Re: Numbers on the iPhone

2015-03-05 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I’ve played around with it quite a bit. I can do many things, but still haven’t quite figured out how to add rows or columns. I can select the row handle and then flick through many action options, such as insert, but can’t manage to insert a row or column. If anyone works it out please let me k

Re: VM Statistics

2015-03-05 Thread Alex Hall
Thanks for the link, it was a very interesting read, and explained a lot. Here's a link of my own, explaining more about compressed memory and how Activity Monitor displays it: http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/fl/Understanding-Compressed-Memory-in-OS-X.htm I'll hopefully be able to g

Re: sharp keys

2015-03-05 Thread jeffrey greene
Hi you can get sharp keys at: randyrants.com Enjoy! Jeff > On Mar 5, 2015, at 6:43 PM, wayne coles wrote: > > hello all can some body please send me a download link for sharp keys please > I need to change keys after a major windows crash where I had to use a new > w

Re: apple mail issue

2015-03-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I’ve noticed the same issue, especially with Gmail. Quitting doesn’t help. > On Mar 4, 2015, at 10:22 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > If Mail simply stops checking for new messages, simply quit it and re-launch > it. This happens every so often for me, and a few seconds to open it again > seems to sol

Numbers on the iPhone

2015-03-05 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hello everyone I have numbers on my iPhone, and I was wondering if anyone has figured out how to insert Rose and numbers on the iPhone with voiceover. I can figure out how to get to the various rose with the item chooser. Sincerely, Gigi Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because

RE: VM 7 Microsoft Question

2015-03-05 Thread wayne coles
hello chris can I map my keys with vm and can I do it with windows running and sorry to hijack the thread -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 12:38 PM To: macvisi

sharp keys

2015-03-05 Thread wayne coles
hello all can some body please send me a download link for sharp keys please I need to change keys after a major windows crash where I had to use a new win 7 install thanks in advance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscr

RE: super duper

2015-03-05 Thread wayne coles
hello yes I do to and find it easy to use and it covers all I need From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Chavez Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 6:20 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: super duper I myself have not

Re: super duper

2015-03-05 Thread Daniel Chavez
I myself have not used carbon, but i do use SuperDuper. Regarding your Partitions You’re going to have a problem if you want to use Time Machine (TM) and SuperDuper together. Time Machine requires a partition of it’s own, or at least, 1 partition that isn’t being used by anything else. The format

Re: Preview pane

2015-03-05 Thread Stacey Robinson
Thanks Anne, I think I misunderstood your directions before. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Mar 5, 2015, at 12:14 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Stacey, > > I replied to you

super duper

2015-03-05 Thread Faisal ali
Hi all, I’ve been considering purchasing super duper in some time and had some questions. firstly, will the image super duper creates takes up a lot of hard drive space? I ask this because my portable external is partitioned with 1.5 gigs being NTFS and 500 gigs being extended journal. I use t

Re: VM Statistics

2015-03-05 Thread Jonathan C Cohn
Alex, Here is information about memory. Sorry, apparently this was a Mavericks feature. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/17/ This is the Arz Technica review of Mavericks which I read at the same time I was reading the Yosemite review because there were cross references back. I

Re: office 2016 preview

2015-03-05 Thread Joe Quinn
So much for them saying it'd be accessible. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 5, 2015, at 12:32 PM, Justin Mann wrote: > > I did, and it is not accessible. you can’t edit documents in the document > payne. We’re left out in the cold again. >> On Mar 5, 2015, at 12:30 PM, Juan Hernandez >> wrot

Re: Talking dashboard help.

2015-03-05 Thread Alex Hall
It's a small set of AppleScript scripts I put together. They let you hear things like the time/date, battery status, wifi network, volume setting, CPU status, and so on. Here's the link to the zip file. In there is a file called Readme.rtf, which should explain everything you need to know as far

office 2016 preview

2015-03-05 Thread Juan Hernandez
Has anyone tried the new office 2016 preview released today? I'm going to try and install it in a few minutes. Best, Juan M. Hernandez Access technology Specialist Braille Institute of America 4555 Executive Drive San Diego CA, 92121 858-452- Ext. 5020 juanhbi...@gmail.com

Re: office 2016 preview

2015-03-05 Thread Justin Mann
I did, and it is not accessible. you can’t edit documents in the document payne. We’re left out in the cold again. > On Mar 5, 2015, at 12:30 PM, Juan Hernandez wrote: > > Has anyone tried the new office 2016 preview released today? > > I’m going to try and install it in a few minutes. > >

RE: Talking dashboard help.

2015-03-05 Thread Juan Hernandez
What is talking dashboard, and where can I get it? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Stacey Robinson Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 7:13 AM To: Macvisionaries Subject: Re: Talking dashboard help. Thanks alex. This is just what I

Re: Preview pane

2015-03-05 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Stacey, I replied to you on this subject a couple of weeks ago but here are the instructions once again. Disabling the preview pane. Put Mail into classic view by opening Mail preferences (Cmd-Comma) and selecting Viewing in the toolbar then checking the Use classic layout check box. Clo

windows CE was Re: Vario Ultra (wasRe: Mario Ultra braille display

2015-03-05 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Ed, That lets out every blindness product on the market except for the APH brailleplus 18 and the new humanware 80X magnifier, both of which are running android 2.3 from about 4 years ago. I think you have to just accept that they are in the old paradigm and use them if they are useful, or

Re: VM 7 Microsoft Question

2015-03-05 Thread Chris Moore
I don’t have a direct answer for you but have a few things you could check. The first thing I would try is to put your screen reader in key describe mode to ensure you are hitting the alt key. The alt key would be the option key unless you’ve mapped it to something else. There are other thing

Re: AppleScript and TimeMachine

2015-03-05 Thread Alex Hall
Indeed there is. I don't like having to open System Preferences just to do this, and I hoped there would be a cleaner way. After all, if you're going to run a script that has to open the Time Machine preference pane anyway, it's little different from opening and reading the pane yourself, at lea

Re: VM Statistics

2015-03-05 Thread Alex Hall
Good idea, thanks. It's between vm_stat and sysctl, both of which seem like they'll work. I still don't really understand this memory compression thing, though. I'll keep looking into it, but if you have a grasp on it already, I'd love an explanation. Thanks. > On Feb 25, 2015, at 7:22 PM, Jonat

Re: Talking dashboard help.

2015-03-05 Thread Stacey Robinson
Thanks alex. This is just what I needed. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Mar 5, 2015, at 9:05 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Here's a section that will be in the next update's Readme file

Re: Talking dashboard help.

2015-03-05 Thread Alex Hall
Here's a section that will be in the next update's Readme file. ###Keyboard Commander Since most people like to assign some of Talking Dashboard's scripts to keystrokes, I have put instructions on how to do this below. The process will be similar, but not exactly the same, for other commanders.

Re: Clean OS X restore with TM data restore

2015-03-05 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
I would go with a final Time Machine backup to make sure everything is safe, followed by a clean install from a USB drive, and then restoration of the individual files and folders from your Time Machine backup, without using Migration Assistant. That utility tends to bring over other things as

Re: Talking dashboard help.

2015-03-05 Thread Stacey Robinson
Thanks Rachel, I’m going to save your message. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Mar 5, 2015, at 8:27 AM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: > > Hi Stacey, > > To add a script to your keyboard c

Clean OS X restore with TM data restore

2015-03-05 Thread Phil Halton
I am considering a clean OS X install and file restoration from Time Machine. Are these the correct steps to follow? 1 clean install of OS X from Recovery mode or Yosemite USB install drive, with hard drive wipe from within disk utilities first. 2 Use migration assistant to restore dat

Preview pane

2015-03-05 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hello, I’m running Yosemite on my new macbook air. How do I disable the preview pane in mail? After doing this, How do I read my messages in mail? Thank you. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net

Talking dashboard help.

2015-03-05 Thread Stacey Robinson
Alex, Can you send me the steps on how to add a script to my keyboard commander again? I did this with the battery status but would like to add others in the file such as download info. I do not remember how I did this. Thanks for any help Feel free to write privately. Blessings, Stacey Robinson

Re: Talking dashboard help.

2015-03-05 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Hi Stacey, To add a script to your keyboard commander, you’ll do the following: Access your keyboard commander area by going to vo Utility, commanders, keyboard. Activate the add button, and then choose a key you’d like to be pressed in conjunction with the option key to access the download noti

VM 7 Microsoft Question

2015-03-05 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, I am running Windows 7 with the latest version of Fusion. I was trying to insert comments into a MS Word file yesterday, but to no avail. I am curious if others have had this same issue, or if anyone knows of an alternative method to accomplish this task? Usually, I can press “alt

Re: Scripting (was: Talking Dashboard Probably Going Mavericks Plus Only)

2015-03-05 Thread Rod Skene
I am running Yosemite Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse any errors. > On Mar 5, 2015, at 12:18 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Mostly, the scripts rely on shell commands. For instance, I ask the "top" > command for CPU information, and the "memstat" command for ram details,

Re: VoiceOver Questions.

2015-03-05 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
change you setting to automatically log on, on the system preferences, users and groups. On 05 Mar 2015, at 01:31 am, Anita wrote: > Because I'm the only user of my computer. > - Original Message - From: "Dionipher Herrera" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 12:44 PM > Subject: Re

Re: Action Completed Sound Effect in iTunes

2015-03-05 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
maybe she did change the alert sound, double check it again or maybe change the alert sound On 04 Mar 2015, at 07:39 pm, Bill Gallik wrote: > I've been helping a friend add songs to a playlist but something seems to be > askew on her Mac Mini. I've been coaching her in using the "Search Music