RE: Dumb VO question

2012-09-10 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Not quite what I meant. Wwhen I type a word and text edit auto corrects it to a new word when I hit spacebar. But the word I typed was the word I wanted. How do I go back and change it back via the revert command with a VO or hot key command? BILL HOLTON Email

RE: Dumb VO question

2012-09-11 Thread Bill Holton
Again, thanks much. BILL HOLTON Email:<mailto:b...@bholton.com> b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Home Office: 1520 Loughton ST DeLand, FL 32720 From: macvisio

iTunes libraries

2012-09-16 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. How can I move my iTunes library to a different hard drive? I know I can copy the two folders movies and music to a different drive, and then tell iTunes to look at those folders. But is there a database file I should remove first and have iTunes rebuild so I don't end up with a lot of dupl

Time and date Macro

2012-09-22 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Is there any way for a non programmer like myself to change the announce time and date macro so that it reads the time before the date? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisio

Downloading into iTunes from store

2012-09-23 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I purchased an album in iTunes and was able to download it onto my iPhone. My question is, how can I also download this music into my Mac's iTunes library? I don't see any download all purchased music button link1 or tab -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl

RE: Downloading into iTunes from store

2012-09-23 Thread Bill Holton
ly whenI checkj downloads available there are none available. I just want a copy of the album on my Mac Mini, already have it on iPhone. Any help appreciated. Bill BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Home Office:1520 Loughton ST De

Re: Downloading into iTunes from store

2012-09-24 Thread Bill Holton
itter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Sep 23, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > >> Hi. >> I purchased an album in iTunes and was able to download it onto my iPhone. >> My question is, how can I also download this music into my Mac's iTune

RE: very odd thing in mail

2012-10-06 Thread Bill Holton
It's probably set up using Mail in classic view. You can check on this in the mail settings. BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Home Office:1520 Loughton ST DeLand, FL 32720 -Original Message-

RE: Changing the order messages are read

2012-10-16 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. If you go into classic view this is possible. The mail grid becomes a table. I got my sighted wife to drag the columns into my preferred order, but I'm guessing with a bit of work it could be done with voiceover. BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com D

RE: Changing the order messages are read

2012-10-16 Thread Bill Holton
If you can get some sighted help, it can be done, though. BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Home Office:1520 Loughton ST DeLand, FL 32720 -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Sorting mail fields

2012-11-11 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I am running Apple Mail and classic view. I am trying to sort the fields. I was able to do this before, by going into the header list, and then dragging the fields left or right. But now, when I go to a field and use theVO command to drag, It says item is not draggable may be hidden by… And

Filtering messages with Gmail

2012-11-15 Thread Bill Holton
ither from the viphone or maccessability addresses it should be marked as "newsList" so I can just read all these message in my newslist folder. But it's not working. Any suggestions from either list appreciated. BILL HOLTON Email:<mailto:b...@bholton.com&g

RE: Filtering messages with Gmail

2012-11-16 Thread Bill Holton
ou check the search? Maria Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." - Mahatma Gandhi On 16/11/2012, at 8:03 AM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. This is a problem on both my mac and iphone. Since I check email on several mach

Bookmark bar in Safari

2012-11-17 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. How do you delete a bookmark from the bookmarks bar in Safari? Thanks. -- 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 mac

RE: Bookmark bar in Safari

2012-11-18 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I must be doing something wrong, because all that does is throw me out of the bar with no action taken. I have tried this both on the bookmark bar, and on the list of bookmarks in the bookmarks menu. Any thoughts where I might be going wrong? BILL HOLTON Email: b

Re: Bookmark bar in Safari

2012-11-18 Thread Bill Holton
hecore.info > > On Nov 18, 2012, at 10:40 AM, Bill Holton wrote: > >> Hi. >> I must be doing something wrong, because all that does is throw me out of >> the bar with no action taken. I have tried this both on the bookmark bar, >> and on the list of bookma

Is web browsing really this clunky ith Safari or am I missing something?

2012-11-19 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I am by no means proficient with VO, but I can't believe this about browsing with Safari. Any page I browse, when I click a link and read a bit of that page, when I return I am always placed at the top of the page and have to remember how far down I was in order to spend time finding it to

RE: Is web browsing really this clunky ith Safari or am I missing something?

2012-11-19 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. What is the command to open in new window? This still seems very inelegant and un-Apple. BTW: Do you have a link to your andoid podcasts? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo Sent: Monday, Novem

bean word processor

2012-11-21 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Someone mentioned a great word processor for the mac is called Bean? I cannot find this one in the app store. Do I have the name wrong? Thanks. Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to ma

Re: Monitors for the mac mini

2012-11-30 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Do you already have a monitor for another computer question is so why not just get a keyboard/monitor a beast which? On Nov 30, 2012, at 1:11 AM, Marc Rocheleau wrote: > Hey all, > > I am not sure whether or not to buy a new monitor for my mac mini but > was wondering if anyone had some rec

RE: mac mini 2011 info

2011-08-15 Thread Bill Holton
keyboard. Batteries go in the other end of the cylinder bump end first. CB On 8/15/11 2:11 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > Just tried setting my new Mini up. Even after my wife went throught he > setup with the mouse it won't pair with my blue tooth keyboard, an Apple, or > the track pad. An

Need help connecting a Mac to my Home Network

2011-08-17 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Can someone point me to some documentation on how I can connect my Mini to my home network for file and printer sharing with my Windows XP and Win 7 machines? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this gro

Remote cd/dvd setup with Lion?

2011-08-18 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I have searched the sharing settings, I found file sharing, printer sharing, scanner and a number of other shares, but I don'tsee any cd/DVD sharing option. Can someone point me in the right direction so I can get the remote disk working with my driveless mini? Thanks. -- You received thi

Where did my keyboard go?

2011-08-19 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I can log onto my Mini, the keyboard works fine, but once the desktop comes up neither my blue tooth or USB keyboard work at all. The trackpad works fine. Any idea what I may have reset? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionari

RE: Turning on Home Sharing on my Mac Mini, was:RE: Using the "remote" ap on my iphone

2011-08-22 Thread Bill Holton
Have you enabled file sharing for the mini in the share menu in the main settings? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Frank Ventura Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 7:35 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject

need help with software installation

2011-08-22 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Figured I would install Flash as my first application, going to need it eventually. Got the link to download the software from youtube, downloaded it. I found the file in my download directory, and I also started the installer. When I start it up I get the usual message, am I sure I want to

Recommendations for optical out sound system?

2011-08-23 Thread Bill Holton
Can someone suggest a nice sound system that would take advantage of the mini's optical out connector? BTW: I have been running my new model Mac Mini for several days without a connected monitor and everything works fine. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gro

Voiceover on, speech off, what did I do?

2011-08-24 Thread Bill Holton
Hi.My cat crawled on my keyboard and turned VO off. I can turn it on again with command f 5, but it says "Voiceover on, speech off," and then goes silent. I have tried the vo - s combination to mute/unmute VO, doesn't help. Any suggestions? -- You received this message because you are subsc

RE: Voiceover on, speech off, what did I do?

2011-08-24 Thread Bill Holton
1:55 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi.My cat crawled on my keyboard and turned VO off. I can turn it on again with command f 5, but it says "Voiceover on, speech off," and then goes silent. I have tried the vo - s combination to mute/unmute VO, doesn't help. Any suggestions?

How do I format a disk with Superdrive?

2011-08-24 Thread Bill Holton
I am trying to load the drivers for Windows to use bootcamp. I can download them, but then I try to put them on a disk. If I format the disk on my Windows machine OSx says it can't read it. If I insert blank media into the Superdrive OSx says it can't erase it. I see in the help file there shou

RE: Questions about mac mini

2011-08-24 Thread Bill Holton
I hear from others that they have trouble using the mini without a monitor. But I just bought the new Mini server edition, and I am having no trouble whatsoever. You can confirm if they have changed something that makes the newer models more non-monitor friendly if you send them an email at acces

RE: How do I format a disk with Superdrive?

2011-08-24 Thread Bill Holton
PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: How do I format a disk with Superdrive? You don't need to format a cd/DVD On Aug 24, 2011, at 5:08 PM, "Bill Holton" wrote: > I am trying to load the drivers for Windows to use bootcamp. I can download > them, but then I

RE: Questions about mac mini

2011-08-24 Thread Bill Holton
They must have fixed it with th new ones, because my new mini server version is working fine without a monitor./ -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Panarese Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5:56 PM To: macvis

RE: Definitive guide to installing another OS on a new Mac

2011-08-25 Thread Bill Holton
Google this and it should lead you there manuals.info.apple.com/en/boot_camp_install-setup.pdf -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Frank Ventura Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 6:34 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegrou

RE: Questions about mac mini

2011-08-25 Thread Bill Holton
Actually, I need to do a bit more checking. I do notice that even though VO comes up on my logon screen, often I have to turn it back on once I reach the desktop. And even though I don't have it connected to a monitor, I do have a cable connected. jAlso, the server version isn't really different

Trouble with password field

2011-08-25 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I am trying to set up bootcamp drivers to copy onto a disk. The Admin request dialog comes up, I can enter my account name, but no matter how I move to the password field nothing types in. No clicking sound, no visible *'s or anything, and if I type it in and press return the dialog closes as

RE: Trouble with password field

2011-08-26 Thread Bill Holton
Someone replied with a helpful tip, but the email disappeared before I could give it a try, and I can't find it in the archives. Could the sender resend? Thanks. Bill -Original Message- From: Bill Holton [mailto:bill32...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:36

RE: Help: GarageBand constantly "busy", almost unusable!

2011-08-30 Thread Bill Holton
I have had trouble with apps reporting busy, but if I turn VO off and back and on again everything is fine. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 8:12 AM To: macvisionari

RE: reason to get a mac

2011-09-01 Thread Bill Holton
To put it in financial terms, besides being a free screenreader, there will not be upgrade costs for a Windows screen reader so the recipient will not get further and further behind if they cannot afford the yearly charges for upgrades. Bill -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googleg

Problem installing VM Fusion tools

2011-09-01 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I got a Windows 7 installation completed on VM Fusion. I am trying to install the tools, but when I click the install tools link in the menu there's a bit of disk activity, then nothing, and it keeps telling me VM tools have not been installed. I'm sure it's operator error, if someone can enl

A few Mail questions

2011-09-02 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. A few novice mail questions, if I may. First, How can I get an imap mailbox to show in the favorites list so I can use a command number key to call it up? Is that even doable? Seems like a lot of work to change to another mailbox, if not. Second. I wanted to move a message into a temp f

RE: Problem installing VM Fusion tools

2011-09-02 Thread Bill Holton
world.blogspot.com (Marriage group) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/committed-married-christians On Sep 1, 2011, at 2:19 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. I got a Windows 7 installation completed on VM Fusion. I am trying to install the tools, but when I click the install tools link in the menu the

RE: Windows On A Mac

2011-09-04 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I am struggling trying to get Fusion to work with Lion. Is there an expert or two on this list who's brain I can pick? Currently, I have windows installed and the tools installed, but I keep getting that list of devices and even when I'm at the desktop Windows doesn't seem to see the Window Ey

RE: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-04 Thread Bill Holton
Thanks. This was very helpful to me, also. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Erkens Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 2:58 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Running a Mac with Windows on H

RE: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-04 Thread Bill Holton
Hi again. Thanks to your message I am making significant progress. My big mistake was forgetting the key swap. I am actually using a Wondows keyboard, but I used the keyboard setup to swap the Windows and the Alt key. Is there a way I can swap them back for use in Windows? I was able to turn on

RE: Windows On A Mac

2011-09-05 Thread Bill Holton
05 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > Hi. > I am struggling trying to get Fusion to work with Lion. Is there an expert > or two on this list who's brain I can pick? > Currently, I have windows installed and the tools installed, but I keep > getting that list of devices and even when I

RE: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-05 Thread Bill Holton
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Running a Mac with Windows on Hi Bill Holton, Once you have the virtual machine running, minimize windows, control command enter, turn on voiceover, and in the underlying fusion window, now containing a minimized version of your running windows, find an item that reads: cd and dvd

RE: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-05 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I read and replied to your other message before this, so thanks for already sending a description on how to swap those keys. Bill -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Erkens Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011

RE: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-06 Thread Bill Holton
A related question. If I have a quad core Mini can I allocate it to four processors? If I do does Windows share the processers with Lion on a need to use basis? I suspect this must be true because otherwise you could not run VM Fusion with a single core chip. -Original Message- From: ma

Question about Audio Pass-through

2011-09-08 Thread Bill Holton
This is one of the sale items today at Meritline.com. Can someone tell me what they mean by audio passthrough? Thanks. Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter with Audio Support for Apple MacBook Pro and iMac, Now with Audio Pass-Through on 2010 and Newer Models MacBook(195-129) And 6 Feet High Speed HD

RE: new mac mini, monitor problem?

2011-09-08 Thread Bill Holton
My experience with my new Mac Mini Server edition is it will work fine, but it won't change any settings you change and the next time you restart it will revert to previous settings. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Beha

RE: Does VM Fusion work with JAWS?

2011-09-08 Thread Bill Holton
Sounds like they're afraid eventually you will give up the PC for the Mac and stop buying their updates. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kawal Gucukoglu Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 5:26 PM To: macvision

RE: new mac mini, monitor problem?

2011-09-08 Thread Bill Holton
Hey there. Any thoughts on this? I had my Mini connected to a high res HDMI Dell monitor for awhile, and it worked fine. I connected it to a KVM switch and now though the PC works fine when I switch to the Mini all I get is a monitor setup prompt. And now if I connect the Mini directly, I get the

Questionabout Super Doopper and external drives

2011-09-13 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I have a 2 tarabyte drive on its way, and I have a few questions about Mac backups. First, as I seem to recall, with Superdooper you can create a backup in a format you can actually boot from, if the system becomes trashed? Is this correct? Is SuperDooper the only package that allows this,or

RE: Questionabout Super Doopper and external drives

2011-09-13 Thread Bill Holton
lf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 1:32 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Questionabout Super Doopper and external drives There is also Carbon Copy Cloner but I've never used it to backup a non-Mac drive. CB On 9/13/11 12:31 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > Hi.

Installing Windows with Fusion issue

2011-09-13 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. According to the VM ware site, to install Windows 7 from an upgrade disk, a clean install--I have a xp pro license, but you can't install xp on Lion-- you need to install windows without entering the key Then you slip in the disk, run setup and do an anytime upgrade to the same windows versi

RE: Questionabout Super Doopper and external drives

2011-09-14 Thread Bill Holton
ndbox back to macintosh hd. That makes you loose all your private stuff. CCC can backup and make the backup bootable, so if you don't need the sand box functionality, then ccc is perfect too. On Sep 13, 2011, at 6:31 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > Hi. > I have a 2 tarabyte drive on its way,

RE: VMWare Fusion 4 is out and accessible

2011-09-14 Thread Bill Holton
Do you know if there's an upgrade policy? Just bought the previous version about three weeks ago. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Campbell Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:10 PM To: macvisionarie

RE: Questionabout Super Doopper and external drives

2011-09-14 Thread Bill Holton
makes you loose all your private stuff. CCC can backup and make the backup bootable, so if you don't need the sand box functionality, then ccc is perfect too. On Sep 13, 2011, at 6:31 PM, Bill Holton wrote: > Hi. > I have a 2 tarabyte drive on its way, and I have a few questions about M

RE: VMWare Fusion 4 is out and accessible

2011-09-14 Thread Bill Holton
Did they say how we can get the upgrade? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Bishop Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:38 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: VMWare Fusion 4 is out and acce

RE: Questionabout Super Doopper and external drives

2011-09-14 Thread Bill Holton
. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Erkens Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:13 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Questionabout Super Doopper and external drives Hi Bill Holton, You can

RE: Questionabout Super Doopper and external drives

2011-09-14 Thread Bill Holton
: Questionabout Super Doopper and external drives Hi Bill Holton, If your brother has an intel mac then yes. You can take your usb drive to his place and work on it there. Back home, you can smart update from your usb disk back to your hard drive. To make this work, before going to your brother&#

RE: VMWare Fusion 4 is out and accessible

2011-09-14 Thread Bill Holton
the new license code for version 4 >> if you bought it off of their site. If you bought a boxed version you must >> call them and discuss I think. 1.877.486.9273 >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisi

RE: Questionabout Super Doopper and external drives

2011-09-14 Thread Bill Holton
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 2:23 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Questionabout Super Doopper and external drives Hi Bill Holton, Both sandboxing and running Lion inside vm fusion requires some system maintanance. Why would you want to run lion as a virtual machine by the way

RE: Deadline for the price reduction on VMWare fusion?

2011-09-14 Thread Bill Holton
No, Oct. 31 Customers who have purchased VMware Fusion 3 from July 20, 2011 through September 30th, 2011 are covered by the Technology Guarantee Program for VMware Fusion and are eligible for a complimentary electronic upgrade to VMware Fusion 4: If you have purchased VMware Fusion 3 electronically

RE: Deadline for the price reduction on VMWare fusion?

2011-09-14 Thread Bill Holton
iphton72 (Marriage Blog) http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com (Marriage group) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/committed-married-christians On Sep 14, 2011, at 4:24 PM, Bill Holton wrote: No, Oct. 31 Customers who have purchased VMware Fusion 3 from July 20, 2011 through September 30th,

RE: Fusion 4 and Window-Eyes

2011-09-15 Thread Bill Holton
Not yet, but please keep me updated. I am very new to Fusion, so am taking only tentative steps, so will be interested if WE works or if I need to skip the update for now. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rober

Need help partitioning a disk

2011-09-16 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I am trying to partition my 2tb drive into three drives, 2 500gb drives for Windows and one 1tb drive with Mac Journaling for Carbon copy cloner. I have successfully divided the disk into three equal partitions, but can't figure out how to change the size of the partitions and set them to FAT

RE: Need help partitioning a disk

2011-09-17 Thread Bill Holton
tinue to partition 3. Hth, Paul. On Sep 17, 2011, at 6:33 AM, Bill Holton wrote: > Hi. > I am trying to partition my 2tb drive into three drives, 2 500gb drives for > Windows and one 1tb drive with Mac Journaling for Carbon copy cloner. I > have successfully divided the disk into three

Having a bit of folder confusion

2011-09-18 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I have two drives inside my Mini, which I have named Mac HD for the system volume and Mac Data for my datavolume. The way the computer came, the home folder is located in the Mac Data drive volume, with the usual tree: users, Bill, desktop, documents, downloads, music, etc. But on the Mac H

RE: More about Window-Eyes and VMware Fusion 4

2011-09-20 Thread Bill Holton
Thanks for this info. Do you know what happens if you create a new VM? Also, if you don't update the tools, is the upgrade of any use? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert Carter Sent: Tuesday, September 20

Proper way to detach USB drive?

2011-09-21 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. If have a USB drive with three partitions, if I eject all three from the desktop am I good to disconnect? Or do I need to unmount the entire drive some other way? Thanks. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Badger, Nancy Sent: Wedn

RE: vmware fusion allocate 1 or 2 cores?

2011-09-22 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Where did you find the Fusion documentation? Been looking for it. Thanks. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Justin Ekis Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 5:17 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject

File sharing with Lion

2011-09-22 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Trying to get at the fat 32 formatted drive partition on my Mac from my Win 7 computer. I have file sharing enabled, and I went to the win formatted drive, called up info and checked file sharing. Funny thing is, even though I keep getting an error when I try accessing the drive from my win

RE: File sharing with Lion

2011-09-24 Thread Bill Holton
connected to your mac as you wrote, indeed part of the shared folders list in sysprefs, sharon, shared folders? Hth, Paul. On Sep 23, 2011, at 5:40 AM, Bill Holton wrote: Hi. Trying to get at the fat 32 formatted drive partition on my Mac from my Win 7 computer. I have file sharing enabled, and I

RE: File sharing with Lion

2011-09-25 Thread Bill Holton
the \\ip_of_your_mac\shortname_of_your_mac_username to connect from windows. Then you have to use the link on windows to use a different user name since you want to use your mac account shortname and password, not some credentials Windows made up. CB On 9/24/11 1:38 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Still having tro

Problem with new Airport Extreme

2011-10-01 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I set up a new Airport Extreme last night. Everything went smooth using the utility on my Mini. Worked fine. Three PCs, my Mac Mini and several portable devices could see and use the network. But then I must have done something on the Mini, because now the mini won't connect to the net, anym

RE: -- SPAM --Re: Anyone else having issues upgrading to IOS5 on their IPhones?

2011-10-12 Thread Bill Holton
I'm getting an error 5000 mixed in with the 3200 errors. Tried about seven times so far, no luck. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christine Grassman Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 4:57 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subj

RE: Lion 10.72 is now available.

2011-10-13 Thread Bill Holton
So exactly what kind of pictures are on your screensaver that causes the Mac to catch such a fever? From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 2:19 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject:

USB drive problems

2011-10-16 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I formatted my 2 tarabyte drive with two mac extended journal partitions and one Fat 32 so I can transfer files from my pC to my Mac. But whenever I try to access this partition Finder goes into busy mode and doesn't stop. Eventaully the fan comes on, and it will run forever, the only way I c

How to download all purchases from iTunes?

2011-10-17 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I am moving everything to my Mini from my PC. Can someone explain how I can get iTunes to download all my purchases and apps from the iTunes store? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send e

Basic item chooser question

2011-10-18 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Playing with item chooser, and I have a basic question. When I select an item and go to it, how can I get back to the item chooser orto scroll down the other occurances of the item? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gr

Lion Mail question

2011-10-19 Thread Bill Holton
Is there any way to change the display fields order in Lion Mail? I want to put subject first, then the from field. -- 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 un

Verboswity question

2011-10-20 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Which verbosity control should I customize and how to make VO play a tone instead of saying misspelled on misspelled words? Reading emails, this constant announcement can be quite distracting. Thanks. Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "M

Track pad commander question

2011-10-20 Thread Bill Holton
I have set up an activity for Mail, and I'm wondering if there is any way I can set up a track commander gesture like command-flick right to do a menu command like "send mail?" Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post t

Re: Track pad commander question

2011-10-20 Thread bill holton
eover commands. and the >> opening of files or applications. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >> www.mobileaccess.org >> >> On Oct 20, 2011, at 3:54 PM, Bill Holton wrote: >> >>> I have s

Difference between two sets of commands?

2011-10-21 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Can someone explain the difference between the mouse up and down commands, VO command shift space, and the VO comma, / VO period . drag and drop? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email

Re: Lion Mail question

2011-10-22 Thread bill holton
Are you using the standard Lion layout or have you gone back to the previous version. In the newer layout I can't figure out how to go down by files. A single field seems to include all the info, there doesn't seem to be a way to change to table or list view to easily go down the subject field

What setting did I inadvertnatly change in Mail

2011-10-22 Thread Bill Holton
Before, when I pressed entre on a message I would enter the message window and I could do a two finger down swipe on my track pad or cursor down to read the message. Now I get a header field at the top, followed by text, and I have to interact with the text field. I have tried resetting the shift

A few verbosity withh Mail questions

2011-10-23 Thread Bill Holton
Hi.When I have my emails grouped by conversation how come I get several "One message in conversation" notifications whereas other single messages do not have this? Also, is there any way I can cut back on some of the excess verbiage when I get some thing like "Four message conversation?" Would rat

RE: A few verbosity withh Mail questions

2011-10-24 Thread Bill Holton
die Stiles wrote: Both of your questions are excellent. If someone has the answers to these I would love to know as well. Especially the question about getting rid of all the exess chatter voice over reads when there is more than one message in a conversation. Candie On Oct 23, 2011, at 11:1

RE: A few verbosity withh Mail questions

2011-10-24 Thread Bill Holton
or reply to yourself, to have the buttons appear in your inbox. :) *** John André Netland - Voice/SMS/MMS (+47) 971 68 794 Visit online at www.a-pro-studio.no *** On 24. okt. 2011, at 20:53, Bill Holton wrote: Thanks. I had found the disclosure triangle setting, and that helps.

Trouble download VM Fusion upgrade

2011-10-28 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I have gotten my VM Fusion 4 license and registered on the site. I can log in, but I can't find any download link to actually download the version. Does anyone have a direct link or can they suggest how I canfind the right place? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subs

RE: Track pad commander question

2011-10-30 Thread Bill Holton
4:40 PM, bill holton wrote: Hi. So it looks like I would have to construct a macro to press the send key and then assign a gesture to the macro? I find the shift-command-d very awkward at best. On Oct 20, 2011, at 4:33 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: Hi Bill! Unless a applescript can be made

RE: LookTell

2011-10-30 Thread Bill Holton
I was able to revert to the old version that actually recognized currency with just a quick look. Did the artiel or blog mention anything about fixing the slow recognition with the current version/ -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegrou

Handbrake question

2011-10-30 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I am trying to rip a set of W K R P disks so I can watch them on my iPhone and through Apple TV. When I try to scan them, however, I only get the first episode on each disk. Can someone suggest what I might be doing wrong? Thanks. Bill -- You received this message because you are subs

Importing into iTunes question

2011-10-31 Thread Bill Holton
If I am ripping a diskof TV episodes is there any way I can force iTunes to import them so they show up in the TV tab instead of the movie tab? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to ma

RE: Track pad commander question

2011-11-01 Thread Bill Holton
table to make sure you entered as expected. 12. Test it out in mail. Best wishes, Jonathan On Oct 30, 2011, at 6:08 PM, Bill Holton wrote: Yes, would definitely be interested in such a script. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]

Help with touch pad command

2011-11-02 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. This is in the docs, but I have never been able to get it to work. Anyone else have any luck or guesses why it's not working for me. I am using a magic trackpad, don't think that should make a difference. To read a word, line, sentence, or paragraph at a time, press the Command key while

Time machine and carbon copy cloer issues

2011-11-03 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I formatted an external drive with Mac formatting with journaling. I then attached it to my airport express, where both drives show up. Trouble is, my Time Machine backups are failing and CCC says I can't do a bootable backup on this drive because it doesn't support hfs plus formatting. Any

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