Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Announcements in AppleScript Dialog Boxes

I can confirm the first problem on my late 2011 Macbook Pro 13. > On 24 Oct 2014, at 02:09, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > I’ve noticed a couple of bugs with VoiceOver and AppleScript dialog boxes > since upgrading to Yosemite, and am interested whether anyone else has > noticed the same thing.

Re: question about downloading audible books

There is no Audible download manager or any other specific app for downloading Audible books on the Mac. You cannot download Audible books with iTunes. You can buy Audible books with iTunes, though the prices are much more expensive and you cannot use your Audible membership credits, and you can

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Announcements in AppleScript Dialog Boxes

Christopher, do you not have the problem with text echo when typing in the dialog box? -- 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

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Announcements in AppleScript Dialog Boxes

The only script I have is an alert to tell me a file has been added to my Downloads folder. All you get is a yes button and a no button, nothing to type in this dialogue. Sorry can't help. > On 24 Oct 2014, at 08:11, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > Christopher, do you not have the problem with t

Re: Braille screen input

I can't remember how to do that searching, though did know once. Aaah, I'm thinking of two different things, I forgot you can do braille input on a home screen, but was thinking about getting into Spotlight searches on the device as a whole. Thanks, Me. - Original Message - From: "Nich

Re: mail in 10.10

For me in Yosemite, in Classic View all messages are announced as conversations, even if they are not. IN standard view, on the other hand, the read/unread status is back to the beginning of what VoiceOver announces, but for me VoiceOver announces all messages as unread, even if they are in fact

Re: Two questions

I cannot confirm any of these on my Late 2011 Macbook Pro 13. I can both show the downloads window in Safari and activate links in email messages in Mail. > On 23 Oct 2014, at 23:16, Rich Ring wrote: > > I have two unrelated questions. First, since installing Yosemite, I can no > longer see my

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Does Not Work with TextEdit in Portrait Layout

Here is a link to the Textedit help topic. https://help.apple.com/textedit/mac/10.10/index.html?localePath=en.lproj#txted35481 I found it with layout as the keyword. On Oct 24, 2014, at 1:56 AM, Nicholas

Re: Yosemite Bugs | Selecting Text in Preview

Hello Nick, I’ve just tried the selecting and copying in Preview and it’s very strange. I tried with two different files: one downloaded from the internet and copying with VO-Return navigating through the text, then VO-Return again and Cmd-c worked fine, as did VO-a and copying the whole file;

Re: Clean Install of Yosemite (was: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs)

Hello Nick, I never use the Recovery partition as it downloads a new version of the OS which takes too long. I always make a bootable USB key and install from that. I then restore my data from my Time Machine backup. Below is how to make a bootable USB key, you’ll need an 8 GB drive. Cheers,

Possible workaround for Mail link problem

Seeing the contradictory experiences of clicking links in Yosemite Mail messages I have noticed the following. 1. If I open a mail by pressing enter I find I cannot execute the link. 2. If however I interact with the message with VO J I can execute the link as normal. I do not know if that cor

Re: Possible workaround for Mail link problem

Hello David, Links work just fine for me. I have Mail in Classic view. I have conversations turned off. I have the Preview pane turned off. I open a message by pressing Return. I find links by pressing VO-Cmd-l. Cheers, Anne > On 24 Oct 2014, at 11:02, David Griffith wrote: > > Seeing the c

Re: question about downloading audible books

Hello Nick, This sounds like an awfully convoluted way to download Audible books. I just click the link to my library, then press VO-Cmd-t to get to the table. I then interact with the table and navigate right until I find first the name of the book, then much further right, the download link.

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Does Not Work with TextEdit in Portrait Layout

Well, I’ll give you that, Barry. :) Based on that support document, you seem to be right that make layout vertical is for languages that write vertically. However, I still can’t reconcile that with what I was told by sighted colleagues that it changed the page layout from landscape to portrait.

Selecting Text in TexEdit which Wraps Over a Page

Hi list, This bug has been discussed before in relation to Pages, but this is the first time I’ve noticed it in TextEdit. Just tried to select a paragraph in TextEdit which wrapped over a page. It didn’t work. I was left selecting only the portion of the text on the second page. IN fact, when I

Re: Clean Install of Yosemite (was: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs)

Awesome, thanks, Anne! Seeing I have already installed Yosemite, but have a copy of the Install OS X Yosemite.app on a USB drive, should I replace the reference to /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app to use the file path to the app on my other USB device? And I notice that the terminal co

Re: Possible workaround for Mail link problem

I too can open links in Mail just fine. I am running Yosemite. I have Mail in Classic view, but I have conversations (i.e. group related messages) enabled. I use command-o to open messages. I don't think it's relevant to classic view, but I have preview pane turned off when I switch to standard v

Re: Clean Install of Yosemite (was: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs)

Hello Nick, Why not make it easy on yourself and copy the Install app into your Applications folder, then you wouldn't have to change anything. Cheers, Anne > On 24 Oct 2014, at 12:11, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > Awesome, thanks, Anne! Seeing I have already installed Yosemite, but have a

Re: Selecting Text in TexEdit which Wraps Over a Page

Hello Nick, Have you tried switching the view using Cmd-Shift-w? Cheers, Anne > On 24 Oct 2014, at 12:02, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > Hi list, > > This bug has been discussed before in relation to Pages, but this is the > first time I’ve noticed it in TextEdit. Just tried to select a pa

Re: question about downloading audible books

Hi Anne (and others), yes, my way is certainly more convoluted. Your way is much simpler. I used to do it that way too, at least whenever the automatic download feature didn't work. However, more recently that stopped working for me, hence the resort to the more convoluted method. Certainly an

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Does Not Work with TextEdit in Portrait Layout

P.S. That TextEdit site had a bunch of other useful stuff on it well worth reading. On 24 Jan 2014, at 8:57 pm, Nicholas Parsons wrote: Well, I’ll give you that, Barry. :) Based on that support document, you seem to be right that make layout vertical is for languages that write vertically. Ho

Re: Clean Install of Yosemite (was: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs)

Haha, okay, I thought you might say that. Was hoping to avoid the need for copying that 6GB file more than I needed to, but I suppose you're right, it will be much easier and probably worth the time to get an installation drive. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo

Re: Selecting Text in TexEdit which Wraps Over a Page

Okay, thanks, switching to wrap to window worked. I remember some people having issue with this in Mavericks. Was it wrap to window that gave issues or wrap to page? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this gr

Re: question about downloading audible books

Hello Nick, Yes, that column is labeled Listen. I'm with Audible.com but they seem to be pretty much the same. I just downloaded a book in two parts this morning and all is working well. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Selecting Text in TexEdit which Wraps Over a Page

Hello Nick, Wrap to window makes editing work properly, but if you want to skip through a document page-by-page, you need to switch to wrap to page. At least there's a short cut for this. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionari

Re: Yosemite Bugs | Selecting Text in Preview

Strange indeed. The issue I was getting with not being able to copy at all I think was related to having just performed a search. I’m guessing some kind of search dialog pops up which blocks the view or for some reason stops one from being able to copy text. I couldn’t work out how to make the s

Re: Yosemite Bugs | Selecting Text in Preview

Hello Nick, I haven’t got a lot of PDFs on my computer and none of them are long. I haven’t tried the Search facility either. As for copying text, it’s a nuisance that PDFs have new lines everywhere, preventing us from making use of the VO commands for reading by sentence or paragraph. I really

Re: Possible workaround for Mail link problem

As for me, I use standard mail view with conversations turned on and open e-mails with return and find links using CMD+l and open with VO+space. 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 b

Re: iBooks and Yosemite

Depending on whether you are in single or two page view you can navigate by single or two pages simply by pressing the up and down arrow keys. Theoretically I think you should be able to navigate by chapter with shift command left and right arrow from memory but I am not sure about this yet as

VoiceOver and tables on the web

Hi. Does anyone here know if VoiceOver (both on Mac and iOS) are able to read tables on the web that uses the aria-describedby tag? Here is an example, though in norwegian (just so you understand what kind of tables I meean). Hope for good answers. Best regards David Hole -- You received this

Re: Possible workaround for Mail link problem

Links work normally for me too. I use Standard View, conversations enabled, no preview pane, and I open messages with enter. I can use vo-cmd-l, or interact with the text and simply arrow to a link. > On Oct 24, 2014, at 7:24 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > > As for me, I use standard mail view with

Re: VoiceOver and tables on the web

Probably depends on how it's being used. Your example didn't come through. CB On 10/24/14, 9:22 AM, David Hole wrote: Hi. Does anyone here know if VoiceOver (both on Mac and iOS) are able to read tables on the web that uses the aria-describedby tag? Here is an example, though in norwegian (jus

Re: Incorrect reporting of position of insertion point in Yosemite (and other Pages issues)

Hi guys I guess I should have paid more attention to what y’all were saying about the insertion point. Let me tell you a simple thing that it took me an hour to figure out. If you are in Numbers, and you want to type a formula yourself instead of using the menu, after you type the equals sign,

Re: another bug

Although Mavericks may not be in the app store, I had to downgrade once using my Time Machine backup. I had to copy my documents folder to somewhere first so I could fix it after I did the downgrade. Gigi > On Oct 23, 2014, at 8:10 PM, Faisal wrote: > > So, the issue with my keyboard persis

Re: Braille screen input

How do you get VoiceOver to say each character when typing in grade 2 with the Braille keyboard? It's doing character by character in grade 1, but not in grade 2. I am having some trouble always getting to the automatic translation so that I can change whether the iPhone waits for a space or car

Re: Two questions

I have just done both these things successfully, oddly enough. CMD-Option-L still worked to show me the download I was doing and I started it by clicking the link in a Mail message. Hmmm. * Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subs

Need Help Installing Printer Driver in Yosemite

Hello Everyone, In Maverick, it was a simple thing to install the software for my Samsung ML-3312nd Series laser printer. I: 1. Opened System Preferences. 2. Opened Printers and Scanners. 3. Selected the Add button. Since the printer is on my network via an Ethernet cable, it was located imme

Re: Braille screen input

I don't think you can. My keyboard echo is set to "character", and I hear the characters in 6-dot mode. Like you, though, I hear nothing when using contracted braille, so I'm still using 6-dot for now. > On Oct 24, 2014, at 10:35 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > > How do you get VoiceOver to say each

Getting Yosemite installer

I want to prepare a USB thumbdrive yosemite installer. Do I first hit the yosemite upgrade button in the app store, then am I given a chance to abort the actual install once it is downloaded to my mac? I'm a little bit leary about hitting upgrade when all I want to do is get the installer, and n

Numbers, pages and most importantly iMovie under yosemite

I know everyone is just getting acclimated to the new OS, and probably haven't gotten around to testing out the new upgrades to these three apps (pages, numbers, and iMovie). I'm hoping for two things: 1) they haven't broken numbers with the Yosemite upgrade. 2) iMovie accessibility has been imp

Re: Getting Yosemite installer

Hello Phil, Yes, you click the Upgrade button and once the download is finished, the installer will be launched. At this point, you can just quit the installer and you'll find the Install app in your Applications folder. The instructions I posted earlier explain what to do next. Cheers, Anne

Re: Getting Yosemite installer

If you command tab away from the installer at the point it says continue you should be able to find the installer in your applications f That is what I did. older. Copy it to a different location and then quit the installer at that point to abort the installation. David Griffith On 24/10/201

Re: Numbers, pages and most importantly iMovie under yosemite

Hello Phil, The only one I'm using is Pages and so far, the only problem I've encountered is the reappearance of a bug that had been fixed. We can no longer access the menu button to the right of each paragraph style in the paragraph styles table. We have to bring the mouse and turn on Mouse ke

Re: question about downloading audible books

I don't know what would be more reliable and faster about using Google Chrome for Audible instead of safari, but to each his/her own! You can even tab to the download button once you find the book or if you know it's the top one just do a vo-f to find download or use the rotor. Lots of options!

Re: Yosemite Bugs | Selecting Text in Preview

Not only does copying and pasting not work in Preview any more, but it doesn’t work either in PDF Pen Pro. Gigi > On Oct 23, 2014, at 10:50 PM, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > Hi list, > > Am I right that selecting text in Preview no longer works, or no longer works > as well, in Yosemite?

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Does Not Work with TextEdit in Portrait Layout

There are several things you need to think about and check here. Did you try changing file > page setup. There's a specific landscape/portrait setting there which is by default on portrait. Also, right in the print window when you use cmd-p or do file > Print there's a place to choose between la

Re: question about downloading audible books

I use it with dom order and without grouping and i don't have this problem or at least I didn't last time I downloaded from Audible. When something stops working for you it might be that something has changed on the website but it's always a good idea to check your safari settings to see if anyt

Re: Yosemite Bugs | Selecting Text in Preview

This is what I usually do too. And this morning when I opened something in Preview and it said "static text" I could still select all and copy it into text edit. -- 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

Re: another strange issue

Hi, If you’re using iMap with Gmail, and you attempt to quit Mail too quickly after performing a delete message, move message or something like that, Mail will often either give you an error saying that it couldn’t complete the task or it may just sit there for some time trying to complete the

Re: keyboard shortcut to expand thread in messages table in mail

Yes, I get the same thing, Andrew. Thanks Alex and Andrew for letting me know you are not having this problem. Everything I tried to get the arrow keys to begin working on threads would not work, not even rebooting my computer. Then suddenly for no reason that I cannot figure out, the arrow keys

Re: iOs 8.1 performance on iPhone 4S

Hi everyone, I too have a 4s. It was time for me to upgrade, I chose to move to android, primarily because it was going to be cheaper along with my accessibility on my chosen phone was similar to what I get with voiceover. I kept my phone relegating it to airplane mode in order to continue to u

Can't read pdf files in Preview under Yosemite

Hi, Having upgraded to Yosemite, I have just discovered that I can’t read any of my pdf files in Preview. I open a file in Preview, voiceover announces “pdf content group”. I interact with it and voiceover announces “static text. I can’t seem to do anything with it from that point. voiceove

Re: Can't read pdf files in Preview under Yosemite

Hello, Try highlighting all the text, copy it and then put it into textedit. If there is actual text in the pdf file, this should work for now. HTH > On Oct 24, 2014, at 11:15 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > Hi, > > Having upgraded to Yosemite, I have just discovered that I can’t read any of >

Re: Braille screen input

I only hear it give dots format when it's not a character, it has to wait for the whole word to interpret it. mBraille has been known to just say the phonym like ING, ER, OF, and so on. That would be good for this version too. - Original Message - From: "Eugenia Firth" To: Sent: Fr

Found out how to receive calls on your Mac

Supposing you have Yosemite and 8.1 on your phone, the way to receive or make calls on the Mac is to sign into FaceTime then on your phone you have to turn on cellular forwarding as well as messages forwarding. Hope this helps. Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates Louie P (Pete) Nalda MySp

Re: Found out how to receive calls on your Mac

Right ok, can't make or receive calls on my iPad either, maybe I'm not signed into FaceTime on there for some reason, cellular calls are on for both iPhone and iPad. Messages are working a treat though. On 24/10/2014 20:01, Pete Nalda wrote: Supposing you have Yosemite and 8.1 on your phone, t

Re: Braille screen input

You can't. Some say it's a bug, others say it's by design because of how the translator works. I did suggest to Apple that dot patterns such as 1-2-3-4-5-6 could be announced so that we know by pattern what's about to be translated. On 24/10/2014 15:35, Eugenia Firth wrote: How do you get Voi

Re: Found out how to receive calls on your Mac

Yes! Try signing into FaceTime on your iPad, then try dialing a number from your contacts. It should work, as it did on my Macbook Pro. Note that also, you DO need both devices on the same Wifi network. So, with the phone settings I mentioned earlier, which it seems you have set, then FaceTime

Boundary sounds in Yosemite

Hi, Sometimes when I command tab between applications or hit command r to refresh in Safari, I get the same sound I hear if I try to move beyond a boundary such as the top of the message list in Mail. Are keys sticking or is something else going on? I didn’t notice this under Mavericks. Cheer

Re: unlabelled buttons in yosemti mail

Hello everyone, With reference to the unlabeled buttons in mail earlier in life and Yosemite do you think this was a simple oversight on the part of Apple accessibility or do you think this is something we as voiceover users are going to have to learn to deal with? Pam Francis On Oct 23, 2014

Workaround for opening pdfs in preview

I just wanted to mention that the work-around for opening pdfs in Preview and getting them to read - selecting the file in finder, turning off voiceover, opening the file, turning vo back on, interacting twice with the content - does work. However, I also want to note that the same problem appea

Re: Found out how to receive calls on your Mac

Ok, all is working. But wow! I just called my VoiceMail to change a setting, and I was able to both use the keypad and hear the dtmf tones all from my iPad! So finally we may have a solution to those moments where it's hard to hear VoiceOver during a call, especially in an automated system! But

Time Machine and OS X Yosemite

Hi all, Has anyone figured out how to adjust the timeline in Time Machine with VO under Yosemite? After launching Time Machine from within a folder or application, I can hit VO+F2 twice quickly to bring up the window chooser, then choose the Time Machine window. However, I can’t figure out how

Re: Found out how to receive calls on your Mac

Glad it’s working for you. I finally found out how to do it using the help menu on the Mac. > On Oct 24, 2014, at 3:50 PM, Christopher Hallsworth > wrote: > > Ok, all is working. But wow! I just called my VoiceMail to change a setting, > and I was able to both use the keypad and hear the dtm

Recommendation for an external sound card for the mac needed.

Hi all. My external sound card is broken, and I need a new one. I need a high end sound card thunderbold or USB 3.0. I use it for recording with protools and in the future I will try to use logic. I also use it for connecting to my receiver to obtain better sound quality. Best regards Annie.

Re: Two questions

That was the problem! You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com > On Oct 24, 2014, at 12:34 AM, David Griffith wrote: > > I am seeing the downloads window fine. It may be hat you need to have your > toolbar visi

AT&T Locking Apple Interchangeable SIMs in iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 [Updated] - Mac Rumors

Hello all: Be ware of using Apple’s new universal SIM with ATT. http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/24/att-apple-sim/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this g

Re: unlabelled buttons in yosemti mail

Hi, I would guess that it was an oversight, but not being part of the testing or development crew, I couldn’t be positive. Now, for my own part, I initially wasn’t paying much attention to this thread and have subsequently looked for these unlabelled buttons and have been unable to locate them

Re: Recommendation for an external sound card for the mac needed.

Do you need a 'card' or just an interface? For my little bit of recording I use the Art USB Dual Pre which takes two XLR or 1/4" mic or line level inputs and appears as a USB audio device which you can then record with whatever you like. It's 16-bit 44Khz resolution so if you're into the 192K t

Re: Recommendation for an external sound card for the mac needed.

Hi. I need an interface. Best regards Annie.a > Den 24/10/2014 kl. 23.35 skrev 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > : > > Do you need a 'card' or just an interface? For my little bit of recording I > use the Art USB Dual Pre which takes two XLR or 1/4" mic or line level inputs > and appears a

Re: Braille screen input

Hello I think saying the dots out what take forever. I really think that with the screen input, unless you were using a brill display, is got to have the default of translation as you go. Mit's a real pain to type a big long word, only to find out that it's got a big mistake in it, and then you

Re: unlabelled buttons in yosemti mail

When you get an email message, press enter on it in the index. Interact where it says embedded and arrow right and you will find four unlabeled buttons. They are between where it says message headers and where it says text; they have no help tags. I haven’t been paying attention either because i

Outbox folder in iCloud Mail

How do I get the Outbox folder to show in iCloud Mail in Mavericks? Earlier today Internet was down for a bit and a message I sent was not in Drafts. I did send it later but still want to see it. Apparently Apple hid this folder after Lion. From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true

iTunes 12 Questions

Hello friends: I seem to be having difficulties with iTunes 12. I never used the Grid view, always preferring the List view. Is the Grid view the only viewing option on iTunes 12? If not, how can I go back to the List view? I've looked through the preferences and menus, and cannot find anything of

Re: another strange issue

I have only had this problem when the Messages app was open. Otherwise it does not occur for me at this time. On Oct 24, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, If you’re using iMap with Gmail, and you attempt to quit Mail too quickly after performing a delete message, move message or some

Re: iTunes 12 Questions

Hi, In grid view, you can play an episode by moving vo to it and pressing vo-space. To use list view: with vo on the grid, move it to the popup menu with vo-left and vo-space. In the popover, move vo to the left until you get to a table then interact with it. Move vo down the list until you her

Re: iTunes 12 Questions

Hi, Mary: When interacting with the table on the pop-up menu, iTunes goes busy. I had also tried playing my TV episode with VO+space via the Grid view, but nothing happens. I've been using a Mac for a few years now, and have never been this frustrated with iTunes. Any further suggestions would be

Re: iTunes 12 Questions

I am not getting that behavior at all. Sounds to me like something is wrong. Have you tried running disk utility? How old is your mac? Also, you will occasionally want to leave your Mac on over night so that the system can run certain maintenance scripts that are by default scheduled from 3 A

Need to go no-mail for a while.

I'm about to be out of town for a week and need to go no-mail for a while, but not sure how to change my status. Can someone please help with that? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop recei

Time Machine won't start backup

Hello, I am trying to do a Time Machine backup under Yosemite. For more than an hour Time Machine shows preparing backup. The last backup I did was on October 21st. I am not sure if that was before or after I installed Yosemite. Anybody else having any problems? Thanks for any help. Max -- You

Re: Time Machine won't start backup

Hi, It's likely not a problem. If your last backup was prior to Yosemite, then it will actually take a while to prepare the backup. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Oct 24, 2014, at 7:59 PM, Agent086b wrote: > > Hello, > I am trying to do a Time Machine backup under Yosemi

Re: Outbox folder in iCloud Mail

Hi, It only shows up when there is a message in the OutBox. So, if you sent it already, the OutBox won't be available. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Oct 24, 2014, at 4:49 PM, The Believer wrote: > > How do I get the Outbox folder to show in iCloud Mail in Mavericks? E

Re: Need to go no-mail for a while.

You might try macvisionaries+nom...@googlegroups.com. ANd then to return try macvisionaries+nor...@googlegroups.com. Not sure if these work but they are pretty standard fair. Best, Erik Burggraaf On Oct 24, 2014, at 9:55 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: > I'm about to be out of town for a week and n

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Impressions of iCloud Drive so far?

Hi all, I (perhaps unwisely) use Dropbox as primary storage for my files, with the obvious local backups just in case. However, I'd like to switch to iCloud Drive, so that my files will be more tightly integrated with iOS, and so I can pay for storage with my iTunes account. Before I do, I'd li

Re: Impressions of iCloud Drive so far?

I like it on the Mac and on the PC but I still think ICloud is weird on the phone. It's technically not as compartmentalized but it's still hard to get to different parts of it because you can't really browse there. I want an ICloud Drive app like the DB or One Drive apps I use now. So for me, it h

Re: Two questions

Both of these should still work. At least, I can still see downloads with command-option-l in Safari and I can VO-space on links in mail. I am using standard view in Mail. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, htt

No Mail

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Re: Numbers, pages and most importantly iMovie under yosemite

They haven't broken numbers. There seem to be some slight changes when entering formulae, but nothing dramatic. I use Numbers a lot and can still use it the same in Yosemite. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe fro

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Does Not Work with TextEdit in Portrait Layout

Okay, thanks, Cheryl, I’ll look into these. -- 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: question about downloading audible books

I also don't bother with the accessible site. I have a Hazel rule set to import downloaded Audible books into iTunes and then trash the original file. This is nice and clean and avoids duplicates if, like me, you have iTunes set to copy imported media into your iTunes library. Cheryl, do a spee

Re: Workaround for opening pdfs in preview

I also confirm the work around has worked for me. -- 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

Re: Recommendation for an external sound card for the mac needed.

Chris I have a sudden trip to San Fransisco. Is the best way to go no mail is to unsubscribe and resubscribe when I return home? Angus MacKinnon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receivi

Re: Impressions of iCloud Drive so far?

Hi all I use iCloud Drive on both the Mac and PC, there is an app for iOS but it's only to view and open files currently, it's called Cloud Drive Explorer and is free, either way I like the service and am storing my own documents in there, I have my Apple ID protected with two factor authentic

Re: Time Machine won't start backup

Hi, I have been waiting for several hours now and Still Time Machine is still preparing a backup. Surely It should have started by now. a frustrated Max > On 25 Oct 2014, at 1:19 pm, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > It's likely not a problem. If your last backup was prior to Yosemite, then >