reasons to get a mac

Hey listers, I have some opinions concerning the reasons for getting a mac. the answers to the questions are as follows: 1. Which part of the blind community is best helped with a mac? > A. ther's no specific community who prefers the mac because anyone can buy it > since access is universal for b

Re: reasons to get a mac

To further expand on a few points. 1. PCs are less expensive because they are essentially subsidized by third-party software vendors. Microsoft includes a test drive version of Office, but they pay HP, Dell, etc. for the opportunity to install such. 2. There is a considerably larger quantity of

Lion: Safari and Loading Pages

Hello. I may have inadvertently changed something, now, when I click on a link in Safari, Voicever announces, pressed link, and there is no longer an indication of when the new page loads. It does load, but silently, with no audible indication of the download progress. Any hints as to how to get

Re: Can't open bookshare XML files anymore

When I download books from Bookshare, I use unarchiver to unzip them, then click on the XML file, and it opens in Safari. Have you tried this? I do have SL. Christine On Sep 1, 2011, at 10:15 PM, johns.kary wrote: > Hi guys, > I used to read and convert Bookshare books by, opening the XML file i

Re: Audio conversion program

Or perhaps a dropbox link so the list can try it as well. Interested to see it in action. On Sep 2, 2011, at 5:55 AM, james Walton wrote: > hi > i would like this program > i see it in the message body but can't download it > could some one email me off list with it attached? > thanks > > -- >

organizing apps on itunes

How do I organize apps into folders on my computer? Is there a way where I can organize my apps using itunes with voice over? Any tips are welcome. Thank you very much. Priscilla Garces priscillagarces1...@hotmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr

A few Mail questions

Hi. A few novice mail questions, if I may. First, How can I get an imap mailbox to show in the favorites list so I can use a command number key to call it up? Is that even doable? Seems like a lot of work to change to another mailbox, if not. Second. I wanted to move a message into a temp f

Re: Can't open bookshare XML files anymore

I have tried this, and the file does not open in Safari. Shannon Are you a fan of women's music? If so, join me each Thursday from noon until three for the Eclectic Collection: a Celebration of Women In Music. Point your media player to: http://mojoradio.us/listen or www.mintfm.net On Sep 2, 20

more system sound feedback?

Hi all, Is there a way to have more sound feedback on Mac? I'm still quite new, and I'm switching from windows, it is something that has surprised me. For example, when downloading a program from Safari, how do I know it's progress or when it is completed? Also when I connected or ejected an

word processing on the IPad,

Good afternoon all. Is their a workable word processing app for the IPad? Basic paragraph styles, numbered lists, headings bulletted lists headers footers that type of functionality. Many thanks, and have a fine week end won't you. JP -- You received this message because you are subscr

RE: Problem installing VM Fusion tools

Hi. Actually, I had my wife trying to help, and still very confused. I had the Fusion disk in the Super drive, and when I tried installing the tools we got some of error message saying boot driver could not be found. On the screen I currently have a series of options, connect super drive, connec

reasons to get a mac

Hey listers, I have some opinions concerning the reasons for getting a mac. The answers to the questions are as follows: 1. Which part of the blind community is best helped with a mac? > A. there's no specific community who prefers the mac because anyone can buy > it since access is universal for

Re: Audio conversion program

Dear Greg, It is good to hear from you. Thank you very much for the gift of the audioconversion application. It's very generous. Here in Wales UK, things are okay. I am still working, and I am mad about my Mac computer and iPad. Truly hooked although I do worry sometimes about the fact that o

Backing up using VM fusion

Dear list, I have a bootcamp partition with Win 7. I'd like to back it up but have not found a good solution. If I were to purchase VM Fusion and convert my partition could I then use Carbon copy cloner to back up windows as it is probably part of my Mac HD at that point? Related qu

Re: Alpine and the Mac

You can build this under fink... fink install re-alpinoperations-center:~ root# operations-center:~ root# operations-center:~ root# fink install re-alpine Information about 10441 packages read in 2 seconds. WARNING: your info file index has not been updated for 19 days. You should run 'fink se

Backing up with VM Fusion

Dear list, I have a bootcamp partition with Win 7. I'd like to back it up but have not found a good solution. If I were to purchase VM Fusion and convert my partition could I then use Carbon copy cloner to back up windows as it is probably part of my Mac HD at that point? Related qu

Safari5 and bookmarks

Hello list: I've just noticed that the show all bookmarks and history seems to be broken as far as vo is concerned. For some reason, I am unable to find any bookmarks or history items with vo and I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this. Also, could there be something that I'm not on to

Re: more system sound feedback?

Hi Tracy, I also miss having the sound that tells you when a USB devise is added or removed. There is no option for that on the Mac. However you will find ways to hear download status or status of something happening, There are settings for playing a tone or saying percent. once you

Backing up with VM Fusion

Dear list, I have a bootcamp partition with Win 7. I'd like to back it up but have not found a good solution. If I were to purchase VM Fusion and convert my partition could I then use Carbon copy cloner to back up windows as it is probably part of my Mac HD at that point? Related qu

Re: Subscribe to Vision Australia podcasts [was Re: How do you use autocorrect/fix a mispelled word]

I bbelieve this is the podcast we are talking about. It has all of the Lion VoiceOver documentation in mp3 format too. http://davidwoodbr.podbean.com/feed/ On Sep 1, 2011, at 9:09 PM, David Tanner wrote: > Hi John, > > I am using iCatcher. What is the best way to subscribe to this podcast u

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] iTunes 10.4.1 is Released with VoiceOver Fixes

Just for what it's worth, the ITunes update fixed not only ITunes issues, but another problem I was having with VO. I'm thinking that perhaps there was a conflict of some kind that was resolved. On Aug 23, 2011, at 8:25 AM, Maccessibility wrote: > iTunes 10.4.1 is Released with VoiceOver Fixes

Disabling start up programs on the Mac

Hi, Can anyone please tell me how to disable programs that start up when I boot up my Mac? Also, how do you remove a bootcamp partition and allocate the space back to your Mac's hd? Kind regards Graham -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisi

Re: Disabling start up programs on the Mac

I am afraid you will have to be a little more specific. 1. In Lion by default every program that was running when you logout or shutdown the computer will be restarted. 2. You can mark programs to start at login via the DOCK and/or system preferences. 3. Several utility programs are started by i

Re: Disabling start up programs on the Mac

Hi Gram, About the partition removal. You get rid of it the same way you built it. Go to the utilities folder under applications then to bootcamp. start the app. there will be a button for create or remove bootcamp partition. select that and follow the directions. It is straightf

Re: Multilingual Braille tables under Lion

On Thu, 1 Sep 2011, Paul Erkens wrote: So, given the 4-byte representation of characters in utf8 unicode, a braille table could easily be made up based on that character set. This would of course imply that some braille dot patterns would occur more than once in unicode, because an accented le

Re: Download link in email invisable to vo

Johnny, When in the body of the e-mail message, listen for Voiceover saying "link. Then try to interact with the text with vo+shift+down arro and move vo cursor rightt or left until you hear voiceover say "link. Even if you are at the beginning or end of the link as long as Voiceover says link,

iPod touch wifi question

hi i just i got a iPod 4g touch 32 gig and connect wirelessly it shows my connection is there a way to edit the connection i double tapped my connection and no luck thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group,

Re: iPod touch wifi question

Yes Chad, You need to hit more info Then leave network Then re join the network On Sep 2, 2011, at 9:08 PM, chad baker wrote: > hi i just i got a iPod 4g touch 32 gig and connect wirelessly > it shows my connection > is there a way to edit the connection > i double tapped my connection and no l

Re: iPod touch wifi question

Hi, Just double tap the More Info button beside where it has the name of your network. Then, you can edit the IP address and such if that's what you're trying to do. HTH, Jeffrey On Sep 2, 2011, at 9:08 PM, chad baker wrote: > hi i just i got a iPod 4g touch 32 gig and connect wirelessly > it sh

Moving mail to their perspective mailboxes revisited

Hi folks, Is there more then just one way to move mail into their mailboxes? As it is, one has to first close the post before using the ctrl+option+shift+M command. Is there an alternative command that will allow you to move mail without having to first close the post you wish to move? Thank

putting mail into folders

Hi all, I have a question about moving files into folder, is there a way of moving email into seperate folders especially for the IPhone? I am wanting to put two folders on gmail. One for college and one for mac info. Inbox gets cluttered and its hard to organize the emails this way. Thanks in a

several duplicated mail messages

Hi all, Is anyone else experiencing this? Sometimes I will get a piece of mail in Lion Mail that keeps multiplying itself. I have seen a miracle happen where I would move a certain post into a mailbox only to be surprised to come back to my inbox to see the same post I just moved. The first

radio on the mac?

Hi all, I know of course, of iTunes for radio, however is there other options? I've been looking around in the app store, and I was thinking on seeing about any Safari extensions. Thanks, Traci -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gro

Re: radio on the mac?

Hi, I use radium to listen wold radios on its directory and put URLS of streams. You can find this app on the appstore Atention: This app has an equalizer and the sound cavity is rally cool, but you can't record from the radio Hth, Francisco El 02/09/2011, a las 23:16, Traci escribió: > Hi al

Trackpad acting oddly

Hello, My trackpad has been acting really weird. If I have trackpad commander on, voiceover randomly does various commands, such as what seems to be a flick right or left to go to the next or previous item, double tapping, muting voiceover, etc. When voiceover is off, others report that the mou

Re: Trackpad acting oddly

I've noticed similar things when Trackpad commander is on but only when using VO. I've just chalked it up to my thumbs getting close enough to the trackpad to be sensed and thus causing the issues. Therefore, I've stopped using the TP commander when doing lots of typing sorts of things. I can

Re: iPod touch wifi question

Hi, Usually, you go into the Settings then into the WIFI connection and then you're able to edit in from within there. Thanks. On 2011-09-02, at 7:08 PM, chad baker wrote: > hi i just i got a iPod 4g touch 32 gig and connect wirelessly > it shows my connection > is there a way to edit the conn

Re: Subscribe to Vision Australia podcasts [was Re: How do you use autocorrect/fix a mispelled word]

Thanks, that worked like a charm. - Original Message - From: "Jon Cohn" To: Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 2:17 PM Subject: Re: Subscribe to Vision Australia podcasts [was Re: How do you use autocorrect/fix a mispelled word] I bbelieve this is the podcast we are talking about.