Adium and an Ipod question

2011-05-22 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey all. The topic says it all. First, in Adium, is there a way to display contacts that are offline as well as online? And lastly, yesterday I bought a 5th generation Ipod Nanno. I didn't realize at first that it was touch screen, but whatever. I think I've nailed the touch screen stuff with Vo

mac book

2011-05-22 Thread gerry cook
Hi everyone! I'm thinking, about getting a mac book pro, and I heard that the web navigation is more difficult with safari, than what i'm use to with jaws, and windows. I'd love some opinions, and really enjoying the iphone as i do I was thinking about going with the mac. cheers gerry skype

Re: mac book

2011-05-22 Thread Tony Hernandez
Hi Gerry. I'm a jaws user as well as a Mac user. I find that the ease of web navigation on the mac with Voiceover depends on your needs. its' different from the jaws method, but how good or easy it is is strictly a matter of opinion. there are certain times when I'm using a Mac that I wish Voic

Re: accessible solitare app called CardsAlone

2011-05-22 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi, If you don't know how to play the games how do you truly know if the app is accessible? In the Journey, Ron On May 21, 2011, at 5:45 PM, Ed Worrell wrote: > Hello listers, I found a vo accessible solitare game. I don't know how to > play the two games included in the app though. > 1

Re: mac book

2011-05-22 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi, As I am typing this response on my Mac Air, it has been three months since I took the plunge and bought it. I am a committed Jaws user since the early days. I use Jaws at work exclusively. I find the navigation of Safari somewhat less than that of Jaws. However, with time I have come t

Re: mac book

2011-05-22 Thread Kaare Dehard
Hi there, For me it was the most difficult part of my switching experience, but like with everything else my difficulties arose from the fact that I expected certain types of behavior and didn't get what I had expected:). It did take me about 4 or 5 days to embrace the differences and find new w

Mobile FAcebook Friends Page

2011-05-22 Thread Kevin Shaw
Someone wrote on here that they were having trouble looking up their friends in Safari on the m.facebook site. You can search for your friends by typing in their name. However, when I did this, the links I clicked on returned errors saying the pages were unavailable. Anyone else seen this? I'v

opening documents with attachments

2011-05-22 Thread Denise Avant
hi all, i saved an e-mail on my mac to the documents folder. the e-mail has attachments, and in fact that box is checked. when i went to open the document it opened in text edit, but i could not get the attachment. all i heard was that a file was embedded. can anyone help? thanks. -- You recei

Re: opening documents with attachments

2011-05-22 Thread Jon Cohn
What type of file is the main file? If it is a RTF with attachments, then the file is actually a "package". So you can open the contextual menu and request "View package contents". Jon On May 22, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Denise Avant wrote: > hi all, > i saved an e-mail on my mac to the documents f

Videos, iPad and Apple TV

2011-05-22 Thread Keith Watson
Hi all, I am confused about how to arrange my Library with things that I have moved off my iPad. Let me back up and explain. My wife took some video of my daughter's concert the other night. I thought that I would be able to sync that video to my Mac and then use my Apple TV to play that video

Re: [Bulk] Mobile FAcebook Friends Page

2011-05-22 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Yep. Same thing happens to me too. What ever they've gone and done, they've really screwed it up bad. IF they don't fix it so we can use it better, I'm going to get rid of it. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Faceb

Re: Hurray for GarageBand!

2011-05-22 Thread Ed Worrell
Hello, I really like it. I love using Garageband I do electronica. Your song is really catchy. Thanks for posting it. please check out my music at http://soundcloud.com/blinded Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/blindworrell -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: opening documents with attachments

2011-05-22 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If you've saved the actual eMail to the Documents folder, then when the eMail is opened in TextEdit, simply navigate to the area of the document where the imbedded file is announced and then VO-space on it. This will open the attachment. Otherwise, you'll need to save the attachments prio

link to report issues with FB

2011-05-22 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Okay. For all y'all having trouble with either the FB mobile site or main site, here's the phone number where you can leave a message. 650:543:4800 and press 7. Here's a link for reporting issues via the web: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=accessibility The more of us do t

Re: Videos, iPad and Apple TV

2011-05-22 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Keith, When in iTunes, go under the Advanced menu and select "Choose Photos to Share". You should be able to select your iPhoto Library then have access to individual photos and videos that reside in your iPhoto Library. Later... On 2011-05-22, at 8:59 AM, Keith Watson wrote: > Hi all, >

Re: Videos, iPad and Apple TV

2011-05-22 Thread Keith Watson
Hi, That's the strange part. I have done that and they still don't show up on the Apple TV. Is there a specific area that I should be looking at in the menu structure of the library on the Apple TV? All I see when looking at the Pictures are the 27 that I have in iTunes and nothing from iPhoto.

Re: Adium and an Ipod question

2011-05-22 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Shawn: I believe the batteries in the iDevices are such that they do not overcharge. It's probably a good idea to run the battery down to around 5 per cent on occasion. But, leaving it plugged in should not damage the battery. Carolyn On May 22, 2011, at 1:36 AM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > He

Re: opening documents with attachments

2011-05-22 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Denise: To add to John and Tim's suggestions, it may be that you need to interact with the file before the attachment will open. Carolyn On May 22, 2011, at 7:55 AM, Denise Avant wrote: > hi all, > i saved an e-mail on my mac to the documents folder. the e-mail has > attachments, and in fact

Re: abby fine reader express question

2011-05-22 Thread carolyn Haas
Andy: You obviously haven't read the whole thread, as some of us have mentioned concern that docuscan is cloud-based, and not very quick. I appreciate your point of view, but, you might want to follow a whole thread before writing one-line snarky responses Carolyn On May 21, 2011, at 9:11 PM,

Re: Mobile FAcebook Friends Page

2011-05-22 Thread Christina
Yes, I have encountered this problem saying the pages weren't available and also that I don't have access or something like that. What in the world is web kit? Is it a plug in or an extension? I am truly frustrated with FaceBook changing everything around every 5 days or so. Christina On May

Re: Problem With iTunes.

2011-05-22 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi George: When you plug your iPod into the computer, you should get a dialog saying you have some things on your iPod that are not on your computer. It will ask if you want to transfer. The other thing you could do is to reinstall iTunes and start from scratch by doing the transfer from the i

Photo tag program for iphone

2011-05-22 Thread Ed Worrell
Hello listers, I am looking for an app that will let me change the alt tags on the photos on my phone or even an camera app that will let me take a photo then let me put a tag on it. Thanks in advance ED please check out my music at http://soundcloud.com/blinded Follow me on twitter at http://t

Percentage of CPU for VoiceOver?

2011-05-22 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hello List: I was just looking at Activity Monitor and noticed that VoiceOver is using 106% of my CPU. Is this normal? If not what should I do about it? Thanks, Doug -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, se

Re: Percentage of CPU for VoiceOver?

2011-05-22 Thread Jon Cohn
I would expect that Voice Over is very sluggish for you. Usually when something is between 93-110 percent CPU I have found that one of the threads of the process is in what computer scientists call Infinite Loop. Yes, I know that Apple HQ is at 1 Infinite Loop, but still this is not a good t

Re: Percentage of CPU for VoiceOver?

2011-05-22 Thread Ashley Cox
If you're talking about the number at the start of the table (like 106, 160, 240, etc) it's no the cpu usage. It's the id of the process Nothing can use 106% of your cpu. ash On 22/05/2011 19:35, Jon Cohn wrote: I would expect that Voice Over is very sluggish for you. Usually when something i

Re: link to report issues with FB

2011-05-22 Thread Kevin Shaw
Who's going to put the bell around Apple's neck re: Safari and Voiceover? -- 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to macv

Re: mac book

2011-05-22 Thread Dawn Benbow
Hi, I just got my new Mac Book at the beginning of the month. *grin* I've always used Jaws or most recently NVDA once my Jaws demo ran out. I haven't had any trouble adapting to the new way of navigating websites. I actually enjoy it, most of the time. I have had occasional issues but those ar

Re: boy, they've really gone and messed up Facebook now

2011-05-22 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hmmm, maybe Facebook is working with Microsoft. I don't know, but that's what it seems like if people can log on to Facebook on their PC's and we can't on the Mac. I wonder if the reason that Adium can't sign in to the chat server is because of these changes. Shawn -- You received this messag

Re: Adium and an Ipod question

2011-05-22 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey. Thanks to the person that replied last night, I've got the Adium thing about showing offline contacts fixed. Apparently it was turned off. Don't ask me why it was turned off, I never touched the view settings when I installed it. My next question for that is can you have it set to display e

Re: boy, they've really gone and messed up Facebook now

2011-05-22 Thread Ed Worrell
Thats funny, because Microsoft does own about 45 percent of Facebook stocks... hmmm... stupid Microsoft! ED please check out my music at http://soundcloud.com/blinded Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/blindworrell -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goog

Re: Percentage of CPU for VoiceOver?

2011-05-22 Thread Jon Cohn
1. Generally the ID you mention is called the PID, to distinguish it from the UID or GID or PPID. 2. The Percent of CPU is percentage of a single processor. It is calculated by dividing the CPU used by a process by the time change since when the CPU was last checked, or the Process Start time

Re: Percentage of CPU for VoiceOver?

2011-05-22 Thread Ashley Cox
Ah, OK, never new that. Thanks for the correction! On 22/05/2011 21:12, Jon Cohn wrote: 1. Generally the ID you mention is called the PID, to distinguish it from the UID or GID or PPID. 2. The Percent of CPU is percentage of a single processor. It is calculated by dividing the CPU used by a

Re: A growl tip

2011-05-22 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Just upgraded to the latest version. Set up in Skype preferences itself. Still no joy. Like I said, I'm kevjazz on Skype if you're willing to help. You can contact me privately if willing, at kevj...@gmail.com. Thanks for any help. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: Adium and an Ipod question

2011-05-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
In Adium, open the view menu, there is an option to show or hide off line contacts. On May 22, 2011, at 2:36 AM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > Hey all. The topic says it all. First, in Adium, is there a way to display > contacts that are offline as well as online? And lastly, yesterday I bought a > 5

Re: mac book

2011-05-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
I would not say it's more difficult, but it is a bit different. You navigate more by item than by line, if you've used the web on the iphone, it's very similar to that. Personally, I enjoy surfing the web on the mac. The only time there is a problem is if you need to access flash content, and th

Re: Adium and an Ipod question

2011-05-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
With lithium ion batteries, they will not overcharge. When the charge is done, the charge circuit turns off. It's not necessary to totally discharge these batteries, actually they prefer to be recharged at around 40 percent or so. The one time you may want to do this is to reset the battery gaug

Re: Hurray for GarageBand!

2011-05-22 Thread CJ Daniel
Chris, Bravo on your first Garage Band efforts. May the Apple-Force be with you, as you rock on. CJ On May 21, 2011, at 9:19 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: > Hi folks, > Well, I just finished the instrumental mix of my first song with GarageBand. > It has been about 10 years since I sequenced anyt

Re: Hurray for GarageBand!

2011-05-22 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi Ed, Thanks for the feedback. :D Sadly, I can't claim ownership of the song. The music is for a song called F**k You by Cee Lo Green. The words that I am going to add to it are parody words. Friendly, Chris On May 22, 2011, at 8:33 AM, Ed Worrell wrote: > Hello, I really like it. I love usin

Re: Percentage of CPU for VoiceOver?

2011-05-22 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi Doug, I just checked my activity monitor, and it says my voiceover is using between 5 and 13 percent of my CPU. It seems to vary from moment to moment, but it hasn't yet gotten over 12.8 percent. I can't imagine what's making it go as high as 100 plus. Yikes! Friendly, Chris On May 22, 2011

Re: Hurray for GarageBand!

2011-05-22 Thread Ed Worrell
I see, I know that song. when you get the song done you should send me a link to listen to it, if you don't mind. I am working on remixing a song for a fellow membor on one of my email list that I belong too. I did a sort of cover of "The hustle" It started out life as a cover. And now it isn't

desk top facebook cliant?

2011-05-22 Thread trahern culver
hey all are there any accsessable desk top facebook cliants that alow you to use facebook with out using the web brouser your help with this question would be most welcom! kind regards trahern -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group.

Re: Hurray for GarageBand!

2011-05-22 Thread Jes Smith
Nice job. The MIDI synth in the Apple hardware are pretty good from what I've heard through your project. Jes On May 22, 2011, at 1:40 AM, Christopher Peppel wrote: > Hey Chris, > > Just to let you know that you did a great job! > On May 22, 2011, at 12:19 AM, Chris Snyder wrote: > >> Hi folks

Moving iPhone apps into folders in iTunes

2011-05-22 Thread Vic
Hello all, I could not find this functionality in iTunes with Voiceover even though the Help clearly states it is there. Is moving apps into folders completely inaccessible to us? Thanks, Vic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To

Re: Hurray for GarageBand!

2011-05-22 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi Jes, Thanks for the kind words. The instruments provided with GB and those also provided with Logic are samples of actual instruments. I dug around and found the aiff files of the various instrument samples, and it appears Apple went to a lot of trouble to get really nice samples. Even though

Re: Percentage of CPU for VoiceOver?

2011-05-22 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hi Chris and all: Just took another look at the Activity Monitor and VoiceOVer is running at about 9 and 11 % and has 20 threads running. The number of threads seem to be based on how many windows are open at once. I conducted the following test. I have three programs running at the moment; Mail

iTUNES Question.

2011-05-22 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Hi folks! I would like to know if there is a way to transfer my music which is in my iPOD Touch to my iPAD2 using iTUNES or any other method and how? Thanks. -- Georges Zeinoun Timmerv. 6A, SE54163 SKÖVDE Tel: +46500201623, +46500482929 Mobile: +46707567315 E-mail: humorlessg...@samobile.net

Re: Percentage of CPU for VoiceOver?

2011-05-22 Thread Doug Lawlor
Hi Jon: Actually VoiceOver was not sluggish for me. My CPU fan was running all the time and I wanted to see what was doing it so I took a look at the Activity Monitor and found VoiceOver to be the culprit. Doug On 2011-05-22, at 4:05 PM, Jon Cohn wrote: > I would expect that Voice Over is ver

Re: iTUNES Question.

2011-05-22 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi George, How did you get your music on your Touch? If you used iTunes to sync it there, then you can use the same process to sync music onto the iPad. As long as you use iTunes as your main music library, you are able to place music on any of your iDevices. If you have purchased the music

Re: Problem With iTunes.

2011-05-22 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Ok, how do I erase my iTUNES music library in order to get that question? Is it sufficient to erase the folders that contain the .m4a files? Many thanks. Original message: Hi George: When you plug your iPod into the computer, you should get a dialog saying you have some things on your iPod that

Re: iTUNES Question.

2011-05-22 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Hi! I ripped the music from my cds two years ago but since a while back I replaced the hard drive on my pc and don't have the .m4as or at least don't want to use them as they are causing me trouble and headache. Original message: Hi George, How did you get your music on your Touch? If you u