Changing language on Mac

2012-01-21 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi everyone, I hope you are doing well. I was wondering if anyone knew the procedure for changing the language on the Mac to Spanish. I want to practice my spanish and thought it would be fun to have Monica or some other voice in Spanish. WHen I tried this with my Iphone Karen is still the defa

Re: Itunes Won't Synch Music Via Wifi To Iphone

2012-01-21 Thread Ricardo Walker
Yes, I believe it is off by default on a device setting up for the first time or, after a factory restore. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jan 20, 2012, at 4:34 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > Hey Ricardo and others. I don't know why, bu

Re: Changing language on Mac

2012-01-21 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Allison, To change the language in which your Mac runs, go to System Preferences and select the Language&Text pane. Choose the Language tab, and in the table of languages, use Option-Up Arrow to drag Spanish to the top. You'll then need to restart your machine for the change to take effec

Re: Safari still coming up as default although I have set Chrome to be default browser

2012-01-21 Thread Christine Grassman
Yes, and I can't seem to get to it. However, Ricardo's suggestion that I use Safari's preferences to have Chrome be the default has worked -- I was completely unaware that I could do that. Thanks much to both of you. Christine On Jan 20, 2012, at 4:26 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Sounds like you m

Re: Changing language on Mac

2012-01-21 Thread Paul Erkens
Allison, Changing the default language on the mac to another language, involves 2 parts, just like it is on the iphone. The interface for all the items displayed by the operating system, and then your speech voice. To change the language of the interface, for menus etc, go into system preferenc

problem with itunes when importing custom ring tones

2012-01-21 Thread Paul Erkens
Dear listers, I thought I understood how to import ring tones into iTunes, but apparently am missing a detail. Can you please pinpoint the problem? Here's what I do. 1. Given a bunch of files from my old Nokia, being mp3 files, I use amadeus pro to batch convert them into m4r. Amadeus has a sim

Re: problem with itunes when importing custom ring tones

2012-01-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
First, are you making sure the legnth of each .m4r file is at or under 30 seconds? Next point. When you go to your Iphone in the main ITunes table, are you selecting to synch Ringtones? In connection with the last point, did you make sure that all your ringtone files are inside the designated

Re: problem with itunes when importing custom ring tones

2012-01-21 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi there! I'll only add if you like! For only ringtones they can be up to 39 seconds and if you want to use them for either text alerts or ringtones then they must be 30 seconds or less! Colin On 21 Jan 2012, at 14:59, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > First, are you making sure the length of each .m4r file

Lion Server

2012-01-21 Thread Scott Howell
All, I am just curious if anyone has used Lion Server and if they encountered any major accessibility issues. I'm not interested in debating if Lion Server is better than a Linux box etc. just want to know if there are any major concerns. thanks, -- You received this message because you are s

My computer is acting totally wacky

2012-01-21 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Sometimes when I turn on my computer it sends me to a screen in which it asks me for my password. I enter it and then it takes me to the main screen where I see the icons but voiceover does not start and I cannot command it to start and I cannot use the apple menu because it's not there to shut

Re: My computer is acting totally wacky

2012-01-21 Thread Tim Kilburn
Try pressing VO-shift-d to take you to your Desktop. Sometimes, depending on various things, VO focus may be stuck in one of the startup processes so telling it to go to the Desktop will bring you to the Finder and then everything will work as it should. Later... On 2012-01-21, at 9:26 AM, J

Re: My computer is acting totally wacky

2012-01-21 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Thanks so much. I was beginning to worry about my computer. Have a great weekend. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Jan 21, 2012, at 10:33 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Try pressing VO-shift-d to take you to your Desktop. Sometimes, depending on > various things, VO focus may be stuck in one of

Re: My computer is acting totally wacky

2012-01-21 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Do you have more than one account on your computer, probably with the same password, where one is set up for VO and one is not? It sounds like you're booting into a different account than the one you usually use. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: b

Re: problem with itunes when importing custom ring tones

2012-01-21 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi Paul, I think you need firs to convert to the M4a format then convert to M4r. I think this might make a difference. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jan 21, 2012, at 9:40 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Dear listers, > > I thought I und

How do I turn "Blank Expanded" into something meaningful

2012-01-21 Thread Michael Busboom
Hi there, Ever since "upgrading" from Snow Leopard to Lion, I have had an annoying problem with Apple Mail. While scrolling through the mailboxes on my Mac, VO always says "Blank Expanded" when I arrow over a new section of mailboxes on my Mac. How can I get VO to once again announce the actu

RE: Lion Server

2012-01-21 Thread Bill Holton
Supposedly the server version and the regular version are exactly the same if you do not activate the server stuff. That said, I have rthe server version because it was the only way I could get the highest end Mini. Mostly it works the same, but it does have the same problems with running without

OK, technically this is correct

2012-01-21 Thread Bill Holton
Couldn't remember the command for copy last spoken phrase, so had VO say the phrase I wanted to copy, then used the VO H H menu and looked for copy. Found the command I wanted and pressed enter. VO dutifully copied it then I went to text edit and pasted. quote: one item: Copy last phrase to cli

Re: Lion Server

2012-01-21 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi Scott, I have a macbox with lion server which i use for several network services including afp over internet, security cameras, ical server, directory services , airprint and others. As a previous snow leopard server user, the integrated server suite isn't as comprehensive but if you are ju

Re: OK, technically this is correct

2012-01-21 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
LOL! Sorry, that made me laugh out loud! Reach within you, find the beauty of you, then share your light with the world! Marlaina Lieberg 1guide...@gmail.com On Jan 21, 2012, at 1:14 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Couldn’t remember the command for copy last spoken phrase, so had VO say the phrase

Re: Upgrading to VMWare Fusion 4

2012-01-21 Thread Jeff Berwick
I have successfully upgraded to VM4 but, my virtual machine then stopped working. I am currently in the process of reinstalling Windows and Jaws. Windows and VMtools installed fine but, when I try to run the Jaws installation program I get an error that the start point cannot be found. I have

Re: Lion Server

2012-01-21 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Two things to add to Yuma's useful message. I use Server Admin Tools to manage more advanced services than the Server app allows and I've had no issues at all with accessibility within Server Admin Tools. For the User and Preference Management, I use Work Group Manager (WGM) which, other

What VoiceOver friendly applications can Control several CD/DVD burners to run a small cd/dvd duplication configuration?

2012-01-21 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi List, I have 2 LaCie Fire Wire 400 d2 DVD±RW 22x with LightScribe Burners and I am looking to ad on several more to set up a small cd/dvd duplication configuration. What VoiceOver friendly apps will do this? :) I heard that Toast can do this? The Lacie site says this can be done but so far I ca

Re: How do I turn "Blank Expanded" into something meaningful

2012-01-21 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, This is interesting. Voiceover is reading all the mailboxes and folders in my mailbox table. I'm using IMAP as well. Is your verbosity set to low? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jan 21, 2012, at 3:08 PM, Michael Busboom wrote:

Re: Pandora

2012-01-21 Thread brianna Snyder
Hi, I have. You just need to go to the station in the table, turn off your trackpad commander, and double-click with that, when you've made sure your cursor is on the station. Brianna On Jan 21, 2012, at 2:03 PM, marc wrote: > Hi Briana, > Thanks for your recommendation. Have you found a w

Re: Lion Server

2012-01-21 Thread Scott Howell
Bill, Lion is Lion and the server stuff is basically just a purchase add-on, so it really should not matter. I was specifically interested in the Server software as I have a particular task that it might help with. So, it sounds like overall this should work just fine. Thanks for the feedback;

Re: Lion Server

2012-01-21 Thread Scott Howell
Hey Yuma, Yeah you know me and I should probably know the answer; however, been to long and all that. In any case two questions: 1. User preferences? I assume this is different than account configuration for local users? 2. Where can I read up on the command line tools I need to access those thi

Re: Lion Server

2012-01-21 Thread Scott Howell
TIm, THanks you answered some of the questions I asked, so saves Yuma. :) I did find the Admin tools, but will have to look for the other tools. So, let me explain a bit about what I'm trying to do. I will keep this pretty short, but essentially I wanted to look at the possibility of setting up

Re: Lion Server

2012-01-21 Thread Yuma Decaux
Oh yes, i forgot that important part :) Server admin and WGM are your companions there for many basic configs for all services. They also work pretty well on the IOS version though being developed by a third party. On 22/01/2012, at 11:30 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > Two things to add t

Re: How do I turn "Blank Expanded" into something meaningful

2012-01-21 Thread Brett C.
I have this same problem since Lion on both a Mini and a MBP. Both machines have verbosity set to medium. I'd really like to figure this out. Brett C. On Jan 21, 2012, at 3:50 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > This is interesting. Voiceover is reading all the mailboxes and folders in > my

Re: Amadeus tutorial and alternative

2012-01-21 Thread Jessica
Just out of curiosity, what's the difference between Amadeus and Amadeus Pro? - Original Message - From: "Joanne Chua" To: "macvisionaries" Cc: "macvoiceover" Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:28 PM Subject: Amadeus tutorial and alternative Hi there, as subject above suggest, I

Re: Lion Server

2012-01-21 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hey Scott, That was 3 questions :) Let me try to answer them as precisely as can be: 1- User preferences as in managed preferences via the MCX compositor, or more commonly known as the workgroup manager's user preferences. All of the managed preferences window is inaccessible since i first sta

Re: Lion Server

2012-01-21 Thread Scott Howell
Ah TIm, I see WGM is included with the Server Admin TOols. I did not realize this at first. THanks, On Jan 21, 2012, at 5:30 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > Two things to add to Yuma's useful message. I use Server Admin Tools to > manage more advanced services than the Server app allows and

Re: Lion Server

2012-01-21 Thread Yuma Decaux
Scott, This means you got to forward all vpn ports to the machine via a dynamic ip. It's fine for you to have a domain name but it needs to be constantly updated as your isp will change it anytime it demands for it. SO you either have to find a dynamic ip solution around the web which itself co

Re: Lion Server

2012-01-21 Thread Scott Howell
Yuma, you da man and thanks for the resource. I'll definitely do some RTFM before trashing things. :) Scott On Jan 21, 2012, at 9:00 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: > Hey Scott, > > That was 3 questions :) > > Let me try to answer them as precisely as can be: > > 1- User preferences as in managed pre

Re: How do I turn "Blank Expanded" into something meaningful

2012-01-21 Thread Brett C.
Okay, I think I got it. In VoiceOver Utility, under navigation, mouse pointer needs to ignore VoiceOver curser. I previously had mine set to follows VoiceOver curser. When I changed it, the mailboxes with the folders were read as their name, rather than "blank expand". Brett C. On Jan 21, 201

Re: Lion Server

2012-01-21 Thread Scott Howell
Yuma, Goo point and I have not entirely decided, but seems the extra cost is pretty absurd, but it seems the DNS services may work. However, seriously I have not made any definite plans yet. At the end of the day I would gladly pay the money if I got what I wanted without jumping through endles

Re: mail aliases'

2012-01-21 Thread Maurice Mines
On Jan 16, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > I believe this is in iCloud with an @me.com e-mail. I was able to set up an > alias account that way at least. > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Jan 16,

numbers question

2012-01-21 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi all, I'm writing a script and am on the part where i play with numbers, however i forgot how to get the row and column names to be voiced out. All i hear right now is header cell. How was the toggling? Through voice over util or elsewhere? Thanks for any help Yuma -- You received this me

Why is my applications folder not opening?

2012-01-21 Thread Christine Grassman
Hello everyone. My applications folder will not respond to VO space, or hitting Enter, or hitting Vo enter. It's on the Dock, but it does nothing. Any ideas? Christine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group,

Re: Why is my applications folder not opening?

2012-01-21 Thread Esther
Hi Christine, I believe that folders placed in the dock are by default set to be displayed as "stacks" and have their contents viewed as "automatic"-- which usually ends up as "fan". VoiceOver won't announce folder content entries in these modes. You need to use your context menu (VO-Shift-M)

voice over's single thread issue

2012-01-21 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi list, I've been playing around with some scripts and foreign exchange apps that speak the movements for you, and noticed how voice over just stops speaking, or becomes very erratic as there's only one thread for voice over meaning no simultaneous voice over events can take place, even with t