Re: using Classic view in Mail in Lion but....

2011-10-16 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Kevin, In the Navigation category of VoiceOver Utility, you need to have Initial position of VoiceOver cursor: set to Keyboard focused item. Otherwise, the VO cursor goes to the first item which is not what you want. Cheers, Anne On 16 Oct 2011, at 08:20, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > guys, >

Re: How do I download something?

2011-10-16 Thread David Eagle
To see the most recent downloads, press enter on your downloads folder in the dock. You will see the most recently downloaded items in order of when you downloaded them. If pressing enter doesn't illicit the correct result and you don't get the list then you might have to change how your downloa

hd does not open

2011-10-16 Thread Stuart Russell
Greetings, I just completed installing the major updates for Lion & Itunes. When i press "command O" to open the hard drive, nothing happens. Also in the view menu, the icons for choosing list view, icons, or cover flow view are dimmed. What do I need to set to bring my mac back to normal. St

Glitch with Nuance Voices In Lion Getting Worse

2011-10-16 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey guys. I don't know if any of you guys noticed but when using the Nuance voices with Voice Over in Lion 10.72, the bug with the freaky pitch changes has gotten worse. I like using Samantha a lot and it would be too bad if I had to use Alex for everything because of this bug. So I'd like to en

Re: Glitch with Nuance Voices In Lion Getting Worse

2011-10-16 Thread Massimo Vettoretti
In data Domenica 16 Ottobre 2011 12.27.55, Shawn Krasniuk ha scritto: Hey guys. I don't know if any of you guys noticed but when using the Nuance voices with Voice Over in Lion 10.72, the bug with the freaky pitch changes has gotten worse. I like using Samantha a lot and it would be too bad if

Sorting In Finder

2011-10-16 Thread Gavin
Hi listers, Is there a way to sort folders before files in Finder windows? I can't seem to find an option for it anywhere. Regards, Gavin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@g

deleting guest user account on my MBA?

2011-10-16 Thread Goodin, Donna
good morning, all, Somehow I have ended up with a guest user account on my MBA and I'd like it gone. How do I remove that account? I've looked in system prefs, but didn't see any option for deleting it. TIA, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

i r c with adium i've conected to the chat surver but what's next?

2011-10-16 Thread trahern culver
hey all i'm trying to conect to a radio stations i r c chat surver to chat to other listeners i've conected and i'm online sucksessfuly but how do i start joining in with the chat sending receiving messages ect your help with this question would be most welcome!! kind regards trahern. -- You rec

RE: Glitch with Nuance Voices In Lion Getting Worse

2011-10-16 Thread Missy Hoppe
Hi! Maybe it's just me, but I've even started noticing occasional freaky pitch changes with Alex under Lion. It's just 1 more reason that I keep SL on my main drive and only run lion from an external drive to see if things are getting fixed. If anything, it seems that the more Lion is updated, th

Re: deleting guest user account on my MBA?

2011-10-16 Thread James Scholes
The guest account cannot be removed, although it can be disabled. Open System Preferences > Users & Groups and unlock the preferences so you can make changes. Interact with the Users, Groups and Log In Options list (VO-Right once when focussed on the toolbar). In that list, navigate to Other

Re: deleting guest user account on my MBA?

2011-10-16 Thread James Scholes
The guest account cannot be removed, although it can be disabled. Open System Preferences > Users & Groups and unlock the preferences so you can make changes. Interact with the Users, Groups and Log In Options list (VO-Right once when focussed on the toolbar). In that list, navigate to Other

Re: deleting guest user account on my MBA?

2011-10-16 Thread Goodin, Donna
Hi James, thank you. All I want is to make sure that no one but me can log onto my computer, so disabling is just fine. Best, Donna On Oct 16, 2011, at 9:06 AM, James Scholes wrote: > The guest account cannot be removed, although it can be disabled. Open > System Preferences > Users & Groups

Re: Glitch with Nuance Voices In Lion Getting Worse

2011-10-16 Thread David Eagle
Real Speak daniel does it now and again, for me, but not too much. It doesn't do it with JAWs I don't think. I wonder what causes it. I'm replying to a lot of messages today because I am so impressed with how amazing Apple Mail is. Yes people, you heard me right! I am finally coming round to lov

Used iMac

2011-10-16 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Dear Listers, A friend is offering me sale of his three year old iMac. Is it worth considering? I have not had specifications from him yet but wanted your early opinion. Thanks in advance. Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gro

Re: Downloading Lion and....

2011-10-16 Thread Paul Erkens
Kevin, The installer for lion will land in your applications folder, command shift a to get there. Once the app store prompts you to install lion and you want to wait till later, as you wrote, simply command q close the installer, find it in your applications folder tomorrow and run it then. Hth

Re: Lion's pretty good

2011-10-16 Thread Priscilla Garces
well i haven't had any issues so far. the only problem i do have with lions is when i have to correct stuff in other languages using pages and that it won't read bulleted lists. I also have problems when formating with pages so i choose to use text edit. I think text edit is pretty good for my ne

Re: Twitter makin me bitter

2011-10-16 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Could this be a simple pop-up window? Command Shift K will fix it, if so. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the G

Re: icloud and itunes

2011-10-16 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Paul Hunt, Well, your hope, in I hope this helps, was fully justified. Wow. It works, I found both the sync over wifi option in iTunes, for the list it is indeed from the source table your mobile device, the summary tab, and there sync over wifi, and I also found wifi itunes sync, indeed in t

Re: Used iMac

2011-10-16 Thread Scott Howell
Depends on the price, but if reasonable and it has been cared for, it would probably be a good deal and something that will work with Mac OS for some time to come. On Oct 16, 2011, at 10:06 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > Dear Listers, > > A friend is offering me sale of his three year old iMac.

Useful info on Icloud!

2011-10-16 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi all! Someone posted this and I thought some people also might like this info! Colin Qapla! Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak For those who are interested in knowing what the unlabelled and labeled items are on theicloud.com login screen, here's a list from top to bottom as identified on my MBA runni

USB drive problems

2011-10-16 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I formatted my 2 tarabyte drive with two mac extended journal partitions and one Fat 32 so I can transfer files from my pC to my Mac. But whenever I try to access this partition Finder goes into busy mode and doesn't stop. Eventaully the fan comes on, and it will run forever, the only way I c

Re: icloud and itunes

2011-10-16 Thread Paul Hunt
Paul, I am trying to find out if the synch can happen automatically when I connect without having to go to the settings to click synch now. Have you been able to get things to synch automatically? On Oct 16, 2011, at 11:00 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi Paul Hunt, > Well, your hope, in I hope this

Re: using Classic view in Mail in Lion but....

2011-10-16 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Dear Anne, I wrote you privately to mention that I would try looking at the keyboard focus item setting in navigation as soon as i could. it turns out that this setting was chosen as you had suggested. However, it didn't solve my problem. I tried both settings and the result was identical. when

how to test bootable backup?

2011-10-16 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys: I'm now going to upgrade to Lion. I've read the Mac World articles, checked to make sure my hard drive is in good shape via disk utility, and listened to Arrigo's podcast. I created a boootable backup using CCC; however I cannot figure out how to test it. I held down option while bootin

Re: how to test bootable backup?

2011-10-16 Thread Gavin
The boot menu won't read with VO because it's not part of the operating system. It's built into the hardware. Regards, Gavin On 16 Oct 2011, at 10:42 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > Hi guys: > I'm now going to upgrade to Lion. I've read the Mac World articles, checked > to make sure my hard d

Lion user guideand VO documentation?

2011-10-16 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: Can anyone point me to a Lion user guide and VO new documentation so I can study before I upgrade? -- 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 t

Re: Glitch with Nuance Voices In Lion Getting Worse

2011-10-16 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey David and all. When I first got the Nuance voices when Lion got launched, I used Samantha for everything, even reading emails. She was fine for the first 5 minutes of reading posts from this list and after 5 minutes that's when the pitch changes start. And that's when using a say all. One th

Re: using Classic view in Mail in Lion but....

2011-10-16 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Kevin, I'm sorry my suggestion didn't work for you. I have Mail set to Classic View and Conversations turned off. When I press Return, the message is read in its entirety. If i want to activate a link, I just press VO-Cmd-l and I'm taken to the next link which I can activate with VO-Spac

Re: icloud and itunes

2011-10-16 Thread Chris Westbrook
I think it will do it automatically once a day. It's designed to be done overnight when the phone is charging. On Oct 16, 2011, at 4:20 PM, Paul Hunt wrote: > Paul, I am trying to find out if the synch can happen automatically when I > connect without having to go to the settings to click synch

Re: How do I download something?

2011-10-16 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Hi, When I press enter on the downloads folder on dock nothing happens and when I press VO space like voiceover says to do nothing happens either. Please go one step at a time. I'mnew at this. Thanks. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Oct 16, 2011, at 4:06 AM, David Eagle wrote: > To se

Re: How do I download something?

2011-10-16 Thread David Eagle
Did you follow my other steps? You need to change a few settings. Press VO Shift M and then enter on the options Display as folder and view as list. Then when you've made these two changes, press enter on your downloads folder in the dock and you get a list of downloaded files and programmes, in

Re: How do I download something?

2011-10-16 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Hi, I'm trying to change these steps but when I get into the doc and thenpress enter and then press VO shift M and then enter it shoots me back to the finder. What am I doing wrong please. Sorry to keep bothering you but I'm missing something. Jenny and my goofy buide Brooks On Oct 16, 2011

Re: How do I download something?

2011-10-16 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Jennifer! When just sitting on the documents do not press enter first! Just start with vo+shift+m! And the rest of the instructions should be ok! Colin On 17 Oct 2011, at 00:42, Jennifer Perdue wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to change these steps but when I get into the doc and then press > ent

Re: Glitch with Nuance Voices In Lion Getting Worse

2011-10-16 Thread Mike Arrigo
I've noticed it happens sometimes, I also use Samantha, I wouldn't say it happens more in 10.7.2, but it does happen. I remember emailing apple about this a while back, they definitely are aware of it, I wonder if it's something they can fix or if Nuance must fix it. On Oct 16, 2011, at 4:09 PM,

Chrome and Chromevox

2011-10-16 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey everyone. Today I just installed Chrome for the first time and with that installed Chromevox. If someone could please send me some commands to use with it for the Mac, I'd appreciate that. Also, it looks to me like the Chromevox options are broken. I was hoping to access them so I could get

partitioning an external drive for a bootable backup

2011-10-16 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi, Can somebody refresh my memory on how to create a bootable external disk for snow leopard using disk utility? I want to upgrade to lion finally and want to make a back up of my mac which is now running snow leopard. I have carbon copy cloner, but I want to make a bootable external

Re: A program like active sync for the mac?

2011-10-16 Thread Vaughn Bennison
Missing sync for windows mobile was what I used to use with my sony xperia. Don't know if it works or not with units like the hims or human ware products. Vaughn. On 16/10/2011, at 9:44 AM, matthew Dyer wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a vs or voice sence which i can connect to my mac using blue t