Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-27 Thread Lorie McCloud
I'm still doing this on windows, but the last few times I've bought music on Amazon that option didn't exist any more. On 11/27/2014 5:47 AM, David Griffith wrote: You need to use not the inaccessible Amazon app but instead install the alternative Amazon Music Downloader. Generally in chec

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-27 Thread Lorie McCloud
I've also noticed lately that I couldn't find the preview link on Amazon music where before, there always used to be one. I thought about calling them and asking about it. I've bought tons of music from them in the past. On 11/27/2014 9:20 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: Oh of course, What I don't get

Re: Uninstalling an application on the Mac

2014-11-27 Thread Robert Cole
http://www.applevis.com/sites/default/files/podcasts/appleVisPodcast553.mp3 Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 27, 2014, at 10:58 PM, Faisal ali wrote: > > I’ve got this app but I’m not exactly sure how to use this app. >> On Nov 27, 2014, at 7:43 PM, Rob wrote: >> >> you should use a app called a

Intro

2014-11-27 Thread Lorie McCloud
I just joined this group. I've used Iphones for about 4 years now and just got an Iphone 5s. I recently got an Ipad mini too. they're both updated to 8.1.1 I'm planning to retire my poor old windows pc and get a Mac mini so I may have lots of questions as I learn how to use it. I've already be

Re: Western Digital my icloud NaS drive application and Voiceover

2014-11-27 Thread erik burggraaf
You have a 16 tb mycloud? The tops I’ve seen so far is 4 tb. Could I buy two 16’s and combine them into one 32? I know that I can get a WD external drive and expand the 4 tb model up to 7 or 8. I’ve already got 8tb comfortably filled though and need the headroom. At the moment I’m in the mi

Re: Uninstalling an application on the Mac

2014-11-27 Thread Faisal ali
I’ve got this app but I’m not exactly sure how to use this app. > On Nov 27, 2014, at 7:43 PM, Rob wrote: > > you should use a app called app cleaner. > its free. > search for more info at www.applevis.com > or > www.macupdate.com > sometimes apps can leave lots of files behind if you only delete

Re: Uninstalling an application on the Mac

2014-11-27 Thread Rob
you should use a app called app cleaner. its free. search for more info at www.applevis.com or www.macupdate.com sometimes apps can leave lots of files behind if you only delete the app from the applications folder. these files left behind can be as large as 70mb. On 11/27/2014 8:05 PM, denise

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-27 Thread The Believer
Those albums with no ssmples may be only available from other sellers. I rarely ever buy those. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 11/27/2014 7:20 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: Oh of course, What I don't get, and this may only be the case with some st

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-27 Thread Jessica Moss
Oh of course, What I don't get, and this may only be the case with some stuff, or may only be an issue with their IPhone app, but have noticed on occasion, that even when you try to preview their digital music, there doesn't always seem to be an option, which I find extremely disappointing, cons

Re: Western Digital my icloud NaS drive application and Voiceover

2014-11-27 Thread Kliph
Wow! 32TB? I have the 16TB model that I got for my birthday last year, couldn’t imagine how much a 32TB would cost. I haven’t even used up half of my 16TB yet, mainly cause I keep my backups off line, all I really use the 16TB for is my iTunes library, and where my torrents go. It hasn’t fail

Re: Is there any accessible way to sign up to Sirius XM?

2014-11-27 Thread Joshua Tubbs
Well, I managed to create an account and free trial. I’ll just resubscribe when it’s over. And for the record, Radium rocks. > On Nov 27, 2014, at 8:00 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > Oh, glad to know the radium application can be used for their internet > streams. Unfortunately, the web based play

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-27 Thread denise avant
Well, I guess in the end I really wasn’t surprised by an inaccessibility of the Amazon application given its past history. But I wanted to make sure I was not overlooking something before claiming a product or software inaccessible. My problem was that the album I wanted was not available on Itu

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-27 Thread Jessica Moss
Couldn't agree more there; the last album I purchased from them, which I unfortunately was forced to download sense they didn't have it in a hard copy, I couldn't get the thing to download whatsoever, which was a huge disappointment for me, because it was a Christmas CD I bought for Hannah that

Re: Apple TV and files not purchased

2014-11-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
You'll find lots of discussion in the archives on this but generally, in the states, it's not legal to rip copyrighted videos from DVD because it requires breaking the encryption to do so. While technically it's easy enough to do with tools like RipIt but the mere act of breaking the encryption

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-27 Thread erik burggraaf
I guess it’s no different from emusic, where the accessibility went from sort of OK, to pretty bad to non-existent. No matter how many blind peopel complained about not being able to access the download manager, nothing got done. I guess if the suggestion about using amazon’s busic downloader

Re: how to remove user profile and all content on the mac?

2014-11-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
The actual formatting process only takes a few seconds. Generally you'll want to boot in recovery mode which runs a separate stripped down version of the OS, bring up disk utility, format the drive and then install a fresh copy of OSX. You'll find lots of details on each of these in the list ar

Re: Uninstalling an application on the Mac

2014-11-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Generally you just go to the apps folder, find the app you don't want and throw it in the trash (command-delete). There could be preferences files still hanging around but those are tiny and intert so most folks don't worry much about them. CB On 11/27/14, 9:05 PM, denise avant wrote: Hello

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-27 Thread Deb Lewis
Well for the most part I haven’t had any luck downloading from Amazon so I use iTunes unless it’s not available there. > On Nov 27, 2014, at 4:32 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > > There’s always the bundle packs they are offering where if you buy the cd, > you get the mp3 download. > > I’m very i

Uninstalling an application on the Mac

2014-11-27 Thread denise avant
Hello all, Well since the Amazon app is not accessible, I will need to uninstall it. How do I uninstall an application on the mac. i have looked through the menus, and do not see it as a choice. Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionarie

Re: Is there any accessible way to sign up to Sirius XM?

2014-11-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
Oh, glad to know the radium application can be used for their internet streams. Unfortunately, the web based player on their site is totally inaccessible because it’s entirely flash based. They really should upgrade to html 5. Also, when logging in to hyour account, you have to solve a capcha, a

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-27 Thread erik burggraaf
There’s always the bundle packs they are offering where if you buy the cd, you get the mp3 download. I’m very interested to try it though there are alots of other places my money could go really. As far as their accessible site so called goes, this is the 21st century. New paradigm boys and g

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-27 Thread Jessica Moss
They have as far as their site is concerned, which I love, but the last couple times I bought music from them, I couldn't do a thing with the cloud player on the mac, and only managed 1 time to get their mp3 downloader to work, so I could burn it to CD, but couldn't get it to work with the last

When ever i go to about this mac and i press voice over space bar it brings me to the specific app i am in. instead of about my mac is there any thing i need to do to fix it?it happened when my mac go

2014-11-27 Thread Adrian Leong
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Finder Podcast 3

2014-11-27 Thread David Griffith
Podcast List Finder Series 03 Finder Part 3. In this podcast we look at how to search within a folder location,, also searching by file type without file names,and using Finder Sort parameters to assist with searching by file types. https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/rnp0vi Previous uploads

Re: how to remove user profile and all content on the mac?

2014-11-27 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi, you do not need an OS X disk anymore. It will download right from the app store. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 3 Work email:matt...@blindaccesstraining.com Personal email: matt.dierck...@gmail.com > On Nov 27, 2014, at

Re: how to remove user profile and all content on the mac?

2014-11-27 Thread Joanne Chua
Hi, is there a step by step guide on how to reformat? I also don't have any os disk... Thanks Joanne Chua The flip side of Inclusion is Exclusion. Leaders For Tomorrow 2013 Candidate Send from my iPad > On 28 Nov 2014, at 8:15, Matt Dierckens wrote: > > Hi. There is a way of deleting the use

how to block previously accepted contacts in Skype for iPad running IOS 8.1.1?

2014-11-27 Thread Mark Baxter
Subject says it all, really. I want to block someone I added to my Skype contacts lists on my iPad, but that list is bloody HUGE!, so then how do I do that? Happy Thanksgiving, for all those are doing anything about it. :) • Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You receiv

Re: how to remove user profile and all content on the mac?

2014-11-27 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi. There is a way of deleting the user account off of the mac, and creating a new user without reformatting. Although, if you're giving that mac to someone, reformatting is your easiest and quickest option. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877

Re: how to remove user profile and all content on the mac?

2014-11-27 Thread Joanne Chua
Hi, thanks. i have nothing of important there. Just wondering, is there a quicker way to remove content and user profile without reformating the harddrive? Joanne Chua The flip side of Inclusion is Exclusion. Leaders For Tomorrow 2013 Candidate Send from my iPad > On 28 Nov 2014, at 7:55, "'Chr

Re: how to remove user profile and all content on the mac?

2014-11-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Depends on how safe you require. Usually just formatting the drive and reinstalling the OS should get you there. Sure, it's possible that with the right forensics software somebody could revive your files but is that really a concern? CB On 11/27/14, 3:38 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: Hi all, I'm

Re: Western Digital my icloud NaS drive application and Voiceover

2014-11-27 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Erik, Can I ask you another question? At the moment, I have my WD my cloud NAS attached via ethernet to airport extreme. I also have an airport express on the network, and airport express has an ethernet port too. Do you know whether I can actually attach the WD my cloud to the ethernet port

how to remove user profile and all content on the mac?

2014-11-27 Thread Joanne Chua
Hi all, I'm selling off my old mac book air. Just wondering, is that a quick and safe way to remove all it's content and user profile, ready for the new owner? All your help is welcome. Thanks very much Joanne Chua The flip side of Inclusion is Exclusion. Leaders For Tomorrow 2013 Candidate S

manually managing content on iphone with itunes 12

2014-11-27 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hello, Since Yosemite and iTunes 12 I'm having trouble using the feature to manually manage content on the iPhone. Is it still possible to select a group of media files and copy and paste or just drag them to the iphone without sinking the whole phone? Sorry if this has already been covered b

Strange things happen when i copy files on my mac

2014-11-27 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi there. I’m in the process of making a music library and another for my books on my NAS. When i have copied some files, the NAS just goes down and some info is lost. Or it’s not lost precisely, it’s still on my Macs internal hard drive, however i have a folder by the same name as the file i at

Re: ScanSnap, Scanning Solution?

2014-11-27 Thread James Lee
The question is, is their Scansnap software accessible? I might try Cannon p-215II if Scansnap is not accessible with Voiceover. The product description for p-215II says it supports Twain on both Mac and Windows. JL On Wednesday, November 26, 2014 2:13:54 PM UTC-5, Brenth wrote: > > If it does

Re: Western Digital my icloud NaS drive application and Voiceover

2014-11-27 Thread erik burggraaf
No, These are just folders in the one file system on your drive. Mac OS calls them betwork volumes and treats them like individual hard disks, especually when you use the connect to server daialog to reach them, but they are just standard folders according to the drives firmware. You can see

Re: Western Digital my icloud NaS drive application and Voiceover

2014-11-27 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi Erik, Klyph and others, Thanks for your responses. I’m beginning to find my way thanks to your tips. I can see that after all this panic I will be able to use the Western Digital Drive. Shame about their native application but as long as I can use it, that’s ok. I’ve written to them but

Re: Western Digital my icloud NaS drive application and Voiceover

2014-11-27 Thread Kliph
wouldn’t it be easier to just open it up with command, shift, K? vo spacebar on connect as button, enter your user name and password for the NAS, and then open the public folder and copy files to your desired folder? This seems much shorter and easier than doing the connect to server way. HTH

Re: Finder Podcast Part 1

2014-11-27 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi David, in my experience, Applevis is always looking for good material and will take submissions. That's definitely the easiest option. Others include Audioboom, http://www.audioboom.com which offers a podcast feed when you use their premium service. Spreaker, http:/

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-27 Thread Karen Lewellen
just an FYI, Amazon Claims? to have revamped their accessible options on their accessible edition of the site. I have no idea if it makes a difference with our task, but perhaps? worth checking. www.amazon.com/access Or something like that smiles. Kare On Thu, 27 Nov 2014, David Griffith wro

Re: Is there any accessible way to sign up to Sirius XM?

2014-11-27 Thread Juliette Swiler
Also, regarding Sirius XM, if you have an Internet radio subscription, you can listen to Sirius XM channels through the Radium application on the Mac. This is totally accessible with VoiceOver, and works quite well. > On Nov 26, 2014, at 10:28 PM, Juliette Swiler wrote: > > I do not know if so

Re: Apple TV and files not purchased

2014-11-27 Thread Juliette Swiler
On this same topic, I have a question. If I have some DVDs that of TV shows that are not available on iTunes as of yet, should I just wait until iTunes adds them and then purchase them from the iTunes store to watch on my Apple TV? Or can I rip the DVDs into iTunes and tag them appropriately to

Re: Is there any accessible way to sign up to Sirius XM?

2014-11-27 Thread Rod Skene
Hi Robert, I'm sorry to say you still can't listen to college football games with the iPhone app or online. Everything else I'm interested in is available through the iPhone app and with radium on the Mac. I use tune in radio for all my college football listening. Sorry I don't know about colleg

Re: Is there any accessible way to sign up to Sirius XM?

2014-11-27 Thread ROBERT CARTER
Hi, I gave up XM sometime ago because of the lack of accessibility. I do miss it and should probably take another look. Does anybody know whether or not the college sports channels are now available via the iPhone app? Thanks, Robert Carter > On Nov 26, 2014, at 10:28 PM, Juliette Swiler wr

Re: Apple TV and files not purchased

2014-11-27 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Thanks Mark. I shall have to keep iTunes open then. Didn't know that. Now, after fooling with my sound outputs last night, I found that I have lost my sounds when connecting to headphones but found a way to get voice over back. Also, it's so weird because now default doesn't show up on my so

Re: I Cloud back ups such as contacts.

2014-11-27 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I'm afraid, it's didn't retain anything. However, I was able to retrieve some backups from a very old file. I am now in the middle of getting current information about my contacts that I have. > On 27 Nov 2014, at 12:30 am, Daniel Chavez wrote: > > As long as you haven’t turned off iCloud ba

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-27 Thread David Griffith
Further to my previous message the link for the Mac version of the Amazon Music Downloader is http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/dmusic/help/amd-bm.html?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0# Alternatively if the link is t

Re: Finder Podcast Part 1

2014-11-27 Thread David Griffith
Unfortunately I do not have a Linux setup. I have tried researching setting up a Podcast feed and it seems that eater you do it by hand coding which seems a considerable learning curve or you have to pay for services or apps which simplify the process. It is not obvious if these clients are acc

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-27 Thread David Griffith
You need to use not the inaccessible Amazon app but instead install the alternative Amazon Music Downloader. Generally in checking out you need to reject the option to use the Amazon app and select the option which says something like no thanks use the Amazon Music Downloader. David Griffith