mac update?

2013-12-09 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
Hi. has anyone else seen the bundle from mac update? apparently there is a bundle of 10 apps for 39 dollars? Has anyone checked this out? do you know if the apps are accessible? thanks Maria and Joe Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed

twitter client for the mac

2013-12-09 Thread May and Noah
Morning everyone. Does anyone know if there is another twitter client for the mac besides yorufukurou? May and Prince Noah www.canadianlynx.ca -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

Re: focusing in Windows using Fusion?

2013-12-09 Thread Jessica D
someone told me that running windows on a mac can be bad for your mac system. is this true? Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 9, 2013, at 1:07 AM, Deb Lewis wrote: > > For years I used full screen because I thought that was the logical thing. > I’ve more recently learned that everything works bett

Re: focusing in Windows using Fusion?

2013-12-09 Thread Chris H
Not at all but i believe a mac should be a mac and that's that. On 09/12/2013 11:37, Jessica D wrote: someone told me that running windows on a mac can be bad for your mac system. is this true? Sent from my iPhone On Dec 9, 2013, at 1:07 AM, Deb Lewis wrote: For years I used full screen be

Re: twitter client for the mac

2013-12-09 Thread Chris H
Think this is the only truly accessible client. Twitterrific for the mac I have been told isn't accessible nor is the official Twitter app. There was another one but don't think it's developed anymore. On 09/12/2013 09:50, May and Noah wrote: Morning everyone. Does anyone know if there is ano

Re: focusing in Windows using Fusion?

2013-12-09 Thread BBS
Yeah I don't know who told you that but they are misinformed. I have Windows 7 Ultimate running on my Mac using Fusion and other than it heating up sometimes when Windows is performing a task that uses up CPU, it runs normally. -- Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Using SamNet -- You received

Re: focusing in Windows using Fusion?

2013-12-09 Thread Jessica D
Can i do it with bootcamp? Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 9, 2013, at 8:37 AM, BBS wrote: > > Yeah I don't know who told you that but they are misinformed. I have Windows > 7 Ultimate running on my Mac using Fusion and other than it heating up > sometimes when Windows is performing a task that

Re: focusing in Windows using Fusion?

2013-12-09 Thread Les Kriegler
Yes you can. And by doing this, you will have all resources available to you is you will be rebooting your machine into windows. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 9, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Jessica D wrote: > > Can i do it with bootcamp? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 9, 2013, at 8:37 AM, BBS wro

Re: safely remove hard ware on mac

2013-12-09 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If you’re getting the “In Use” message, then it’s usually telling you that something on your removable media is really in use. Press VO-f1-f1 to bring up the AppChooser menu. If an app is open that was used to open a document or installer from something that resides on your removable medi

Re: focusing in Windows using Fusion?

2013-12-09 Thread Jessica D
Is it accessible? Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 9, 2013, at 9:11 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: > > Yes you can. And by doing this, you will have all resources available to you > is you will be rebooting your machine into windows. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 9, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Jessica D w

Re: focusing in Windows using Fusion?

2013-12-09 Thread Les Kriegler
Yes, I'm certain number of people on this list use Boot Camp and do so very successfully. They will be able to assist you with this if you need it. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 9, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Jessica D wrote: > > Is it accessible? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 9, 2013, at 9:11 AM

Re: focusing in Windows using Fusion?

2013-12-09 Thread Phil Halton
okay, now you're trying to make me laugh - right! On Dec 9, 2013, at 6:37 AM, Jessica D wrote: > someone told me that running windows on a mac can be bad for your mac system. > is this true? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 9, 2013, at 1:07 AM, Deb Lewis wrote: >> >> For years I used full

Removing widgets from dashboard

2013-12-09 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi guys. I am drawing a blank. How do I remove widgets in dashboard? THanks. Matt -- 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...@go

Re: focusing in Windows using Fusion?

2013-12-09 Thread Phil Halton
My only reason for preferring full-screen over any other mode is that when tabbing back and forth between mac and windows, they each appear in their own space. without full-screen mode, the windows7 window stays on screen blocking the view of mac windows. For totally blind people this is not a p

Re: Removing widgets from dashboard

2013-12-09 Thread Phil Halton
I remember listening to a David Woodbridge podcast on this topic on applevis.com. It was done in Lion, and Mountain Lion changed one of the keystrokes - I can't remember which one. Check out the podcast., the crucial keystroke changed from one of the modifiers. like from command x to control x

Re: Removing widgets from dashboard

2013-12-09 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, To close a Widget, press VO-cmd-Escape, listen to the choices, return to close it and remove it from your Dashboard and Escape to cancel. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Dec 9, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Matt Dierckens wrote: > Hi guys. > I am drawing a blank. How do I remove widg

Re: Removing widgets from dashboard

2013-12-09 Thread Matt Dierckens
THanks. :) On Dec 9, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > To close a Widget, press VO-cmd-Escape, listen to the choices, return to > close it and remove it from your Dashboard and Escape to cancel. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Dec 9, 2013, at 10:09

Re: Removing widgets from dashboard

2013-12-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
If you've opened a widget more than once without closing it, you'll have to repeat this procedure until doing cmd-vo-escape just pings at you and brings up no choices. Or you can check to see if you are still in a widget each time you close. It's possible to really accumulate them if you haven't

Re: Removing widgets from dashboard

2013-12-09 Thread Jessica
can you move them around? Jessica jldai...@gmail.com On Dec 9, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > To close a Widget, press VO-cmd-Escape, listen to the choices, return to > close it and remove it from your Dashboard and Escape to cancel. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMur

Re: Trouble with mail

2013-12-09 Thread Antonio Guimaraes
Hi Nick, I thought Apple released a fix for the issue. I it possible their patch still didn't fix things? More important, I'd like to know if the mail issues are VoiceOver related, or is the problem an equal opportunity limitation opposed on all Mac users. Best,Antonio M Guimaraes Jr. > On

Editing SMTP port numbers in Mail

2013-12-09 Thread Richard Ring
I am drawing a blank. I have had to set up a pop email account in Mail. I can not for the life of me remember how to change the smtp server port from the standard 25. The only port entry I see is the incoming mail server port. Thanks for helping. Rising with the Phoenix Sent from my Mac Book Pro

Re: Editing SMTP port numbers in Mail

2013-12-09 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Prefs/Account tab/Edit SMTP server list Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Dec 9, 2013, at 12:51 PM, Richard Ring wrote: > I am drawing a blank. I have had

Setting up Voiceover to go through a different pair of speakers

2013-12-09 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I recall a while back that David Woodbridge did a podcast where he had voiceover go through one pair of speakers on his mac and when playing music on his mac it went through a different set of speakers. I wanted to set my Mac up to do this as I just got a pair of bluetooth speakers and

Re: Setting up Voiceover to go through a different pair of speakers

2013-12-09 Thread Alex Hall
This is done in the vo utility, under the sound category. Choose the output you want, and you should be all set. On Dec 9, 2013, at 3:08 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > Hey all, > > I recall a while back that David Woodbridge did a podcast where he had > voiceover go through one pair of speakers o

Re: Setting up Voiceover to go through a different pair of speakers

2013-12-09 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Alex, Yes, I got the, but thought there was a way to possibly have VO use one set of speakers/output and music use another? Maybe I am mistaken about this. Will have to look in to it further. On Dec 9, 2013, at 3:42 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > This is done in the vo utility, under the sound cat

Re: mac update?

2013-12-09 Thread Esther
Hi, Cocktail (usually $19 for license) is certainly accessible. I used the previous version of ExpanDrive (usually $39.95 for license) for FTP, which was the solution for people who preferred a GUI-based FTP app before the later versions of Transmit we're released. Now I use Transmit, but I th

Re: Setting up Voiceover to go through a different pair of speakers

2013-12-09 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Brian, I am using this set up right now. And, There was a podcast as you remember but he did it slightly differently then I do it. I believe David used a Apple TV and had the Screen share option used to send the sound from the mac to it. He had the option to send the VO voice with

Re: Setting up Voiceover to go through a different pair of speakers

2013-12-09 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Brian, I am using this set up right now. And, There was a podcast as you remember but he did it slightly differently then I do it. I believe David used a Apple TV and had the Screen share option used to send the sound from the mac to it. He had the option to send the VO voice with

Re: Talking Dashboard (was Speakable Items)

2013-12-09 Thread Jessica
why is separable items only working when it wants to? Atonally does what I tell it if I spread my words apart, even lately today, it is not working this way either. I just set it up this morning using my apple EarPods. What is going wrong? Jessica jldai...@gmail.com On Dec 9, 2013, at 12:15 AM

Re: Removing widgets from dashboard

2013-12-09 Thread Jessica
how do you check to see if you are in a widget? Jessica jldai...@gmail.com On Dec 9, 2013, at 12:48 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > If you've opened a widget more than once without closing it, you'll have to > repeat this procedure until doing cmd-vo-escape just pings at you and brings > up no ch

Re: Trouble with mail

2013-12-09 Thread Jessica
why can’t I open disclosure triangles in mail on my mac? This means I can’t read conversations to help people accordingly. Can somebody tell me why vo \ does not work in mail? Jessica jldai...@gmail.com On Dec 9, 2013, at 1:38 PM, Antonio Guimaraes wrote: > > > Hi Nick, > > I thought Apple

Re: Trouble with mail

2013-12-09 Thread Gary
I have my mail in classic view and just use right and left arrows to expand or collapse threads. On Dec 9, 2013, at 5:28 PM, Jessica wrote: > why can’t I open disclosure triangles in mail on my mac? > This means I can’t read conversations to help people accordingly. > Can somebody tell me why

iPhones not joining network when hidden

2013-12-09 Thread Agent086b
Hello, neither of our iPhones will join our wireless network if it is hidden. My wife’s PC and my Mac will join the network without any problems either hidden or not. Anybody got any ideas on this one? Thanks for any help. Max -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl

Re: Trouble with mail

2013-12-09 Thread Alex Hall
I use standard view, but use the arrows as well. On Dec 9, 2013, at 7:47 PM, Gary wrote: > I have my mail in classic view and just use right and left arrows to expand > or collapse threads. > > On Dec 9, 2013, at 5:28 PM, Jessica wrote: > >> why can’t I open disclosure triangles in mail on m

Re: Trouble with mail

2013-12-09 Thread Jessica D
Arrows don't for me in standard view. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 9, 2013, at 8:07 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > I use standard view, but use the arrows as well. >> On Dec 9, 2013, at 7:47 PM, Gary wrote: >> >> I have my mail in classic view and just use right and left arrows to expand >> or col

Re: Trouble with mail

2013-12-09 Thread Nicholas Parsons
They did release a fix. I think it fixed some issues, but not all. Strangely, I didn't have any issues with Gmail and Mail until just recently. I guess that's just the unpredictable nature of the bug. And yes, it's an equal opportunity bug plaguing VoiceOver and non-VoiceOver users alike. :) O

Re: Setting up Voiceover to go through a different pair of speakers

2013-12-09 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI Bryan, Basically, you just select the output you want for system sound in System Preferences > Sound. You select the output you want for VoiceOver in VoiceOver Utility > Sounds. These can be the same, or different, whatever you want. Your music will play through the system sound output, and V

Re: Setting up Voiceover to go through a different pair of speakers

2013-12-09 Thread Jessica D
How do I change the sound the computer makes if I do something it doesn't like? Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 9, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > HI Bryan, > Basically, you just select the output you want for system sound in System > Preferences > Sound. You select the output yo

Re: Setting up Voiceover to go through a different pair of speakers

2013-12-09 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Try the Sound Effects tab in the Sounds pane of System Preferences. On 10 Jan 2013, at 12:36 PM, Jessica D wrote: How do I change the sound the computer makes if I do something it doesn't like? Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 9, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > HI Bryan, > Basic

Re: Trouble with mail

2013-12-09 Thread Alex Hall
As for the arrow keys, try this: move to a conversation, then turn Voiceover off. Hit right arrow to open it (up or down and then come back to the message if that fails). Once you can hit right arrow and not get an error, turn Voiceover back on. On Dec 9, 2013, at 8:24 PM, Nicholas Parsons wr

Re: Trouble with mail

2013-12-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
One thing I've found is this, even though I am using imap: If I find that my inbox is empty even though I know I should have mail, I quit mail and open it again and usually a bunch of mail shows up within a few seconds. -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with

Re: Setting up Voiceover to go through a different pair of speakers

2013-12-09 Thread Jessica
that worked, thank you. why can’t I dictate? I have it set to use either command key twice and I just tried double-clicking it and nothing happened. Why is this? Jessica jldai...@gmail.com On Dec 9, 2013, at 8:45 PM, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > Try the Sound Effects tab in the Sounds pane of S

selecting and copying text on a website

2013-12-09 Thread Andrew Head
Hi all, Just wondering, how do you select and copy lines of text on a website? either individual lines or multiple lines/paragraphs? Since you press vo right arrow to move around web pages, I imagine this is different to copying text in a document? Thanks in advance for any help. Andrew Sent fr

Re: Setting up Voiceover to go through a different pair of speakers

2013-12-09 Thread Brian Fischler
Just wanted to say thanks Nick and Eric. Will have to try this tomorrow, as I did something wrong earlier today and needed a sighted person to come over just to get VO back up and running, not sure what I did but it killed all sound overall so must have selected a speaker option that I didn't ha

Re: Setting up Voiceover to go through a different pair of speakers

2013-12-09 Thread Nicholas Parsons
NO worries, Bryan. Your assumption is correct. Cheers, Nic On 10 Jan 2013, at 3:05 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: Just wanted to say thanks Nick and Eric. Will have to try this tomorrow, as I did something wrong earlier today and needed a sighted person to come over just to get VO back up and runnin

Re: selecting and copying text on a website

2013-12-09 Thread Alex Hall
You use shift-upr or shift-down, just like in a document. You usually get some extra characters, but it used to be a slow and tedious process until Mountain Lion came along. On Dec 9, 2013, at 11:01 PM, Andrew Head wrote: > Hi all, > Just wondering, how do you select and copy lines of text on a

accessible application for burning a movie onto a dvd

2013-12-09 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi Listers, Has anyone experimented with burning a ,mov file onto a dvd using Voiceover? Any suggestions for an accessible application? Has anyone ever used aWondershare DVD Creator.app which is sold in its zipped format as mac dvd creator? I basically want to burn a film I have bought through