Re: Word processing on Mac OS X

2009-09-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
ynote > or do i need to instal all of them? > ----- Original Message - > From: "Dane Trethowan" > To: > Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 2:26 PM > Subject: Re: Word processing on Mac OS X > > >> >> You expect me to summaries the features of Pages

Re: Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
No, VO does not turn off during a call. On 05/09/2009, at 8:40 PM, Jesse Bollinger wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I find skype very easy to use with VO but I do have a question. When I > am on Windows it causes my screen reader to shut off when I'm in a > call. > I haven't had a voice chat wi

Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
I'm using Nisus Writer Pro again now after dumping it for a few months, why did I do that oh why! foolish, very foolish I , that piece of software has gone ahead in leaps and bounds as far as accessibility and usability goes since I used it and I can't wait to see what its like under Snow L

Re: Pages in iWOrks

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay, I've never used the templates much but when I have I've just found them to be blank documents and you can use the cursor keys to navigate the template as you would any other document, again this is only from a Leopard users so things may have changed. On 05/09/2009, at 9:11 PM, Scott

Re: Pages in iWOrks

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yeah, let us know what you find. On 05/09/2009, at 9:48 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Well you may be right and since I have my Leopard system backed up, > it's time to drag it out and see what gives. > > tnx, > On Sep 5, 2009, at 7:36 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >&

Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
- > From: Dane Trethowan > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 12:35 PM > Subject: Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software > > I'm using Nisus Writer Pro again now after dumping it for a few > months, why did I

Re: dropbox

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Well having some accessibility is far better than none at all , has anyone had any luck with the Sendspace Wizard for the Mac? That's supposed to be accessible now but I've never managed to get it to work correctly. On 05/09/2009, at 10:55 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > > > Yeah, the drop b

Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
be preferable > over pages? > TIA, > Donna > > From: Dane Trethowan > Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 9:13 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software > > Certainly, you can interact with the toolbars a

Nisus Writer Pro

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
s and also if the header and > footers are now accessible with VO? I'm sorry but I don't have a Mac > to test it or myself at the moment. > > Thanks > > James > - Original Message - > From: Dane Trethowan > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent

Pages and Nisus Writer Pro

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
> Best, > Donna > > From: Dane Trethowan > Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 9:39 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Macintosh Word Processor Software by Mariner Software > > Nisus Writer and Pages are 2 both extremely well thought out and >

Re: Pages in iWOrks

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
I'm glad you sorted that, using templates - though I haven't done it often - seemed to me to be one of the strong points of Pages. On 06/09/2009, at 7:56 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Barry, it turns out the preference file was corrupted. I went in to > ~/ > Library/preferences and tracked d

Re: Blind Cool Tech Podcast

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
s. > Has anyone any thoughts? > Oh, this has been going on a while and yes before Snow Leopard. I've > just run out of ideas so thought to pick some fresh brains out > there. :) > > tnx, > > > > ** Dane Trethowan From Melton

Nisus Writer Pro

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
ious to hear from such people as to what they think of the product, it seems to me that Nisus Writer Pro has excellent multi language support. ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:"grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grt

Nisus Writer

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! I meant to mention that both Nisus Writer Classic and Pro come with a Thesaurus. ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:"grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com Phone United Ki

Re: Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
I read Johnathan's reply as well and I've created some shortcuts here. Firstly, you need to ensure that what you wish to create a shortcut for is in the menu system of Skype, for example creating a shortcut for "Answer" won't work because an "Answer" command is not in the "Call" menu, unlike

Re: Nisus Writer

2009-09-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
he Thesaurus as a stand-alone > application. > - Original Message - > From: Dane Trethowan > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 1:05 AM > Subject: Nisus Writer > > Hi! > > I meant to mention that both Nisus W

Re: Nisus Writer Pro

2009-09-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
om the view menu to get > back to it, note that when you select "Go To Header" from the "View" > menu, the view changes from "Draft" to "Page". > > Finally, I know that there are many users of multiple languages on > this list, I&#x

Itunes and Internet Radio Streams

2009-09-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! What sort of internet radio streams can Itunes handle? I suspect that It cannot handle Windows Media or Real Audio streams, is that correct? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" g

Webkit

2009-09-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! I'm still using this application under Leopard, has anyone tried it with Snow leopard, what do you think? ****** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:"grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane

Re: Skype and Voice Over.

2009-09-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
ion. There really >> is no way to create a keyboard shortcut for answering a Skype call? >> Too bad, as that would be the most useful Skype command to access >> from >> the keyboard. >> >> Best, >> Anna >> >> >> On Sep 6, 2009, at 1:54 AM

Re: Webkit

2009-09-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
As far as I know its the engine that Safari uses. On 07/09/2009, at 8:02 PM, dannyboy wrote: > > What exactly is web kit? > Is it a replacement for Safari? > On Sep 6, 2009, at 11:23 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> I'm still using this applicat

Re: Webkit

2009-09-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
2009, at 8:57 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Yes it is the engine for Safari and some other browsers as well. > Unless your really having some issue, you shouldn't need Webkit unless > you like to see how the bleeding edge works. > On Sep 7, 2009, at 6:44 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote

Re: Webkit

2009-09-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
alt tag, or maybe I have that > mixed up. In snow leopard, voice over actually gives you both of them, > and some times they are quite different, wikipedia is a good example > of this. > On Sep 7, 2009, at 6:13 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> >> That's why I asked some

Re: Apple to Remove the Home Button from Future iPads and iPhones?

2011-01-19 Thread Dane Trethowan
Here we go again! much ado about absolutely nothing, let's wait until the next Iphone is released before making a big noise about possibly nothing which may concern us. On 20/01/2011, at 2:16 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Lol, > > You would make such a decision without even using one to know if

Re: Accessing full status bar with voiceover?

2011-01-21 Thread Dane Trethowan
Even better way of doing it, try ctrl-f8. On 22/01/2011, at 11:13 AM, Jeffrey Shockley wrote: > Hi, > I will add that if you VO M twice, and arrow through the menues, you can get > more info by pressing Option with left/right arrows to explore the status bar. > HTH, > Jeffrey > On Jan 21, 2011,

Re: Victor Stream software for Mac?

2011-01-21 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! You can do everything with the Victor Reader Stream by hand, the only thing you can't do is convert from the Victor Reader Streams audio format, that's what the software does and that's only for Windows. Now I believe that Humanware have an upgrade package for the Stream available, this pa

Re: Twitter Client

2011-01-22 Thread Dane Trethowan
I didn't know about this one so thanks for that,. Another 2 clients I really like are Syrinx and YoruFukurou. On 22/01/2011, at 9:47 PM, Kerie Doyle wrote: > Hi i use something called yorufukurou it's good enough, check it out > On 21 Jan 2011, at 22:41, Wes Smith wrote: > >> I use something

Re: Humanware OCR Product for the Mac?

2011-01-22 Thread Dane Trethowan
Good for Humanware if they're really going to do something like that but I'm not too sure I'd buy one of their products given what's happened with the Victor Reader stream, yep a great product when it came out but now? Well its slipped behind the times due to lack of development, other products

Re: mac app store reccomends and list?

2011-01-22 Thread Dane Trethowan
I've bought 2 apps from the Mac Apps Store, Garage Band and Move Addict. On 23/01/2011, at 3:08 PM, trahern culver wrote: > hey all i have a question for you guys!! what are your favorate apps > from the mac app store?? > > and is there an acsessable mac apps list? > > your help with these que

Re: dropbox latest version

2011-01-22 Thread Dane Trethowan
I use it here without a problem though I haven't tweaked any options at all as the defaults do me just fine! You don't need to open Dropbox at all as it starts automatically, the Dropbox folder by default is located under your user folder on your hard drive, for example go into "Finder", and ty

Re: Humanware OCR Product for the Mac?

2011-01-23 Thread Dane Trethowan
I haven't tried it yet as I don't know where to get it but I believe that Abbey Fine reader Express is accessible for the Mac? Probably worth trying that before wasting money on any offerings from Humanware. On 23/01/2011, at 11:46 PM, Michael Busboom wrote: > Thank you very much, Erik, for th

Re: Victor Stream software for Mac?

2011-01-23 Thread Dane Trethowan
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 06:17:48PM +1100, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> Hi! >> >> You can do everything with the Victor Reader Stream by hand, the only thing >> you can't do is convert from the Victor Reader Streams audio format, that's >> what the soft

Re: authorizing multiple accounts on Apple TV - never mind, we got it!

2011-01-24 Thread Dane Trethowan
I have one question about the Apple TV, can you use it to play MP3 or video files from say another hard drive on your network and if so how do you do it? Wouldn't be without my Apple TV either. On 24/01/2011, at 8:57 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Yeah, definitely agree there. We're absolutely lov

Re: scanning software for the mac

2011-01-26 Thread Dane Trethowan
Where do you buy it from? As I recall I think it was quite cheap, under $100.00 US dollars. On 26/01/2011, at 10:20 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Yes, but I believe the trial only will OCR two pages, but I honestly cannot > recall. > ALso, you might try contacting them. THey don't offer student di

Re: Dropbox accessibility

2011-01-28 Thread Dane Trethowan
I'm not sticking up for Dropbox but perhaps there's not much they can do, how is the software written for a start? It may not be written in a programming language that's compatible with Voiceover. Yes of course it would be nice to see Dropbox more accessible, I use it here and I use the paid ve

Re: Dropbox accessibility

2011-01-28 Thread Dane Trethowan
heory if the government were to use it it would have to be made >> accessible. >> >> On 28/01/2011, at 0:44, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> >>> I'm not sticking up for Dropbox but perhaps there's not much they can do, >>> how is the software written f

Re: Dropbox accessibility

2011-01-29 Thread Dane Trethowan
I've said before and I'll say again, there's really only one thing in Dropbox which isn't accessible on the Mac and that's the preferences and by default Dropbox preferences work just fine, not much in there to change anyway so I think the tag here that Dropbox isn't accessible is an outright li

Dropbox Software Accessibility

2011-01-29 Thread Dane Trethowan
There was an update to the Dropbox software for Mac just recently though no change in accessibility of the system preferences but again, a minor issue. On 30/01/2011, at 5:56 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Well I contacted them and they told me the same thing as last year. We are > aware of the pr

Alarm clock for Ipad

2011-01-29 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! As the Ipad doesn't have one of these as part of its suite of built-in apps can anyone recommend an alarm clock for the Ipad? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegrou

Re: Alarm clock for Ipad

2011-01-29 Thread Dane Trethowan
I've not tried that one so thanks for that. On 30/01/2011, at 11:04 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > WOuld Alarmed work for you? I know it runs on the iPhone and iPod, so assume > the iPad as well. > Scott > > > > > > On Jan 29, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Dane Trethowa

Re: best way to stream?

2011-01-30 Thread Dane Trethowan
No, Nicecast is certainly not Itunes dependent, it can stream anything that's an audio source from line in to another application with some form of audio output such as VLC, DVD Player etc. On 30/01/2011, at 8:35 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > I would be very interested in this topic. I need t

Usint Item Chooser

2011-01-30 Thread Dane Trethowan
Thank you for reminding us of the Item Chooser, a highly useful tool which can be used to find things extremely quickly in sometimes cluttered screens, I find myself using it a lot in Itunes for example, the Item Chooser is one of those Voiceover tools that doesn't get mentioned enough. On 31/

Re: difference between

2011-01-31 Thread Dane Trethowan
When I started out I used to use Aliases on the desktop but things became far too cluttered, now I use the Dock as its far easier to manipulate, you can get to software options easily and so on. As has been explained, the Finder is similar to Windows Explorer in that things are listed there and

Re: Dropbox accessibility

2011-01-31 Thread Dane Trethowan
I've installed the latest version here, I think from memory you need to interact with some of the unknowns on the screen. On 31/01/2011, at 5:52 PM, James Malone wrote: > I'm not happy with the Dropbox team at all. I can't do anything at all > with dropbox on my mac. I can't even install it. Th

Re: Dropbox accessibility

2011-01-31 Thread Dane Trethowan
ather frustrating. > > Brian > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 3:40 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: D

Re: Dropbox accessibility

2011-01-31 Thread Dane Trethowan
t; Brian >>> >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan >>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 3:40 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@goog

Re: Dropbox accessibility

2011-01-31 Thread Dane Trethowan
he setup window and > logging in. However, I successfully created a link to a file and sent it to > him in an email. I have a Magic Trackpad, too, but nothing happened when I > chose preferences from the menu. Anyway, it's fairly useful. I stick with it > for now. > > Te

Re: Books about the apple airport express?

2011-02-01 Thread Dane Trethowan
One excellent read here is Take Control Of your Network, talks about all sorts of things to do with your network including a very good discussion on Airport Express amongst other things. On 01/02/2011, at 7:27 PM, johns.kary wrote: > Hi list. > Does anyone no of any books that have information

Re: Books about the apple airport express?

2011-02-01 Thread Dane Trethowan
Even better than that, I've read large sections of the book . On 01/02/2011, at 8:20 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Oh wow. you must have read my mind. I just sent a similar post. > > I hear those books are good. > > Good luck. > On Feb 1, 2011, at 1:05 AM, Dane Tre

Re: Books about the apple airport express?

2011-02-01 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yep I agree but the Take Control Of Your Network publication does provide some extra stuff which may be helpful and there's no denying a good book . On 01/02/2011, at 8:25 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Its pretty straight forward in my opinion. A book? > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com

Re: Books about the apple airport express?

2011-02-01 Thread Dane Trethowan
: > This is true. > > Their is really no such thing as too much information. > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 > Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 > > > > On Feb 1, 2011, at 4:29 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> Yep

Re: first impressions of the new Skype

2011-02-01 Thread Dane Trethowan
May be its just me but I've never worried about that, I mean it doesn't affect me contacting other people, making and receiving calls or the general performance of Skype. On 01/02/2011, at 11:21 PM, Rose Morales wrote: > Seems Skype screwed up in that regard. I can't find a total either. I'd l

Where do the sounds go?

2011-02-01 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! I'm wanting to make some ring tones for Skype but can't remember where the system sounds for my Mac are stored, can anyone remind me please? Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to m

Re: Where do the sounds go?

2011-02-01 Thread Dane Trethowan
There's a sound folder there but its empty, I don't know whether Skype etc would pick anything up if I copied it there. On 02/02/2011, at 4:13 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hello. > > try this path. > > ~library/sounds. > > S > On Feb 1, 2011, at 7:43

Re: Where do the sounds go?

2011-02-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Skype Name: > barefootedray > > On Feb 2, 2011, at 12:23 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > >> Try this: >> >> C/Lib/Soudns >> >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >> >> Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! >

Re: Here is what I have done with garageband

2011-02-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
I enjoyed it, could you perhaps give us an example of the analog samples you could produce say grand piano etc. What sort of keyboard did you use? On 02/02/2011, at 8:25 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hi, > I'm sure the song is impressing, but i can't get it to play on the Mac no > matter what

Re: Here is what I have done with garageband

2011-02-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay, what I meant was can you give us some samples of what pianos and the like sound like. On 03/02/2011, at 4:26 AM, Ed Worrell wrote: > Hello, thanks for the feed back. I am using a m-audio keyrig 49 midi > keyboard. I am sorry I don't follow you in your question about shareing the > anal

Re: first impressions of the new Skype

2011-02-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
That's a matter of opinion, just done a different way that's all and a developer is quite entitled to change a layout of a piece of software if they want to, just as accessible to use the conference feature I've found thus far. On 03/02/2011, at 8:29 AM, Michael Thurman wrote: > because the pe

Re: first impressions of the new Skype

2011-02-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
l the way to the contact list, and going to a contact's > context menu? Just my thoughts. > > Brianna > > On Feb 2, 2011, at 4:39 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> That's a matter of opinion, just done a different way that's all and a >> developer i

Re: first impressions of the new Skype

2011-02-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Course they don't, they've better things to do and they've done it well, the new product's a damn good one not just for accessibility reasons but performance reasons, works so much better than the older versions did, I've only been using it for a couple of days, the interface changes are taking

Re: first impressions of the new Skype

2011-02-03 Thread Dane Trethowan
r the beta did. Now if i could just add people >> who call when i'm in a conference if i so desired that would be just cool. >> /Krister >> >> 3 feb 2011 kl. 02.00 skrev Dane Trethowan: >> >>> Course they don't, they've better thi

Re: first impressions of the new Skype

2011-02-03 Thread Dane Trethowan
#x27;s much quicker to answer phone calls in the >>>> new version. Now, whan skype rings the quick answer snaps into focus, >>>> something that neither 2.8 nor the beta did. Now if i could just add >>>> people who call when i'm in a conference if i so

Re: accessible Financial calculators?

2011-02-03 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! Okay, I'm wondering if perhaps you could use the Tables Spreadsheet application and make a spreadsheet to fit your friends needs? Perhaps I'm not understanding your friends question correctly but that would appear to be where I'd be looking anyway. On 04/02/2011, at 12:25 AM, Ricardo Walk

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-03 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! Yes Audio Hijack Pro will record from Skype as you know but there is not a way as far as I can tell to trigger Audio Hijack Pro - as you can with Total Recorder - to start recording from another location, for example with Total Recorder you ca use a global hotkey to trigger recording, stop

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-03 Thread Dane Trethowan
record all the time and if this is the case, then why > the need for the Command-R? > > 4. Lastly, will Audio Hijack work with the latest version of Skype? > > I always appreciate your insightful help. Thank you! > > Best regards, > > Mike > > > On 3,Feb,

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-03 Thread Dane Trethowan
I very much appreciate this myself, I knew Audio Hijack Pro would take scripting however I didn't think that it was as powerful as all that. On 04/02/2011, at 5:03 AM, Darcy Burnard wrote: > Hi Michael. You can accomplish what you want with this simple AppleScript > Since I can't attach files

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
I echo that, very grateful for the scripting suggestions, learn something every day . On 05/02/2011, at 12:10 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: > Dear Darcy and others, > > Thanks so much for your help; it's great to have such assistance! > > I will try this out tomorrow, Saturday and, hopefully, it

Re: updates to one password.

2011-02-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yep, they've done a good job, accessibility improvements have been on the drawing board for quite some time, glad I invested in 1 Password across all my computing and mobile platforms here. On 05/02/2011, at 4:41 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > Tidbits.com is announcing that One Password, the pr

IGG Software | Mac finance software, personal money management and small business applications for OS X

2011-02-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Subject line says everything, think some people were looking for accessible packages along this line? http://www.iggsoftware.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegrou

Re: Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard)

2011-02-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yep that's correct, OS10.5 Leopard is the last edition which will run on Power PC's but two things to bare in mind here and this is from my own personal experience with Leopard on a G4 Ibook. Performance is very sluggish compared to the Intel machines. Second, if you can I would certainly advis

Re: best way to send sms messages using your mac??

2011-02-05 Thread Dane Trethowan
Various ways of doing this. One of the best ways is to use one of the many web SMS services that most telephone service providers offer these days, you type i nthe message on the web site and your mobile phone number is used so that when people reply the SMS coms up on your mobile. There's an

Re: For Mac newbies doing podcasts comparing voiceover and Windows, a suggestion.

2011-02-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
Last time I saw a comparison between Windows and Mac the comparison was screwed in a very bias way, the presenters had no idea of how to navigate the Mac, what shortcuts could be used and so on so it wasn't so much as a comparison of Windows and Mac, more of a Windows is better than Mac because

Re: For Mac newbies doing podcasts comparing voiceover and Windows, a suggestion.

2011-02-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
I don't like comparing Windows with Mac personally but I think you'll find that windows users are still struggling with the task of recording Skype Calls as their's no easy "out-of-the-box" solution for that one whereas with the Mac? Well the purchase of one piece of software and the writing of

Re: For Mac newbies doing podcasts comparing voiceover and Windows, a suggestion.

2011-02-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
em. > > Jes > > On Feb 7, 2011, at 1:04 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> I don't like comparing Windows with Mac personally but I think you'll find >> that windows users are still struggling with the task of recording Skype >> Calls as their's n

Re: For Mac newbies doing podcasts comparing voiceover and Windows, a suggestion.

2011-02-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
Howdy John and good to see you firmly in the saddle . Your points as per usual are well made but even worse than that are those people who compare let's say apples and oranges however they don't know everything about the fruit they're comparing but think they do if you get my drift . On 08/02

Re: For Mac newbies doing podcasts comparing voiceover and Windows, a suggestion.

2011-02-07 Thread Dane Trethowan
" of such inaccuracies and reveal them for the falsehoods they are. > > Take Care > John Panarese > > On Feb 7, 2011, at 1:42 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> Howdy John and good to see you firmly in the saddle . >> >> Your points as per usual are well made but

Skype history in the latest version

2011-02-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yep folks, that's the only problem I'm having with the latest version of Skype, anyone know if you can access the history" of incoming and outgoing calls and activity. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, s

Re: Skype history in the latest version

2011-02-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
ne of your contacts > in there I think you can see your history with that person and for each other > person you deal with! > Anyway I think that's how it works now! > Colin > Qapla! > > Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak > > On 9 Feb 2011, at 17:23, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Re: an accessible twitter client for mac and Iphone

2011-02-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yep there is, you use commands to switch between various tabs, use vo-f2 to tell you what tab you're in. On 10/02/2011, at 8:07 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Ok, > > I downloaded the yorufukurou app. I was using syrinx up to now. I would > like to know if there is a way for yorufukurou to dis

Re: an accessible twitter client for mac and Iphone

2011-02-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
I only my 2 cents worth but the best Tweet apps I've seen for Iphone to date are Tweet - a free app - and Tweetlist - which you pay for -, both have Twitter down to an art. For Mac I like Syrinx and YoruFukurou, I won't say one is better than the other as both have strengths and weaknesses. O

Re: an accessible twitter client for mac and Iphone

2011-02-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
of the tweets? > > Thanks. > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 > Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 > > > > On Feb 9, 2011, at 4:17 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> Yep there is, you use commands to switch between va

Re: an accessible twitter client for mac and Iphone

2011-02-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
> >> On 10/02/2011, at 8:22 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >>> Cool! I appreciate this. >>> >>> How about getting the time of the tweets? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Ricardo Walker >>> rwalker...@gmail.com >

Evernote

2011-02-10 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! Has anyone tried this service and software yet? Http://www.evernote.com I'm having a play with it now, the system seems to allow you to capture.. well just about anything from an idea to a picture to a web page, sync your captured content or note and share it amongst other devices such as I

Re: pass word protection and internet filtering

2011-02-10 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! Yep you can password protect your Imac as you can with Macbook Pro etc no trouble. The Imac as does every other Mac comes with parental control by default, I've never tried to use it as I have no need . On 10/02/2011, at 10:00 PM, Stephanie Mitchell wrote: > I have a new imac which I wil

Re: Evernote

2011-02-10 Thread Dane Trethowan
t > for the iPad; I am trying to think of a reason why I need another cloud app? > Or maybe I have it wrong. > > Jane > > > On Feb 10, 2011, at 5:50 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> Has anyone tried this service and software yet? Http://www.ev

Re: Evernote

2011-02-10 Thread Dane Trethowan
Jane wrote: >> I have it but I haven't used it. I figure I already have one dropbox client >> for the iPad; I am trying to think of a reason why I need another cloud app? >> Or maybe I have it wrong. >> >> Jane >> >> >> On Feb 10, 2011, at 5:5

Re: amadeus pro tutorials

2011-02-11 Thread Dane Trethowan
I don't know of any specific podcasts for tutorials on Amadeus Pro but I know at least 3 podcasts which explain various aspects of the software, try www.blindcooltech.com On 12/02/2011, at 1:44 AM, chad wrote: > hi i am trying a demo of amadeus pro and wondering has anyone done any > podcasts

Re: magic track pad question

2011-02-11 Thread Dane Trethowan
I'm quite sure you will as Leopard doesn't support the Magic Trackpad at all! On 12/02/2011, at 4:35 AM, Caitlyn and Nicky wrote: > Hi, > > Does anybody know if I can use a magic track pad under Leopard? We have a > older power book running leopard and want to get a magic track pad for it, >

Knox | Simply secure file encryption

2011-02-14 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! Glad to say this software has come a long way since I first purchased it, back then you could make it accessible but one had to have a little knowledge of the Terminal and command lines to do that. Now with the latest updated version Knox is as accessible as anyone could ever want it to

Re: MobileMe Revamp to Focus on Streaming Data From Individual Machines, Not Cloud?

2011-02-14 Thread Dane Trethowan
I'm a bit tired of all these speculative articles which may have no basis to them whatever, haven't these authors got anything better to write about and the people who forward them obviously have nothing better whatever to do with their time than to read such twaddle, my suggestion to you all is

Re: Wordpress

2011-02-14 Thread Dane Trethowan
Would it help you if you say subscribed to your comments RSS feed on your blog and used a RSS reader on your Mac or Apple Mail to read when comments were left on your blog? That's what I do with mine. Http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com On 15/02/2011, at 7:38 AM, Petra Nieuwenhuis wrote: > Hi, >

Re: Wordpress

2011-02-14 Thread Dane Trethowan
Well you can certainly follow the link to do that. On 15/02/2011, at 8:22 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > don't know if you can edit comments from an rss reader. good idea though. > > S > On Feb 14, 2011, at 1:20 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> Would it help you if

Re: MobileMe Revamp to Focus on Streaming Data From Individual Machines, Not Cloud?

2011-02-14 Thread Dane Trethowan
ring tha > dropbox would work the same way though maybe. > On Feb 14, 2011, at 1:10 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> I'm a bit tired of all these speculative articles which may have no basis to >> them whatever, haven't these authors got anything better to write about and &

Re: Wordpress

2011-02-14 Thread Dane Trethowan
Well I get email notifications when a comment is left, I can then go to my Blog and decide whether to allow or reject. On 15/02/2011, at 8:25 AM, Petra Nieuwenhuis wrote: > That's on the part of reading what's happening. What I mean is being in > control of which comments are fine and which sh

Mac Access Dot Net | The mac Access Dot Net Weblog

2011-02-16 Thread Dane Trethowan
The mac-access service at http://www.mac-access.net goes from strength to strength. The mac-access list - email list for discussion of Apple Mac and related Apple hardware and software - has been going for some time and now has over 600 members. In addition to this successful and friendly lis

Re: scanning and the mac

2011-02-16 Thread Dane Trethowan
Would you be prepared to consider an off the shelf scanning system for your Mac? Meaning something like Abey Fine Reader? No, its not self voicing but you can get around it with Voiceover so some knowledge of how Voiceover works will be a must before you use it but that will come anyway if you

Re: Anti Virus Software

2011-02-19 Thread Dane Trethowan
I used Protect Mac Anti virus at http://www.protectmac.com which isn't a bad piece of software. I switched to Eset ciber Security for Mac as I already had Eset Smart Security for Windows and it wasn't going to cost me anything extra to get the Mac version as I had a licence for more than 1 comp

Re: Anti Virus Software

2011-02-19 Thread Dane Trethowan
I'd also look at anti spyware for your Mac as there are a few things that can worm their way onto your mac, Macscan seems to be the best one at the moment at http://www.macscan.com On 20/02/2011, at 3:15 AM, Colin M wrote: > Hi Ian! > You should only need anti virus if you have windows on that

Re: Anti Virus Software

2011-02-19 Thread Dane Trethowan
I see where you're coming from regarding the waste of money bit but you can take that in 2 ways, as I said in my original message if you've purchased a licence for multi machines then you've wasted no extra money at all as it doesn't cost you any extra money to buy the Mac product. What I like

Re: Anti Virus Software

2011-02-19 Thread Dane Trethowan
Anti Virus is not a "Must Have" if you're using a Mac, though I'd consider Anti spyware of particular importance. If you're using your Mac on a network with Windows PC's then Yep, I'd personally recommend a good anti virus package, its probable your Mac won't be infected but that doesn't mean y

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