Re: Reformatting and Reinstalling The OS

2014-07-17 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, Just out of curiosity, will the disk utility be part of the install disk so that i can both format and reinstall the os from the thumb drive? /Krister > 16 jul 2014 kl. 23:11 skrev Alex Hall : > > I've done it several times, and if you look at the recent thread on doing a > clean install, t

Mailing list for blind developers?

2014-07-17 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi folks. I’m wondering if there exists a mailing list for blind developers in the Apple related operating systems where you could discuss things regarding the various betas without risking violation of the NDA, or maybe it’s not even allowed with such lists? /Krister -- You received this mess

Re: What's the best way to create fillable forms on the Mac?

2014-07-17 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi, eileen, That's exactly what I'm trying to do. But when I tried to figure out how to do it in Word, it looked complicated, so I wondered if there was an easier way to do it on the Mac. sounds like there isn't. If you know anything about creating forms on the Windows side, I'd love to chat

Re: Speaking TV guides -Offcom consultation

2014-07-17 Thread Jessica Moss
I think all providers in general should be, considering the fact that there are also satellite users out there as well, who deserve the same accessible, and unfortunately their IPhone apps either aren't accessible, or don't want to work properly, which even if accessible, makes the app pretty us

Re: Voice verbosity

2014-07-17 Thread Angelo
I guess it's just one of those quirky things, I am using the Alex voice. Angelo a.rock...@gmail.com On Jul 16, 2014, at 12:11 PM, Angelo wrote: > Thanks again,,, but none of the options in the Capital menu correct the way > VO handles all cap words or names in a email message that are all ca

Re: External sound device.

2014-07-17 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Sounds good. I hope i can order from sweden. If not i order from amazon. Thanks. /A 17 jul 2014 kl. 00:57 skrev Rob : > Hi, > I did a search on Walmart.com and found lots of USB Sound cards for less then > $19. > What do you think? > I'm not looking for the best sound, just a external sound c

Re: External sound device.

2014-07-17 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Ok. Thanks for that. Didn't know that. /A 17 jul 2014 kl. 02:56 skrev Jason White : > Kevin Barry wrote: >> My DragonFly DAC works fine. >> Likewise with a plantronics USB headset. >> both in and out. > > There is a USB audio standard that many devices follow, which is why they will > work w

Re: External sound device.

2014-07-17 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Say, come to think of it, wouldn't the griphin iMic do the job okay? Sincerely, the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! On Jul 17, 2014, at 8:07 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > Hi!

Re: Reformatting and Reinstalling The OS

2014-07-17 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Yes Disk Utility is a part of the installer. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 17, 2014, at 3:28 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hi, Just out of curiosity, will the disk utility be part of the install disk > so that i can both format and reinstall the os from the thumb dr

using voiceover in terminal?

2014-07-17 Thread Justin Mann
HI all, Are there any particular settings that you should use with voiceover so that working in terminal is more practical? I need to work with the command line, change some settings in some text files in my raspberry Pi, so any help you can give would be appreciated, Thanks, Justin -- You r

Re: using voiceover in terminal?

2014-07-17 Thread Doug Lawlor
I would like to know the the same thing as well. I find when you are using the terminal output from commands sometimes does not get spoken. Doug Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 17, 2014, at 10:04 AM, Justin Mann wrote: > > HI all, > > Are there any particular settings that you should use with

Re: using voiceover in terminal?

2014-07-17 Thread Justin Mann
Hi Alex, So do the same things apply to using things like nano in terminal? On Jul 17, 2014, at 9:47 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > First, be sure to interact with the text input area. Then, use vo-up and > vo-down to review output, and regular up and down to navigate commands. It > isn't perfect, but

Re: using voiceover in terminal?

2014-07-17 Thread Alex Hall
First, be sure to interact with the text input area. Then, use vo-up and vo-down to review output, and regular up and down to navigate commands. It isn't perfect, but interacting makes it a lot better. On Jul 17, 2014, at 10:22 AM, Doug Lawlor wrote: > I would like to know the the same thing as

Re: Mailing list for blind developers?

2014-07-17 Thread Alex Hall
There is mv-...@googlegroups.com, but beta software and other NDA-protected topics are not allowed. Still, it's a great resource, and quite low-traffic. On Jul 17, 2014, at 6:27 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hi folks. > I'm wondering if there exists a mailing list for blind developers in the > A

New iTunes Pass Credit Refill service now available in US, several other countries from Mac News Daily

2014-07-17 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
New iTunes Pass credit refill service now available in US, several other countries by MacDailyNews [cfsp key="adsense_336x280"]"Yesterday Apple rolled out its new iTunes Pass service to Japan, allowing users to use a Passbook card to add credit to an iTunes account from an Apple Retail Store,"

No CD Drive

2014-07-17 Thread Brandon A. Olivares
So I just got a new Macbook Pro, and like my old Air, it doesn't have a CD drive. Do none of the Macs have CD drives anymore, and why not? I don't generally need it, but it's not uncommon to have to install something by CD, or for some album to only be available on CD. Just curious. Peace, Bran

Re: No CD Drive

2014-07-17 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
No they don't and well no reason other than economical plus it reduces the weight and size of the computer. You can always buy and use an external DVD drive which plugs in via USB and they're not expensive at all. On 17/07/2014 16:21, Brandon A. Olivares wrote: So I just got a new Macbook Pro,

Re: No CD Drive

2014-07-17 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, The only Mac that has a built-in optical drive is the older 13" MacBook Pro. Even the new MacPro does not come with a built-in DVD optical drive. My understanding is two fold. This makes it a more sleek and lighter machine and looking forward. Apple saw the demise of floppy drives back

Re: using voiceover in terminal?

2014-07-17 Thread Alex Hall
I can't say, I've only ever issued commands. I have never used Nano, Pico, Emacs, or any other command line programs, except FTP, which works as expected. Even that, though, is command-based and is no kind of text editor or other interactive program. On Jul 17, 2014, at 10:57 AM, Justin Mann wr

Re: No CD Drive

2014-07-17 Thread Alex Hall
USB options are out there, and note that you don't need an official Super Drive - most any should work. Don't forget, though, that Apple also allows you to borrow another machine's drive. Simply enable the feature on any Mac that includes a disk drive, or install the proper application on an Win

Re: using voiceover in terminal?

2014-07-17 Thread Barry Hadder
In the keyboard preferences of terminal, make sure that use option as meta key is checked. In an editor, all of the standard readline keys apply such as control-a to move to beginning of the line or control-e to move focus to the end, control-k to kill text from the focus to the end and control-

Re: using voiceover in terminal?

2014-07-17 Thread Brandon A. Olivares
I've used vim. It is not perfect either, but it is quite usable. On Jul 17, 2014, at 12:09 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > I can't say, I've only ever issued commands. I have never used Nano, Pico, > Emacs, or any other command line programs, except FTP, which works as > expected. Even that, though, is

Braille embosser and Mac

2014-07-17 Thread Robert C
Anyone using a Juliet Classic braille embosser via USB with the Mac under Mountain Lion? Quote of the nanosecond . . . If the entire population of earth was reduced to exactly 100 people, 51% would be female, 49% male; 50% of the world's currency would be held by 6 people, one person would be

Re: using voiceover in terminal?

2014-07-17 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
At some point in the life of Snow Leopard they broke it, such that it does not seamlessly read the output of commands. I have no idea why, but it has never been the same again. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe

Re: No CD Drive

2014-07-17 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
I'm pleased to have the latest iMac with an optical drive. In this curmudgeon's opinion, Apple's removal of an optical drive from a desktop computer simply so that it is very _slightly_ thinner is in extremely poor taste. The fact is that we keep DVDs and CDs in our homes, and are glad of the

making a copy of a DVD

2014-07-17 Thread Gary
I have an unprotected DVD that I want to make a copy of. the top 2 directories are Audio_TS and Video_TS. Is there a free way of doing this with my Mac? I've tried copying and burning it, but neither one seems to work. I tried burning from the finder and disk utility. I was trying to do a dis

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-17 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
If you install Mavericks again without reformatting first, you'll end up upgrading the OS you already have, or repairing a copy of Mavericks you already have. You may even find that if you run Software Update, you are offered updates you already installed. That's about the extent of it. To ge

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-17 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
atually i was doing a bootable disk then i downloaded this Mavericks on apple store then it was installing before i knew it. :) On 17 Jul 2014, at 08:24 pm, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > If you install Mavericks again without reformatting first, you'll end up > upgrading the OS you already have

Re: making a copy of a DVD

2014-07-17 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
If the DVD is unprotected, it's sufficient just to create a disk image from the DVD using Disk Utility, and then burn that image to a blank DVD of sufficient size. Make sure that you choose "Master" (OS X extension .cdr) as your disk image format. Select the volume in Disk Utility that you wan

Re: making a copy of a DVD

2014-07-17 Thread Gary
I tried that. Disk utility created a DMG image and I changed the extension to .iso as per a web page instruction I read, but that created an iso file on the DVD and didn't work/play. If I leave it as a DMG file, will it create a DMG file on the DVD or will it create the audio_TS and video_TS f

Re: making a copy of a DVD

2014-07-17 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
No, you mustn't use Finder at all to do this, and I think that's where your problem is. If you can read the original DVD fine, then you can do all the steps in Disk Utility. Start with the source disk inserted, and select the volume on the disk in the table. Choose File > New > Disk image fro

getting nothing from windows in virtual windows

2014-07-17 Thread May McDonald Homuth
All of a sudden I'm getting absolutely nothing from my windows 7 under vmware. Does anyone know what could have happened? I've shut down windows, closed vmware, reopened everything and still no sound from it. I then closed everything and tried again and still nothing. I didn't change any settin

Re: No CD Drive

2014-07-17 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Yes. It's called Remote Disk for anyone interested. How do I enable this on my late 2011 Macbook Pro? Thanks! On 17/07/2014 17:14, Alex Hall wrote: USB options are out there, and note that you don't need an official Super Drive - most any should work. Don't forget, though, that Apple also allo

Re: No CD Drive

2014-07-17 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
I somehow agree. I bought the late 2011 Macbook Pro with superdrive thinking I would use it since am so used to DVD drives integrated into PCs. I seldom use it and when I do it is for importing CDs into iTunes only. On 17/07/2014 16:56, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, The only Mac that has a built-in

Re: No CD Drive

2014-07-17 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, To enable CD/DVD Sharing, go into System Prefs, in the Sharing pane and check the box for CD/DVD Sharing. If your machine does not have an optical drive, CD/DVD Sharing will not be an option for you in the Sharing pane. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 17, 2014, at 1:

Re: No CD Drive

2014-07-17 Thread Alex Hall
And to use a shared drive on another machine, simply show the sidebar in Finder. Go to it, find the sharing section of the table, and the drive should appear there. Again, you can even share a Windows computer's disk drive, just by installing a small utility from Apple. Also, it bears repeating

Re: getting nothing from windows in virtual windows

2014-07-17 Thread Devin Prater
Could the vm sound be muted? > On Jul 17, 2014, at 14:20, May McDonald Homuth wrote: > > All of a sudden I'm getting absolutely nothing from my windows 7 under > vmware. Does anyone know what could have happened? > > I've shut down windows, closed vmware, reopened everything and still no sound

Re: getting nothing from windows in virtual windows

2014-07-17 Thread May
No, I didn't change anything..at least not that I know of. all settings looked as they usually do. May and Leader Dog . . . www.canadianlynx.ca On Jul 17, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > Could the vm sound be muted? > >> On Jul 17, 2014, at 14:20, May McDonald Homuth wrote: >> >> Al

Re: getting nothing from windows in virtual windows

2014-07-17 Thread Devin Prater
Do you have any snapshots that you can revert to? > On Jul 17, 2014, at 17:02, May wrote: > > No, I didn't change anything..at least not that I know of. all settings > looked as they usually do. > > May and Leader Dog . . . > www.canadianlynx.ca > >> On Jul 17, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Devin Prater

Re: getting nothing from windows in virtual windows

2014-07-17 Thread May
Nope, never thought of doing that, but I'll definitely use it after I can get this thing to talking again. May and Leader Dog . . . www.canadianlynx.ca On Jul 17, 2014, at 6:04 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > Do you have any snapshots that you can revert to? > >> On Jul 17, 2014, at 17:02, May wro

Re: making a copy of a DVD

2014-07-17 Thread Gary
Hey Thanks! That worked. Yes, I was selecting the wrong option when choosing an image. That was so much easier than what I was trying. Gary On Jul 17, 2014, at 1:54 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > No, you mustn't use Finder at all to do this, and I think that's where your > problem is. I

Mac, 2nd Gen Stream, & Audible.com

2014-07-17 Thread Christina C.
Hello, I want to authorize my stream for Audible.com. The instructions tell me that I need to download the audible manager software. There was a link for the PC version and a link for the Mac version. I followed the link for the mac version. Thing is ...there is no Mac version because I am to u

RE: Mac, 2nd Gen Stream, & Audible.com

2014-07-17 Thread Myrna Votta
Unfortunately, you can't authorize the Stream for Audible using a Mac. The only way to authorize so that you can play Audible books on it is to find a PC, install Audible Manager on it, and then during the installation, choose the Humanware player as your device. After the installation, you need

Re: External sound device.

2014-07-17 Thread Terje Strømberg
And the Asus usb soundcards get good reviews. Good sound for the money thet say. If you need analog in to the external usb card, they may have that too, but not sure. Take care 17. juli 2014 kl. 15:34 skrev Ray Foret Jr : Say, come to think of it, wouldn't the griphin iMic do the job okay? S

Re: External sound device.

2014-07-17 Thread Terje Strømberg
Here is one on a swedish website https://www.komplett.se/asus-xonar-u3/645814 Take care 18. juli 2014 kl. 04:31 skrev Terje Strømberg : And the Asus usb soundcards get good reviews. Good sound for the money thet say. If you need analog in to the external usb card, they may have that too, but n

2nd iCloud account

2014-07-17 Thread Robert C
I have decided I will create a 2nd Cloud account. It will be used only for email, no app purchases etc. Just to be sure I have it right, this will be a totallly new account from my first one? So it will have its own Apple ID, correct? Quote of the nanosecond . . . One nice thing about e