hello,
about time-machine,
it's true that the backup disc contains a exact copy of your harddrive and you
can browse in it with the finder but:
since time-machine makes automatic backups on several moments, there is no
place where you can find the whole copy of your hd with all the same elements
Hi:
No luck.
On Sep 2, 2010, at 11:37 PM, Pete Nalda wrote:
> Have you done anything else since then? Could always try cmd+Z.
>
> On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:45 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote:
>
>> All:
>> This will teach me to work on this Mac late! I accidentally deleted my Apple
>> folder from my Sa
ALthough you are entitled to your opinion, I have to completely disagree. There
are few sites where a windows screen reader has done a better job. The reality
is despite your assertions is that both platforms just as both screen readers
has pros and cons. The Mac has by far more pros, however, t
Interesting because I just open the Mobile Me preferences on my Mac and under
advanced it shows me the computers that are registered. If you have Apple Care
or can e-mail Mobile Me support, they might have some other solutions. However,
I have not encountered this type of problem, I have always
Hello everyone. I'm looking for a reasonably priced accessible sound editor
for the MAC? Any suggestions would help including where to get them.
Thanks so much.
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Hi Sarai!
Trust me I'm no expert but if I understand what it does!
Could you use timemachine to retrieve your bookmarks!
Sorry if I'm wrong!
Colin
Skype focus_66
On 3 Sep 2010, at 10:19, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote:
> Hi:
> No luck.
> On Sep 2, 2010, at 11:37 PM, Pete Nalda wrote:
>
>> Have you done
Check out Amadeus pro. I use this all the time for my projects including my
podcasts now. There are some good podcasts on it at http://blindcooltech.com
and http://gwenna.podbean.com.
Take care.
Sarah Alawami
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website: http://music.marrie.org
you
How about audacity? It's free. That's the most reasonable price I know. :)
On Sep 3, 2010, at 6:31 AM, Paul Hunt wrote:
> Hello everyone. I'm looking for a reasonably priced accessible sound editor
> for the MAC? Any suggestions would help including where to get them.
>
> Thanks so much.
>
>
Hi,
There's an RS Games client for Mac? Oh cool. Sorry to be a little off-topic.
Courtney
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On Sep 3, 2010, at 12:36 AM, johns.kary wrote:
> Dropbox, and the RS games client.
How do you setup dropbox it just says busy when I run it?
Thanks,
Corey
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Subject: Re: vo
Hi,
This is probably a silly question, but are you using your Mac mini without a
monitor? If that's the case, I think this might be a problem, I encountered the
same thing when I set up dropbox. I kind of crawled through the dropbox setup
when this happened, so to speak.
HTH,
Courtney
Listen to
Hi all,
Forgive the cross post. I received the following info on the Top Tech Tidbits
mailing list, and thought that perhaps it would be of interest to some here. I
also think it supports well the points that some of us have been making about
Apple's commitment to accessibility. I personally
Hi there.
I so want to use the track pad, but have to admit i'm afraid to do so, because
i feel like i don't have any control over what's happening in apps etc. This,
however isn't Voiceovers or the fault of the Mac, it's my lack of understanding
of using the track pad to control the Mac, so i w
I don't like the many 4 finger salutes that you have to do with Voiceover.
Andy
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hello all by tommorrow afternoon i should be a memor of the mac squad
going to get my new mac tommorrow morning.
also my friend will lomas is staying with me for the weekend so he will
help me with it tommorrow.
ian mcnamara.
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Hello Krister,
I don't know of any tutorials on the use of the Trackpad, but to learn the
Trackpad Commander gestures, just turn on Keyboard Help (VO-k_ and play with
the trackpad. That way, you know you can't do any harm and you can find out
what the gestures do.
Cheers,
Anne
On 3 Sep 2010
HI Roberto,
Try interacting, then navigating to the page. I also use the bookmark feature
which seems to work well in Preview.
Cheers,
Kein
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Excellent comments, and worthy of a note to accessibil...@apple.com. Anyone
remember jaws 3 or window-eyes 3? These screenreaders are in their 11th and 7th
generations respectively, and I can remember being the old codger that I am the
performance of their third or 4th generation products. Absol
How did you get through it?
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Subject: Re: voiceover saying programs have no focus
Hi
Yes I am using my mac mini without a monitor hooked up are you saying that
if I hook a monitor up it should work better?
Thanks for your help in advance.
Corey
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Se
I'm not that blinded by stupidity. I've got no problems navigating with apple
products, and I do preferr the document mode verses groups. I realize that it
is entirely different. I'm in no way glorifying apple, I'm not a very religious
person:) but in order for me to get a grip, I had to shrug o
Hi Krister,
I also don't know about specific tutorials for the Trackpad, but I
recently listened to a demo of this on the Serotalk podcast, using the
podcaster app on my iPod Touch. It's at the very end of SeroTalk
podcast 48, where there are also reviews of the Freedom i-Connex and
BT K
Andy,
Do you really find the alternative of having to share keyboard commands and
work around keyboard conflicts with other screen readers? Honestly the commands
offered with VO are not nearly as complicated as some make it seem. In fact
with quick nav it has become much easier and I would take
Hi trahern,
To change the default web browser, go into Safari, press cmd-comma to open the
Preferences, select the General tab and the first item in the General pane is a
pop-up where you can select the browser you wish to have as your default.
Thanks.
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On
I don't mind them actually. I just lock the vo keys and away I go. no more 16
finger commands. lol!
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and also you can use the numpad commander by holding the right arrow and
hitting a number on the number row. This makes it easier too.
Sarah Alawami
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I just hit enter at the prompt, entered in my credentals and excepted the
default. I don't even worry about it anymore.
S
On Sep 3, 2010, at 4:26 AM, Corey Knapp wrote:
> How do you setup dropbox it just says busy when I run it?
> Thanks,
> Corey
>
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisio
Yep apple designed the newer mac minis and the updates that way. my friend
found out that the hard way. I don't like it but it is what it is and you role
with the punches.
On Sep 3, 2010, at 6:01 AM, Corey Knapp wrote:
> Yes I am using my mac mini without a monitor hooked up are you saying that
Welcome. If you have any questions just ask. I'm no mac export but I have
learned a lot from this and other lists including stuff I don't want to dip my
toes in. lol!
On Sep 3, 2010, at 5:21 AM, ian mcnamara wrote:
> hello all by tommorrow afternoon i should be a memor of the mac squad going
>
I absolutely dislike audacity. the interface is so clunky it took me 30 minutes
to edit a 1 minute clip. I can edit said 1 minute clip in Amadeus in about 30
seconds. Oh and I did read the tutorial at www.icanworkthisthing.com with no go.
S
On Sep 3, 2010, at 3:54 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> Ho
You can be faster. Just touch your finger on any part of the trackpad and you
will get a layout of the screen. you can also flick and scroll. I use it to
navigate a page rather quickly and on my iphone I have no choice. lol!
Sarah Alawami
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website
It's on web pages that i feel i have no control if i just fool around, so to
speak with the fingers, i feel it to be much slower than just using usual
keyboard commands.
/Krister
3 sep 2010 kl. 16.03 skrev Sarah Alawami:
> You can be faster. Just touch your finger on any part of the trackpad an
Hi all. I just did a really quick unpolished demo on how to start and focus on
legacy with the mac. It's a different technique than I've seen mention here
and kind of hard to explain, so thought I would demonstrate.
here's the link.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5035517/how%20to%20start%20legacy%20w
When it comes to the VO-shift-key commands, I can actually use one finger
placed carefully on all of the modifier keys at once.
Teresa
On Sep 3, 2010, at 6:24 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
> Andy,
>
> Do you really find the alternative of having to share keyboard commands and
> work around keyboard
Hi,
I just arrowed through it and waited patiently until it was through with saying
busy all the time. It was a lengthy process but worth it in the end.
Courtney
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Hi,
Although this doesn't make sense, it will work better with a monitor hooked up.
HTH,
Courtney
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On Sep 3, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Corey Knapp wrote:
> Yes I am using my mac mini
Ian: Welcome, just put on your big boy pants and dive in. The watter's a
little choppy at first, but you'll be sailing smoothly in no time:)
Carolyn
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Subject:
Hi Ian!
Just like the others, welcome aboard!
And if you find the waters to choppy I'm sure someone here will chuck you a
rubber ring! :-]
Colin
Skype focus_66
On 3 Sep 2010, at 17:57, Carolyn wrote:
> Ian: Welcome, just put on your big boy pants and dive in. The water's a
> little choppy at fi
I think that would be a good idea if Sarai's been backing up with Time Machine.
On Sep 3, 2010, at 5:35 AM, focus wrote:
> Hi Sarai!
> Trust me I'm no expert but if I understand what it does!
> Could you use timemachine to retrieve your bookmarks!
> Sorry if I'm wrong!
> Colin
> Skype focus_66
>
Hi,
It does, actually, since Mac OS X continuously looks for a monitor as it works.
That's the stripped down explanation, anyway.
Regards,
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You can thank that utterly corrupt organization called the NFB for the lack of
accessibility products and tools from Microsoft.
Years ago the NFB protested literally on the steps of Microsoft HQ because they
had received a pay off from a 3rd party that will remain nameless but their
initials ar
Wouldn't count on it. Write to the NFB since they clearly speak for us right?
On Sep 2, 2010, at 12:00 PM, Bryan Jones wrote:
> Does anybody know if Microsoft has an email address for their accessibility
> team like Apple does with their accessibil...@apple.com address?
> I'd be interested to
GW Micro has also paid off the NFB so I'm sure it's not totally coincidence.
On Sep 2, 2010, at 1:50 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
> Just to let you know, I did in fact see the article of responses by GWMicro
> last night. It was posted to GUITalk; an NFB mailing list. This should not
> be taken to
Remember, it's not in GW Micro's interest to say anything positive about native
accessibility. They can't afford as a business for Apple to become popular
just like a CF can't afford the IPhone to become popular etc.
Instead of differentiating themselves and coexisting they have to bank of fear
I disagree,
Safari and VO are a better web browsing solution than JFW and I.E. that's for
damn sure. Speed, dynamic updates, access to java and on and on. I use both
and have Windows under a VM plus apile of windows boxes and over the last week
of learning have almost entirely dropped windows
I whole heartedly agree.
For me I spent a solid day and got down the basics. It grows on you and soon
enough you'll be realizing just how good the Mac is.
On Sep 3, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Carolyn wrote:
> Ian: Welcome, just put on your big boy pants and dive in. The watter's a
> little choppy a
Hi,
Command option G did not do anything in text edit. I checked the Getting
Started Guide and did a Google search but both came up blank. Is there a
similar command that works in Text Edit?
Thanks,
Linda
On Sep 3, 2010, at 8:48 AM, Kevin Shaw wrote:
> HI Roberto,
>
> Try interacting, then
As far as I know, there's no specific command in TextEdit for "go to page". If
you have page numbers in your document, you can have VO or TextEdit search for
them for you, though.
Teresa
On Sep 3, 2010, at 2:49 PM, Linda Adams wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Command option G did not do anything in text edit
what kind of a mac are you getting?
On Sep 3, 2010, at 8:21 AM, ian mcnamara wrote:
> hello all by tommorrow afternoon i should be a memor of the mac squad going
> to get my new mac tommorrow morning.
>
> also my friend will lomas is staying with me for the weekend so he will help
> me with i
I believe si some how used the ruler to navagate to the correct page but that
was over 5 months ago so can't remember and the esay was due in a matter of
hours. lol!
On Sep 3, 2010, at 3:05 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote:
> As far as I know, there's no specific command in TextEdit for "go to page".
Actually I can contraduct that statuemtn as they ave an aware to apple called
the jacob bolaton award for ther eaccessbility built in to the products and
software.
S
On Sep 3, 2010, at 1:57 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
> You can thank that utterly corrupt organization called the NFB for the lack
and on epoint is to use it in practical situations. I was taking my mac to
school the next day taking notes.
S
On Sep 3, 2010, at 2:35 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
> I whole heartedly agree.
>
> For me I spent a solid day and got down the basics. It grows on you and soon
> enough you'll be reali
Hi Simon,
What is say text?
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Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 9:16 AM
Subject: RE: get iphone 3gs or iphone 4?
Speed, better / smoother use of VO, and the possibly beneficial apps like
say text. Which works ok on the iphone 4, but as yet h
I suspect the answer is no, but can you connect to a windows machine with
remote desktop on a mac and have speech on the mac through voice over or jaws
on the windows side without having to install windows on the mac?
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Probably not. you would have ot install windows in a vm or bootcamp depending
on what you are doing.
S
On Sep 3, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Chris Westbrook wrote:
> I suspect the answer is no, but can you connect to a windows machine with
> remote desktop on a mac and have speech on the mac through voic
Saytext is a scanning program for the iphone. It has a lot of work ahead of it
but all in all it will be a good product.
On Sep 3, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Paul Erkens wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> What is say text?
> - Original Message - From: "Simon Fogarty"
> To:
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 9
Scott, Scott, Scott:
While there are those of us who would likely agree with you, that opinion is
probably best kept among those people you are sure would agree.
Carolyn
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Hi All,
In light of my recent query about VO & MS Word, I'm very pleased by
these job announcements. I'd like to propose at least two more that
Apple consider: customer service reps who can demonstrate the access
features based on first-hand, in-depth experience, and someone who
will write a truly
It's not about agreeing or not. It's about cold, hard, varifyable facts and
our history. Are we not to comment about the harm done to accessibility
because the NFB said so?
I don't mean to be intentionally confrontational, I leave that for other non
technical lists but statements and comments
what are you going to do with all of that time you used to spend complaining
about Windows?
On Sep 3, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
> I whole heartedly agree.
>
> For me I spent a solid day and got down the basics. It grows on you and soon
> enough you'll be realizing just how goo
Hi i need to know how do i get pictures off from my iphone using a mac my
iphone doesn't show up in the finder like it shood please help if you can
thanks.
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Scot,
It's messages such as yours which show just how narrow minded and small minded
some people can be. Frankly, remarks such as yours against the NFB are not why
I joined this list; and, to speak frankly, if this sort of thing is going to
continue, I will be compelled to leave. That is not
Hello all,
i just have discovered that the function , add to itunes as a spoken track,
don't work anymore.
I have already done a permission repair but the problem isn't solved.
I think , but I am not shore, that the problem appears after the upgrade to
itunes 10.
This function is done with wor
First, when your iphone is connected to the mac, in iTunes make sure sync
photos is checked. Then sync. Then the photos from the phone should show up
in iPhoto.
On Sep 3, 2010, at 7:49 PM, Conrad Bennett wrote:
> Hi i need to know how do i get pictures off from my iphone using a mac my
> iph
Hi:
I had to interact, and mouse click the PC, then move over a cell in the table
to unrigister. After unrigistering all computers, and restarting MM
preferences, I was able to rerigister the computers and sync.
On Sep 3, 2010, at 4:49 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
> Interesting because I just open th
Hi:
I make a bootable backup with Carbon Copy Cloner. It looks like there isn't a
way to retrieve favorites that were deleted. I ended up using MobileMe to sync
them from another PC. I like CCC over Time Machine b/c I can create a bootable
backup. I appreciate all the help.
bootable
Sarai Bucc
actually I can just launch image capture and grab the photos and vids that way
with out syncing. It is a lot easer that way as iphoto shows a lot of empty
scroll areas. lol!
On Sep 3, 2010, at 6:11 PM, Pete Nalda wrote:
> First, when your iphone is connected to the mac, in iTunes make sure sync
Hmm not familiar with image capture. I'm guessing that's in
applications>utilities?
On Sep 3, 2010, at 8:31 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> actually I can just launch image capture and grab the photos and vids that
> way with out syncing. It is a lot easer that way as iphoto shows a lot of
> empty
Hello everybody,
I now have a podcast. To follow my podcast please go to
www.jkenn337.podbean.com . My files are in mp3 and recorded at 64kbps 44khz
mono recorded on the aph braille plus notetaker. I am writing this because I
plan on doing a whole series about vinux in the ner future. I may eve
I think so let me check
Nope it's under application.
Good luck..
On Sep 3, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Pete Nalda wrote:
> Hmm not familiar with image capture. I'm guessing that's in
> applications>utilities?
>
> On Sep 3, 2010, at 8:31 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>
>> actually I can just launch image ca
Hey,
I've been experiencing a strange issue when using Apple Mail to send messages.
I've been sending them with no problems that I knew of until I sent some
messages to a new address I hadn't sent to before. According to Mail, the
message was sent, but was never received by the person I sent i
Ok. sounds like a good alternative to iPhoto. Glad to know it's there.
On Sep 3, 2010, at 8:44 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> I think so let me check
>
> Nope it's under application.
>
> Good luck..
> On Sep 3, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Pete Nalda wrote:
>
>> Hmm not familiar with image capture. I'm gu
Hi,
That happens to me too with two addresses in particular, but when I send it
through AOL, they get it okay. I don't know the reason though.
Courtney
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On Sep 3, 2010, at 9:4
hay all:
ok, allow me to demonstrate my being a newby once again with a few
questions, going to the mac store tomorrow!
1: I have like 200 contacts, all in thunderbird, how on earth do I get
those over the mac? I'll google for this if need be but if any of you
have a quick way to do it let m
Many of us have to use Windows and Windows screen readers at work. It is not
as if one can march into the bosses office and say, "We need to switch to
the Mac, because Apple's philosophy concerning universal access is the way
to go!" No, unfortunately, this is not the way things work. I do not f
Hello:
I am download the PBS series on the Civil war on my Mac Book. My question
is, when I sink my iPhone, is there a way to put only one of the 9 episodes
on my phone? And, now for my second question. I'm curious as to whether or
not anyone has heard of software that can extract the audio f
lol. You might try mpegstreamclip for that little second task and if you check
the manage music manually under your iphone settings scrol area, you can paste
just that 1 ep on to the iphone icon in your playlist.
S
On Sep 3, 2010, at 8:16 PM, Rich Ring wrote:
> Hello:
> I am download the PBS s
Ian, I've had the mac for over a year now. Got it when I lived in Mass s you
may recall. I love it!
On Sep 3, 2010, at 6:44 PM, ian mcnamara wrote:
> getting an eye mac but don't know exactly which one i am getting yet.
>
> ian mcnamara.
>
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Ok, I can definitely answer your first two questions.
1. I don't remember T¬bird in detail, but you should be able to go to an export
option and save the address book as a .csv (comma separated values text file).
That option should be in the file menu. If it isn't there, it may be in the
option
For me the mac and the apple products have been very good. I'm still learning
though so I can't help you that much. *grins*
but you will get used to it if you use it in everyday situations.
Take care.
On Sep 3, 2010, at 21:57, Chantel Cuddemi wrote:
> Ian, I've had the mac for over a year now.
If I remember correctly, the fn thing is under keyboard under system prefs. I
don't exactly remember where as I made the change about 6 months ago. lol!
On Sep 3, 2010, at 21:55, Teresa Cochran wrote:
> Ok, I can definitely answer your first two questions.
>
> 1. I don't remember T¬bird in det
Hi list,
I am trying to find my way around itunes but I can't get done what seems so
easy.
Many books over here are being sold right out of the normal book stores. If
you buy one, you get a bunch of normal audio CDs. No copy protection. Any
one can buy audio books in this form. More and more
Hi Mike Arrigo,
This makes me wonder. Do you know of a program for the mac that lets you
create rar files?
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To:
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: downloading/reading bookshare books
For some reason, the built in archive util
Hi Esther, Ricardo,
This is wonderful, as always. Thank you so much. This has been a pain since I
got my mac a year ago. All is clear now.
Paul.
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Subject: Re: safari bo
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