Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
This is why it’s always best to wait until at least the first, and sometimes the second major update before installing a new version of the operating system, let the major bugs get worked out first. > On Oct 15, 2015, at 5:42 PM, Sadam Ahmed wrote: > > This is why I have Rolled back to Yosemit

Re: Kindle app question

2015-10-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Call Amazon and explain the situation. They'll refund you. At least, they did when I had the issue. Their number is: 206-922-0865 Chris. - Original Message - From: "Laura Bratton" To: Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 8:54 PM Subject: Kindle app question Hi All, I downloaded a

Kindle app question

2015-10-15 Thread Laura Bratton
Hi All, I downloaded a textbook from amazon. I just opened the kindle app to start reading. When I double tapped on the return to book, it then said, Voice over does not support this content. has anyone received this message before? I am assuming there is nothing i can do to get VO to read the b

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-15 Thread Daniel Miller
Both. The only saving grace about it being a bunch of safari bugs is, they’ll most likely fix them in an update to the browser itself, so we won’t have to wait for a new build of OS X. Unless, those bugs don’t occur with the version of Safari 9.0 for Yosemite users? > On Oct 15, 2015, at 5:42 P

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-15 Thread Sadam Ahmed
This is why I have Rolled back to Yosemite. These are some of the worst bugs I've seen since I started using the Mac back in 2010. Won't be updating until a update comes out to address these problems. Yours truly, Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 16 Oct 2015, at 9:16 AM, C

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Is that with the official build, or is that with the private beta? I confess I really haven't tried doing anything with Safari over there since I finally got successfully updated. How are people getting around this being that surfing the web is so heavily done now adays with computers? Are fo

Re: Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-15 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, Safari on 10.11 is pretty pathetic right now. It’s the worst experience I’ve ever had while using OS X. > On Oct 15, 2015, at 4:41 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > Hello. > > Just been using Safari as I went to the online RNIB library catalogue. > Safari is terrible on that website and I

Safari on the Mac worse than ever?

2015-10-15 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello. Just been using Safari as I went to the online RNIB library catalogue. Safari is terrible on that website and I wonder if Safari is broken? Once I sign in and browse for books either in braille or for Talking books, Safari won’t read the search results as it keeps saying dialogue. Als

Re: Major improvements for VoiceOver in iWork apps

2015-10-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Wo! Very! very! nice! - Original Message - From: "Alex Hall" To: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 4:54 PM Subject: Major improvements for VoiceOver in iWork apps Hello all, Apple has just dropped updates for iWork apps for iOS and OS X. Among the

Major improvements for VoiceOver in iWork apps

2015-10-15 Thread Alex Hall
Hello all, Apple has just dropped updates for iWork apps for iOS and OS X. Among the expected iOS9/El Cap improvements, they've included a *lot* of VoiceOver features. Read presenter notes in Keynote, manage charts in Pages, get text formatting details on iOS, manage comments in shared files on

Re: Quick nav doesn't work in Preview in El Capitan

2015-10-15 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! This works fine. Just switch to the navigation option in the rotor once you're interacting with the PDF text area, and you can then use down arrow to review it. You can review by lines, too, although it seems to do the same thing here. Keep in mind that you have to interact with both the PD

Re: VO going haywire with El Capitan

2015-10-15 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I just put all my data on my iCloud Drive. I do not even back any data up. So far, so good! Have not lost my data. However, I do have a small SSD drive, and I put some data on that. Although I don't use it very often! Sent from my iPhone > On 15 Oct 2015, at 7:55 a.m., Anne Robertson wrote: >

Re: VO going haywire with El Capitan

2015-10-15 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I use to just update to the new version and thats it. Works here. /A > On 14 Oct 2015, at 23:18, Devin Prater wrote: > > But doesn't installing a new version of an OS basically wipe the old one > clean, then install the new one, just leaving the settings and all? > > Sent from my iPhone >

Re: VO going haywire with El Capitan

2015-10-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I agree, and as cheap now adays as external USB My passport drives, or Seagate Goflex drives are, it's worth it. I have about 3 of them right now and swear by them! And, what's even cooler about them is, they're all bus powered! So, no electrical recepticle needed. Chris. - Original M

Re: VO going haywire with El Capitan

2015-10-15 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Not necessarily. You'd think so, yes, but I've seen things like this happen before without a clean install. Heck! Just look at the disaster I had when I tried a few weeks ago to update Yosemite to El Capitan. God what a nightmare that was! I don't normally do clean installs when upgrading,

Quick nav doesn't work in Preview in El Capitan

2015-10-15 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi, I wonder whether you could check if quick nav works in documents in Preview? It used to work well in the previous releases of OS. This is awkward because if I want to read line by line in Preview, I now need two hands to do so whereas in the past I would put quick nav on and be able to us

Re: problem with dock items for folders

2015-10-15 Thread erik burggraaf
OK, I was really oping that enter would do the same thing as pressing control option shift M and then choosing options / show in finder. That is what it does on my system. Not on my friend's. Very puzzling. This at least lets him access the information which is much better than what was hap

Re: Extracting text from an image

2015-10-15 Thread Gary
If you have KNFB reader on your phone, you can take a picture of the screen, or print the image and take a picture of the print. Gary On Oct 15, 2015, at 9:48 AM, Traci Duncan wrote: > Hi all, > > I am on a website looking up ingrediants for their products. On the plus > side, it is a simple

Re: problem with dock items for folders

2015-10-15 Thread John Panarese
If it’s the dock and you are on the icon, you need to VO-shift-m to open the shortcut menu. Check the, List, and, Folder, items in that menu. That should enable him to navigate the folder on the Dock, if that is what you are looking to do. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Bli

Re: problem with dock items for folders

2015-10-15 Thread erik burggraaf
We did that, all was OK. Best, Erik Burggraaf > On Oct 15, 2015, at 11:13 AM, george b wrote: > > Go to the apps window with command shift a > Type u and interact with the table and you should be on the utilities folder > and right arrow to what is inside the folder and arrow down to disk ut

RE: problem with dock items for folders

2015-10-15 Thread george b
Go to the apps window with command shift a Type u and interact with the table and you should be on the utilities folder and right arrow to what is inside the folder and arrow down to disk utilities and open it In disk utilities in the tool bar choose first ade Now choose the root hard disk in

problem with dock items for folders

2015-10-15 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi all, I'm helping some one with folders on his dock. We are both running a fully patched yosemity or however you spell it. He's on a new mini. I'm on an old macbook pro. I press control command shift D to add a folder to my dock. Then when I press enter on it's dock icon I'm taken directly

Re: Extracting text from an image

2015-10-15 Thread Ray Foret Jr
No OCR, no can do. You need OCR to do this. Abby Fine Reader is a popular choice among us Mac users. No, not free but worth it. Download the image file then run OCR on it and that should do the trick. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone

Extracting text from an image

2015-10-15 Thread Traci Duncan
Hi all, I am on a website looking up ingrediants for their products. On the plus side, it is a simple link to click on & read ingrediants. On the minus side, they pop up as an image. Is there an easy way to get the text from that image? I don’t have any kind of OCR software on Mac, but I am

Re: messages in IOS 9?

2015-10-15 Thread Josh
Hello Donna, I did not see any responses to your message. I also am experiencing the issue. I will add one contact and then if I do manage to get the add button to show up then if I go and add someone else then it closes out the message I was composing and opens up previous messages with the one

Re: VO going haywire with El Capitan

2015-10-15 Thread Devin Prater
I wish I could, but I have nothing to back it up on. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 15, 2015, at 1:55 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Oh dear! That’s really not a good idea. Always back up your data. You never > know what might happen. > Cheers, > > Anne > > >> On 14 Oct 2015, at 23:43, Devin P

Re: What's Best to Use For Recording Live Video?

2015-10-15 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
like an unplugged mtv > Il giorno 14 ott 2015, alle ore 11:28 PM, Michael Babcock > ha scritto: > > what do you mean when you say: > "but not like what you said about parascope. it's like a music video that is > live” > i’m confused with this statement. what is a like a music video? > > Michae