Re: a few questions concerning programming

2014-03-20 Thread Jared
You may also want to join the MV-Dev google group. It is specifically for questions about developing Mac and iOS software when blind so should be able to help with your XCode issues. On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 8:43:39 AM UTC-4, Scott Berry wrote: > > Hello there, > > I have a few questions ab

How to do a Jaws key+page down on macbook air with bootcamp?

2014-02-19 Thread Jared
I have a 11 inch Macbook air running bootcamp with Windows 8.1 and jaws. When I attempt to use jaws key+page down to read the status bar by hitting capslock, the function key, and right arrow all that gets passed through is the jaws key+right arrow. Is there a simple way to fix this? If there

Selecting OS to boot to with boot camp

2014-02-09 Thread Jared
Is there a hotkey combination to select Mac OSX or Windows when duel booting with boot camp? While I can hold down the option key if I don’t remember which OS I was in last I can’t use up and down arrows to select what I want to boot into. -- You received this message because you are subscr

Alternative to Itunes for organizing and playing music?

2014-02-08 Thread Jared
I’m a new Mac user who uses Foobar 2000 on Windows to play music. Is there a program other then iTunes for the Mac like foobar 2000 that will allow me to sort all my music by artist/genre, play only music from a specific genre etc? I’m looking for something specifically designed for Music ins

How to map a network drive in OSX 10.91?

2014-02-05 Thread Jared
I need help mapping a network drive in OSX 10.91. I am able to connect to the share on the server I want and when I look in the terminal I can see it’s mounted at /Volumes/music. When I look at the list of things I can add under login options I see “All files”, documents, music, etc. I am una

Accessible app for keepass files?

2014-01-29 Thread Jared
What is an accessible app for password management of keepass files in OSX? If there isn't one what is a good password manager with both OSX and Windows support? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group a

Mud client for OSX 10.9?

2014-01-29 Thread Jared
I'm a new Mac user who got a MacBook air yesterday. Are there any good mud clients with sound support for OSX? I'm planning on installing Windows 8.1 at some point so can hopefully go the VMWare fusion route to run VIP mud as an app along side the rest of OSX but would prefer a native OSX client

Re: Mac Minis needing monitors: another thing to add to the pile

2014-01-27 Thread Jared
To work around this you might want to try the following product for $15. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FLZXGJ6/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00FLZXGJ6&linkCode=as2&tag=bgsco-20 Based off the following blog article about Mac Mini's as servers. http://

Parallels or Fusion for running virtualized OSX with Voiceover?

2012-12-20 Thread Jared
My Girlfriend has a macbook pro that she is willing to let me use as a secondary machine to learn more about OSX and iphone programming. I'd like to do this in a virtual machine running OSX to insure complete isolation just in case I were to fat finger a terminal command or do something else st

Re: accessing Facebook info from command line

2012-05-02 Thread Jared
Such a thing already exists, and it's called FBCMD. See http://fbcmd.dtompkins.com/ - wrote: > Someone wondered: > > "I want to build a text-only Facebook client that can be used either > through an HTML interface or a command line interface that can be used > from the terminal. I wish to know if

Battery life on Macbook pro if running Windows

2011-09-19 Thread Jared
I'm considering buying a Macbook pro and dule booting it. I will probably use it half mac and half windows. I've heard that the battery life with Windows is poor, but all the articles I've found stating this are from 2009. I'm curious what people have found battery life is like when running Windows

Differences in MAC OS 10.6 and 10.7 for a new Voiceover user?

2011-09-09 Thread Jared
I've been learning Voiceover on my friends macbook that runs OSX 10.6. I like what I've sceen so far and may buy a Mac. New Macs will come with OSX 10.7, are there differences I should be aware of between the two OS's? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups