Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

its still my belief though that a MBP or good high end PC can be jus as instant on as a solid state memory device. my MBP when put into standby will start up and be ready to use in about 2 seconds or so, which is as fast, if not in fact faster than the new MBA. On 15 Nov 2010, at 20:04, Austin S

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

the issue is that the new MBA throughout its product range uses only solid state memory, SSD, admittedly though so did the high end old ones. so a solid state machine starting from cold, i.e.. not in standby can much more quickly start up and be ready to use, instant on is a little pushing it, b

Re: Addressbook disappearing on Iphone

I have no issues with that as I try exporting the address book via the mac and backing up my phone every day. On Nov 15, 2010, at 21:06, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi James, > I'm sorry I got you so upset. I think the fualt lies with me, I should have > assumed that the contacts would disappea

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

You make some valid points. My mbp takes about a minute to boot so instant on is good in an air. On Nov 16, 2010, at 0:38, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > the issue is that the new MBA throughout its product range uses only solid > state memory, SSD, admittedly though so did the high end o

Re: garage band with voice over

Wow mate, You seem to be left in the dark awfully often around here ... The bug you mention isn't known to me i'm afraid. When i played with the new GB everything seemed to work fine. Did your instruments work before? I had a problem where it didnt play software synthesizers the first time, but th

Re: accessible version of audacity

Hi Courtney! I went to the site and I think I've got it! audacity-macosx-ub-1.3.11.dmg 17054KB Jan 19 2010 11:32:15 AM On 16 Nov 2010, at 01:23, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > I can't find the exact link to download it when it says click here, nothing > happens. > Courtney > > On Nov 15, 2010,

Re: accessible version of audacity

Hi! One thing that surprises me about this is why this is not provided through the official SourceForge site of Audacity. Or is it? Because I never managed to find it. And, does anyone know why two versions are necessary? Why not just integrate the enhancements? Regards, Nic GoogleTalk: chojir

Re: accessible version of audacity

Hi, I am wondering that too. Also I've checked in their FAQ and they state that at the moment, audacity isn't accessible on the mac side. So it is weird that we do have an accessible version but it is not the latest one. When I downloaded the latest release, it only read unknown for me everywher

Re: skype 5 and dialing account numbers within a call

Well, Skype 5 beta turns out to be so buggy I've gone back to 2.8. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray On Nov 15, 2010, at 8:27 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > When I try to call my bank to check my balance us

Re: skype 5 and dialing account numbers within a call

hi try this for future refferance when in a call press command plus the number 2 this will also togle the dialpad this should bring up a box to input numbers in order to get the tones to sound when you press the corasponding numbers press VO right arrow until you land on one of the actual number b

Re: skype 5 and dialing account numbers within a call

I have seen this also and have to admit it takes a little timing and listening to get the number pressed right skype may have some sort of filter that causes this but im not sure you not alone though if that makes ya feel better! On Nov 15, 2010, at 10:32 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > I'm s

Re: Addressbook disappearing on Iphone

Hi all, I'm curious about one thing. In the contacts it says rows 78 of 98 but I can only see up to row 78. I cannot go passed this row and I'm not sure why. THe three finger flick up will not accomplish this. It's just odd that it's saying-there are more contacts than it is displaying. Any hel

Re: accessible version of audacity

Hi there all! Going by what I can find on the site, this is a interim test build so they say! I do not know if it will be included in future releases, they also say it may contain bugs! So they might be testing the waters to see how people like it and its popularity! And I suppose what kind of fe

removing unnatural pauses while using Ivox voices

To anybody using Ivox voices, While reading text using VO+a, I notice unnaturally long pauses quite possibly due to line breaks or periods. Is there any way to cut out these pauses? Note that all my sounds are activated, and, merely deactivating the sounds does not much help. Thanks. Since

Re: removing unnatural pauses while using Ivox voices

Hi! This is the same with Native Mac OS X voices currently. Also, it stops Alex from breathing. You will also notice this when going to elements such as multi-line edit fields on websites. It also applies to text fields in general most of the time. I'm sad this hasn't been fixed yet. Regards,

Re: accessible version of audacity

Hi! True enough. I really am curious why there are two builds. It'd be very interesting to see if they have the same features, though. Given the version numbers match, I'd presume that to be the case. If not, I have to wonder how committed the Audacity team is to previous accessibility efforts.

iTunes Ping and purchasing albums

Hey everyone! I took the chance and sent this to both lists. Since Mac-Access concerns itself with IOS as well and not just Mac OS X, there's no need to send it to ViPhone. I have an artist on Ping who released an album quite recently...yesterday, to be precise. I clicked to view the album in t

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

Mark: How did you even find the power on button? I couldn't find one in the usual place. carolyn On Nov 16, 2010, at 12:38 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello All, > > Admitedly, I am jumping in on this thread midway but ... > > I went to the Apple store today and took a good long look at the MacBook

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

Ricardo, I've been buying PC laptops for the past 2 years without C drives, so Apple didn't pip their way to the punch with that one. also please folks note that the MBA 11in doesn't have an SD slot either. On 13 Nov 2010, at 10:01, Ricardo Walker wrote: In my opinion its a good trade off less

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

Carolynn, its where the eject button is, they've moved the eject button to the left, if you feel the top F row its got one extra key. On 16 Nov 2010, at 15:47, Carolyn Haas wrote: Mark: How did you even find the power on button? I couldn't find one in the usual place. carolyn On Nov 16, 2010,

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

there is a Mac Book Air Super Drive though which is a specific Apple product for this purpose, its a small light weight unit, which only has one USB lead, no power cable, as it draws its power from the Air. very nice unit, although ripping disks and burning does take longer than an internal dri

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

A Drobo is short for a Data Robotics appliance, its a network Attached storage device which operates in what they call beyond RAID coniguration, simular to NetGearss X-RAID and others. basically its a unit which you can put multiple hard drives into and access them across your network, some hav

Re: Fun fun fun with Alex :)

Hi. Jaws does actually have quite a few emoticons and abbreviations in the dictionary manager file for windows live messenger, so you could use that to find out what they are and add them to VO's pronunciation dictionary if you're so inclined. Dannie On 15 Nov 2010, at 21:41, Carolyn Haas wrot

Re: Fun fun fun with Alex :)

Hi! Or, you could find an online listing. I know there are lots of those, and even emoticons that you've never even heard of. The only issue is that some applications write smiley as :-), and other write it as :). I realize VoiceOver will pronounce both of these, however, but that's just an exa

Can't empty the trash.

Hello all: I just tried to empty my trash and it said I can't because the Google Chrome DMG is in use. How do I take care of this? I installed Google Chrome yesterday, but it is still inaccessible. All I got was "Google Chrome has no windows" when I command tabbed around. Thanks in advanc

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

Thanks for the explanation. Very cool! On Nov 16, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > A Drobo is short for a Data Robotics appliance, its a network Attached > storage device which operates in what they call beyond RAID coniguration, > simular to NetGearss X-RAID and others. >

Re: skype 5 and dialing account numbers within a call

Okay, I can give that a try, but 1) it's very quiet here, next to no ambient noise and 2) I don't have this problem on my cell, and the mic is not muted there. Maybe the mic in my Macbook is much more sensitive than the one in my cell though. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitt

Re: skype 5 and dialing account numbers within a call

I am hitting command 2 to toggle on and off the dial pad; I use the numbers on the number row of my keyboard to make the tones; I don't need to click every button in the boxes set up on the screen; that's a visual aid and, unless it makes different noises than when pressing the numbers, the numb

Re: Can't empty the trash.

Hi, The DMG is probably mounted as a volume. Go to your desktop and eject it. hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Nov 16, 2010, at 11:14 AM, Kimberly thurman wrote: > Hello all: > > I just tried to empty my trash and i

Re: Can't empty the trash.

That was it! Can't believe I didn't think of that. :) You guys are great! On Nov 16, 2010, at 11:51 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > The DMG is probably mounted as a volume. Go to your desktop and eject it. > > hth > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwal

Re: Mod note -was- Re: THE MAC BEING LIKE CRACK DISCUSSION

Heh Andy, nice to see you on the list. Glad I was able to provide you a few yucks. On Nov 15, 2010, at 8:15 PM, Andy Baracco wrote: > scott's post gave me the biggest laugh I have had from anything on this > list. > Andy > > > > "I'm pretty good at drinkin beer." > > -Original Message--

why the fuss over the MBA

hi all, I'm afraid I don't quite understand why the MBA is generating such hipe in the news at the moment. I know its a little bit smaller and thinner, I accept that and that it might be good for some users, but the fact of it having only 1 USB port and no direct ethernet, plus 7 hrs of batte

office for the mack vs i works:

hi everyone!, i wanted to know does it matter really if you have either i-works but not office for the mb pro or do you need both to operate your mb pro? chenelle Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To po

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

You forgot, too, that the Air is a *lot* lighter. A pound and a half, give or take, makes a lot of difference. And it has two USB ports, not one. The old Air only had one. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Nov 16, 2010, at 1:05 PM, Matthew J wrote:

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

The SSD makes the macbook air a lot speedier in some tasks as well and the reason for that is because the hard drive is one of the slowest parts in a computer. On 2010-11-16, at 1:05 PM, Matthew J wrote: > hi all, > > I'm afraid I don't quite understand why the MBA is generating such hipe in

Re: office for the mack vs i works:

Hello Chenelle, Unfortunately, Office for Mac is not accessible to VO users so there really is no choice. In any case, iWork09 is very good and can read and produce documents in the Office formats. iWork is also considerably cheaper than Office. Cheers, Anne On 16 Nov 2010, at 19:20, Chenel

mack is like crap:

hi everyone, I just wanted to say that i do not infer that the mack is like crap theory to be offensive at all. however, i can understand why some would find it to be quite offensive to them though. a joke is a joke and it should not turn into something that is horrific to someone else tha

Re: Exporting an Itunes library

Also, there was a description on the current issue of Tidbits (http://tidbits.com) discussing sharing music on an external drive with other people in your houshold. I haven't tried their process yet, but I certainly plan on it. on On 14/11/2010, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > the easiest way to

Re: macbook pro battery.

Hello Nektarios, You can find out all about your Mac by getting Coconut Identity Card from: Cheers, Anne On 16 Nov 2010, at 04:20, Nektarios Mallas wrote: > Hello. > How can I tel which macbook model I have? Is it possible that

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

Hi, I thought this article at the LowEnd Mac site titled, "SSD: Why the 2010 MacBook Air Is So Fast" by Dan Knight did a good job of explaining the previous speed performance limits (historically, and also for the MBA in recent technology context): http://lowendmac.com/musings/10mm/ssd-mea

Re: pasting date and time in Text Edit?

Hi John (and Jonathan), This may be overkill for your needs, but this kind of customization is easy to do with a software application called TextExpander from SmileOnMyMac. TextExpander allows you to define your own custom snippets that get expanded, optionally with the format and placemen

Re: pasting date and time in Text Edit?

Ester, How much does this app cost? On Nov 16, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi John (and Jonathan), > > This may be overkill for your needs, but this kind of customization is easy > to do with a software application called TextExpander from SmileOnMyMac. > TextExpander allows you to de

Re: pasting date and time in Text Edit?

Hi Louis, List price is $34.95 for the Mac (computer) version, but I bought an earlier version on sale: http://smilesoftware.com/TextExpander/ You can search for previous mentions to this app in the archives, in the context of HTML coding and other items. You can also use it to correct

Re: Fun fun fun with Alex :)

Hi Nic: Well, I played with it for a while, and decided just a few were enough. Some of the online listings could make one blush!:) Anyhow, funny thing, I've never ever had Jaws do this, so if they're there, they must not be ones that appear often. Anyhow, it was a fun toy for a bit. On Nov 16

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

Hi MJ: I have to say I'd agree with you. I think sometimes some of us who are apple-crazy, (myself included) just don't want to miss anything that could be cooler faster, a better fit for our needs. I have to say, I felt the fuss over the iPad was overblown, but now I covet one. I can't see my

Re: pasting date and time in Text Edit?

Thank you Dster. On Nov 16, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Louis, > > List price is $34.95 for the Mac (computer) version, but I bought an earlier > version on sale: > > http://smilesoftware.com/TextExpander/ > > You can search for previous mentions to this app in the archives, in the

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

No Ethernet port though? That'd be a serious Darrell breaker for me, using a cable *MODEM* with no WIFI option at the moment. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You rece

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

You could always buy the usb ethernet adapter but It'll cost you money plus a USB port. On 2010-11-16, at 3:22 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > No Ethernet port though? That'd be a serious Darrell breaker for me, using a > cable *MODEM* with no WIFI option at the moment. > > > • Mark Burn

Re: pasting date and time in Text Edit?

Hi Louie, I recall that last year SmileOnMyMac put all their software on sale for 50% off on Black Friday with a coupon code of "SMILEONFRIDAY"  You could always get the trial download and wait to see whether TextExpander is discounted on the Friday after Thanksgiving by checking their Blog si

Re: pasting date and time in Text Edit?

Esther, Thank you for the tip. Being I am on a tide budget I will pass on this one. On Nov 16, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Louie, > > I recall that last year SmileOnMyMac put all their software on sale for 50% > off on Black Friday with a coupon code of "SMILEONFRIDAY". You could alw

Chat clients: Was Telnet

Hi!! Still looking for chat client recommendations. I've always done this through Telnet so that was my initial request here. Have received one recommendation and do appreciate that. Also open to others. I know most people don't do IRC these days, but I have occasion to do so & hoping to find a re

Re: Fun fun fun with Alex :)

In other screen-readers, I took a big list of emoticons and just added them to the pronunciation dictionary. It was a little work, but easy . I was pleasantly surprised not to have to do so much of that with Alex and VO. The funniest results I've had with adding manually were the names of the dr

join a windows network from my macbook.

Hello list. I am trying to join my home network from my macbook pro. This is a windows based work group. I found how to do this, but all articles tell me to open the directory access on the mac. This item can be found under applications / utilities. However, I can't find it on my computer. I h

Re: Undo not working consistently

Hi Jürgen, I was so glad to get this note. I was beginning to think I was alone with this problem. The strange thing is my redo command z seems to work in some places but not in others. I miss being able to use it as sometimes I am too quick to delete and want the message back. Goin

Re: iTunes?

Once vlc is installed, provided you're not afraid of the terminal, it might be worth checking out what happens when you type cvlc followed by a particular site you'd like to hear. That way there's no need messing around with checkboxes for some of vlc's functionality. On Tue, 9 Nov 2010, Jason

Re: Undo not working consistently

Yeah the same is in mail for me too. I don't know what conditions it is reproducable in but I also am glad I'm not alone in this as well. takecare. S On Nov 16, 2010, at 14:17, Eric Caron wrote: > Hi Jürgen, > >I was so glad to get this note. I was beginning to think I was alone with >

Re: join a windows network from my macbook.

Hi Nektarios! In my applications folder under utilities there is a net work utility folder could this be what you are looking for! hth Colin On 16 Nov 2010, at 21:49, Nektarios Mallas wrote: > Hello list. > I am trying to join my home network from my macbook pro. > This is a windows based work g

Re: Undo not working consistently

I am not sure of everything going on here, but there are a few things that can be different about trash configurations... 1. There is the possiblility of deleteing in place in which case command-L should show you the deleted messages still being in the Inbox. 2. Mail could be using the google "Goo

Re: help with bookmarks

Esther, Thank you. I was able to go to my library and recover the files that way. Thanks again for all your help! Laura Esther wrote: > Hi Laura, > > Safari does support multiple levels of undo, so you can issue Command > +Z more than once, but if you don't get back your deleted bookmarks > fol

Sound Hound question

Sound Hound Users, Sound Hound is a music identification app on the iPhone. When I first tried sound Hound I seemed to be able to swipe around to find each item. I then tried to purchase the program within the app. It didn't seem to work so I purchased it from the App store. I ended u

Re: Chat clients: Was Telnet

did you see my recommendation of Lime Chat? On Nov 16, 2010, at 2:45 PM, Deb Lewis wrote: > Hi!! > Still looking for chat client recommendations. I’ve always done this through > Telnet so that was my initial request here. Have received one recommendation > and do appreciate that. Also open to o

RE: Chat clients: Was Telnet

Yes I did, thanks. Also looking into a couple of others. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pete Nalda Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:00 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Chat clients: Was Tel

Re: Doing a put in the land of ftp

terminal is the unix shell prompt. On Nov 15, 2010, at 6:51 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Transmit works great. I don't know what you guys mean by terminal. > On Nov 15, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > > Yeah the is no upolad in safari. Yo will need to use trasnmit or terminal. > > Go

Re: macbook pro battery.

Go into the utilities folder and open system profiler. That will give you all the info about your computer. On Nov 15, 2010, at 9:20 PM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: > Hello. > How can I tel which macbook model I have? Is it possible that I purchased an > earlier model? > It reports core2 duo 2.66

Re: office for the mack vs i works:

Go with iwork, Microsoft Office is not voice over accessible. On Nov 16, 2010, at 12:20 PM, Chenelle Hancock wrote: > > hi everyone!, > i wanted to know does it matter really if you have either i-works but not > office for the mb pro or do you need both to operate your mb pro? > chenelle >

Re: office for the mack vs i works:

You could also try open office which is free. On Nov 16, 2010, at 12:39 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Chenelle, > > Unfortunately, Office for Mac is not accessible to VO users so there really > is no choice. > > In any case, iWork09 is very good and can read and produce documents in the >

Re: join a windows network from my macbook.

You shouldn't need to use this to set the work group. To do this, open network preferences, and click advanced. Click the wins tab, here you can indicate the name of your work group. On Nov 16, 2010, at 3:49 PM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: > Hello list. > I am trying to join my home network from my

tintin

Hey there, if anyone is using Tintin with no problems, can you please contact me off list and help me set it up? I've been pulling my hair out trying to get it to work right. Thanks for any and all help. mcdonald@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goog

Re: join a windows network from my macbook.

Ok, I did that. Now, how do I access my network resources? The list under network is still empty. Nektarios. On Nov 17, 2010, at 4:04 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > You shouldn't need to use this to set the work group. To do this, open > network preferences, and click advanced. Click the wins tab, he

Oh boy

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Re: macbook pro battery.

Mike, on my desktop, the System Profiler icon is accessible, so I can go in there with minimal keystrokes. When on the list of choices, I hit letter P until getting to the Power option, open it, tab once and then the battery information is available on that screen. I've turned down the brightn

Re: Oh boy

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uploading songs to youtube using quicktime

Hi i'm trying to upload my homemade songs to youtube using quicktime. under the share menu all the share features are dimmed. any suggestions? also is there any alternative to upload songs to youtube i have a account. thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr

Re: uploading songs to youtube using quicktime

not sure you can upload just audio. I think it must be a video format. you can always take a picture, set it as your still and have iMovie make a video from it. -Eric On Nov 16, 2010, at 10:14 PM, chad baker wrote: > Hi i'm trying to upload my homemade songs to youtube using quicktime. > under

Re: Oh boy

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Re: join a windows network from my macbook.

Hi Nektarios, In snow Leopard, the Directory Utility is within the Accounts Preference of the system Preference. to access it, do the following: 1. go to System Preferences. 2. Select the Accounts System Pref. 3. Navigate to the Accounts, Groups and Login Options Table one item to the right

Re: accessible version of audacity

If you follow the link to the "I can work this thing" page, it shows up and empty directory. Hopefully it'll be fixed Vaughn. On 16/11/2010, at 11:23 AM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > I can't find the exact link to download it when it says click here, nothing > happens. > Courtney > > On

Re: Oh boy

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Re: Oh boy

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Re: Oh boy

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Re: Oh boy

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