Voice Dream Reader and the iTunes option

2014-07-06 Thread Mike Busboom
Hi, everyone, I use Voice Dream Reader all the time for reading material from Bookshare. However, I am wondering how I can use the app to read books from other sources such as iBook offerings. When I select the "Add" option in the Voice Dream app, it appears that one of the options, iTunes, w

Recording and monitoring multiple tracks with Garage Band at the same time

2014-07-06 Thread Vic
Hello GB users, I just cannot get this scenario working. Here it goes. I am trying to record a podcast. For this I loaded two tracks, one of which I will be speaking into (vocal) and another one will take an audio output from iPad (just a basic audio track). I already configured an aggregate de

Re: Tandom equivalent for the Mac

2014-07-06 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Hi Tim, Thanks a lot, I'll give it another try. Obviously I would be a much happier person if it worked 100% reliably, but indeed the hard part is getting the Server app updated, and then restarting it; often it's easier to just remember to bring the keyboard, even when I'm remoting close enou

Re: Suggestion for new macBook Pro

2014-07-06 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, The refurbished ones when purchased through Apple are simply a slightly older than new model but have been tested and likely have new batteries installed. You can often save a couple hundred dollars over the purchase of a new machine, but you are getting older technology. Sometimes that's

Re: Tandom equivalent for the Mac

2014-07-06 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Sabahattin, Yes, interactive actions are problematic. Many System Prefs are configurable via the command line though, so I often ssh in as root and set things that way. Are you positive that the Server app will not update using the SoftwareUpdate tool through ssh and in as root? My readin

Re: Suggestion for new macBook Pro

2014-07-06 Thread Alex Hall
A refurb will usually be an older model, so you'll have to think about that. For instance, it might have N wifi instead of AC, or a less capable processor or graphics chip, that kind of thing. I am pretty sure Apple replaces the batteries in their refurbs before selling them, so battery life sho

Re: Managing Gmail

2014-07-06 Thread Desi Noller
In this case, I shouldn't have a problem, because my current gmail address is not my primary e-mail address. After I am sure that my new iCloud address works, I will get rid of my gmail account altogether. Thanks for the heads-up on this! Desi On Jul 6, 2014, at 8:14 PM, Sabahattin Gucukog

Re: Suggestion for new macBook Pro

2014-07-06 Thread Feliciano G
You're better off asking these questions to the place where you're going to buy the laptop. Most places that sell refurbished items have them go through a test but the test they go through is not the same test as if it were to be brand-new in most instances. If the refurbished item is backed up

Re: Managing Gmail

2014-07-06 Thread Desi Noller
Hi Sabahattin, That indeed sounds pretty simple! LOL! I am sure even I can do it! Thanks for the help. I truly appreciate it. It's been a long day, so I'll probably give it a whirl first thing in the morning! Blessings! Desi On Jul 6, 2014, at 8:02 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: >

Re: Suggestion for new macBook Pro

2014-07-06 Thread venky . 92
Hi. Whats the difference between buying a new MacBook and a refurbished one? I'm more interested to know the differences with regards to battery life and performance. Thanks Venkatesh Sent from my iPhone > On 07-Jul-2014, at 7:36 am, Sarai Bucciarelli > wrote: > > You can also check out the

Re: Managing Gmail

2014-07-06 Thread Alex Hall
Exactly. :) The only time you'll still need the old one is for logging in, which is indeed very annoying. It's weird to sign into your iCloud account using a Gmail address (username) just to access iCloud mail. Until Apple lets you merge Apple IDs, though, we're all kind of stuck. On Jul 6, 2014

Re: Managing Gmail

2014-07-06 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Yep, ditto. You can log in using your new iCloud address, but Apple seems to give them special treatment, such that you can't actually make your primary identifier your iCloud address. Annoying as hell, but just ignore it. And a caution: whatever you do, do not remove your old email address fr

Re: Managing Gmail

2014-07-06 Thread Alex Hall
One note here: you can't then use your iCloud address as your Apple ID. I have my Gmail as my ID, but once I made my iCloud address I wanted to switch over to that and leave Gmail behind. Unfortunately, since iCloud addresses are technically Apple IDs in themselves, you can't change your ID from

Re: Managing Gmail

2014-07-06 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Hi Desi, You should be able to turn on iCloud mail reception in the iCloud preference pane in System Preferences. Find the "Services" group, interact, and then look for Mail. When you switch this on, you should be prompted for your new primary iCloud address (you can create three more aliases

Re: Tandom equivalent for the Mac

2014-07-06 Thread Jason White
Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > Hi Jonathan. BTMM does use IPv6 for the internal cloud addresses > (unique-local addressing), but the endpoints are still IPv4. It's entirely > possible that Apple has changed their protocol since they last documented > it, but at the time the home gateway needed so

Re: Tandom equivalent for the Mac

2014-07-06 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Hi Jonathan. BTMM does use IPv6 for the internal cloud addresses (unique-local addressing), but the endpoints are still IPv4. It's entirely possible that Apple has changed their protocol since they last documented it, but at the time the home gateway needed some kind of NAT traversal support,

Re: Suggestion for new macBook Pro

2014-07-06 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
You can also check out the refurbished mac store on the Apple site. All come with 1 year warranty, and you can buy Apple care to extend the warranty to 3 years. Buy the max of what you can afoard. I have a 2010 MacbookPro wtih 8GB RAM, & 500GB hard drive. It is 4 years old, and still going stron

Re: NFB store

2014-07-06 Thread Jessica D
So how do we add this to safaris list of trusted certificates? Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 6, 2014, at 11:20 AM, Kayaker wrote: > > Hi, > > Certificates are not as intuitive as they should be. If you get a certificate > warning from a web site, it doesn't mean it is an invalid certificate. I

Re: Suggestion for new macBook Pro

2014-07-06 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
I have the following policy regarding buying stuff from Apple: 1. Buy it only if it was just announced. 2. Buy the highest amount of every upgradable resource. In this way, your investment is maximised. You will find this a difficult policy to enforce. You will probably also be glad to hear

Re: NFB store

2014-07-06 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
thank you for the informative answers here, thanks for many replies. i think i should use my windows to browse in the NFB store On 06 Jul 2014, at 05:20 pm, Kayaker wrote: > Hi, > > Certificates are not as intuitive as they should be. If you get a certificate > warning from a web site, it does

Re: garage band keyboard shortcuts: expanding loops and note editing

2014-07-06 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
i already tried that, you have to play and pause where to paste the next loops, this was so frustrating sometimes because you dont even know if they match exactly. On 06 Jul 2014, at 05:50 pm, Littlefield, Tyler wrote: > Hello: > I have a few issues with this. I had two loops I wanted to use. w

Re: An Overview of iOS 8's New Accessibility Features – MacStories

2014-07-06 Thread Devin Prater
Can you add this phonetic representation on the mac too? Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com On Jul 6, 2014, at 6:08 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > I added a phonetic first name into my contacts and SIRI and VoiceOver on the > Mac and iPhone appear to use this. I am not sure now, since even in this

Re: full sized bluetooth keyboard with numpad and that can work with multiple devices?

2014-07-06 Thread Devin Prater
Yes, it is the K 760. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com On Jul 6, 2014, at 6:43 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > There is a podcast from about a year ago from Vision Australia that describes > such a keyboard. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan > > > > On Jun 26, 2014, at 9:26 PM, Hank Smith, and See

Re: full sized bluetooth keyboard with numpad and that can work with multiple devices?

2014-07-06 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
There is a podcast from about a year ago from Vision Australia that describes such a keyboard. Best wishes, Jonathan On Jun 26, 2014, at 9:26 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona wrote: > Hello am in search of a bluetooth keyboard thatr is full sized has a numpad > and can work with mu

Re: Suggestion for new macBook Pro

2014-07-06 Thread Jason White
Jessica D wrote: > I would do option 2 or 3. I agree. Note that you can't upgrade these devices later: what you buy is all you have until the next purchase five years hence. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from

Re: An Overview of iOS 8's New Accessibility Features – MacStories

2014-07-06 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I added a phonetic first name into my contacts and SIRI and VoiceOver on the Mac and iPhone appear to use this. I am not sure now, since even in this message Alex pronounced it correctly. To do this goto the Card menu in the contacts application and select add field. Best wishes, Jonathan

Re: Command line question.

2014-07-06 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Yes, but the error was too many arguments. If the source directory only has .mp3 files then you could try the recursive copy I believe the flag is a capital R but I would verify that in the man page. Best wishes, Jonathan On Jul 1, 2014, at 10:20 AM, Kjsc Radio wrote: > Anytime you are c

Fresh Direct

2014-07-06 Thread Christine Grassman
Good day all. Would like to know if anyone uses this food delivery service; its web site does not appear to be particularly accessible. For example, if I search for something, it tells me the number of results, but despite trying all sorts of things: interacting with various parts of the screen,

Re: Tandom equivalent for the Mac

2014-07-06 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
My understanding from some discussions on the TIDBITS.COM newsletters is that BTMM uses IPv6 protocols and therefore the lack of IPv4 address space should not be a deterrent. Best wishes, Jonathan On Jul 5, 2014, at 7:09 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > Apple has Apple Remote Desktop, for

Re: Highlighting a column in Numbers

2014-07-06 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hey cool, works as well. Thanks for the hint. Am 06.07.2014 um 14:45 schrieb Phil Halton : > Don't forget, another, possibly faster method is to simply press shift > command down arrow from the top of the column in the entire column will be > selected. > > Sent from my IPhone > > >> On Jul

Test.

2014-07-06 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Just wish to see if my rules work. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send ema

Re: accessible flight simulator or racing game etc for OSX or iOS?

2014-07-06 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
nods true but not worth it for the things it did deliver. On 7/6/14, Littlefield, Tyler wrote: > What kind of small files are we talking? What "security issues" exist > with dropbox? You could always use something like s3 and encrypt it. > On 7/6/2014 11:49 AM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: >> well i

Re: accessible flight simulator or racing game etc for OSX or iOS?

2014-07-06 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
What kind of small files are we talking? What "security issues" exist with dropbox? You could always use something like s3 and encrypt it. On 7/6/2014 11:49 AM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: well i don't use that for security reasons will find something that works. On 7/6/14, Gabriele Battaglia w

Re: accessible flight simulator or racing game etc for OSX or iOS?

2014-07-06 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
http://www63.zippyshare.com/v/44280234/file.html that should be all of the files you will need Till i have found a better way Espeak should be used, On 7/6/14, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: > http://www65.zippyshare.com/v/92126054/file.html it is the manual will > have too make the installer smaller

Re: accessible flight simulator or racing game etc for OSX or iOS?

2014-07-06 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
http://www65.zippyshare.com/v/92126054/file.html it is the manual will have too make the installer smaller but that should be okay easy On 7/6/14, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: > found something, will know in like 4 minutes > > On 7/6/14, Cameron Strife wrote: >> maybe send space or yousendit... >>

Re: Suggestion for new macBook Pro

2014-07-06 Thread venky . 92
Hi. Thanks for the response. I will not be able to purchase it from the Indian version of the Apple Store as there is no option to configure the MacBook in India so i'll check with apple on that. Is there an option to store GarageBand loops and logic loops on an external drive? I am quite comfor

Re: accessible flight simulator or racing game etc for OSX or iOS?

2014-07-06 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
found something, will know in like 4 minutes On 7/6/14, Cameron Strife wrote: > maybe send space or yousendit... > > > > > On 7/6/14, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: >> well i don't use that for security reasons will find something that >> works. >> >> On 7/6/14, Gabriele Battaglia wrote: >>> >>> Il

Re: accessible flight simulator or racing game etc for OSX or iOS?

2014-07-06 Thread Cameron Strife
maybe send space or yousendit... On 7/6/14, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: > well i don't use that for security reasons will find something that works. > > On 7/6/14, Gabriele Battaglia wrote: >> >> Il giorno 06/lug/2014, alle ore 17:16, Sandi Jazmin Kruse >> ha scritto: >> >>> anyone knows of a

Re: Managing Gmail

2014-07-06 Thread Desi Noller
Hi Sabahattin, Thanks so much for your input! I think switching to iCloud is doubtless my best option! I'm not the most technologically savvy person though, and I'm not sure how to do this. It seems to me that I may already have an iCloud address, but obviously I have never used it. How do

Re: garage band keyboard shortcuts: expanding loops and note editing

2014-07-06 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
Hello: I have a few issues with this. I had two loops I wanted to use. when I place a loop, however I can't control where that loop will begin. interacting with the move left edge move right edge or loop bit sometimes will say bar 4 or whatever, but it doesn't actually say it all the time. I a

Re: accessible flight simulator or racing game etc for OSX or iOS?

2014-07-06 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
well i don't use that for security reasons will find something that works. On 7/6/14, Gabriele Battaglia wrote: > > Il giorno 06/lug/2014, alle ore 17:16, Sandi Jazmin Kruse > ha scritto: > >> anyone knows of a good place for hosting small files? > GB: dropbox? > -- > Namasté! > Sent from my iM

Re: NFB store

2014-07-06 Thread Kayaker
Hi, Certificates are not as intuitive as they should be. If you get a certificate warning from a web site, it doesn't mean it is an invalid certificate. I will attempt to simplify what is happening at the cost of some technical accuracy, but I think this will help you all understand what is goi

Re: accessible flight simulator or racing game etc for OSX or iOS?

2014-07-06 Thread Gabriele Battaglia
Il giorno 06/lug/2014, alle ore 17:16, Sandi Jazmin Kruse ha scritto: > anyone knows of a good place for hosting small files? GB: dropbox? -- Namasté! Sent from my iMac27. (Gmail) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscr

Re: accessible flight simulator or racing game etc for OSX or iOS?

2014-07-06 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
hi, yes with out espeak it is absolutely inaccessible. the reason for this is it was never written as a simulator for blind persons. We made it so i could use it cause i had the interest. Have been writing on a little how too for the most of the day. anyone knows of a good place for hosting small f

Re: Suggestion for new macBook Pro

2014-07-06 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, expect that the Apple Care would work in India, especially if you're purchasing through the Apple Store India version. If purchasing from another country's store, then it's probably a good idea to check with Apple themselves by calling one of their numbers. Regarding which MBP to purchas

Re: iCloud mail

2014-07-06 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Chris, You do not need to unsubscribe and re-subscribe to change eMail addresses for a Google Groups subscription. Simply add your iCloud address to your Gmail account, then modify your settings for the MacVisionaries list on the MacVisionaries settings page that is linked at the bottom of

Re: Games

2014-07-06 Thread Mark Baxter
You might need to use Macports to import the original code. Cara Quinn, one of our list mods, can help a lot more than I can, as she's largely responsible for its awesomeness. :) * Mark BurningHawk Baxter * AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 * MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com * My h

Re: Suggestion for new macBook Pro

2014-07-06 Thread Alex Hall
My personal thoughts are that 8gb of ram, and even the most basic of the processor options, will do fine. If you have the money, though, 16gb of ram will, when combined with the flash storage all Mac laptops now use, make that a very powerful machine. Xcode runs well on my MBA, which has only 4g

Re: Suggestion for new macBook Pro

2014-07-06 Thread Jessica D
I would do option 2 or 3. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 6, 2014, at 9:54 AM, Venkatesh Potluri wrote: > > Hi list. > I am planning to buy a new macbook. I need your suggestion on > upgrading the macbook. > I would like to go for the 15-inch MacBook pro with retina display. > I am wondering if up

Suggestion for new macBook Pro

2014-07-06 Thread Venkatesh Potluri
Hi list. I am planning to buy a new macbook. I need your suggestion on upgrading the macbook. I would like to go for the 15-inch MacBook pro with retina display. I am wondering if upgrading to 512 GB flash storage would be necessary. I am also not sure if upgrading the memory(RAM) to 16GB would be

Re: Making movies without iMovie?

2014-07-06 Thread Phil Halton
Hi Daniela, Except for the conversion and stream capabilities, it looks like QuickTime will allow me to do the same things as Mpeg stream clip, and I can record my clips there too. I only need to do simple clip trimming like cutting out the first and last few seconds, or isolating takes. Then t

Re: accessible flight simulator or racing game etc for OSX or iOS?

2014-07-06 Thread Gabriele Battaglia
Hi Sandi. I've downloaded the full flight gear simulator, for Mac. Just launched it and it seems totally inaccessible, but I guess it is way I don't know how to do. As Daniela asked, I'd really like to by guided by your experience in order to learn firstly how to get it usable, and later, the ba

Re: Highlighting a column in Numbers

2014-07-06 Thread Phil Halton
Don't forget, another, possibly faster method is to simply press shift command down arrow from the top of the column in the entire column will be selected. Sent from my IPhone > On Jul 6, 2014, at 2:25 AM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > great, that worked. Thanks a lot. > > All the b

Re: Recommendations for learning to program on a Mac

2014-07-06 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
At this point it seems as if you're just blathering. -learning- a language means you know the standard libraries with it. Most people don't need the standard c libraries because they have the objc foundation framework. But again, if you're willing to believe that by programming in objc (which i

Re: accessible flight simulator or racing game etc for OSX or iOS?

2014-07-06 Thread Daniela Rubio
I am very interested in how this works, so if you couls go further in your explanation, how it works, how to set it up, etc, it would be great. Thanks and have a nice Sunday! Daniela Rubio T iPhone: +34662328507 El 06/07/2014, a las 02:59, Justin Mann escribió: > Hi there, > Where do you ge

Re: Making movies without iMovie?

2014-07-06 Thread Daniela Rubio
Use mpg stream clip, whuch will allow you to edit clips, append one clip to an other and make different formats. How ever, you will not get the nice features like transitions, titles, sound effects, etc. If you want to add background music to a film, when it is ready, you can also use Garageband

Re: Games

2014-07-06 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
It's in our Dropbox folder. Link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/quqwcm244sqoh5a/AAAjzc-O6RMNwBzAtFYIFKCEa/experimental/AudioQuake-2014.0-beta1.mac.zip This is experimental. Please don't write just to complain; we already know it's at least partly broken. :) If you would like to get involved and h

Re: NFB store

2014-07-06 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Just curious, I took a look. It's not the server certificate that's the problem, it's that it's requesting client TLS authentication, which is obviously broken if it's meant to be public-access. Unfortunately Safari on OS X insists that you make a choice, regardless of whether or not you even

Re: Tandom equivalent for the Mac

2014-07-06 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Hi Tim, The problem comes when you need an interactive utility, such as Directory Editor, System Preferences or, most frustrating of all, the Mac App Store. Though you may use the softwareupdate command-line tool to fetch software updates, you can't get Mac App Store updates, including to thos

Re: messages being delayed?

2014-07-06 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Ah, the Gmail issue is separate. Gmail automatically discards multiple copies of messages, which means that a message you just sent doesn't reappear in your inbox via the list. Another reason to drop Gmail. :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacV

Re: accessible flight simulator or racing game etc for OSX or iOS?

2014-07-06 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
www.flightgear.org. you need some files from me before it works though and i need forage first , just woke up On 7/5/14, Justin Mann wrote: > Hi there, > Where do you get the app? > On Jul 5, 2014, at 6:41 PM, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: > >> hi, no you don't exactly use it with voiceover, you use

iCloud mail

2014-07-06 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Hi all I might consider unsubscribing here from this address and subscribing via my iCloud email address. I have it but never used it other than when I purchase my own credit for iTunes to which I tell them to send it to my iCloud account. At least with iCloud email set up is automatic and ins