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2011-05-06 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Kawal and others, The following old post may offer a modicum of clarification. The short answer to your question is that message text is automatically read for me regardless whether the focused mailBox is in threaded view either when I press enter or tab into the preview pane. I believe th

Re: IPad II thoughts

2011-05-06 Thread Kevin Mattingly
Hey Scott, Here's the link... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004UDC5OM/ref=ox_ya_os_product Kev On May 5, 2011, at 10:56 PM, Scott Ford wrote: > Hi Kevin, > Can you send a link to the cover that you got. My wife hates the > apple cover that she got. She does not want to scratch her p

RE: IPad II thoughts

2011-05-06 Thread RATTRAY J.
Hi, Do you know if apple created a cover for ipad which has an integrated keyboard? Do you use your ipad only with the touch screen or do you have a Bluetooth keyboard - I am thinking of getting an Ipad but do not think I would want to use the touch screen for typing any advice welecome Julie -

Re: IPad II thoughts

2011-05-06 Thread Chris Moore
Kev, My old buddy, does your new case also turn into a stand like the Apple one can? Chris On 6 May 2011, at 13:05, Kevin Mattingly wrote: > Hey Scott, > > Here's the link... > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004UDC5OM/ref=ox_ya_os_product > > Kev > On May 5, 2011, at 10:56 PM, Scott For

Re: IPad II thoughts

2011-05-06 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: When I searched for: in case keyboard ipad I got some fascinating offerings. To my knowledge, Apple has not created its own in case keyboard. There are numerous third party selections. Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent from my iPhone On 06/05/2011, at 5:08 AM, "RATTRAY J." wrote:

Re: IPad II thoughts

2011-05-06 Thread Kevin Mattingly
I have a bluetooth keyboard. The typing on the touch screen isn't too bad. Once you change to touch typing, the keyboard on the IPad is large enough to work almost as well as the bluetooth one. The advantage to the bluetooth keyboard is that you can use the tab key to move through form fields.

Re: IPad II thoughts

2011-05-06 Thread Kevin Mattingly
You can use the case as a stand just like the apple cover. This is an awesome case for the cost. Kev On May 6, 2011, at 8:13 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > Kev, > > My old buddy, does your new case also turn into a stand like the Apple one > can? > > Chris > On 6 May 2011, at 13:05, Kevin Mattingl

Default Applications for File Types?

2011-05-06 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, folk, I'm trying to set up Text-edit to open Word documents, instead of Open Office. How do i go about doing this? Thanks, Teresa -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@google

RE: IPad II thoughts

2011-05-06 Thread RATTRAY J.
Hi, Thanks for this - would you suggest an ipad rather than other portables? I was thinking about things like the use of email etc on the go what are the key problems you have with the ipad - if any? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegro

Re: Default Applications for File Types?

2011-05-06 Thread Chinyoka on Macbook
Hi, When you get to the file, press VO-Shift-M to open the context menu. Arrow down to ""Open with…". Right arrow to open the submenu you see there. You will se that there are other programs listed besides OpenOffice which will be the default. In the meantime, ignore all the programs listed th

Re: Default Applications for File Types?

2011-05-06 Thread Teresa Cochran
Thank you very much, Ishe. I did not notice the "other" choice in the contextual menu before. Thanks for pointing that out. Teresa On May 6, 2011, at 6:14 AM, Chinyoka on Macbook wrote: > Hi, > > When you get to the file, press VO-Shift-M to open the context menu. Arrow > down to ""Open with…"

Bringing email over from windows

2011-05-06 Thread brandt
Hi there folks, Just thaught of something that almost drove me to panic. I have about 2000 messages in my Windows Mail client that I don't want to loos. What do I do? Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp If you like country, oldies and the ocasional modern track, you can tune in to my show, "an Ec

Re: Bringing email over from windows

2011-05-06 Thread Isaac Obie
Hi Brandt, Why not store them in your gmail account? You had to create a gmail account to join the Macvissionaries then you can create a gateway from the Apple to that gmail account. Isaac Why don't you creat - Original Message - From: brandt To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.c

Re: Bringing email over from windows

2011-05-06 Thread erik burggraaf
Agreed, Since you're using a gmail address, I'd just enable IMap, set the folder labels, and upload all the mail to the server. Unless you're lucky enough to have been using imap all along, in which case, just plug in the settings on your mac and you'll have all your email just the way you lik

Re: Bringing email over from windows

2011-05-06 Thread brandt
Are there a way to get them from "windows mail" to my Gmail? Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp If you like country, oldies and the ocasional modern track, you can tune in to my show, "an Eclectic mess" every Wednesday afternoon at 3 PM UTC by going to www.TheGlobalVoice.info Contact me: Skype:

Re: IPad II thoughts

2011-05-06 Thread Mary Otten
Another advantage to a bluetooth keyboard over the touchscreen is that you don't have to wait to hear each letter as you type it. Even though the IPad screen is much easier to type on in a manner that at least resembles "real typing" I find it still a lot slower than a real keyboard, because I d

Apple Mail and gmail

2011-05-06 Thread Joseph Norton
Hi list: I am trying to set up the Mac Mail program to access Gmail. By default, it wants to use IMAP protocol. When I try to use POP, it doesn't sem to want to get messages. Any of you had to deal with this? Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

Re: Apple Mail and gmail

2011-05-06 Thread Matt
U want to use imap Sent from my iPhone On 2011-05-06, at 11:11, Joseph Norton wrote: > Hi list: > > I am trying to set up the Mac Mail program to access Gmail. > > By default, it wants to use IMAP protocol. When I try to use POP, it doesn't > sem to want to get messages. > > Any of you had

RE: Anti-virus/spyware for the Mac.

2011-05-06 Thread Robert Hooper
After attending an Apple Accessibility session, I learned that there aren't any viruses known to exist that target Mac computers. Therefore, the only reason to get virus protection would be to protect those Windows computers with which you may communicate. For example, if somebody sends you an e

preview

2011-05-06 Thread Terry Klarich
Hello all: I have recently chunked my old pc and have obtained a nice shiny MacBook Pro. I think this is one of the smartest things I've done in quite some time. My experience with VO on the iPhone convenced me how far ahead Apple is. So, I'm extremely impressed with Mac OS and VO. More thin

Re: preview

2011-05-06 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Terry, COncerning Terminal, you're not quite correct. It is quite possible to review the screen. All you need do first is interact with the shell text area so that you can then use standard VO commands to read the screen. As far as Preview is concerned, you can get it back by finding a PDF

text expander

2011-05-06 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hello Listers. Has anyone used the text expander app for mac? If so is it accessible? Thanks. Matthew Campbell. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscrib

Re: IPad II thoughts

2011-05-06 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: It's like preferring apples to oranges. I love the two IOS devices I have, but, because it is a phone as well, tend to use my phone outside the house more than the IPad. The IPad is better for enlarged graphics, but I don't respond to graphics of any stripe, so, the phone's

Re: text expander

2011-05-06 Thread Oriol Gómez
hi. Use QuicKeys. IT has abreviations, which I think actt he same as text expander. On 5/6/11, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hello Listers. > Has anyone used the text expander app for mac? > If so is it accessible? > Thanks. > Matthew Campbell. > > -- > You received this message because you are subsc

Re: Apple Mail and gmail

2011-05-06 Thread matthew Dyer on mac mini
Yes I gave up on pop3 and stuck with imap for now. If aanyone has any ideas I am willing to try. Matthew matthew Dyer e-mail/msn: ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com AIM: mattdy1 Yahoo: md1616 twitter: mdyer1. Facebook: ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com On May 6, 2011, at 11:11 AM, Joseph Norton wro

Re: Apple Mail and gmail

2011-05-06 Thread Vince Mistretta
You need to follow the instructions on GMail for POP correctly. It could be a incorrect port number in your setup. Sorry not home to check this on my accounts. On 5/6/11, Matt wrote: > U want to use imap > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2011-05-06, at 11:11, Joseph Norton wrote: > >> Hi list: >>

Re: rearranging tables

2011-05-06 Thread Robert Nelson
Dear Sarai, According to keyboard help vo-k, the command to drag an item is to do vo-`. The Voice Over cursor should be on the item you want to move. Once you have done vo-` use the arrow keys to move the item. I imagine you use vo` when you get to the right location and want to stop dra

open with?

2011-05-06 Thread John Sanfilippo
Hello, I have a bunch of known plain text files which have nonstandard txt or rtf extensions. Short of renaming them all, is there some way I can have the system open them in Text Edit? 1, Is there a way to open this file just once in text edit? 2, Is there a way to indicate that this type of

Re: open with?

2011-05-06 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello; go to one of these files and press command i that will bring up the info on it. tab or arrow right until you get to the fields that talk about open with. you can then use the select bar to tell your mac to open all files with that extension with the ap text edit. You may have to ch

Re: Bringing email over from windows

2011-05-06 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Brandt: I've done this a couple of different ways. One: you can export the whole mailbox to an external, or flash drive and bring them over in that way. You could also forward them to whatever your Mac email is set to receive, being sure to disable the windows one from receiving them. Prob

Re: Apple Mail and gmail

2011-05-06 Thread Shameless FanGirl
This is perhaps a stupid question, but my theory is to begin from the beginning, so here goes. :) Did you tell gmail to use pop3 from the site itself? Log into your account, configure it that way, etc? I recently configured my accounts for Apple mail, but am using imap, so haven't tried this me

Re: preview

2011-05-06 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Terry: Welcome to the Mac and to the list. There are a lot of really resourceful and helpful folks here. Every day, i find something out that I didn't know before. I haven't delved into terminal. But, I wanted to give you a pointer that would have helped me a lot when I started. When you'r

Re: Bringing email over from windows

2011-05-06 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
That 's not true when joining Macvisionaries that you have to create an Gmail account. You can put in your own e-mail address if you want to join as I did. I do not have a Gmail account. Kawal. On 6 May 2011, at 15:07, Isaac Obie wrote: > Hi Brandt, > Why not store them in your gmail account

Re: preview

2011-05-06 Thread Terry Klarich
Zack: Thanks for the reply. Do you have to turn off cursor tracking in VO when using terminal? I'll mess with it some more this evening when I get home. having a terminal window represented by a scroll area seems to work different than on windows. My VO Cursor seems to always be at the top of

Re: Bringing email over from windows

2011-05-06 Thread Isaac Obie
Well, if I wanted to change anything I needed a gmail account. Isaac - Original Message - From: "Kawal Gucukoglu" To: Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 2:48 PM Subject: Re: Bringing email over from windows That 's not true when joining Macvisionaries that you have to create an Gmail accou

Re: preview

2011-05-06 Thread Terry Klarich
On Fri, 6 May 2011 12:34:04 -0600you write: >Hi Terry: >Welcome to the Mac and to the list. There are a lot of really resourceful >and helpful folks here. Every day, i find something out that I didn't know > before. Carolyn: Thanks for the welcome and advice. Terry -- You received this mes

Re: Apple Mail and gmail

2011-05-06 Thread Teresa Cochran
There is an option on the gmail Webpage to toggle Pop mail on and off. Make sure it's set to "on". You will have to do this even after enabling your account in the Mail client on the computer. HTH, Teresa On May 6, 2011, at 8:11 AM, Joseph Norton wrote: > Hi list: > > I am trying to set up the

Re: text expander

2011-05-06 Thread Scott Howell
yes and yes On May 6, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hello Listers. > Has anyone used the text expander app for mac? > If so is it accessible? > Thanks. > Matthew Campbell. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group.

ipod oops.

2011-05-06 Thread Nadine Carr
Hi, made a mistake when having to format a machine. I forgot to back up the itunes libraries... Is there any possibility o dumping from the ipod to itunes althought that particularl library is from the old machine. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "M

RE: ipod oops.

2011-05-06 Thread Tony Hernandez
Hi Nadine. Try doing a google search for a program called Senuti for the mac. I just used it to transfer my stuff from the iPod to my mac. That, of course, was after I transferred purchases from the iPod to iTunes directly. You can set Senuti to add your files to the itunes library and to skip file

Adium Weirdness

2011-05-06 Thread Mitchell Smith
Hi List, I am experiencing some Adium weirdness on a new Macbook which I have never seen before. When in a conversation with someone, if I interact with the "Unknown" HTML message history to review messages that have been sent, it is letting me read the first message but not scrole any further.

Re: ipod oops.

2011-05-06 Thread Simon Cavendish
Could we please have more descriptive subject lines rather than "iPod oops"? I think "Moderators of the list have been asking for these many a time. Simon On 6 May 2011, at 20:40, Nadine Carr wrote: > Hi, made a mistake when having to format a machine. I forgot to back up the > itunes librarie

Re: preview

2011-05-06 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Terry, I don't turn cursor tracking off myself, though I'm aware it might be useful to try and run terminal-based programs that way. The key for me is to interact with the shell text area. I should point out here that I don't generally run Curses programs, less being a notable exception whe

Re: Adium Weirdness

2011-05-06 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Mitch, I suspect you're probably running with groups mode on in VO Utility. Adium has a known long-standing bug with Groups on that does precisely this. Its HTML handling is a bit strange in a number of ways, even in ordinary DOM mode. Best, Zack. On May 6, 2011, at 1:27 PM, Mitchell Smith w

Re: Apple Mail and gmail

2011-05-06 Thread Joseph Norton
It's weird, but, pop is enabled. I will try checking if the port settings need to be adjusted. Imap will be ok for now. On May 6, 2011, at 3:13 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > There is an option on the gmail Webpage to toggle Pop mail on and off. Make > sure it's set to "on". You will have to do

Re: Apple Mail and gmail

2011-05-06 Thread CJ Daniel
Hi, Well, you've gotten some good replies. All of them are right online. I'm using gmail with Apple Mail in a pop3 configuration,so I know it can happen. The best advice you got was to follow all the instructions that gmail offers for setting Apple Mail as a client. Also, make sure that onc

iTunes library back-up Was: iPod OOPS

2011-05-06 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Nadine: If I understand your question correctly, your iPod should still contain your iTunes library. When you connect it, iTunes should offer to make the transfers from your iPod to the iTunes library. I've had more stuff be retained by iTunes than I've ever lost.:) Keep us posted. Carol

Re: Spellchecker and mail question

2011-05-06 Thread Colin M
Hi All! Well I'm back in black on my Mac! So how to stop the spell check before sending! 1] open vo+shift+m and go to the spell check sub menu! 2 the first item should be hide spell check, vo+space on it! 3] you'll be back in the message! And you can go through it to check the words you want! 4] to

Re: repairing permissions

2011-05-06 Thread carolyn Haas
Anne: So, I'm curious, and maybe you can clarify something. When repairing permissions the other day, I discovered a warning at the bottom of the results table that said a certain system UI thing couldn't be repaired. It was preceded by a warning. Is that something I should be concerned about?

Re: Default Applications for File Types?

2011-05-06 Thread Mike Arrigo
Highlight a word file, then press command i to open the info window. Navigate down to the option for opening the file, and choose text edit from the pop up menu, then select the option to open all file types with this program. On May 6, 2011, at 7:52 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hi, folk, > > I'

Re: Bringing email over from windows

2011-05-06 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Carolyn, Well, this is a timely topic, as our hard drive on our PC has malfunctioned. I cannot access Outlook mail and need to preserve it. Sometimes, I can access the menus, sometimes I cannot, I'm talking about Outlook now. So where is the option to export one's mailbox? Thanks. Les O

Potential flaw in Skype 5 for OSX

2011-05-06 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Something to be aware of in Skype 5. This will only be a problem if, as the article states, you accept messages from strangers. Closing the conversation with command W or quitting Skype should shut down this hole. http://mashable.com/2011/05/06/skype-mac-security-fail/?utm_source=feedburner&utm

Re: Bringing email over from windows

2011-05-06 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Les and list: It looks like the least costly way to do this is to use gmail and imap as someone suggested earlier. There are a couple other options I've found so far: one is called "message save", and it's one you have to buy. They are offering 40 per cent off to switchers. The second is ap

MP4 to AVI converter for the Mac?

2011-05-06 Thread Victor Tsaran
Hello all, Can anybody recommend an accessible converter that would allow me save MP4 video files into AVI for Windows? I need to share some files on Tuesday and have no way of exporting them from my Mac. Thanks, Victor -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group