Strange thing with folders

2011-07-27 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi all, Every time i try to open a folder in documents the strangest thing happens. I open the folder with command O, but I have to hit shift VO M and go down to the view submenu and enter on list to get the items in the folder to be displayed. Why is this? I just used to hit command O and it

RE: Strange thing with folders

2011-07-27 Thread Jeff Bishop
I am also seeing this behavior. I hope someone has the solution. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Allison Manzino Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 3:58 PM To: Mac Visionaries Subject: Strange thing with folders Hi

Re: Infovox fix for Lion

2011-07-27 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi all, To the person who asked how much Hether costs, I believe it is $90. I'd suggest writing to Origin or demoing before you purchase. I have not been able to get these voices to work on my system since upgrading to Lion at all. You have to buy Heather, Laura and Ryan before you can purchase

Re: [Bulk] Infovox fix for Lion

2011-07-27 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Now that is indeed very strange. I am using Heather at this very moment. Now, sometimes, there is a little slugishness wen switching voices, but, Heather and all the other voices work just fine for me. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype

RE: [Bulk] Infovox fix for Lion

2011-07-27 Thread Missy Hoppe
yes. the infovox voices worked perfectly for me in lion as well, even though I'm currently not using it. I didn't even apply this fix. Maybe I'd need it for a clean install, but as things are now, they work fine, and I didn't notice any sluggishness to speak of. I've got all of the US and UK voic

Re: rs games client

2011-07-27 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Ron, the games are self-voiced. Voice Over doesn't need to be on to play the games. Because of that, I usually turn it off. HTH. Shawn -- 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: Lion users! does talking communitys TC still work!

2011-07-27 Thread matthew Dyer
Sorry I don't have lion and not sure I will be able to get it as I have a mac mini that is 2 years old and has only a gig of ram in it. I was told by someone on this list that it will not work. Matthew matthew Dyer e-mail/msn: ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com AIM: mattdy1 Yahoo: md1616 twitter

double click and hold on ipad

2011-07-27 Thread julieledingham
hi, I just got an ipad 2 last week and am using it with a wireless keyboard. So far I am loving it but could do with a few tips. one question I DO HAVE IS HOW DO i perform a double tap and hold function with voice over if i do vo plus spacebar on the keyboard it allows me to do a double tap bu

Re: double click and hold on ipad

2011-07-27 Thread Cody
You cannot perform a double tap and hold using a keyboard On Jul 27, 2011, at 8:09 PM, julieledingham wrote: > hi, > > I just got an ipad 2 last week and am using it with a wireless keyboard. So > far I am loving it but could do with a few tips. > > one question I DO HAVE IS HOW DO i perform a

Using gmail web interface

2011-07-27 Thread Garth Humphreys
Garth Begin forwarded message: > From: Garth Humphreys > Date: 28 July 2011 10:12:23 AM AEST > To: "viph...@googlegroups.com" > Subject: Using gmail web interface > > Hi > > I still have not taken the plunge and bought a Mac however have been playing > with one at our local Apple store.

Re: [Bulk] Re: rs games client

2011-07-27 Thread Ray Foret Jr
True, I too turn VO off before launching RS games. But, the night I installed Lion, I could never get past my first role of the dice in Yatzee before the audio from the server completely cut out. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: b

Re: News of iMac users

2011-07-27 Thread Paul Henrichsen
It has to do with some iMacs which had seagate ddrives. My serial number wasn't one that needed to be recalled thank goodness. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 27, 2011, at 1:43 PM, Naama Shang wrote: > Hi, > A friend just sent this to me, anyone who bought in iMac in the last 3 months > may want

Re: Voice Over Manual for Lion?

2011-07-27 Thread mário gabriel
hi david. brother please send the link zipp manual mp3. apple dont do nothing. be a nice guy. best regards. -Mensagem Original- From: David Tanner Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 2:01 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Voice Over Manual for Lion? Well I realize that i

Re: Podcasts on MacForTheBlind [was Re: Tips about using sendspace?]

2011-07-27 Thread Paul Henrichsen
Thanks. Sure is a neat site. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 27, 2011, at 2:07 PM, John Panarese wrote: > Hi Esther, > > I think Esther did a very nice job of some impromptu "public relations". > Thank you kindly. *smile* > > Other than the audio demonstrations I recored, I have attempt

need help in unhiding the Library folder off my home folder

2011-07-27 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Okay, As I'm quite certain many of y'all are aware by now, Lion has hidden the Library folder which is off the home folder. The Library folder off the route is not hidden. I'm a little confused as to the instructions one needs to put in to Terminal to unhide this. Here's the first string I t

Re: Looking for a music creator program

2011-07-27 Thread Paul Henrichsen
Does garage band allow one to enter a score without hooking up a midi device? Cakewalk and scorewriter allowed one to do this using a mouse. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 27, 2011, at 12:40 PM, "Jeff Bishop" wrote: > Couldn't Garage Band do this maybe? > > -Original Message- > From: mac

RE: Voice Over Manual for Lion?

2011-07-27 Thread Daniel Miller
Davis, I highly doubt apple would do anything, since that information is publicly available in some of those formats anyway. I would contact them first though, if you were indeed planning on sharing it with members of this list just to be safe. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@g

RE: need help in unhiding the Library folder off my home folder

2011-07-27 Thread Daniel Miller
Ray, You had the command correct the second time, but there's no space between the tilde and the slash, so the command would be: Chflags nohidden ~/Library After you type that, be sure you type exit to log out of terminal, give it a few seconds between commands, and then check again for the f

Re: Checkbook Pro 2.2

2011-07-27 Thread Cakes
Hi Sarah, Are you able to access the register to input and update and reconcile things alright? Thanks, Johnny Chilelli On 7/6/2011 9:21 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi guys: Checkbook Pro 2.2 has hit the Mac app store. There are several VO improvements with button labeling. -- You rece

Re: Voice over lag and other lion issues

2011-07-27 Thread David Tanner
Ok, so VoiceOver has been around 4 or 5 years and has quite a good feature set. No, they don't have everything some other screen readers for Windows have. But, those have been around for 15 years or more, and just look at how buggy and often times unstable they are and I want to ask why those

Re: new member with several questions.

2011-07-27 Thread Christopher Peppel
Hi Jim, I took the one-on-one course at the Apple store and it was definitely worth it. In the store I went to, the folks were very friendly and helpful. It was probably the best money I spent. Chris On Jul 27, 2011, at 6:11 PM, jim rawls wrote: > Hi All, > My wife and I will be buying a mac

Re: need help in unhiding the Library folder off my home folder

2011-07-27 Thread Dan Roy
I thought that's what happened. I wonder why the heck they hid that library? After all, it's all user data, what possible serious damage could a person do to it? Wow, if I delete a folder, I wiped out my own data, but, I didn't do anything whatsoever to damage the OS in any way. Sometimes,

Re: Sendspace Wizard Demo now available for Download

2011-07-27 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
In the future, I miss-spelled the word ecclectic, so be aware, but for anyone who wants to subscribe who isn't already, you can also find me in the ITunes store. Do a search with the following exact spelling. Eclectic Jukebox And it should be the first result that pops up. More good stuff to

Re: latest iPhone update?

2011-07-27 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
It's ok. I updated mine, and nothing blew up. The only thing they did was to patch a security bug they found, so, I'd say your I O S devices are fine to update, just don't update Itunes, if you can help it. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Donna Goodin" To: Sent: Wednesday, Jul

Re: voiceover, lion, and safari

2011-07-27 Thread Dan Roy
I am not having problems with the web rotor, but, I am having a lot of Safari busy messages when I click on certain links. the Item chooser, well, sometimes it works a little bit and others, VO just stops for a few seconds and restarts. This is an upgrade and I have done the permission repair

Re: need help in unhiding the Library folder off my home folder

2011-07-27 Thread John Panarese
Lol. No rant as far as I am concerned. I just read a few blog posts making a similar point. The system library is not hidden and all those important files, but the user library has been hidden. Kind of a strange approach for sure, but not something that can't be dealt with though. Take

Re: latest iPhone update?

2011-07-27 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
My friend who isn't that tech savvy wants me to update her IPhone. Granted, I dono why she can't just do it herself, I mean, it's not like it's that hard, but my only concern, being as far as I know, she's never updated the thing since she got it, does she need to remove her sim card, or anythi

Re: making a bootable dvd was: Re: Booting from the Lion Partition

2011-07-27 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Dragging and dropping is needed if you make a usb install flash drive not a dvd, I made myself a dvd but want to make a flash drive, what is the command from the keyboard to drag and drop from source to destination? Original message: William, You don't need to drag and rop, just go to the toolb

RE: latest iPhone update?

2011-07-27 Thread Daniel Miller
Chris, It will change her baseband, and no she doesn't need to remove her sim card or reactivate. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:01 PM To: macvision

Re: need help in unhiding the Library folder off my home folder

2011-07-27 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Ray, It appears that you're putting spaces where they need not be. Use your last method: chflags nohidden ~/Library The only spaces are between chflags and no hidden and between no hidden and the ~. Also, for what purpose do you require this Library folder visible? Later… On 2011-07-27,

Re: need help in unhiding the Library folder off my home folder

2011-07-27 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Just want it. Anyhow, I recall during my first days with the Mac that I very often needed to access this folder to delete my mail/prefs.plist and rebuild my account because of the blasted beachball thingie. Anyhow, Thanks to You and Daniel Miller, got it taken care of. Weird that it should be

Re: Strange thing with folders

2011-07-27 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Jeff and Allison: I have my view set to columns. When I open a folder, I do so by right arrowing, and the list behaves normally. I don't know if this is helpful or not, but you might want to try column. Take care Carolyn On Jul 27, 2011, at 5:00 PM, Jeff Bishop wrote: > I am also seeing t

USB modem

2011-07-27 Thread Priscilla Garces
Hey mac users, I have a question about Portable USB modems. Does anyone know if they are accessible for the blind? I'm planning to travel outside the US and have to take my computer in the near future. I plan to travel to Ecuador and I know that the internet rates are pretty high. I want to avoi

Re: need help in unhiding the Library folder off my home folder

2011-07-27 Thread Braille
It may be much easier to access it by simply using command shift g for going to a typed folder. For example, go to your home folder by command shift h then press command shift g. On the edit box, type library and you will be in. On Jul 27, 2011, at 6:56 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Okay, > > As I

Re: new member with several questions.

2011-07-27 Thread jim rawls
Thanks Christopher. We'll probably take it. Jim From: Christopher Peppel Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 7:29 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: new member with several questions. Hi Jim, I took the one-on-one course at the Apple store and it was definitely worth it. In t

Hello from a new MBP owner.

2011-07-27 Thread John Chilelli
Well I'm a new MBP owner with lots to learn! Using the mail program in Lion.. Can someone please send me a short list of VO commands for making it easier to navigate in mail to open, close single and threaded messages, or moving messages to mailboxes for saving and future reference? Thank yo

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