --- On Tue, 27/10/09, Charlie Doremus wrote: From: Charlie Doremus Subject: Re: Accessible iPod Touch To: macvisionaries@googlegroups

Re: snow leopard server on a macbook

2009-10-28 Thread sandi sørensen
not sure if you can change the putters id, i suggest getting a used minni and try it out, /sandi On Oct 28, 2009, at 2:19 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > > Hi list, > > I am trying to install mac osx sl server on my macbook, but i get an > incompatibility error at the beginning saying t

snow leopard server on a macbook

2009-10-28 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi list, I am trying to install mac osx sl server on my macbook, but i get an incompatibility error at the beginning saying that sl server only installs on desktops and servers. Well, i want to test out the thing before i actually crank out a whole system based on sl, so i chose my macbook

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-28 Thread sandi sørensen
hi. Navigon works,however if you are at an location where there are no maps it gets tricky. But if you follow a map it should be okay. I use it when i walk our dogs, i tried another one as well for another area with no map it works as well but is way more hard to use cause you have too see

Re: ISpectrum for the IPhone

2009-10-28 Thread patrickneazer
Hello Scott: I found ISpectrum to be accessible though clunky to use. I could locate the button and take the picture. However, after that the touchpad became sluggish and I would have to lock the screen and then unlock it to continue. I sometimes would have to do this several times. When I

Re: MobileNavigator for North America

2009-10-28 Thread patrickneazer
Hello Scott: You have probably gotten all of the information you require and need to make a decision though I wanted to chime in. Navigon is a FANTASTIC app. I have now tried it in 5 cities ... 3 of which I have never been to. It has not let me down yet though it might in the future (smile)