Re: Word counter not showing up, was more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks Mark. Running it manually worked. Cheers, Donna On Aug 10, 2011, at 5:58 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > Hmmm. I do not know why, since that's how I put widgets there. Try opening it > manually the first time from the Finder? > > > • Mark BurningHawk Baxter > • AIM, Skype and Twit

Re: Word counter not showing up, was more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Chuck Reichel
Hi Mark, I had to restart my box for it to work, When Dashboard is running,look for "Widgets " in window chooser and remember to . Also change the display order to Sort by Date and make sure the Widgets that you want to work are not " Uncheck but checked.., it did come up ready to go al

Re: Word counter not showing up, was more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Hmmm. I do not know why, since that's how I put widgets there. Try opening it manually the first time from the Finder? • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received thi

Re: Word counter not showing up, was more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
I did that, but couldn't find it there. Thanks, Donna On Aug 10, 2011, at 5:26 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > You might have to go into the widget bar submenu to find it. Once you open > it, though, it should go into your more recent list of dashboard widgets. > > > • Mark BurningHawk B

Re: Word counter not showing up, was more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
You might have to go into the widget bar submenu to find it. Once you open it, though, it should go into your more recent list of dashboard widgets. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurning

Word counter not showing up, was more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Mark, I've copied Word counter into the directory, but it's still not showing up in the widgets menu. I'm sure I'm in the right directory, because I see the other widgets there. Any idea what might be up? Thanks, Donna On Aug 10, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > Word cou

Re: more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Mark. this will be handy. Cheers, Donna On Aug 10, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > Word counter is attached. Just put it in your /library/widgets folder (note > there is no tilde (~) in that path because, remember, this all takes place at > the level toward root abo

Re: More Dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread joseph
yes i do. best On 10 Aug 2011, at 14:41, Ricardo Walker wrote: > This might sound like a silly question but, do you have bluetooth turned on > and the devices connected? > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 > www.mobileaccess.org > > -- > You received this

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2011-08-10 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Donna and others, Could it be the following that you are looking for? I found a widget but I haven't checked it out myself yet. I will soon though. Download 132K On Aug 10, 2011, at 8:07 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Lol. Thanks, Mark. If you ever figure out the name of the word count > widget,

Re: more dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Lol. Thanks, Mark. If you ever figure out the name of the word count widget, let me know, I'd love to download it. Cheers, Donna On Aug 9, 2011, at 11:03 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > YAY! I love it when people agree with me! *bounce* There are loads of > widgets out there--one I like

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2011-08-10 Thread Ricardo Walker
This might sound like a silly question but, do you have bluetooth turned on and the devices connected? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To po

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2011-08-10 Thread joseph
just went to system prefs keyboard and mouse, but no i am not getting the info, is there any adjustment i need to make? best joseph On 10 Aug 2011, at 11:09, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Sure it is. > > When I go to keyboard in system prefs, regardless of the tab I'm in, It shows > the battery sta

Re: More Dashboard questions

2011-08-10 Thread Ricardo Walker
Sure it is. When I go to keyboard in system prefs, regardless of the tab I'm in, It shows the battery status of my BT keyboard. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ma

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2011-08-10 Thread joseph
hi Ricardo in sl, i used to obtain this info probably by system pref/mouse or keyboard. this info is no longer available in lion, or, as far as i know. best joseph On 10 Aug 2011, at 07:11, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not sure if your aware but, battery status can be found in the blu

Re: More Dashboard questions

2011-08-09 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I'm not sure if your aware but, battery status can be found in the bluetooth menu in the status bar. Its in the sub menu of the BT device. hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to t

Re: More Dashboard questions

2011-08-09 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Josepha, No, haven't tried that one yet. I'll try it and let you know what I get. Best, Donna Donna Goodin, M.A., Ph.D. Dissertation and Career Coach Phone: 734-506-8579 Email: do...@yourdonedissertation.com do...@idealpathcoaching.com Web: httP://www.yourdonedissertation.com http://www.ideal

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2011-08-09 Thread joseph
hello Donna did you try mighty monitor? it is supposed to tell the battery status of the wireless keyboard and magic mouse. all i get from it is just set of images and keyboard and magic mouse but no battery status info. please share your experience. best joseph On 9 Aug 2011, at 22:09, Don

Re: More Dashboard questions

2011-08-09 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Graham, Just click the info button on the bottom right. there you'll be given the chance to enter the correct city. Best, Donna On Aug 9, 2011, at 3:53 PM, Graham Roby wrote: > Hi Donna, > > Thanks for your response to my post yesterday ref Dashboard. > > I have one question more, how d

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2011-08-09 Thread Graham Roby
Hi Donna, Thanks for your response to my post yesterday ref Dashboard. I have one question more, how do you edit the city in the weather widget? Mine is currently set to London and I can't see anyway of editing this. When I clicked on the London clickable icon it took me to the Yahoo page. I

Re: more dashboard questions

2011-08-09 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
YAY! I love it when people agree with me! *bounce* There are loads of widgets out there--one I like a lot but for which I forget the back trail is one that counts the words in your TextEdit document, or a selection cut/pasted into it. Since I haven't found any way to do this from within TextEd

Re: more dashboard questions

2011-08-09 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Mark, thanks for this info. It hadn't occur to me to just delete the widget from the library. I'm starting to agree with you, the Dashboard is kind of a cool place. Cheers, Donna On Aug 8, 2011, at 12:05 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > Just to be clear: If your function keys are set

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2011-08-08 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Just to be clear: If your function keys are set to hardware, then you'll have to hit VO FN F2 twice quickly to enter the dashboard menu. I have not yet found a way to delete a widget from this approach, but you can always delete them from the widget folder. The path for the widgets folder you

Re: more dashboard questions

2011-08-08 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Mark, thanks so much for the F4 tip. I do have my function keys set to hardware functions first, so that is really helpful. Just curious, is it possible to delete a widget from the widget bar? Thanks again, Donna On Aug 8, 2011, at 11:28 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > I personally

Re: more dashboard questions

2011-08-08 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
I personally LO E the stuffing out of Dashboard. Those widgets that are accessible are very useful, like weather or unit converter, etc., and you can get new ones and add them to the widget bar (VO F2 twice quickly, or navigate to the widget bar submenu). You might also try F4 which, if you ha

Re: more dashboard questions

2011-08-08 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi tim, for me, F12 opens the Dock. But it's not the same dock that opens when I press VO-D. when I press VO-D, I can open apps by pressing Enter, at least except for the dashboard.. when I use the F12 option, I don't seem to be able to open anything. Any suggestions? thanks, Donna On Aug

Re: more dashboard questions

2011-08-08 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Donna, First, it will be F12, not F11, and depending on your keyboard settings you may or may not need to press the FN key as well. I've found that the Dashboard reacts much slower than it did in SL so it usually opens within about 2 seconds. Some widgets, like the Weather widget are very

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2011-08-08 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Reading this thread has piqued my curiosity around exploring the dashboard. Unfortunately, I'm having no luck opening it. I've tried F11, and I've tried going to the dock and pressing enter on Dashboard. In either case I hear the whooshing sound that used to indicate that the dashboa