ClamXav settings

2013-04-10 Thread Agent086b
Hi all, sometime ago I installed ClamXav. I have mucked up it's settings and would like to set it back the way I first found it. Does anybody know where the app stores it's user information? I have removed ClamXav and reinstalled it but it returns to the last way I had it not the original. The p

Re: iTunes odd way of organizing music?

2013-04-10 Thread Kliphton
Guess I will have to deal with it. I have over 2500 songs, and that would take a while, so I will just have to manage the way it is for now. Thanks for your help Sent from my iPhone On Apr 10, 2013, at 11:42 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Kliphton, In iTunes select all the tracks in the album, do a

Re: iTunes odd way of organizing music?

2013-04-10 Thread Esther
Hi Kliphton, In iTunes select all the tracks in the album, do a Command-I "Get Info", and fill in the "Album Artist" field with the name of the main artist for the album. iTunes will preserve the artist's name on each track, but will organize the album under the artist you've selected for "Alb

iTunes odd way of organizing music?

2013-04-10 Thread Kliphton
Okay, windows media got this right. When iTunes see's that someone is featured in a song or 2 on someone's album, it chooses to break the album up in to different sections. Has anyone found a layout or method that corrects this? Windows media player keeps the albums in the right order like it sh

Re: Reordering mailboxes in the On My Mac Section of Mail

2013-04-10 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, It could have something to do with Lion. I recall having more problems in Lion than occurs now within Mountain Lion. Sorry it caused you more grief. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-04-10, at 9:22 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > I'm not sure. but I think I'm in Classic v

Re: Reordering mailboxes in the On My Mac Section of Mail

2013-04-10 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I'm not sure. but I think I'm in Classic view. In any case, your scenario didn't work. I had the same problem again. I had to kill Mail and VO and restart them both in order to restore functionality. In any event, moving these mailboxes appears impossible. Any other ideas, folks? Kevin On

Re: Reordering mailboxes in the On My Mac Section of Mail

2013-04-10 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Not sure if this works for Lion but in Mountain Lion, it worked for me every time. Note that I'm in the New View of Mail in Mountain Lion, not classic View. • Interact with the Mailboxes List. • Interact with the Mailbox you wish to move. • Press VO-cmd-space, VO will announce Mouse down on

Re: Reordering mailboxes in the On My Mac Section of Mail

2013-04-10 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Okay. Here's a follow-up. I had to close mail and reopen it again with VO off. then, things seemed to work. so, I tried reordering the mailbox I was talking about. the same thing happened. the box appeared to move, but eventually came to rest where it had been. I have some vision and co

Re: Reading List

2013-04-10 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
THere is a button in the bookmarks bar, you might need to enable it in preferences first. Also your reading list should be synchronized between all iCloud systems except those running Lion. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To

Re: Reordering mailboxes in the On My Mac Section of Mail

2013-04-10 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Well, I have two problems. the first is that, when I tried the VO comma and VO period solution, I saw the mailbox move around a bunch and come to rest where it was. After that, all mailboxes appear to be undraggable. the second , and probably more problematic issue is that I can't open mail w

Re: Advice on live streaming a podcast

2013-04-10 Thread Michael Babcock
When I was exploring different podcast options, one service I stumbled upon was a service called "blog talk radio", of which I think you can just add a.com to the end of that, to find their website. Apparently, it allowed individuals to set up an online podcast, and my others tune into it. They

Re: spotify or alternative that is VO friendly on ios and possibly mac as well

2013-04-10 Thread Jessica Moss
I currently use the slacker app, which I find really friendly with Voiceover, and has more of a selection, and I think is a few bucks cheaper if you're wanting to upgrade, which I don't plan on doing any time soon if at all, but the free version is just as good if you don't mind the ads and occa

Re: Accessibility is fixed in slacker radio iphone app.

2013-04-10 Thread Jessica Moss
I love the fact that with Slacker, you can ban a song you don't want to hear, instead of having to ban the artist completely; I've never seen that with anything I've ever used, and think it's amazing. I can't speak for Pandora, but have used Spotify as well as IHeart radio, and didn't find that

Re: Reordering mailboxes in the On My Mac Section of Mail

2013-04-10 Thread Danny Noonan
Much reordering since ml is very random and many cant reorder with the drag and drop shortcuts and for many who can, it works some times and not others and as far as I can tell, no one knows why. Danny. Sent from my iPhone On 11/04/2013, at 8:17 AM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > Guys, > I'm noticin

Reading List

2013-04-10 Thread Harry Hogue
Hello, Everyone, I have a friend who is interested in using Reading List, but it's not something I have ever used or have a need for it. I know you can add pages to the reading list with CMD+shift+D, but what is the quickest and easiest way to access the reading list pages? Thanks, Harry --

Re: Reordering mailboxes in the On My Mac Section of Mail

2013-04-10 Thread Chris Gilland
Absolutely! Highlight the mailbox that you want to move, then press vo+comma. Now move to where you want to drop the mailbox, then press vo+period. Good luck, my friend. Chris. On Apr 10, 2013, at 6:17 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > Guys, > I'm noticing that new mailboxes I create at the top leve

Advice on live streaming a podcast

2013-04-10 Thread Mike
Hello everyone, I'm trying to find a website or program that will allow me to lifestream the podcast that I run from www.htb2.com. Does anybody know of any accessible ways to accomplish this? Thanks for any help. Mike Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: Becoming a qualified Apple technical support agent/p trainer

2013-04-10 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, But couldn't you say the same for everywhere? I mean, after all, most blind people are unemployed. As far as blind Apple employees, very few, probably. But, none? Definitely not. I know 4 or 5 myself. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothec

Re: Becoming a qualified Apple technical support agent/p trainer

2013-04-10 Thread Richard Ring
Thanks. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Apr 10, 2013, at 5:12 PM, John Panarese wrote: >You have to do the three finger swipe to the left to move to the next > question. The only thing I can't

Reordering mailboxes in the On My Mac Section of Mail

2013-04-10 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Guys, I'm noticing that new mailboxes I create at the top level of On My Mac are not being placed in Alphabetical order after a certain point. It's as if new boxes are inserted in some kind of chronological order now. Whatever the case, I want to reorder a bunch of my mailboxes and i don't kno

Re: Becoming a qualified Apple technical support agent/p trainer

2013-04-10 Thread John Panarese
You have to do the three finger swipe to the left to move to the next question. The only thing I can't see is the designation of the answer being right or wrong. There visually is thumbs up or down. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macf

getting braillant braille display working with vmware win8?

2013-04-10 Thread anouk radix
Hi everyone, I get my braillant working with os x and ios and pc (bt only with ios and os x, i dont use bt on pc). Now I wanted to get braille with my newly installed win8 64 pro vm using usb. Before I only used windows 7. I wanted to try it with nvda so assumed this would need the usb driver.

Re: Becoming a qualified Apple technical support agent/p trainer

2013-04-10 Thread Richard Ring
Stupid question, How do you move from question to question in Revise IT? You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Apr 10, 2013, at 4:36 PM, John Panarese wrote: > Basically, there is a certification proces

Re: Becoming a qualified Apple technical support agent/p trainer

2013-04-10 Thread John Panarese
Basically, there is a certification process that is handled directly by Apple. The three major exams are for Mountain Lion Essentials, Mountain Lion Server Essentials and Mac Hardware Essentials. Only authorized Certified Training Centers can administer these exams. There are a few way

Re: Group Conversations In Skype

2013-04-10 Thread Scott Rumery
Thank you for this . I was able to make a group conversation call with these instructions. Scott Scott Rumery The only disability in life is a bad attitude On Apr 10, 2013, at 4:29 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: > Hi Scott, > > It's been awhile since I've done this, but here goes: > The easier w

braille display question

2013-04-10 Thread Kerri
hello, all. Does the Alva series of Braille displays work with the Mac? My focus 40 blue died, I can't locate anyone here in BC to repair it so I'm going to rehab for the acquision of a new one. Thanks an have a great day. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr

Re: Becoming a qualified Apple technical support agent/p trainer

2013-04-10 Thread Scott Berry
Very few if any people work for Apple at this time. On 4/10/13 13:14, Jed Barton wrote: I'd like to find out about this as well. I love my mac, and although, somewhat new, have taught myself an awful lot. Do you know if there are a lot of blind people working for apple? -Original Message-

Re: Group Conversations In Skype

2013-04-10 Thread Maria & Joe Chapman
HI. thanks for this tip. I knew how to add people if they called me, but never new how to add someone to a call. awesome. Blessings! Maria Joe and loving guide Karly. Email/ I Message: &fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com twitter: bubbygirl skype: bubbygirl1972 bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 11/0

Re: Group Conversations In Skype

2013-04-10 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Hi Scott, It's been awhile since I've done this, but here goes: The easier way is to have everyone call you who wishes to be apart of the conference, when they do so, you'll get a "merge calls" button. if this isn't possible, however, go to the table of contacts, and so the "add button" won't

Group Conversations In Skype

2013-04-10 Thread Scott Rumery
Hello, Does anyone know how to do a group conversation in Skype? I need to be able to call a team member and then add a client to the call. I Googled this and I found the instructions for doing this, but when I follow the instructions the add button in the new conversations window is dimmed. T

RE: Becoming a qualified Apple technical support agent/p trainer

2013-04-10 Thread Jed Barton
I'd like to find out about this as well. I love my mac, and although, somewhat new, have taught myself an awful lot. Do you know if there are a lot of blind people working for apple? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behal

Re: spotify or alternative that is VO friendly on ios and possibly mac as well

2013-04-10 Thread David Eagle
Hi Christina. I use Spotify on IOS. It’s brilliant. Fully accessible. They recently changed something that might be a bit confusing to new users. In order to access the options like Playlist and Search, you have to access the Open side Bar menu. But it is fully accessible. As for the Mac, the last

Re: Convincing rehab services to purchase a Mac

2013-04-10 Thread Kerri
I highly doubt this is justifiable, Brandt and we have frivolous law suits in Canada as well. On 2013-04-10, at 4:59 AM, Brandt wrote: > Not to be rude, or base anything on the stereo typical American, but outside > of your Borders you are well known for suing for almost anything. I don't see

Re: Becoming a qualified Apple technical support agent/p trainer

2013-04-10 Thread Brandt
Hi there, I could do it using Skype, but I would prefer being able to work outside the house as well, for example, for one of our local blindness organizations. Trying to break the Windows stranglehold on our local blind community, will need qualifications. Generally, over here the blind commun

Re: Accessibility is fixed in slacker radio iphone app.

2013-04-10 Thread ppowells09
Slacker offers the ability to casche content to your device for offline enjoyment with a subscription. It is also more customizable than Pandora. Pam Francis On Apr 10, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Matt Dierckens wrote: Having used both I found more artists with slacker than Pandora. Slacker is more acc

Re: Becoming a qualified Apple technical support agent/p trainer

2013-04-10 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
So is Johnd, he is also certified. He is in the United States too. I've forgotten what his email address is, but I'm sure you can find out from someone else on list. Kawal. On 10 Apr 2013, at 03:38 PM, Christopher Kchao wrote: > Hi, > Assuming he's on list, consider reaching out to John Panar

Selling stuff on the list

2013-04-10 Thread Chris Blouch
I was emailing with Cara Quinn about how to handle selling stuff on the list. On the one side we don't want this to become a giant free advertising channel but on the other side there is value to letting folks know you've got something you want to sell. So we came up with three things to consid

Re: Accessibility is fixed in slacker radio iphone app.

2013-04-10 Thread Matt Dierckens
Having used both I found more artists with slacker than Pandora. Slacker is more accessible and is $10 a month for unlimmited skips and arist only playlists. Matt Sent from my mac Twitter: matt692 On 2013-04-10, at 12:18 PM, Chris Gilland wrote: > So, what is the main difference in Slacker vs.

Re: spotify or alternative that is VO friendly on ios and possibly mac as well

2013-04-10 Thread Traci
Hello, I briefly tried Spotify, but funny enough, I like Pandora better. If I remember correctly, Spotify was accessible on IOS just fine. I think you get a 3 day trial, then you need to pay for a subscription. Sorry, I don't remember how it was on my Mac. I'm not finding Pandora repetitive.

Re: Accessibility is fixed in slacker radio iphone app.

2013-04-10 Thread Chris Gilland
So, what is the main difference in Slacker vs. Pandora? Chris. On Apr 10, 2013, at 11:03 AM, Matt Dierckens wrote: > Indeed. > Pretty happy. Was going to unsubscribe, even wrote them and said that they > were losing a paying Canadian customer, and lookie, new update with fixed > accessibility

spotify or alternative that is VO friendly on ios and possibly mac as well

2013-04-10 Thread Christina C .
Hello all, Is spotify vo friendly on ios? Is there anything a blind user can't do with the app? If spotify isn't VO friendly what are the alternatives? I currently use Pandora but I like the idea of making my own playlists and Pandora seems to get very repetitive. Also as a side note, is spotif

Re: Accessibility is fixed in slacker radio iphone app.

2013-04-10 Thread ppowells09
I know the feeling. Have been a subscriber for a while. When they broke accessibility in their redesign, They got an email & phone call from me. At the time, I think they were guaging response. I don't think they realized how many of us use their service whether paid or free. They were bombarded

Re: Accessibility is fixed in slacker radio iphone app.

2013-04-10 Thread Matt Dierckens
Indeed. Pretty happy. Was going to unsubscribe, even wrote them and said that they were losing a paying Canadian customer, and lookie, new update with fixed accessibility. Matt Sent from my mac Twitter: matt692 On 2013-04-10, at 10:58 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: > Finally! Thanks for the upd

Re: Accessibility is fixed in slacker radio iphone app.

2013-04-10 Thread Christine Grassman
Finally! Thanks for the update. On Apr 10, 2013, at 9:43 AM, ppowell...@aol.com wrote: > There was a recent update to the slacker radio app. After breaking > accessibility in their redesign of the app, they finally fixed it. I am > grateful enough people were constructively assertive & let them

Re: Becoming a qualified Apple technical support agent/p trainer

2013-04-10 Thread Christopher Kchao
Hi, Assuming he's on list, consider reaching out to John Panares. If I understand correctly, he's now a certified support specialist here in the States. He's a very knowledgable resource and would probably be able to give you some info on how to get the ball rolling with becoming certified. On

Re: Convincing rehab services to purchase a Mac

2013-04-10 Thread Scott Berry
Absolutely. I agree we do have a terrible history of suits here. On 4/10/13 5:59, Brandt wrote: Not to be rude, or base anything on the stereo typical American, but outside of your Borders you are well known for suing for almost anything. I don't see why this kind of suit won't be successfu

Re: Convincing rehab services to purchase a Mac

2013-04-10 Thread Scott Berry
Ah actually it might be. The reason I say that is because it's a waste of public funds and those people who pay taxes. On 4/10/13 5:53, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi Eric, Well, to be fair, I don't think it's been in the warehouse for five years, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's been in there for

Re: help with favorites bar in mail pls

2013-04-10 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If I remember correctly, this works best in Full Screen mode. Give that a try. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-04-10, at 4:04 AM, William Windels wrote: > Hello, > It seems not that easy to reorder my mailboxes in the favorites bar of mail > (osx 10.8.3): > > I tr

Re: Reply directly to the sender of an email?

2013-04-10 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, You used to be able to do this from a Contextual menu in Apple Mail as well but they removed that functionality about a year ago for some reason. There's always some good rationale for removing these nice features according to the developers, we just aren't in the loop I guess. Later...

Accessibility is fixed in slacker radio iphone app.

2013-04-10 Thread ppowells09
There was a recent update to the slacker radio app. After breaking accessibility in their redesign of the app, they finally fixed it. I am grateful enough people were constructively assertive & let them know we are a market to be considered. In their app description, they specifically say, imp

Re: Digest for macvisionaries@googlegroups.com - 25 Messages in 9 Topics

2013-04-10 Thread Chenelle Hancock
Hey Donna, brant and eric, I just wanted to say that in regards to rehab here in great old cleveland ohio. Where i live currently, they are somewhat becoming more apple friendly here. like i said in my post yesterday evening. My rehab counselor's had purchased me my mack book pro 2010 in se

Question about the app store

2013-04-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
Good morning guy It's early, but I've already had a rather frustrating experience with the App Store. As anybody else had any trouble when you press command 4 getting your purchases shown to you? It Demanding that I sign in, but voiceover never showed me where the sign in box was. How you get th

Re: Convincing rehab services to purchase a Mac

2013-04-10 Thread Richard Ring
I have read the responses to this inquiry with great interest. I would like to add a few thoughts. First, how well does this student know the Mac? The rehab agency for which I once worked would want to know this. The reason? It is fairly likely that the rehab agency in question doesn't have quali

Re: Becoming a qualified Apple technical support agent/p trainer

2013-04-10 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
hi brand. Why not just start over skype, as far as i know unless you have other rules in sa, you dont need too be certified too help other human beings. sandi On 4/10/13, Eric Oyen wrote: > well, > if you were in the states, it would be easier. I know of several totally > blind people who do

Re: Convincing rehab services to purchase a Mac

2013-04-10 Thread Eric Oyen
admittedly a lot of suits are ridiculous on their face, but some are quite serious. we have the unfortunate circumstance to be in a time where the people are interested only in themselves and try to vote for more "bread and circuses". This is the time when any state/empire starts failing. Unfor

Re: Becoming a qualified Apple technical support agent/p trainer

2013-04-10 Thread Eric Oyen
well, if you were in the states, it would be easier. I know of several totally blind people who do such work for apple (generally in apple stores). 2 are in phoenix arizona. If you have a strong local blind organization (like the US NFB) then you might be able to convince apple locally that it w

Re: Convincing rehab services to purchase a Mac

2013-04-10 Thread Donna Goodin
And actually, that's one of the things I hate about our culture, so really don't want to perpetuate any more "ridiculous law suits" than we already have. :) Donna On Apr 10, 2013, at 6:59 AM, Brandt wrote: > Not to be rude, or base anything on the stereo typical American, but outside > of you

Re: Convincing rehab services to purchase a Mac

2013-04-10 Thread Brandt
Not to be rude, or base anything on the stereo typical American, but outside of your Borders you are well known for suing for almost anything. I don't see why this kind of suit won't be successful. I will not go into the history of ridiculous American lawsuits, but believe me, they are there an

Becoming a qualified Apple technical support agent/p trainer

2013-04-10 Thread Brandt
Hi there folks, I am working to become a fully qualified Apple support agent/trainer, however, the local representatives of Apple (Core group) refuse to give the necessary training unless you work for them. I have supplied them with my curriculum vitae several months ago, but have received no r

Re: Convincing rehab services to purchase a Mac

2013-04-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Eric, Well, to be fair, I don't think it's been in the warehouse for five years, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's been in there for one or two. And the fact that you have a stockpile of something just isn't the factor that should be the basis for selecting a person's technology. So yeah

help with favorites bar in mail pls

2013-04-10 Thread William Windels
Hello, It seems not that easy to reorder my mailboxes in the favorites bar of mail (osx 10.8.3): I tried: mark a mailbox for dragging from inside the favorites bar with vo+comma then I received the message: that this item can't be dragged. I have tried it with a mouse-down action on de item to d

Re: Reply directly to the sender of an email?

2013-04-10 Thread Brandt
Thanks Teresa, that is actually what I was looking for, although in windows using outlook express or Microsoft Outlook, you could do this from the context menu. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent from my macbook pro Contact me: Mobile/iMessage/WatsApp: +27781205013 Email: brandt.steenk...@

Re: Continuous read with Read2Go app

2013-04-10 Thread Mike Busboom
Thank you very much, Esther, for your in-depth description of the Voice Dream Reader app. Your reasons for suggesting it are compelling, especially since it would most likely allow me to enjoy continuous reading of Read2Go materials. Do you know if it is possible to pause the app's speech and