PDFPen for iPhone Now Available

2012-09-27 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, First, than you Esther for replying to my post inquiring about dragging & dropping a bookmark into the toolbar for Instapaper. Smile Software just released PDFPen for iPhone. We are unfortunately going to assume that it is not voiceover compatible? Want to try it at the introduct

Re: Facebook and the messages app

2012-09-27 Thread Mauricio Almeida
hello, That definitely does help. I will take a closer look on how jabber works as well, it seems to be useful. thanks again mauricio On Sep 28, 2012, at 1:29 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > I don't know about Twitter, but with Facebook, you use the Jabbr protocol and > put chat.facebook.com alon

Re: Facebook and the messages app

2012-09-27 Thread Teresa Cochran
I don't know about Twitter, but with Facebook, you use the Jabbr protocol and put chat.facebook.com along with your credentials in the username and password fields. HtH, Teresa On Sep 27, 2012, at 6:15 PM, Mauricio Almeida wrote: > hello guys. > > how did you even set messages to work with

Re: Calibres ebook-converter

2012-09-27 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Never mind. I tried the directions that had been posted (like I should have done in the first place) and they work. I didn't have to install anything or open the application. Would be nice if it was accessible from within the application itself but I'm glad it can still be used. -- Cheryl May

Re: Create folders in Finder

2012-09-27 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, When in List View, I've found that things get pasted into the level of the Window title. That is, for example, if I press cmd-shift-h to go into my Home directory then create a new folder or paste an item, the item is put into the Home directory level. Even if folders are expanded or you'

making midi

2012-09-27 Thread Timothy Clark Music
hello i want to record a note of an instrument and then turn that note into a midi. i want their to be an on screen keyboard so as when i hit a key on my keyboard then another, 2 different notes will come out. basically a note for each key. all done from one little recorded note. anyone kn

Re: Calibres ebook-converter

2012-09-27 Thread Cheryl Homiak
i saw these posts about calibre. I had tried it once before but found it inaccessible and didn't know it could be run from the commandline. I just reinstalled it and still find it pretty much inaccessible with voiceover though I did manage to select a location for the folder. But everything in t

Re: Create folders in Finder

2012-09-27 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Interesting, I use column view, and I don't have this inconsistency when pasting or moving items into a folder. I just navigate to the folder I want to place the item without actually entering it, and then pasting.. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appl

Re: DVD Player Again

2012-09-27 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If you can Shutdown your Mac, do so. Then when you start it up again, hold down the trackpad button while the startup chime is sounding. Hold it down until the DVD ejects, usually it ends up taking about 5 seconds. If it does not eject in a reasonable amount of time, release the mouse/tr

Saving Place in PdF In iBooks

2012-09-27 Thread Jane
How do I save my place in a PDF in iBooks? I am looking at some materials and I have to be able to pick up where i left off. I was on page 290 or so. Now I am back at the beginning of the document. How can I prevent this the next time I leave the book and come back to it?? Jane -- You receive

Re: Create folders in Finder

2012-09-27 Thread Alex Hall
You seem quite knowledgeable about finder, so perhaps you can explain this? Why, when I paste items, do they sometimes paste into the folder I am in, and sometimes into the folder I am pointing to? If I am in my home folder and paste, for instance, I might get the item in home. However, say I'm

Re: Create folders in Finder

2012-09-27 Thread Esther
Hi Max, Usually you can create new folders with the Command-Shift-N shortcut in Finder, unless you are in a directory where you don't have permission to do this -- like under an account that somebody else owns, or a directory that is limited to System files and folders. When you use this shortcut,

Re: Facebook and the messages app

2012-09-27 Thread Mauricio Almeida
hello guys. how did you even set messages to work with Facebook/twitter? i could not see an option for those under accounts. thanks mauricio On Sep 26, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > open messages and go to preferences. In the toolbar, select alerts. In the > first pop

Re: selling my mac

2012-09-27 Thread Esther
Hi Chris, Alex, Pam, and Others, Just a small correction: the 2012 models of the MacBook Pro in 13" size are upgradable in the same way that the 20122 MacBook Pros are. It is only the 15" MacBook Pros with Retina graphics that can't be upgraded among the 2012 MacBook Pro line. Like the MacBook Ai

Re: selling my mac

2012-09-27 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
I might start doing that. Ha, with lots of books and other stuff, it weighs down your back. Thanks for the tip Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 27, 2012, at 4:54 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > I just thought of something. Is the issue is wagging your Mac around, you > might c

Create folders in Finder

2012-09-27 Thread Agent086b
Hello, I would like to create some more folders in the side bar of Finder. When I go to file and create folder I am not able to do this. Also could somebody please explain what a smart folder is and the difference between a folder and a smart folder? Thanks you again. Max. -- You received thi

Re: selling my mac

2012-09-27 Thread Eugenia Firth
I just thought of something. Is the issue is wagging your Mac around, you might consider what I do a lot when I have a lot of stuff, including my back, that I want to carry around. I got myself a rolling backpack. I have a case for my mac, but when I want to add a braille display including the s

Re: MBA versus MBP (was selling my mac)

2012-09-27 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Ah. Thank you! Sent from my iPhone On Sep 27, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > I think what is being pointed to is the inability to update the insides. On > the 2011 pros and earlier, you could, say, put in more ram or a bigger hard > drive. With the Air line, and the 2012 Pros, that is

MBA versus MBP (was selling my mac)

2012-09-27 Thread Alex Hall
I think what is being pointed to is the inability to update the insides. On the 2011 pros and earlier, you could, say, put in more ram or a bigger hard drive. With the Air line, and the 2012 Pros, that is no longer possible. You must get the computer with the internals you want when you first bu

Re: selling my mac

2012-09-27 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi Pam. What kind of tradeoffs do you feel you have with the macbook air? I have already stuck a samun sad in mine so the hard drive really isn't an issue/ DO you notice that the macbook air runs cooler then the pro? It's small things such as the usb's on opposite sides. Ha ha, i know i may sound

re-ordering columns in Mail

2012-09-27 Thread Agent086b
Hi all, can I change the order of items read when arrowing down through a list of messages? I would like to have the subject read first. Just to let those know who gave me tips on getting rid of the preview pane. It is now gone. Thanks again. Max. -- You received this message because you are s

Re: Finally!: An Audio Action/Adventure Game on the Mac!; BlindSide

2012-09-27 Thread Teresa Cochran
Absolutely. Most games of this type have been priced at $20 to $30. The price of this game frankly surprised me. Teresa On Sep 27, 2012, at 2:36 PM, Timothy Clark Music wrote: > is it worth the 2 dollars? > > God Bless. > Timothy. > Your friend in the music industry > http://www.timothy

Re: selling my mac

2012-09-27 Thread Pam Francis
I have both an air & a macbook pro. They both have their place. However the pro, especially the 2011 edition is the last one upgradable. The air is completely sealled as are the new macbook pros. I am going to hang on to my 2011 macbook pro as long as software upgrades will allow. The air is lig

Re: iPad and iOS 6

2012-09-27 Thread Chris
Ok what were the kinkies? On 27/09/2012 20:51, Timothy Emmons wrote: Hey, runningn IOS 6 on my iPad 2 Chris and it's not having any issues. there were a few kink it needed to work out but it is fine now, no sluggishness, no stuttering or anything like that. Hope that helps. On Sep 27, 2012, at

Re: Finally!: An Audio Action/Adventure Game on the Mac!; BlindSide

2012-09-27 Thread Timothy Clark Music
is it worth the 2 dollars? God Bless. Timothy. Your friend in the music industry http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com 7244011224 On Sep 27, 2012, at 5:34 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hi, guys, > > I just played this on the Mac, because I have an IPod Touch 4 and it is very > slugg

Finally!: An Audio Action/Adventure Game on the Mac!; BlindSide

2012-09-27 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, guys, I just played this on the Mac, because I have an IPod Touch 4 and it is very sluggish. On the Mac, the game window stays on top and VO is automatically disabled. you just use the arrow keys to navigate, and the spacebar to shoot. It's not available on the Mac app store. It's on the De

Re: iPad and iOS 6

2012-09-27 Thread Scott Berry
On 9/27/2012 01:31 PM, Chris wrote: Hello all. Are there any iPad users on here? If so how well is iOS 6 running on yours? Thanks! Hey Chris, I run Ios 6 and it runs beautifully for me. I use the mode where you type and then you touch the letter you like. -- You received this message be

Re: iPad and iOS 6

2012-09-27 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi I am using in iPad 2 and all is running fine including the onscreen keyboard. The only thing which is not working so far is the full Karen voice. I choose to turn compact voice off, and it stays on. I'm not greatly bothered by this. Everything else is working fine for me. Lisette On 28/09/20

Re: shortcut keys for vo

2012-09-27 Thread Alex Hall
I have remapped my caps lock key, I did that almost as soon as you first emailed us the directions. My only thought was that the vo-cmd commands, like h for heading or t for table, are not fully used (there are letters and characters unassigned) and some are useless to me, so I'd like to modify

Re: shortcut keys for vo

2012-09-27 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
i really do like using the caps lock. It does make somethings quite a bit faster. One thing to note: if you use the keyboard commander, you will have to change the right command in the options. Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 27, 2012, at 1:49 PM, Eric Caron wrote: > Hi

Re: shortcut keys for vo

2012-09-27 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Alex, If you are wanting to change the key assignments to make the commands easier why not use the key remap4macbook application to do this? You could either make the caps lock key into a Voice Over Key or add a control key to the right side of your keyboard giving yourself another

RE: using windows on a mac

2012-09-27 Thread Paul Hunt
The order is OSX on the left, Windows in the middle and the recovery partition on the right. If you have your system set up to boot in OSX by default and press and hold the Option key then you press the right arrow then the enter key to boot into Windows. On the other hand, if you have your system

Re: Trouble Interacting with the HTML Area in Messages

2012-09-27 Thread Gavin Grundlingh
Hi, What seemed to resolve that issue for me is moving the VoiceOver cursor to the html content area and pressing Control-Option-A. This should automatically interact with the html content area and start reading whatever is in it. I sometimes have this problem in Skype, too. Regards, Gavin Gr

DVD Player Again

2012-09-27 Thread Mary Scott
My yoga disk is in my computer and it is stuck saying "busy" no matter what I do. It won't eject or quit. What to do? Mel -- 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

Re: selling my mac

2012-09-27 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
i was thinking 1050? It has a case and the updated ssd. Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 27, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi Chris. > I just talked to a lady who might be interested in a used Mac Book Pro. She > would need VoiceOver and possibly she would wa

Re: iPad and iOS 6

2012-09-27 Thread Timothy Emmons
Hey, runningn IOS 6 on my iPad 2 Chris and it's not having any issues. there were a few kink it needed to work out but it is fine now, no sluggishness, no stuttering or anything like that. Hope that helps. On Sep 27, 2012, at 2:31 PM, Chris wrote: > Hello all. > Are there any iPad users on here

Re: iPad and iOS 6

2012-09-27 Thread David McLean
Very well. The Focus 40 commands seemed to have changed a bit but nothing else significant. On Sep 27, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Chris wrote: > Hello all. > Are there any iPad users on here? If so how well is iOS 6 running on yours? > Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscrib

Re: selling my mac

2012-09-27 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Chris. I just talked to a lady who might be interested in a used Mac Book Pro. She would need VoiceOver and possibly she would want screen magnification. How much were you wanting to sell your computer for? Gigi On Sep 26, 2012, at 3:26 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: > Hi all. > So i'm thi

Re: using windows on a mac

2012-09-27 Thread Rodney Haynie
If you use the press and hold the Option key method, every time you will land on the OSX option, which is the first option. That is consistent. Personally, I do not use the other methods. HTH. Rodney On 9/27/12, Kimsan wrote: > My wife told me the lay out and its OSX, windows and recovery some

Re: using windows on a mac

2012-09-27 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, It will be focused on whatever is the default OS at start up. If you have the Mac OS set, it will always be on the Mac OS by default even if you just restarted your computer from windows. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 27,

iPad and iOS 6

2012-09-27 Thread Chris
Hello all. Are there any iPad users on here? If so how well is iOS 6 running on yours? Thanks! -- 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

RE: using windows on a mac

2012-09-27 Thread Kimsan
My wife told me the lay out and its OSX, windows and recovery something. The reason why I want to find out another way, unless someone can clarify this but when rebooting and pressing option, will it be focused on the last OS you were on or in my case will it be on mac OSX. Since we are on this top

Re: Trouble Interacting with the HTML Area in Messages

2012-09-27 Thread Chris
Thanks for duplicating the same problem I had and I think still having despite a reinstall of Mountain Lion. No solution I have here. Sorry! On 27/09/2012 05:00, Nicholas Parsons wrote: HI, Just today I started having a problem with the Messages app. I'm running the latest version of Mountain

Re: python development on the mac

2012-09-27 Thread Bejarano, Rafael P.
I use TextEdit, although my programs are relatively simple, so I haven't really had a need for a full-fledged editor. I haven't found an easy-to-use python GUI solution for the Mac, so if you know of one, please let me know what it is. Rafael Bejarano On Sep 27, 2012, at 7:54 AM, Mauricio Almei

Re: Selecting to End of Line in Safari Edit Fields

2012-09-27 Thread Kimberly thurman
Make sure quick nav is off. On Sep 27, 2012, at 4:50 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > I have no problem. > > On Sep 27, 2012, at 4:57 AM, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Recently I've noticed that the command shift right arrow and command shift >> left arrow keystrokes to select to the

Re: Bootcamp again

2012-09-27 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks kimsan, I think I'll be fine. I've read the installation and setup guide and have downloaded the support drivers. All I need is a copy of windows7 which I'll order from microsoft. I think I'm going to hire a sightet, tech minded person to go through the install with me. I'm still wonderi

Re: using windows on a mac

2012-09-27 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. You don't need to go through all of that to reboot in a different OS. Just restart your mac and when you hear the startup sound, hold down the option key for a few seconds. This will bring up a list of operating systems which will allow you to choose the one you'd like to boot into. Hitting the

RE: Bootcamp again

2012-09-27 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello everyone. Please be careful. Part of the process is formatting your partition. You must choose bootcamp and never change the partitions from Windows. If you make any changes to your partitions you could wipe out Lion. You won't know this unless you read the Bootcamp installation guide which i

RE: using windows on a mac

2012-09-27 Thread Kimsan
Let's get this straight because I have been rebooting to switch between the two lol. System preferences and start up disc when I am using the mac and windows seven, I can click computer and look for the boothcamp control pannel type booth, bring up the context menu and click um, from there I don't

Selecting to End of Line in Safari Edit Fields

2012-09-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks all for the feedback. I've passed the report on to accessibil...@apple.com. Hopefully this can get fixed in the next upgrade. Nic -- 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: Bootcamp again

2012-09-27 Thread Kimsan
Hello: I am not saying my wife is stupid with computers but she just told me what was on the screen when I had no speech and we just followed the prompts. A fello list member posted steps, on how to do this. If you would like the steps, I can post them to the list. Description: blind acce

Re: python development on the mac

2012-09-27 Thread Mauricio Almeida
hi! thank you so much. I will definitely give this a try! Mauricio On 9/27/12, rashantha de silva wrote: > The premiere editor for programmers is TextMate and now they have released > the source as well. > > http://macromates.com/ > > If you use this you will never use anything else. > > Rashan

Re: Bootcamp again

2012-09-27 Thread Mauricio Almeida
hello, you can definitely do that without a mouse because you can still click with the mac one. they will encounter no difficulty. here is how this will go (number is below, you may call during installation) 1: run boothcamp utility from utilities folder. 2: select download apple support softwar

Re: i o s and visually impaired users

2012-09-27 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Ed and others. I actually answered my own dumb A** question last night. I went into the App Store, changed the roter to headings, and sure enough, I was able to navigate the search results properly. Before I did this, I used to press and or hold down either side of the screen to navigate it,

Re: Selecting to End of Line in Safari Edit Fields

2012-09-27 Thread Richard Ring
I was surprised to learn that I'm having the same problem. "It's not enough to have every intelligent person in the country voting for me. I need a majority." Adlai Stevenson richr...@gmail.com On Sep 27, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Kevin Shaw wrote: > I'm having the same issue in Safari. I figured it

Re: Selecting to End of Line in Safari Edit Fields

2012-09-27 Thread Kevin Shaw
I'm having the same issue in Safari. I figured it was a quirk of VO and ML, but it appears to be a bug. Kevin On 2012-09-26, at 11:57 PM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > Hi, > > Recently I've noticed that the command shift right arrow and command shift > left arrow keystrokes to select to the end

Re: shortcut keys for vo

2012-09-27 Thread Alex Hall
Thanks. I didn't think it ible, but you never know until you ask. I have re-enabled the keyboard commander now and am busy modifying and building useful scripts which I'll share once I am happy with them. I also had a problem with the keyboard commander when I first started out since I thought i

Re: python development on the mac

2012-09-27 Thread rashantha de silva
The premiere editor for programmers is TextMate and now they have released the source as well. http://macromates.com/ If you use this you will never use anything else. Rashantha De Silva Mac Consultant http://facebook.com/quocomputer On Sep 27, 2012, at 5:54 AM, Mauricio Almeida wrote: > hell

Bootcamp again

2012-09-27 Thread Phil Halton
Okay, I'm gonna do it - I'm gonna install windows7 on my iMac! But, My sighted assistant is a extremely technically challenged person, so I would like to know the level of difficulty they will encounter. I can get them to read the screen and help me select combo boxes and buttons etc, as long as

Re: shortcut keys for vo

2012-09-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Alex, You can't change the shortcuts for VO commands, the idea is that at least one basic set of commands will remain consistent on every machine, no matter what the user does. The commanders give us the flexibility to assign commands to shortcuts that suit our personal needs. Cheers, A

Re: shortcut keys for vo

2012-09-27 Thread Alex Hall
Short of commandders, is it possible to change these assignments? In particular I'd like to modify some of the vo-cmd keystrokes to make them more useful. On Sep 27, 2012, at 1:44 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: > The best way to review current VO key assignments is to do VO-H twice and you > will be i

Re: Selecting to End of Line in Safari Edit Fields

2012-09-27 Thread Alex Hall
I can confirm this. Very strange! On Sep 27, 2012, at 4:50 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > I have no problem. > > On Sep 27, 2012, at 4:57 AM, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Recently I've noticed that the command shift right arrow and command shift >> left arrow keystrokes to select

Re: selling my mac

2012-09-27 Thread Alex Hall
Also, you can use another computer's disk drive remotely if you don't want to buy a super drive. I haven't gotten this working yet, but I know it's possible. On Sep 27, 2012, at 1:35 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Chris, > > I have an 11-inch MacBook Air and it's so light and small I can car

Re: using windows on a mac

2012-09-27 Thread Mauricio Almeida
Greetings, Once your installation is complete, there is no slowing to your system, simply because you will always be running one system at once. the process of switching can be done easily by going to system preferences>startup disc and selecting windows on boothcamp. after that, your computer wil

Re: selling my mac

2012-09-27 Thread Tim Mehok
Chris, A friend of mine may be interested. Please let me know how much and contact me off the list. Thanks, Tim On 9/26/12, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: > sorry all. > It's a macbook pro 2011 13 inch. 4 gb ram, 128 gb samsung ssd, which i > installed myself. > I know the macbook air is light. it

python development on the mac

2012-09-27 Thread Mauricio Almeida
hello all, For now I have had to run boothcamp on the mac just to develop python because i have not found any editor that actualy works on the mac. any ideas? thank you mauricio -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to thi

Onscreen Keyboard with iPad 3 and iOS 6

2012-09-27 Thread Tim Hornik
Just to clarify, touch typing is enabled. I initially played with this setting thinking it would solve the issue. Tim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/m

Re: Instapaper Toolbar Bookmark

2012-09-27 Thread Teresa Cochran
Thanks for this, Esther. I'd given up figuring out Istapaper, and I don't give up easily.. I'm going to try it again with your instructions in hand. :) Teresa On Sep 26, 2012, at 3:01 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Emilio, > > The easiest way to put an Instapaper bookmarklet onto your Safari > toolbar

Re: Calibres ebook-converter

2012-09-27 Thread sandi sørensen
hi, not sure. Usually i just do one book at the time, that is more than i need. /sandi On 9/27/12, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: > Hi. > > I have got it to work. Is it really true that you can only do 1 file at a > time on a mac, I have tried on windows there you can do a folder. > > Do I need to m

Re: password after screen saver or sleep.

2012-09-27 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Thanks. I didn't look there. Nektarios. On Sep 27, 2012, at 5:52 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > It's in the Security & Privacy pane of your system Prefs. Uncheck the box > that says something about entering a password after screensaver. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB

Re: Selecting to End of Line in Safari Edit Fields

2012-09-27 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I have no problem. On Sep 27, 2012, at 4:57 AM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > Hi, > > Recently I've noticed that the command shift right arrow and command shift > left arrow keystrokes to select to the end of the line and beginning of the > line respectively are not working properly in text edit