Re: iPhone 7 specs confirmed from a leaked schematic, includes 2 cameras and no iPhone jack

2016-05-03 Thread Dan Roy
Personally, I don’t think the headphone jack will come back ever again. It will take some getting used too, but, I understand why it is being done. The more important thing to me is that the new iPhone hopefully, will be water proofed or, at least a lot more water resistant. > On Apr 28, 201

Re: switching from mac to windows 7 bootcamp faster?

2014-11-02 Thread Dan Roy
I upgraded, in fact, I completely reformatted my mac partition and installed from scratch. I am still able to boot up in windows 8.1 with no problems. The bootcamp partition wasn’t altered in any way. > On Oct 20, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > > This book champ looks like a very in

Re: Tax web sites

2012-12-28 Thread Dan Roy
;t know yet because I >> have discovered that using the paste phrase option on the Mac is a great >> thing too. I have been using it lately to paste in numbers into Numbers. If >> you tell VO to stop talking fast enough, then you can just paste the number >> into there wit

Re: Tax web sites

2012-12-09 Thread Dan Roy
pp at all, and > I was really surprised that the App Store listed it only with two stars. I > think it needs to have more than that. > Regards > Gigi > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 8, 2012, at 10:26 PM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> Electronic filing works ju

Re: iCloud and iTunes 11?

2012-12-09 Thread Dan Roy
>From what I read, with the new itunes, anything you purchase from iTunes >directly is automatically put in the cloud now. The matching service comes in >to play when your trying to use content not purchased on iTunes directly. At >least, that's my understanding of the situation. On Dec 9, 2

Re: Tax web sites

2012-12-08 Thread Dan Roy
Electronic filing works just fine. At the end of your return, it will run through some checks to make sure everything is ready for electronic filing, then,it will happen. Just follow the insructions, you should do just fine. TaxAct does, I believe have downloadable software which you can use of

Re: Tax web sites

2012-12-08 Thread Dan Roy
TaxAct will take you through the entire process without you having to do anything with PDF files. Even with the schedule C, it treats your return like an interview, if a schedule C is needed, it will generate it on it's own. The only time you will have PDF files is when you actually save your

Re: another problem in iTunes 11

2012-12-04 Thread Dan Roy
I just went and tested this out. When you select books, you then have to check audio books. then, go over to the grid, interact with it. when you found the book or books you want to delete, use VO-shift-M to bring up the context menu and arrow down to delete, that should do it. On Dec 2, 2

Re: itunes 11 is out

2012-12-03 Thread Dan Roy
I like it too, granted, the album grid is a little weird, but, I usually use song view anyway, I think this interface is much less cluttered than the old 1 and I can get to things a little bit faster. On Dec 1, 2012, at 3:44 PM, Richard Ring wrote: > I actually like the new interface a lot. I

Re: mountain lion impressions

2012-11-27 Thread Dan Roy
Yes, that's to bad! when I first purchased my Mac, preview made me vary happy. It loaded PDF files fast and read them immediately and easily. something definitely went wrong in the later versions. I haven't yet found anything I like nearly as well as the earlier versions of preview. On Nov

Re: Recovery partition.

2012-10-30 Thread Dan Roy
I had this problem as well, the first time you use it, it had to download some additional components. I would try 1 of 2 things. First, I would try waiting 3 to 5 minutes and then doing command-F5 and see if Fred comes up. If that doesn't work, see if you can get some sighted help to read the

Re: Remote Logon

2012-09-15 Thread Dan Roy
; On 9/8/12 9:35 PM, wayne coles wrote: >> Hi what about team viewer i have used that on windows but i don't >> know if you can use it on the mac >> >> >> --wayne---Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisi

Re: Remote Logon

2012-09-08 Thread Dan Roy
> > http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx > > Hth Colin > On 8 Sep 2012, at 16:50, Dan Roy wrote: > >> I am looking for an accessible way to log on to someone elses computer from >> either the mac or the iPhone. I found the logmein site, and, that will send >> the sound

Remote Logon

2012-09-08 Thread Dan Roy
I am looking for an accessible way to log on to someone elses computer from either the mac or the iPhone. I found the logmein site, and, that will send the sound through, however, once logging on to a remote machine, it's vary difficult to gain focus on it. Besides, this is a fairly expensive

Re: Piano Pub Questions

2012-08-31 Thread Dan Roy
gt;>> >>>>> Hi Dan, >>>>> Perhaps this page on my web site will help you. >>>>> http://chicksdigmacs.net/node/7 >>>>> Here I explain the order of buttons in pandora as well as how to play >>>>> music. Simply refer to ad

Re: Piano Pub Questions

2012-08-31 Thread Dan Roy
s how to play >>> music. Simply refer to additional notes.. >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Aug 30, 2012, at 5:30 AM, Dan Roy wrote: >>> >>>> First, Piano Pub ver 1.5 is working ok in Moun

Re: Piano Pub Questions

2012-08-31 Thread Dan Roy
dditional notes.. > Hope this helps. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 30, 2012, at 5:30 AM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> First, Piano Pub ver 1.5 is working ok in Mountain Lion. However, this is >> the first time I am using this software. >> >> 1. Does anyon

Piano Pub Questions

2012-08-30 Thread Dan Roy
First, Piano Pub ver 1.5 is working ok in Mountain Lion. However, this is the first time I am using this software. 1. Does anyone know if there is a way to pause the music, I can't find anything in the menus or by tabbing around. there doesn't seem to be a help file or hotkeys either. I did

Re: Tune In Radio for Mac?

2012-08-28 Thread Dan Roy
if you go to tunein.com, you will find everything there in a web interface, works for me. If you have it set up on your iOS device and use the same login as you have on that device, all your preferences will work as well. On Aug 26, 2012, at 5:23 PM, agent086b wrote: > Thanks, am I correct i

Re: working with messages app in 10.8

2012-08-07 Thread Dan Roy
> rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Aug 6, 2012, at 8:27 PM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> Ok, what I would find quite useful is for people who are responding to a >> message I sent from Messenger for those responses to also

Re: working with messages app in 10.8

2012-08-06 Thread Dan Roy
Thats pretty much it. There is really nothing more to it. > > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Aug 6, 2012, at 8:27 PM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> Ok, what I would find quite useful is for people who

Re: working with messages app in 10.8

2012-08-06 Thread Dan Roy
Ok, what I would find quite useful is for people who are responding to a message I sent from Messenger for those responses to also show up on my iPhone. I understand the concept of using my apple ID, but, how would that help for people who are responding. I called Apple and even they didn't see

Re: Preview versus skim?

2012-08-05 Thread Dan Roy
Esther: Thanks vary much for this resource, it's most appreciated. It does definitely have more options. unfortunately, it didn't eliminate the 1 big problem I am having with Preview. After interacting with the text and then trying to read through the file, I am getting words that appear to b

Re: why can't Textedit serve as a replacement for MS Word?

2012-08-04 Thread Dan Roy
ting from Pages > to MS Word, all the formatting is retained. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > On 30 Jul 2012, at 05:37, Dan Roy wrote: > >> I would love to get rid of office, I absolutely hate it. However, most of >> the working world is using it. My wife has to use

Re: Voiceover on Login Screen in ML?

2012-08-04 Thread Dan Roy
I have the same thing, but, it's only on the llogin window, vary miner annoyance. On Jul 30, 2012, at 3:35 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > I get the 2 dialog box thing on my Macbook, but on my iMac I get 4 dialog > boxes! It is starting to frustrate me! > On 30 Jul 2012, at 04:29,

Re: speakable items - system dialogs menu

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Roy
Yes, so do I, but, if you ever have a sighted friend use your Mac, it will bother them, or, at least, I think it will. when I first got my mac and didn't know about how to see all the opened windows and dialogues, the first time my wife went to use my Mac, she was annoyed about all the opened s

Re: speakable items

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Roy
Oh boy, I have been playing around with this for a while now, it didn't work, of course, it was set to off! sometimes, the most obvious things are just beyond me, h! On Jul 31, 2012, at 3:43 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Lisette and Les, > > Are you guys sure you have the on button press

Re: why can't Textedit serve as a replacement for MS Word?

2012-07-29 Thread Dan Roy
I would love to get rid of office, I absolutely hate it. However, most of the working world is using it. My wife has to use it every day. She wants to work from home and is afraid of incompadabilities between office and IWorks, I thought the files could be interchanged without a problem, but,

Re: Voiceover on Login Screen in ML?

2012-07-29 Thread Dan Roy
Oh good, I am geting that 2 dialogue box thing as well. I was hoping someone else would have the problem. Since it doesn't seem to have another dialogue once logged in, I have just ignored it as a weird glitch or something. But, it would be better if it wasn't there at all. On Jul 29, 2012,

Re: working with data detectors?

2012-07-29 Thread Dan Roy
yes, but, since it already reads the url, email address or sigature, why oh wy do they persist in also telling us 1 has been detected, it's driving me nuts. It's even more so in ml than in Lion. I wish we could toggle this off. On Jul 28, 2012, at 9:34 AM, Henry D. Hollithron wrote: > Good

Re: reading rss in mail.

2012-07-27 Thread Dan Roy
yes, unfortunately, RSS is no longer supported in mail. On Jul 27, 2012, at 8:56 PM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: > Hi guys. > I used to read my rss feeds within the mail client. > After I upgraded to Mountain Lion yesterday, I don't think I can find my rss > feeds anywhere within mail. > What happ

Re: clean install?

2012-07-27 Thread Dan Roy
Hello Tim: You've ben doing this for a long time. You've also helped a lot of people on this list. So, believe me, I respect and trust your judgement. However, when I purchased Lion last year, I did do an upgrade installation. Believe me, I wanted to do that, also, a lot of knowledgeable peo

Installation of Mountain Lion

2012-07-25 Thread Dan Roy
Well, I have to say, I was vary impressed with the installation process this time. Because of past experiences, I decided to install from scratch. So, I booted up with my external drive, did the disc utility and erase and then ran the ML installer. It went well, and, the best thing of all, th

Fwd: New from TidBITS: Prep for Mountain Lion with New Take Control Ebook from Joe Kissell

2012-07-06 Thread Dan Roy
I've already ordered both of these books. Begin forwarded message: > From: TidBITS Articles > Subject: New from TidBITS: Prep for Mountain Lion with New Take Control Ebook > from Joe Kissell > Date: July 6, 2012 3:05:21 PM CDT > To: d...@theroyhouse.com (Dan) > > > This article was just pub

Re: VLC Help Needed

2012-05-12 Thread Dan Roy
You can't listen to audible books with VLC, at least, not in the default AAX format. Your computer needs to be authorized to play audible files. Use iTunes to do that for you. On Apr 16, 2012, at 3:28 PM, Scott Rumery wrote: > Hello, I have just installed the VLC app on my Mac Mini and I am t

Re: Mac Mail question

2012-05-01 Thread Dan Roy
Also, you can cut the message with ctrl-X and then paste it wherever you want it. This is what I usually do, it works great. On May 1, 2012, at 5:10 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: > Hi there! > You can also open VO+shift+m and in that menu arrow down to the move sub menu! > And there is also a move aga

Re: Please help.

2012-04-27 Thread Dan Roy
This is excellent info, but, isn't it a double edge sword? I mean, if someone got hold of your machine, they might know this trick as well. No matter, I am definitely keeping this for future reference. On Apr 22, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Lew, Scott, Stacey, and Others, > > Yes, i

Re: Questions about switching from PC to Mac

2012-03-31 Thread Dan Roy
Wow, wouldn't it be fairly easy for apple to track voiceover users when you first do the setup. I would think it would be fairly easy for them to detect that voiceover was running. if not, I can only imagine it would be easy for them to simply ask that as part of the setup. I do realize that

Re: New Tech Doctor Podcast

2012-03-05 Thread Dan Roy
Great, I am going to go and check it out ASAP! On Feb 24, 2012, at 5:55 PM, Robert Carter wrote: > Hi All, > > In this brand new Tech Doctor podcast, Robert demonstrates how he uses Sound > Studio to edit the Tech Doctor podcast. > Http://www.dr-carter.com > > Robert > > -- > You received t

Re: Mac OSX 10.8 Moutain Lion

2012-02-19 Thread Dan Roy
has anyone used the messages beta, I tried here, but, after composing, can't figure out how to send the message, I know, I am quite ignorant here! On Feb 16, 2012, at 8:39 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi folks, > > Apple has given us a sneak peek at Mountain Lion do out this summer. They > ha

Switching Between Widgets?

2012-02-04 Thread Dan Roy
Ok, sometime back there was a thread on this list about switching between widgets with a hotkey. At the time, I got it to work, now, I must have forgotten the proper hotkey combination. Apple is telling me to use command left and right arrows, those don't seem to be working. I do have most of

Tuneup Media

2011-12-28 Thread Dan Roy
Has anyone ever tried this out. I am particularly interested in the clean program. I have a lot of songs that I have acquired that have bad tags etc. More info can be found at: http://www.tuneupmedia.com/howitworks/ I don't want to bother if it's inaccessible. Also, does it really work the

Re: Chase Free Email Alerts

2011-12-20 Thread Dan Roy
e myself and so that's how I was able to find that for you. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! > > Skype name: > barefootedray > > Facebook: > facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 > > > >

Chase Free Email Alerts

2011-12-19 Thread Dan Roy
I don't know whether it's due to the recent changes on the Chase site, or an update that changed VO, I am not sure. However, I seem to be having a problem reading the table where you can change free alerts. Anyone who uses chase will know what the free alerts are. It will read the status of t

Re: Establishing a connection between BrailleNote Apex and iPhone?

2011-12-15 Thread Dan Roy
That's quite weird, the other day, someone from FS was at our work, and, he demonstrated entering text with the Focus. I wonder why the heck it isn't supported with the BN? Since they're both bluetooth devices, what the heck is the difference? I know, I am showing my ignorance, so, enlighten

Re: Num Pad Accessory

2011-12-12 Thread Dan Roy
This is especially true now with quicknav. I know, everyone has their own preference for what's comfortable to them. but, for me, quicknav was a huge improvement. On Dec 12, 2011, at 3:42 AM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > nope. all the main interface is with the normal keyboard layout. numpad

Re: Itunes Match

2011-11-18 Thread Dan Roy
yes, but, it won't automatically replace them. You would have to first delete the old version, then, if iTunes has a match for the song in the iTunes store, you would then be able to download it. Also, after setting up match, it needs to upload the songs that iTunes doesn't have, this does tak

Re: Lion, a lemon?

2011-11-11 Thread Dan Roy
I know, tech support told me this as well. However, after doing the clean install, things went a lot smoother in all areas. I am not sure why many of us seem to be experiencing better results with a clean install, but, it does seem to be the case. On Nov 10, 2011, at 8:52 PM, Missy Hoppe wro

Re: accessible apps from the mac app store

2011-10-29 Thread Dan Roy
Doesn't adobe digital addition do it as well? I have tried it here, I know it works with PDF, and, it's supposed to do epub books as well. On Oct 29, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi Teresa. > You said that Stanza would read pdf files. Would that let you do pdf forms on > the Mac o

Re: Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For A One-Term Presidency'

2011-10-24 Thread Dan Roy
It's on audible, now. It must have appeared sometime during the night or vary early this morning. Unless I just totally missed itk, there was no mention of it last night. Well, it does;n't matter anyway, it wasn't released officially until this morning. Anyway, I snagged it first thing. On

Re: Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For A One-Term Presidency'

2011-10-23 Thread Dan Roy
Yes, I want this book in audio, but, all I see on amazon is an abridged book, I will never buy and abridged book ever! I might have to just get the ibook version of it for now. On Oct 21, 2011, at 8:39 AM, Hai Nguyen Ly wrote: > A glimpse in to the life of a man who changed the life of so man

Re: Basic item chooser question

2011-10-19 Thread Dan Roy
Have you found that item chooser doesn't work as well since Safari 5.1? I haven't yet tried it with 5.11 however, it certainly wasn't finding all the data when using 5.1 as opposed to 5.0. On Oct 18, 2011, at 12:46 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > I LOVE Items choosier, but usually use it

Re: working with recovery partition

2011-09-24 Thread Dan Roy
Yes, VO works almost like it did when using a startup disk with SL. On Sep 24, 2011, at 5:01 PM, Anouk Radix wrote: > Hi > I am just slightly curious, if you need to use the recovery partition of your > mac when running lion with pressing cmd+r while booting, will vo work there? > I hear you

Re: Item Chooser Under Lion

2011-09-24 Thread Dan Roy
t sound to indicate failure. > Hth, > Paul. > On Sep 24, 2011, at 6:30 AM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> I know all about the rotor, but, in many cases, I am looking for a >> particular word or phrase, not necessarily a link. >> >> I will drop accessibility an email

Re: Item Chooser Under Lion

2011-09-23 Thread Dan Roy
for all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > > > On 23 Sep 2011, at 04:05, Dan Roy wrote: > > I know this has ben discussed before, b

Item Chooser Under Lion

2011-09-22 Thread Dan Roy
I know this has ben discussed before, but, I bet, by now, someone has figured this out. the Item chooser doesn't seem to work under Lion using either Safari or Webkit. It comes up, but, the letter navigation doesn't work properly. It shows some vary odd results. I know about VO-F for finding

Re: Amazon Subscribe and Save Weirdness

2011-09-13 Thread Dan Roy
own arrow because when I > am going side ways it says create new adn save, but if I use up arrown it > will tell me just save or just create new and then I can click by using both > up and down at once. > hope it make sense! > > On Sep 12, 2011, at 11:17 PM, Dan Roy wrote: >

Re: Amazon Subscribe and Save Weirdness

2011-09-12 Thread Dan Roy
nd once I find the one I want, > just press on it with up and down arrow key together. > Hope this helps you too. > Rachel. > > On Sep 11, 2011, at 11:59 PM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> Ok, this is odd indeed. >> >> I am using Lion 7.1. >> >> when I go to

Amazon Subscribe and Save Weirdness

2011-09-11 Thread Dan Roy
Ok, this is odd indeed. I am using Lion 7.1. when I go to amazon subscribe and save, I can't change or edit any of my orders. The links are there, but, when I attempt to click on change, edit billing and or shipping info etc. nothing happens. However, if I turn off VO, then, they work just

Re: Weather / Temperature Apple Script

2011-09-11 Thread Dan Roy
Works just fine here, thanks to the person who posted the whole thing on Dashboard, I used to hate it, now that it's configured differently, I like it vary much. On Sep 11, 2011, at 1:40 AM, Yuma Decaux wrote: > Hey Keith, > > Thanks for the tip on the lynx app, it made me explore every comma

Re: quickly going from window to window in one app?

2011-09-11 Thread Dan Roy
With finder, try command-~ On Sep 11, 2011, at 9:11 AM, Anouk Radix wrote: > Hello, I know you can do this in the window chooser or application chooser > but is there also a command like command tab in windows to quickly switch > from one to another iwndow in one application? I cant seem to op

Re: problems macfuse +ntfs3g

2011-09-11 Thread Dan Roy
ve no problems anymore. > Greetings, Anou,, > On Sep 11, 2011, at 6:21 AM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> I really had problems with the free version, I am now using the paid version >> and it works great! >> >> >> On Sep 10, 2011, at 7:53 AM, Anouk Radix wrote: >&

Re: creating extended journal encrypted partition on ntfs drive

2011-09-11 Thread Dan Roy
/Hi, unfortunately I downloaded 800gig of data for that drive beforeI got my > mac. I want to save that and dont have any other disk to do it on, so I > either buy the commercial ntfs driver, or get a program that can shrink an > ntfs partition. > Greetings, Anouk, > On Sep 11, 2011, at

Re: NTFS in Lion

2011-09-11 Thread Dan Roy
I am assuming your using the free version? if so, to my knowledge, there isn't an update for Lion. However, the paid version does have an update and it seems to be working perfectly. You can download a 15 day trial at: http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/ if you have the paid v

Re: creating extended journal encrypted partition on ntfs drive

2011-09-11 Thread Dan Roy
Nope, you can't resize an NTF partition. However, if you don't have anything of value on that drive yet, you can create 2 partitions, 1 being NTFS and the other being Journal if you wish too! Yes, you will loose any data on that drive, but, you will only have to do it once. On Sep 11, 2011,

Re: problems macfuse +ntfs3g

2011-09-10 Thread Dan Roy
I really had problems with the free version, I am now using the paid version and it works great! On Sep 10, 2011, at 7:53 AM, Anouk Radix wrote: > Hello, > I first installed the commercial driver by the makers of ntfs-3g but then i > htought i hsould probbably try the free program first. > I a

Re: to air users: where is the power button?

2011-09-03 Thread Dan Roy
The power button is the vary last key on the top row directly to the right of function key 12. It's a little different, it's actually a key and feels just like all the others. Simply tap and hold for a second or so. On Sep 3, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi macbook air users, > My

Re: Apple is working on a television for 2012, sources say | VentureBeat

2011-09-01 Thread Dan Roy
tter too much in my opinion. What most want is access to the menus > of their cable box not necessarily the TV settings. > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 > www.mobileaccess.org > > On Aug 31, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Dan Roy wrote: >

Fwd: Apple is working on a television for 2012, sources say | VentureBeat

2011-08-31 Thread Dan Roy
I don't need to explain to anyone what this could mean for those of us who are blind! Begin forwarded message: > From: "andy" > Subject: Apple is working on a television for 2012, sources say | VentureBeat > Date: August 31, 2011 3:28:09 AM CDT > To: "Dan roy&

Re: getting MBP ready to sell

2011-08-30 Thread Dan Roy
Bying back systems, that's news to me. Can you point me to a place where I can read more about that? On Aug 30, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Jon Cohn wrote: > There is one other option for deauthorization of computers. > > If you have five (the max) authorized computers then you can deauthorize all >

Re: ready to throw MBA out a window, can someone help?

2011-08-28 Thread Dan Roy
wow, is that advisable. Your restoring an OS configured on different hardware to a different set of hardware and probably some driver differences. Now, if people tell me it works, great, but, I don't think it's recommended. Personally, I used my external drive which had a complete backup of my

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

2011-08-28 Thread Dan Roy
I got mine about 10 days ago. Donna, like you, I upgraded the SSD to 256, and, like you, I am nnot totally convinced that i need to do that, but, I did it anyway. Yes, it's expensive. I also contemplated returning it, but, I love this expensive machine, it's not going back. On Aug 27, 2011,

Re: iTunes 10.4.1 is out

2011-08-22 Thread Dan Roy
Yes, it works great! On Aug 22, 2011, at 4:28 PM, Darcy Burnard wrote: > Apple has just released iTunes 10.4.1. A lot of the problems with iTunes in > Lion seem to have been fixed with this update. It feels much more > responsive, first letter navigation is back, and you can move through the

Re: Can't hear audio videos in Youtube under Lion

2011-08-21 Thread Dan Roy
I can only tell you what I found. By default, flash isn't installed with Lion, so, you would need to install the latest version. Alternatively, you could try testing the HTML5 version of utube. However, not all videos are put in to HTML5 so, I opted to do both things. This way, if there is a

Re: charger Compadibility

2011-08-15 Thread Dan Roy
ge charger, so, assuming it >> fits, it should work, though of course it won't charge any faster. >> On Aug 14, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Dan Roy wrote: >> >>> I am expecting my new macbook air to arrive tomorrow. Does anybody know if >>> the charger from th

Re: issue with google chrome

2011-08-14 Thread Dan Roy
d. > > believe me, I don't want to go back to windows if I can avoid it. > > -Eric > > > On Aug 14, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> Why would you go back to windows, is Safari giving you that many problems? >> >> >> On Aug 14, 2011,

Re: charger Compadibility

2011-08-14 Thread Dan Roy
The more I think about it, the more doubtful I get. The batteries in that air have to be different. On Aug 14, 2011, at 5:02 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > I incredibly highly doubt it, but don't know for sure. > > Chris. > > - Original Message - F

charger Compadibility

2011-08-14 Thread Dan Roy
I am expecting my new macbook air to arrive tomorrow. Does anybody know if the charger from the macbook pro is compatible with the 1 from the macbook air. If I do sell the macbook pro, if the chargers are compatible, I can package the macbook pro with the brand new charger. Knowing my luck, this

Re: issue with google chrome

2011-08-14 Thread Dan Roy
Why would you go back to windows, is Safari giving you that many problems? On Aug 14, 2011, at 12:54 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > well, > I wanted to try out google chrome today and couldn't even get past the select > a search engine interface. all it presented me with was 3 images and 3 > unlabeled

Preview issues

2011-08-11 Thread Dan Roy
I am realy really glad to discover they fixed the preview focus problem. I have 1 annoying thing that is now happening in preview though, it's seems to cut off letters on words that are at either the beginning or end of a line. So, the word computer might be read as omputer and so on. I assume

Re: Misspelled Announcements

2011-08-10 Thread Dan Roy
ated my safari and a couple of others and > I'm still on snow leopard I also get this behaviour, so it is not just a Lion > problem! > Colin > > On 9 Aug 2011, at 04:27, Dan Roy wrote: > >> Ok, I like having vo tell me I misspelled something when I am typing. >&g

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-08 Thread Dan Roy
Nothing, it was the content of the article I was commenting about, just a side thing and wasn't strictly on topic with the message. I should probably not have done it! On Aug 8, 2011, at 10:52 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Ok, sounds like this item is fixed in Lion. Excellent. Dan, I'm not sure wha

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-08 Thread Dan Roy
Again, I didn't get any double links when using the reader. I read the article all the way through. Perhaps, it's time to seriously consider the Apple TV. On Aug 8, 2011, at 3:38 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi all, > I used the following link > http://www.macworld.com/article/161585/2011/08/four_c

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-08 Thread Dan Roy
that read beautifully for me using the latest build of webkit and Lion! However, I have experienced that on some other articles. Honestly though, I can't remember if it was Lion or SL. On Aug 7, 2011, at 6:01 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi Scott, > Here you go. This is from MacWorld. Pretty much

Misspelled Announcements

2011-08-08 Thread Dan Roy
Ok, I like having vo tell me I misspelled something when I am typing. However, I am annoyed about it doing so when reading mail. If I turn off the misspelling indication from the VO utility menu, then, it won't work when I am typing. Also, if I do a spell check, it won't read properly either.

Re: back to previous version of itunes

2011-08-05 Thread Dan Roy
Well, I am pushing my luck here, but, I have 3 backups of my system. Unfortunately, with Lion, Apple doesn't let you delete the iTunes.app file. However, since I do have 3 backups, i decided to take a chance. I booted up from 1 of my external backups and then deleted the iTunes.app file and th

Re: ugh, darn latest update for safari and sl

2011-08-03 Thread Dan Roy
H! Yes, your right, I am not sure why that would have happened on an upgrade installation. Especially since the other settings appear to have stuck. Well, sometimes, we overlook the obvious like I just did! On Aug 3, 2011, at 10:45 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > I found that the option in the s

Re: A question about a specific example of slowness in iTunes 10.4

2011-07-30 Thread Dan Roy
yes, I am getting the same behavior. The even more weird thing is if I don't use quicknav, it doesn't read anything at all. This is a little annoying since, when you use quicknav, some of the other hotkeys like left and right arrow won't move between songs. Even when I do use quicknav, it's va

Re: voiceover, lion, and safari

2011-07-27 Thread Dan Roy
I am not having problems with the web rotor, but, I am having a lot of Safari busy messages when I click on certain links. the Item chooser, well, sometimes it works a little bit and others, VO just stops for a few seconds and restarts. This is an upgrade and I have done the permission repair

Re: need help in unhiding the Library folder off my home folder

2011-07-27 Thread Dan Roy
I thought that's what happened. I wonder why the heck they hid that library? After all, it's all user data, what possible serious damage could a person do to it? Wow, if I delete a folder, I wiped out my own data, but, I didn't do anything whatsoever to damage the OS in any way. Sometimes,

Re: Booting from the Lion Partition

2011-07-27 Thread Dan Roy
ill allow you to select the window you need. > On Jul 26, 2011, at 7:49 PM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> I want to do a fresh install of Lion. I did the upgrade, but, as I >> mentioned on the list before, I am having a few problems. I am thinking a >> clean install might straighten

Re: Booting from the Lion Partition

2011-07-26 Thread Dan Roy
2011, at 8:47 PM, carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Dan: > I'm confused. I haven't had to put my id in once I made the purchase. > Install never asked for it. Have I missed something? (darn, thought this > was going too easily to be true.:) > > Carolyn > On Jul

Booting from the Lion Partition

2011-07-26 Thread Dan Roy
I want to do a fresh install of Lion. I did the upgrade, but, as I mentioned on the list before, I am having a few problems. I am thinking a clean install might straighten it out. My problems seem to be unusual enough where I feel like something might have gotten corrupted during the upgrade

Re: 2 Problems

2011-07-24 Thread Dan Roy
corrupted installation. > 5. Do you have an example of the site so I can try to see if it reacts the > same to me? > See above. thanks for responding. If you think we're getting off topic email me privately, thanks. > Later… > > On 2011-07-24, at 2:32 PM, Dan Roy wrote:

2 Problems

2011-07-24 Thread Dan Roy
I am not sure whether these issues are related to Lion or the upgrades of Safari and iTunes. First, before upgrading to Lion, I wanted to make sure that I had the latest updates. So, when I checked, I went ahead and installed both Safari 5.1 and iTunes 10.4. After completing the Lion update, I

Fwd: Top 10 Secret Features in Mac OS X Lion

2011-07-23 Thread Dan Roy
Begin forwarded message: > > By Adam Dachis > Top 10 Secret Features in Mac OS X Lion > > Lion's out and there's a lot of new stuff to explore. Apple tells you about > most of it on their web site, but there are still some secret features you'll > want to know about. Here's a look at our top

Re: Totally bizarre finding with Safari 5.1 in Lion

2011-07-23 Thread Dan Roy
THERE WAS AN ANSWER POSTED EARLIER, YOU HAVE 2 CHOICES. 1. WHEN QUITTING THE APPLICATION HIT OPTION ALONG WITH COMMAND-Q AND IT WILL GO BACK TO THE DEFAULT STATE. 2. UNDER THE GENERAL TAB OF SYSTEM PREFERENCES, THERE IS A CHECKBOX TO TOGGLE THE BEHAVIOR OF PREVIOUS WINDOWS OPENING WHEN YOU R

Re: Item Chooser Problem

2011-07-22 Thread Dan Roy
Personally, I have duplicated this problem on at least 3 sites. For whatever reason, it seems as though item chooser isn't seeing everything. On Jul 21, 2011, at 7:11 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > Austin, > > I'm having the same issue, yes. > > Chris. > > - Original Message

Re: Individualized Setting/Preferences

2011-06-26 Thread Dan Roy
It's coming in Lion. On Jun 26, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > I was just thinking... I don't recall there being a way to make this happen, > but it would be absolutely awesome! if Apple would, provided there isn't > already a long roundabout way to do this, give us the

Re: DVDRemaster is 90% off in the app store this weekend.

2011-06-19 Thread Dan Roy
I grabbed this app today for the first time, what a deal! On Jun 18, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > Greetings all, > > I don't know if this is applicable to all Mac app stores world wide, but in > the US, DVD Remaster version 7 which regularly sells for $50 is on sale this > weekend

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