a VM sound question

2016-07-22 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Usually I use a USB sound card for my Mac, but today I had to temporarily relocate, so I connected an old wired external speaker to my mini today, and although the Mac side sounds fine, the VM side is so scratchy, I can't use it. I have a lot of lockups on the Windows 7 and 10 side, and now I

Keyboard shortcuts

2012-03-01 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I created a keyboard shortcut in the keyboard system preferences to use CTRL-f to forward a message and another ctrl-l to move the current email into a different folder. They both worked perfectly the first day, now I can't get either to work again. They are both still in the shortcut tabl

Burning DMG files?

2012-03-03 Thread Bill Holton
Looks like to burn a DMG file to a disk you have to drag and drop the source and destination in the disk utilities menu and then restore. Is there a better way to do this with keystroke commands? Thanks. Bill BILL HOLTON Email: <mailto:b...@bholton.com

RE: Burning DMG files?

2012-03-03 Thread Bill Holton
has not responded to any of my recent inquiries about the solution of this problem. BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Homepage: www.bholton.com Home Office:1520 Loughton ST DeLand, FL 32720 -Original Message

RE: Burning DMG files?

2012-03-03 Thread Bill Holton
I would love to try this, but before I go willy nilly deleting files can you tell me what file it is and how to get to it? Is I the library folder that is visible or the one you have to jump through hoops to get to? Thanks. Bill BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct

RE: Burning DMG files?

2012-03-03 Thread Bill Holton
Superdrive and I can feel and hear it spinning. Also, tried with three different disks that all work fine because when I put them in my win box the menu comes up saying what would you llike to write to this disk? Any other thoughts and suggestions greatly appreciated. BILL HOLTON Email

RE: Burning DMG files?

2012-03-03 Thread Bill Holton
Tried this, now I don't get busy messages, get waiting for disk to be inserted messages, even though the drive is spinning with a known good disk. BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Homepage: www.bholton.com Home Office:

Wow! Major successRE: Burning DMG files?

2012-03-03 Thread Bill Holton
On Mar 3, 2012, at 10:48 PM, "Bill Holton" wrote: > Tried this, now I don't get busy messages, get waiting for disk to be > inserted messages, even though the drive is spinning with a known good disk. > > > > BILL HOLTON > Email:b...@bho

RE: Wow! Major successRE: Burning DMG files?

2012-03-03 Thread Bill Holton
t one does and if I should try deleting it, too? BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Homepage: www.bholton.com Home Office:1520 Loughton ST DeLand, FL 32720 -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroup

RE: Wow! Major successRE: Burning DMG files?

2012-03-03 Thread Bill Holton
read in columns mode and then try to access the drive I get busy, busy, busy, and it will stay that way until I re-delete the library file. I have done this three times so far, always the same results. Very strange, but at least now I can maybe get them to duplicate it. BILL HOLTON Email

Still trying to get Fusion running

2012-03-04 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I have the Fusion disk burned and in my drive. In the Fusion virtual machine menu it says there is windows is running. But if I try to install the tools I still hang. My wife says the screen is blank except a message that says boot manager is missing, press control alt delete. I have tried

Airport express quirk

2012-03-04 Thread Bill Holton
Did I see something recently about a problem with Airport Extremes staying connected? Every now and then I get a message from my Mini, which is wire connected to my Airport Extreme, saying the connection has a problem disconnecting, your server may not exist, etc. etc. BILL HOLTON

RE: Still trying to get Fusion running

2012-03-04 Thread Bill Holton
e if I have the windows disk in the drive? Am I better off installing Windows from the ISO file I got when I bought this upgrade version and leaving the VM disk in the drive? BILL HOLTON Email: <mailto:b...@bholton.com> b...@bholton.com Direct: 3

RE: Still trying to get Fusion running

2012-03-04 Thread Bill Holton
not having the same issue. Kawal. On 4 Mar 2012, at 06:02 PM, Bill Holton wrote: It's an upgrade version, and VM says to install the machine without the serial number, then do a Window's anytime upgrade at which time you put in the serial number. This worked the last time I did

RE: Still trying to get Fusion running

2012-03-04 Thread Bill Holton
Win 7 machine installed. BILL HOLTON Email: <mailto:b...@bholton.com> b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Homepage: <http://www.bholton.com> www.bholton.com Home Office: 1520 Loughton ST

RE: Still trying to get Fusion running

2012-03-04 Thread Bill Holton
That's what I'm going to try this time. Iactually bought this upgrade version from the ms store and it came as an ISO. But now frusion says I still have a Win 7 machine, even though I have deleted the entire virtual machine folder. BILL HOLTON Email:

VM migration vs new machine

2012-03-04 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Deleted everything, getting started again, noticed VM offers me the opportunity to migrate my PC to a virtual machine. Should I give this a try with my Dell Win 7 box that is connected to the same network or is this more trouble than it's worth? BILL HOLTON

This is where I must be going wrong with VM

2012-03-04 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I tried creating a virtual machine off my ISO file. I pointed Fusion to the ISO, wich is 3.32gb, completed the menus and clicked finish. Supposedly I instantly had a machine. This can't be installing so quickly. I must be doing something wrong. But in the virtual machine library the Win

Almost there with VM, one more item to finish

2012-03-04 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I have the VM installed. I had to delete the finder preference file again, then it installed fine. Now I am trying to installed window-eyes either from the disk in the Superdrive or from the DMG disk image I created on my mac in the documents folder. Superdrive says won't install without

RE: Almost there with VM, one more item to finish

2012-03-04 Thread Bill Holton
toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2012-03-04, at 5:10 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. I have the VM installed. I had to delete the finder preference file again, then it installed fine. Now I am trying to installed window-eyes either from the disk in t

Bootcamp drivers

2012-03-05 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I saw these on a knowledge base. It seems to imply you cannot install the bootcamp drivers as a package on Win 7 64 bit. Does anyone know if this is still true or is this old information? : The Boot Camp drivers setup wizard only works in the Boot Camp-supported OSes: Windows XP, Windows

RE: Still trying to get Fusion running

2012-03-06 Thread Bill Holton
correct, and can someone point me in the right direction? BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Homepage: www.bholton.com Home Office:1520 Loughton ST DeLand, FL 32720 -Original Message- From: macvisionaries

OT: Is there a list for Bllind Chrome OS and Chromebooks?

2012-03-09 Thread Bill Holton
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RE: Should I choose Airport Extreme?

2012-03-10 Thread Bill Holton
HD, I did this for a while but I could not use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone my disk over this networked drive so I would up reattaching it directly to my Mac. Hope this helps. BILL HOLTON Email: <mailto:b...@bholton.com> b...@bholton.com Direct: 3

Quick VMware question

2012-03-11 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Is there some way in the VM fusion settings menus I can swap the two keys for windows and alt? Or do I need to use shark keys? And if I need to use Shark Keys, where can I get it? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To

RE: Quick VMware question

2012-03-11 Thread Bill Holton
gs one of 4. Stop interacting, then vo right until you hear VO say map certain combinations on your machine etc and then follow the instructions. Or if that does not work for you, google sharpe keys and you should find it. Kawal. On 11 Mar 2012, at 07:20 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. Is t

VMware sale

2012-03-12 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. The Mac OS Ken podcast has a 10% off the $50 price for VM Fusion 4 this week if anyone needs a copy. BILL HOLTON Email: <mailto:b...@bholton.com> b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Homepage: <http://www.bholton.com> www

Activation of Windows 7 on VM virtual machine

2012-03-17 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I do have a complete copy of Windows XP Ultimate that has never been used, but I cannot install it in the VM Fusion4. I also have a license for a Windows 7 professional upgrade. According to what I've read on the VM site, the way to do this is to install from the upgrade media, but not to ac

RE: Activation of Windows 7 on VM virtual machine

2012-03-17 Thread Bill Holton
repair install. Then you can use your key to activate the software. Christopher H On 17/03/2012 16:27, Bill Holton wrote: > Hi. > > I do have a complete copy of Windows XP Ultimate that has never been > used, but I cannot install it in the VM Fusion4. I also have a license >

RE: Activation of Windows 7 on VM virtual machine

2012-03-17 Thread Bill Holton
my upgrade key? BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Homepage: www.bholton.com Home Office:1520 Loughton ST DeLand, FL 32720 -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macv

RE: Merging google calendar with iCal

2012-03-19 Thread Bill Holton
I would also like to know, only if it's possible to merge a hotmail calendar. My wife sent me an invite to hers, and I would like to merge it with my Mac and iphone. Thanks. BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Hom

RE: Activation of Windows 7 on VM virtual machine

2012-03-24 Thread Bill Holton
t use the Anytime Upgrade option at all. You instead run the setup program for Windows 7 then choose the upgrade option. Christopher H On 17/03/2012 18:45, Bill Holton wrote: > So my mistake is that there must be some way to do the anytime upgrade and > do the repair/install, and then en

Got network back, but still two VM Fusion questions

2012-03-24 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I did manage to get the network back online in my VM Win 7 machine. I still cannot remap the keys, though, and I am also wondering if this is normal VM behavior. I am using Win 7 with the latest Window-eyes, and whenever I resume the virtual machine after suspending it window-eyes starts rea

RE: Got network back, but still two VM Fusion questions

2012-03-28 Thread Bill Holton
That's my next step. Hoping to get to that this weekend. BILL HOLTON Email: <mailto:b...@bholton.com> b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Homepage: <http://www.bholton.com> www.bholton.com Home Office:

RE: Finder Busy Finder Busy with Empty USB Drives!

2012-04-12 Thread Bill Holton
then work fine and you canego from there. Let me know if either of these works. Bill BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Homepage: www.bholton.com Home Office:1520 Loughton ST DeLand, FL 32720 -Origin

This happen to anyone else with an Airport Extreme?

2012-06-29 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Something happened again this morning I find very baffling. I have my HP laser printer attached directly to my Extreme, and there are times when it just won't print. I opened the Airport Utility on my iPhone, and without me doing anything it started printing immediately. I would consider th

RE: what Voiceover bugs people want or are hoping will be fixed or squashed in Mountain Lion?

2012-07-02 Thread Bill Holton
I would like them to fix the bug that if you go to an empty drive in table mode you will never get out without a reboot. BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Homepage: www.bholton.com Home Office:1520 Loughton ST

RE: what Voiceover bugs people want or are hoping will be fixed or squashed in Mountain Lion?

2012-07-02 Thread Bill Holton
There's another quick fix. If you have any empty drive, take a jfile, any file, and use the right click option to copy to that drive from the desktop. Once it has even a single file on it the drive will open fine from that point on. BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com D

RE: "Finder Busy" and Mac overheating

2012-07-06 Thread Bill Holton
Another thing you might try. Turn off VO, if you can, close the current finder window or app, then turn VO back on. BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Homepage: www.bholton.com Home Office:1520 Loughton ST DeLand

Apple ID and AppStore

2012-08-02 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. After updating via the AppStore I was shown a message that I have updates waiting for me through my other Apple ID. I can't figure out how ho change the login. Suggestions appreciated. BILL HOLTON Email:<mailto:b...@bholton.com> b...@bholton.

RE: Apple ID and AppStore

2012-08-03 Thread Bill Holton
ur ID. - Original Message - From: "Bill Holton" To: Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 9:03 PM Subject: Apple ID and AppStore > Hi. > > After updating via the AppStore I was shown a message that I have updates > waiting for me through my other Apple ID. I can't figure

Safari and returning to last spot on page

2012-08-04 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I work a lot with pages that have many dozens of links. When I click one of the links, get the info I need and then use command [ left bracket o return to the original page almost always I am put back at the top of the page and have to find my way back. Is there some seting I might have

Re: dictation help

2012-08-04 Thread Bill Holton
Check under system preferences, Dictation and Speech. On Aug 4, 2012, at 7:08 PM, Caitlyn and Nickels wrote: > Hi, > Ok, trying to set up dictation in ML and can't quite get it.. Where exactly > do you turn on listening or whatever? I've set up the microphone, thanks to > Donna, but can't se

Re: Safari and returning to last spot on page

2012-08-04 Thread Bill Holton
g through a page of google results, open one, then go > back and want to find the next result. > > On 8/4/12, Bill Holton wrote: >> Hi. >> I work a lot with pages that have many dozens of links. When I click one >> of the links, get the info I need and then use comm

Re: Safari and returning to last spot on page

2012-08-04 Thread Bill Holton
solution. For your >> information, though, Chrome does the same exact thing, frustrating >> when you're moving through a page of google results, open one, then go >> back and want to find the next result. >> >> On 8/4/12, Bill Holton wrote: >>> Hi. >>&

Dropbox alerts driving me nuts

2012-08-04 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. How can I get Dropbox to stop putting alerts in my notification center? It seems to want to put a new one there every time it copies or changes a file on my mini. I don't see it on the list of programs I can uncheck. Any help suggested. -- You received this message because you are subsc

Re: Dropbox alerts driving me nuts

2012-08-04 Thread Bill Holton
9:04 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Go to dropbox in the Extras menu and open preferences from the menu. Uncheck > "show desktop notifications." > > HtH, > Teresa > > On Aug 4, 2012, at 5:54 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > >> Hi. >> How can I get Dro

A way to renable the backspace key to go back a page in Safari

2012-08-04 Thread Bill Holton
Has anyone tried this? Or is there a better way to get a better command to go back in Safari.. Re-enable the backspace key to go back a page in Safari 6 Aug 03, '12 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: philwo It seems like Apple disabled the "Press Backspace to go back a page" feature in Safari 6 due

Two more dumb Safari questions

2012-08-04 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Wasn't there a command you could use to jump from open tab to open tab? I thought it was CTRL-tab, but that doesn't seem to be working. Also, thought there is a command that will cause VO to list all open tabs, or am I mistaken? Second, does anyone have a clearer explanation or a podcast

RE: A way to renable the backspace key to go back a page in Safari

2012-08-05 Thread Bill Holton
Maybe it's me who's missing something. With ML and Safari 6, the backspace key has stopped moving me back and the shift backspace key has stopped moving me forward. I have tried both with and without quick nav on. BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.

RE: A way to renable the backspace key to go back a page in Safari

2012-08-05 Thread Bill Holton
Can I join you in that corner? I couldn't get command left/right arrow to work...because I was always on a new tab with no back or forward pages to go to. BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Homepage: www.bholton.com Home O

Dock question

2012-08-05 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. When I'm in the dock and I go to a file folder like download or my drop box which I have moved to the doc and I do a shift command control spacebar to get to the context menu the items I want to change like sort by hand show by have been dimmed out. how do I get these to show up ? Th

RE: ML Safari and tables

2012-08-07 Thread Bill Holton
Isn't there an option in the keyboard command that tells Safari to advance one element with each tab press? Perhaps this has gotten unset? BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Homepage: www.bholton.com Home Office:1520 Lought

Mail and spell check

2012-08-08 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I have check spelling before sending turned off in the Mail preferences,b but Mail still insists on checking. Is there some other setting I also need to change? Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this gro

Re: Mail and spell check

2012-08-08 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Thanks for the help. The problem turned out to be I had not properly checked the settings. I thought it was a check uncheck box when it was really a multiple-choice. Thanks. On Aug 8, 2012, at 12:38 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > Have you rebooted since turning off spelling? > > >

Activities question

2012-08-10 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. In the activities tables, is there anyway to set a separate punctuationverbosity level for mail the main menu and mail emails that are opened? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisi

gmail and trash folder

2012-08-10 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Is there anyway to tell mail to move deleted messages to the Gmail trash folder instead of males own trash folder? I like to keep my deleted messages in my trash folder from Gmail so that I can access them if I need them from another computer, I can't when they're put in males trash folder.

Re: Activities question

2012-08-11 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. > > Not sure I get the question. > You can set verbosity options for the mail app specifically. Is this what you > are asking? > > Best, > > Ioanna > > Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com, on iTunes or most online > stores. > Sent from my ph

Re: gmail and trash folder

2012-08-11 Thread Bill Holton
not very tech savvy so hopefully this is the correct > instructions. I just know this worked for me. > Sent from Christina's iMac :) > > On Aug 10, 2012, at 12:49 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > >> Hi. >> Is there anyway to tell mail to move deleted messages to the Gma

Knowing when there are attachments

2012-08-11 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I am using mail in the classic view, and I'm wondering if there is any way to show in that table that it a particular email has an attachment? There is a field in the table for status but this shows up blank even when the email does happen attachment. Is there something I need to change? Tha

Missing Manual for Mountain Lion available on Bookshare

2012-08-11 Thread Bill Holton
I couldn't find it under the title, but when I search for David Pogue it popped up in the list. Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from th

Re: Knowing when there are attachments

2012-08-11 Thread Bill Holton
gt; less comfortable with it than I give myself credit for, but anyway, point is, > I totally agree with you, that it would be very very nice to know this ahead > of time without me having to go to the headers and look. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message - From: "Bill

pronunciation problem

2012-08-11 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. For some reason when I am in the classic view with Apple mail VO insists upon reading the letters RE: asthe full word re-garding ,instead of just read. I have tried everything I can think of in the pronunciation dictionaries, but the matter what I do it still happens. Strangely, it doesn'

.me mail settings?

2012-08-12 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I'd like to add my dot me a account to my Outlook 2010, but I can't find anywhere on my Mac where I can find the mail settings. The IMAP settings, server, that sort of information. My dot me account is in Apple Mail, can someone tell me where I can find the actual settings? Bill -- You re

Another mail question, was : .me mail settings?

2012-08-12 Thread Bill Holton
> > Go in to your Me Account settings, your name, and server settings. There you > will find the information you need. > > Kawal. > > On 12 Aug 2012, at 05:53 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > >> Hi. >> I'd like to add my dot me a account to my Outlook 2010, bu

Blogging platforms, which is accessible?

2012-08-16 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I need to put up a blog type site where basically I will upload two images every week so I can show people I drect there sample pages for the magazine I work for. Can someone suggest a VO-friendly platform or one that intrigrates well with Pges or another VO accessible editor? BILL

How do I tell Mail not to save a copy of sent emails?

2012-08-18 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I use Gmail and I map for my mail. Mail insist on saving a copy of all the sent messages, which Gmail already does. I can't find the option in mail to stop it from saving a copy of each sent message. Can someone direct me? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo

RE: Customising favourites bar in Mountain Lion

2012-08-18 Thread Bill Holton
wrong. BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Home Office:1520 Loughton ST DeLand, FL 32720 -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker

What am I doing wrong? Trying to move a mailbox into the favorites list

2012-08-19 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Here's what I've try, I want to add a mailbox to the favorites mailbox list bar I go to the mailbox I want to move. I press VO command five to make sure the mouse is routed to that mailbox I press vdeo coma to start the drag process. I navigate to the favorites folder and cursor my way to the

Re: What am I doing wrong? Trying to move a mailbox into the favorites list

2012-08-19 Thread Bill Holton
#x27;t drop it there when I interact with the listing try to drop it there it says it cannot drop and then it names the mailbox I nearest to On Aug 19, 2012, at 4:28 PM, Rodney Haynie wrote: > Bill, > Try the same procedure, minus the second VO Command F5. > HTH. > Rodney >

Re: What am I doing wrong? Trying to move a mailbox into the favorites list

2012-08-19 Thread Bill Holton
> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > On Aug 19, 2012, at 4:45 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > >> Hi. >> No luck. I can drag the mailbo

Magic track pad problems

2012-08-21 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Has anyone else experienced this? My Magic trackpad sits right next to my keyboard, so it's in good range of my Mac Mini. And the batteries show 80%, and I did try changing them. But at least twice a day the track pad goes out, and the only way I can get it back is to go into the Bluetoot

A better way to drag and drop

2012-08-21 Thread Bill Holton
I have found something that works better than the standard VO comma and period Drag-and-drop. commands There are also commands you can sit to a keyboard trackpad shortcut call Mark item for drag-and-drop and drop item after voice over cursor. For me, he seem to work much better than the standa

Re: A better way to drag and drop

2012-08-21 Thread Bill Holton
keyboard commands for Trackpad work even though I'm using an iMac > and don't have a trackpad? > Les > On Aug 21, 2012, at 6:07 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > >> I have found something that works better than the standard VO comma and >> period Drag-and-drop. commands >

dumb mail question

2012-08-23 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. What is the best voiceover command to use that will get mail to consistently open a web URL insight email? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscrib

Is there a command to capture the screen with voiceover?

2011-11-19 Thread Bill Holton
Title says it all. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more op

Downloading VM Fusion, was RE: update for Vmware Fusion available - not looking like anything new in the accessibility department

2011-11-20 Thread Bill Holton
I have gotten my licesne for version four and my new number, but for the life of me I can't seem to navigate the folders to find the actual download. Does anyone have a direct download link? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]

Howcan I change home folder location?

2011-11-20 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Due to a mistake when first setting up my Mac my User folders is located on the same folder as the OS, which is Lion. I have a second drive, and I have copied the entire user folder to the root of that drive. Can someone guide me as to how to direct Lion to now consider this my User folder

What am I doing wrong trying to mark non contiguous?

2011-11-23 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. As I understand it VO-Command Space is the command for marking non-contiguous files for action. But when I press this key on a file and mark it, no matter how I try to move to another file, up arrow, V up arrow, I don't get the chance to mark other files, I get various menus. I have quick na

Autologin and auto start VO?

2011-11-26 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I had to reinstall Lion, and now for the life of me I can't remember where or find the settings for auto login and to start VO automatically. Any reminder much appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to th

Anyone want to help confirm a bug?

2011-11-26 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Does anyone have an extra USB drive they can afford to reformat for a little experiment to see if you get the same problem I do? Here's the situation. A few weeks ago I started having trouble with my Time Machine backup. So I figured I would just go ahead and repartition it-it's a two-tarab

RE: Anyone want to help confirm a bug?

2011-11-27 Thread Bill Holton
nal USB drive, partition/format the drive, and then attempt to access it VO will go busy? I have been having some interesting drive issues myself, but not sure if this is related to what you are experiencing. I'm more than happy to subject a drive to the experiment. :) Scot On Nov 26, 201

RE: Anyone want to help confirm a bug?

2011-11-27 Thread Bill Holton
than happy to subject a drive to the experiment. :) Scot On Nov 26, 2011, at 11:34 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. Does anyone have an extra USB drive they can afford to reformat for a little experiment to see if you get the same problem I do? Here's the situation. A few weeks ago I

RE: Anyone want to help confirm a bug?

2011-11-27 Thread Bill Holton
Sandi On 11/27/11, Bill Holton wrote: > Hi. > > Does anyone have an extra USB drive they can afford to reformat for a little > experiment to see if you get the same problem I do? > > Here's the situation. > > A few weeks ago I started having trouble with my Time Machi

RE: Anyone want to help confirm a bug?

2011-11-27 Thread Bill Holton
s the finder can hang causing voiceover to lock in "Busy loop this can be due to an issue with external media and I've come across it. lew On 27 Nov 2011, at 19:11, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. Actually, it's not a problem using Disk Utility. What I was explaining was that

RE: Anyone want to help confirm a bug?

2011-11-27 Thread Bill Holton
nking. please wait while I try to connect you. the person you are calling knows you are waiting. BEEP! lew free macs for the blind On 27 Nov 2011, at 19:13, Bill Holton wrote: Actually, it has also happened on an internal drive, but yes, after a partition and format I can't access

RE: Anyone want to help confirm a bug?

2011-11-27 Thread Bill Holton
sorry to ask these, I'm just trying to fathem this issue out. Sometimes the finder can hang causing voiceover to lock in "Busy loop this can be due to an issue with external media and I've come across it. lew On 27 Nov 2011, at 19:11, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. Actually,

RE: Anyone want to help confirm a bug?

2011-11-27 Thread Bill Holton
. On Nov 27, 2011, at 2:11 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. Actually, it's not a problem using Disk Utility. What I was explaining was that after I use DU to re-partition and format a drive I can't access it using Finder. Ironically, I learned last night that if I use the go to men

Cuse the cross post: Jobs Bio on NLS

2011-11-27 Thread Bill Holton
Just caught this on the NLS site. Steve Jobs Isaacson, Walter. Read by Mark Delgado. Reading time 21 hours 3 minutes. Computers Biography of entrepreneur Steve Jobs (1955-2011) chronicles his childhood, education, entry-level jobs in California's Silicon Valley, 1976 cofounding of Apple comput

RE: Anyone want to help confirm a bug?

2011-11-27 Thread Bill Holton
I have been having some interesting drive issues myself, but not sure if this is related to what you are experiencing. I'm more than happy to subject a drive to the experiment. :) > > Scot > > On Nov 26, 2011, at 11:34 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> Does

RE: Anyone want to help confirm a bug?

2011-11-28 Thread Bill Holton
nt. :) >> >> Scot >> >> On Nov 26, 2011, at 11:34 PM, Bill Holton wrote: >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> Does anyone have an extra USB drive they can afford to reformat for a little experiment to see if you get the same problem I do? >>> &g

Lion and K V M switches

2011-12-11 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Don't know if this is a problem or the way it's supposed to be. On my mini I am using a V M switch to share keyboard, mouse and monitor. I also have a blue tooth keyboard running. The hardware keyboard is a Microsoft ergonomic keyboard, and it always shows up twice in my list of keyboards

E Q on Macs?

2011-12-28 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Using external speakers with my mini, and wondering if there is any way to do some E Q, want to boost Alex's high end. Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googleg

RE: E Q on Macs?

2011-12-28 Thread Bill Holton
Yes, would appreciate it. So used to Eliquence, hard to get used to the muffled high end of Alex. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mr. L. Alexander Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 2:23 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subje

Mini owners, please read

2011-12-28 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I am still working with Apple tech support on an issue that's about two months old. During my latest discussion with the senior tech I mentioned to him that Apple has a problem with voiceover and running a Mini without a monitor. He said there was no such problem that has ever been reported.

May seem off topic but not, need Win 7 info

2012-01-03 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I am trying to run some diagnostics for my mac to help the tech support people, but they have to be run with Putty so I can run them from my pc and logged into my mac. Problem is, thney need a log of everything that goes on. Any one know if Putty can be run in a command line or otherwise so

RE: May seem off topic but not, need Win 7 info

2012-01-03 Thread Bill Holton
iscuss the problems you're having? I'd be more than happy to assist where I can. I've some time spare. lew On 3 Jan 2012, at 19:45, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. I am trying to run some diagnostics for my mac to help the tech support people, but they have to be run with Putty

RE: can't get time machine to backup

2012-01-06 Thread Bill Holton
Did he format it with Mac Extended Journaling? I think TM requires the extended journaling. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christina Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 12:34 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Command f5 problem

2012-01-07 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Suddenly my Command f5 stopped working. It won't turn VO off and on. I have tried with two different keyboards, and with the Apple Bluetooth keyboard I have tried both with and without holding down the FN key. When I do a VO-k keyboard command pressing all the other keys describes the key p

Re: Command f5 problem

2012-01-07 Thread Bill Holton
then lets do some further investigation. > > lew > > On 7 Jan 2012, at 17:40, Bill Holton wrote: > >> Hi. >> Suddenly my Command f5 stopped working. It won’t turn VO off and on. I >> have tried with two different keyboards, and with the Apple Bluetooth >&

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