Re: Where does iTunes place files which you create as mp3 version?

Chris, Command enter is perfect. This works really well. Thanks so much. I don't know how one finds out about all these great keyboard shortcuts. I suspect that's a mac one, not a VO one. Thanks anyway. Lisette On 26/03/2013, at 5:24 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > If you found it in spotlight, in

emulating control click

Hi all, I'm digging into file maker pro for my information systems course, and wanted to know if anyone here can emulate a control mouse click? It seems fairly straight forward, but it's not. Any help greatly appreciated. Yuma "Light has no value without darkness" Mob: +61 (0)41073254

Re: Getting Started.

Hello all you do not need to label graphics on the mac at all. There is a custom labels feature but this is for web elements or other controls whose label is not accessible or even present according to Vo. Chris. Christopher Hallsworth E-mail and Facebook: challswor...@sky.com Skype: chrishal

Re: emulating control click

Hello Yuma, What do you mean by emulating a Control-Click? You can do a Control-Click by bringing the mouse to where you want to do this and holding down the Control key while clicking with trackpad or mouse. Also, VO-Shift-m should do the same thing but doesn't always work. Cheers, Anne On

Re: MacOSX: Daisy reader

Il giorno 25/mar/2013, alle ore 22:49, Devin Prater ha scritto: > I could never get this app to work. And can it do text only daisy books? > Yes, there is text-only daisy books support... Unfortunately the App itself seems not to work :-( -- You received this message because you are sub

Re: emulating control click

Yep, i did think ctrl option shift m does that. I'll try with the mouse click on the trackpad itself. Best regarrds, Yuma "Light has no value without darkness" Mob: +61 (0)410732547 Skype: Shainobi1 twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 This message is protected by article 4-210 of a

Re: Wireless Keyboards.

Hi Anita well you need option and command keys on keyboards. I have a Bluetooth keyboard that I got from Apple for close to $100. I'm sure I could've got a cheaper one, but at least the keyboard matched my Mac keyboard. Regards, Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Mar 25, 2013, at 9:04 PM, anita wrote

Re: Getting Started.

Hi Anita Personally I think there about the same. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 25, 2013, at 9:23 PM, anita wrote: > Hi, > Is Mail better than Windows mail clients I.E., OE? > Anita > - Original Message - > From: Eugenia Firth > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Monday, M

Re: Getting Started.

Hi again the Anita Spotlight is a search program that searches your computer and you can she's just search the web as well. It is very fast, and I have found it faster then searching in windows. To get there, you press command space and the. Then type in the word or phrase you want search for on

Re: Getting Started.

I forgot to say it can be another way to bring up programs on your computer as well. I use it all the time instead of the dog, but the dock is another way to bring up your programs. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 25, 2013, at 10:02 PM, anita wrote: > Hi, > What does spotlight mean?Is that lik

Can anyone recommend a good inter point embosser?

Hi all, Shopping for a new embosser. Just wondering what folks are using, and what you might recommend. Cheers, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an

Re: Wireless Keyboards.

Main problem I've had with using Windows keyboards on the Mac has not been connecting them but that the option and command keys get flipped. Normally from left to right on laptops it is function, control,option (alt), command but on windows keyboards they probably won't have the Function key an

Re: Ricardo walker's garage band demos

doing a search for "GarageBand" on ricardo's site will bring them up. Note that GarageBand is spelled without any spaces. - Original Message - From: "Ricardo Walker" To: Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 11:25 PM Subject: Re: Ricardo walker's garage band demos Hi, I have them up on ww

Re: Wireless Keyboards.

Yes there is a way to remap them if this is the case. Go to System properties then to keyboards then to the keyboard tab There is a button called modifier keys press that and under the command and option keys put the opposite action. Sincerely, Donovan Osborn donovan303...@gmail.com On Mar

Re: Cases and Accessories.

I guess I was differentiating between this battery and the retina display laptops which have the battery glued in making it impossible to replace. iFixit documented this. Find step 21 where they attempt to remove the battery. I think it was about the 5th or 6th header on the page: http://www.i

Keyboard Commander

Hi, What functionality would I lose by using both right and left option keys for keyboard commander? I don't know of any keystrokes that only use the option key by itself as a modifier. Thanks, Rod -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gr

Re: Keyboard Commander

Hi there! One that might be effected is when you open iTunes and hold the right option key down that would give you the window to choose which library you would like to use! That also was a problem setting up a commander for iTunes with just the right option key! Sometimes when you went to open

Re: Keyboard Commander

Hello Rod, The Option key is needed for various special characters such as accented letters and various punctuation signs. For instance, the sign ≥ (Greater than or equal to) is Option-Period. …(ellipsis) is Option-Semicolon and so on. Cheers, Anne On 26 Mar 2013, at 16:17, ROD SKENE wrote

Re: Keyboard Commander

Thanks … I never knew about the ellipsis and other keystrokes. I just used period three times. Curious, Does it look the same? Also, I put in the ellipsis buy using the ignore next keystroke. (VO shift tilde) Worked like a charm. Thanks again, Rod On Mar 26, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Anne Robertson w

Re: Keyboard Commander

Thanks, iTunes did just that the first time I opened it with option I. I would have not known why. Interestingly, it only did it the first time I used keyboard commander to open it. second time it opened right up. Thanks, Rod On Mar 26, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Red.Falcon wrote: > Hi there! > One

Re: Can anyone recommend a good inter point embosser?

Hi, i teach index, viewplus, and enabling. overall, i prefer the enabling embossers. i don't think I've ever seen one fail and the support has served me outstandingly well. It connects to a mac using a dinex usb to parallel which comes from best buy. I think you'd want the juliet line for yo

Re: Keyboard Commander

Hi folks, I hope this does not sound too elementary. On both my mac & ios devices, I hear voiceover say elypsis. What does it mean? Is there any way to turn it off if it is not needed? Thanks, Pam Francis On Mar 26, 2013, at 11:46 AM, ROD SKENE wrote: Thanks, iTunes did just that the first

Re: Keyboard Commander

Hello Pam, When a menu item ends with an ellipsis, it means that by selecting that option, a dialogue box will open. So it is in fact informative. Cheers, Anne On 26 Mar 2013, at 19:05, ppowell...@aol.com wrote: > Hi folks, > I hope this does not sound too elementary. On both my mac & ios d

Re: Keyboard Commander

There are some uses as have been mentioned but at least in my case they are so rare that I have keyboard commander set for both option keys and if I require the option key either pass through, turn off commander hotkey or VO f8 command 8 and set it to left option temporarily. This suits me but

Re: Wireless Keyboards.

Set the brightness to zero then? - Original Message - From: Chris Blouch To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 10:10 AM Subject: Re: Wireless Keyboards. Main problem I've had with using Windows keyboards on the Mac has not been connecting them b

Transfering Files.

Hi List, How do I transfer content from Windows computers to my MacBook Pro? Spoke with the accessibility department of Apple this morning, but didn't understand how its done. Thanks, Anita -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisiona

ThunderBolt.

Hi List, Just remembered, I need ThunderBolt. Can it be downloaded? Is it accessible, or will sighted help be required to use it? Anita -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

Re: ThunderBolt.

Thunderbolt is a type of peripheral connection on the Mac. You connect a display or an external drive via the Thunderbolt port on the system. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APP

Re: ThunderBolt.

What does the port look like? Is it a USB Anita? - Original Message - From: John Panarese To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 3:59 PM Subject: Re: ThunderBolt. Thunderbolt is a type of peripheral connection on the Mac. You connect a d

RE: Can anyone recommend a good inter point embosser?

Hi Donna, I'd recommend index I have the Everest V4 which works great! Got it in December of 2012 and am very happy with it. Happy to chat to you off list. Cheers. Scott -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna G

Re: ThunderBolt.

It's next to the USB ports on a Mac Book Pro to the left of them if you have that side of the computer facing you directly. You will need a Thunderbolt cable to connect to it or an adaptor for a Firewire or USB device to use it. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel,

Re: Transfering Files.

For me, the easiest way was using an external hard drive, or if you have a large enough USB drive. I know there are other ways, but when I was just beginning on the Mac, they made no sense to me. Traci 1 step, 2 step, ... 1,311 steps! I can do the BIG CLIMB 2013, with your support. Our efforts

GarageBand help with recording more than one track with software instruments

> Hi All, Recording one track goes well, but when adding another track, somehow the first track ends up being accidentally recorded over. I hit new track, and give it a name. Then I go into the browser and pick an instrument. Then go over to the layout area and interact with the tracks. Find th

Help with RSS and Twitter feeds

Hey all, It seems Twitter can't leave well enough alone, and I am surprised I can't find the answer by searching for it. It seems my RSS Google Reader stopped loading my Twitter feeds on March 21. This happened once before as Twitter changed it's API and I had to go through and resubscribe to the

Re: Transfering Files.

Hello, An SD card or a USB drive, or external drive -- any of these are without doubt the easiest way. Since e-mail is usually either through Pop3 or, more common these days by Imap, the e-mails are carried over in most cases. I had all of my documents, etc. backed up to a thumb drive (also c

Re: Getting Started.

Hello, The one feature I have often seen in Windows clients and is not present in Mail, although I dearly wish it were ,is the ability to schedule a message to send later. This is useful if you are up at eight at night, three in the morning, etc. and want to have an e-mail schedule to send at

Re: Can anyone recommend a good inter point embosser?

I recommend the Juliet Pro 60. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2013, at 10:08 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi all, > > Shopping for a new embosser. Just wondering what folks are using, and what > you might recommend. > Cheers, > Donna > > -- > You received this message because you are subscri

Re: emulating control click

Yuma, I have found bringing the mouse with VO-CMD+F5 and then holding down the control key while clicking the track pad works well. Thanks, Harry On Mar 26, 2013, at 3:46 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Yep, i did think ctrl option shift m does that. I'll try with the mouse click > on the

Re: Cases and Accessories.

Oh! Yes. I see what you mean. Sorry. I thought you were just talking about MBPs in general made from 2009 and later. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 26, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > I guess I was differentiating b

Re: Keyboard Commander

Hi, If you are using your Mac in english alone, probably nothing. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 26, 2013, at 11:17 AM, ROD SKENE wrote: > Hi, > What functionality would I lose by using both right and left option keys for > key

Re: Getting Started.

Hi, I don't doubt this is useful but, wouldn't they see it regardless of when the message was sent so long as they check their e-mail fairly frequently? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 26, 2013, at 5:56 PM, Harry Hogue wrote: >

Opening Web Sites.

Hi List, What's the command for opening web pages in Safari? Anita -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegro

Re: GarageBand help with recording more than one track with software instruments

Hello, It is not necessary to interact with the arrange layout area. You can just use the up/down arrows to move from track to track. Most of the time, Voiceover will not announce what track you are on. I guess if you have like 25 tracks, this could be an issue but, I have found that most pe

Re: Opening Web Sites.

cmd l then enter the URL then press return. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Mar 26, 2013, at 5:39 PM, "anita" wrote: > Hi List, > What's the co

Night Owl Twitter Client Keyboard Shortcut Help

Hey all, Sorry if this has been covered. I just notice Night Owl, pardon my spelling Yourufiroo changed all of the keyboard shortcuts, so strange as now I have to turn the caps lock on to use any of them. Is there any way around this or a way to set your own defaults? I looked in the preferences a

Re: emulating control click

Are you using a full sized keyboard with a numpad? If so, I have an idea. - Original Message - From: Yuma Antoine Decaux To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 4:42 AM Subject: emulating control click Hi all, I'm digging into file maker pro f

Re: emulating control click

Ann, the issue is, if you don't have a stationary mouse, like a trackpad, or a magic/mighty mouse etc, the issue is when you go to put your hand on the mouse, to then click it, just the ever so slightest of movement, could accidentally take you off the item you need to control click. Frankly,

Re: Keyboard Commander

I don't think you can. I think it has to be one or the other. You can't use both. - Original Message - From: "ROD SKENE" To: Cc: "ROD SKENE" Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 11:17 AM Subject: Keyboard Commander Hi, What functionality would I lose by using both right and left option

Re: Keyboard Commander

Yes, you have to pick one or the other. They both can't be used simultaneously. There is a popup button to choose either option. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED

Re: Keyboard Commander

I might just add here that simple F8 (or Function F8, depending) will open Itunes, so there should not need to be a reason to use up a shortcut key on it with Commander, and that would also obviate the library opening confusion. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk

Re: Keyboard Commander

elypsis is 3 periods back to back. So, dot dot dot, hope that answers your question. Hint, that dot dot dot had I wrote that like, this... that period period period makes an elypsis. Chris. - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 2:05 PM Subject: Re: Keyboar

Re: Keyboard Commander

I think she meant specifically what an elypsis was, and how to make it/what it looked like visually, more than what they meant. - Original Message - From: "Anne Robertson" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 2:52 PM Subject: Re: Keyboard Commander Hello Pam, When a menu item ends wit

Re: Keyboard Commander

So you can set both keys? OK, I need to look at that screen again more closely then apparently, as I was under the impression that you only could do one or the other, but not both. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Danny Noonan" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 2:58 PM Subject

Re: Opening Web Sites.

command+D. Type the URL, then hit return. Chris. - Original Message - From: anita To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 6:39 PM Subject: Opening Web Sites. Hi List, What's the command for opening web pages in Safari? Anita --

Re: Night Owl Twitter Client Keyboard Shortcut Help

Do you mean it misteriously changed your keyboard commands, or do you mean the devs took it upon themselves to change the keystrokes? God I hoep the former! BTW, just FYI, it's... capital Y, o, r, u, Capital F, u, k, u, r, o, u. YoruFukurou. It's Japanese for Night Owl, in case anyone wonde

RE: Thunderbolt.

It is a small square looking port, if your mac book pro is anything like mine it will be on the left side of the machine moving from front to back you will have an external jack for headphones or for external speakers, I also think you may have an external microphone jack then you will have the SD

Re: Opening Web Sites.

Uh, no. Command+d adds a book mark. I tell you, it's command+l. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Mar 26, 2013, at 6:11 PM, "Chris Gilland" wrote:

Re: Opening Web Sites.

CND for command? Not sure what you mean. Anita - Original Message - From: Ray Foret Jr To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 6:46 PM Subject: Re: Opening Web Sites. cmd l then enter the URL then press return. Sent from my mac, the only

Re: Transfering Files.

Hi, There is also the Migration Assistant that is found within the Utilities folder under the Go menu. Once you're in the Migration Assistant, make sure to read every screen and follow the instructions. There is specifically an option to copy items from a Windows computer. Or, of course, use

Re: Transfering Files.

Hi Anita You probably will also want to get a Time machine drive. That's just a regular drive that you designate as a Time Machine Drive. That let you backup your computer. Apple recommended that I get a 1 TB drive, even though I really didn't need one that big. He said if I did it, I wouldn

Re: Keyboard Commander

Wow, yes. You can now use both option keys. That is pretty cool. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUS

Re:Link Question.

Hi List, How do I get a list of links in Sarafi? - Original Message - From: Ray Foret Jr To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 7:29 PM Subject: Re: Opening Web Sites. Uh, no. Command+d adds a book mark. I tell you, it's command+l. Sen

Re: CD Slots.

Hi, You alos brought a what as well? Anita - Original Message - From: Eugenia Firth To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 8:23 AM Subject: Re: CD Slots. Hi Anita I had to get my extra memory separate. Admittedly, I did this about a year

Mailing Labels Suggestions.

Hello everyone, I find that the standard 10 X 1/2 envelope margins need to be adjusted because the sent from address is roughly an inch low. This got me thinking…so I am curious what mailing labels are users enjoying when printing out address labels? This would need to be something I could use

Re: Link Question.

Hi, VO-u brings up the Web Router. Use your left and right arrows to access the various web elements including links. Once you're in the category you wish, such as Links, you can either arrow up and down the list or enter the first couple letters of the link you wish to go to. If you have na

Re: Opening Web Sites.

The key next to the space bar, as has been said before. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Mar 26, 2013, at 6:36 PM, "anita" wrote: > CND for command?

Re: emulating control click

Hello Yuma, Just to add to Anne's comments, Control-Click should always work, while the software emulation of VO-Shift-m sometimes may not. The only issue you might run into with Control-Click is if your mouse cursor is not focused in the correct location. For example, I can point you to some

Re: Wireless Keyboards.

Right. That turns off the backlight which saves a bunch of power. F2 to bring it back up again. CB On 3/26/13 3:42 PM, anita wrote: Set the brightness to zero then? - Original Message - *From:* Chris Blouch *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Elypsis

Hi, Until I got my mac, I never heard my screen reader actually say elypsis. I had no idea what it was or what I could do to turn it off as it is annoying. I am still not sure what its purpose is other than your explanations. It sounds as if it is synonymous with etc. Pam Francis On Mar 26, 20

Re: Elypsis

I think it's more like "continues." If I were quoting some speech I might have "Four score and seven years ago…" with the ellipsis to let you know there is more. Likewise a menubar item like "Preferences…" has the ellipsis to let you know that you're not going to get immediate action because th

Re: Elypsis

Hi, In writing, an ellipsis is used as an "an intentional omission". The detailed text can be omitted either for reasons similar to the one Pam gives, where the writer doesn't want to go on listing details, or because the content of the quoted text is familiar, and the writer doesn't want to quot

converting system report files

Hi, Is there a way to save a system report file as something other then the spx file that it defaults to? I’m trying to save it as an html file, but when I changed the extention it gave me a message about how I can’t save it that way. But windows won’t read the file at all. Thanks, Tammy

Re: Opening Web Sites.

OK, didn't know. - Original Message - From: Ray Foret Jr To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 9:37 PM Subject: Re: Opening Web Sites. The key next to the space bar, as has been said before. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full ac

The Rotor Option.

Hi List, Is there a rotor optionon MacBook Pros, and if so, how do I access it? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubs

Re: Opening Web Sites.

Anita, I suggest that you take some time with the Keyboard Practice option within VoiceOver. Press VO-k to start Keyboard Help then press the various keys around the keyboard and VO will announce what key you've pressed. This will tell you where things like the cmd (command) key are, the Opti

Re: Night Owl Twitter Client Keyboard Shortcut Help

I believe the dev changed it in the latest update, unless I some how did something I am not aware of. For example it used to be to compose a new tweet you just hit command N now it is command capital N, so if you hit command N with the caps lock off nothing will happen even if you try command shift

Re: The Rotor Option.

Hi, You must have the TrackPad commander active to access the Rotor controls. Try turning it on by holding down the VO keys then twisting clockwise (to the right) with two fingers on your Trackpad. Holding down the VO keys and twisting counter-clockwise (to the left) will turn the Trackpad co

Re: Night Owl Twitter Client Keyboard Shortcut Help

Hey, I just deleted the program and reinstalled it so now it is working fine. So strange that the keyboard shortcuts all changed to capital letters and the menu was even reading them that way, not sure what I did but everything is working fine now. On Mar 26, 6:54 pm, Brian Fischler wrote: > Hey

Re: The Rotor Option.

The rotor option is also available in Quick Nav. Just press the left and up arrows together or the right and up arrows and with every press, you'll get another option for controlling the function of the up and down arrows. These options vary according to the situation. So, in a text document, yo

Re: Wireless Keyboards.

Hi all, Does anyone know if it is possible to remap a keyboard like the I-Connex folding keyboard to use with an IPhone? On Mar 26, 2013, at 10:31 AM, Donovan Osborn wrote: > Yes there is a way to remap them if this is the case. Go to System properties > then to keyboards then to the keyboard