Re: this needs to be mulled over seriously

2015-06-05 Thread Yuma Decaux
By the way Saben, So you’re scared of your data being collected though you hand your life to the company? Itunes, your email, your music on the cloud, your files on the cloud? You really are this naive about how everything really works not only in technologies but also in the socio political fa

Re: this needs to be mulled over seriously

2015-06-05 Thread Yuma Decaux
Again, y’all didn’t even get the essence of the concern. the concern is about apple adopting a technology or Artificial intelligence technique that other tech companies are adopting which will surpass what any of you can imagine. I can say this, being at the uni’s computer labs with other peers

Re: can't seem to take Facebook off Skype

2015-06-05 Thread christopher hallsworth
If it's like the Windows version, you go to File > My Account. In the web page, click account settings link. You should now see buttons to unlink both your Facebook and Microsoft accounts. > On 6 Jun 2015, at 02:18, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > > Say, > > Since the new update to Skype, I can't seem t

Re: this needs to be mulled over seriously

2015-06-05 Thread Yuma Decaux
Wow, Saben you’re totally sucked into the apple paradigm and can’t even look at the other side of the coin, only pigeon holing anything coming out of business insider (which incidentally takes a lot of interesting covers from all angles) as a money making scheme. You also think just because not

More logon user questions

2015-06-05 Thread Agent086b
Hello all, thanks to the help the other day I have created another admin account on the Mac. What I now wish to change user A from an admin to a non admin account. I know how to do this. My question is . After changing to the non admin account will I be able to see all the files belonging to ac

BlindSquare V3.00 is out.

2015-06-05 Thread sadamahmed1992
Hi all, Blind Square a great application for navigation on the iOS platform has received a significant update. The highlight in this release include supporting iBecons Apples implementation of indoor mapping. Here's the change log: NEW: BlindSquare now supports BlindSquare BPS (Beacon Pos

Re: Hourly Precipitation on the Watch

2015-06-05 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Kawal, Hourly precipitation is the chance of rain or amount of rain broken down for each hour of the day. Handy when deciding how much wet weather gear to take to work. The weather app on the Watch seems largely inaccessible to me. The glance and clock face complications seem fine, but not

Re: File Vault

2015-06-05 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I recently had this issue. No idea why, but for some reason I was forced to reset my Firevolt password. The process was mostly accessible. I was confused initially, because the login process wasn’t working as usual. But it seemed to force me into some kind of recovery mode type thing, where a co

can't seem to take Facebook off Skype

2015-06-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Say, Since the new update to Skype, I can't seem to disconnect my Facebook contacts from Skype. Now that we can't use the two together, this seems like the logical thing to do. Went to the home tab on the sidebar but can't work out how to unsynch. Anybody figured it out yet? Sincerely, The

Re: this needs to be mulled over seriously

2015-06-05 Thread The Believer
I do not know if many people, with brains that cannot comprehend legalese, will take the time to read terms of service and user agreements every time they are updated, if in fact they read them at all. I have no clue if Apple has me on the receiving end of anything but the great produict

Re: Learning the Mac from a sighted perspective?

2015-06-05 Thread sadamahmed1992
Hi Alex, Try the following resource. It sounds like it might fit the bill. Direct link to the iBookstore for this book is: 100 Things Every Mac User Should Know by Macworld Editors Https://itun.es/au/V2rOz.l. Best, Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 6 Jun 2015, at 10:28 am

Learning the Mac from a sighted perspective?

2015-06-05 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, Thanks to a very generous person, my (sighted) mother is finally using a Mac instead of her old, dying, Vista laptop. The difference is amazing; her Windows machine was so bad that, when I reminded her today she could just leave a few apps open at once on the MBP, she was surprised, and

Re: graphic design software

2015-06-05 Thread Barry Hadder
I believe so as it is just an image editor from my understanding. I do not do this type of work, so I haven’t used the app. But, I have worked with graphics designers and I am aware that it is widely used. Might want to email the author. Also, I ran across this that might be helpful. I think

Re: this needs to be mulled over seriously

2015-06-05 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Hang on a minute. You’re concerned about Apple’s continued business viability in spite of overwhelming evidence of their success, because unlike those guys over at Facebook and Google, they don’t make gobs of money by harvesting user data for free services, and your explaining your justificatio

Re: Crashplan Accessibility

2015-06-05 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Tell them to get stuffed and use Arq instead? Much better. Native Cocoa app; fully accessible from get go. Awesome dev, if a little bit kooky. Your choice of storage backends. What’s not to like, except perhaps the cost? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: graphic design software

2015-06-05 Thread Krysti .Power
Hey Berry can that app also be used to design WordPress themes On Jun 5, 2015 7:43 PM, "Barry Hadder" wrote: > Hi, > Don't know if this is what you are looking for, but Pixelmator seems to be > pritty popular. It's in the Mac app store. > > > On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 4:48:40 PM UTC-5, Krysti w

Re: Maintenance Related Apps

2015-06-05 Thread The Believer
Just checked out Battery Monitor. Took me a bit to get to it and look at its information. I will also check into Cocktail tho I do not drink. But then again, I am also evaluating Bartender. (smiles) From The Believer. . . By way of the Chariots of the Gods cameth the Aliens who dwelt amon

Re: graphic design software

2015-06-05 Thread Krysti .Power
I'll try that thanks On Jun 5, 2015 7:43 PM, "Barry Hadder" wrote: > Hi, > Don't know if this is what you are looking for, but Pixelmator seems to be > pritty popular. It's in the Mac app store. > > > On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 4:48:40 PM UTC-5, Krysti wrote: >> >> hey everyone I was wondering w

Re: Maintenance Related Apps

2015-06-05 Thread The Believer
Thanks for that link, I shall have a go at it. It may answer any questions I still have. From The Believer. . . By way of the Chariots of the Gods cameth the Aliens who dwelt amongst the humans, and bringeth much knowledge. On 6/5/2015 12:09 PM, Grant wrote: To be honest, I’d keep around

Re: Phantom Windows

2015-06-05 Thread The Believer
That was what the discussion I reme,bered was about. When I was awayt from the Mac for a short time earlier, it happened again but I could not run down what it was from. I checked a ocuple apps I had installed and updated yesterday and they were current. I did another restart and have no

Re: graphic design software

2015-06-05 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, Don't know if this is what you are looking for, but Pixelmator seems to be pritty popular. It's in the Mac app store. On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 4:48:40 PM UTC-5, Krysti wrote: > > hey everyone I was wondering what's the best software for designing > graphics on the Mac doesn't have to be

Re: installing windows on a mac questions

2015-06-05 Thread Rob
Why not use the Win7 PE Disk? It has NVDA, and talks you through the install. it even contains setup files for all the Windows 7 installs. you will need a USB sound card to hear NVDA while installing Windows 7. On 6/5/2015 5:30 PM, Eileen wrote: Hello, The partition is completed in the bootcamp

Re: installing windows on a mac questions

2015-06-05 Thread Eileen
Hello, The partition is completed in the bootcamp assistant while you have speech from voiceover: I used a variety of apps from my iPhone6 including: KNFB Reader, BeMyEyes, and Facetime. With the KNFB Reader, I increased the brightness to 100%. I was able to capture the text on the screen. I us

Re: A PDf question

2015-06-05 Thread Shaf
Don't know about free. It's probably an image, download a copy of ABBYY from the web. On 6/5/2015 11:07 PM, Angus MacKinnon wrote: I just received an email in Apple Mail with a PDF attachment. When I open the PDF attachment I only get Preview in Open With and hear only double quote. Does this

A PDf question

2015-06-05 Thread Angus MacKinnon
I just received an email in Apple Mail with a PDF attachment. When I open the PDF attachment I only get Preview in Open With and hear only double quote. Does this mean the PDF attachment is a scanned in document and saved as a PDF and needs to be OCRed? If so, what is the best free OCR program?

graphic design software

2015-06-05 Thread Krysti .Power
hey everyone I was wondering what's the best software for designing graphics on the Mac doesn't have to be a free one witch one is the best -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving email

Re: Facebook Chat

2015-06-05 Thread christopher hallsworth
That's good to know. Will check out the updated Trillion soon. > On 5 Jun 2015, at 22:00, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hi Chris. Actually, this isn't completely true. If you read my email > yesterday, I said that Trillian came out with an update that fixes not being > able to connect to Facebook.

Re: Facebook Chat

2015-06-05 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Chris. Actually, this isn't completely true. If you read my email yesterday, I said that Trillian came out with an update that fixes not being able to connect to Facebook. Shawn Sent from my White MacBook > On Jun 5, 2015, at 2:11 PM, christopher hallsworth > wrote: > > Hi all > > I re

Re: Facebook Chat

2015-06-05 Thread RACHEL & DAMIEN
think i will give up as i have tried several times. oh well. smiles. > On 5 Jun 2015, at 19:29, christopher hallsworth > wrote: > > It did at my end and have not disconnected yet. >> On 5 Jun 2015, at 19:26, RACHEL & DAMIEN wrote: >> >> i kind of got mine working..well it keeps disconectingg

Re: installing windows on a mac questions

2015-06-05 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. Speaking of windows on the mac, I need to reinstall windows seven ultimate 64 bit on a newly created bootcamp partition. How did you get around having no speech during the first part of the process where you had to select the default partition and format it to ntfs before continueing? the una

Re: Maintenance Related Apps

2015-06-05 Thread jeff `greene
Hi, I like cocktail. Its similar to onyx but more thorough, although its not free. Also battery monitor from the mac app store works great! Jeff On 6/5/15, Grant wrote: > To be honest, I’d keep around ClamxAV if you want the piece of mind, but > other third-party “cleaning apps” are quite contro

Re: apple mail questions

2015-06-05 Thread Alex Hall
Ah, you're right! I said vo-shift-m, but I meant vo-space. Sorry for the confusion. > On Jun 5, 2015, at 1:28 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > For #2, I find it easier to just interact with the “To” field, then VO-space > on the inputted address, which will bring up the same menu as Alex men

Re: installing windows on a mac questions

2015-06-05 Thread sadam ahmed
Hi Ted, Both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 work well. Running Windows 7 myself but did utilise Windows 8.1 on my old clasic MacBook Pro for about 16 months. ( I believe the new MacBook Pros and the MacBook only support Windows 8 or 8.1 happy to be corrected on this point however). Of course ano

Re: Facebook Chat

2015-06-05 Thread christopher hallsworth
Hi all I realize this isn't new to Messages but is definitely an overlooked feature. Most of us use Messages just for iMessages and, recently, text messages. Using Messages with Facebook should definitely be considered now that third party clients are forced to abandon Facebook integration due

Re: Maintenance Related Apps

2015-06-05 Thread Grant
To be honest, I’d keep around ClamxAV if you want the piece of mind, but other third-party “cleaning apps” are quite controversial. Frankly, I think your computer should run fine without them, unless there is a very specific problem you are trying to solve. TheSafeMac.com has an excellent take o

Re: Facebook Chat

2015-06-05 Thread Grant
I have used Facebook Chat through the Messages App since getting my Mac almost a year ago, and I find it to be a very consistent experience. The only thing that some users might find problematic is that there are no announcements about which contacts are signing in and out. Of course, your buddy

Re: Phantom Windows

2015-06-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, These usually happen because of third party updaters like Adobe or Google. I just happened to receive a announcement this morning and this update was from Google Updater. Using VO-f1-f1, then arrowed down to the Google Updater item, right and down to Go to Google Updater. I was able to a

Maintenance Related Apps

2015-06-05 Thread The Believer
I have the following apps installed now. ClamXAV Clean My Mac Onyx While I do not favor installing too many apps to cover all possible tasks, if the above list of apps is incomplete., I would like suggestions on other apps that can round out this list. I did try Battery Health and f

Re: Facebook Chat

2015-06-05 Thread christopher hallsworth
It did at my end and have not disconnected yet. > On 5 Jun 2015, at 19:26, RACHEL & DAMIEN wrote: > > i kind of got mine working..well it keeps disconectingg and does the buddy > list come up automatically? i will have to try it again. i may not have done > it quite right. >> On 5 Jun 2015, at

Re: Facebook Chat

2015-06-05 Thread RACHEL & DAMIEN
i kind of got mine working..well it keeps disconectingg and does the buddy list come up automatically? i will have to try it again. i may not have done it quite right. > On 5 Jun 2015, at 19:11, christopher hallsworth > wrote: > > Hi all > > I bring to you news that I got Facebook Chat worki

Re: Phantom Windows

2015-06-05 Thread The Believer
Same end result. With VO F2 F2 I hear Window and when I enter on it, window window. VO F1 F1 get sme system dialog and again, I get window window. From The Believer. . . By way of the Chariots of the Gods cameth the Aliens who dwelt amongst the humans, and bringeth much knowledge. On 6/5

Facebook Chat

2015-06-05 Thread christopher hallsworth
Hi all I bring to you news that I got Facebook Chat working in both Windows and now on the Mac. On Windows, I use Instantbird and set up Facebook Chat with its native support. On the Mac, I set up a Messages account, using Jabba as the account type after selecting "other messages account", use

Re: How to Use FaceBook Messenger on Mac OS X via Messages App | OSXDaily

2015-06-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, You must use the proper FaceBook Jabber username. This is different than your regular FaceBook login. this Jabber username usually does something with your name and adds a number to it. So, for example, mine may turn out to Tim.Kilburn.5 even though I login to FaceBook with an eMail addr

iPad restore issues.

2015-06-05 Thread Sadam Ahmed
So here's the deal. I've totally forgotten the pass code to my device. Have tried numerous times to restore using the latest version of iTunes for Windows. Seems to be stuck in this circle where it just won't get passed the message: " iTunes cannot connect to the iPad Sadam's iPad because i

Re: apple mail questions

2015-06-05 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Hello Mathew, Thanks so much for this. Have just sent them a report as well. Really hope this bug gets squashed soon. With kind regards, Sadam Ahmed Sent from Thunderbird on Windows 7 On 6/6/2015 2:11 AM, Matthew Dierckens wrote: I have reported this to the feedback assistant as I am on the

Re: apple mail questions

2015-06-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, For #2, I find it easier to just interact with the “To” field, then VO-space on the inputted address, which will bring up the same menu as Alex mentioned. You can use this method even if there are multiple addresses in the “To” field, as long as you’ve interacted, when VO lands on the reci

Re: Phantom Windows

2015-06-05 Thread Matthew Dierckens
what about VO F2 twice to get to the window chooser menu? God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer U.S. number: 573-401-1018 Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com On Jun 5, 2015, at 12:15, The Believer wrote: Window window. Tha

Re: Phantom Windows

2015-06-05 Thread The Believer
Window window. That is all I hear. From The Believer. . . By way of the Chariots of the Gods cameth the Aliens who dwelt amongst the humans, and bringeth much knowledge. On 6/5/2015 9:12 AM, Matthew Dierckens wrote: Hi Believer. If you res VO F1 twice quickly, press down arrow until you h

Re: apple mail questions

2015-06-05 Thread sadamahmed1992
Thanks Alex. Will send them an email outlining my concerns. Here's a patch release addresses this particular issue. Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 6 Jun 2015, at 1:54 am, Alex Hall wrote: > > Yes, in Mavericks and below VoiceOver would read the filename, as I recall. > Cer

Re: Phantom Windows

2015-06-05 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hi Believer. If you res VO F1 twice quickly, press down arrow until you hear system dialogs, press right arrow and see what the dialog is. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer U.S. number: 573-401-1018 Personal Email: matt.dier

Re: apple mail questions

2015-06-05 Thread Matthew Dierckens
I have reported this to the feedback assistant as I am on the beta program. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer U.S. number: 573-401-1018 Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com On Jun 5, 2015, at 11:54, Alex Hall wrote: Yes,

Phantom Windows

2015-06-05 Thread The Believer
Think this had been discussed recently but as usual, I paid little attention because I did not experience this issue. Now I am. Running Yosemite latest. Not sure why it happens. When I find one of these, and try to close it, it does not close. A restart helps. What was the solution other

Re: apple mail questions

2015-06-05 Thread Alex Hall
Yes, in Mavericks and below VoiceOver would read the filename, as I recall. Certainly, in Mavericks, it would speak the name and identify it as an embedded object, which was great. I've reported this bug several times to Apple, but they have yet to fix it. As always, I strongly encourage anyone

Re: apple mail questions

2015-06-05 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Hello, That first bug mentioned is pretty bad and rather tiresome. I work with many attachments throughout the day. It would certainly increase my productivity if I could hear what those damn attachments were. In previous versions of OS X did VO announce the different file types Alex? Best w

this needs to be mulled over seriously

2015-06-05 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi All, I love apple products for the accessibility and unrivaled hardware quality. But this one is an example of apple shooting itself in the foot. It’s basically denying the elevation of big data, or now we call it huge data, by justifying the restrictions on the basis of privacy. Read the a

Re: Netflix

2015-06-05 Thread Pamela Francis
Thanks Jamie, I bookmark this page. Much appreciated. Pam Francis On Jun 5, 2015, at 7:40 AM, Jamie Pauls wrote: Hi, Pam, The dirrect link to the audio description page for Netibbix is http://www.netflix.com/browse/audio-description Hope this helps. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 5, 2015, at

Re: Netflix

2015-06-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
OFf the home page, do a search for "audio description" and you will find it there. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in > On Jun 5, 2015, at

Re: apple mail questions

2015-06-05 Thread Alex Hall
1. That's a Yosemite bug I keep hoping will be fixed in an incremental update. So far, though, no luck. You could always put your cursor on the file and use the context menu (vo-shift-m) to Quick Look it. In that window you can see the name and content. 2. Yes, but it's a bit tricky. Once you c

Re: Netflix

2015-06-05 Thread Jamie Pauls
Hi, Pam, The dirrect link to the audio description page for Netibbix is http://www.netflix.com/browse/audio-description Hope this helps. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 5, 2015, at 5:16 AM, Pamela Francis wrote: > > Does anyone have a link to the Netflix site that will direct us to the > descri

Re: Got a few quick questions.

2015-06-05 Thread John's Gmail
Ok, Thanks. John Harden Quality Brailler Repair LLC For professional Perkins Braille Writer repair. 386-238-5871 jharde...@cfl.rr.com 145 N. Halifax Ave. #605 Daytona Beach, FL 32118 > On Jun 4, 2015, at 9:31 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > It's in the dropdown menus, in a rather odd place. Go t

Re: Netflix

2015-06-05 Thread Pamela Francis
Does anyone have a link to the Netflix site that will direct us to the described shows? Pam Francis On Jun 2, 2015, at 2:23 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Yes, some of the shows, it is only the latest season that has description. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googleg

Re: How to Use FaceBook Messenger on Mac OS X via Messages App | OSXDaily

2015-06-05 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Adding the info from Facebook and picking the jabber account worked for me in the messages app on my i mac.. Seems like this is finicky, just like just about everything else! Cait > On Jun 5, 2015, at 2:09 AM, Rachel wrote: > > Yes it did the same to me when i tried > > Sent from my iPhone >