Re: another help issue

2010-12-28 Thread Jude DaShiell
It's called Mercury retrograde.On Mon, 27 Dec 2010, May McDonald wrote: Ok, now I got the wireless problem fixed some other darn problem has come up. Just my unlucky day I think. I haven't received any mail from my gmail account through applemail, is anyone else having this problem? Also, I jus

Re: apple tv and choppy speech

2010-12-28 Thread Michael Thurman
the apple tv is probably looking for the presence of the hdmi connected tv, that's my guess anyway. so far apple tv is a no go for me i fit still has problems On Dec 28, 2010, at 2:16 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi Justin, > > I have not noticed any difference in the quality of the audio from Mac

Re: Using new Mac Mini without a display connectedn

2010-12-28 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I ended up connecting my monitor anyway. Once I get more confident with VO, I'l disconnect my monitor completely and let you know what happened. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar.

Facebook navigationm

2010-12-28 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I just got a new Mac Mini and am working on learning navigation in Facebook and Huffington Post. My two biggest problems are: 1. In FB, I can't click on the button to write a status update. I don't want to use FB Mobile if I don't have to. 2. In Huff Post, after clicking on a link or header to

Facebook navigationm

2010-12-28 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I just got a new Mac Mini and am working on learning navigation in Facebook and Huffington Post. My two biggest problems are: 1. In FB, I can't click on the button to write a status update. I don't want to use FB Mobile if I don't have to. 2. In Huff Post, after clicking on a link or header to

very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Just now, when I went to Audible.com I experienced something that never before happened. I opened the page, and, suddenly, all the samples on the page started to play at the same time. When they all finally stopped, I took a look at the page and noticed numorous audio element control tool bars

Re: apple tv and choppy speech

2010-12-28 Thread Scott Howell
Hi, I was curious if you can have hdmi connected to the TV and the optical audio connection to a receiver. I know hdmi carries audio as well as video and wonder if there could be any issues with this configuration. Thanks, Scott On Dec 28, 2010, at 3:32 AM, Michael Thurman wrote: > the ap

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Justin Ekis
Hi ray, I can confirm that I see this new behavior using click to flash, and that temporarily disabling the extension brings things back to the way they used to be. Either a recent click to flash update has added support for converting audible samples to html 5 elements, or the folks at audi

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Thanks Justin, Looks like we've got ourselves a very excellent confirmation here. This will especially be useful to newbe users of Macs; because, now, they won't need to struggle as we did to find the mouse method for playing audible samples. That click to flash extension sure looks to me lik

Re: Voice chat site

2010-12-28 Thread Colin M
Hi Jim! Your message was right at the bottom after all the other stuff! Well I do not know any shortcuts its a bit lacking in that area! Unless someone else knows better!But I'm wondering what site are you looking at? Colin I'm far too bad for Heaven! The Devil is afraid I'll take his place! On 2

Re: Voice chat site

2010-12-28 Thread May McDonald
Hey Colin, I remembered how to get it to work. Thanks for the site. Ran across an old friend last night on there. May On 2010-12-28, at 7:09 AM, Colin M wrote: > Hi Jim! > Your message was right at the bottom after all the other stuff! > Well I do not know any shortcuts its a bit lacking in tha

RE: apple TV and choppy speech

2010-12-28 Thread Chris Harrington
I was actually wondering about this as well...I was just going to hook my HDMI up to my receiver. Then I'm assuming the receiver takes the picture and puts it on the TV?... Thanks!!! Chris http://www.c-harrington.com -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisi

transferring music into itunes library and then to my iphone

2010-12-28 Thread denise avant
hi all, i have some music in a folder called my music, i want to transfer a couple of folders with music from that folder to the itunes library, then i want to transfer those folders onto my iphone. i would imagine i would have to set up a playlist in order to have the songs in a folder play the

Re: apple TV and choppy speech

2010-12-28 Thread Mary Otten
Regarding having the hdmi and optical cables connected at the same time, the manual for our surround receiver specifically says that the hdmi cable only carries video not audio, so if you want audio through the surround receiver, you have to connect the digital optical cable. Cery annoying, espe

Re: apple TV and choppy speech

2010-12-28 Thread Ray Foret Jr
What? HDMI cables do in fact carry sound. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray On Dec 28, 2010, at 9:41 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > Regarding having the hdmi and optical cables connected at the same time, the > manual

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-28 Thread Nick Van Vlaenderen
Thanks for the tips about the speech option. However, I can't find the slider to adjust the rate and the default rate is really slow. Does anyone know where to find it? It's not where you set the speech option... Cheers, Nick On 25 Dec 2010, at 07:15, Oriol Gómez wrote: > Yeah there is a rate

Re: Playlists questions

2010-12-28 Thread Kevin Shaw
You should be able to manually sync playlists back from a device in iTunes. There should be an option for that under the Music tab control Reordering playlists is easy. Cut, copy and paste commands, along with your arrow keys, will reorder songs. Useful for making CDs as well. Deleting the play

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, You have to go to system preferences/speech. Then select the text to speech tab. Then you will see the the default speaking rate slider. I suggest putting it up to 100%. hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Dec 28

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-28 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Actually, you'd need to set this under: System Preferences/Text to speech tab/default Voice. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray On Dec 28, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Nick Van Vlaenderen wrote: > Thanks for the tips about

Re: Pairing a Phonak Icom hearing device with a Macbook Pro via Bluetooth?

2010-12-28 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Well, we're making progress. I found the pairing button, thank you for describing where it was. However, this is what I get when I hold it down: Attempting to pair with “00-0f-59-12-2e-c4”. Then, after a few seconds: The pairing attempt was unsuccessful. Make sure your device is in range of thi

RE: Using new Mac Mini without a display connectedn

2010-12-28 Thread Rich Ring
If you do not have a display connected, one thing you will notice is that Safari becomes almost unuseable. Another symptom is that you won't be able to play DVDS. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Gibbs Se

Re: Pairing a Phonak Icom hearing device with a Macbook Pro via Bluetooth?

2010-12-28 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Nick: Success! I did get the Icom to pair with the Macbook Pro. However, the quality of sound via the bluetooth link was quite poor (especially as concerns voiceover, which sounded choppy and on the verge of breaking up), and it was stubbornly in mono, even when I checked the "use as stereo he

Re: locking the iphone screen in horizontal layout?

2010-12-28 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Should this method work to lock the phone in the portrait lay-out? I tried but do not see the button. Marlaina On Dec 27, 2010, at 11:56 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Thanks Ricardo. I knew I'd seen it. Donna Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > it

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Bearfooted Ray: It wouldn't surprise me if Audible did make some changes. I've found their people to be very responsive whenever I've had dealngs with them. I'll have to check this out. Carolyn H On Dec 28, 2010, at 2:28 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Just now, when I went to Audible.com I expe

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Ray and list: I must confess, I was afraid to dabble in the anything to do with flash, so ignored that thread. Is it actually an update to safari, or another program I need to go find? TIA for filling me in. Carolyn H On Dec 28, 2010, at 4:38 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Thanks Justin, > > L

Mager problem with mail and my imap gmail.

2010-12-28 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi all, I have a probllem whare some of mty messages are only retreaving headers and not the full message. How do I fix this as it is getting annoing. Matthew matthew Dyer ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisi

Re: locking the iPhone screen in horizontal layout?

2010-12-28 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I want to lock my phone in portrait, but the app switcher then three finger swipe right does nothing. Guess I'll keep trying, :). I really do not like landscape mode in the least. Marlaina On Dec 27, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Robert Hooper wrote: Just for future reference (and to avoid possible confu

Re: locking the iPhone screen in horizontal layout?

2010-12-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, What version of IOS are you running on your iPhone? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Dec 28, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > I want to lock my phone in portrait, but the app switcher then three finger >

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
I think it might have been do to an up date to the click to flash extension. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Dec 28, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Bearfooted Ray: > It wouldn't surprise me if Audible did make

Re: transferring music into itunes library and then to my iphone

2010-12-28 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Deneise: Should be pretty easy transfer. If the material you want to bring in isn't on your mac, copy the folder(s) to a flash drive and bring that to the Mac. Now, use the copy and paste to put them into your "automatically add to iTunes" folder. This is located in home, under music-itun

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Click to flash is an extension to Safari which, of course, also works on Web Kit. To use extensions, you need to inable the developer menu in Safari. this is done through the advanced tab off the preferences menu. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy M

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi Carolyn, You need to download the click to flash extension for your web browser. You can get it here https://extensions.apple.com/ Once on the page, open the iTem chooser and type in flash. Then go the the click to flash heading. Then a little below that is the download link. Once that

To Those Who Care About Aurify

2010-12-28 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Fellow Aurify Players, I would like to convene a live, free, telephone conference with those of you who are interested in doing so. Only so much can be accomplished with mailing lists. So, as a prelude to this, if interested, please send me a contact telephone number, off-list, to: mk..

Re: locking the iPhone screen in horizontal layout?

2010-12-28 Thread Cheree
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 28, 2010, at 9:50, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > What version of IOS are you running on your iPhone? > > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 > Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 > > > > On Dec 28, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Marlain

Re: locking the iPhone screen in horizontal layout?

2010-12-28 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Hi Ricardo. I am running I am running 4.2.1 which iTunes happily tells me is the latest version. Marlaina On Dec 28, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, What version of IOS are you running on your iPhone? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Goog

IPhone at work

2010-12-28 Thread Cheree
Sent from my iPhoneCheree Heppe here: At work, we use a Windows platform and I use Window-Eyes, a screen reader that allows me to access the computer. My work computer had a crash that will require our I T person to re-build it. Am I stuck? I would have been, but, with my Apple Bluetooth key

Re: locking the iPhone screen in horizontal layout?

2010-12-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Ah ok. Then it should work. What exactly is happening when you open the app switcher, then do a 3 finger swipe to the right? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Dec 28, 2010, at 1:05 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Hi Ricardo

Re: locking the iPhone screen in horizontal layout?

2010-12-28 Thread Jude DaShiell
I'm running ios 4.2.1 current version on an IPhone 3GS.On Tue, 28 Dec 2010, Cheree wrote: Sent from my iPhone On Dec 28, 2010, at 9:50, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, What version of IOS are you running on your iPhone? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296

Re: IPhone at work

2010-12-28 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I'm glad that the iPhones working out for you, but to be honest, searching the internet is hardly revolutionary and from the corporate point of view, apple could do lots more to make the iPhone an attractive option. On 28/12/2010, Cheree wrote: > > > Sent from my iPhoneCheree Heppe here: > > At w

RE: locking the iPhone screen in horizontal layout?

2010-12-28 Thread Robert Hooper
Portrait layout is the only layout in which you can lock the phone--there isn't an option to lock the phone in landscape layout. If you press the home button of the iPhone twice quickly, you will be placed in the App switcher. Perform a three-finger flick right to scroll to page one of the scree

Re: To Those Who Care About Aurify

2010-12-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. I'm gong to be busy this week but you can still use my input in this live podcast I did thati is not up on my podcast site yet. the link will be live in a few minutes. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1672188/a_look_at_zany_touch_and_aurifi.mp3 Good luck. On Dec 28, 2010, at 10:05 AM, M. Taylor w

Re: Mager problem with mail and my imap gmail.

2010-12-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
I just wait until the full message is downloaded. A lot of us are having problems with imap and gmail but so far gmail has not fixed the problems. On Dec 28, 2010, at 9:47 AM, matthew Dyer wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a probllem whare some of mty messages are only retreaving headers and > not th

Re: IPhone at work

2010-12-28 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: The revolution is with the tool, not with the tasks. Send your good ideas to Apple. They seem to be the good ideas company. Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent from my iPhone On Dec 28, 2010, at 10:34, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > I'm glad that the iPhones working out for you, but

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Colin M
Hi Ricardo! Thanks for this guide! I've now got that running! Colin I'm far too bad for Heaven! The Devil is afraid I'll take his place! On 28 Dec 2010, at 18:01, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi Carolyn, > > You need to download the click to flash extension for your web browser. You > can get it he

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
lol. could make a creapy halloween sample but generaly not a good idea as it might scare the living daylights out of you. lol! S On Dec 28, 2010, at 3:38 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Thanks Justin, > > Looks like we've got ourselves a very excellent confirmation here. This will > especially be u

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
stupid question. How do I update extensions in safari and or webkit? or do they update automatically. On Dec 28, 2010, at 9:51 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > I think it might have been do to an up date to the click to flash extension. > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter, Skype, and

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Ray Foret Jr
they update automatically. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray On Dec 28, 2010, at 1:02 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > stupid question. How do I update extensions in safari and or webkit? or do > they update automatic

PDF's on Safari

2010-12-28 Thread VaShaun Jones
Listers, How do you all handle reading PDF's in Safari? They seem to not be accessible! -- 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 group, send

Re: PDF's on Safari

2010-12-28 Thread Eric Oyen
I use preview. some pdf's are very accessible. other may just be jpeg's saved in pdf format. with those you will need an OCR program to break the text out into usable form. -Eric On Dec 28, 2010, at 12:18 PM, VaShaun Jones wrote: > Listers, > > How do you all handle reading PDF's in Safari? Th

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
thanks. tha'ts good to know. I just asked so I'm not startled by any odd alerts or what not. Take care. s On Dec 28, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > they update automatically. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! > > S

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-28 Thread Greg Aikens
I wasn't able to find it either. Greg On Dec 28, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Nick Van Vlaenderen wrote: > Thanks for the tips about the speech option. However, I can't find the slider > to adjust the rate and the default rate is really slow. Does anyone know > where to find it? It's not where you set t

subject line! very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread heather kd5cbl
I just wanted to suggest that folks might change the subject please! If their topic has changed! Heather - Original Message - From: "Sarah Alawami" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 1:02 PM Subject: Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com stupid question. How do I updat

Re: question about garage band

2010-12-28 Thread Wayne Pearcy
Hi Ricardo and list, I did try Command-shift-K to open the on-screen keyboard, but when I try to type notes, there is no sound. Any ideas on why this is happening? Thanks, Wayne On Dec 27, 12:56 pm, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hello, > > Press command shift K to bring up the on screen keyboard.  P

Re: Pairing a Phonak Icom hearing device with a Macbook Pro via Bluetooth?

2010-12-28 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Hi, Nick: Okay, more progress! If I first go to the bluetooth menu on my Macbook and check the "Use this device, stereo," option, the Bluetooth eventually pairs in stereo and sounds pretty good. There's still a delay, and sometimes VoiceOver is not audible at first, and sometimes my system sou

almost happy new year and some advice

2010-12-28 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi list, Please have a look at this article : http://www.macworld.com/article/156738/2010/12/apple_bigger_security_target_in_2011.html?lsrc=rss_main This is just to put it into people's minds that there is an end to everything, but better early than too late -- You received this message

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, They only update automatically if you've selected it to do so. hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Dec 28, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > they update automatically. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Baref

Re: question about garage band

2010-12-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Do you have a instrument selected? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Dec 28, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Wayne Pearcy wrote: > Hi Ricardo and list, > > I did try Command-shift-K to open the on-screen keyboard, but when I > try t

Re: To Those Who Care About Aurify

2010-12-28 Thread M. Taylor
Great. Thank you. May I still please have a contact telephone number for you? Mark On Dec 28, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hello. I'm gong to be busy this week but you can still use my input in this > live podcast I did thati is not up on my podcast site yet. the link will be > l

increasing speech rate

2010-12-28 Thread Jane
When I try to convert text to audio with my work flow, Alex speaks very slowly. I have [[ra 350]] at the top of the document as I usually do, but this time it doesn't seem to affect the voice speed at all, even though I have set Alex to speak really fast under system preferences. Any thoughts?

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Randy Stegall
What are the settings in the clicktoflash extension to make audible samples play? For the life of me, I can't get it to work as y'all describe. Randy Stegall kc4...@aol.com Sent from my Mac Mini. On Dec 28, 2010, at 2:01 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > lol. could make a creapy halloween sample but

3 questions re the music player on the ipod Touch

2010-12-28 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I'm the mostly happy owner of a new ipod touch, but have three questions about the music player. 1. I can't seem to shake it and get it to shuffle. Shake to Shuffle is checked in settings. But, I've shaken it until I've practically thrown it, and no joy. Any suggestions? 2. How o

Re: locking the iPhone screen in horizontal layout?

2010-12-28 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Thank you! What I didn't see or nobody said, not sure which, is the gesture after the three-finger swipe. It is now locked and lovely. Marlaina On Dec 28, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Robert Hooper wrote: Portrait layout is the only layout in which you can lock the phone--there isn't an option to loc

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I was just on audible and was not able to click the sample button. In fact, vo didn't even say sample if I did vo right but when I reversed and did vo left it said sample; a vo space on that word did nothing. I guess I need that click to flash utility? Marlaina On Dec 28, 2010, at 10:01 AM,

clicktoflash

2010-12-28 Thread Randy Stegall
I figured out what the correct settings are to use with audible.com. Randy Stegall kc4...@aol.com Sent from my Mac Mini. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Carolyn Haas
Ah Ricardo: You're my hero today!!! This stuff is still completely beyond me. Does this mean we can now access flash content that previously we couldn't? Thanks. Carolyn On Dec 28, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi Carolyn, > > You need to download the click to flash extension for

Re: IPhone at work

2010-12-28 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hey Ben: Way to rain on someone's parade. Must be nice to take these things for granted so easily. I don't claim Apple's perfect. But, wow. I sure wish I'd had half the tech tools we have now when I was in grad school. Instead, we had to pay, beg or steal readers, bribe librarians, and jump

Re: IPhone at work

2010-12-28 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: Ben's comments struck me as having a disconnect with the general blindness experience. If I didn't think almost all of the listers here are blind, I would hazard that Ben reacted the way an uninformed sighted person would react who has no idea what it means to lose the use o

Re: To Those Who Care About Aurify

2010-12-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
I'm gong to be performing all week this week and I have to prepair for a school and a tour that might be happening. Take care. S On Dec 28, 2010, at 1:49 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Great. Thank you. May I still please have a contact telephone number for > you? > > Mark > On Dec 28, 2010, at 10:

Re: IPhone at work

2010-12-28 Thread Scott Granados
Actually, it's not that bad. It has exchange integration, remote whipe, and trackable by tools like Casper. It's definitely improved for the business user over the years, definitely a great deal since the pre 3GS days. On Dec 28, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > I'm glad that the

Re: apple tv and choppy speech

2010-12-28 Thread Justin Kauflin
It is possible to connect the HDMI to the television and have the optical audio go to the receiver. I don't know if that would effect the quality of the signal though... I actually resolved my sound issue last night. I believe that the digital to analog converters on my receiver are n

Re: Using new Mac Mini without a display connectedn

2010-12-28 Thread Vaughn Bennison
When I set up my mac mini, I had nothing connected, not even a pair of headphones. There was some talk of the previous version needing a display, but the latest version doesn't. Vaughn. On 28/12/2010, at 12:33 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > You need to have a monitor connected, though it doesn't hav

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Justin Kauflin
This is great news. Looks like its finally time for me to get my hands on the click to flash extension. Justin On Dec 28, 2010, at 6:38 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Thanks Justin, > > Looks like we've got ourselves a very excellent confirmation here. This will > especially be useful to newbe u

Re: apple TV and choppy speech

2010-12-28 Thread Justin Kauflin
I think this might be specific to your model of receiver. HDMI definitely carries audio and video. Justin On Dec 28, 2010, at 10:41 AM, Mary Otten wrote: > Regarding having the hdmi and optical cables connected at the same time, the > manual for our surround receiver specifically says that the

Re: IPhone at work

2010-12-28 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Cheree: On Dec 28, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Cheree wrote: > Cheree Heppe here: > > Ben's comments struck me as having a disconnect with the general blindness > experience. > > If I didn't think almost all of the listers here are blind, I would hazard > that BenYou might want to look into that spe

Re: almost happy new year and some advice

2010-12-28 Thread Scott Granados
This is BS. Macafee has about as much clue and product quality as the burnouts they hire in radio shack. Apple has a Unix underpinning which means if set up correctly virus code won't propegate. Windows is much easier because permissions aren't handled correctly among other massive security

Re: IPhone at work

2010-12-28 Thread Scott Granados
He does have some points but they are also a little out of date. Apple IPhones used to be very problematic in the enterprise. That has definitely improved however. We're moving some of our users over and so far they are extremely happy. On Dec 28, 2010, at 6:34 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hey

Re: IPhone at work

2010-12-28 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: Thank you. I will check in Preferences. Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent from my iPhone On Dec 28, 2010, at 16:49, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Cheree: > > On Dec 28, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Cheree wrote: > >> Cheree Heppe here: >> >> Ben's comments struck me as having a disconnect wi

Re: Using new Mac Mini without a display connectedn

2010-12-28 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Vaughn, I had the same positive experience you mentioned when I first set up my mid-2010 Mac Mini, but at some point I started to have the VO issues that other folks have mentioned regarding the previous generation of Mini. I then connected a monitor using the included HDMI to DVI converter

Re: almost happy new year and some advice

2010-12-28 Thread Yuma Decaux
Yep, i completely agree with all your points, but... All the arguments you pointed out are the ones i myself point out when discussing security with PC owners. The unix base, BSD, posix permissions which are better laid out than windows ACLs, the fact that windows was not initially made for int

Re: Using new Mac Mini without a display connectedn

2010-12-28 Thread Yuma Decaux
I have experienced the same issues on my mac mini server. Safari being extremely slow, and i thought connecting the HDMI placebo cable would resolve it, but alas i might have to find a cheap monitor as this is quite annoying though i drop box everything around to install and propagate stuff arou

Re: almost happy new year and some advice

2010-12-28 Thread Scott Granados
I absolutely agree. My thought is exploits will happen via services that people enable with out the appropriate clue just like you see in the Unix world today. Someone with an improperly patched httpd or BIND, that sort of thing. Nice to see someone with common interests. I feel like I need b

Re: apple TV and choppy speech

2010-12-28 Thread Michael Thurman
what reciever do you have? i have never found a home theater reciever that did not take the audio from the hdmi connection, it is however sometimes a menu setting that can make the reciever ignore the hdmi audio in favor of another source. it has to take the hdmi audio in order to work with mult

Re: IPhone at work

2010-12-28 Thread Michael Thurman
of course when is the last time you ever saw a company that has people with a brain and common sense? if those companies truly existed we wouldn't be 90+ percent unemployed :) lol actually what we really need is for blindness organizations to do their job and make companies REALLY understa

Re: almost happy new year and some advice

2010-12-28 Thread Michael Thurman
agreed that joke of a security company along with norton are absolutely useless unless you want to trash your winblows crap box. On Dec 28, 2010, at 7:58 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > This is BS. > > > Macafee has about as much clue and product quality as the burnouts they hire > in radio shack

Re: 3 questions re the music player on the ipod Touch

2010-12-28 Thread Hypnotic Consulting
2. How on earth does the table index work? I've opened it and selected a letter, but the artists in the selected letter don't show up on the screen. This one took me a few tries to get it. Once you tap the index, and swipe down to pick a letter. you don't have to do anything else, but right swi

i-pad vs i-phone?

2010-12-28 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi folks, I am still a *long* way form getting either one of these things, but am curious if the pad offers phone type functions? I suppose I mean can an i-pad serve as your phone as well, or would one require both devices forgive me if this is a babe in the apple grove sort of question, but as

Re: IPhone at work

2010-12-28 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: Oh! I never thought of that approach!! It would have to dual boot, or, at least, be able to access their Win-blows network. Regards, cheree Heppe Sent from my iPhone On Dec 28, 2010, at 17:58, Michael Thurman wrote: > of course when is the last time you ever saw a com

Re: i-pad vs i-phone?

2010-12-28 Thread Wes Smith
No.the iPad is like a tablet PC almost.you would need an iPhone if you wanted all the phone functionsE.G. messaging, calling. HTH, Wes. On Dec 28, 2010, at 7:22 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi folks, > I am still a *long* way form getting either one of these things, but am > curious i

Re: IPhone at work

2010-12-28 Thread Scott Granados
Actually, one way you could go is VM fusion. Run windows as a virtual machine. I do this at work for the exact same reason. I run outlook and other windows tools (bmc remedy, etc) and then do my real work on the Mac side. On Dec 28, 2010, at 9:23 PM, Cheree wrote: > Cheree Heppe here: >

Re: i-pad vs i-phone?

2010-12-28 Thread Scott Granados
The Pad does not offer phone functions natively. You can add skype however. It does offer cellular data for Internet access however. Hope that helps On Dec 28, 2010, at 9:22 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi folks, > I am still a *long* way form getting either one of these things, but am > curio

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Kimberly thurman
I HAVE CLICK TO FLASH AND IT'S UP TO DATE, AND I CAN'T GET AUDIBLE SAMPLES TO PLAY EITHER On Dec 28, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Randy Stegall wrote: > What are the settings in the clicktoflash extension to make audible samples > play? For the life of me, I can't get it to work as y'all describe. > > >

Re: transferring music into itunes library and then to my iphone

2010-12-28 Thread denise avant
hi, i will try this. but what if your music is on your mac in the downloads folder. would the process be the same? On Dec 28, 2010, at 11:55 AM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Deneise: > Should be pretty easy transfer. If the material you want to bring in isn't > on your mac, copy the folder(s) to

Re: i-pad vs i-phone?

2010-12-28 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Karen: The iPad can be used to make ;hlne cals with a third-party app such as Skype. But, a phone it is not. At present, the iPad also doesn't have a camera. You would also probably want to employ a headset if you did use an ipad as a phone, because it would be awfully awkward holding the

Re: transferring music into itunes library and then to my iphone

2010-12-28 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Denise: No problem. Just do a copy and paste into that folder that is in music under itunes. It'll say something like "automatically add to Itunes". Just do a pasteroo right there and you should be fine. Carolyn On Dec 28, 2010, at 7:59 PM, denise avant wrote: > hi, > i will try this. but

Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

2010-12-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
You think then it's the youtube heml thing doing it then? I dunno. S On Dec 28, 2010, at 6:52 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: > I HAVE CLICK TO FLASH AND IT'S UP TO DATE, AND I CAN'T GET AUDIBLE SAMPLES TO > PLAY EITHER > On Dec 28, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Randy Stegall wrote: > >> What are the settings

Re: i-pad vs i-phone?

2010-12-28 Thread Karen Lewellen
lol! Thanks to you and all around. Given I wold rather find some very long string and a couple of tin cups than use skipe, sounds about the same, I will hold out for the phone. Does explain how someone sent me an e-mail using his i-pad the other day though. Karen On Tue, 28 Dec 2010, Carolyn

Re: apple TV and choppy speech

2010-12-28 Thread Mary Otten
Michael, You asked what surround receiver we have. It is an NAD. I can't recall the model number just now. But my husband read in the manual some very specific language about how you have to connect an optical digital cable along with the hdmi cable if you want the digital audio through the rece

Re: apple TV and choppy speech

2010-12-28 Thread Scott Granados
HDMI has audio supported as part of the spec. Some receivers though don't decode that correctly so you need the optical link or the coax SPDIF deal. On my Denon receiver you can grab the surround audio right off the HDMI as well as use the receiver as a switcher to redirect both audio and video

Interact with Messages Table

2010-12-28 Thread Jim Fettgather
Hello. When using Control Option J in Apple Mail to jump from a message back to the messages table, is there a way to prevent voiceover from saying: Interact with Messages Table? Thanks a lot. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" grou

Re: 3 questions re the music player on the ipod Touch

2010-12-28 Thread Donna Goodin
Cool, thanks, Jorge. At least I've got one question down. :) take care, Donna On Dec 28, 2010, at 9:21 PM, Hypnotic Consulting wrote: > 2. How on earth does the table index work? I've opened it and selected a > letter, but the artists in the selected letter don't show up on the screen. > This

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