Re: Command f5 problem

2012-01-07 Thread Bill Holton
cess then next to that in the table of > commands at the end should be the command+f5 selector just check if that has > become unchecked! > And if so re checking it should solve that! > hth Colin > > On 7 Jan 2012, at 17:40, Bill Holton wrote: > >> Hi. >> Suddenl

RE: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence

2012-01-09 Thread Bill Holton
Count me in. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Emrah Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 7:24 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Mac OS port of IBM Viavoice TTS, otherwise known as ETI Eloquence Hey all, Glad to he

RE: Installing an accessible version of Chrome on the Mac?

2012-01-11 Thread Bill Holton
What are the advantages to running Chrome as opposed to Safari? Thanks. Bill -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Krasniuk Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:14 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subjec

Is there a read from cursor command?

2012-01-11 Thread Bill Holton
On the iPhone I can do a two finger swipe down to read from the cursor position to the end. Am I missing something, or can you not do that with OS Lion? I see commands to read entire window, visible screen and such, but if I cursor quickly down through the useless info at the top of an email such

RE: Is there a read from cursor command?

2012-01-11 Thread Bill Holton
aries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Is there a read from cursor command? Hi, yes. you need to interact with the text of the message and press VO A. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jan 11, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > On the iPho

Safari bookmarks

2012-01-11 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Am I missing something here? I tried using the command option B command to call up my list of book marks. It seems you have to move up to the first table, interact with that table, find the bookmark you want, stop interacting with that table, move down to the next table, interact with that t

RE: How to set "Enter" key to open files/apps?

2012-01-12 Thread Bill Holton
You could probably use the keypad enter key, set up the keypad commander to open the highlighted file. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kaleb Ballzac Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:48 AM To: macvisionaries

Need hot spot help

2012-01-12 Thread Bill Holton
I am confused about hot spot. In Mail I set up two hotspots, hotspot 0 which takes me to the search pane and hotspot 9 which takes me to my inbox list of messages in the message table. Sometimes these hotspots work, other times there is nothing but silence and when I press VO 0 or VO 9 a second t

Strange dropbox behavior with Lion

2012-01-13 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I downloaded 11 books from LOC and downloaded them into a dropbox folder called Books so I can connect my Stream to the PC and load them on there. Trouble is, whereas the Mac shows 11 files the PC dropbox only shows 4, and I noticed that as I downloaded additional files they were appearing in

RE: Safari bookmarks

2012-01-13 Thread Bill Holton
> CB > > On 1/12/12 7:48 AM, Thomas McMahan wrote: >> How about storing them in bookmarks bar, then just going throughout the list of them under the apple menu because at that point it's just a sub menu under bookmarks. Perhaps that would be a little less complicated than

Re: Need hot spot help

2012-01-14 Thread Bill Holton
r your purposes you could use CMD + Option + f to go to the search >> field and CMD + 1 in the numbers row above the character keys to choose >> Inbox. Presumed you use Mail in Snow Leopard or Lion. >> >> All the best >> Jürgen >> Am 13.01.2012 um 00:11 sch

Re: Safari bookmarks

2012-01-14 Thread Bill Holton
s table, you have the search box and then a second table, > where you'll find the bookmarks and folders you have in that category. > > Have a look around this view and if you have any more question just give a > "shout". > > > HTH, > André > > On 14/01

Selecting text in Safari

2012-01-16 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. As I understand it, there are a few ways to select text in Safari. To get a letter, word or line you hold down the shift key and then press arrow for character, option arrow for word and command arrow for the rest of the line. To select a larger selection, you press VO enter and then move to

RE: Selecting text in Safari

2012-01-16 Thread Bill Holton
2012, at 20:17, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. As I understand it, there are a few ways to select text in Safari. To get a letter, word or line you hold down the shift key and then press arrow for character, option arrow for word and command arrow for the rest of the line. To select a larger selectio

RE: Selecting text in Safari

2012-01-16 Thread Bill Holton
Hope this will help. Don't despair. Mac is good. On 16 Jan 2012, at 21:24, Bill Holton wrote: Looks like this makes the Mac almost a no go for my work. I spend a lot of time grabbing addresses and other contact info online and copying it into documents. I am in DOM mode. If I interac

RE: Selecting text in Safari

2012-01-17 Thread Bill Holton
, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. That works great, so long as everything you want to copy is in the same element. Try this with two blocks of text that are separated by a link or two and you will be stopped dead at the element change. This is how things happen here, maybe I am doing something wrong

RE: Selecting text in Safari

2012-01-17 Thread Bill Holton
-Lewis Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:45 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Selecting text in Safari On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > That works great, so long as everything you want to copy is in the same > element. > > Try this with two blocks

RE: Selecting text in Safari

2012-01-17 Thread Bill Holton
2012, at 4:24 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > Looks like this makes the Mac almost a no go for my work. I spend a lot of time grabbing addresses and other contact info online and copying it into documents. > I am in DOM mode. If I interact with the text the VO Enter works, but all it will copy is

Example problem: RE: Selecting text in Safari

2012-01-17 Thread Bill Holton
ginal Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:45 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Selecting text in Safari On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Bill Holton wrote: &

RE: Collective reports of VoiceOver issues

2012-01-17 Thread Bill Holton
I have sent four messages repeating this problem and haven't heard back once. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Emrah Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 11:20 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Collecti

RE: Example problem: RE: Selecting text in Safari

2012-01-17 Thread Bill Holton
Try going to www.womansworldmag.com and going down to the pandora contest and hitting that link. When I interact the text ends at the link. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark BurningHawk Baxter Sent: Tuesday

Very simple example of highlight and copy problem

2012-01-17 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I posted a quick page on my site at http://bholton.com/copy.html That is a single paragraph. Try interacting with the tex and then highlighting and copying the entire page. You will get stopped at the link. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

RE: Selecting text in Safari

2012-01-17 Thread Bill Holton
to another app and paste it all. Until I turned on cursor tracking I wasn't able to make it go. Used this Apple help page which described the process and different ways to select the text: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=VoiceOver/1.0/en/mh2089.html CB On 1/17/12 8:34 AM, Bill

RE: Example problem: RE: Selecting text in Safari

2012-01-17 Thread Bill Holton
Yes, but when you add several links, a table and such it get's to be really annoying going back and forth for what should be a single action. Made example as simple as possible because it seemed to be unclear what I was talking about when I said a link would stop progress. -Original Message--

RE: Selecting text in Safari

2012-01-17 Thread Bill Holton
ake it go. Used this Apple help page which described the process and different ways to select the text: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=VoiceOver/1.0/en/mh2089.html CB On 1/17/12 8:34 AM, Bill Holton wrote: > The bits are larger than one phrase or bit. Unles there's a command t

RE: Selecting text in Safari

2012-01-17 Thread Bill Holton
ks if you interact with each element on a webpage even with all of the cursors tracking each other. >> I'd be reporting this to Apple Accessibility. I know I already did several times. Maybe if they see enough requests, they'll add it. >> >> >> >> On 2012-01-

Empty scroll area and inaccessibility of Text Mate

2012-01-17 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I was trying Textmate because I am told it will do something very specific that text edit won't. Unfortunately, all I get is something called an empty scroll area, and even if I interact with that area I get no feedback typing or review. Sounds hopeless to me, but perhaps someone has a work

RE: Selecting text in Safari

2012-01-17 Thread Bill Holton
if you interact with each element on a webpage even with all of the cursors tracking each other. >>>> I'd be reporting this to Apple Accessibility. I know I already did several times. Maybe if they see enough requests, they'll add it. >>>> &

Accessible HTML editing?

2012-01-18 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I need to add some html coding, but without the header and footer info so I can add tags to a steady stream of content to upload to entry forms at work. So far I have been doing this by hand in Notepad or Ed Sharp. Trying to use the mac more, I asked around, and discovered that Text Mate does

RE: Accessible HTML editing?

2012-01-18 Thread Bill Holton
t: Re: Accessible HTML editing? On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > I need to add some html coding, but without the header and footer info so I > can add tags to a steady stream of content to upload to entry forms at > work.  So far I have been doing this by hand in Notep

RE: Accessible HTML editing?

2012-01-18 Thread Bill Holton
@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 9:45 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Accessible HTML editing? On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > Trying to make it simplier than just doing innotepad on my PC.  If I use >

RE: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-19 Thread Bill Holton
E.g.: Corner of 43rd Street and 5th Avenue, 50 meters at 12 o'clock. How did you get it to do this? I only get distance to way point. Or did you create a way point and name it this? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behal

RE: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-19 Thread Bill Holton
rds, Emrah On Jan 19, 2012, at 5:36 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > E.g.: Corner of 43rd Street and 5th Avenue, 50 meters at 12 o'clock. > How did you get it to do this? > I only get distance to way point. Or did you create a way point and name it > this? > > > -Original

RE: And Finally! A Loadstone like GPS solution on the iPHone

2012-01-20 Thread Bill Holton
How many people do you think will be willing to pay the $100-300 it could cost for them to release it this way and still stay in business? I for one, would, but seems like everyone complains when an app costs more than 3.99. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto

RE: Lion Server

2012-01-21 Thread Bill Holton
Supposedly the server version and the regular version are exactly the same if you do not activate the server stuff. That said, I have rthe server version because it was the only way I could get the highest end Mini. Mostly it works the same, but it does have the same problems with running without

OK, technically this is correct

2012-01-21 Thread Bill Holton
Couldn't remember the command for copy last spoken phrase, so had VO say the phrase I wanted to copy, then used the VO H H menu and looked for copy. Found the command I wanted and pressed enter. VO dutifully copied it then I went to text edit and pasted. quote: one item: Copy last phrase to cli

RE: a little help with vmware fusion please?

2012-01-24 Thread Bill Holton
While you're at it, if you have the direct download link for version four can you send it my way? I can't sem top find it. Bill From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mr. L. Alexander Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 1:17 PM To: macvision

Mini and sound source

2012-01-28 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Usually, when I plug headphones or a set of powered speakers into my Mini's headphone jack the sound goes through those sources. But this is the second time this has happened. All of a sudden the headphones/speakers I have connected do not grab the sound and the Mini is silent. If I pull th

The new Airport Utility and a question about connections

2012-02-04 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Has anyone tried the updated Airport Utility. It seems rather inaccessible to me. Once I found a way into the menus with bay station, wireless, etc. but I can't find my way back there. Before, I had a 2 tarabyte drive partitioned into two 1t drives connected to my airport extreme and I coul

RE: The new Airport Utility and a question about connections

2012-02-04 Thread Bill Holton
27;re still confused, let me know. Later... On 2012-02-04, at 9:26 AM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. Has anyone tried the updated Airport Utility. It seems rather inaccessible to me. Once I found a way into the menus with bay station, wireless, etc. but I can't find my way back th

Airport problem solved, but two more questions

2012-02-04 Thread Bill Holton
ou wish auto-mounted, going to the Login Items of Users & Groups system Pref, then adding the volume you wish to auto-mount. Hope this clears some things up for you. If you're still confused, let me know. Later... On 2012-02-04, at 9:26 AM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. Has anyone t

RE: Airport problem solved, but two more questions

2012-02-05 Thread Bill Holton
xtreme to see my 3TB drive? Thanks. On Feb 4, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. This worked great. But now I have two further questions. 1: Is there any way to rename a drive once it's discovered from the Airport. Just pressing Enter doesn't work like it does wit

Superduper issues and questions

2012-02-05 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. It's been awhile since I've used superduper. First, I can no longer find the clone drive option that would turn a drive into a bootable drive. Second, I can't find my HD that's attached onto my Airport extreme in the list of drives to back up to. Strangely, if I pick create a sparse disk I

RE: The new Airport Utility and a question about connections

2012-02-05 Thread Bill Holton
, February 05, 2012 5:01 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The new Airport Utility and a question about connections I find the new AirPort utility to be just as accessible as its predecessor. On Feb 4, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. Has anyone tried the updated

RE: Airport problem solved, but two more questions

2012-02-05 Thread Bill Holton
we could access this external drive from our iPhone or iPad. Hopefully, someone will write an app for that. That would be neat if you could download a movie or tv show you didn't have on your iPad or iPhone from the external drive. On Feb 5, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Bill Holton wrote: On

Is there any way to...

2012-02-09 Thread Bill Holton
Is there any way to turn the right "applications" key on my PC keyboard into the right option key? I have swapped the left Windows and Alt key so they are like the Apple keys, but now the Right application key doesn't do anything, seems such a waste. -- You received this message because you a

RE: Anyone Using Google Chrome with VO?

2012-02-10 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Has anyone done a podcast or complete guide to how to set up chrome on the mac? Not sure how to get started with chrome vox and such. Thanks. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran Sent: Thursday,

installing chrome

2012-02-10 Thread Bill Holton
OK, feeling stupid here. I have the chrome dmg file opened on my desktop. I opened the dmg and there are two files, google chrome, selected application and space, alias. No matter how I try to open the google chrome file I can't get it to do anything. Tried Command O, spacebar, VO spacebar, Shif

RE: installing chrome

2012-02-10 Thread Bill Holton
Age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete Graham On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:40 AM, Bill Holton wrote: > OK, feeling stupid here. I have the chrome dmg file opened on my desktop. I opened the dmg and there are two files, google chrome, selected application and space, alias. No matter how I

A few Chrome Questions

2012-02-10 Thread Bill Holton
Just installed Chrome, and was surprised to find Bing as the default search engine. It's also quite fast. I have been doing some searches about Chromevox, all I find is the technical stuff. Can someone point me to any docs that explain why I would want to use it and how to install it? Thanks.

RE: A few Chrome Questions

2012-02-11 Thread Bill Holton
lbert Einstein On Feb 10, 2012, at 1:31 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > Just installed Chrome, and was surprised to find Bing as the default search engine. > It's also quite fast. > I have been doing some searches about Chromevox, all I find is the technical stuff. Can someone point me to an

Possible bug in Lion

2012-02-12 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. To save precious USB connections on my Mac Mini I used a usb hub to connect both my mouse and my PC style keyboard to my Mini. Both the mouse and keyboard work fine in this configuration, the only problem is every time I restart the computer I have to remap the Windows/Alt keys to the Optio

RE: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

2012-02-12 Thread Bill Holton
Hey Steve. I missed your original email. Can you send me a message off list? I have been trying ot deal with Apple for six months on this problem. bill32...@gmail.com From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr Sent: Sunday,

RE: Possible bug in Lion

2012-02-12 Thread Bill Holton
as years ago so it's possible that things have changed but I would recommend that you always leave the keyboard connected directly and use the USB hub for non-essential devices. Later... On 2012-02-12, at 7:09 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. To save precious USB connections on my Ma

RE: Possible bug in Lion

2012-02-13 Thread Bill Holton
cking the other ports. CB On 2/12/12 10:42 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Yes, mini has four usb ports, so keyboard, mouse, tv tuner card, USB harddrive, Superdrive, oops, that's five. Seven, if you count the fact theTV card won't work without a direct connection and it blocks two ports because

EyeTV, was RE: Possible bug in Lion

2012-02-13 Thread Bill Holton
g to give it another go if you've been able to get anywhere with it. Never had any trouble with the stubby USB cable. Did have lots of trouble using rabbit ears and such which all went away when I got a 'real' antenna for $30 and put it in the attic. CB On 2/13/12 11:37 AM, Bill Hol

RE: Possible bug in Lion

2012-02-14 Thread Bill Holton
and option keys will be reversed, unless you need to use the mouse you could probably disconnect it. On Feb 12, 2012, at 8:09 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > Hi. > To save precious USB connections on my Mac Mini I used a usb hub to connect both my mouse and my PC style keyboard to my Mini. Both the mo

RE: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

2012-02-14 Thread Bill Holton
Beofre I bought my Mini I called Apple twice and asked if this would be a problem. They assured me it would not. Recently dealing with another related issue they told me they had never received any complaints about minis not working properly without a monitor. I sent htem a half dozen emails fro

RE: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

2012-02-14 Thread Bill Holton
A possible workaround that works for me sometimes. Before you open the drive or folder, turn off VO, use command O to open the drive or folder, then turn VO back on. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Holme

RE: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

2012-02-14 Thread Bill Holton
And please report the problem to Apple at accessibil...@apple.com the more we complain, the more they will be motivated to fix it. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Holmes Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012

RE: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

2012-02-14 Thread Bill Holton
Mates!) Louie P. (Pete) Nalda HTTP://www.MySpace.com/musikonalda/ HTTP://www.Facebook.com/lpnalda/ HTTP://www.linkedin.com/in/lpnalda/ Twitter @lpnalda Bill Holton wrote: And please report the problem to Apple at accessibil...@apple.com the more we complain, the more they will be moti

RE: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

2012-02-15 Thread Bill Holton
ld get around this by connecting the adapter that allows you to connect it to a TV through the RCA plug. All newer minis however, must be connected to a monitor, no way around it. > On Feb 14, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Bill Holton wrote: > >> Beofre I bought my Mini I called Apple twic

RE: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox!

2012-02-16 Thread Bill Holton
re >> >> John Panarese >> jpanar...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Feb 14, 2012, at 11:35 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >>> You definitely need to at least have a monitor connected, the older minis, from before 2008 could get around this by connecting the ad

Messages beta question

2012-02-17 Thread Bill Holton
Stupid question, but once you've written a message in the beta, how do you send it? I have not used iChat, so not familiar with the conventions. Seems like it should be command s for send or shift command D like sending email. Help appreciated. -- You received this message because you are su

RE: Messages beta question

2012-02-17 Thread Bill Holton
Duh. Thanks. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 5:00 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Messages beta question Just press enter On Feb 17, 2012, at 4:45 PM, Bill

Mail verbosity

2012-02-19 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I have found the setting in verbosity to turn off VO saying disclosure triangle before each group of messages. But is there also a setting that will turn off or shorten the three message conversation, two message conversation, etc.? Thanks. Bill -- You received this message because you

Reading PDFs?

2012-02-20 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Are there any tricks to reading PDF's with OS Lion? I wasn't able to review anything, I could just let preview read the entire document. I could go word by word with the track pad,but that is not a very pleasurable way to go through a long document you need to read slowly. Figured there mu

RE: Found this from Apple on Minis

2012-02-21 Thread Bill Holton
Alex Hall wrote: > >> That's odd, as I have heard from a lot of people on this list that you >> *do* need a monitor or you will have serious lag problems. >> >> On 2/21/12, Bill Holton wrote: >>> This is the email from accessibil...@apple.com that con

RE: Chromevox

2012-02-22 Thread Bill Holton
Thanks, also, for the explanation. Just started playing with Chrome myself, wondering if there are any extensions that do in fact enhance the web experience with VO? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouc

RE: Found this from Apple on Minis

2012-02-23 Thread Bill Holton
what I discovered and how Chris's > suggested work around has worked successfully for me. > > Take Care > > John Panarese > jpanar...@gmail.com > > > > On Feb 21, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Bill Holton wrote: > >> No, this was what I got last July and why I went ahead and

Question about hotspots

2012-02-25 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. In Mail I have two hotspots set up, VO 0 for the search box and VO 9 for the inbox message list. Whenever I press VO 0 and do a search, I can no longer press VO 9 and get back to the message list to read the messages that match the search. When I press VO 9 twice and call up the hotspot list

Mail Mail and spell check

2012-02-26 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I set my spell check to go off before the message is sent. But just discovered that if I decide the go back and look at the sentence I put the word in there doesn't seem to be a way out. Pressing escape on the spell check causes the spell check to end and the message to be sent. Did I ma

RE: Mail Mail and spell check

2012-02-26 Thread Bill Holton
: Mail Mail and spell check Hi Bill! I will check this before sending this one and if it still works I will say after this word! On 27 Feb 2012, at 01:07, Bill Holton wrote: > Hi. > I set my spell check to go off before the message is sent. But just discovered that if I decide the go ba

RE: app for bank-accounts

2014-01-23 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Have you tried the move to next container option in the rotor? You may have to go to settings and add it. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of William Windels Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 12:06 PM To: macv

GSSD, what is it?

2014-02-03 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I have a process called gssd that is burning up processer resources. I cannot find on the web what this process is. Anyone know? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receivi

RE: GSSD, what is it?

2014-02-03 Thread Bill Holton
, it's too dark to read."--Groucho Marx On Feb 3, 2014, at 6:34 AM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. I have a process called gssd that is burning up processer resources. I cannot find on the web what this process is. Anyone know? Thanks. -- You received this message because

A Voiceover settings questions

2014-02-19 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. My wife was looking at my screen last night, and she mentioned that I have a box tracking the cursor. I cannot find anywhere to turn this off. Can someone suggest a starting place? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group

Re: clean install with disc maker x?

2014-02-28 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I have downloaded the Mavericks install app, it is in my apps directory I Nextel loaded disk maker ex, I have put it into my apps folder as well. When I try to run disk make her ex, though, I get the files from the Internet message, then this may correct opens to an empty screen, it stays em

RE: clean install with disc maker x?

2014-03-01 Thread Bill Holton
uare&Skype~ kliphton72 (Text only) 914-820-2298 (Personal blog-Read at your own risk) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 28, 2014, at 2:58 PM, "Bill Holton" wrote: > > Hi. > I have downloaded the Mavericks install app, it is in my apps direct

RE: clean install with disc maker x?

2014-03-01 Thread Bill Holton
Bill Holton Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 2:36 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: clean install with disc maker x? Hi. I am still having major issues creating a Mavericks startup disk. I have tried Disk X both with an 8 gig stick and an 80 gig usb drive. I have both formatted to

Re: clean install with disc maker x?

2014-03-01 Thread Bill Holton
; MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > >> On Mar 1, 2014, at 4:01 PM, Bill Holton wrote: >> >> Hi. >> Apparently it looks like my problem may be that I am not running as root. I >> am running as admin. What is the difference and

Problem reinstalling Mavericks

2014-03-03 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I am trying to reinstall Mavericks using the OS reinstall option on set up I can select my drive and I can download Mavericks all the way to 100%, but then it gets stuck on downloading additional components. I have let it run for your four hours at a time, with no good effect. How long does

ScanSnap and VO?

2014-03-06 Thread Bill Holton
Anyone have experience using a ScanSnap scanner to do OCR on the Mac? Bill -- 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...@goo

RE: Bootcamp and upgrading OSX

2014-03-10 Thread Bill Holton
Absolutely nothing. I had a kernel panic, had to reinstall Mavericks from a completely erased drive, and when I was finished my Bootcamp was fine. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Janine Smith Sent: Sunday, Mar

Another dropbox question

2014-03-11 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. How can I change where my dropbox folder sits? I want to move it to a different drive where I have a lot more space. Thanks. Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails f

RE: Another dropbox question

2014-03-11 Thread Bill Holton
ch 11, 2014 9:58 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Another dropbox question First unshare the folder then next move the folder like you would move any other folder then next reshare the folder. On Mar 11, 2014, at 8:15 AM, Bill Holton wrote: > Hi. > How can I change where

RE: Another dropbox question

2014-03-11 Thread Bill Holton
quite easily with the latest version of Drop Box. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Mar 11, 2014, at 9:05 AM, Bill Holton wrote: > Not sure I spoke correc

a question about creating a VM virtual machine

2014-03-11 Thread Bill Holton
Sent from my iPhone hi. I am trying to create a fusion virtual machine using a Windows 8 ISO. I chose the easy install, but after an hour I still don't show windows. Will I need sighted help to complete the installation? Thanks. Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: Another dropbox question

2014-03-11 Thread Bill Holton
n and see if that will work for >> you. >>> On Mar 11, 2014, at 10:29 AM, Bill Holton wrote: >>> >>> Hi. >>> I was not able to access theDropbox settings from my e xtras menu, so I went >>> to check if I have the latest version. I then noticed

Re: Another dropbox question

2014-03-11 Thread Bill Holton
es and you're good to go. > > > > > Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind > built-in! > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! > >> On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Bill

Re: a question about creating a VM virtual machine

2014-03-11 Thread Bill Holton
this must still be going on. Guess I'll have to wait for sighted help. Bill Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 11, 2014, at 1:00 PM, isaac wrote: > > Have you tried pressing window u to load narrator. >> On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:48 AM, Bill Holton wrote: >> >> >

Re: Another dropbox question

2014-03-11 Thread Bill Holton
You happen a few minutes to go on Skype? If you do, my Skype ID is my full name Bill Holton with no spaces and all small letters Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 11, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > > The latest version I have is 2.6.2 and that one I just now installed and have &

More seamless vs more isolated on VM virtual machine

2014-03-17 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Is there any reason why I cannot run a virtual machine in Fusion created with the more seamless option? I seem to be having trouble, I cannot turn VO off and on while the VM is open, and neither command tab nor option tab seem to be moving me from the VM back to Mavericks. Perhaps I am doing

RE: More seamless vs more isolated on VM virtual machine

2014-03-19 Thread Bill Holton
Hi there. So that is one giant DUH for me. Yes, I had quick nav on, and when I turned it off things worked much better. But as long as I was checking my mouse/keyboard settings, below is a rundown of my settings, if anyone has any suggestions of settings I should change. Thanks in advance. Map

RE: Still another VMWare Fusion Question

2014-04-01 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I, too, would like to know the answer. I tried installing Win 8 but it came up with no speech or abilityto turn on narrator. Bill -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kawal Gucukoglu Sent: Monday, March 31, 201

Waking up a virtual machine

2014-04-02 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Using Windows 7 64 bit in a VM Fusion virtual machine, whenever I walk away from it for more than an hour or so, I have a devil of a time getting back into the VM. I have both the VM and my Mac Mini set to never go to sleep, and yet when I return the only thing I can get to is the Mac Fusion

RE: Waking up a virtual machine

2014-04-02 Thread Bill Holton
I do try pressing Shift command F when I first try waking up the machine, in case it has somehow gotten out of full screen mode, but it doesn't seem to help. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Griffith Sent:

RE: Waking up a virtual machine

2014-04-02 Thread Bill Holton
: Waking up a virtual machine The keystroke for full screen is CTRL CMD F. Matt Dierckens Macintosh Trainer Blind Access Training www.blindaccesstraining.com 1-877-774-7670 ext. 4 On Apr 2, 2014, at 9:42 AM, Bill Holton wrote: I do try pressing Shift command F when I first

RE: Waking up a virtual machine

2014-04-02 Thread Bill Holton
e vm when I'm not going to be using windows but I am going to be working on the Mac side. This keeps the vm from draining valuable battery life which it can do at an alarming rate - just watch things in Activity monitor if you want to know the impact of an active VM verses a suspended VM.

Mystery control

2014-05-07 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I have a control in an application that has a button labeled Details. It is supposed to call up a list of advanced settings not usually covered in the one tab of settings that is open. I have tried spacebar, a double tap on the trackpad, a left click, VO shift and VO Shift spacebar. Nothing

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