Mailbox Sort Order in Mavericks

2014-04-26 Thread Steve Holmes
I noticed after upgrading to Mavericks a couple weeks ago that all my mail box folders are sorted in reverse alphabetical order under each IMAP account. This always used to be in ascending alpha order and not backwards like it is now. Has anyone else experienced this? Also, is there a way to tel

Mail Sending from Wrong Address

2014-04-26 Thread Steve Holmes
I noticed for the first time tonight that when I send messages from my steve.holme...@gmail.com account, mail keeps trying to send them from my other address, st...@holmesgrown.com. I checked both accounts in system and mail preferences to make sure they have the right account hooked to the smtp se

Mailbox Sort Order in Mavericks

2014-04-26 Thread Steve Holmes
I noticed after upgrading to Mavericks a couple weeks ago that all my mail box folders are sorted in reverse alphabetical order under each IMAP account. This always used to be in ascending alpha order and not backwards like it is now. Has anyone else experienced this? Also, is there a way to tel

Re: Mail Sending from Wrong Address

2014-04-26 Thread Steve Holmes
Well, I think I got 'er fixed. Since I have two email accounts, I need to keep each one on a separate smtp server and somehow wires got crossed in that area. I ended up deleting both smtp server set-ups and doing them over again separately. Here's to hoping my messages to this list come up OK wi

Shortcut to Speak Word Count in Any application | Here's How It's Done

2014-04-26 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi all, Attached is a very simple little AppleScript to speak the word count of the selected text in any application. It's great for TextEdit, Safari, or anywhere you can enter text. It's even easier, in my opinion, than using the word count feature of Pages. Just: download this script; save i

Scanners revisited

2014-04-26 Thread Kaare Dehard
Okay, wondering if there has been any improvements with scanners and oct for the mac. The last time I checked was 3 or 4 years ago. Eye-pal looked promising, but I need a solution soon as I don't own a windows machine and would prefer privacy for reading my own mail:). -- You received this mes

Re: Scanners revisited

2014-04-26 Thread Anne Robertson
The best OCR for the Mac is ABBYY FineReader Pro. As for a scanner, it all depends on how much scanning you intend to do. I use a Canon Lide 110 portable scanner. Cheers, Anne On 26 Apr 2014, at 16:31, Kaare Dehard wrote: > Okay, wondering if there has been any improvements with scanners an

Re: activity monitor

2014-04-26 Thread Traci Duncan
I can only answer one of your questions. :) I just took a look and I have 149 processes going. Traci On Apr 25, 2014, at 9:00 AM, Jim Gatteys wrote: > Hi all! > I thought my computer was running a bit slow so took a look at Activity > Monitor under Utilities. It says I have 158 processes go

Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi list, I use the mobile version of Facebook quite a bit and prefer it to the standard site. I've tried a couple of different way of tagging people in posts and comments on the mobile site and none of them seem to work. On the standard site, I know Voiceover gives me some indication there's a

Re: Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Christine Grassman
I used to tag merely by writing a friend's name in a status, but it doesn't seem to work any more. Very frustrating. On Apr 26, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: > Hi list, > > I use the mobile version of Facebook quite a bit and prefer it to the > standard site. > > I've tried a couple o

Re: Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Brandon Olivares
On the standard interface, once you type your message, if you navigate with vi-right or flicking right on the trackpad, there's a tag button. If you hit that, a text box will pop up and VO will be focused there. You can start typing someone's name, and then press down arrow and it will read thro

Re: Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Teresa Cochran
Also, on both sites and in the command-line interface, you can type the at symbol @ (shift-2 on most keyboards for US) immediately followed by the name. You can even write as much of the name as you consider to be unique and it will be completed for you. So, to recap; at symbol, @, immediately f

Re: Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Kevin Shaw
I'm on the standard interface and everything seems to work when I click the Tag People in this Post button. However, it seems to default to "with John Doe" instead of "John Doe." So now my post reads "Thank you with John Doe for XYZ." Also, up and down arrow doesn't read the name in the edit com

Re: Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Brandon Olivares
Teresa, what's this command line interface you're talking about here? Also I'll have to try again but I thought the @name syntax didn't work for me. On Apr 26, 2014, at 12:45 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Also, on both sites and in the command-line interface, you can type the at > symbol @ (shift

Re: Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Kevin Shaw
So, I can type @Theresa C, hit enter and my post will say "Thanks Theresa Cochrane for being awesome"? Kevin On 2014-04-26, at 12:45 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Also, on both sites and in the command-line interface, you can type the at > symbol @ (shift-2 on most keyboards for US) immediately

Re: voice changes after mavericks upgrade

2014-04-26 Thread Mary Otten
Those voices do not appear to be available for download. Maybe I have to reboot for stuff to fix itself. Did you actually have success downloading voices again? They seem to have disappeared from the list in the customize tab, but maybe a reboot will change that. Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com

Re: Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Kevin Shaw
I just tried it and it failed miserably. How do I delete a post? :) Kevin On 2014-04-26, at 12:50 PM, Brandon Olivares wrote: > Teresa, what's this command line interface you're talking about here? > > Also I'll have to try again but I thought the @name syntax didn't work for me. > On Apr 26,

Re: Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hit options under the post, press down arrow until it gets to delete and hit enter. And yeah I didn't think that worked. On Apr 26, 2014, at 12:53 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: > I just tried it and it failed miserably. How do I delete a post? :) > > Kevin > > On 2014-04-26, at 12:50 PM, Brandon Oliv

Re: Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Teresa Cochran
:) Yes, it should. Teresa "Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."--Richard P. Feynman On Apr 26, 2014, at 9:50 AM, Kevin Shaw wrote: > So, I can type @Theresa C, hit enter and my post will say > > "Thanks Theresa Cochrane for being awesome"? > > Kevin > > On 2014-04-26,

Re: Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Teresa Cochran
Odd. That worked for me a couple of weeks ago. The person you tagged has to be on your friends' list, i'm pretty sure. as for command-line, it's a php script and not for the faint-hearted. I don't use it much, but sometimes when I just want to do a quick check of my newsfeed or do a drive-by po

SuperDuper Folder Exclusion

2014-04-26 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, I am reading through the Super Duper manual, but with little success of understanding how to create a script. Basically, I want to set a script, which when selected will only smart copy my "documents" folder. I am aware that I need to first select my "backup" script as the primar

Re: Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Teresa Cochran
Just an added note on the tagging with the at symbol: you won't be able to see a tag link in the edit box as you review before posting. You won't see the tag till you've posted your status. It'll say the name with a menu popup or something similar. htH, teresa "Everything is interesting if you

Re: Facebook Tagging

2014-04-26 Thread Teresa Cochran
I just tried it and it works. It just posts the name and no link in the edit field, but when I post my status, the link shows up. Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Apr 26, 2014, at 10:25 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Just an added note on the tagging with the at symbol:

Re: yet more regarding youtube; What are the other key commands for using youtube?

2014-04-26 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi since were talking about youtube. :) What are the other key commands for using youtube? I know the "j" key is rewind, the "k" key is pause play, & the "l" key is fast forward. Are there more key commands for youtube such as "play next video" or play previous video" or so forth? TIA Chuck CHUC

Re: yet more regarding youtube; What are the other key commands for using youtube?

2014-04-26 Thread Robert C
Chuck, Is your mail stuck in repeat mode? This is the 4th repeat this week. ;) Quote of the nanosecond . . . If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old. --Will Rogers Robert & Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 4/26/2014 1

Re: voice changes after mavericks upgrade

2014-04-26 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Mary, Some voices have indeed disappeared in Mavericks. The French voice Sébastien has gone and the new voice Aurélie has been added. I have no idea why this has been done. Cheers, Anne On 26 Apr 2014, at 18:51, Mary Otten wrote: > Those voices do not appear to be available for downl

Re: Scanners revisited

2014-04-26 Thread Emilio
Hello, I personally use a Fujitsu ScanSnap document scanner. I purchased mine on Amazon for $250, which came with a very small scanner that has an attached document feeder (10 pages), and AbbyFineReader. Note: this will not scan textbooks, but it is merely for letters, postal mail, and business

Where Manuals are Placed

2014-04-26 Thread Robert C
When apps like Roboform are installed in Windows, its easy enough to find the documentation in the Programs menu. On the Mac, where are they found and accessed? I cannot seem to find what I need on the Roboform site and cannto find the answers I need as well. Roboform is installed

Re: Scanners revisited

2014-04-26 Thread Donna Goodin
I'd be curious to know what models others are using. I've liked Fujitsu scanners in the past, and just figured out that the Epson Workforce scanner I've got hooked up to my PC doesn't work with my Mac. I'd like a Fujitsu that's more designed to scan books than the one Emilio describes below.

The Amazon App for IOS

2014-04-26 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello. I don't know how many people use the Amazon app on their I phones, but ever since the new IOS, I have difficulty using the Amazon app as I think things move on it. Is that so? I actually find even on Youplayer things seem to move as the screen always refreshes on the I phone and perhap

Adobe Flash Player.

2014-04-26 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. Just installed Adobe Flash Player 13 and it was not hard at all. Now I can listen to BBC programs without having to wish I had a Windows machine for that purpose well, that is not strictly true, I love my stable I Mac. Seriously, I have one question, was I meant to keep the file that I dow

Re: Messages in Mountain Lion

2014-04-26 Thread Robert C
Brandon, Thanks. I have not gotten back to this yet but will. I have been texting on the iPhone and when I have opened the conversation, I only need to get to the edit field and type in it. It does not work like that in Messages? When you say I interact with the table and select the one I w

Re: Adobe Flash Player.

2014-04-26 Thread Teresa Cochran
Yes, you can delete the file. it's just an installer file, similar to the .exe in Windows. You have already installed it. the installed application is in the apps folder now. Teresa "The golden age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete graham On Apr 26, 2014, at 1:03 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:

Re: yet more regarding youtube; What are the other key commands for using youtube?

2014-04-26 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Robert, It only gets stuck in repeat until some responds! :) Do you know the answer? I figured that this list would have several experts that could say yes it does and what they were. Or no just "j" K" L" exists for now! BTW if you have any Pro Tools questions fire away! ;) Call if you want I'm

Re: Shortcut to Speak Word Count in Any application | Here's How It's Done

2014-04-26 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Nic, This is so wonderfully generous. Thanks for this. And the instructions are perfect too.! Andrew On 26 Apr 2014, at 13:42, Nicholas Parsons wrote: > Hi all, > > Attached is a very simple little AppleScript to speak the word count of the > selected text in any application. It's great f

Re: voice changes after mavericks upgrade

2014-04-26 Thread Mary Otten
Well, thanks, Anne. At least it isn't me, and I'm not crazy. I was really surprised about Samantha, because she is the U.S. English voice for IOS still, and Milena is the Russian voice for IOS. Go figure. Honestly, my real hope, and I am not holding my breath for it, is that the Ivona tts will b

Re: Scanners revisited

2014-04-26 Thread Mary Otten
I'm also interested in the scanner question. The scansnap scanners look good; some are rather pricy, and I was turned off of them in the past because they required the use of proprietary software on the Windows side and, I thought, the Mac side as well. If these scanners work directly with Abbyy

Re: The Amazon App for IOS

2014-04-26 Thread Jessica Moss
I don't use the IPhone app much so can't remember if it does that or not, but I've had that issue on the Mac which I reported to customer service but must have talked to the wrong department sense obviously nothing's changed. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 26, 2014, at 3:37 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu w

Re: yet more regarding youtube; What are the other key commands for using youtube?

2014-04-26 Thread Robert C
Sorry Chuck I do not know. And when I do not get answers to my questions I dont keep sending the same post over and over. ;) Quote of the nanosecond . . . Half the people you know are below average. --Steven Wright Robert & Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmail.com On 4/26/2014 1:2

Dropbox and iPhoto

2014-04-26 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi all: I have thousands of picts and videos uploaded in iPhoto. I want to make an off site backup in to dropbox because we are supposed to have really bad weather. How can I do this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubs

How do I get a list of signatures instead of it saying none when doing a message in mail

2014-04-26 Thread regina alvarado
Hello: I listened to a podcast on mail and making signatures on Macfortheblind. I can put in signature 1 and signature 2, but when I go to write a ;message I see the pop up button to get the list of signatures but when I enter the pop up there is no list just none and edit signature. What am I m

Re: How do I get a list of signatures instead of it saying none when doing a message in mail

2014-04-26 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Did you make sure you made the signatures with your account selected? If they are under "all signatures" they won't work. > -- > Cheryl > I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. > I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! > Then God gave me a new heart and life: > His

Re: display brailles

2014-04-26 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I am not sure if I made my question clear. You know, all Braille displays have buttons on them so that you can move the Braille back-and-forth. Does your Braille display let you type Braille on it? That is what I meant by input keys. If your Braille display will let you type input Brail

Where do I find the applications folder and how do I delete a downloaded file from there?

2014-04-26 Thread regina alvarado
Hi: Thanks for the help with the signatures. Sure enough, I was not on my account. (smiles) Ah learning! Anyway, everything is; fixed with my signatures, but now I want to find downloads and delete the old Adobe files from applications folder. I read somewhere that when a new version of Adobe is

Re: display brailles

2014-04-26 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
nope, i dont think i can't type on my display braille, i have the manual for my display braille but in the manual there's no instruction how to use it on the mac,. my mom read it for me, and there's all instruction to use this display braille for all screen reader except for voice over, Il gior

internet problems again on mac book pro

2014-04-26 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
can somebody help me about my internet connection, because everytime i open up my computer, i am not connected to my wifi. i think there's no problem with my router because when i open up the wifi extra menu, i cant find any internet connections. this only happens when my bluetooth is on when i

Re: display brailles

2014-04-26 Thread Robert C
I think you would be better off to seek local assistance to learn to use this display. It does not appear to be supported by Apple. Quote of the nanosecond . . . I never apologize. I'm sorry, but that's just the way I am. --Homer Simpson Robert & Annie Yanni ke7nwn E-mail- gone.to.da...@gmai

Re: voice changes after mavericks upgrade

2014-04-26 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Yes. Mavericks uses the new Vocalizer Expressive engine so the old voices that you're used to like Jill are no longer in the list. Jill is replaced by a girl called Ava. As for Samantha, don't know why she's not working for you. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook On Apr 26, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Mar

Re: internet problems again on mac book pro

2014-04-26 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I can't see any good reason why a Bluetooth keyboard should cause you problems with your WiFi connection. Apple usually sells the wireless keyboard by default with most iMacs and other Desktop units so you'd think that they would have noticed that sort of error. Regarding whether you see

Re: Where do I find the applications folder and how do I delete a downloaded file from there?

2014-04-26 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, The files that you download from the Internet are not downloaded directly to the Applications folder. When you download something, it is placed in the Downloads folder of your Home directory. This is found by going to the Finder or Desktop, pressing cmd-shift-h then navigating to the Down

Re: Shortcut to Speak Word Count in Any application | Here's How It's Done

2014-04-26 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks, Andrew--glad it's of use. Best, Nic -- 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...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group,

Re: internet problems again on mac book pro

2014-04-26 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
Hi. if you go to system preferences and then network, under wifi do you see your wifi connection there? Blessings! maria and Joe chapman Email, iMessage & fb: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com twitter: bubbygirl On 27 Apr 2014, at 11:58 am, Dionipher Presas Herrera wrote: > can somebody help me abo

Issues Ejecting Nano 5th gen

2014-04-26 Thread Traci Duncan
Hi all, I cannot work this out. Lately, I'm unable to eject my iPod Nano 5th gen. This error comes up: The iPod "" cannot be ejected because it contains files that are in use by another application. Along with this, not everything on the iPod has voice labels. Any ideas? Also, do you guys use

Re: Scanners revisited

2014-04-26 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
Hi. how does a person tell if a particular scanner will work with the mac? I would like something that books can be scanned on as well as letters etc. thaks Warm regards and blessings Maria, Joe and FurBabies Email: iMessage:bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 27 Apr 2014, at 12:31 am, Kaare Dehar

Re: super drive not supported?

2014-04-26 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
Hi. it turns out i do have a dvd drive on the laptop, i just didn't know. lol Blessings! maria and Joe chapman Email, iMessage & fb: bubbygirl1...@gmail.com twitter: bubbygirl On 25 Apr 2014, at 2:21 pm, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > If it is a MacBook Pro from before the Retina Display mode

Re: internet problems again on mac book pro

2014-04-26 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
hello, tim, on the wifi prefered control is only for adding new connection on my mac book. or should i create a network? i cant delete the other connections i've connectedOn 27 Apr 2014, at 05:07 am, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > I can't see any good reason why a Bluetooth keyboard should caus

Re: internet problems again on mac book pro

2014-04-26 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, No, you shouldn't create a new network. New networks that are added will be placed at the bottom of the list. Your Mac looks at that list, and they are set in priority order according to their position in the list. So, when your computer awakens, it activates the WiFi controller and goes

Re: Issues Ejecting Nano 5th gen

2014-04-26 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Try quitting iTunes. If that doesn't do it, you may need to force eject it or check in the Activity Monitor to see if something is accessing it. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Apr 26, 2014, at 9:54 PM, Traci Duncan wrote: > Hi all, I cannot work this out. > > Lately,

Re: Where do I find the applications folder and how do I delete a downloaded file from there?

2014-04-26 Thread Chris Apple boy
To find the Applications folder just press command-shift-a from within the Finder. To find downloads open the downloads folder with option-command-l again from within the Finder. Regards Chris Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth! On 27/04/2014 01:47, regina alvarado wrote: Hi: