Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-09 Thread Scott Berry
Where do I obtain Louis. I have heard of it but don't remember what web site it's on. On 7/9/2012 06:32, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi, You'll need a serial adapter to get your romeo running on the mac, but then louis will support it for translating and embossing braille. Best, Erik Burggraaf

Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-09 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Scott. I have a PacMate. It will not work as a direct braille display on the Mac, unless you take the braille display off the PacMate part. This is not true of some note takers where you have different modes. Just take the braille display off, and VoiceOver should immediately recognize it wh

Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-09 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Or, perhaps one could look in the ITunes app store; which, as you may know, features some apps not to be found in the Mac app store. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Jul 9, 2012, at 7:43 AM, Daniel McGee wrote: >

Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-09 Thread Ray Foret Jr
And, if you wish an anti virus app, you might give Clamxav a go. Use the version on the site: www.clamxav.com because the version in the app store does not offer the century feature. Microsoft office wil not work on the Mac, but, text edit is a nice and full featured app. Can't ansewr your r

Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-09 Thread Daniel McGee
Hi, or you could use a free word processor called Bean. It is regularly updated as well and through it you can check your word count which is why I was looking for an alternative to text edit which didn't provide the word count feature. Just google Bean and it should be the 1st result. I don't t

Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-09 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, You'll need a serial adapter to get your romeo running on the mac, but then louis will support it for translating and embossing braille. Best, Erik Burggraaf Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. Ebony Consulti

Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-08 Thread CJ Daniel
Rachel, Glad some one took the time to answer a lot of Scott's questions. I can add that I use my PAC Mate's 40 character display with VoiceOver all the time. The routing buttons don't seem to work as I believe they should, but I can live with that. As for trying to sync the actual PAC Mate,

Re: some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-08 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Hi Scott, I can answer some of your questions. The Mac comes with TextEdit which is like Notepad in Windows, but a bit fancier. you can do some simple formatting in TextEdit, and save your documents in different formats like .RTF and .docx. However, a more full-fledged word processor for the ma

some basic questions about a mac

2012-07-08 Thread Scott Berry
Hello there, I am thinking about changing over to a Mac exclusively for school work. but I have a few questions. 1. Will Microsoft Office work with VoiceOver? If not, what would be another good word processing program for school work? 2. I do remember a while ago that there was a site w

Re: new mac user with two basic questions?

2011-10-19 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, It can be done by hand but it is unnecessary. According to this Apple article, the maintenance operations are done when the computer wakes from sleep or is turned back on. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2319 Later... On 2011-10-19, at 3:46 AM, Gigi wrote: > What if you have a MVP and it

Re: new mac user with two basic questions?

2011-10-19 Thread Gigi
What if you have a MVP and it stays asleep when it is not being used? Do I have to do disk maintance by hand? Sent from my iPhone On Oct 18, 2011, at 9:34 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > There is no need to defrag a Mac. The Mac does its own optimizing in the > middle of the night, on the

Re: new mac user with two basic questions?

2011-10-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
hi Tim, everyone. thanks for the wisdom. Rita was seeking the way to reach disc utility and run I imagine first aid. I feel she got the terms confused. I will share again the wisdom bout pages. good download link for the program. ahem, now! Karen who wonders if they still make now or later c

Re: new mac user with two basic questions?

2011-10-18 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, There is no need to defrag a Mac. The Mac does its own optimizing in the middle of the night, on the weekend and another one once a moth. Just don't turn off the computer and it will do everything by itself. It doesn't hurt to go into Disk Utility and do a Repair Disk Permissions once in

Re: new mac user with two basic questions?

2011-10-18 Thread Robert Nelson
Dear Karen, I have not done this myself in all the years I have had a Mac except back in the 90's with Disk First Aid. I did open disk Utility and went to Disk Utility Help. Under Disk Repair it tells how to repair the disk. If it is the disk that is also being used as the start up disk,

Re: new mac user with two basic questions?

2011-10-18 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I refresh Safari. I've run first aid under disk utility to see if there are errors. I've also gone to the processes to see if something is stuck running, like a print job. I've only been a Mac user for 18 months,so maybe I'm just not understanding her question? On Oct 18, 2011, at 7:45 PM, Karen

Re: new mac user with two basic questions?

2011-10-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi there, it seems my friend Rita means refreshing her mac, something she says she does often when it starts to run slowly? How often do you personally refresh your drive? She says she has been using the disc utility since 2006 for this purpose. thoughts? Karen On Tue, 18 Oct 2011, Sarai Buccia

Re: new mac user with two basic questions?

2011-10-18 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: Pages works great! You do not need to defray your mac. No registry keys! On Oct 18, 2011, at 1:49 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi all, > In fact my friend Rita wishes to join the list. I am including her address > in the to field hoping a mod can subscribe her. I wrote privately about this

new mac user with two basic questions?

2011-10-18 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi all, In fact my friend Rita wishes to join the list. I am including her address in the to field hoping a mod can subscribe her. I wrote privately about this a while back, but it seems she still cannot join. for the moment though I am going to post her questions and share the answers. she h

Re: Mail basic questions for getting started

2011-09-21 Thread Paul Erkens
Iona, Here's an answer to your first 2 questions. 1. To go to the top of the message list in Lion mail with classic view off, it's vo shift home for top, and vo shift end for bottom of message list. If you have a laptop, then home is fn plus the left arrow, and end is the fn plus right arrow. 2

Mail basic questions for getting started

2011-09-20 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, I have started to use mail and have a few questions: 1. how do I go to first or last row in message table? I accidentally ended up on oldest message in inbox and could not find a way to go back to top unless pressing up errow for a very long time. 2. When writing messages is there a way

Re: first-time user: a bunch of basic questions

2011-08-20 Thread Jennifer Perdue
, at 9:10 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> I was on here a few months ago asking some basic questions about vo. >>> Now, I am proud to say, I have a Mac Mini sitting on the desk all >>> shiny and new from Best Buy as of two nights ago. I can get arou

Re: first-time user: a bunch of basic questions

2011-08-19 Thread Tim Kilburn
r it should become for you. >> On Aug 18, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> I was on here a few months ago asking some basic questions about vo. >>> Now, I am proud to say, I have a Mac Mini sitting on the desk all >>>

Re: first-time user: a bunch of basic questions

2011-08-19 Thread John Panarese
in >> menus. They usually don't appear in dialog boxes. The more you use it, the >> easier it should become for you. >> On Aug 18, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> I was on here a few months ago asking some basic questions a

Re: first-time user: a bunch of basic questions

2011-08-19 Thread Alex Hall
x Hall wrote: > >> Hello all, >> I was on here a few months ago asking some basic questions about vo. >> Now, I am proud to say, I have a Mac Mini sitting on the desk all >> shiny and new from Best Buy as of two nights ago. I can get around >> the basics, like s

Re: first-time user: a bunch of basic questions

2011-08-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
0 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hello all, > I was on here a few months ago asking some basic questions about vo. > Now, I am proud to say, I have a Mac Mini sitting on the desk all > shiny and new from Best Buy as of two nights ago. I can get around > the basics, like system or vo sett

Re: first-time user: a bunch of basic questions

2011-08-18 Thread Alex Hall
! > But I will answer where I can! > You'll find my suggestions after the question [in question] hahahahaha :] > Colin > > On 18 Aug 2011, at 15:10, Alex Hall wrote: > >> Hello all, >> I was on here a few months ago asking some basic questions about vo. >> Now, I

Re: first-time user: a bunch of basic questions

2011-08-18 Thread Alex Hall
accident, cmd-#, where # is a number between 1 and 0 (0=10). This switches, for instance, categories in the vo utility, but there seems to be no way to switch tabs once a category is selected, at least not without going all the way back to the list (like, in commanders, you have keyboard, numpad

Re: first-time user: a bunch of basic questions

2011-08-18 Thread Red.Falcon
a few months ago asking some basic questions about vo. > Now, I am proud to say, I have a Mac Mini sitting on the desk all > shiny and new from Best Buy as of two nights ago. I can get around > the basics, like system or vo settings, and I can do things like > checking for updates, but b

Re: first-time user: a bunch of basic questions

2011-08-18 Thread Jessica and Goldina
) peace and positivity Jessica and Goldina follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 2011-08-18, at 7:10 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hello all, > I was on here a few months ago asking some basic questions about vo. > Now, I am proud to say, I have a Mac Mini sitting on

first-time user: a bunch of basic questions

2011-08-18 Thread Alex Hall
Hello all, I was on here a few months ago asking some basic questions about vo. Now, I am proud to say, I have a Mac Mini sitting on the desk all shiny and new from Best Buy as of two nights ago. I can get around the basics, like system or vo settings, and I can do things like checking for

Re: A couple of basic questions

2011-03-12 Thread Rose Morales
To turn typing echo off, go to settings, general, accessibility, Voiceover, and typing feedback. Adjust your typing echo here for hardware and software keyboards accordingly. Hth, Rose On Mar 12, 2011, at 6:46 PM, Ezzy Bueno wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > VoiceOver decided to go back to it's def

A couple of basic questions

2011-03-12 Thread Ezzy Bueno
Hello Everyone, VoiceOver decided to go back to it's default settings. I'm not exactly sure how it did that. Can someone please remind me how I could have it not echo every letter as I type? How can I prevent these settings from going back to the defaults? In Mail, when sending large messages, how

Re: basic questions

2010-12-08 Thread Jude DaShiell
Windows can save email in different formats. Were you to open up your saved email assuming you didn't use save as and just saved email, you could select all of it then would want to make a new folder and enter that folder. move everything in My Documents into that new folder. Then put the en

basic questions

2010-12-07 Thread Damon Fibraio
OK. Kind of new here. Been using my macs mostly with bootcamp running Windows. Kind of thinking I should at least make an attempt to learn the mac os at some point, right? I removed my bootcamp partition on my mac mini and intend on using that as my learning computer as well as my broadcast m

Very basic questions about Twitterific

2009-11-11 Thread Christopher Gilland
1. If I am sitting on a tweet in the tweets table, is there a way I can copy that particular tweet to the clipboard, say, if I wanted to past it into another program like Tesxt Edit etc? 2. Why is it, when I am sitting on a tweet, if I hit command+Delete, it won't delete the tweet as the doc