Re: how to change the mac's keyboard layout?

2012-11-11 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Mauricio, You can have as many keyboard layouts as you like, but if you only have two, Command-Space is the default shortcut to switch between them. Otherwise, you have to use the menu in Menu Extras. You select your keyboards in System Preferences in the Language & Text pane. Go to the

Timestamping documents in Pages

2012-11-11 Thread Chris Gilland
Is there a way in Pages where every time I open a document, it can insert the date/time at the end of the file? I need it to go into the body, not into the footer. I looked in the insert menu up in the menu bar, but didn't see a way to do this manually. I'll admit, I didn't look in the pages

Question about browsing dmg images on the mac

2012-11-11 Thread Chris
Hello all. You know when you open a dmg image in Finder, it mounts the image and displays it in a new window in Finder, right? Well what annoys me is that I have set Finder to show all in list view, however dmg images are always shown in an image browser. This is all fine, however I do prefer

Re: Discovered New Voices For Mac

2012-11-11 Thread Steve Holmes
No torrents are not illegal themselves. It should depend on what is referenced by them. You can use torrents to pull fully legal copies of linux distributions for example and there is absolutely nothing wrong with getting those. On Nov 4, 2012, at 10:38 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > Hi Chris.

Re: Discovered New Voices For Mac

2012-11-11 Thread Michael Babcock
Correct me if I'm wrong, Torrance themselves are not illegal. It is just what is contained in the torrent file you are downloading. Additionally, with the usage of proxy servers, virtual private networks, and magnet links. It is relatively difficult to track an individual downloading software, m

Re: mac restarted again...

2012-11-11 Thread Steve Holmes
Just curious, did you get your reboot problem solved yet? This sounds like an interesting problem. Never had to reset PRAMs yet but wonder. On Nov 5, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Okay, I'll put ml on a thumb drive and see what happens. I've never done this > before, so it might take

Re: Flash Player

2012-11-11 Thread Christine Grassman
Teresa, when you say that flash is displayed, you are talking about the particular web site, correct? Essentially, if the word flash appears on a web site, I should be able to hit vo space, and content should be visible, or begin playing? This is only happening about 25 percent of the time. Can

Re: how to change the mac's keyboard layout?

2012-11-11 Thread Mauricio Almeida
hello ann it worked perfectly here. thank you for your time in answering this one for me. it really helped. Mauricio On Nov 11, 2012, at 3:59 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Mauricio, > > You can have as many keyboard layouts as you like, but if you only have two, > Command-Space is the de

Facebook question about liking pages

2012-11-11 Thread Christine Grassman
Hello, everyone. I am quite confused with respect to how to "like" a Facebook page. I want to like particular organizations, shows, musical groups, etc., but if I click the FB link on their sites, I am taken to the main FB page. Then, for the life of me, I cannot figure out where to find the lik

Re: Podcasters Unite!

2012-11-11 Thread Scott Rumery
OK sounds good to me. I am not sure what other peoples schedules are like but for me any time in the afternoon and evening will work. Just let me know the time and I will be there. Scott Rumery Senior Partner Fedora Outlier, LLC 888-958-6979 ext.5801 sc...@fedoraoutlier.com www.fedoraoutlier.c

Re: Blocking Email Senders?

2012-11-11 Thread Steve Holmes
It appears to me that most of you who are being bothered by this skumbag are on gmail. Gmail has an excellent setup for rules and such. Just set up the rule as previously suggested but use "mark as spam" as the targetted action. I love the spam filters from gmail. And if these are all fallin

Re: icloud and iphone5

2012-11-11 Thread William Windels
Hello ll, My restore was about 3 minutes and it seems I have lost the contents of programs like digit-eyes and some others. So, I could restore the lost packages from my mac but when the packages have contents in it , like list-recorder, digit-eyes, that contents is lost definitely… :( Could

Re: mac restarted again...

2012-11-11 Thread Alex Hall
Well, it restarted after I reset the PRam. However, it hasn't restarted since then, so I'm not sure. I'll give it a week or so and then see what happens. On Nov 11, 2012, at 9:46 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: > Just curious, did you get your reboot problem solved yet? This sounds like > an interesti

recovering firmware password on the mac without opening the machine

2012-11-11 Thread Mauricio Almeida
dear all, A friend forgot his firmware password on the mac, and is trying to recover it without opening the machine physically and remove the battery. any ideas on how that's possible? thanks Mauricio -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionarie

Buying Digit-eyes

2012-11-11 Thread Mary Scott
I want to buy this app and I can not figure out how to do that at the App Store. What must I click on to actually buy it? I have had no trouble buying others. Do I need to do something different for this particular one? Mel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

Re: recovering firmware password on the mac without opening the machine

2012-11-11 Thread Daniel C
Mauricio, They will need to take the mac to a mac retail store for them to recover or reset the password. If it'll help, see this article about firmware passwords for Mac: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3554 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisiona

Re: recovering firmware password on the mac without opening the machine

2012-11-11 Thread Mauricio Almeida
hello daniel, Thanks for the info. i'm glad to know they can fix the problem there. I will also forward them the article. Mauricio On Nov 11, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Daniel C wrote: > Mauricio, > They will need to take the mac to a mac retail store for them to recover or > reset the password. > If i

Re: recovering firmware password on the mac without opening the machine

2012-11-11 Thread Daniel C
Not a problem. Have a good day. -- 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 group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. F

Sorting mail fields

2012-11-11 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I am running Apple Mail and classic view. I am trying to sort the fields. I was able to do this before, by going into the header list, and then dragging the fields left or right. But now, when I go to a field and use theVO command to drag, It says item is not draggable may be hidden by… And

CAnnot browse genre stations on the Mac or in Pandora app

2012-11-11 Thread Christine Grassman
I have written to Pandora about this, but would like to find out if others are having this issue. In the past, I could explore dozens of genre stations on my iPhone with the Pandora app. This is no longer true. In fact, the "browse genre stations" is not showing up at all when I select "new stat

Some questions about Mac Mini.

2012-11-11 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello All. As you know I am hoping to sell my Mac Book Pro mid 2010 and two or three months after the sale, I am probably going to get a Mac Mini due to the lack of space on my desk with a magic track pad. So, I have questions to ask. Does the Mac Mini have batteries inside it? I know that t

Re: without passing through router?

2012-11-11 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Thanks for all your support, As we speak the backup is going slowly but surely. Could anyone of you experts suggest a course of action to try to attempt the wired connection with a cable without passing through router? At the moment I have the ethernet connected to both macs without a router but

Re: Some questions about Mac Mini.

2012-11-11 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
I do know that the mac mini has a speaker but i don't know how good it is. I know the mac mini doesn't come with a keyboard, but i'd think you could use your bluetooth one. Can i ask, wouldn't you think the macbook pro would take up less space then a mac mini with screen? Chris Bruinenberg cbrui

Re: Question about browsing dmg images on the mac

2012-11-11 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi Chris. Could you try pressing option j and see if that can fix the issue? Maybe there is an option that says always open in list view when in a dmg? Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Nov 11, 2012, at 4:31 AM, Chris wrote: > Hello all. > You know when you open a dmg image in Finder, i

Re: Some questions about Mac Mini.

2012-11-11 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I wasn't going to get a screen. At the moment I have to balance the Macbook on my lap when I'm scanning and one of these days I'll drop it so as I've seen a Mac Mini, I know it's a small box which souldn't take too much space. I understand that Apple have fixed the issue about it not having a

Re: Some questions about Mac Mini.

2012-11-11 Thread Maria & Joe Chapman
Hi. when I got mine at the end of 2011 it ran ok without a screen but seemed to run better with one. Apparently you can get something that will simulate a screen though. can't think of what they are called now. I got a little screen as sometimes i want to show my husband things etc. the scr

Re: Some questions about Mac Mini.

2012-11-11 Thread Maria & Joe Chapman
HI. the speaker isn't too bad. Here at home though I have some computer speakers but I can live without my speakers if i'm away sometimes. You can get screens that are pretty small now days. God Bless! Maria from australia Newbie mac user. bubbygirl1...@gmail.com will get you fb as well as

Re: Some questions about Mac Mini.

2012-11-11 Thread Maria & Joe Chapman
Hi. no batteries as far as I know. YOu need power to run the mini. I use a blue tooth keyboard, I did use a usb keyboard to turn voice over on though. it might be handy to get a cheap usb keyboard until you get your bluetooth keyboard paired. As I've said in previous posts it does have a sp

Re: CAnnot browse genre stations on the Mac or in Pandora app

2012-11-11 Thread Michael Babcock
I used to using application called slacker for Internet radio. My cousin however suggested that I try out Pandora. To be honest, I thought the only way that I could access radio stations was by searching for an artist, composer, or track title. I didn't even know that browse button was there and

Re: Buying Digit-eyes

2012-11-11 Thread Michael Babcock
If I remember correctly, this is now an in app purchase. You must download the free version of dishes, and follow the directions in the application in order to upgrade to the paid version. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Mary Scott wrote: > I want to buy this app and I can no

RE: Some questions about Mac Mini.

2012-11-11 Thread Jesus Garcia
You can use a Bluetooth keyboard the one that apple sells will work just fine. I assume you can use another if you wish. The speaker is not bad though I would not say it would be suitable for playing music, but for voice over it should be adequate. Keep in mind this machine does require a power out

shout cast broadcasting on the mac?

2012-11-11 Thread Mauricio Almeida
hi all, I'm looking for an alternative to programs such as sam broadcaster, which allow me to connect to a shout cast server, while allowing me to stream for example, my voice and songs at the same time. i know ladiocast seems prett good, but i don't think it supports shout cast servers. any ot

Re: shout cast broadcasting on the mac?

2012-11-11 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Nicecast. It's $40.00 but I believe it will do what you want. I know as a fact that it supporst shoutcast servers. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Nov 11, 2012, at 7:23 PM, Mauricio Almeida wrote: > hi all, >

Re: shout cast broadcasting on the mac?

2012-11-11 Thread Mauricio Almeida
the apple store found no results for nice cast. could you provide the name again? thanks mauricio On Nov 11, 2012, at 9:13 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Nicecast. It's $40.00 but I believe it will do what you want. I know as a > fact that it supporst shoutcast servers. > > > Sincerely, > The C

Re: shout cast broadcasting on the mac?

2012-11-11 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Don't look in the Apple store. Everybody looks there first supposing everything to be there, but, not everything is. Try google for a change, and, you might find it. Meanwhile, here's the link: Rogue Amoeba | Nicecast: Broadcast Any Audio To The Internet … Sincerely, The Constantly Barefoot

A Free Windows 8 eBook for those running windows on their Macs

2012-11-11 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, There is a free eBook entitled Windows 8 for Dummies eBook that was sponsored by Dell computers. While there are several sites from which you can download the book, they can be somewhat challenging for screen readers, in my opinion. So, I have decided to make it available via

Re: Music notation app

2012-11-11 Thread Frank Tom
Unfortunately there are no programs that are voice over accessible. If you have low vision, your friend might be able to use Sibelius First, but you absolutely have to have some usable vision. Tom Frank vermont...@gmail.com On Nov 10, 2012, at 4:38 PM, Christine Olivares wrote: > Hello ever

Re: shout cast broadcasting on the mac?

2012-11-11 Thread Krysti .Power
Google it although I couldn't get nice cast to work On 2012-11-11 10:24 PM, "Mauricio Almeida" wrote: > the apple store found no results for nice cast. > could you provide the name again? > > thanks > > mauricio > On Nov 11, 2012, at 9:13 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > > Nicecast. It's $40.00 but I

Re: shout cast broadcasting on the mac?

2012-11-11 Thread Mauricio Almeida
gotcha. will be playing around with it as i just found it. Mauricio On Nov 11, 2012, at 9:49 PM, "Krysti .Power" wrote: > Google it although I couldn't get nice cast to work > > On 2012-11-11 10:24 PM, "Mauricio Almeida" > wrote: > the apple store found no results for nice cast. > could you p

Re: without passing through router?

2012-11-11 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
This will just work on most Macintoshes without any special configurations. You might need to turn off wireless, since the two machines will see each other over both wireless and direct cable. I believe that some OS versions will prefer the wireless to the wired even though that is not sensibl

Re: shout cast broadcasting on the mac?

2012-11-11 Thread Esther
Hello Mauricio, To add to what Ray said, you can find most Mac software by adding "MacUpdate" along with the name of the software to a Google search because the macupdate.com web site contains listings for most Mac software. This site uses a standard layout format with a brief description of the s

Re: shout cast broadcasting on the mac?

2012-11-11 Thread Mauricio Almeida
hello esther. Thank you for this information. I will definitely play around with the searches and the website and see what I come across. thanks again Mauricio On Nov 11, 2012, at 10:05 PM, Esther wrote: > Hello Mauricio, > > To add to what Ray said, you can find most Mac software by adding

Re: Podcasters Unite!

2012-11-11 Thread Mike M
Sounds like a good starting point. I am in central time so let's shoot for 7pm central so my little ones will be heading to bed and I will be able to chat in relative peace. If people are going to be late that is ok just add me to your Skype and shoot me a message and I will get y

Re: Podcasters Unite!

2012-11-11 Thread Michael Babcock
What day is this going to be on? I will you to Skype today. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Mike M wrote: > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups

Re: Podcasters Unite!

2012-11-11 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi mike. I think they agreed on Tuesday Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2012, at 8:32 PM, Michael Babcock wrote: > What day is this going to be on? I will you to Skype today. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 11, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Mike M wrote: > > > -- > You received this message becau

Re: Podcasters Unite!

2012-11-11 Thread Michael Babcock
Awesome thanks Chris. By the way nice seeing you again. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2012, at 9:35 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: > Hi mike. > I think they agreed on Tuesday > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 11, 2012, at 8:32 PM, Michael Babcock > wrote: > >> What day is this going to be

Re: Podcasters Unite!

2012-11-11 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
You too. Don't quote me but at 7:00 on Tuesday. Hoping mike can confirm. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2012, at 8:37 PM, Michael Babcock wrote: > Awesome thanks Chris. By the way nice seeing you again. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 11, 2012, at 9:35 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: > >>

Re: Podcasters Unite!

2012-11-11 Thread Mike M
Hey all, Yes the plan is 7pm central time. Please send me a request on Skype before then if possible. My username again is howtobeblind. Looking forward to it! Mike On Nov 11, 2012, at 10:39 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: > You too. Don't quote me but at 7:00 on Tuesday

Re: Question about browsing dmg images on the mac

2012-11-11 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I'm not sure that this can really be changed. The DMG files are "read Only" files and are set by the builder of the image file thus if they create and save the DMG file with Icon view settings, that is the way it will appear. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-11-11, a

Re: Some questions about Mac Mini.

2012-11-11 Thread Kliphton
Hello Kawal, Kliphton here. You and I have chatted over the years, and I did the same thing you are going to do. Sold my iMac, and bought me a mini. Here is what I know. The mini can be pared with a bt keyboard, you do not need a screen for voice over to work properly, and it does take up le