RE: IMPORTANT: To MacBook Pro Lion Users

Hi! Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I've already confirmed more than once that my keyboard's backlight is completely turned off. I have light perception, and am about 95 percent definite that the backlight is not glowing at all. Same with the screen. I keep brightness at 0 and also enab

EPISODE: Taking It To The Streets On Your Apple iOS Device With Ariadne GPS

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Re: Voice over lag and other lion issues

You referenced something called quick search, what is that? Chris. - Original Message - From: "Laura M" To: "MacVisionaries" Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 6:02 PM Subject: Re: Voice over lag and other lion issues Tim, thank you. I've been thinking this for the last couple days. I'm n

Tips about using sendspace?

Hi everyone, Has anyone had any luck using the send space wizard on hte mac? I downloaded and installed it, but for some reason could not work with it. I even had trouble logging in, because of the interface. Any suggestions or ideas? Thanks, Naama -- You received this message because you are su

Re: Great new features in Lion

The new safari uses a new version of webkit, which is the html engine, and yes, mail does use it as well. I have not upgraded to lion yet, and this started after installing the safari update as well. Of course, one work around is to disable notifications about misspelled words in voiceover, but

Re: Getting an app out of full screen mode in Lion?

In order to do this, press control option f2 to open the window chooser menu, you should have an item there that says something about switching out of full screen mode. On Jul 23, 2011, at 11:06 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: > Hello list: > Has anyone found a way to get an app out of full screen mode?

Re: Dual boot between Snow Leopard and Lion?

In theory, using the 2 partition method you describe should work, haven't tried it though. On Jul 23, 2011, at 11:14 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > Guys, > I'm considering a dual boot environment between Snow Leopard and Lion. > How do I do it. > > I'm not ready to buy lion yet. But when I do, I suspe

Re: Tips about using sendspace?

Hi Naama, There's an option in the menus for extended VoiceOver compatibility, I believe it's in the Options menu. This sort of thing isn't to be encouraged, but it's better than no acces at all. I hope this helps a bit, though I haven't used he wizard all that much myself. Best, Zack. On Jul

Re: Tips about using sendspace?

Hi, I thought I saw and enabled it and found it not to be too different, but I will certainly give it another go. Thanks so much, Naama On 25 Jul 2011, at 02:25, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi Naama, > There's an option in the menus for extended VoiceOver compatibility, I > believe it's in the Option

Re: Getting an app out of full screen mode in Lion?

Hi, press control-command-f to toggle this in and out of full screen mode. On 2011-07-24, at 7:20 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > In order to do this, press control option f2 to open the window chooser menu, > you should have an item there that says something about switching out of full > screen mode.

Re: Tips about using sendspace?

Hi Naama, I've heard people say that tabbing around the UI is the best way to use it with compatibility mode enabled. I can't speak to this much from personal experience though, so take that with the appropriate amount of salt. Best, Zack. On Jul 24, 2011, at 4:33 PM, Naama Shang wrote: > Hi, >

Re: Voice Over Manual for Lion?

Someone nicely passed along the link yesterday afternoon. Here it is. Enjoy! http://help.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/10.7/English.lproj/index.html - Original Message - From: "Michael Busboom" To: Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 10:35 AM Subject: Voice Over Manual for Lion? Hello

Re: Making an Install Flash Drive for Lion: Tutorial Link

I plan on covering this in my pod cast, which I hope to do tonight or tomorrow when I install lion on one of my macs, it's probably going to be a long one, because I want to cover everything from purchasing it, to making an install disk to actually doing the install. On Jul 24, 2011, at 1:03 AM,

Re: What is the reading list?

Hi Christopher. Have you ever heard of a service called Instapaper? Basically, it is a way of saving a web page for later reading. Say you are on Twitter and you see a link to an article you really want to read, but you just don't have time right now. So, what you would do would be to open t

Re: What is the reading list?

Hi Chris and all, On the contrary, I've used the reading list a few times here and it seems to work quite nicely. THe real question is if there will be iCloud integration, which I believe there will. It's an accessible tool, and I can recommend it. Best, Zack. On Jul 24, 2011, at 4:53 PM, Lynn

Re: How do I select a link in a message?

To select a link, interact with the text area, then move your voiceover cursor to the link, press control option space to activate it. On Jul 24, 2011, at 1:25 AM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > Hi. How can I select a link in an email message and copy it to the clipboard? > Is there a way to select the

RE: Making an Install Flash Drive for Lion: Tutorial Link

Awesome! Although I've already installed lion, I can't wait to hear your podcast. I'm planning to downgrade back to snow leopard for the time being, so your instructions will probably still come in handy. I just finished backing lion up onto a spare external drive, but am going to make a bootable

Re: Dual boot between Snow Leopard and Lion?

This should work, though when installing a completely new operating system, I usually install and configure my apps from scratch, takes more time, but it's more reliable. On Jul 24, 2011, at 2:05 AM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > Assuming I can get the dual boot thing together, would I then use > migrati

Re: Tips about using sendspace?

OK, there have been enough requests on how to do this. Stay tuned. I'm gonna demonstrate the wizard on the next podcast epp I do. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Naama Shang" To: Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 7:11 PM Subject: Tips about using sendspace? Hi everyone, Has anyone

Re: Tips about using sendspace?

I use it almost on a daily basis, if not more! I promise, just give me a day or so, and I'll get the podcast up. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Zachary Kline" To: Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 7:25 PM Subject: Re: Tips about using sendspace? Hi Naama, There's an option in the m

Re: Tips about using sendspace?

She'd be better using the hotkeys built into the wizard like command+T, command+R, command+L etc. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Zachary Kline" To: Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 7:42 PM Subject: Re: Tips about using sendspace? Hi Naama, I've heard people say that tabbing around

Re: What is the reading list?

Now that! is cool! Chris. - Original Message - From: Lynn Schneider To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 7:53 PM Subject: Re: What is the reading list? Hi Christopher. Have you ever heard of a service called Instapaper? Basically, it is a way

Re: Absolutely incredibly awesome finding in Safari, Item chooser issue resolved!

As far as I know, it has always worked this way in safari, I have searched for items, and they were always found whether visible or not. On Jul 24, 2011, at 3:33 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > Hey guys. > > You're not gonna believe what Mom and I just discovered! This is totally > cool

Re: IMPORTANT: To MacBook Pro Lion Users

Hi, When i hit f5 and f6 it bonks at me. So not sure why. On 2011-07-24, at 6:22 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > Hi! Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, I've already confirmed more > than once that my keyboard's backlight is > completely turned off. I have light perception, and am about 95 percent

Re: IMPORTANT: To MacBook Pro Lion Users

Hi, My guess is that you have your keyboard set to use the function keys for software functions. You need to use fn-f5 and f6 in this case. Hope this helps, Zack. On Jul 24, 2011, at 5:20 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote: > Hi, > When i hit f5 and f6 it bonks at me. So not sure why. > On 2011-07-24, a

anyone use boot camp for win7

Hello listers, I was wondering if anyone has used Boot Camp to do a duale boot system? In the same question any tips to do this process? Thanks ED -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvision

dropbox for mac

Hi all, I'm a brand new mac user, and I'm wondering about dropbox, I depend on it quite a lot, so want to know the best app, and how it works on the max. Thanks for your help in advance! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To pos

Re: IMPORTANT: To MacBook Pro Lion Users

That's correct and when I hit those keys it doesn't say or do anything. On 2011-07-24, at 8:23 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi, > My guess is that you have your keyboard set to use the function keys for > software functions. You need to use fn-f5 and f6 in this case. > Hope this helps, > Zack. >

Re: Absolutely incredibly awesome finding in Safari, Item chooser issue resolved!

Hi Zach: I've always used it instead of the item chooser. I set option F to do this for the sake of convenience, and found after that Never messed with the item chooser at all. On Jul 24, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi Chris and All, > Maybe I'm missing something, but I always us

Re: Voice over lag and other lion issues

Hi all, Let me first say that at the moment I am still using sl. This is only do to the fact that I do not have the $30 rite now, but hope to have the money very soon. Now hear some of the problems that people are talking about, I have no daught that apple will fix them in time. I will tak

Re: dropbox for mac

Hi, This should help and all the steps do work correctly (well they did for me.) Click this link. http://www.lioncourt.com/2011/05/25/how-to-install-dropbox-on-the-mac-using-voiceover/ HTH, Jeffrey On Jul 24, 2011, at 8:28 PM, angie Giltinan wrote: > Hi all, I'm a brand new mac user, and I'm wonde

Re: IMPORTANT: To MacBook Pro Lion Users

Hi Matt, Odd. When I use those keys VO tells me the brightness is getting dimmer, though it never says its as low as it goes. I like the handling of screen brightness in which it reads percentages, that's easier for me to comprehend I think. Best, Zack. On Jul 24, 2011, at 5:31 PM, Matt Dierck

Re: Absolutely incredibly awesome finding in Safari, Item chooser issue resolved!

I agree with Carolyn. That's exactly what I did as well, was right option+F, then I've done right option+E for find next search text, and then right option+D for find previous search text. Maybe a little convoluted, on logic, but hey, it works. Chris. - Original Message - From: "ca

safari problem

hello listers i noticed that after installing lion, safari remembers that last page used after closing it and starting a new session, which i don't mind. my problem, however, is if i clicked an audio link from an email or a youtube video, all these keep playing when i start a new session of sa

USB headsets?

Okay, in the past I've heard people say that USB headsets don't work to well because of the sound card issue, and coming from the USB port you have to do some special configurations. Is this true, has it ever been true? If so, is there a work around or just use regular plug ins is better? Tha

Time Machine disk for SL and Lion?

Okay. 1. If I'm going to just install Lion over the top of SL, as seems somewhat likely, do I need to disconnect my time machine disk first? I happen to have the install for Lion on a CCC of my current HD volume on a drive which is disconnected so I can always make a startup volume and burn i

Re: USB headsets?

Not true from what little I know. I've used a u s b headset and it worked just fine. Now, granted, I did have to go under system preferences/sound on switch it over to the headset both in the input and output tabs, but that's no big deal. Chris. - Original Message - From: Kliph&

Re: safari problem

Hi, All you can do is close those pages when you're done with them. It's not ideal, but at least it's consistent. Best, Zack. On Jul 24, 2011, at 6:01 PM, joseph wrote: > hello listers > > i noticed that after installing lion, safari remembers that last page used > after closing it and startin

Re: safari problem

thanks for that, i really panicked and this escaped me. best On 25 Jul 2011, at 02:26, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi, > All you can do is close those pages when you're done with them. It's not > ideal, but at least it's consistent. > Best, > Zack. > On Jul 24, 2011, at 6:01 PM, joseph wrote: > >>

Looking for app to convert ogg to mp3 with Lion

Hello, I used to convert ogg files to mp3 with an application called Switch. Apparently it doesn't work with Lion. Is anyone aware of a VoiceOver accessible app to convert files on Lion? Thanks, Brett C. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVision

Installing Windows 7 on VMWare

All, I have purchased in installed VMWare 3.1.3, and purchased and downloaded Windows 7 Home Premium. I am struggling to figure out how to get VMWare to see and install Windows. The Microsoft download included a setup executable, and 2 .box files. I ran this on my PC, and got an 'Expanded Set

RE: Looking for app to convert ogg to mp3 with Lion

Tunesify, $2.99, available in the Mac App Store. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brett C. Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 6:57 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Looking for app to convert ogg to mp3 w

A Big Pluss for VoiceOver in Lion!

Hello List, Here is one of many reasons why I'm glad I upgraded to Lion. Remember that in Snow Leopard, even though I loved that beast, VO would often times loose focus when switching between folders. Well, no longer under Lion. Now you can switch to your heart's content and VO won't go silent.

Weird issue with connecting olympus recorder into windows with lion

good evening all. I just tried to plug in my olympus dm520 digital recorder into my macbook pro to transfer recordings on to the windows side of things. However, I plugged in the olympus and didn't get the message asking where i wanted to connect it. fIt just connected directly to mac and will n

Re: Weird issue with connecting olympus recorder into windows with lion

Hi Matt, Are you running the latest version of Fusion? I've had no similar issues running 3.1.3, but have heard of people having them with 3.1.2. Best, Zack. On Jul 24, 2011, at 7:14 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote: > good evening all. > I just tried to plug in my olympus dm520 digital recorder into my

Re: [Bulk] RE: Looking for app to convert ogg to mp3 with Lion

Wouldn't amadeus Pro do the job? Oops, that costs. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Jul 24, 2011, at 9:03 PM, Jeff Bishop wrote: > Tunesify, $2.99, available in the Mac App

Re: Time Machine disk for SL and Lion?

Hi, 1. No you do not have to disconnect your Time Machine volume. I didn't disconnect anything when I installed Lion, I had two external Firewire HDs and one network volume connected to my Airport Extreme for Time Machine backups and there were no issues at all. Once you choose your install

Re: Time Machine disk for SL and Lion?

Many thanks. Now, earlier, did someone say that to select a group of messages at a time, say from the fourth message all the way down in one key stroke, (say for deletion) you use VO+shift+end to go down and VO+shift+home to go up? If so, I just tried it and it didn't work for me; but, I kind

Re: safari problem

The only I know is the same method I use on IOS. That is to either press the back button and make it go to the previous page; or simply press shift when I am opening safari. I always like to start fresh when I am going browsing. BTW, does anyone know if there is a way to turn resume for specific

Thank you aUstin

Hi austin, Thank you for taking the time to reply to me. I really appreciate it. I copied the instructions in to a Pages file. Now if I could just figure out the reading list :)! Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! -- You received this message because you are subscribe

Re: 2 Problems

Hello Tim: On Jul 24, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Dan, > > Before doing a clean install of the entire OS, I would look at the apps that > are causing you problems. > > I'm running iTunes 10.4 on two different machines with well over 6000 items > in the Library and have no issues o

Both Braille Table Flavours.

Hi! Is it possible in addition to the newly introduce braille tables by lion to install the cecimac.org braille tables? I am asking because there are combinations in numbers in the Swedish version that came with lion which I didn't like and I prefer the one I had from cecimac, I really insta

Re: Totally bizarre finding with Safari 5.1 in Lion

I am for one, prefer to have just my home page open whenever I launch Safari. I don't want to see the last page or pages open. A couple of people kept telling me the General tab under Preferences. I just assumed it is the Preferences under Safari. After a lille while, I reread the emails and rea

Re: IMPORTANT: To MacBook Pro Lion Users

I'd like to know if the increase of heat and decrease in battery life when running Lion also effects Standard MacBook users. If so, then I know what I should look out for. When I was using SL, my battery ran for about 5 or 6 hours depending on what I was doing. So it'll be interesting tomorrow t

Re: IMPORTANT: To MacBook Pro Lion Users

Unfortunately, I know this is not the issue. It would make things easier. I know this because up until a couple of weeks ago, I didn't know that my keyboard brightness was set to maximum. With no light perception, how can I know? And my Mac still gave me 10 hours of battery life with SL. And now

Target Mode?

Hello! What is the command to boot into target mode? If I do it with that command or from system preferences does the machine boot normally on next time when restarting? Is this mode available only in firewire on both ends or can one use usb to usb as well? Thanks. -- Georges Zeinoun Tim

Re: How do I select a link in a message?

Oh, Thanks. That's a lot easier than copying the link letter by letter then copying to the clipboard. On Jul 23, 2011, at 11:45 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hi, Paul, > > You don't have to highlight the link. All you need do is put the VO > cursor/mouse on a character in it and then bring up th

Re: File Sharing, Windows and Mac, oh my

well, I used to be able to do that in windows XP with my mac. You would have to turn on file sharing on the mac (in control panel/network). as for windows 7, you need to turn on file sharing and then assign a directory or drive to be shared (sharing item in the right mouse context menu). . I sti

Re: The Mac Version Of Sendspace and a question

Thanks, Chris. Boy! That sounds complicated. I wonder just what the cvoiceover compatibility mode actually does. That would be neat if the mac version could be made as accessible as is the windows version. On Jul 24, 2011, at 1:16 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > Actually, I use it all the

Re: Looking for app to convert ogg to mp3 with Lion

Hi, This Tunesify app is awesome. Thanks for suggesting this, but this email is not only an email to say thanks, but I've discovered a very useful tip when using tunesify. You can use lion's new drag and drop capabilities to drag the songs you want to convert from the folder to the conversion cu

Re: SuperDuper Versus Carbon Copy Cloner

Thanks, Mike. So, It would appear the smarter move would be to use carbon copy cloner and save yourself $26. I just wanted to make sure they had the same features before I decided which to buy. SuperDuper has that sandbox feature, but that doesn't sound like anything I'd use. I'm also a bit conc

Re: using Boot Camp

I am using it. I made myself a lion dvd but it does not include the bootcamp drivers for windows like the one that came with the macbook, mac mini nor imac, you have to install them from original dvd or if bootcamp downloads them I don't know. Once done you can use startup disk to boot into w

Re: SuperDuper Versus Carbon Copy Cloner

Hello, I currently don't use Super-Duper, so I don't know about them. CCC was updated a few days ago. Also, I read somewhere that the developer of CCC works for Apple. So I don't think you'll go wrong. Dan On Jul 24, 2011, at 9:59 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > Thanks, Mike. So, It would appear

Re: Tips about using sendspace?

Hi. I would still think it would be helpful to label the buttons so you wouldn't have to remember a bunch of key shortcuts. But I haven't tried that yet. On Jul 24, 2011, at 4:42 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi Naama, > I've heard people say that tabbing around the UI is the best way to use it >

Re: Voice Over Manual for Lion?

Hi. The problem with this link is that you have to remain in front of your computer in order to read the manual. It's just an index file. Downloading it won't help much as there is nothing for the index to find. You can't put this file onto another device such as a vr stream or bp. On Jul 24, 20

A question regarding upgrade install and clean install of Lion

Hello All, This is a question for those of you who have done both an upgrade of Lion and then a clean install of Lion. Given the different problems that have been discussed on the list, not including the new features of Lion, I'd like to know this. If any, what differences have you noticed betwee

hello guys. new user here.

hello guys: My name is Yadiel. I am looking forward of buying a Mac. so I joined this list to learn all that I can about the Mac and VO. Take care, Sent from my iPod -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group,

almost perfect?

Well, I'm a person who was raised on windows, and I'm blown out of the water on how much better has improved things. I have windows running in vm fusion, but barely use it now. The only thing that would make mail perfect is if i could get to my calendar and contacts without having to close mai

Re: Target Mode?

Hi, To boot up in Target mode, hold down the "T" key as the startup chime is sounding. If you use this method, it will startup the regular way when not holding down the "T" key or any other boot key combination. If you use the Startup Disk method, I believe that it will remain in Target Disk

Re: SuperDuper Versus Carbon Copy Cloner

Hi Dan, Paul, Mike, and Others, Like Mike, I've used both SuperDuper! and Carbon Copy Cloner. And like Mike and Dan, I'm mostly using CCC right now, but I think it's more a question of personal preference. For the purposes of making a bootable clone of your hard drive, which is one of the mai

Re: Target Mode?

Hi Georges and Tim, Tim is correct that Target Disk Mode only works for computers with Firewire connectors. It's a function of the IEEE 1394 standard (popularly known on Apple products as "Firewire"), and is not specific to Apple computers. One of the reasons there was initially a large outcr

Re: Browsing for files for upload

Try VO-shift-j. I haven't yet, but in looking at keyboard help, this may be what you want to do. HTH, Teresa On Jul 24, 2011, at 1:51 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > OK, this probably isn't a bug. My guess is I don't get what I'm doing. > Basically, I am on a web site when a browse/cho

RE: A question regarding upgrade install and clean install of Lion

Hello Dan, You Wrote: This is a question for those of you who have done both an upgrade of Lion and then a clean install of Lion. Given the different problems that have been discussed on the list, not including the new features of Lion, I'd like to know this. If any, what differences have you no

How To Read Mail Message Headers?

Hi, folk, I can't seem to detect any text in message headers in mail. Am I going crazy, or has anyone else had this problem? I've tried interacting with the "headers group" and "headers text" and I get "text, new line". TiA Teresa -- You received this message

RE: Installing Windows 7 on VMWare

Hello Jeff, You Wrote: All, I have purchased in installed VMWare 3.1.3, and purchased and downloaded Windows 7 Home Premium. I am struggling to figure out how to get VMWare to see and install Windows. The Microsoft download included a setup executable, and 2 .box files. I ran this on my PC, an

Re: How To Read Mail Message Headers?

Hi, I just did it. All I did was interact with the Headers group, and VO left once and it started to read the message headers such as from, subject, ETC. HTH, Jeffrey On Jul 25, 2011, at 2:37 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hi, folk, > I can't seem to detect any text in message headers

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