Re: Mapping Keys for VMWare fusion6 and Windows XP

2015-08-16 Thread topdog2046
Hi Sean, How were you able to map those? On 8/16/15, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > Hey Daniel. This is the remapping that has been successful for me using > Windows in VMWare Fusion. First, I remapped the right option key to behave > as the insert or Jaws Key. Then, to solve my Shift+F10 problem, I rem

Re: mail woes

2015-08-16 Thread Donna Goodin
I was debating whether to do that. thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a shot. Cheers, Donna > On Aug 16, 2015, at 9:19 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > First, I'd update OS X. The notes mention fixes to Mail for certain servers, > so your problem may be solved there. I'd also do a permissions rep

FS: powerhouse Apple mac book pro!

2015-08-16 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi everybody. Please write me off list to make an offer. I can ship to the US, Canada, or the United Kingdom. Pay pal only! Thanks. fifteen inch mac book pro with unibody aluminum case, Intel I7 processor at 2.5gHz per core with turbo boost, sixteen gigs of ddr3 ram, 1 terabyte hard drive, Intel t

Re: headphones

2015-08-16 Thread tim
Sorry this is late, but I also had this problem with my MB Pro. Just take a Q tip with the fuzzy stuff off and stick it in the hole for headphones. Not sure how it does it but sometimes it will switch to digital input and will not respond to a 3.5 jack. The Q tip will reset the jack back to defa

Re: mail woes

2015-08-16 Thread Alex Hall
First, I'd update OS X. The notes mention fixes to Mail for certain servers, so your problem may be solved there. I'd also do a permissions repair after the update, to make sure everything is as it should be. > On Aug 16, 2015, at 9:53 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm having some we

Re: File Vault Encryption & ICloud Disk Locking?

2015-08-16 Thread Marshall Scott
Hi again Ilene, I'd recommend that you don't use these features until you are more familiar with OS X. They would only confuse you and in the case of Filevault, could cause you to lose data. Marshall > On Aug 16, 2015, at 5:26 PM, Eileen Scrivani wrote: > > In the set-up process of os on my M

mail woes

2015-08-16 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I'm having some weird mail things going on. First, my email accounts keep losing their associated outgoing server. I've had to fix them like four times over the past week. Second, this morning my Exchange account got corrupted. No matter what I do, I can't get it to work on my Mac, t

Re: tw blue

2015-08-16 Thread May McDonald
lol, there's always something wrong in regards to night owl. 'm always checking to see if other twitter clients come out that will work on the mac. I only asked about tw blue because it's the latest to get rid of the 140 char limit. > On Aug 16, 2015, at 8:01 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hey

Re: File Vault Encryption & ICloud Disk Locking?

2015-08-16 Thread John Panarese
You don’t have to use either one. They are just options. FileVault encrypts the disk for security and the option for iCloud enables iCloud users to be able to use their Apple ID passwords to log into their Mac if they forget their account passwords. However, both features are optional. Tak

Re: Saving files in Pages

2015-08-16 Thread Alex Hall
Definitely keep it to PDF or .docx. In fact, I usually see job postings specify file formats, and .pages is never one of them. To do what you want, you choose Export rather than Save. From there, the process is the same as saving. Generally, you'd save a master copy in .pages format, then open

Re: tw blue

2015-08-16 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey May. Unfortunately the developer stopped making TW Blue for the Mac so there's no way to download it. Is there something wrong with Night Owl that you need TW Blue? Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 16, 2015, at 6:27 PM, May McDonald wrote: > > Hey, does anyone know if tw blue twitter client i

RE: Preserving iTunes audiobooks when performing a clean install

2015-08-16 Thread Grant
There really isn’t anything special you need to do; iTunes audiobooks are just regular files on disk, which you can back up along with the rest of your data. They are stored, by default, in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Audiobooks. Simply copying that folder to an external drive or a cloud reposit

Saving files in Pages

2015-08-16 Thread Wayne Merritt
Evening all, I am gradually learning how to use this new Mac I have and things are slowly getting easier. One thing that I am struggling with though is saving files in the .Docx format within Pages, or any other format in Pages. When I bring up the save dialog, I am only given the option of saving

tw blue

2015-08-16 Thread May McDonald
Hey, does anyone know if tw blue twitter client is or will work on the mac as well? If it does where can I get it? May and LD Luna Moon! www.canadianlynx.ca m...@canadianlynx.ca -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscrib

File Vault Encryption & ICloud Disk Locking?

2015-08-16 Thread Eileen Scrivani
In the set-up process of os on my Mac Book Pro, i am being asked if I want to allow File Vault to encrypt my disk, and second if I want to allow ICloud to Unlock my disk and reset my password. The default is that they are both checked. I am not an ICloud user at this point and don’t have confi

Fw: MBP Password update, Voice Over & Updating IOS?

2015-08-16 Thread Eileen Scrivani
Just wanted to let all that replied to my emails that the update seems to have gone through. I did not wait long enough, I guess. So thanks folks and sorry for the bother. I will post a set-up question in a separate message. Eileen From: Eileen Scrivani Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2015 7:03

Re: MBP Password update, Voice Over & Updating IOS?

2015-08-16 Thread Eileen Scrivani
Shawn, Yes, you are correct. I’m sorry for my confusion. I am updating OSX on my Mac Book Pro. I am not doing a thing with the IPhone. Although I get VO to work, I seem to be stuck at the same point that I cannot get beyond. When VO first comes up, it says, Logon screen. I do VO+Right-

Re: RSS Pipe Creation

2015-08-16 Thread gs
Haven't played with it yet because I didn't know it existed. But I will. There are other services that will try to create RSS feeds from sites that don't have RSS content. but I must admit that just at the time I was contemplated getting really into those, I found other solutions. This seems rat

Re: MBP Password update, Voice Over & Updating IOS?

2015-08-16 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Eileen. Are you trying to update your iPhone or Mac? If you're trying to update your Mac, it's simply called OS X. iOS is for iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches and they haven't gotten to iOS 10 yet. Also, my best advice to any new Mac user is that if you ever want to learn the Mac, you have to

Re: identifying font in pages

2015-08-16 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hey Alex! Thanks, it was not working but when I interacted it did. Thanks again. Jim > On Aug 16, 2015, at 5:02 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > It's vo-t. Be sure you're interacting with the text, or it might keep telling > you the font at the top of your text instead of wherever your cursor actually

Re: identifying font in pages

2015-08-16 Thread Alex Hall
It's vo-t. Be sure you're interacting with the text, or it might keep telling you the font at the top of your text instead of wherever your cursor actually is. Maybe that's been fixed, but I never take chances. > On Aug 16, 2015, at 3:17 PM, Jim Gatteys wrote: > > I have totally forgotten the

Re: MBP Password update, Voice Over & Updating IOS?

2015-08-16 Thread Eileen Scrivani
Thanks. I’m one of those Windows users who has had a hard time switching over to the Mac mostly because I’ve always reverted back to my comfort zone – Windows. With that said, I haven’t given up on the Mac, but its a real struggle when I go back to trying to do something IOS related. The lap

RSS Pipe Creation

2015-08-16 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, This message deals with generating curated RSS pipes for easier consumption of specific news content. I have tried using Yahoo Pipes, but I am not having much success with voiceover. Has anyone so far experience success when using Yahoo Pipes on the Macintosh? Moreover, with the

Re: MBP Password update, Voice Over & Updating IOS?

2015-08-16 Thread Kliph
The update could take some time, depending upon your internet connection. Try adding the function key with command F5, that might do the trick also. HTH > On Aug 16, 2015, at 3:47 PM, Eileen Scrivani wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been needing to update my Mac Book Pro since December/January of

Re: MBP Password update, Voice Over & Updating IOS?

2015-08-16 Thread Marshall Scott
Hi, Ilene, When you are doing an installation, Try pressing the Function+Control+F5. The OS X installer doesn't have the ability to switch the function keys from the default. Hope this makes sense. Marshall > On Aug 16, 2015, at 1:47 PM, Eileen Scrivani wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been needing

MBP Password update, Voice Over & Updating IOS?

2015-08-16 Thread Eileen Scrivani
Hi, I have been needing to update my Mac Book Pro since December/January of this past year, but needed help with resetting my Administrative password before I could do the update to Yosemity. My sighted niece was over today and helped me do the reset, and to make the process easier I unloaded

identifying font in pages

2015-08-16 Thread Jim Gatteys
I have totally forgotten the command to tell me the font and the size of it in pages. Can somebody refresh my memory? I can't find it anywhere. Thanks, Jim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and s

Re: Mapping Keys for VMWare fusion6 and Windows XP

2015-08-16 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Daniel. This is the remapping that has been successful for me using Windows in VMWare Fusion. First, I remapped the right option key to behave as the insert or Jaws Key. Then, to solve my Shift+F10 problem, I remapped the right command key to act as the applications key which serves as the S

Problem with Preview

2015-08-16 Thread Jenine Stanley
I’ve been having a problem with Preview for several weeks now and finally am getting around to asking about it. When I try to open something in it, I get an error saying the program can’t be opened. I’ve tried opening it without a specific file and same thing. Can anyone give me some trouble

Mapping Keys for VMWare fusion6 and Windows XP

2015-08-16 Thread Daniel Chavez
Hi, Hopefully someone can help with an issue I have. I run VMWare Fusion6 and Windows XP. I want to be able to map shift plus F10 so it can do what it normally does on windows, but it doesn’t work on my VMware. As well, I want to be able to map a, Jaws key, so that if I do the jaws key plus v, it

Re: macbook requirements to run osx 10.10?

2015-08-16 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I'm sceptical of it being a 2011 model. Everything I find on the Net says that it should be a Mid-2010 model. Info found here: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/macbook-white-unibody-faq/macbook-white-unibody-how-to-upgrade-ram-memory-type.html says that it will actually suppo