deleting wireless networks

I was out of town to visit some friends and by accident i clicked on a neighbor’s wireless network. Now when i have no wifi it claims this network and says it has 4 bars when in reality it’s connected to nothing. So how do i get rid of this wireless network plus any potential networks i may acci

permanently turning off the macbook air's trackpad

I have a trackpad that’s wireless/portable that i bought with my mac. What I’m wondering is how can i turn off the air’s trackpad permanently? When my portable trackpad is connected the air uses that trackpad and it’s built in one is off like i like. but when the portable trackpad is off, the ai

terminal suggestions

Well, learning to play muds in the mac terminal is a challenge. However, i think i can safely do it now.:) If you change the terminal type to t100 in the terminal it will speak a bit better. Speech interrupts are still an issue but not so much with vt100 for those who don’t know how to change t

RE: deleting wireless networks

Hello Deedra, To see your list of Preferred (previously connected to) or what is sometimes referred to as "known networks", do the following. 1. >From the Apple Menu, select System Preferences. 2. Select Networks. 3. Select the Advanced Button located near the bottom of the dialog box. Fr

Re: deleting wireless networks

Mark, thanks. I kept trying to fix it through the wireless thing in hmm what would be called the system tray on windows……Sorry can’t > On Dec 2, 2014, at 12:30 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Deedra, > > To see your list of Preferred (previously connected to) or what is sometimes > referred

Re: item chooser in safari

Yes, you are right. Under Mavericks, item chooser menu behaved differently. But I think it may have something to do with the most recent upgrade to Safari. Others have noticed it too. Please report your experiences to apple accessibility. > On 2 Dec 2014, at 06:55, Faisal ali wrote: > > Hi

Re: Migration assistant question

Hi Mark, I may soon be having to use the migration assistant so I was very interested in your experience of having done so. Can you outline the steps required to connect thee two macs via ethernet cable? I have a notion that one of them has to be started in a particular mode. Is this true?

Seeing other macs on the network

Hi, Why can’t I see all the other computers on my home networks? When I launch the finder, I can’t see all the other computers on my network. They are used by different people but I think I ought to be able to see them in the sidebar. Also, in the sidebar of my finder I can see an item “remot

Re: hermes

Hi all, I am wondering where I might find this application? Thanks. Now if only we could get an accessible Facebook application for the Mac. > On Dec 2, 2014, at 12:56 AM, deedra waters wrote: > > I’m wondering if anyone knows how to stop it’s notifications every time it > starts a new song. No

What's the easiest way to move a file to iCloud?

Hi all, I have a couple of files on my Mac that I want to move to iCloud so I can access them from multiple devices. What's the easiest way to do this? thanks, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from thi

Re: permanently turning off the macbook air's trackpad

If you set VoiceOver to not follow the mouse cursor, and then leave Trackpad Commander off, this won't be a concern. That's what I do, and it works well, plus I can enable Trackpad Commander whenever I need it. > On Dec 2, 2014, at 3:06 AM, deedra waters wrote: > > I have a trackpad that’s wire

Re: terminal suggestions

I don't know the name, but someone on this list made a MUD client for the Mac that works well with VoiceOver. You might ask, in an email with a different subject so it gets his attention, what it is called. > On Dec 2, 2014, at 3:10 AM, deedra waters wrote: > > Well, learning to play muds in th

Re: hermes

To find it, just google "Hermes Pandora client". To stop notifications, bring up either System Preferences or your Notification Center, and go to Notification Center preferences. There's a table of all the applications on your Mac that provide notifications; find Hermes in there. Now find the A

RE: What's the easiest way to move a file to iCloud?

Copy and past -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 04:49 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: What's the easiest way to move a file to iCloud? Hi all, I have a

Why aren't my pdf files reading any longer?

Good day all: I have some files on my computer which used to read just fine with Preview or Adobe. For some reason, when I open them now, nothing is happening. I have tried all manner of commands: attempting to interact, checking read mode, full screen mode, trying to read by page; I am getting

Spellcheck with VoiceOVer on the Ipad Air using a Zagg bluetooth keyboard

Hello. I am using a Ipad Air (bought in October from the ATT store). I use a Zagg bluetooth keyboard. And, I have only been using a screen reader, VoiceOver, for two weeks less than I have had the Ipad. I asked on a Facebook group how to check and correct spelling with VoiceOver on. The i

Re: Seeing other macs on the network

The basic answer is that other computers have to be listening for connections for you to talk to them. Here is a link to an Apple knowledgebase article about finding other computers on the network: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10644 And here is a link to an article about enabling file shari

help with winclone for mac

Hello I am currently using winclone on the mac to back up my boot camp windows partition the app works perfictly how ever I have a few products that I purchased but use a kind of registration system that basicly ties the product to the computers id if the computer id changes I have to get anoth

Spellcheck with VoiceOVer on the Ipad Air using a Zagg bluetooth keyboard

Speak auto corrections is turned on. I've tried CMD ; , CMD ;, VO;, VO: to no change. It doesn't even acknowledge a misspelled word, other than underlining it. VO shift M will highlight it, though nothing else. Arrow keys don't seem to work well either in text fields. They only go one lette

question about Growl

I was able to download growl. I am wondering though how do I add an application like Yofukoru to Growl? Thanks. -- 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 t

Hermes

So I just downloaded Hermes player for Pandora. So far so good, but I just wish when you interact with the table of stations, it wouldn’t say image every time you arrow down to a station. You have to stop interacting with the table in order to get VoiceOver to read what the station is. Also, doe

Re: What's the easiest way to move a file to iCloud?

Hi, To be a little more clear. Locate the file wherever it is now, cmd-c to Copy it, when in the Finder, press cmd-shift-i to bring up your iCloud Drive, then Paste it/them into the appropriate locations. If the files don’t fit in the default folders within your iCloud Drive, just create a ne

Re: Migration assistant question

Hi, Both methods will work fine. Whether you use Migration Assistant or an up-to-date Time Machine backup. If you are setting up a new computer and you have the up-to-date Time Machine backup, the new computer will end up exactly the same as the old one including all files and settings. Simi

Re: terminal suggestions

There should be a file in your root directory called .profile (note it starts with a period). Usually files with periods are hidden unless you add the "all" parameter to the ls command ls -a The .profile script is run each time you start a terminal session. In that file you can add a line whi

Re: Why aren't my pdf files reading any longer?

Hi, Adobe will not properly read pdfs with VO. With the new version of Preview, you usually need to interact twice with the pdf content area in order to read everything in a navigable way. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Dec 2, 2014, at 06:48, Christine Grassman wrote: >

Re: terminal suggestions

Someone offered: "If you change the terminal type to t100 in the terminal it will speak a bit better. Speech interrupts are still an issue but not so much with vt100 for those who don't know how to change the terminal type export TERM=vt100 Not sure how it gets added to the shell's" There

Re: google docs

Hi, When accessing Google Docs, a couple of things may help. The best way to access Google Docs is with Chrome and ChromeVox. But, if you’re not comfortable using that package, Safari will work with a bit of different navigation than you may be used to. In Safari, when you first open the Doc

Re: editing html and php on the mac?

This seems to have done the trick. I turned them off in text edit too, but they still kept coming back until I disabled them directly in system preferences. Thanks all, Erik Burggraaf On Nov 29, 2014, at 3:51 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote: > It is possible that it is using smart quotes. You ca

Re: Why aren't my pdf files reading any longer?

Under Yosemite, Preview does not play very well with Voiceover as yet. Tim is right that you need to interact twice in order to read the usual way. The trouble is that often when opening a pdf document with Preview, even though you may have interacted twice, you might not be able to see the te

Re: MAMP

Just curious why you need MAMP when OSX already has Apache and PHP installed? Seems like it would be less work to just install MySQL on top of the existing stuff. CB On 11/30/14, 4:07 AM, BobH. wrote: This sounds like a browser setting that prepends, by assumption, that all links start with w

Accessibility of Adobe Connect with VoiceOver on the Mac

Hi guys, Does anyone know if Adobe Connect is accessible on the Mac with VoiceOver? I've never dealt with it before and cannot find any definitive information. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfort

Re: Accessibility of Adobe Connect with VoiceOver on the Mac

Hi John, It never worked particularly well for me. Sometimes, if you have someone sighted to assist with the initial setup of the camera/mic and such, you are able to use tab and spacebar actions to accomplish your tasks. I’ve made it work but it certainly wasn’t accessible. HTH. Later...

Re: Why aren't my pdf files reading any longer?

I am still using Mavericks, but even so, I cannot get my pdf’s to read any longer. I had to resort to sending needed files to be converted, which is not always doable, if the files are of a personal nature. I did notice while exploring Adobe that there is something listed as Read Out Loud, which

Re: Wanting to totally empty my macbook airs harddrive before trying to sell it.

Hi, In a nutshell, boot into the recovery partition. Go to Disk Utility and erase the HD. Then install MacOS X onto the newly erased volume. It’s the Disk Utility part that erases your drive and data. Consider using the secure erase option. Good luck. —K Faith doesn’t give you the answers, it

Re: Why aren't my pdf files reading any longer?

Hi, Read Out Loud will use the built-in Text-to-Speech engine to read a pdf document in Adobe. The problem arises if you wish to pause or start from a certain point, you have no ability to know where you are in the document. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Dec 2, 2014, at

Re: Why aren't my pdf files reading any longer?

I can’t get it to work at all. I even tried shutting VoiceOver off, but no speech at all. -- 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 macvisionar

Re: Why aren't my pdf files reading any longer?

Hi, Are these pdf’s that used to read for you in the past? If neither Preview nor Adobe “Read Out Loud” aren’t reading it, then I’m wondering if they are images instead of textual pdf’s. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Dec 2, 2014, at 11:48, Christine Grassman wrote: > >

Re: Why aren't my pdf files reading any longer?

No, these were all formerly readable on my old MacBook running Mountain Lion. Now I’m using a MacBook Air running Mavericks. -- 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, se

Question about iCloud Drive

Hi all, I have some files stored in a folder on my iCloud Drive. While I can see them all on my mac, only certain files are there in the iCloud for Windows client. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionarie

Re: Accessibility of Adobe Connect with VoiceOver on the Mac

Hi Tim, That was what I was suspecting would be the case. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AU

Re: MAMP

I wasn't an Apple user then and the German producer must have thought there was a need at the time. I still have and use it on this old XP biscuit tin. RobH. - Original Message - From: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 4:47 PM Subject: Re: MAMP

Re: question about Growl

Hi Julet. For me, Growl just automatically recognized that there was an app capable of using it so it added it automatically. Is Yorofukurou not showing up in the list of apps? Shawn Sent From My White MacBook > On Dec 2, 2014, at 6:07 AM, Juliette Swiler wrote: > > I was able to download gro

kind of a stupid question but...

Well with using hermes i went ahead and signed up for pandora one again since it’s easier then carrying around content on the macbook. My question is this. WTF am i still getting commercials? did they change pandora one so you get adds now? I thought i’d ask here since i’ve found the pandora fo

A little help with Calendar please.

Hello. I’d like a little advice about my calendar please. Recently, my contacts, notes and E-mails got into the wrong hands as it were, although I didn’t realise my e-mails were being monitored for a couple of months until a few weeks ago. Thus I was able to save some of my contacts as I had

Fwd: A little help with Calendar please.

Begin forwarded message: > From: Kawal Gucukoglu > Date: 2 December 2014 9:38:06 pm GMT > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: A little help with Calendar please. > > Hello. > > I’d like a little advice about my calendar please. > > Recently, my contacts, notes and E-mails got i

Re: A little help with Calendar please.

My thought relates to OsX being a variant of Linux, which itself was derived from unix, so you should have the basic unix tools for dicing and slicing - cut, sort, uniq, can't remember them all now; but remember we had to write scripts with these to chop and change files like this. I now do it w

Re: A little help with Calendar please.

I can’t do Unix. > On 2 Dec 2014, at 21:51, BobH. wrote: > > My thought relates to OsX being a variant of Linux, which itself was derived > from unix, so you should have the basic unix tools for dicing and slicing - > cut, sort, uniq, can't remember them all now; but remember we had to write >

Re: A little help with Calendar please.

Do the spreadsheet method, lot quicker and easier. - Original Message - From: "Kawal Gucukoglu" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 9:56 PM Subject: Re: A little help with Calendar please. I can’t do Unix. > On 2 Dec 2014, at 21:51, BobH. wrote: > > My thought relates to OsX being a

Re: A little help with Calendar please.

Hope you kept my first message, that spreadsheet method was a post script after the sig and could have got lost. > Ps: I'm missing the obvious, CSV means comma-separated Variables. > > So, find a spreadsheet, they can all import that format, then find the > offending column, mark it from top to

Fwd: A little help with Calendar please.

> Date: 2 December 2014 10:16:30 pm GMT > To: "macvisionaries@googlegroups.com" > Subject: Re: A little help with Calendar please. > > Unfortunately, I have now called my contacts something else, and, they are > only for the Mac. I do not have windows on my Mac Mini as yet. So if there is > ano

Re: What's the easiest way to move a file to iCloud?

Hi Tim and George, All goes well till I hit CMD-V to paste the file. I just get the little plunk noise that indicates Paste isn't an option. The file is a small RTF file, so I'm sure there's no problem with the size. Any thoughts? Best, Donna > On Dec 2, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:

Re: MAMP

Years ago I struggled with getting MySQL installed/working and the whole setup, so I went for the simple solution. Jeff > On Dec 2, 2014, at 11:47 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Just curious why you need MAMP when OSX already has Apache and PHP installed? > Seems like it w

flash content

is it possible to play flash content on a Mac? do you need an app for it? I haven't been able to do it on my IOS devices so far. -- http://www.youtube.com/user/LorieMccloud?feature=mhsn --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.ava

Re: flash content

Hi, Yes, it is perfectly possible to play Flash content on a Mac. You need to install the Adobe Flash Plugin from Adobe’s site then you’re good to go. Flash, of course, isn’t particularly accessible, but, playing content that needs no interaction is fine. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray,

Re: Why aren't my pdf files reading any longer?

I will tell you why. because Apple does not hear us,and dont solve the problems... you now know why. cheers. Em 02/12/2014 18:31, Christine Grassman escreveu: I am still using Mavericks, but even so, I cannot get my pdf’s to read any longer. I had to resort to sending needed files to be co

Re: flash content

you may need sighted help installing the plug in at least I did I couldn't get it running on my mac with out sighted help On 12/2/2014 4:50 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, Yes, it is perfectly possible to play Flash content on a Mac. You need to install the Adobe Flash Plugin from Adobe’s site the

Re: What's the easiest way to move a file to iCloud?

I haven't used this feature much, but I wonder if you need to be in a folder? That is, you might have to put all files in folders, not let them live in the iCloud Drive folder itself. Again, I'm just guessing based on zero experience. > On Dec 2, 2014, at 6:23 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi Tim

Re: flash content

No, you don't need sighted help necessarily but it is a little tricky to get the keyboard focus right. Sorry I can't write now and maybe somebody else already has but unless I'm in the midst of doing it I wouldn't trust myself to give you an accurate step-by-step. -- Cheryl I tried and tried

RE: What's the easiest way to move a file to iCloud?

I think they need to be put in a folder not free flooting From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 16:06 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: What's the easiest way to move a file to iClou

Spellcheck with VoiceOVer on the Ipad Air using a Zagg bluetooth keyboard

There is no sound when a word is mispellled. No beeps. No "Mispelled word." Back spacing does not bring up a menu of words to choose from. On in Keyboard settings: Auto Capitalization Auto Correct, Check Spelling Predictive Split Keyboard, (.) Shortcut On inn VoiceOVer: Characters and phon

getting started

is there a place where I can download a "Getting STarted with the Mac" kind of book and putit in my braille note so I can get some dim idea what to do as I try to get the new machine up and running? I can listen to podcasts but if I haven't interacted with the Mac yet it's hard to remember the

Re: Why aren't my pdf files reading any longer?

Hi, I’ll bite, really shouldn’t, but, I will. What a useless response that was. If all you’ve got to say is unfounded, untrue comments, keep them to yourself. If you plan on posting something helpful, go ahead and do so. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Dec 2, 2014, at 16

Re: Why aren't my pdf files reading any longer?

Hi, Hmmm. I recall back when Mavericks first came out, an issue whereby you had to change from Single page to Continuous page view. I believe that this was fixed though in later versions of Mavericks. I think that you mentioned earlier that you’ve tried this, though. If you have one of the

Re: getting started

Lori, Do you have access to bookshare.org? If so, they have quite a few books on various Apple items, including versions of the OS X. Hope this helps, CJ > On Dec 2, 2014, at 6:13 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > is there a place where I can download a "Getting STarted with the Mac" kind >

Re: Why aren't my pdf files reading any longer?

Its totally broken. the other day, I opened up a pdf, and there was no text what so ever despite me being able to open it in my windows machine. I was with a sighted person and she told me that I was stuck on a page which had pictures, and could not find a way to get out of that page. she had to

RE: getting started

Hello Lorie, You can download a free iBook called Mastering the Macintosh with VoiceOver. Also, when I purchased my first Mac, I also purchased a hardcopy user guide from Light House for the Blind. Here is the info I have for them: Adaptations San Francisco (415) 431-1481 x301 or x305 http://www

Re: What's the easiest way to move a file to iCloud?

OK, George, I feel like an idiot, but how do I create a new folder. I see an option for creating a smart folder, but not a regular folder. Thanks for the help, Donna > On Dec 2, 2014, at 6:33 PM, george b wrote: > > I think they need to be put in a folder not free flooting > > From: macvisio

Re: getting started

Cheree Heppe here: In the iBooks store, the book: Mastering the Mackintosh with VoiceOver Solidly detailed and blindness tested. Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent from my IPhone 4S On 2 Dec 2014, at 17:13, Lorie McCloud wrote: is there a place where I can download a "Getting STarted with the Mac" ki

Re: Why aren't my pdf files reading any longer?

Isn't this the same bug where the pdfs won't read and you have to go to the pdf file in finder, turn vo off, do cmd-o to open, and then the pdf will read? Or is that only in Yosemite and this is something different? -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of te

Re: What's the easiest way to move a file to iCloud?

Command-shift-n should do it. > On Dec 2, 2014, at 9:16 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > OK, George, I feel like an idiot, but how do I create a new folder. I see an > option for creating a smart folder, but not a regular folder. > > Thanks for the help, > Donna >> On Dec 2, 2014, at 6:33 PM, georg

Re: getting started

The only thing is, you can't put an iBooks book on a BrailleNote as far as I know. You'll need an iOS device or some other way of reading the book as you go through it. Of course, there is also the getting started page for Mac users on applevis.com . > On Dec 2, 2014, at 9:

Re: What's the easiest way to move a file to iCloud?

Cud shift n Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 2, 2014, at 8:16 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > OK, George, I feel like an idiot, but how do I create a new folder. I see an > option for creating a smart folder, but not a regular folder. > > Thanks for the help, > Donna >> On Dec 2, 2014, at 6:33 PM, g

Re: Why aren't my pdf files reading any longer?

This is something different as I tried that to no avail. > On Dec 2, 2014, at 6:27 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > > Isn't this the same bug where the pdfs won't read and you have to go to the > pdf file in finder, turn vo off, do cmd-o to open, and then the pdf will > read? Or is that only in Yosem

Re: What's the easiest way to move a file to iCloud?

Hi, No, that isn't working. thanks, Donna > On Dec 2, 2014, at 8:34 PM, Joe Quinn wrote: > > Cud shift n > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 2, 2014, at 8:16 PM, Donna Goodin > wrote: > >> OK, George, I feel like an idiot, but how do I create a new folder. I see >>

Re: What's the easiest way to move a file to iCloud?

I'm starting to really think I'm crazy. CMD-Shift-N does nothing when I'm in iCloud drive. Thanks, Donna > On Dec 2, 2014, at 8:33 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Command-shift-n should do it. >> On Dec 2, 2014, at 9:16 PM, Donna Goodin > > wrote: >> >> OK, George, I feel li

Re: flash content

You can play flash content, but the controls are not accessible. Fortunately many sites are moving to html 5 which is more accessible, but some insist on using flash still. On Dec 2, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > is it possible to play flash content on a Mac? do you need an app for i

Re: Why aren't my pdf files reading any longer?

Hi, This sounds like it may be a little different since she is running Mavericks. I must be lucky or something, I read pdf’s daily as part of my work and don’t have the problems that many of you speak of. Not saying that there isn’t an issue, just saying that the intermittent problems tend to

iCloud mystery solved

Hi all, Well, I got it solved. iCloud Drive had not been turned on on my Mac. That certainly explains why nothing worked. :) All is set up and working now. Thanks to all who posted. Best, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" g

Re: iCloud mystery solved

That would be a likely culprit. I hate those sorts of problems. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Dec 2, 2014, at 20:49, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > Well, I got it solved. iCloud Drive had not been turned on on my Mac. That > certainly explains why nothing worked.

Re: question about Yofukoru

Hi, To stop YF (sorry, don’t know the spelling for it) from saying “X rows added,” Here’s what to do. Go into YF, and press Command Comma to open the “Preferences” dialog. Uncheck the box that says “Enable Realtime Streaming”. Then, VO right a couple times until you get to the “Configure Auto Ref

Re: hermes

Hello, You can get it from http://hermesapp.org To stop Notifications from coming up whenever a song changes, go into the “Preferences” dialog of Hermes and interact with the Toolbar at the top of the window. Then, click the “Playback” button. Then, go all the way to where

Re: hermes

Hi, you should check out current. It’s a pretty good facebook app you can get from the Mac app store. thanks. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info > On Dec 2, 2014, at 6:12 AM, Juliette Swiler wrote: > > Hi all, > I am wondering where I mi