Re: installing from a flash drive

2014-07-27 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Hi all I have a guide written by myself over at www.applevis.com On 27/07/2014 00:13, May McDonald Homuth wrote: You know when you delete a thread cause you don't need it, it is exactly when a person will come along and ask, how do I? Sorry, I know this topic has come up and I need step by st

Re: questions

2014-07-27 Thread Alwine Hardus
Hai, No, a system update is no problem. I had the same problem, only with garageband. I did no clean install. Alwine Op 27 jul. 2 014, om 07:56 heeft Shawn Krasniuk het volgende geschreven: > Yes, but if your friend is trying to update the entire OS, wouldn't that > still revert back to t

Re: installing from a flash drive

2014-07-27 Thread Alex Hall
I followed the steps on the below guide, and it worked perfectly. I chose the command line option as it seemed the easiest. Warning: auto-play video, but the audio is very quiet so you should be able to hear your screen reader over it. http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootabl

Re: questions

2014-07-27 Thread Alwine Hardus
Hi Tristan, I have only two apps I cann't update after updating to Mavericks, Iphoto and Garageband. I cannot delete these apps. The appstore gives me the message that my mac send the wrong internal ID to apple, because someone else already downloaded these apps. For these two apps I cnnot chan

RE: Express VPN -

2014-07-27 Thread wayne17a
Hi I stay a long time in the us and miss the uk sport like cricket and the commonwealth games and I have a mbp with me so how could I get to listen to live streaming using this app you could email me off line if you want but I think a lot of people on the list may be interested thanks From: ma

Making my startup disk into a single formatted partition

2014-07-27 Thread Joshua Tubbs
Hi all, Since we’re on the discussion of partitions, I unfortunately made the mistake of getting the Yosemite dev preview and made a new partition on the same drive as my BootCamp partition. Once the public beta came out, I attempted to remove this partition because I learned that I can’t have more

Re: Partitioning MBA Disk Not Going Well

2014-07-27 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
The command you now need is: sudo diskutil resizeVolume disk0s2 45G JHFS+ Testing 0 The only time I consider Disk Utility to be reliable with VoiceOver is when partitioning from scratch; then it's usually more convenient to use DU instead of the CLI. But ultimately you can do more with the disk

Re: Making my startup disk into a single formatted partition

2014-07-27 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Boot the Mavericks installer from external media or the network, and use Disk Utility to repartition your internal disk with a partition scheme of GUID, with one partition, Mac OS Extended Journaled, with the maximum size (default). If you need specific help, we can probably go through it all ag

Problem with SMTP server on my Gmail account using Mail

2014-07-27 Thread Joshua Tubbs
Hi all, Has anyone gotten an error when sending emails on a Gmail iMap account about The Operation couldn't be completed, and something about a domain? Upgrading to the Yosemite beta is the first time i've used iMap and I can't send emails whatsoever. I've bug reported it, but figured I'd ask. Only

Re: Making my startup disk into a single formatted partition

2014-07-27 Thread Joshua Tubbs
Ugg, this is annoying having to send it via the Gmail web interface. Anyway, I'm pretty sure I'll need help with all of that. Lol. I've created and resized partitions before, but I'm not sure how to change it to the GUID scene with the CLI, etc. Also, how do I boot the Mavericks installer from the

Re: looks like Flip for Mac is no longer free

2014-07-27 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
I quit using flip4mac when they started watermarking anything played through the Quicktime component for free users. Sod that; use ffmpeg instead (requires command-line foo). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe fr

Playing flash on the mac in maverick

2014-07-27 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Listers, I came across a flash content which the helpdesk people recommended I should watch while installing a new piece of software. I was unable to activate it by any known means to me. And yet my sighted partner was able to do it with the trackpad. Is there a way of accomplishing the same

Re: looks like Flip for Mac is no longer free

2014-07-27 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Could you explain a litttle further? I normally don't use command line and so any assumption that I will know what to do would be false. 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 b

Re: Making my startup disk into a single formatted partition

2014-07-27 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Let's keep this as simple as possible, eh? No command line required at this time. All data on the startup disk will be spifflicated. Disk Utility is in the installer. All you have to do is get the installer running somehow. Boot from the network by pressing Command+Option+R at the chime. Yo

Re: looks like Flip for Mac is no longer free

2014-07-27 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Ffmpeg is a tool that you obtain and run using the command line. Indeed, I well expect that many people will find this difficult, so unless you want to do a bit of learning, I'd suggest using tools in Windows to convert your Windows Media files into some other format, like WAV or MP3, that your

Re: Playing flash on the mac in maverick

2014-07-27 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Flash content, sadly, is known not to be accessible on OS X. Did you get anything from the video? Most installation videos really don't tell you anything you couldn't figure out by just reading the manual or following the instructions. :) -- You received this message because you are subscribe

Re: Problem with SMTP server on my Gmail account using Mail

2014-07-27 Thread Tristan Bussiere
Hi, Since Mavericks this has been an ongoing issue. Gmail handles imap really poorly. Some fixes that you can try are going to the folders and labels section of settings while in the standard web view (you’ll have to use the mouse on the icons with vo+command+f5), then turn off imap for the arc

Re: Making my startup disk into a single formatted partition

2014-07-27 Thread Joshua Tubbs
Well crap. Yosemite isn't letting me get Mavericks because it's complaining that I already have 10.10, why would I possibly want to downgrade? I guess I'm kind of stuck now. Unless I can find the installer some place else. On 7/27/14, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > Let's keep this as simple as pos

Re: Playing flash on the mac in maverick

2014-07-27 Thread Andrew Lamanche
But why not? I mean why is flash not accessible? It seems counter-intuitive. With so much progress and accessibility that apple has given us, why not flash? Any work about this? And to the point, no, I needed to watch the video to get what I wanted. Andrew On 27 Jul 2014, at 20:05, Sabahat

Re: Playing flash on the mac in maverick

2014-07-27 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Can you post the link to what you were trying to access? > -- > 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 joy for my despairing tears! > And now, every day: > "This I call

Re: Partitioning MBA Disk Not Going Well

2014-07-27 Thread Barry Hadder
I believe you are waisting time. If you only have 10 gigs free, than you can't shrink it down any more. You need 8 gigs for installation and another 15 percent of that for updates. That gives you an absolute minimum of 9.2 gigs. As I said before, if disk utility won't let you shrink something,

Re: Making my startup disk into a single formatted partition

2014-07-27 Thread Barry Hadder
Well, that's kind of weird. However, I don't think it's anything to sweat. It seems pretty solid to me and it will be released in a month or two anyway. As soon as I see a small mail issue corrected, I plan on putting it on my main partition. On Jul 27, 2014, at 3:53 PM, Joshua Tubbs wrote:

Re: looks like Flip for Mac is no longer free

2014-07-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
Also, most things now use mp3 for streaming or html 5, so you rarely if ever need to play anything using windows media. On Jul 27, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > I quit using flip4mac when they started watermarking anything played through > the Quicktime component for free use

Re: Partitioning MBA Disk Not Going Well

2014-07-27 Thread Alex Hall
According to Finder, I have a 60GB hard drive total, and about 20GB of total free space to work with. I'm making the Yosemite partition 15GB, or trying to, which should be enough room. On Jul 27, 2014, at 6:02 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: > I believe you are waisting time. > If you only have 10 gigs

Re: Playing flash on the mac in maverick

2014-07-27 Thread Steve Holmes
I might add here concerning flash. Apple has nothing to do with flash. Flash is developed by Adobe and quite frankly, I don't think Adobe cares much at all about accessibility. This is my opinion; yes, Adobe has funded NVDA development but PDF documents are more less accessible on Windows but th

Re: Snow Leopard, again

2014-07-27 Thread DD
Someone noted: "Yep, just bought my copy, for old time's sake. Unfortunately, it's w 10.6.3 and no later; Apple stopped making the discs available for retail after that, and the only way to get the latest version is if it came with a particular Mac. (Insert rant about Apple locking its medi

Re: Partitioning MBA Disk Not Going Well

2014-07-27 Thread Barry Hadder
According to your du list output, you had a 51.5 gig main partition and you said that finder reports 10 gigs free. You can't shrink the 51gb partition down to 45gb with only 10gb left. On Jul 27, 2014, at 5:23 PM, Alex Hall wrote: According to Finder, I have a 60GB hard drive total, and

Re: Partitioning MBA Disk Not Going Well

2014-07-27 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Remember that any unallocated space after the partition is available for use. Even if you couldn't shrink from 51G to 45G with the available 10G, which even by my lamentable arithmetical powers would seem to be possible with 4G left over, then you should still have sufficient space on the whole

Re: Snow Leopard, again

2014-07-27 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
It's not updating that's the problem though, it's getting the installation to even boot. As far as I can see there are two options: use InstaDMG to build an installed image with 10.6.6 or later already applied, or else use another Mac and target disk mode to install and patch it that way. In b

Re: Making my startup disk into a single formatted partition

2014-07-27 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
If it's just the prompt asking you if you're sure you want to continue, just choose to do so. If the application is already in your Applications folder (do check for something called "Install OS X Mavericks") then you've got it, and just need to build your USB media. -- You received this mess

Re: Making my startup disk into a single formatted partition

2014-07-27 Thread Kliphton Senior
Well, I had this issue. If you have a 8GB thumb stick, or a external hard drive you can partition, then you can create a bootable installer with disc maker X. You boot in to that, and then your able to wipe the main hard drive and install mavericks. Minister Miller (http://facebook.com/CCMarr

Re: Making my startup disk into a single formatted partition

2014-07-27 Thread Kliphton Senior
Mail is smoother to me then on mavericks. I did a clean install of yomsemidy, and all is working fine. Are you a Christian? Looking for a convenient bible study? Do you have Skype? Well I host a fun, easy to follow bible study on skype. If you'd like to join us, just contact me. [iMessage

Re: Making my startup disk into a single formatted partition

2014-07-27 Thread Joshua Tubbs
Ah, but you say your email is iCloud. I wonder, is there a way to easily switch rom Gmail to my iCloud? Seems like the best solution ATM. On 7/27/14, Kliphton Senior wrote: > Mail is smoother to me then on mavericks. I did a clean install of > yomsemidy, and all is working fine. > Are you a Chr

RE: Making my startup disk into a single formatted partition

2014-07-27 Thread Kliphton Senior
No, I use Gmail. Kliphton ~iMessage,Email&FaceTime-Audio~ m.kliph...@gmail.com ~Twitter,Instagram,FourSquare&Skype~ kliphton72 ~Text only~ 727-266-5283 “Personal blog-read at your own risk!” http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto

Re: Playing flash on the mac in maverick

2014-07-27 Thread David Chittenden
Flash has never ben very accessible, even on windows. Many flash sights will never be accessible. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 28 Jul 2014, at 3:19, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > Listers, > > I came across a flash con

daisy players and mac os 10.9

2014-07-27 Thread Brandon Misch
Hey does anyone know of good daisy players for mac os 10.9? -- 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 po

vmware

2014-07-27 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
HI. I have a virtual machine running windows 7 that won't start in spite of everything I've tried. I'd like to start a new virtual machine from scratch, but am not sure how to get rid of the od one. any help would be much appreciated. thanks Warm regards and blessings Maria, Joe and FurBabi

Re: installing from a flash drive

2014-07-27 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi May. What you could try is boot up in recovery mode with command+R I think it was, and have it format the hard drive. After that is done, You can use the internet download feature in recovery mode and download it that way. Note that in order to select your wifi network in recovery mode, You'l

Re: vmware

2014-07-27 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Maria. In order to delete a VM, simply find it and delete it with command+delete. On my computer, it's located somewhere in the documents folder. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook > On Jul 28, 2014, at 12:34 AM, Maria and Joe Chapman > wrote: > > HI. I have a virtual machine running window

Re: vmware

2014-07-27 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Get to the Virtual Machine Library by pressing Command+Shift+L. Then find the table, interact with it, find your machine, and hit the delete key. Answer to move it to the Trash, and then empty it (after checking it out first). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo