Re: 10.9.1 Disappointing

2013-12-17 Thread Michael Marshall
i must say that i’m happy with the update. wickypeedia reads good with VO witch is what i really wanted them to fix. On 18 Dec 2013, at 7:33 am, CHUCK REICHEL wrote: > Hi Teresa, > I agree with you! :) > Most of peoples problems are located in the "chair" ;) > I make a living every day on a mac

Alpine Mail In Terminal: Is There a Way to Import my Apple Mail contacts?

2013-12-17 Thread Teresa Cochran
I don't see anything similar to csv or txt, and I'm not familiar with the .abbu extension. My contacts are stored locally and in iCloud. For now, ony my Gmail account is set up in Alpine, and I have no contacts stored with Gmail. Thanks, teresa Sent using Alpine messaging system in Mac OS X T

I'm curious.

2013-12-17 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello All. What I’d like to know and you will all hate me for this. When something goes wrong with the Mac or people don’t like how a program works when there is a new operating system, why do we have to have a debate whether it’s Mac or Jaws, or who does a better job be it Freedom Scientific o

Re: adding stuff to the dock?

2013-12-17 Thread Jessica
I am trying to add “radium as some people have successfully done.” Why can’t I? Jessica jldai...@gmail.com On Dec 17, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > The cmd-ctrl-shift-t is not a machine specific command. Whether you have a > MacMini or the most powerful MacPro, this key com

Re: I'm curious.

2013-12-17 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Kawal, I have to say I agree with you whole-heartedly. However, I've done the very same thing in other context when I have been incensed that something didn't work as planned. It's a gut reaction. I try very hard to sit back and think before I fly off the handle. I think it's just easier t

Re: I'm curious.

2013-12-17 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I didn’t read many threads on all the topics today, I just thought I’d pose my question to see what people said. The only thing I have trouble with is my mail. I don’t get many busies, I best not say that word too often or my guide dog might go on command, just kidding! But because I have so

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Robert, Thanks for your tip on reading mail using VO-J. I am relatively new to the Mac and I have been using the enter key, but needed to use CMD-W to close the email and then use the backspace key to delete it. Your method to me is more efficient when reviewing a tremendous amount of email

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Robert, Are you using standard or classic view? And are you using threaded view or not? Mary Sent from my iPhone On Dec 17, 2013, at 2:59 PM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: > Hi Robert, > > Thanks for your tip on reading mail using VO-J. I am relatively new to the > Mac and I have been using the

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Would you suggeat, then, that the blindness accessibility fall into the category of a publicity stunt and that Apple gets to accessibility elements when it benefits this aim? I have experienced increasing bugs across the IOS platform that impair function. I am collecting my i

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread alia robinson
don’t think you can with gmail and imap. I checked that setting and I just get email anyway. Alia On Dec 17, 2013, at 4:02 PM, Rhonda Hornbacher wrote: > Hi, > > You may want to check manually fetch mail, that is how I have it set because > messages kept coming in and interrupting . -- Yo

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: Ket's say that a group of space faring humans crash landed on a planet that could support life, but circled an infrared star. The crash survivors would be unable to see without special infrared devices. After time, those devices would break down. Would the survivors have ju

Finally LastPass secure notes Dooable

2013-12-17 Thread Agent086b
Hello, this is as the subject says LastPass Secure Notes are now doable. Not easy but at least I have access again. Don’t know if it is the latest app update or latest 10.9.1. Max -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe

Re: USb turntable help/reccomendations.

2013-12-17 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Jessica, About 4 years ago I did exactly what you are talking about. I purchased a USB turn table. It was not expensive about $60.00 . It was probably not very high quality but it worked fine for my needs. Over the winter months I digitized my vinyl collection. The results were

Amadeus Pro Moving to Time Interval

2013-12-17 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, When using Amadeus Pro, is there a way I can get to a specific time interval? Pressing “command-G” does not Work. Thanks for any help anyone can provide. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from thi

Re: Amadeus Pro Moving to Time Interval

2013-12-17 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi, if you mean getting to a specific point in time in a file, command-G works for me OK. The format is minutes:seconds:milliseconds. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 18/12/2013, at 2:17 pm, Emilio Hernandez wrote: > Hello

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread David Tanner
So, I guess you have never seen anyone else or any other organization whose technology wasn't absoluetly perfect. Maybe you would like to be over 200 miles up in space wondering if you would get back to earth because the software on the spacelab wasn't working right. Or, what about the huge so

Re: 10.9.1 Disappointing

2013-12-17 Thread David Tanner
Oh, you forgot how many times FS will deny that they are aware of a problem with their software to the bitter end regardless how many times you prove it to them. Anyone ever experience the famous Jaws remark "focus lost"? Sent from my accessible iPhone > On Dec 17, 2013, at 3:10 PM, Richard

Re: USb turntable help/reccomendations.

2013-12-17 Thread Jessica Moss
I'd love that, How much is Amadeus pro? On Dec 17, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Eric Caron wrote: > Hi Jessica, > > > About 4 years ago I did exactly what you are talking about. I > purchased a USB turn table. It was not expensive about $60.00 . It was > probably not very high quality but it wor

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread David Tanner
Well, Robert it probably does more to hurt all blind users of Apple devices than it ever will to help make things better. But, as I am sure you known blind people have a long history of being hateful, spiteful, not appreciating what is done for them, and constant complainers. Sent from my acc

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Phil Halton
wow! that explains so much! I finally understand myself now! (huh?) On Dec 17, 2013, at 9:42 PM, David Tanner wrote: > Well, Robert it probably does more to hurt all blind users of Apple devices > than it ever will to help make things better. But, as I am sure you known > blind people have a

can't make head or tail of the new Imovie.

2013-12-17 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Okay. Subject line says it all. I got no response the other day so reckon I’ll try again. This new Imovie looks nothing like how the old one did. I figured out a few things like to move forward and back quickly, use the j key to go back and l to go forward. This way, you can really move fas

Re: 10.9.1 Disappointing

2013-12-17 Thread Mario Navarro
hi ,jonathan. jonathan do not need to respond to this post, but let me tell you one thing friend. this is why I admire you and consider you the smartest blind in the world you have an open mind, and think with a universal philosophy. and still respect you more because you did not fear anything o

Does Any One Use Command-line facebook, FBCMD? I'm getting a Date/Time Error

2013-12-17 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, I'm learning how to use this command-line interface for Facebook. I'm getting this error message every time I query Facebook for something. even if you haven't used it, you might be more familiar with the syntax than I am. It's php. I can do the things I need to, but I also get this m

Re: Does Any One Use Command-line facebook, FBCMD? I'm getting a Date/Time Error

2013-12-17 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
hello: The issue seems to be less with your syntax and more an issue with the actual code in the app you are using. Basically it's telling you you should have specified a timezone in the code (maybe that can be done through a config file of some kind)? On 12/17/2013 11:44 PM, Teresa Cochran w

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread eric oyen
its one of the reasons why they still use 486 class intel machines on the ISS. Its simpler to code for them and they have a proven track record of being reliable. You don't need to run the latest windows on them either as a recent (and thoroughly debugged) version of Linux or OpenBSD with an X d

Re: Does Any One Use Command-line facebook, FBCMD? I'm getting a Date/Time Error

2013-12-17 Thread Teresa Cochran
Yes, I think it might be referencing the file path and the line number. Oh, boy, I'm kinda scared. I'm not sure how much I want to do this. Ah well, I'll try it. Can I access with finder, or do I need to used getext or cat or something? I'd rather open it in a GuI editor, and hopefully not get

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
I'm not really sure what your point is. You had a total agreement from me in terms of bsd until you mentioned an X-windows desktop (x is just the system, you need a window manager on top of that). If you are suggesting a window server plus a window manager is more stable than BSD, then you're t

Re: Does Any One Use Command-line facebook, FBCMD? I'm getting a Date/Time Error

2013-12-17 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
You should be able to use whatever editor you want. You can either go in and edit your timezone in, or you could check to see if there's a config file somewhere that you can edit with your timezone. If the program is coded at least half well, it should be pulling that information from a config

Re: 10.9.1 Disappointing

2013-12-17 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Mario, thanks for the very kind words...We are fortunate to have plenty of thoughtful people on the list who've made some great contributions. In response to what you've said, and the contributions of a few others today, I'd make the following points. Apple is a mainstream company, but by virt

Re: a word in defense of the Apple accessibility team

2013-12-17 Thread eric oyen
BSD is extremely stable. The DM (desktop manager) can be a bit more problematic. THe most stable one I have found so far is gnome. THere is one issue though, no direct braille or TTS support in OpenBSD. anyway, the DM's in Linux or Unix tend to be a lot more stable than MS windows (remember the

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