Check out the free Alarmed app which can do this for you.
Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley.edu
On 04/06/2014 07:14, Steve Holmes wrote:
I wish there was a way to create events that occur every month on a particular
week. For example, say the third We
I wish there was a way to create events that occur every month on a particular
week. For example, say the third Wednesday of every month. You can do monthly
but that implies a specific date on each month; not a given week. Any way to
get around this? Otherwise, I have to build them all manually
I use a standard Apple bluetooth keyboard all the time on my Mac Mini. Only
time I have keystrokes not getting processed is when I wake the machine out of
sleep mode. Then I think VO is more the problem with lack of responsiveness. I
may also experience much sluggishness or whatever when Time Ma
Hi, Have you tried removing it from braille preferences in the voiceover
utility and re-adding it?
Best,
Erik Burggraaf
Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194
or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com
On 2014-06-03, at 5:53 PM, Caitlyn and Maggie wrote:
> Yep. It's still on auto.
Hi all
Just wondered if anyone could help with this one. I am trying to put
anniversaries into my calendar (birthdays etc). Is there a good way of doing
this? My default calendar is "home". However, on both my IPhone and IPad, when
I go into my list of calenndars a calendar called "birthdays"
Hi,
Not that I'm aware of. What I would do, is set them up as a recurring event on
Mondays and Tuesdays, then modify the Tuesday event for the given week or
weeks. When you go to modify it, Calendar will ask you if you're modifying the
single event or all future events, for which you'd answer
Hi,
I’m pretty sure that this can only be done via the Google page. If you use the
tab key, the return key and the arrow keys on the Google page for
MacVisionaries, it’s usually easier to manage. Just use VO to check boxes if
necessary, although, you could just use the spacebar in those situa
Hi,
the limit only refers to computers, iDevices are a separate category. If the
computer and iDevice are both set with the same Apple ID, then the syncing
process usually will simply move items from the Mac to the iDevice. There is
an option under the File menu of iTunes called Device which
Hi,
Yes, if the button reads as "Turn WiFi Off", then your WiFi is likely on,
although, that doesn't necessarily guarantee that you're connected to a
network. Press VO-m-m to get to Menu Extras then VO right until you find the
WiFi status menu, VO-space on that and see if your network is showi
Hi Antonio
I don't know if this helps, but they can look at your screen at the Apple
accessibility number which is 877-204-3930. I have done this more than once,
and it's great. We even turned VoiceOver off once, and the Apple adviser was
telling me how to move my finger on the trackpad. I can'
wouldn't mind also knowing this as well
Hank
On 6/3/2014 7:03 PM, Antonio Guimaraes wrote:
Hello,
I am resending this question. Forgive me if an answer was given, and if this is
a repeat. I had been affected by issues with Apple, and Gmail, but I am back
after the update.
Are there people of
Hello how do I remove the sim card from my iphone4?
I can't find the slot, I have a removal tool but i can't find out where
to remove my sim card
any one know? I know it differs from the iphone 3gs
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Hello,
I am resending this question. Forgive me if an answer was given, and if this is
a repeat. I had been affected by issues with Apple, and Gmail, but I am back
after the update.
Are there people offering services to blind Mac users who will log in, and
offer help with inaccessible programs
Dear List when you plug an idevice into a mac and synch it what exactly is
happening. Say I have some music on the idevice, and a different set of music
on the mac, and I then synch them, does this mean that now both mac and idevice
have all the combined music, or that the phone now has what wa
Well, folks, I am officially off the deep end. I removed all music from my
phone, unsynced music on iTunes, made sure all was as I want it, and re-synced.
Now, instead of 430 of my over one thousand songs, I have 63, and 37 artists,
some with different songs available than those on the songs pl
Hi,
You probably need to go into the wifi menu in the status menu ( vo mm). Once
you're in the wifi menu you can reconnect to your network.
Chris
On Jun 3, 2014, at 7:58 PM, Regina Alvarado wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have a perplexing problem. My Mac Mini dropped off the wifi a few days ago.
> M
Thanks. I installed word service with a little help from the terminal. It has
lots of interesting text utilities.
The one which removes the extraneous carriage returns is called Unix line
endings. I've been looking for this for a long time!
Chris
On Jun 3, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Tristan wrote:
Hello all,
I have a perplexing problem. My Mac Mini dropped off the wifi a few days ago.
My brother was able to do something and said the Mini wifi was not on. He got
wifi turned on, at least it was on until I turned off the Mini just a few mins
ago. I could get the internet but when I turned it
Hi I use the logitek 750 which is sola
powered and is full size with a number pad and is great
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 10:16 AM
To: macvisionaries@google
I signed up.
> On Jun 3, 2014, at 10:21, Alex Hall wrote:
>
> Sure:
> http://appleseed.apple.com
>> On Jun 3, 2014, at 11:01 AM, BBS wrote:
>>
>> Hey Alex. Can you send the link again to sign up for public betas? I
>> wouldn’t mind playing with OS 10.10. I wonder if we’ll be getting more
>>
Sorry, was away on May 21st. Does anybody know the email commands to do this. I
really find difficulties with the Google pages.
Max
On 3 Jun 2014, at 11:49 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
wrote:
> Might be a way via email commands but here is what I wrote to a similar
> question on May
Thanks All. I didn't know there was a place (can't spell it now) but I can't
wait until it's out because the phone feature sounds great.
On 3 Jun 2014, at 22:19, Alex Hall wrote:
> They select the number the usual way, then (I think) control-click and tell
> the Mac to call it. I don't know if
Hi, is there a way to add new events that happen non-contiguously?
For example, I have events this Summer that happen Mondays & Tuesdays for about
3 weeks. This same event title occurs Monday-Thursday for 1 week in the middle
of the Summer.
Is there some way I can select days, then create the
Hi,
check out a free app called EasyFind.
here is the AppleVis link.
http://www.applevis.com/apps/mac/utilities/easyfind
Thanks,
Rob
You can leave me a voice mail or fax at
206-426-3505
"God is good all the time, & All the time God is good"
On 6/3/2014 2:46 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote:
Hi all,
I'
Yes, when I plugged it in, the battery started charge.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 3, 2014, at 5:54 PM, Caitlyn and Maggie
> wrote:
>
> thanks
> Did plugging it in help?
> Cait
>
>> On Jun 3, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Les Kriegler wrote:
>>
>> Kate, I've had this happen when the battery level got
thanks
Did plugging it in help?
Cait
On Jun 3, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Les Kriegler wrote:
> Kate, I've had this happen when the battery level got down to about 10 or
> 11%, but not at 38.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:04 AM, Caitlyn and Maggie
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> So
Yep. It's still on auto.
I really thought the battery had gone dead.
do you think it just lost the connection or something?
does it have a sleep mode after a certain amount of time?
I was actively reading with it, though, so that last really doesn't make sense..
thanks!
Cait
On Jun 3, 2014, at
I think it's as Alex says, which makes sense to me. The Mac functions as a
giant bluetooth speaker phone or headset
Teresa
"Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."--Richard P. Feynman
On Jun 3, 2014, at 1:53 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
wrote:
> any idea how yo
They select the number the usual way, then (I think) control-click and tell the
Mac to call it. I don't know if you can make a phone call to stored contacts,
but I can't imagine they would leave that out.
On Jun 3, 2014, at 4:57 PM, Jessica D wrote:
> They managed to dial in number yesterday du
They managed to dial in number yesterday during the Keynote. I am not sure how
they did it.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 3, 2014, at 4:53 PM, "Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona"
> wrote:
>
> any idea how you would manually dial a number to use thephone fature or does
> it have to be with t
any idea how you would manually dial a number to use thephone fature or
does it have to be with the contact list?
On 6/3/2014 1:46 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
Yosemite is a location in California. Starting with Mavericks, Apple
began naming new releases of OS X after places in California that
enspire
Hi, Kawal,
Yosemite is a Native American word. It is the name of a national park in
California in the United States. The next versions of oS X are named after
famous places in California. The last one, Mavericks, was named after a
well-known surfing location on the California coast.
The phone
Yosemite is a location in California. Starting with Mavericks, Apple began
naming new releases of OS X after places in California that enspire the Apple
team.
Calling is still done through your iPhone. Your Mac essentially becomes a
really big bluetooth speakerphone, and can display incoming ca
are you asking the meaning of the word itself? Want to be sure before I
answer,
Karen
On Tue, 3 Jun 2014, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
One of my questions is in the subject line.
The other question is, how will you be able to make phone calls on the Mac
using Yosemite when you have no credit or s
One of my questions is in the subject line.
The other question is, how will you be able to make phone calls on the Mac
using Yosemite when you have no credit or sim card in your Mac? Will it be to
any fixed phone line or to just mobiles do you think?
Kawal.
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You received this message becau
I never get to ask to enter a pin when in pairing mode using the Mac.
On 3 Jun 2014, at 20:58, BBS wrote:
> Yep, that was the problem. I switched back to the Mac and was able to sign up
> for the public beta with no problems. Can’t wait to try it out.
>
>
> Shawn
> Sent From My White MacBook
Yep, that was the problem. I switched back to the Mac and was able to sign up
for the public beta with no problems. Can’t wait to try it out.
Shawn
Sent From My White MacBook
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Alex Hall
Sent: Tu
Hi all,
I'm not following much the list since I'm mostly on the iPhone.
IS there a way to navigate spotlight with VO that does not pop up the preview
window?
I get stuck in that window and can't find a way to continue scrolling through
the other search results.
THanks for your help and sorry if
I do the startup disk option all the time, and it works perfectly. I even set
up a hotkey, cmd-option-comma, to open System Preferences because I found
myself in there a lot. I'm sure some sort of Applescript could make the process
even simpler, but this works for now.
On Jun 3, 2014, at 12:56 P
Probably. I've never tried it from Windows, but that may be the problem.
On Jun 3, 2014, at 11:38 AM, BBS wrote:
> Hi Alex. When I went to sign in with my Apple ID and password on the website,
> I got a page saying that my session has expired. Is it because I’m trying to
> do this with Windows?
http://www.devontechnologies.com/products/freeware.html
Do a vo+f and search for "WordService" on the webpage. Download that and
install it with the included readme.
HTH
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore
Sent: Tuesday, J
Phil,
I don't seem to have the line ending service on my Mavericks system. Do you
know where I can get it?
Chris
On May 20, 2014, at 11:35 AM, Phil Halton wrote:
> I did a little checking and found that you can enable certain text services
> that will convert line endings to and from Mac/Uni
Some more food for thought is that you can use a program like
KeyRemap4MacBook and PCKeyboard Hack to give yourself a numpad by using the
FN keys. This also gives you a more familiar layout for Windows virtual
machines if you're so inclined to use something like that.
Applevis has a podcast about
Thanks, Chris. Yes, I had that concern about the option-key method as well. The
startup-disk option in Disk Utility sounds like a workable method.
Thanks,
teresa
“Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”—Richard P. Feynman
On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:48 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVis
While I haven't tried it, you should be able to partition your drive to
appear as two separate disks with disk utility. Depending on how full
the current drive is you might be able to shrink the existing partition
enough to make room for Yosemite. Then you would install Yosemite on
that new dri
A follow-up thought I had was that if I want to switch partitions, could I go
into the recovery partition and choose one as the startup? This at least would
be accessible with VO.
Teresa
"The golden age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete graham
On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:19 AM, Teresa Cochran wro
I upgraded one of my computers to Mavericks and left one on Mountain Lion,
partly because brltty still isn't fully functional for me in Mavericks. But
after listening to the keynote, I am sure I will have to upgrade everything to
Yosemite when it is released.
> --
> Cheryl
> I tried and tried
I was reading on Ars Technica about creating a test partition to try Yosemite
beta. My question is: how accessible would the boot process be? Would I have to
count arrow-key presses or some such similar thing?
thanks,
Teresa
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best frie
Kate, I've had this happen when the battery level got down to about 10 or 11%,
but not at 38.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:04 AM, Caitlyn and Maggie
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> So this morning I was happily reading on my brailliant 40 bi and I heard this
> beep beep and then it shut
Hi Alex. When I went to sign in with my Apple ID and password on the website, I
got a page saying that my session has expired. Is it because I’m trying to do
this with Windows?
Shawn
Sent From My White MacBook
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.c
Hi Cait.
Did you go into the menu on the brailliant and check the connection setting?
It should be set to auto.
Best
Erik
Sent from my android device.
-Original Message-
From: Caitlyn and Maggie
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 6:04 AM
Subject: braille displa
I suddenly discovered a pairing workaround one day. I set the sounds to 'on" in
VO. When the pairing dialog comes up, it flashes a window, which makes a sound.
As soon as I hear that sound, I turn my display off, which keeps the window in
focus for some odd reason. Then I find the edit field to
Sure:
http://appleseed.apple.com
On Jun 3, 2014, at 11:01 AM, BBS wrote:
> Hey Alex. Can you send the link again to sign up for public betas? I wouldn’t
> mind playing with OS 10.10. I wonder if we’ll be getting more voices. I
> certainly hope that we can use the Siri voices that are on the iPh
Hey Alex. Can you send the link again to sign up for public betas? I wouldn’t
mind playing with OS 10.10. I wonder if we’ll be getting more voices. I
certainly hope that we can use the Siri voices that are on the iPhone on the
Mac. That would be so cool.
Shawn
Sent From My White MacBook
hi,
Regarding the Home and End keys on an MBA, these do exist. Press the FN key in
the lower left-hand corner along with the left arrow for Home and with the
right arrow for End. You may wish to use the Keyboard Practice mode, VO-k, to
learn some of these tricks, press the Escape key to leave
Thanks for the info. The full size key board may be my option here.
On 6/3/14, Eileen Misrahi wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Just food for thought. Unless one purchases a 17 inch PC laptop, a numpad
> is
> not included in the keyboard layout on the PC side either. (Maybe OT).
> Hence, I have to use a USB
Hi,
Just food for thought. Unless one purchases a 17 inch PC laptop, a numpad is
not included in the keyboard layout on the PC side either. (Maybe OT).
Hence, I have to use a USB external numpad. Because I have Win8 installed in
bootcamp, I have plugged in a full USB keyboard, with a numpad. W
I would have to say it is worth it as well.
After here about mails new features it is worth it.
isaac
isaac.heb...@gmail.com
Skype gold_wildcat
On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:31 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
> IF I had to go just on the promised feature set alone, I'd say it will be
> worth it. The continu
Thanks Alex, Ray and Isaac. I avoided Mavericks a lot because of the Gmail
hassles people were having, yes. I'll check out Applevis.
* Mark BurningHawk Baxter
* AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969
* MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com
* My home page:
* http://MarkBurningHawk.net/
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IF I had to go just on the promised feature set alone, I'd say it will be worth
it. The continuity it will offer between the iPhone and Mac with respect to
documents, messenger, e-mail and contacts, and yes, phone calls to will, in my
view, make it something to be eagerly anticipated. When you
I don't recall Apple ever making a laptop with a numeric keypad. I like
full size keyboards so when I'm not laptoping in some random location I
have a USB full-size keyboard with real pageup/down, home, end and
numeric keypad. As others have mentioned, there are lots of external
numeric keypads
Hi,
No, none of the Mac Laptop models have a built-in NumPad. There's just not
enough space for one. Your options are to use a external USB or Bluetooth
NumPad or to use an external extended keyboard either USB or Bluetooth.
HTH.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Jun 3, 2014
I wrote a summary of all the announcements for www.applevis.com, it should be
right on the homepage. That way you can catch up without spending two hours
listening to the Keynote.
Yosemite is only just out in beta and will be released as a free upgrade this
fall. One major area addressed in the
None do, to my knowledge, at least not the modern machines. As others have
said, you can purchase a USB or bluetooth numpad, or a full-sized keyboard that
includes a numpad.
On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:50 AM, Marianne Denning wrote:
> I need to purchase a MacBook. The person who will use it has no
>
I am, but I am waiting on my code. Apple is emailing all non-developers a
download code they will use to grab Yosemite, and mine has not come yet.
Unfortunately, I don't have two displays to work with, only my poor, neglected
Apex.
On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:30 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote:
> Hi there
>
Why not call apple? May get all general questions answered there more
accurately.
Regards, Feliciano
Sent from the Super-iPhone
> On Jun 3, 2014, at 6:50 AM, "Marianne Denning"
> wrote:
>
> I need to purchase a MacBook. The person who will use it has no
> vision. The one thing th
I am not sure if all mac book pros have this but you can purchase a number pad
separately.
isaac
isaac.heb...@gmail.com
Skype gold_wildcat
On Jun 3, 2014, at 8:50 AM, Marianne Denning wrote:
> I need to purchase a MacBook. The person who will use it has no
> vision. The one thing that is i
I need to purchase a MacBook. The person who will use it has no
vision. The one thing that is important is a key board with the
numeric key pad on the key board. I have a MacBook Air and it does
not have this. Do any of the MacBook pro computers have this?
--
Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher
Heh. See how out of the loop I am? Guess I'll just bail on Mavericks. I
totally missed the WWDC yesterday and only saw a blurb about a new iPhone on
the news this morning on my way by. My iPhone 5 is currently down and going in
for repair (something about moisture damage through the Otterbox
Might be a way via email commands but here is what I wrote to a similar
question on May 21st:
You can fiddle with your account settings by going to groups.google.com
and find the signin link near the top of the page. Use your email
address and password to get in. Once you're in find and open u
You're really not going to know until this fall. Unless, of course, you care to
participate in the beta program, which it sounds like you would not. Especially
being as the first beta was only just released to developers, no one can make a
fair commentary on your questions yet anyhow.
On Jun 3,
Most of the issues I find in software seem to fall into two buckets.
Either the developer used standard controls but failed to label them, or
they made custom controls and failed to finish the job by making them
accessible (undiscoverable or unusable). The former is easier to fix,
the latter ca
I'm seriously busy with family life, and so I've skipped Mavericks. Running
the good old dependable mountain kitty, and still mostly purring along.
However, I feel like I should keep up with the OS upgrades, but is Yosemite
worth it? Will I have to spend a whole weekend tinkering to get it ri
Hi there
It ain't easy! I had to go in for a Genius Bar appointment. Basically,
voiceover is missing telling you some stuff on the screen, plus it doesn't work
every time anyway. When you think you've got the Braille display up on the
screen, tell voiceover to do a search for the word focus. The
Hi,
So this morning I was happily reading on my brailliant 40 bi and I heard this
beep beep and then it shut down, or so I thought. All the cells went blank and
it looked like it does when it's turned off.
So, I unmuted vo and checked the battery level on the display. I have
38percent left.
Hello Eugenia.
Please tell me how you got your Focus Blue working on the Mac Via Blue Tooth as
I tried it sometime ago and it would not do it and so reported it to the
accessibility team who were investigating it. Not tried it since. I have the
Focus Blue 40 and plan to buy the Focus blue 14 ne
Hi Alex
Are you planning to do that public beta thing? Right now while in this message
I am testing my Braille Edge under Usb because now I have the situation that my
little Focus 14 sort of works in Bluetooth, doesn't work very well under USB,
and now I can't have both my Braille Edge 40 and m
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