iphoto and voiceover

2010-07-29 Thread roberto burceni
Hi all, I have a macbook Pro with snow leopard. I would like to know if there is a manner to view the events in iphoto and rename that. I configuret iphoto to divide the events by day. Unfortunately I don't figure otu how to view these events. Have you some ideas? Thanks -- You received this

RE: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

2010-07-29 Thread Simon Fogarty
Isaac, They're not apple stores as you know them but they are apple dealers. Selling apple products and accessories nothing much in the way of pc / windows based systems. If I need anything major then they can get it but it's always a delay. We're only a country of 4 million. So we probabl

RE: blue tooth on iPad

2010-07-29 Thread Simon Fogarty
Don't think so, it just seems that the blue ant isn't seen by the ipad. And it's only 6 months old the blue ant, So can only assume that they aren't going to play nice. The v1 works fine on my nokia n86 and a nokia n82. Still some playing to be had. -Original Message- From: macvisiona

RE: blue tooth on iPad

2010-07-29 Thread Simon Fogarty
Sim cards. Not sd cards. Sim cards for iphones or ipads are micro simws. But I cut mine down to a micro size which worked really well so far. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Thurman Sent: Thursday, 29 July 2010 9:39 a.m

Re: Tornado warning! (get away from windows)

2010-07-29 Thread Samuel
Now I'm interested in the text-to-mp3 thing in iTunes. I did a quick help search and nothing came up. To whoever suggested that I may ha a problem with DNS. Is there a way to fix that? (and please, don't tell me to google "dns". I hate it when people do that. On Jul 28, 8:14 pm, Chris Moore wrot

Re: Tornado warning! (get away from windows)

2010-07-29 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, You might want to try the Spanish voices from Acapela. Assistiveware made them for Mac OS X, referred to as Infovox iVox. You can check their site here: http://assistiveware.com/voicedownload.php That should be a direct link to the download page, as well as previews of the various voices. T

Re: using a hard drive for multiple back ups?

2010-07-29 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Sarah, No, I have done this and there were no issues. (including doing a restore.) My wife's computer generally does not have time machine on it, but before doing a maintenace I was able to save everything and then restore it. Also, when my daughter went to college I was able to migrate just h

RE: screen curtain

2010-07-29 Thread RvR
Don't know about the Mini's, I am more interested in the iMACS. But I think as long as a monitor is connected to the Mini it don't matter if its turned off or on. Correct me if I'm wrong though. Cheers, Ronald -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisiona

mail navigation questions

2010-07-29 Thread Scott E. Ford
Hello everyone, Sincerely, Scott I really enjoy the mail application on the Mac. I have a bit of trouble navigating the mail message table with my Macbook pro though. I would like to reverse the way the messages are sorted, so that the newest messages are on top, rather than on the bottom.

suitable speakers?

2010-07-29 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Apologies if slightly OT, but I have a question that I reckon people on this list will have an answer for. I need a pair of very high quality speakers which can be used with my Macbook pro, or indeed with the iPhone. However, they need to be (relatively) portable. This arose because of a present

Re: suitable speakers?

2010-07-29 Thread Barry Hadder
I highly recommend the Cambridge Soundworks model twelve: http://store.cambridgesoundworks.com/Model-Twelve-Transportable-System/M/B0002DURV2.htm. I'm using it with my Macbook. Very portable and sounds incredible. A little pricy, but well worth it. On Jul 29, 2010, at 11:55 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick

Re: suitable speakers?

2010-07-29 Thread Chris Moore
Altec Langsung do lovely speakers too. On 29 Jul 2010, at 18:18, Barry Hadder wrote: > I highly recommend the Cambridge Soundworks model twelve: > http://store.cambridgesoundworks.com/Model-Twelve-Transportable-System/M/B0002DURV2.htm. > I'm using it with my Macbook. > Very portable and sounds in

Re: Tornado warning! (get away from windows)

2010-07-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
I can't help you with the dns issue but here is a message from another list of how to convert text to mp3 or what not in itunes. There are two ways to get text into audio. in terminal, type "man say" without the quotes and press enter. I say this because it has some different stuff you can do

Re: suitable speakers?

2010-07-29 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Cheers Barry. I'm having difficulty tracking them down this side of the pond, but will persevere. Dónal On 29 Jul 2010, at 18:18, Barry Hadder wrote: > I highly recommend the Cambridge Soundworks model twelve: > http://store.cambridgesoundworks.com/Model-Twelve-Transportable-System/M/B0002DURV

Re: iphoto and voiceover

2010-07-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
I'm wondering the same thing actually. actually I'm looking to export the pics from my iphone and have them not be named image_001.jpeg. but I can't figure out how to edit them before I export them to the folder I want. lol! using snl and the latest iphoto which had an update a few days ago. Th

Re: mail navigation questions

2010-07-29 Thread Linda Adams
Scott, To reverse your messages so the newest will be at the top, arrow over to the date column and press VO shift backslash. To get to the top of your message list, press shift-function-VO and the left arrow. To get to the bottom use shift-function-VO and the right arrow. I wish that deletin

Braille Translation Software.

2010-07-29 Thread Jesse Bollinger
Hi all, Does anyone know of some software to convert text to braille on the mac? Thanks, Jesse -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this gr

Re: mail navigation questions

2010-07-29 Thread Scott E. Ford
Thank you so much Linda, Man that makes such a differntce. As I was making the changes I discovered the message area. When I last used mail I was able to get rid of that area, would you happen to know how to colaps or get rid of the pain? Thank you. Sincerely, Scott On Jul 29, 2010, a

Re: mail navigation questions

2010-07-29 Thread Linda Adams
Scott, I haven't done this myself, but here are some instructions for removing the preview pane from Anne Robertson, a frequent and helpful contributor to this list. Navigate to the horizontal splitter above the message body Bring the mouse to the VO cursor (VO command F5) Double click with th

Thoughts on Magic Trackpad

2010-07-29 Thread Daniel Rowe
Hi all. I took the plunge yesterday and bought the magic trackpad. i've only used Vo with multi-touch trackpads briefly before as I have an iMac. But because I use the iPhone I could see the benefits such an interface would bring to Mac OS. Having spent nearly two days with the trackpad, I perso

Re: Tornado warning! (get away from windows)

2010-07-29 Thread Doug Lawlor
www.rae.es is working for me here as well. Doug On 2010-07-28, at 10:36 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > I just tried to load: > > www.rae.es > > and it came up for me very quickly. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > E-Mail: > rforetjr at comcast dot net > Skype Name: > baref

Re: Tornado warning! (get away from windows)

2010-07-29 Thread Maurice Mines
Hello, first of all please please please please change the subject line. I actually have my e-mail somewhat set to see these things. As it is tornado warning season here in this part of the country a.k.a. the United States. To running Windows in a virtual machine I have successfully been able to

Re: mail navigation questions

2010-07-29 Thread Scott E. Ford
Thanks again linda, I had to have my Daughter do it and she could not make it happen until she shut down voice over, however she was able to get it. Thanks again. Sincerely, Scott On Jul 29, 2010, at 3:36 PM, Linda Adams wrote: > Scott, > > I haven't done this myself, but here are some

three finger click drag on the magic trackpad

2010-07-29 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi list, I've asked my local apple shop to give me a buzz when it gets here but i read something about a three finger click drag feature with it. Has anyone tried it out, and any success? This could really help with some intuitive copying dragging and prioritizing stuff. Best regards, Yuma D

Re: mail navigation questions

2010-07-29 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Thing is, how do you navigate to the horisontal scrol area above the message body? ONce I press return on the message, I can't seem to get to the area. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! E-Mail: rforetjr at comcast dot net Skype Name: barefootedray On Jul 29, 2010, at 2:36 PM, Linda

Re: mail navigation questions

2010-07-29 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, It is not in the body itself. In the mail message table, you'll see it to the right of it. I just tried it to see what you guys meant, and the preview disappeared. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@

Is there a blind mac programmers list?

2010-07-29 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello list, Is there a blind mac programmers list? I thought I heard of one mentioned sometime ago but can't remember the name of it. Thanks, Doug -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisi

Mail Navigation Tips and Take Control Books 50% off till August 3rd {was Re: mail navigation questions]

2010-07-29 Thread Esther
Hi Scott, I'm late to this thread, but I'll add a couple of other suggestions. In addition to using the sort command (VO-Shift-Backslash for English input keyboards; VO-H twice to get the VoiceOver Commands menu and select "Sort Column" for non-English keyboards that don't have a "Backsl

Re: Tornado warning! (get away from windows)

2010-07-29 Thread Chris Blouch
The site is not very well optimized but first view time from Dulles Virginia USA via 1.5Mbit DSL was just 2.96 seconds. 842ms of that was waiting on the DNS lookup which is very slow. Sounds like they might be having some kind of issues with their DNS. A lot of webpagetest.org's report is image

Re: using a hard drive for multiple back ups?

2010-07-29 Thread Chris Blouch
That makes sense. I poked at the sparseimage 'file' using terminal and it actually is a directory. It had a handfull of text files (config stuff I would guess) and then a jillion 83MB files all numbered in order. I guess they just add or remove capacity on the virtual volume by adding or removi

Re: Mail Navigation Tips and Take Control Books 50% off till August 3rd {was Re: mail navigation questions]

2010-07-29 Thread Chris Moore
Here is a question for you, I turned off my preview pane in Mail, I now want it back!!! help lol On 29 Jul 2010, at 22:37, Esther wrote: > Hi Scott, > > I'm late to this thread, but I'll add a couple of other suggestions. In > addition to using the sort command (VO-Shift-Backslash for Eng

Re: mail navigation questions

2010-07-29 Thread Carolyn
Scott: Also, you can change how messages are sorted by going to VO/m arrow right to view and arrow down to explore your options. HTH Carolyn - Original Message - From: Linda Adams To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 12:43 PM Subject: Re: mail nav

Re: Mail Navigation Tips and Take Control Books 50% off till August 3rd {was Re: mail navigation questions]

2010-07-29 Thread Scott E. Ford
Thank you everyone this really helps. How do you suggest that one uses the spell checker? In windwos I can use hot keys are there similar functions on the Mac? Thanks in advanced. Sincerely, Scott On Jul 29, 2010, at 5:37 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Scott, > > I'm late to this thread, but I'll ad

Re: Braille Translation Software.

2010-07-29 Thread Isaac Obie
Hello Jesse, There's one called "Louis".From: "Ana G" To: Subject: Louis Braille Translator Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010 5:02 PM The Louis braille translator for the Mac is at http://www.cucat.org/projects/louis/ the URL on Fred's Head is incorrect. thanks to the person who brought this up.

Re: Mail Navigation Tips and Take Control Books 50% off till August 3rd {was Re: mail navigation questions]

2010-07-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
You can hit cmd semicolon for spell checking in the document or cmd shift semicolon to spell check using the spell check dialogue If you hit cmd shift semicolon you can bring up a context menu to see the words or type the right one. S On Jul 29, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Scott E. Ford wrote: > Thank y

Re: Mail Navigation Tips and Take Control Books 50% off till August 3rd {was Re: mail navigation questions]

2010-07-29 Thread annelie robledo
The poster of the original message has the issue where the mail isn't being deleted from the goggle accept. Does any one know how to fix this? I am having same problem. On Jul 29, 2010, at 8:21 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > You can hit cmd semicolon for spell checking in the document or cmd shift

DaisyWorm 1.0 released in iTunes store now

2010-07-29 Thread Greg Kearney
The Association for the Blind of Western Australia and Curtin University of Technology are pleased to announce the availability of DaisyWorm. DaisyWorm is a simple yet powerful DAISY audio book reader app for the Apple iPhone supporting the 2.02, 2002 and 2005 formats with full or partial audio.

Re: screen curtain

2010-07-29 Thread Michael Thurman
if you hit f1 or function f1 you can turn the baclight completely off and then do the screen curtain you have to do them in that order. if you do screen curtain first and then turn down the backlight it will turn screen curtain back off. the backlight is completely off when it says zero percen

latest iTunes

2010-07-29 Thread Shen
It's quite interesting. I just updated to the latest iTunes, presumably version 9.2.1. Now, the "About iTunes" window is no longer accessible. It just says "empty unknown". I cannot even verify that I have version 9.2.1. This version obviously did not go through a thorough accessibility test befo