Re: Entering Today's Date and Current Time in Numbers in Mavericks

2014-03-15 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks, Gigi, that's a great tip. So I guess command-v pastes the formula and command-shift-v pastes the result of the formula? That's good to remember. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop r

Re: one more Skype question

2014-03-15 Thread Alex Hall
I don't message much with Skype, but two things come to mind. First, interact with the table or list of messages, then use the "bottom of item" command. On a Macbook it is vo-function-right, on a desktop keyboard with home/end keys it is vo-end. You may add shift as well, I'm not sure what the d

Re: disk aid

2014-03-15 Thread Alex Hall
I don't know, but I think the way focus works when you switch windows means the original window is not visible. You'd have to open both windows side by side to drag and drop, and honestly it's way easier to just copy and paste whenever possible. On Mar 15, 2014, at 10:12 PM, Dionipher Presas Her

Re: Entering Today's Date and Current Time in Numbers in Mavericks

2014-03-15 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hey again I promise not to send any ore about this for today. However, and maybe you knew and I didn't, but I think I figured out how to put in the results. I used the usual way Macs behave and guessed. After copying the today formula, I added the shift key to command v. It said pasting results

Re: Entering Today's Date and Current Time in Numbers in Mavericks

2014-03-15 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hey Nic and others I just tried something, and lo, it did what I was hoping. I also, I hope, did what Tim suggested. I made a discovery by trying something, On Mar 15, 2014, at 7:50 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > hi Nick > Thanks, and if I end up having to do time sheets, I will let you know. That

Re: one more Skype question

2014-03-15 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
i want to add some skype question here,, how to navigate messages to the last conversation, because sometimes when i want to read the last message they sent i have to scroll down a lot, thanks On 15 Mar 2014, at 07:41 pm, Buddy Brannan wrote: > I had to do this recently, and it's a bit of a pai

Re: disk aid

2014-03-15 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
thanks so much. just wondering, how come i cant drag it on the application folder? just a curious question On 15 Mar 2014, at 05:24 pm, Alex Hall wrote: > Just copy the .app file, open Applications (cmd-shift-a), and paste. I > recommend using List View (cmd-2) as pasting is more consistent tha

Re: VlC suddenly pausing itself after the computer going to sleep.

2014-03-15 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I find it odd that your Mac went to sleep while playing media. As far as I can recall, that shouldn't happen . Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 15, 2014, at 8:44 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: > This just suddenly started happening

Re: braille production on the Mac

2014-03-15 Thread Jenine Stanley
I see there's a public beta coming out in april. Since it's being developed by the same people from whom I bought the braille printer, I'm game for helping where I can and will contact them. thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Mar 15, 2014, at 7:02 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: >

VlC suddenly pausing itself after the computer going to sleep.

2014-03-15 Thread Jessica Moss
This just suddenly started happening this afternoon after I managed to play around with my bluetooth speaker and managed to get it connected, but now every time my computer goes to sleep, vlc now pauses itself, so I have to constantly bring it out of sleep mode, then unpause it again, which is r

Re: Clock Radio

2014-03-15 Thread Nancy Wyman
Hello, I wondered if you ever got an answer to this. I would love to know what you found out. Nancy Nancy Badger, Ph.D Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services UT Chattanooga Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. > On Sep 26, 2013, at 4:02 AM, Jürgen Fleg

Re: system dialogues displayed

2014-03-15 Thread Jim Gatteys
I hear the system dialogue messages from time to time but they don't seem to do anything or cause me any problems. Jim On Mar 15, 2014, at 5:23 PM, Andrew Head wrote: > I'm not in the log in dailogue, I'm on the desktop when I hear that > announcement > > On 12 Mar 2014, at 6:44 pm, Apple bo

Re: braille production on the Mac

2014-03-15 Thread erik burggraaf
Yes, Nearly impossible and documentation is non-existent. I have never once gotten it to work on any mac, though I have gotten it to run successfilly on windows. They are aware of the issues. We just need two things. one, users to pound down the door letting the developers know how much int

Re: braille production on the Mac

2014-03-15 Thread Jenine Stanley
Thanks Eric. I'll look into this. >From your comment I have to ask, is it difficult to install? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Mar 15, 2014, at 6:34 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Brailleblaster if you can get it installed. It has quite the jump on duxbury > and has the advantage

Re: system dialogues displayed

2014-03-15 Thread Andrew Head
I'm not in the log in dailogue, I'm on the desktop when I hear that announcement On 12 Mar 2014, at 6:44 pm, Apple boy wrote: > Try either the application or window chooser with vo-f1-f1 or vo-f2-f2 > respectively. > > Regards Chris > > Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! >

Re: braille production on the Mac

2014-03-15 Thread erik burggraaf
Brailleblaster if you can get it installed. It has quite the jump on duxbury and has the advantage of being free and open source but needs volunteers to help with mac development. Best, Erik Burggraaf Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com O

Re: free software for solving capchas on mac

2014-03-15 Thread Jessica
i am not going to pay for it. i will get sighted help. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 15, 2014, at 5:42 PM, Greg Aikens wrote: > > You can disable the extension at any time in safari, just like you would do > for any extension. Open the preferences dialog with Cmd+, and switch to the > extensio

Re: Virtual machine help

2014-03-15 Thread Catherine Turner
Thanks Phil, those instructions worked perfectly Catherine On 3/10/14, Phil Halton wrote: > Hello Cathrine, > > I encountered the same problem of getting stuck in the combo box. I found a > way to do the remapping of any key in the "to" combo box to the grave > accent key. Here's what needs to

Re: Accessible and Automated OCR Workflow

2014-03-15 Thread Alex Hall
To my knowledge, that is the best way. If Applescript Editor sees no way to script an app, there is no way to script an app, or the developers really want to hide the ability. On Mar 15, 2014, at 5:00 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Keith, > > I have both ABBYY FineReader Express and FineRea

Re: braille production on the Mac

2014-03-15 Thread Jenine Stanley
That would be dandy if it will interface with Pages. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Mar 15, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Chris Apple boy wrote: > I hear Duxbury is coming to the mac. > > Regards Chris > > Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! > > On 15/03/2014 21:39, Jenine St

Re: free software for solving capchas on mac

2014-03-15 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Yes, that's right. Rumola still works with the screen curtain turned on, because presumably the people solving the CAPTCHAs are sent a picture of the screen with the screen curtain off. I just wish there was a way to ensure people can't see my screen until I want to solve a CAPTCHA. So that whe

Re: braille production on the Mac

2014-03-15 Thread Chris Apple boy
I hear Duxbury is coming to the mac. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof! On 15/03/2014 21:39, Jenine Stanley wrote: What software do folks use for braille production on the Mac? I'd like something that interfaces with say, Pages, rather than a stand alone program

Re: free software for solving capchas on mac

2014-03-15 Thread Greg Aikens
You can disable the extension at any time in safari, just like you would do for any extension. Open the preferences dialog with Cmd+, and switch to the extensions page. There is a list of extensions. Select the one you want and interact with the scroll area. Find the check box that says enable a

braille production on the Mac

2014-03-15 Thread Jenine Stanley
What software do folks use for braille production on the Mac? I'd like something that interfaces with say, Pages, rather than a stand alone program but I'll entertain anything. I use an Embraille braille printer. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com -- You received this message because y

Re: Accessible and Automated OCR Workflow

2014-03-15 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Keith, I have both ABBYY FineReader Express and FineReader Pro, neither were in the table when I did Cmd-Shift-o in the Applescript editor. Is there some other way to determine whether an API is available? Cheers, Anne On 15 Mar 2014, at 19:53, Keith Watson wrote: > Nick, > > Depend

Re: Questions About Running Windows On my Mac

2014-03-15 Thread Alex Hall
Jaws and NVDA should both be SR key-b, or SR key-ctrl-b. SR key is what I'm calling the "screen reader" key - usually caps lock on a laptop, or insert on a full-sized keyboard. If not, and if you are using NVDA, google and download "resource monitor NVDA add-on". It gives you battery, ram usage,

Re: Accessible and Automated OCR Workflow

2014-03-15 Thread Keith Watson
Nick, Depends on if ABBY has included an API for AppleScript. I can't tell you as I don't own it. I do know that PDFPen uses ABBY for their OCR. At least that is what I have seen in my Applications folder. As for the tabs in AppleScript. They are just for readability. Keeps the different secti

Re: one more Skype question

2014-03-15 Thread Buddy Brannan
I had to do this recently, and it's a bit of a pain in the ass. First, you navigate the sidebar to get to the Skype home. Interact with the HTML area and find the image with your Skype name and VO+space. Find the button that says "Profile picture" and VO+space. Navigate down the "Field" table

Re: Questions About Running Windows On my Mac

2014-03-15 Thread Ezzy Bueno
Thank you all for your helpful suggestions. It means a lot. :-) Now, can you please tell me how you check your battery status while on Windows? Thanks! Ezzie On 3/15/14, Piotr Machacz wrote: > Another way to switch what OS you're booting into is through the startup > disk options. If you're curr

Re: one more Skype question

2014-03-15 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Would I be correct in guessing that you've looked in your tool bar on the left? That's the main one where your profile stuff is. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 us

Re: free software for solving capchas on mac

2014-03-15 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, John, I'm pretty sure the screen curtain is localized to the monitor, i.e. it blocks the view only from people looking at the physical monitor. Teresa Visualize whirled peas. On Mar 15, 2014, at 11:00 AM, John D. Lipsey wrote: > Does this software work if you have screen curtain enabled?

one more Skype question

2014-03-15 Thread Jean Parker
Hello All: One more Skype question for now. I want to replace or delete my photo on Skype. When I go into edit photo in the profile settings, I don't find any option to delete or replace. Any idea where I do that? Huge thanks as always, Jean -- You received this message because you are subsc

Re: free software for solving capchas on mac

2014-03-15 Thread John D. Lipsey
Does this software work if you have screen curtain enabled? I always have my screen curtain on, because i don't want people peering at my screen when I'm out in public and all. I'm just wondering if this is something I'll have to turn off every time I go to a page that could potentially have a C

Re: free software for solving capchas on mac

2014-03-15 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Well, I'm not sure how much they see. I know that one day there was a field to put in a coupon and rumola attempted to solve it as a captcha; I would think that if they saw everything is would have been obvious that this wasn't a captcha. We each have to draw our own lines when it comes to priva

Re: disk aid

2014-03-15 Thread Alex Hall
Just copy the .app file, open Applications (cmd-shift-a), and paste. I recommend using List View (cmd-2) as pasting is more consistent that way. On Mar 15, 2014, at 11:24 AM, Dionipher Presas Herrera wrote: > on the application folder, because i was installing it, and i cant see it on > my app

Re: disk aid

2014-03-15 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
on the application folder, because i was installing it, and i cant see it on my application folder. as it was the direction to install a program on mac. thanks On 15 Mar 2014, at 06:27 am, Alex Hall wrote: > Where are you trying to drag it? Copy and paste works much better for moving > files a

Re: free software for solving capchas on mac

2014-03-15 Thread Jessica
Yes, they see everything you enter. If you want, you can enter your information after the capcha has been solved. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 15, 2014, at 2:48 AM, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > Rumola is fantastic, but I'm a little bit worried about the privacy issues. > What I didn't reali

Re: Entering Today's Date and Current Time in Numbers in Mavericks

2014-03-15 Thread Eugenia Firth
hi Nick Thanks, and if I end up having to do time sheets, I will let you know. That could happen because the lovely state of Washington wants me to do that for my employee. They told me away around it, and I hope it works. Regards, Gigi Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 15, 2014, at 7:10 AM, Nicho

Re: Entering Today's Date and Current Time in Numbers in Mavericks

2014-03-15 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Gigi, That's odd your today() function didn't leave a function in the cell. Perhaps because of the cell formatting or something? The behaviour with the now() function, leaving an actual function there, is more the norm as I understand it. From my testing, the now() function will update itsel

Re: Entering Today's Date and Current Time in Numbers in Mavericks

2014-03-15 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Nic You know, it's real weird that your computer doesn't seem to always to do what mine does, I guess. I typed in the equals sign and then typed today into my date field on March 12. I just checked. It's still March 12 in there. The only thing is, it put 12 A.M. in there for the time, even t

Re: Questions About Running Windows On my Mac

2014-03-15 Thread Piotr Machacz
Another way to switch what OS you're booting into is through the startup disk options. If you're currently on the mac, go to system preferences, then startup disk. You will need to unlock the settings, then you can choose if you want to boot into OS X or windows and also have a restart button. O

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2014-03-15 Thread Teresa Cochran
Uh, I wasn't paying attention to my character counter, which read -15. That was the problem. LOL Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Mar 14, 2014, at 11:32 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > this is really getting to me. :) I tried pressing enter and got a default > beep. i tr