RE: Mac won't boot from anything but cd and dvd

2016-11-19 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi, 2009 is to old to run sierra You will have to reimage back to Yosemite or elcapitan which I believe a 2009 mac book will run. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Portia Scott Sent: Friday, 18 November 2

RE: Accessible ftp client for the mac.

2016-11-19 Thread Simon Fogarty
And Chris, I'll make one other comment, Before editing a conf file, Back up the original such as make a copy of it to another place. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Friday,

RE: Can't open powerpoint in virtual machine

2016-11-19 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi eric, Possibly the PPT file is crunching to much in the way of resources and therefore the VM isn't standing up to the job at hand. What are the specs on the VM you have this data in? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]

Re: Can't open powerpoint in virtual machine

2016-11-19 Thread Eric Brinkman
The VM is set to use four processor cores and up to 12 MB of ram. I have a Mcbook Pro with a 2.7 GHZ Intel Core I7 and 16 gigs of ram. On 11/19/16, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Hi eric, > > Possibly the PPT file is crunching to much in the way of resources and > therefore the VM isn't standing up to

Re: KNFB Reader on Iphone

2016-11-19 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I am not sure about that. Haven’t tried one. If i had the money i’d buy one of the motifs but sadly i am out of money right now. /A > 17 nov. 2016 kl. 18:21 skrev Cameron Strife : > > I really like the sounds on that board but how do you find it as far > as ease of use goes without being able

Bazaar issue with the dock

2016-11-19 Thread aliFaisal
Hello Everyone, I have Skype on the dock. However this morning, in the spot Skype was yesterday, it now says not found. I have never seen this before. Anyone know what could be causing this and how to resolve it? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: Accessible ftp client for the mac.

2016-11-19 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! If you happen to use braille you don’t even need VoiceOver in terminal. You can use Brltty instead even though i haven’t got it working. It needed some screen patch which i don’t know what that is really. /A > 17 nov. 2016 kl. 19:45 skrev Karen Lewellen : > > very much Scott, thanks for provid

keyboard commander, say time apple script

2016-11-19 Thread aliFaisal
I also forgot to add that some of my apple scripts for the keyboard commander are not working. for instance, the script to say time and battery status is not working, but my keystroke to announce wifi status appears to be working. Anyone know how I can fix this? -- The following information is

Physics and Re: Battery draining quicly on ipod touch latest generation

2016-11-19 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Scott, Our friend is thinking of conservation of energy. Since light is a form of energy absence of light must be a form of non-energy. So, what happened to that energy? I don't know directly, but I would expect that the actual wattage of the bite the mid it is very minimal compared to the power

Re: playing music in IOS 10?

2016-11-19 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I usually just asked Siri to do it for me. Seriously, I say something like play the album "Highway 61 revisited quote. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Nov 12, 2016, at 9:09 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi all, > > Am I correct that there is no way to play an album accept to open it and >

Re: playing music in IOS 10?

2016-11-19 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi John, Yeah, that's what I've started doing. For whatever reason, that never worked for me prior to IOS 10, but it seems to be working well these days. Cheers, Donna > On Nov 19, 2016, at 7:58 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > > I usually just asked Siri to do it for me. Seriously, I say someth

Re: Bazaar issue with the dock

2016-11-19 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Sounds like a bug with path randomization in Sierra and Skype's auto-upgrade process. I don't fully understand this, but according to some technical review's of the OS, applications executable files are moved around in the file tree so that rogue programs can't execute them as easily. Just remo

Re: keyboard commander, say time apple script

2016-11-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Are you getting errors or just no response? Probably easiest thing would be to find the AppleScript file and open it with Script Editor and try executing it there. command-r will run the Script in the active window. If there are errors with the script they will appear in a dialog box. Also, d

Re: playing music in IOS 10?

2016-11-19 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Sorry, that message was stuck in my outbox for a week. Glad to know you got it resolved. Best wishes, Jonathan > On Nov 19, 2016, at 9:02 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi John, > > Yeah, that's what I've started doing. For whatever reason, that never worked > for me prior t

Re: keyboard commander, say time apple script

2016-11-19 Thread aliFaisal
Ahh, figured out the issue. As it turns out, my scripts folder was moved. Putting it back in it’s initial spot fixed it. > On Nov 19, 2016, at 9:24 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Are you getting errors or just no response? > > Probably easiest thing would be to find the AppleScript file

Re: Can't open powerpoint in virtual machine

2016-11-19 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
Eric Brinkman wrote: > Hello all, > > Anyone have any ideas as to how I can resolve this? I am using > Windows 7 with Jaws 18. My only suggestion would be to install it on a real machine, not in a VM. You could repartition the disk and set up a dual boot configuration. -- The following infor

Re: Podcasting on the Mac?

2016-11-19 Thread Shannon Dyer
Thank you so much for all the info and recommendations. If I’m interviewing someone via Skype, would the other person’s voice be picked up using Garage Band or Amadeus? If not, is there some other recording application I need? Thanks again for all the help. Shannon > On Nov 18, 2016, at 10:58

Re: Podcasting on the Mac?

2016-11-19 Thread ROBERT CARTER
Hi, I use Audio Hijack to record and Amadeus Pro to edit the Tech Doctor podcast. In addition to Jonathan Mosen’s excellent Amadeus tutorial, the Blind Abilities folks have also done a podcast series on using Amadeus. If you learn everything that both have to offer, you will be an Amadeus Pro e

Re: Podcasting on the Mac?

2016-11-19 Thread Brian Fischler
Some great tips here. We use Call Recorder for Mac to record our interviews on iAccessVO through Skype. Great program for $30 very accessible and you can set to record all calls. It will record as a Quick time file and you can easily convert to WAV or MP3 with the built in software. We also use

Re: Podcasting on the Mac?

2016-11-19 Thread Joshua Tubbs
I use DreamHost with PowerPress WordPress plugin. DreamHost is the best web host I’ve ever done business with. As far as podcasting, I use Audio Hijack for most of it, including recording Skype calls. HTH. > On Nov 19, 2016, at 2:05 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: > > Some great tips here. We use Ca

Removing Characters from file names

2016-11-19 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hi guys, I have an album of music that has a file name like this: 17_city_harbor_come_however_you_are.mp3 I want to get rid of the underlines. I also have a folder with over 1 artist drops that I purchased from a website and they have dashes in the filename and I want to get rid of them. What

4 G is turned off for some reason.

2016-11-19 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. Scott, I think this is a question for you or for anyone who is knowledgeable about these things. For some reason on my I phone 7 Plus, 4 G is switched off although the network provider that I use Solely uses 4 G for data and voice calls when out and about when Wifi is not available. On my

Re: Removing Characters from file names

2016-11-19 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Before you go through the effort of removing the characters, import one of them into iTunes. Sometimes, the underscores are placed there when illegal characters are in the title. So, the underscore will be replaced with its proper character upon import. Not always the case, but sometimes

Re: Removing Characters from file names

2016-11-19 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hi Tim, Any other option other than iTunes? I want t avoid iTunes as much as possible, as these are just going on to an external drive. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, IOS and Windows Trainer JAWS for windows Certified - 2016 Canadian Phone: 519-

Re: 4 G is turned off for some reason.

2016-11-19 Thread David Chittenden
Go to settings, mobile, turn mobile data on, then double-tap mobile data roaming. The first option is where 4G is switched on (I set mine to data). The next button is mobile data roaming, which sets up if one desires data whilst roaming off the primary network. Kind regards, David Chittenden,

Re: Removing Characters from file names

2016-11-19 Thread E.T.
10,000? One by one? I get my music from Amazon and have not this issue. But, as Tim suggests, iTunes might clear the underscores. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Without H2O there is no life! ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 11/19/2016 2:02 PM, Matthew Dierckens wrote: Hi Tim, Any other option other

Re: Removing Characters from file names

2016-11-19 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hi, At one point I did put the artist drops in iTunes and they didn't get removed. i wonder if there's a way of doing i in terminal? God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, IOS and Windows Trainer JAWS for windows Certified - 2016 Canadian Phone: 519-962-

phantom devices

2016-11-19 Thread aliFaisal
so I see that my bluetooth on my iPhone is connected, yet after doing a quick check in the bluetooth settings, none of my devices are connected. Anyone know what is going on? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or co

Re: Accessible ftp client for the mac.

2016-11-19 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Good point. I figured that would be inferred, but it's still a good reminder, nonetheless. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. i...@gillandmarketing.com Phone: (704) 256-8010. - Original Message - From: "Simon Fogarty" To: Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2

Re: playing music in IOS 10?

2016-11-19 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Siri rocks! for playing music, even if it's on Apple Music and not in your local library. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. i...@gillandmarketing.com Phone: (704) 256-8010. - Original Message - From: "Donna Goodin" To: Sent: Saturday, November 19, 201

Re: Podcasting on the Mac?

2016-11-19 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Try an app called Skype Call Audio Recorder, I think it is? I'm not near my mac where I can get the exacts. It's in the app store. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 2016. Training Instructor. i...@gillandmarketing.com Phone: (704) 256-8010. - Original Message - From: Shannon Dy

Re: Podcasting on the Mac?

2016-11-19 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
That's it. That's the name of the app I was talking about in my last post. Thanks for the clarification. BTW, that dev also has an app to do the same thing with Facetime, and yes, it works both with audio only, as well as with video, so take your pick. --- Christopher Gilland JAWS Certified, 201