Unlabeled Buttons in Newsrack?

2012-10-06 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, There are a number of unlabeled buttons in the Newsrack newsreader. Does anyone know what they are? Thanks, Teresa -- 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

Re: Boot Camp and 10.8.2

2012-10-06 Thread Phil Halton
Harry, I'm pretty sure you'll have to actually "install" windows during the bootcamp process. Having it as a VMWare machine won't work for you there. I went through the whole bootcamp thing yesterday and it worked great. Now, I'm thinking of going the VMWare route. Can you tell me if it is easy

Re: Boot Camp and 10.8.2

2012-10-06 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Did you have sighted assistance while going through the boot camp thingie yesterday? My guess is that you got to a point in the windows installation where it came time to do the actual install of windows and you needed sighted help because no windows audio drivers were loaded yet. Is that pret

So What Are the New Features In Mail?

2012-10-06 Thread Teresa Cochran
I just updated OS X and noticed that the Mail app seems to want to reconfigure itself. It also indicates that there are "new features". Anyone discovered what these are? By the way, I haven't noticed any major changes to the interface. Thanks, teresa -- You received this message because you ar

RE: Boot Camp and 10.8.2

2012-10-06 Thread Tommy Craig
If you already have Windows installed via bootcamp, you can then install VM Fussion and just point to the boot camp partition as your virtual machine. You don't have to reinstall Windows. Unfortunately this does not work the other way around. You can not use a virtual machine that has already been

new mac user

2012-10-06 Thread Wayne Coles
hello all i have just received my mbp and could some kind person please send me the link for the dropbox download as i am having trouble finding it on the dropbox site so any help would be most grateful thanks in advance Wayne Coles wayne...@gmail.com -- You received this

Re: So What Are the New Features In Mail?

2012-10-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Teresa, >From my point of view, Mail in ML is inferior to what it was. RSS has disappeared and when you reply to a message, it doesn't automatically send from the address that received the original message unless that message is in the In box. Otherwise, it sends from the default e-mail a

Re: new mac user

2012-10-06 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Okay. Here's a tip. Drop Box will not present itself as a download; Rather, you will notice a button on the page that says "install" that you press. this will start everything for you. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefoote

Re: Boot Camp and 10.8.2

2012-10-06 Thread Mauricio Almeida
hello phil, when I did it was pretty straight forward, but there is a detail to watch out. if you install it and use quick install, which is what I did, there will be a loint when you will press the finish button. This does to mean your windows is installed, so if you take the cd out right ther

Re: new mac user

2012-10-06 Thread Wayne Coles
hello ray thats the problem all i get when i go to dropbox is my folders so how do i get out of them to find the install link thanks Wayne Coles wayne...@gmail.com On 6 Oct 2012, at 12:43, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Okay. Here's a tip. Drop Box will not present itself as a download; > Rath

Re: new mac user

2012-10-06 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Do you have an account, if so, that's where you press first. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Oct 6, 2012, at 11:56 AM, Wayne Coles wrote: > hello ray thats the problem all i get when i go to dropbox is my folders

Re: new mac user

2012-10-06 Thread Wayne Coles
yes i signed in ok but all that comes up as far as i can tell is the normal dropbox folders so do i have to do something else and thanks for the help Wayne Coles wayne...@gmail.com On 6 Oct 2012, at 13:09, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Do you have an account, if so, that's where you press first. >

Re: Boot Camp and 10.8.2

2012-10-06 Thread Phil Halton
Ray, Yes, I had sighted assistance. I found a fairly tech competent person who had a few hours to kill and it took us 2 hours from start to finish. That's from the time I started bootcamp assistant, through the actual windows7 install, the install of apple support drivers, and finally installin

Re: Boot Camp and 10.8.2

2012-10-06 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks Tommy, are there any problems with the latest version of VMWare Fusion? Do I just buy and install Fusion5 from the app store? - Original Message - From: "Tommy Craig" To: Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 11:45 AM Subject: RE: Boot Camp and 10.8.2 If you already have Windows

Re: So What Are the New Features In Mail?

2012-10-06 Thread Teresa Cochran
Thanks. I was actually referring to the most recent update today. Teresa On Oct 6, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Teresa, > > From my point of view, Mail in ML is inferior to what it was. > > RSS has disappeared and when you reply to a message, it doesn't automatically > sen

Re: So What Are the New Features In Mail?

2012-10-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Teresa I did notice one thing. Whwhen I did re-configuration, there's a new sound. Did anybody get that? On Oct 6, 2012, at 9:49 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > I just updated OS X and noticed that the Mail app seems to want to > reconfigure itself. It also indicates that there are "new feature

RE: Boot Camp and 10.8.2

2012-10-06 Thread Tommy Craig
I haven't gotten around to upgrading to Fussion 5 yet but I haven't heard anyone complaining about it. I've always downloaded it straight from the VMWare website which can be a bit confusing. I'm not sure if it is available in the app store. They also have a thirty day free trial available if you

Re: So What Are the New Features In Mail?

2012-10-06 Thread Teresa Cochran
In what context does this sound occur? I noticed in the Message menu the following item: "reply with messages". Has that been there for awhile? Speculating all over the place … Teresa On Oct 6, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi Teresa > I did notice one thing. Whwhen I di

very odd thing in mail

2012-10-06 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I was again working with a friend on his mac, and we started to tackle mail. Since his wife uses the computer more often, they set him up a smart mailbox to capture all his messages, but mail is primarily under her account. I suggested making him his own account on the mac, so that we ca

Re: new mac user

2012-10-06 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Yes, click on the account link. That's where you'll find it. It's just a matter of looking more carefully at the page. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Oct 6, 2012, at 12:12 PM, Wayne Coles wrote: > yes i signe

speculation.

2012-10-06 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello All. I was very surprised to find an e-mail in my inbox from the ICloud Team to say all the customers who had been moved over from Mobile Me with a full subscription had a second year free subscription. I wonder if we will get another free year of subscription when the next expires in 201

Re: PDFpen for iPhone is inaccessible

2012-10-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there guys I got my sided husband to download PDFpen so that he could test it. Well, he's got a nice piece of software on his iPhone it's going to work just fine. Unfortunately, PDFpen is using double tap to get into the document to be chosen for editing. VoiceOver won't let us do it no matte

Re: So What Are the New Features In Mail?

2012-10-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Teresa I got the sound when I told it yes for configuring. Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Oct 6, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: >In what context does this sound occur? > > I noticed in the Message menu the following item: "reply with messages". Has > that been there for awhile? >

Re: So What Are the New Features In Mail?

2012-10-06 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
But it behaves in the same way as far as I can see at the moment. On 6 Oct 2012, at 20:22, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi Teresa > I got the sound when I told it yes for configuring. > Gigi > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 6, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > >> In what context does th

RE: very odd thing in mail

2012-10-06 Thread Bill Holton
It's probably set up using Mail in classic view. You can check on this in the mail settings. BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Home Office:1520 Loughton ST DeLand, FL 32720 -Original Message- From: macvisio

Re: Boot Camp and 10.8.2

2012-10-06 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I'm not so nonchalant and forgiving about it. I can do the Apple part without sighted assistance; I can install on my Mac and install on linux on my own. But i can't install Windows by myself?! I do plan to bootcamp Windows 7 eventually but right now I am in the process of installing it in vmwa

face book

2012-10-06 Thread Wayne Coles
hello all sorry for going back on past threads but can anybody please give me step by step instructions on how to use face book with my mbp and how do i get it into notifications thanks in advance from a confused new user Wayne Coles wayne...@gmail.com -- You received this message because yo

Re: very odd thing in mail

2012-10-06 Thread Alex Hall
Ah, that may well be; I've only ever used standard view, so didn't check. Thanks. On Oct 6, 2012, at 3:34 PM, "Bill Holton" wrote: > It's probably set up using Mail in classic view. You can check on this in > the mail settings. > > > > BILL HOLTON > Email:b...@bholton.com > D

Re: Boot Camp and 10.8.2

2012-10-06 Thread Phil Halton
I think you'll like win7 alot compared to XP - I know I do. - Original Message - From: Cheryl Homiak To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 3:52 PM Subject: Re: Boot Camp and 10.8.2 I'm not so nonchalant and forgiving about it. I can do the Ap

how to use the Notification Center

2012-10-06 Thread Lisette Wesseling
neilj Hi: This is a good article. http://m.imore.com/notification-center-ultimate-guide -- 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 this gr

macbook licensing

2012-10-06 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi all. I am in the process of selling my mac. Do i need to give them anything because i upgraded it to mountain lion or will it be fine. Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post

Re: Boot Camp and 10.8.2

2012-10-06 Thread Mauricio Almeida
hello there, if you have any questions about seven, e-mail me privately. i will be more than glad to assist you in the transition, it is part of the consulting i did in brazil a few years back when seven came out. best regards, mauricio On Oct 6, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I'm

Re: face book

2012-10-06 Thread Pam Francis
Facebook is a pain to use on the MBP. I hope it beccomes more accessible. The iphone app has done some good things yet has broken the friends list. If they fix one thing, they break something else. Pam Francis On Oct 6, 2012, at 3:06 PM, Wayne Coles wrote: hello all sorry for going back on pa

Re: newbie tip: vo-u in webpages

2012-10-06 Thread Lisette Wesseling
HI Alex Just to add to your explanation of the web rotar: if you set single key navigation to on, you don't even have to press vo-u. You can just press h for heading, and be immediately in the heading part of the rotar where you can repeat the h to move by headings, or use down arrow if you pref

selecting multiple items not in order?

2012-10-06 Thread Kliphton
Okay, I want to select a number of files, but there are some I don't want to select, I know I can do down shift to select the first set, but how do I skip a few, and add more to the list that are already selected? Kliphton Senior (Twitter&Skype) kliphton72 (iMessage, facetime&email) kliph...@

Re: selecting multiple items not in order?

2012-10-06 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
you need to interact with the list or column. Then use control+command+option and space. Next use vo+down arrow to the items you want to select and space with each one. Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Oct 6, 2012, at 5:33 PM, "Kliphton" wrote: > Okay, I want to select a numbe

Re: macbook licensing

2012-10-06 Thread Alex Hall
I ran into this with an older mac. It came with 10.6, but the owner upgraded it to 10.7 some months before selling it. As it does not have a recovery partition, and as the previous owner's iCloud downloaded the Lion update, I have no way to re-install Lion should I ever need to. I would make sur

Discovered something in Safari

2012-10-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys. I just discovered something while downloading books from BARD. Maybe some of you guys knew about this, but I sure didn't. Maybe somebody else here didn't know either. I had a problem downloading three of my books while on BARD. I had to go ahead and quit Safari, erase the old zip file

Re: macbook licensing

2012-10-06 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi alex, Thanks, I do have a copy of it on a thumb drive. I can hold down the command r to also get into the recovery options. THanks for your help. Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Oct 6, 2012, at 5:50 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > I ran into this with an older mac. It came with 10.

Re: newbie tip: vo-u in webpages

2012-10-06 Thread Alex Hall
Thanks. I did know about that and I use it a lot, but it requires quicknav, which I tend to avoid when possible. Also, sometimes quicknav keys fump you out of the page, particularly form fields when they jump you to the location/search box. The vo-u command is more concise, faster to navigate, a

boot camp

2012-10-06 Thread Wayne Coles
hello list i am trying to put boot camp on my mbp2012 and i have a windows7 cd here but i have no external drive do i have to one to do this and when trying to run boot camp assistant it will not let me and it says something about iso so can it be done with just a win 7 cd and if so how so pleas

Re: selecting multiple items not in order?

2012-10-06 Thread Alex Hall
I've never done this, but isn't there something about disabling cursor tracking in there somewhere? I'm not sure, but I thought people had talked about it in the past. Also, as a hint, vo-f6 will speak all the selected items so you can confirm what you selected before doing anything with the ite

Re: Discovered something in Safari

2012-10-06 Thread Alex Hall
Yes, that new cmd-option=l keystroke is really handy, I just wish the items were in a table instead of each item being a group that requires even more interaction. Also, the enter key seems random, and I have no idea if it's a vo thing, an osx thing, or a web coding thing on the part of the webs

Re: selecting multiple items not in order?

2012-10-06 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
nah, they got rid of that in Lion apparently. I honestly haven't used a mac that long since about march or so. Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Oct 6, 2012, at 5:56 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > I've never done this, but isn't there something about disabling cursor > tracking in the

Re: macbook licensing

2012-10-06 Thread Alex Hall
Okay, so yours has a recovery partition then? I thought the newer macs did, but the one I got is from 2007 so I guess it's in its own category. :) On Oct 6, 2012, at 8:52 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: > Hi alex, > Thanks, I do have a copy of it on a thumb drive. > I can hold down the command r to

Re: boot camp

2012-10-06 Thread Alex Hall
I don't have a link, but I did this on my mac mini 2012 with a thumb drive and a quick trip into the windows command line (of course, the windows pac must also have a cd drive). Just google something like "set up bootcamp with no cd drive" and you should find plenty of help. You could also get a

Re: Discovered something in Safari

2012-10-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Alex. Mine did say table when I got on the list of items. I didn't find it to be a problem, once I figured I had to interact. I only had to interact once for each download I was testing. Gigi On Oct 6, 2012, at 7:59 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Yes, that new cmd-option=l keystroke is really han

Re: Boot Camp and 10.8.2

2012-10-06 Thread Wayne Coles
hello i read your email and would like some help if you don't mind and to let you know i am very new and compleatly useless at the moment so any help would be helpful so step by step instructions from the desk top would be great or phase time me and i will hopefully be able to answer it so you c

Re: Discovered something in Safari

2012-10-06 Thread Alex Hall
Right, that's what I mean. Instead of each row being a group with which you must again interact, I wish it would just be a proper table, with file name in the first column, download status in the second, and so on, so you need only interact with the table to start exploring. Right now, you inter

Re: newbie tip: vo-u in webpages

2012-10-06 Thread Estelita
Hi Lisette, Can you please explain how to set single key navigation to on? It might have done previously, but I am just new here, thank you. Nene - Original Message - From: "Lisette Wesseling" To: Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 12:41 AM Subject: Re: newbie tip: vo-u in webpages HI

enabling single key navigation (was newbie tip: vo-u in webpages)

2012-10-06 Thread Alex Hall
1. With vo on, press vo-f8 to open the vo utility. 2. Select commanders from the table, or press cmd-8. Select the Quicknav tab from the tabs that appear. 3. Find and check the "enable single key navigation on webpages" checkbox, then cmd-q to close the utility. On Oct 6, 2012, at 9:52 PM, "Estel

RE: boot camp

2012-10-06 Thread wayne coles
Hello sorry i might not have made myself clear i have a mbp 13 2012 and the trouble is being new to the mac i don't have a external hard drive but i have put the apple drivers on a dvd but i have not a clue about what to do now so any help is most welcome and i have read the apple boot camp

Victor Reader Stream and vmware fusion

2012-10-06 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I hope this isn't too far offtopic but I saw posts on this topic from 2010 when I googled so I'm hoping maybe somebody has figured this out since then. i've had this problem with every Stream I've had - one for my daughter and two for me! i can connect my Stream just fine in Mac OS, but I cannot

stop current song and start new one in iTunes?

2012-10-06 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I finally did it: I added all my music to my library. It looks quite useful right now, though there are over 100 songs that are in some way "unknown", which will take me a long time to label. Anyway, question: when I play a song and then move through more items and fine a new one I want

Re: boot camp

2012-10-06 Thread Alex Hall
Really, your best bet is to google it and read through some of the guides you will find for doing this. They make it simple, though you will need sighted help for some of it (the windows side, of course). On Oct 6, 2012, at 10:39 PM, "wayne coles" wrote: > Hello sorry i might not have mad

Re: stop current song and start new one in iTunes?

2012-10-06 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi Alex. Try pressing enter, this should work. Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Oct 6, 2012, at 7:57 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > I finally did it: I added all my music to my library. It looks quite useful > right now, though there are over 100 songs that are in some way

Re: stop current song and start new one in iTunes?

2012-10-06 Thread Alex Hall
Perfect, thanks! I thought I was going to have to resort to the iPod remote; it's a great app, but I'm glad I can do this right from the keyboard. On Oct 6, 2012, at 10:59 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: > Hi Alex. > Try pressing enter, this should work. > > Thanks. > Chris Bruinenberg > > cbrui.

Re: stop current song and start new one in iTunes?

2012-10-06 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
no problem. Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Oct 6, 2012, at 8:02 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Perfect, thanks! I thought I was going to have to resort to the iPod remote; > it's a great app, but I'm glad I can do this right from the keyboard. > On Oct 6, 2012, at 10:59 PM, Chris B

Re: Victor Reader Stream and vmware fusion

2012-10-06 Thread John Sanfilippo
I can certainly understand why you'd want to just connect your Victor Reader Stream, rather than removing the SD card and either putting it directly into a slot if available on the computer, or inserting the card into a card reader, but I've always just done this because I understood that the Vi

Re: Victor Reader Stream and vmware fusion

2012-10-06 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Of course, I usually just use the sd card too. As i pointed out, though, you can't do that when initially activating a new Stream in audible.com and you can't do that with the Companion. Neither of these are things I do often but I would like to be able to do them when necessary. Thanks much for

selecting multiple items not in order?

2012-10-06 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Use the control-option-command-space keystroke. I typically need to press it once to get started and then press it once on each item I wish to select. If you wish to deselect an item you have selected, simply press the same keystroke, control-option-command-space on the item again. You can use V

fan running all the time

2012-10-06 Thread Eric Oyen
hello folks. I seem to be running into a problem where the fan on my macbook is running all the time. the unit also seems to be running a lot warmer since I installed lion. This machine is just 1 revision behind what would be supported for mountain lion, so I cannot go there. anyway, does anyo

Re: fan running all the time

2012-10-06 Thread Pam Francis
Hi Eric, It could be just as simple as cleaning the vents. I am no tech, but that is what I would try first.Do you have any kind of applecare with the machine? If so, they may be able to help you diagnose your issue. Pam Francis On Oct 7, 2012, at 1:23 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: hello folks. I see

Re: fan running all the time

2012-10-06 Thread Eric Oyen
already checked that. vent is clean (even had someone with working eyes check it). this problem only appeared AFTER upgrading to lion. the unit was running cooler under snow leopard and never demonstrated this problem before the upgrade (less than 2 days ago). -eric On Oct 6, 2012, at 11:39 PM