air cards on the mac

2011-03-07 Thread chad
hi do you guys know what air cards are accessible on the mac just wondering i know of verizon and a t t not sure if its accessible thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googl

Re: Problems Accessing Mobile ME

2011-03-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
they don't have an audio captcha? Oh wow. hopefully that changes with mobile me new version or what ever it will be called. On Mar 7, 2011, at 10:31 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: > HiEster, > > Okay, I didn't grasp your original e-mail. I did go through System > Preferences and chose a trial account

Re: Problems Accessing Mobile ME

2011-03-07 Thread Les Kriegler
HiEster, Okay, I didn't grasp your original e-mail. I did go through System Preferences and chose a trial account. I got all the way through the sign-up process, except I could not enter the characters shown at the end of the process. So I'll await sighted assistance and complete the process

Final Moderator Note -was- Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi All; I say final mod note in the subject because from here on out if people insist on ignoring some very polite yet clear requests from *any* of our mods, to either bring this topic back to Apple products or close it, then their posting privileges will simply be revoked; no questions asked.

Re: Problems Accesing Mobile ME

2011-03-07 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Ester, Thanks for your detailed message. Unfortunately, when I go to me.com, and I try to bring up the menu, I hear a message that Safari is busy. If I type VO M again, I get to the Time Machine Menu. This is the only page I am encountering this issue, so I don't know what is going on tha

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Tyler wood
I have a braille lite 2000, and 40. I love them both and they actually still work. I still read books with them. On 2011-03-07, at 7:50 PM, Cheree wrote: > Cheree heppe here: > I have a working Millennium 20 and really like it. I don't care that it is a > legacy device. > > Regards, > Cheree

Re: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Tyler wood
This thing kicks my desktops butt. So pretty much my workhorse. It's plugged into all my drives, I guess I should have got the imac. Oh well.. On 2011-03-07, at 7:39 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Yep the pro is my desktop replacement. I do a lot of music and production > work. > > Take care. > On

Re: help with time machine, please?

2011-03-07 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi Donna, You might want to go into time machine preferences and see if anything is being excluded from the backup. I doubt this but, its worth a look. On Mar 7, 2011, at 3:01 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to back up my system. Two things are happening that seem strange. >

Re: Problems Accesing Mobile ME

2011-03-07 Thread Les Kriegler
Yes, I got to the log in page, but as soon as I tried to proceed from there, I got the "Safari Busy" message. Unloading and reloading VO had no positive effect. On Mar 6, 2011, at 9:43 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Have you tried restarting voice over to see if that helps? > > > Sarah Alawami >

Re: The politics and manufacture of Braille displays [Was, Re: macbook air vs ipad 2]

2011-03-07 Thread Kevin Mattingly
Look guys, its all preference. If you like to have I Devices and say you have a darlin person that is sited to share with, get the IPad. If you have like real need for keyboard access, memory and flash, then get yourself a computer, laptop or Air. Its real easy. Apple is fun for me and I use it

The politics and manufacture of Braille displays [Was, Re: macbook air vs ipad 2]

2011-03-07 Thread Bryan Jones
I have nothing to say about this topic. However, since some people are apparently not willing or able to listen to two Mod requests to end the discussion, I've changed the subject line to at least make it match the wayward contents of the last thousand messages in this thread, seeing how it has

Re: selecting a table in safari

2011-03-07 Thread Rafaela Freundt
I tried that, and pasted the page into text edit but the table didn't appear like a table anymore so I thought there might be a better way. thanks, Rafaela Freundt E-mail/MSN: rafafreu...@gmail.com Skype: rafafreundt El 07/03/2011, a las 21:27, Ricardo Walker escribió: > I guess you might ha

Re: selecting a table in safari

2011-03-07 Thread Ricardo Walker
I guess you might have to select the entire page and paste it into your document, then delete the stuff around it. On Mar 7, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I've been looking for an answer for about a year and have not yet found one. > Anyone? anyone? lol! > On Mar 7, 2011, at 12:05 PM

RE: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Cameron
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RE: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

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RE: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Cameron
Hi. I'd only back that statement up to a certain degree. If you are running sessions with high track counts, using virtual instruments that have large sample libraries, etc, then you want to work with at least a second hard drive in the first place. Doing everything with one 5400 rpm hard drive,

RE: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Cameron
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Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Cheree
Cheree heppe here: I have a working Millennium 20 and really like it. I don't care that it is a legacy device. Regards, Cheree heppe Sent from my iPhone On 07/03/2011, at 17:12, Tyler wood wrote: > No, but FS sure isn't helping the price go down any. > > It couldn't anyway, not yet anyway.

Re: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Wes Smith
Well, I don't do any music production at all. On Mar 7, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Kaare Dehard wrote: > if you're doing something like music production that requires a lot of space > on a grand scale then the pro. Mine was my desktop replacement. > > On 2011-03-07, at 7:29 PM, Wes Smith wrote: > >> So

Re: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yep the pro is my desktop replacement. I do a lot of music and production work. Take care. On Mar 7, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Kaare Dehard wrote: > if you're doing something like music production that requires a lot of space > on a grand scale then the pro. Mine was my desktop replacement. > > On 2011

Re: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Eric Brinkman
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Re: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Kaare Dehard
if you're doing something like music production that requires a lot of space on a grand scale then the pro. Mine was my desktop replacement. On 2011-03-07, at 7:29 PM, Wes Smith wrote: > So I'm trying to decide between a Macbook Pro, or a Macbook AIr. I would get > a educational discount (I'm

Re: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread wes smith
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Re: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Tyler wood
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Re: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Tyler wood
Ok, here we go with my rant. Why in the world doesn't apple let the 11 in users get these? (256 gb, 2.1 ghz processor)? I just don't understand. It drives me up the wall because that's what I would gladly go for with the 11 inch. Rant over, sorry. Tyler On 2011-03-07, at 6:57 PM, Eric Brinkman

Re: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Tyler wood
>From wat you're stating, mbp would be the way to go. It's not much more - for >the base core i5, 13 in model. And since you don't much care about the >weight... Or you could get an old 15 in model like mine which is only 1500 or so now, or maybe a bit more. Just some thoughts. On 2011-03-07,

Re: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Neil James
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Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Tyler wood
No, but FS sure isn't helping the price go down any. It couldn't anyway, not yet anyway. The cells that produce the braille are super expensive. I can't believe FS is still selling the pac mate, actually. I miss the days of the braille lites. Tyler On 2011-03-07, at 1:48 PM, Jim Barbour wrote:

quarter tones in garage band

2011-03-07 Thread joseph
hello list can quarter tones be played in garage band? if so, please give instructions as this would be helpful. thank you in advance best -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries

Re: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: If you don't care about the weight, go for the most power and features you can get for your money. Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent from my iPhone On 07/03/2011, at 16:29, Wes Smith wrote: > So I'm trying to decide between a Macbook Pro, or a Macbook AIr. I would get > a edu

Re: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Eric Brinkman
I have the 13-inch Air with a 256 gig flash drive, four gigs of ram and a 2.13 GHZ processor. It's my first Mac and it's very nice. I love the fact that it turns on so quickly and is very light. But if you don't care about weight, go for the pro. Eric On 3/7/11, Jim Barbour wrote: > the prima

Re: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Jim Barbour
the primary reason to go with the air is weight and size. It's a road warrier's machine. Since you say you don't care about those things, get the pro for sure! Jim On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 05:37:29PM -0700, carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Wes: > You sight some pretty strong reasons to go with the macbo

Re: Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Wes: You sight some pretty strong reasons to go with the macbook pro rather than the air in terms of memory, solid state drive etc. I would add that with the pro you would be getting cd/dvd rive and capabilities, and the sd card reader, that I don't think are part of the Macbook Air. either

Re: reading attachments in mail

2011-03-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually i use it to view voice memos and stuff I don't want to download. Takecare. On Mar 5, 2011, at 6:54 PM, Robert Nelson wrote: > Dear Denise, > > I am totally blind now, so I don't have any use for the quick look button in > mail. According to the Mail Help topic it is used to view image

Macbook Pro VS. Macbook Air.

2011-03-07 Thread Wes Smith
So I'm trying to decide between a Macbook Pro, or a Macbook AIr. I would get a educational discount (I'm in college.) I looked at the specs, and they both look good. Though, the MAcbook Air is only flash, and it's biggest is 128 gig I think. While the Macbook pro has a 500 gig HD (I wouldn't

Re: Accessibility of Reaper on the Mac

2011-03-07 Thread Frank Carmickle
Hi I did try reaper. I found it as you did. We need to get in touch with the developers and send them a link to the Apple accessibility developer guide. I am hopeful that they will work to make it accessible. Take care --FC On Mar 6, 2011, at 5:47 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hello, > I'v

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Scott Granados
Scott I believe the cells are made by hand. In some of the designs the pins are set by hand, in others they use piaso electric materials. On Mar 7, 2011, at 3:06 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Ture, but I was using that for illustrative purposes. There is no question > those little buggers cost a

Re: A more explicit description of my weird iTunes issue

2011-03-07 Thread Frank Carmickle
Hi Christine I have never seen this before. I guess you should try deauthorizing the mac. Then make sure that the mac has the same itunes username as the windows machine. Reauthorize and then sync the phone. If you continue to have problems make an appointment at your nearest Apple store

mod note/macbook air ...closed topic

2011-03-07 Thread carolyn Haas
Hello guys: This really has nothing to do with things mac/apple related. Once again, I respectfully request that this topic be put to rest. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Carolyn HOn Mar 7, 2011, at 4:06 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Ture, but I was using that for illustrative

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Scott Howell
Scott, You are perhaps right, but my numbers were really only for illustrative purposes. I did not spend time researching the cost of producing cells nor the cost of paying employees. I don't disagree with the employment aspect, but the devil truly in this case is in the details. :) On Mar 7,

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Scott Howell
Ture, but I was using that for illustrative purposes. There is no question those little buggers cost a chunk for sure. I have no idea how they are produced, but probably takes some special equipment. I wonder if I could find an article on how Braille cells are made, h think I shall Google it

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Scott Howell
Yes sir that is a good point. I got on a role and neglected to add that to the mix. :) On Mar 7, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Richie Gardenhire wrote: > Scott, To add to your point, consider that our dollar has been devaluated to > the point that, when goods and services are imported to the US, our foreig

Re: reading attachments in mail

2011-03-07 Thread Tom Frank
Actually, the Quick Look function is figurative. Voice OVer works fine. Sometimes you have to select the previous document and then interact with the HTML file to read the document. Use Command Y to open the Quick Look file and then play around to make it work. Tom Frank vermont...@gmail.com

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Scott Granados
Cheree, it's not that simple. Tax law isn't static enough and it's not certain you would get any credits at all. However, that aside, we better stop this thread. Even though it's on topic in the sense that braille is a big part of access of devices people use the Mods have their feathers ruf

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Small numbers notwithstanding, if a company needed a good taxx break and a subsidy, they could produce the display and gain a lot of good from various quarters. The argument for Braille as a reading mode for a select few has the same ring as that argument lots of U.S. cities

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Small numbers notwithstanding, if a company needed a good taxx break and a subsidy, they could produce the display and gain a lot of good from various quarters. The argument for Braille as a reading mode for a select few has the same ring as that argument lots of U.S. cities

mod note/was macbook air vs iPad 2

2011-03-07 Thread carolyn Haas
Ok guys: I don't think the mac is anywhere in evidence here. Please shut this down immediately, if not sooner. It's a fine discussion, but irrelevant for most. Thank you. Carolyn H On Mar 7, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > I don't think the dollar is at work here. > > China hangs th

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Scott Granados
I don't think the dollar is at work here. China hangs their currency against ours so that's not a factor and the Euro is falling against the dollar. On Mar 7, 2011, at 12:34 PM, Richie Gardenhire wrote: > Scott, To add to your point, consider that our dollar has been devaluated to > the poin

Re: VMWare Fusion and Talking Communities Software

2011-03-07 Thread Paul Hunt
I use TCConference with VMFusion and have any problems. On Mar 7, 2011, at 10:26 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: > Greetings to all, > > I recently assisted the European Blind Union by liaising with Talking > Communities regarding the purchase of a server. As many of you may know, the > Talking Co

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Scott Granados
Scott, you're dead on right with your comments although I think your scales / numbers are even at their reduced level to high. Realistically, how many braille devices are sold per year? 1000, maybe? Maybe a few hundred? With costs being fixed such as over head and payroll you have t

Re: help with time machine, please?

2011-03-07 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Time machine is will only actually copy over those files that have changed in the last hour. Try purchasing an album or ripping an album into iTunes and then force time machine to run a back up and see if that still run quickly. Also, are you running your macintosh with more then one non-backup

Re: selecting a table in safari

2011-03-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
I've been looking for an answer for about a year and have not yet found one. Anyone? anyone? lol! On Mar 7, 2011, at 12:05 PM, Rafaela Freundt wrote: > Hi all, > > is there a way to select and copy a table in safari and put it say in numbers > to send as an email attachment? > > I don't seem

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually try maybe a few hundred per cell but you do make a good oint. If only we had all blind and vi people reading braille then we would have a higher demand for braille desplays lol! On Mar 7, 2011, at 12:13 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > In reading this thread, I feel compelled to present a d

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Richie Gardenhire
Scott, To add to your point, consider that our dollar has been devaluated to the point that, when goods and services are imported to the US, our foreign competitors can flood our shores with things that are sometimes cheaper than what American companies can make them. Therefore, I would ve

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Scott Howell
In reading this thread, I feel compelled to present a different argument to the high cost of Braille displays and thus will play devil's advocate here. It is possible that the high cost of Braille displays may be related to the fact that: 1. There is a small market, which means the cost will be n

VMWare Fusion and Talking Communities Software

2011-03-07 Thread Michael Busboom
Greetings to all, I recently assisted the European Blind Union by liaising with Talking Communities regarding the purchase of a server. As many of you may know, the Talking Communities software for Windows works fine. Their software for the Mac is still being developed, though a version is cur

selecting a table in safari

2011-03-07 Thread Rafaela Freundt
Hi all, is there a way to select and copy a table in safari and put it say in numbers to send as an email attachment? I don't seem to find a way. thanks, Rafaela Freundt E-mail/MSN: rafafreu...@gmail.com Skype: rafafreundt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo

help with time machine, please?

2011-03-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I'm trying to back up my system. Two things are happening that seem strange. the first is that it's taking less than five seconds to perform a back up. The second is that in the brief period I see a message that says something like "backing up 0 of 465 KB." Can someone tell me what

Re: languages on the mac

2011-03-07 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
In facebook it just blurped about a style change. I wonder if I put punctuation to all if that would change. JOn Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Mar 7, 2011, at 10:42 AM, richard watson wrote: > just curious, > what happened when you left vo speak the entire hebrew word? > > > On 3/7/

Re: VoiceOver and say time

2011-03-07 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Oh Dear, that's so embarrassing. ;) That's it. You solved my problem and made my day. :) I didn't expect that Option + T works if this little check box is not checked. But obviously it does in a way but not really correct and that was the problem. Thanks again and all the best Jürgen Am 07.03.2

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Jim Barbour
Oh come on! Are you really saying that if only Freedom Scientific hadn't come up with the signed Braille driver that we'd have universal, inexpensive Braille displays? I would say that Braille displays are expensive to produce and maintain, which is one big reason we don't have more affordable br

Re: Email signatures

2011-03-07 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
http://www.littleknownsoftware.com/sigpro/ appears to do this. I don't know anything about it, I just found it via google. I might be more tempted to use AppleScript Something like set Siglist to {} set list to list & "My first Quote" set list to list & "my Secon Quote" set SignatureText to

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeppers. That's why. On 07/03/2011, at 11:05, "Cheree Heppe" wrote: > Cheree Heppe here: > > Is that why we don't have universal, affordable, Braille displays? Because > intrenched providers are holding new development and innivation back to > benefit current high priced offerings? > > > R

Re: MikeH: a question about external drives and the mac.

2011-03-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Don't think tjhat that that works. On 07/03/2011, at 6:38, "Jonathan C. Cohn" wrote: > There is a setting for disk drive sleep in the energy saver system > preference. I have not tried adjusting that. > > > Jonathan C. Cohn > jonc...@cox.net > > > > On Mar 4, 2011, at 12:16 PM, Mike Huck

accessibility of xm radio

2011-03-07 Thread Adam
I just saw that a least one aspect of xm radio has become compatible with voiceover. Does anyone use XM and is it totally accessible. In particular I'm looking for the portable model. Adam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To p

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Is that why we don't have universal, affordable, Braille displays? Because intrenched providers are holding new development and innivation back to benefit current high priced offerings? Regards, Cheree Heppe - Original Message - From: "Scott Granados" To: Sent: M

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Is that why we don't have universal, affordable, Braille displays? Because intrenched providers are holding new development and innivation back to benefit current high priced offerings? Regards, Cheree Heppe - Original Message - From: "Scott Granados" To: Sent: M

Re: languages on the mac

2011-03-07 Thread Massimo
In data Lunedě 7 Marzo 2011 16.42.26, richard watson ha scritto: what happened when you left vo speak the entire hebrew word? It say nothing. On 3/7/11, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: Well, out of the box Snow Leopard will tell you the name of the character if you navigate it using the single ch

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Scott Granados
Apple isn't going to car if some nat of a company like fS brings legal action. Apple can simply use stalling tactics and let them run out of money spinning their wheels. On Mar 6, 2011, at 7:02 AM, Jane wrote: > We're assuming they will do Braille. That'd be neat, *if* they can pull it > off

Re: magic trackpad

2011-03-07 Thread Scott Howell
I imagine it works similarly to the regular mouse. THe limited time I spent with it was not as usable as the trackpad, but hey I guess it depends on what you want to do. :) ALthough the mouse is pretty neat looking. On Mar 7, 2011, at 12:41 PM, Colin M wrote: > Hi there! > I've got the magic mou

found something to help with the see more stories on FB mobile

2011-03-07 Thread Christina
The easiest way for me to see more stories on the mobile version of Facebook is to switch to dom right before activating the "see more stories" link. After I switch to DOM I click the "see more stories" link. Then I need to vo left or up arrow in order to back up a bit to get to where I left o

Making Skype Read chats

2011-03-07 Thread Jane
I have updated to the latest version of Skype, and I would like for it to read my chat messages that come in. How do I set it to do so? Jane -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries

Re: magic trackpad

2011-03-07 Thread Colin M
Hi there! I've got the magic mouse and that also works with vo! Although I've not used it fully, what I have done has worked no problem! Colin Qapla! Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak On 7 Mar 2011, at 11:21, Scott Howell wrote: > The Magic Trackpad does work with VO and you are thinking of the mouse.

more issues with mobileme

2011-03-07 Thread Tommy Craig
Hi all, I am having a little different problem with Mobileme. I got an account setup and I am now trying to let someone upload files to my public folder of idisk. I have the public folder setup to allow people to write to it and I have enabled a password for it. When My friend or myself try to lo

Re: languages on the mac

2011-03-07 Thread richard watson
just curious, what happened when you left vo speak the entire hebrew word? On 3/7/11, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > Well, out of the box Snow Leopard will tell you the name of the character if > you navigate it using the single character move voice over cursor. I have > tried this primarily with Cy

Re: Problems Accesing Mobile ME

2011-03-07 Thread Esther
Hi Les, On Mar 6, 2011, at 16:15, Les Kriegler wrote: > On several occasions, I've tried to access Mobile ME and in all cases, Safari > is reported to be busy. I want to set up an account, and I went to > me.com/account, and still get the Safari Busy message. It may say ready, but > goes ba

Re: VoiceOver and say time

2011-03-07 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Remember on your new computer to go to VO utilities and under general, check the option "allow voiceover to be controlled with apple script. hth On Mar 7, 2011, at 2:53 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > Hi All, > > I have an issue with VoiceOver and say time by pressing right Option + T. > > Of

Re: Question about backup

2011-03-07 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Every version of MacOS since X preview has had a way to do an upgrade where none of the user files are effected. The Take Control books group usually produces a set of books about each new operating system that is released the same day as the new OS. One of these books will be Take Control of

Re: languages on the mac

2011-03-07 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Well, out of the box Snow Leopard will tell you the name of the character if you navigate it using the single character move voice over cursor. I have tried this primarily with Cyrillic and Hebrew characters. Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Mar 4, 2011, at 3:59 PM, richard watson wrote:

Re: MikeH: a question about external drives and the mac.

2011-03-07 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
There is a setting for disk drive sleep in the energy saver system preference. I have not tried adjusting that. Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Mar 4, 2011, at 12:16 PM, Mike Huckabay wrote: > Hi dus enny one know if there's a way of making external drive's stay awake > and not go to s

Numeric keypad not working

2011-03-07 Thread Tom Frank
I have an Apple wireless keypad where the numeric keypad is not working. I have numpad commander off, have pressed the numlock key, and checked the Apple help file which recommends to check that Mouse Keys are not turned on. Mouse Keys are off. Is there anything else I should try? Help! Tom F

Re: rtf-epub convertor

2011-03-07 Thread Rose Morales
Or you could just use Stanza. It's accessible and easy to use. And it has a GUI. If you have any questions about the program, feel free to ask. Regards, Rose On Mar 7, 2011, at 8:20 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > Jar files are not a full fledged program but a set of java libraries that can > be u

Re: rtf-epub convertor

2011-03-07 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Jar files are not a full fledged program but a set of java libraries that can be used with a java program. Most likely your original program should be able to be scripted with apple script. Something like set myDocuments to the path to Documents repeat with afile in files in myDocuments whose

Re: languages on the mac

2011-03-07 Thread richard watson
This is great! just another thing off my list before I purchase a mac. I'm currently a windows and jaws user and saw the mac and am rather impressed. thanks rick On 3/4/11, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Richard, > > You can get voices for all kinds of languages from AssistiveWare, and their > is

Re: magic trackpad

2011-03-07 Thread Scott Howell
The Magic Trackpad does work with VO and you are thinking of the mouse. On Mar 7, 2011, at 5:23 AM, Chris Norman wrote: > I'd heard it didn't work with VO, but maybe I'm wrong there. Are the > Magic Trackpad, and the Magic Mouse different things? I think I'm > thinking of magic mouse, or mighty mo

Re: magic trackpad

2011-03-07 Thread Anne Robertson
The Magic Trackpad works fine with VO. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr.

Re: VmWare Fusion, xp and jaws

2011-03-07 Thread Chris Norman
I tried Sharp Keys, but it sayd (with the MSI version), that the application was too big to fit in memory, and (with the Zipped version), that there was a big application error, who's code I can't remember. The VM's running with a gig of RAM, and I'm sticking with NVDA until I can sort it. BTW, s

Re: magic trackpad

2011-03-07 Thread Chris Norman
I'd heard it didn't work with VO, but maybe I'm wrong there. Are the Magic Trackpad, and the Magic Mouse different things? I think I'm thinking of magic mouse, or mighty mouse, or whatever the hell Apple called it LOL. On Mar 7, 4:07 am, Bart Bunting wrote: > Hi David, > > You need to hold down t

Re: Very annoying "Safari Busy" message

2011-03-07 Thread Chris Norman
Another thing I tried, which I'm not sure has worked or not: Go to Voiceover Utility (VO+f8), then press command + 8 (I think), to get to the web catigory. Next, find the two radio buttons under "Navigate web pages by:", and try using "Navigate by grouped items", or whatever it's called. Didn't s

Re: Jailbreak iPhone 3G S

2011-03-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
There is a wonderfuolly guide on applevis.com that discusses this. it is very well written and very comprehensive lol! Take care. S On Mar 7, 2011, at 12:28 AM, E.J. Zufelt wrote: > Good morning, > > I'm curious if there is a reasonably accessible tool, and / or reasonably > accessible instru

Re: Jailbreak iPhone 3G S

2011-03-07 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Assuming your on 4.2 then use green ppois0n. Once the jailbreaks done, use redsn0w to install cydia - thanks to rose for that handy tip! On 07/03/2011, E.J. Zufelt wrote: > Good morning, > > I'm curious if there is a reasonably accessible tool, and / or reasonably > accessible instructions, for j

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
William, the Air ships with a USB thumb drive with the OSx on it, so you can do everything you can do with any other Mac that comes with a recovery disc. the Air is indeed twice the cost of the basic WiFi only iPad. but the top of the line iPad is only like £100 / US$200 less than the Air 11in.

Jailbreak iPhone 3G S

2011-03-07 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good morning, I'm curious if there is a reasonably accessible tool, and / or reasonably accessible instructions, for jailbreaking, but not unlocking, an iPhone 3G S. Thanks, Everett -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to

Re: macbook air vs ipad 2

2011-03-07 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
Neil, I too do the same thing, I have the iTunes library set up on a NAS unit that the iMac and Air both share, now yes, I cannot use them both at the same time owing to the constraints of the XML table for iunes, but since I do not use both machines at the same time, well certainly not for iTu

Re: VoiceOver and say time

2011-03-07 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
no, all fine on my 27in iMac and my 11in Air. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @NeilBarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - s

Re: VoiceOver and say time

2011-03-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeah they have given me the same response as well. this appears to be a bug they cannot track down. do ou have it with scripts on. if not the alerts voice will crash vo for some reasonn Mar 6, 2011, at 11:53 PM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > Hi All, > > I have an issue with VoiceOver and say time by