Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread Teresa Cochran
Really, it's a judgement call. If you press delete on a thread, all of the messages in it are deleted. I might be more likely at times to read a thread that has more than one message in it. Also, there are times when I want to find out if someone has answered a question on the list. I don't want

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Yes seems to work very well on my Macbook Pro 2012 model. On 26 Feb 2014, at 14:13, Portia Scott wrote: > Hello all, > > I installed the update last night and it is really awesome. I find it faster > when going through my applications folder on my MacBook Pro 09 model. It used > to be slow goi

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
I get this too. Will try interacting with the text with vo j. On 26 Feb 2014, at 14:41, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > The chatter I get is the word "imbedded", the sender's name and email > address, then the word "imbedded" repeated twice. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscr

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread isaac
Have you tried pressing vo j or control option j to interact with the text of the message?On Feb 26, 2014, at 8:41 AM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > The chatter I get is the word "imbedded", the sender's name and email > address, then the word "imbedded" repeated twice. > > -- > You received th

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread Nicholas Parsons
The chatter I get is the word "imbedded", the sender's name and email address, then the word "imbedded" repeated twice. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread David Taylor
My way of reading messages in a thread is to hit return when I hear the subject and backspace to delete each one, no interacting, no nothing. I never interact in mail apart from when I move to the folder list, which I have shown, with shift-tab Cheers Dave On 26 Feb 2014, at 11:41, Nicholas Pa

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread isaac
The only problem I am having is making FaceTime audio calls other then that the update process was a smooth and successful process. On Feb 26, 2014, at 8:13 AM, Portia Scott wrote: > Hello all, > > I installed the update last night and it is really awesome. I find it faster > when going throug

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread Portia Scott
Hello all, I installed the update last night and it is really awesome. I find it faster when going through my applications folder on my MacBook Pro 09 model. It used to be slow going through it with quick nag on, but not anymore. Have a great day, and smile on. Regards, Portia. On Feb 25, 201

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread isaac
I have updated last night and the update works great. On Feb 26, 2014, at 8:07 AM, Jessica wrote: > I have n > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 26, 2014, at 8:40 AM,not heard any of the extra stuff either.Daniel >> McGee wrote: >> >> cool, will be updating later tonight then or if not the

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread Jessica
I have n Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 26, 2014, at 8:40 AM,not heard any of the extra stuff either.Daniel > McGee wrote: > > cool, will be updating later tonight then or if not then sometime tomorrow. > Looking forward to seeing how the new update works/performs. on my late 2011 > 13 inch Mac

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread Daniel McGee
Oh that's disappointing to hear. Alex, just saw your message after I sent mine. So wasn't this happening before Mavericks then? Daniel On 26 Feb 2014, at 13:37, Alex Hall wrote: > I have. I opened a two-message conversation, stopped interacting once, and > arrowed. VO read the sender, clicke

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread Daniel McGee
cool, will be updating later tonight then or if not then sometime tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing how the new update works/performs. on my late 2011 13 inch Mac Book Pro. On 26 Feb 2014, at 13:12, isaac wrote: > I haven't heard voiceover give that extra chatter since I updated to the new >

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread Alex Hall
I have. I opened a two-message conversation, stopped interacting once, and arrowed. VO read the sender, clicked five times, and only then read the message, just as it has done since the first version of Mavericks. On Feb 26, 2014, at 8:12 AM, isaac wrote: > I haven't heard voiceover give that e

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread isaac
I haven't heard voiceover give that extra chatter since I updated to the new version of mavericks. On Feb 26, 2014, at 6:46 AM, Daniel McGee wrote: > Nic and all who use this method of conversation viewing. > Once you've opened the message and use the VO keys to move through the > messages in

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread Daniel McGee
Nic and all who use this method of conversation viewing. Once you've opened the message and use the VO keys to move through the messages in this latest update do you get the extra chatter from Voiceover where it will mention stuff like the email address the subject line again and other stuff I c

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread Nicholas Parsons
The conversation count is important for two reasons. Firstly, I may have already read the first message in the conversation, and would thus normally skip the thread if I didn't hear that there were more messages in the conversation. Thus, if the conversation count is read early I can know that n

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
So how does one read a four message conversation as I have it in standard view as I opened a message in mail, and tabbed, but although other messages were there, nothing happened. Kawal. > On 26 Feb 2014, at 10:22 am, Krister Ekstrom > wrote: > > I will probably get flamed for saying this, b

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread Krister Ekstrom
I will probably get flamed for saying this, but i don't understand why it's so important to have conversation count first? I have to listen to the subject and other stuff in order to deem it interesting or uninteresting anyway so what does it matter where the conversation count is? What is it th

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-26 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Great. I will use web spots then. > On 25 Feb 2014, at 11:54 pm, Brian Fischler wrote: > > Hey all, > > Oh my God, I am so happy as Apple finally fixed the direction of web spots in > safari. Yes, this was a minor issue but an odd one that always through me. > Once again clicking VO command r

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Alex. You’re right about the whole numbers thing. I just read your sentence with Samantha and she’s doing the same thing. Odd that they’d revert back to the behavior that was in older OS’s. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook On Feb 25, 2014, at 4:17 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > I wish they'd let

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Oh my God, I am so happy as Apple finally fixed the direction of web spots in safari. Yes, this was a minor issue but an odd one that always through me. Once again clicking VO command right bracket takes you down a page and clicking VO command left bracket takes you up the page to the

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Alex and all, Just got the updated installed, so haven't had a ton of time to play around with it, but I am noticing that mail is running pretty smoothly and messages are opening very well. Of course the only program I have running is mail so we shall see as I open other programs. Going to

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Alex, Thanks, just saw it is here, just want to read through some emails to see if anyone has any comments on it before updating. Thanks, keeping my fingers crossed this will fix my or at least some of my issues, hey how funny as I switched over to me.com curious to see if gmail works again

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Alex Hall
I don't either. If I said "sort", I misspoke; I'd like to select which ones are spoken, and in what order. For instance, my ideal setup is: read status, subject, message count, attachments, sender, message preview On Feb 25, 2014, at 5:22 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Well, you can sort columns ma

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Teresa Cochran
Well, you can sort columns manually in classic view. You use the VO-shift-backslash method. I don’t use that view, however. Teresa “Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”—Richard P. Feynman On Feb 25, 2014, at 2:17 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > I wish they'd let us sort the head

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Alex Hall
I wish they'd let us sort the header fields manually, but I do like having the conversation count back. On another note, has anyone to iced, at least with the Ava voice, that words are turning into numbers? Read this sentence with Ava, as long as you're using 10.9.2: The word to (t o) in this s

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I'm just downloading my update now. > On 25 Feb 2014, at 09:46 pm, Chris Blouch wrote: > > For those fighting with gmail in Apple Mail, there are these bits: > > Improves compatibility with Gmail Archive mailboxes > Includes improvements to Gmail labels > Includes general improvements to the st

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Chris Blouch
For those fighting with gmail in Apple Mail, there are these bits: Improves compatibility with Gmail Archive mailboxes Includes improvements to Gmail labels Includes general improvements to the stability and compatibility of Mail CB On 2/25/14 2:57 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, There was a link

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread David Taylor
I couldn't agree more, Mail is my friend again On 25 Feb 2014, at 19:42, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > It's wonderful to see that in Mail, the conversation count is at the > beginning again. I am still having the same VO-J inconsistencies in Mail but > we're making progress. > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread David Taylor
Mine took 2 minutes to download and another 10 to install lol On 25 Feb 2014, at 19:43, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Yeah, it's a 400-meg download, so I'd suggest putting it on AC. It took me > about an hour to download and install. > > HtH, > Teresa > > Slow down; you'll get there faster. > > On

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
It does for sure. Mine said 460 mb. On 25 Feb 2014, at 20:12, Daniel McGee wrote: > Haven't performed the update yet myself but how do you know how big the file > size is? > Does it tell you before the update? > On 25 Feb 2014, at 19:48, Teresa Cochran wrote: > >> LOL more's the point. I wasn'

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I'd say that it tok me just about ten minutes to load and install. Then again, I didn't time it exactly. Considering my connection speed is up to 105MB over here. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, st

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Same here. About 10 minutes to download, about 10 to install. On 25 Feb 2014, at 19:55, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > I must be lucky today. It only took 10 minutes to download the update and > another 10 to install. I, too, noted in the more detailed update notes that > there were fixes for

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Yes, it is in the progress bar. One thing I notice right away is that apps tend to open a little more snappy than before, even on start up. Also, when you come across a conversation in mail, (assuming you have mail set up to display messages by conversation) the conversation message count is g

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Teresa Cochran
I think it does, but I noticed it in the progress bar as I was updating. Teresa "Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."--Richard P. Feynman On Feb 25, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Daniel McGee wrote: > Haven't performed the update yet myself but how do you know how big the file >

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Daniel McGee
Haven't performed the update yet myself but how do you know how big the file size is? Does it tell you before the update? On 25 Feb 2014, at 19:48, Teresa Cochran wrote: > LOL more's the point. I wasn't paying exact attention to the download size, > obviously. :) > > teresa > > "The golden ag

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread isaac
I just updated to OS 10.9.2. On Feb 25, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > OS10.9.2 is here! Aside from Mail, Safari, security, FaceTime, and other > small fixes and improvements, the release notes specifically state Voiceover > fixes. We'll see what those are in the coming days. B

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, There was a link in the info about the update that you could activate. Here it is in case you're unable to locate anything: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6114?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 25, 2014, at 12:55 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote:

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I must be lucky today. It only took 10 minutes to download the update and another 10 to install. I, too, noted in the more detailed update notes that there were fixes for some Braille displays, so, hopefully, this helps many of you. I don't use any Braille so can't comment on it's improv

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Teresa Cochran
Where can you find the Voiceover-specific release notes? I only found a reference to "some Voiceover improvements". Thanks, Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Feb 25, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > I don't use braille much, but one note in the update said they fi

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Normally, you can still update on battery. Apple just recommends that you have it plugged in in case it dies in the middle of the update. If you're above 50% and have a battery that's in good shape, then you'll be fine. The only updates that specifically require the power be plugged in i

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Teresa Cochran
LOL more's the point. I wasn't paying exact attention to the download size, obviously. :) teresa "The golden age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete graham On Feb 25, 2014, at 11:45 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: > Try 769MB, lol. Either way, yes, putting it on AC is a good idea. -- You received

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I am sorry that you are continuing to have issues with your braille display, but mine got fixed a long time ago before this update. However I am writing this to let you guys know a little park that doesn't matter too much but it might give you a bad moment first. After you've finished t

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Teresa Cochran
Oh, yes, the number of messages in the left column is a wonderful fix. I noticed I had to sign into iCloud, but it set up without a hitch. It also wants to do the mail upgrade. I'm glad I switched to iCloud from Gmail, or it might have taken Mail longer to do its thing. Teresa "We're made of s

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Alex Hall
I don't use braille much, but one note in the update said they fixed some Handytech displays, among other Voiceover fixes. Hopefully your display is among the fixed. On Feb 25, 2014, at 2:42 PM, Maurice Mines wrote: > just realized I'm dictating this to the phone so some of it might not come >

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Daniel Miller
Try 769MB, lol. Either way, yes, putting it on AC is a good idea. On Feb 25, 2014, at 1:43 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Yeah, it's a 400-meg download, so I'd suggest putting it on AC. It took me > about an hour to download and install. > > HtH, > Teresa > > Slow down; you'll get there faster.

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Daniel Miller
Can you explain the issues? On Feb 25, 2014, at 1:42 PM, Maurice Mines wrote: > just realized I'm dictating this to the phone so some of it might not come > out the way that it should. I hope this fixes the problem that some braille > displays are having a when trying to use Bluetooth. But I

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Teresa Cochran
Yeah, it's a 400-meg download, so I'd suggest putting it on AC. It took me about an hour to download and install. HtH, Teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster. On Feb 25, 2014, at 11:13 AM, christopher hallsworth wrote: > Thanks for letting us know. Will probably update the next time I put

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Jonathan Mosen
It's wonderful to see that in Mail, the conversation count is at the beginning again. I am still having the same VO-J inconsistencies in Mail but we're making progress. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 26/02/2014, at 8:13 am,

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Maurice Mines
just realized I'm dictating this to the phone so some of it might not come out the way that it should. I hope this fixes the problem that some braille displays are having a when trying to use Bluetooth. But I guess not? Maybe sometime in my lifetime or sometime in the near future Apple will fix

Re: OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread christopher hallsworth
Thanks for letting us know. Will probably update the next time I put my mac on charge. It's currently on battery power. Unless you know different I won't be able to update on battery power. Right? On 25 Feb 2014, at 18:38, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > OS10.9.2 is here! Aside from Mail, Safari,

OS10.9.2 is out!

2014-02-25 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, OS10.9.2 is here! Aside from Mail, Safari, security, FaceTime, and other small fixes and improvements, the release notes specifically state Voiceover fixes. We'll see what those are in the coming days. Brian, I hope this fixes some of your problems so you don't need the clean install. -