Re: clean install of El Capatin questions

2016-02-10 Thread David Griffith
Time Machine using Migration Assistance but by migrating your settings you may well lose much of the benefits of a clean install. At least that has been my experience. David Griffith On 11/02/2016 03:33, Gary wrote: Hi Sarai, I’m getting ready to install El Capitan and wanted to do a clean insta

Re: Buying a new mac laptop, what should i buy?

2016-02-12 Thread David Griffith
starting out with a Mac now I would not bother with a Boot Camp install but go for the massively more convenient Fusion option. David Griffith On 12/02/2016 13:57, Scott Granados wrote: You’re better off in my opinion going with VM fusion instead of boot camp. That’s just my personal opinion

Re: Download Completion Actions In Safari

2016-02-20 Thread David Griffith
dialogue perfectly well. If you do nothing the folder alert notice will go away of its own accord after a few seconds. David Griffith On 20/02/2016 18:12, Daniel Chavez wrote: Good day list, I was wondering how can you have Safari perform an action when a download completes? (e.g., play a

Re: How do you update your I cloud match library once you add new things?

2016-02-20 Thread David Griffith
In my experience, as long as you have signed into itunes Match in the version of iTunes you are using and also have iTunes Match turned on your phone it should appear automatically. David Griffith On 20/02/2016 20:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hi. I added a CD to my Music library on I tunes

Re: Overdrive.

2015-09-29 Thread David Griffith
read in Voice Dream but I have not investigated this. David Griffith > On 29 Sep 2015, at 22:07, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > > Hello. > > Please could someone tell me if they are using Overdrive? I was going to use > it on my I phone because of the RNIB Talking book

Re: The Latest Update to Office 16 for Mac

2015-09-29 Thread David Griffith
acVisionaries > wrote: > David Griffith > Hello, I am wondering if anyone has had any luck with Option Right Arrow > reading word by word in a document? > Option left arrow seems to read prior word just fine, but I cannot get the > option right arrow to read. > However,

Re: How to change what is in the rota

2015-10-06 Thread David Griffith
Simply use left or right cursor keys after pressing VO U. David Griffith > On 6 Oct 2015, at 22:04, Agent086b wrote: > > Hello all, > how can I change what items a shown in the rota after pressing VO + U? I know > how to do this with the trackpad, sometimes in Safari

Re: Files Question.

2015-10-19 Thread David Griffith
Word or if your computer crashes then these files remain on your disk. Word can use them on Windows for document recovery. I do not believe that similar document recovery is possible if they are simply ported across to the Mac. David Griffith On 19/10/2015 23:00, Eileen Scrivani wrote: Although

Re: From Yosemite to El Capitan and Back: One New User's Story

2015-10-22 Thread David Griffith
classic view to find the email I need by first letter navigation and then switch back to standard view.. David Griffith > On 22 Oct 2015, at 22:37, M. Taylor wrote: > > I have long since suspected that Apple will, eventually, discontinue the > classic view in Mail. This is just my

Re: These Simple Facebook Shortcuts Will Save You Time

2015-10-22 Thread David Griffith
. However a workaround for El Capitan users may be to redesignate the Voiceover key as Caps lock and turn off Control option as VO keys. I am sticking with Yosemite for the time being so cannot test this. David Griffith > On 22 Oct 2015, at 14:25, Brian Fischler wrote: > > If this worked

Re: Help from fellow academics out there? Desperate!

2015-11-01 Thread David Griffith
. David Griffith 01/11/2015 21:42, Sarah Amelia Sackville McLauchlan wrote: Hi all! If any of you out there are also academics, do you know of any good citation-management software that works with Voice-Over? I’ve been trying Zotero, but it’s a complete nightmare! And I didn’t find Refworks all

Re: Read all key strokes on the MAC

2015-11-02 Thread David Griffith
. This command is VO B. David Griffith David Griffithre, 31/10/2015 21:10, percygarrett wrote: Hello,what are the commands to read all text on the MAC? On a windows computer, I use the insert and down arrow keys. Thanks in advance! - Original Message - From: "Kawal Gucukoglu

Re: Google music manager on the Mac, is it accessible?

2015-11-03 Thread David Griffith
would indeed not work on the Mac. However if Google Play is accessible on iOS as some of their iOS app apparently are them the Windows upload route may be a way of making Google Play useful on an iPhone. David Griffith On 03/11/2015 20:31, Mary Otten wrote: That is disappointing. It is also

Re: USB devices used to work but now don't

2015-11-04 Thread David Griffith
a device in system Prefernces or any of the audio settings. However as soon as I went into recovery console I got it back so after a reinstall it was all fine from that time - touch wood. David Griffith On 04/11/2015 23:00, Devin Prater wrote: Hello, I have a Mac Mini, late 2012 model, with 4

Re: USB devices used to work but now don't

2015-11-05 Thread David Griffith
I have not moved to El Capitan so that is news to me. Has this been removed from the free utility Onyx also? David Griffith On 05/11/2015 02:35, Devin Prater wrote: You can't repair permisions in el capitan can you? I thought they took that out. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 4, 2015, at

Re: USB devices used to work but now don't

2015-11-05 Thread David Griffith
Researching this it appears that you can still use Onyx in El Capitan if you need to do this. http://osxdaily.com/2015/11/04/verify-repair-permissions-mac-os-x/ David Griffith On 05/11/2015 02:35, Devin Prater wrote: You can't repair permisions in el capitan can you? I thought they took

Re: Scanning pdf document.

2015-11-05 Thread David Griffith
below that. *http://tinyurl.com/nezebh5 *http://www.abbyy.com/checkforupdates/?Product=FRProMac&Distributive=Retail&Language=1033&PartNumber=1215%2f2&Target=CheckUpdate&Version=12.0&Revision=5&Build=500835 David Griffith On 05/11/2015 13:13, Sadam Ahmed wrote

Quick dictation with VoiceDream Writer

2015-11-17 Thread David Griffith
groping around the screen for a dictate button on a on screen keyboard? David Griffith -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's po

Latest iOS Update - Telling the time Bug

2015-12-08 Thread David Griffith
resist upgrading if this feature has not been fixed. David Griffith -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, p

Re: Taking notes while reading

2013-12-12 Thread David Griffith
to get an alternative three editing application like Beam four example which could then provide typing with no echo. . . . So you can set an activity up for Beam en, and then use that for the time in which you want to type without typing echo. David Griffith On 4 Dec 2013, at 17:43

Re: sendspace wizard for Mac

2014-07-22 Thread David Griffith
on Apple Vis may help here. David Griffith On 12/10/2011 05:26, Paul Henrichsen wrote: Yes. I use it all the time. Chris Gilland has done an excellent tutorial on using it. There is a turn on features for voiceover button, but it has been a few months and I don't remember where it is. Pro

Re: daisy players and mac os 10.9

2014-07-31 Thread David Griffith
olearia works on Mavericks but is basic. There is no way for example to accelerate playback. In the UK the RNIB Talking Book Service whilst formally supporting Daisy has virtually abandoned the format. They no longer provide Daisy Players for Book Subscriber and instead point to the availability

Problem Fusion 6 Exiting Full screen

2014-08-04 Thread David Griffith
full screen windows. I am then able to regain control with Voiceover. How are other people managing to exit full screen Windows on Fusion 6 and return to their Mac? David Griffith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries"

Re: what are LOC dots?

2014-08-08 Thread David Griffith
postage but you can be VBAT exempt if you declare you are blind at checkout. David Griffith On 08/08/2014 16:57, Phil Halton wrote: in reading Tim Sniffen's book on mastering the Mac, I came across the term Loc dots, which evidently are unobtrusive tactile markers that can be placed o

Re: Writing in PDFs

2014-08-08 Thread David Griffith
a PDF. David Griffith -- 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...@googlegroups.com. To post to this g

Re: Slow startup.

2014-08-15 Thread David Griffith
I found that after doing a clean install and literally starting from scratch, that is reinstalling all my apps manually and not using migration that my iMac boot up speed returned to normal. David Griffith On 15/08/2014 07:38, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! When i first bought my mac mini mid

Re: Need help! Very frustrated with mail on the Mac!

2014-08-17 Thread David Griffith
systems. If this is the case then the easiest way to resolve this may be a re-install or a clean install. The good news is that on the Mac this is a much easier and simpler exercise to complete than on Windows but check for whether you have the latest updates first. David Griffith On 17-08

Re: card reader issues

2014-08-19 Thread David Griffith
the way out. David Griffith On 19 Aug 2014, at 08:02, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Why of course. The little switch is in the right posission. > Sincerely, > the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! > Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibi

Re: Searching in a large table with voiceover

2014-08-20 Thread David Griffith
iTunes the results come out in grid view which I do nnot find easy to use. David Griffith On 20 Aug 2014, at 14:32, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > Hi, > > I have a list of podcast in iTunes that's hundreds of row big. How can I > move / search in it to find a particular podcast? I

Re: application help

2014-09-11 Thread David Griffith
tated after each menu option. You could create a file in Text Edit listing these shortcuts by using the last phrase copied to pasteboard option in Voiceover, that is Shift VO C. Of course you could also consult the help file of the application. David Griffith On 11 Sep 2014, at 11:28, Gene Baroni

Re: How do I sign back into my facetime and iMessage accounts on Mac??

2014-09-21 Thread David Griffith
comma should achieve the same result. A quick look at FaceTime preferences showed that there was a section to enter the Appel ID. David Griffith On 21 Sep 2014, at 22:06, Eleanor Roberts wrote: > Hi all > > Apologies for what I know will seem a really stupid question to m

Re: Amadeus Pro won't run

2014-09-25 Thread David Griffith
you may want to check my memory of the steps to take. David Griffith On 25/09/2014 16:02, Phil Halton wrote: Hang on before doing anything drastic. I don't yet have Amadeus, but there's been a thread here on this topic and there's a fix explained on the Amadeus website w

Re: Why is this happening with my MacBook?

2014-09-28 Thread David Griffith
I am running a 2011 iMac which is working very smoothly under Mavericks. I did make sure that I did a clean install and use Alex as my voice and kept activities to a minimum. I would suggest a clean install first before investing in something new if that has not been tried. David Griffith On

Re: adobe reader for the mac

2014-10-04 Thread David Griffith
Personally I have junked Preview in favour of reading PDF with Nisus Writer Pro. This appears to read fine to me so far and of course has the advantage of making the PDF editable. I realise this is not a free option but worth considering if you happen to have Nisus already. David Griffith

Re: adobe reader for the mac

2014-10-04 Thread David Griffith
it the best available for the mac. It unlikely that anybody would buy Nisus just for reading PDF documents but I thought I would mention it in case people already have it and do not realise that it it can also be used to read and edit PDF files. David Griffith On 4 Oct 2014, at 22:32, denise

Re: adobe reader for the mac

2014-10-05 Thread David Griffith
send one to daj.griff...@gmail.comn for me to test out. Nisus is not great with tables the last time I tried so it may be a problem. David Griffith On 05/10/2014 08:36, Christopher Hallsworth wrote: Editing PDF files is very interesting to me just as a hobby. I've always been curious ho

Re: pages question

2014-10-06 Thread David Griffith
in any word processor. David Griffith On 06/10/2014 21:11, Faisal wrote: HI all, Is it possible to place bookmarks in pages or text edit? If I am reading a lengthy publication, I want to be able to place a bookmark so I can close the document and open it to where I left off or return to where I

Re: pages question

2014-10-07 Thread David Griffith
simply do a find and replace to get rid of any bookmarks for a final proofed version of your work if necessary. David Griffith On 07/10/2014 07:52, Faisal wrote: Hi David, this method was going to be my fall back method if I couldn't find anything other way of bookmarking. Its too bad

Re: Bookmarks on desktop

2014-10-10 Thread David Griffith
I did a podcast on this recently. I paste in my podcast list below. Podcast List Using Safari on the Mac Part 3 Bookmarking part 2- Launching bookmarks and bookmarks folders from the Desktop / or the Dock. https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/04aj3b Blank URL document template to use if dragging

Re: navigating tables in safari

2014-10-11 Thread David Griffith
You have to go to VO Utility to set this up. The best thing is to assign a short cut to it in Keyboard Commander. Interact with the Utility table press c for commanders. Go to keyboard commander after un-interacting and then press that. In the keyboard commander settings interact with the table

Safari on the Mac Podcast 4 Flexible Web

2014-10-12 Thread David Griffith
I had had several request to continue to post my Podcast here. So here goes. The latest Mac podcast is below. This one is on using Safari and getting a Flexible Web like experience which makes reading pages easier. Using Safari on the Mac Part 4. Flexible Web with Sweet spots and Reader command

Re: Tagging for ITunes

2014-10-13 Thread David Griffith
menu and select something like Convert IDE Tags. I am not on my Mac at the moment but you should be able to find this option. If you want more customisation than this you could try IDE Tag Editor which I believe you can get a demo of from the MacUpdate web site. It is a paid for product. David

Re: Skipping past tables and Safari

2014-10-13 Thread David Griffith
somebody has a more elegant solution I also be interested to hear but that is the work around I use. David Griffith On 12 Oct 2014, at 21:34, Phil Halton wrote: > Is there a command to skipping past tables and Safari. Often I find very > large tables on the certain website and I w

Re: Skipping past tables and Safari

2014-10-13 Thread David Griffith
at the end of the table. If you did have a large table with perhaps 50 or more rows this might be an alternative way to jump to the end of the table assuming you do not have loads of headers. David Griffith On 13 Oct 2014, at 17:36, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > If you

Re: Skipping past tables and Safari

2014-10-13 Thread David Griffith
keyboard commander but I do not think I will bother just now. Do you mind if I include your credited advice in my next Podcast? David Griffith On 13 Oct 2014, at 20:47, Phil Halton wrote: > David, I think there is a confusion between which group mode setting makes > this work. In VO utility,

Re: selecting source and destination with CCC Version 4.0

2014-10-13 Thread David Griffith
it is working fine. Presumably we should not update if offered the chance to move onto 4. Do you know if this version Will only work under Mavericks though? Could you possibly post again if the developer fixes this or a work around is made. David Griffith On 13/10/2014 19:07, Jeff Bishop

Safari Podcast 5 - Strategies for the Reading List

2014-10-14 Thread David Griffith
Podcast List UsingSafari on the Mac Part 5. Strategies for using and customising the Reading List. https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/wmbw5w Previous Podcasts Using Safari on the Mac Part 4. Flexible Web with Sweet spots and Reader commands. https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/alr2yi Using Sa

Re: Safari Podcast 5 - Strategies for the Reading List

2014-10-15 Thread David Griffith
Many thanks for the encouragement. David Griffith On 14/10/2014 20:31, Daniela Rubio wrote: Great podcasts David! It is a joy listening to them. Best Daniela Rubio T iPhone: +34662328507 El 14/10/2014, a las 20:05, David Griffith <mailto:daj.griff...@gmail.com>> escribió: Pod

Re: Computer will not boot

2014-10-15 Thread David Griffith
sailing from there. David Griffith On 15/10/2014 13:08, Kristeen Hughes wrote: Thank you for all of the helpful information. I did go into recovery mode and repair disk permissions. It took about 15 minutes. It did not help the problem. I then went into recovery mode and chose to reinstall the OS. I

Re: at specialist

2014-10-15 Thread David Griffith
ining which she can deliver as I understand it by Skype. She is I believe on this list so you can contact her directly David Griffith On 15/10/2014 14:55, Jen Wilgus wrote: Seeking info on how to use pages with the Mac. I will have to instruct an individual on the basics and advanced piec

Re: selective folders in Dropbox

2014-10-15 Thread David Griffith
,dropbox.com on the desktop for emergency access in the case I do not have the external with me. David Griffith On 15 Oct 2014, at 16:11, Bill Holton wrote: > No, I want to set one of my minis not to synch certain folders. If I delete > it I will lose that folder on all of my d

Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8

2014-10-15 Thread David Griffith
have messed up the ability to open multiple windows so if I want to have multiple windows in Finder open I have to use the open in new window command from the context menu rather than just use command down arrow. David Griffith On 16/10/2014 00:00, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: Superlative

Re: A couple of settings questions

2014-10-16 Thread David Griffith
have never seen the finder behaviour you describe so cannot help with that one. David Griffith On 16 Oct 2014, at 03:33, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > Now that my computer is back, there are a couple of minor annoyances that I > don't remember how to fix. I can't collapse/expand t

Voices

2014-10-16 Thread David Griffith
Safari etc under activities and my Mac started to crawl. after I went to Mavericks So I got rid of all activities and just use Alex and I have a fast Mac again. David griffith On 16 Oct 2014, at 18:02, The Believer wrote: > David, > Which ones are the Scansoft voices in Mavericks?? >

Safari and Arrow keys

2014-10-17 Thread David Griffith
it sat the beginning of September. Not a reason not to upgrade but if somebody wanted to stick to Mavericks because of the VO performance bug they should know that this is available. David Griffith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVision

Re: Safari and Arrow keys

2014-10-17 Thread David Griffith
on my next Safari Podcast plus some strategies for selecting and copying difficult content but I may pause the Podcasts until I have made the leap to Yosemitie. David Griffith On 17 Oct 2014, at 10:27, Michael Marshall wrote: > How exactly does this work? Is it just using the up-and-d

Re: How to play chess on mac?

2014-10-18 Thread David Griffith
If you search on apple vis Podcasts you will find a good detailed guide to accessibly setting up and playing the chess app on the Mac. I listened to it over the summer but it should still be available. I suggest you just go to the site and search under chess. David Griffith On 18 Oct 2014

Re: VO and lag on Yosemite

2014-10-18 Thread David Griffith
Thanks I have a 2011 iMac as well so this is reassuring to hear. I will also jump once I have got my new external drive to fully secure my time Machine backup. David Griffith On 18 Oct 2014, at 09:49, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hi, i'm not noticing any lag whatsoever with VO on my 2

Re: VO and lag on Yosemite

2014-10-18 Thread David Griffith
Yosemite I will probably attempt an upgrade but will then probably do a clean install later if there are any performance issue. That process appeared to work well then with all my apps etc being taken across from myTime Machine. David Griffith On 18 Oct 2014, at 00:32, Faisal wrote: > yes

Re: About making calls from my Mac using my Iphone

2014-10-18 Thread David Griffith
I have not upgraded to Yosemite but the Podcast I heard demonstrating this feature seemed to say you use the enter key rather than VO Space on the number. David Griffritho On 18/10/2014 22:15, Joseph wrote: Hello, Like I said, I found the number, VO Spaced it and it didn’t work. On Oct 18, 2

Re: VO and lag on Yosemite

2014-10-19 Thread David Griffith
What is the spec of your machine with this lag? So far observing posts on list the people who have reported lag and specs appear to have 4GB machines. I have a 2011 iMac but 16 GB so am hoping that the lag will not be so much of an issue if I make the leap. David Griffith On 20 Oct 2014

Re: spelling errors?

2014-10-19 Thread David Griffith
You will find some podcasts on using the spell checker on OS in my Podcast list below. David Griffith Podcast List Using Safari on the Mac Part 5. Strategies for using and customising the Reading List. https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/wmbw5w Previous Podcasts Using Safari on the Mac Part

Re: question about downloading audible books

2014-10-21 Thread David Griffith
though I have never done this. 2. If you have an iPhone or iPad or iPod it is possible to download and play your books directly through these devices as indeed it is possible also on Android devices. David Griffith > On 21 Oct 2014, at 05:33, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: > > Hi all, &

Re: Copying the text from iBooks

2014-10-21 Thread David Griffith
Yes. Use shift VO C to copy last phrase spoken to pasteboard. David Griffith > On 21 Oct 2014, at 01:16, Mary Otten wrote: > > > > Is it possible under Yosemite to copy some text from an iBook? I am thinking > about cookbooks in particular, where I might want to copy a reci

Re: Conversation Participants being Spoken in Yosemite mail

2014-10-21 Thread David Griffith
threads. I am finding it quicker to just cursor down through my messages and after hearing the first few lines of a mail jut hitting delete in most cases. I will most likely not return to conversation threads even if this gets fixed. David Griffith > On 21 Oct 2014, at 20:52, Alex Hall wr

Re: download osx 10.10 help

2014-10-22 Thread David Griffith
I found it under Applications. You have to command tab to the application whilst the continue button is in focus. It was not visible until then. The actual installer is called Install OS X Yosemite. . > On 22 Oct 2014, at 07:22, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona > wrote: > > Hello when down

Re: ibooks

2014-10-22 Thread David Griffith
The normal VO A command appears to be working fine for me on an unprotected ePub document. I am still experimenting. I had changed to single page view to see if that could reduce busy messages when navigating by page but I am not sure if that makes difference David Griffith > On 22 Oct 2

Re: ibooks

2014-10-22 Thread David Griffith
I replied before as well but obviously you did not see it. VO A is working fine for me to produce continuous reading in iBooks. David Griffith. > On 22 Oct 2014, at 16:48, wayne17a wrote: > > Hello I have asked before about this is there a way to do continuous read on > the m

Safari Podcast 6 Searching

2014-10-23 Thread David Griffith
Podcast List Using Safari on the Mac Part 6 -- Searching Basics, Google Search and Google Snapback. https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/1ur8fz Previous Podcasts UsingSafari on the Mac Part 5. Strategies for using and customising the Reading List. https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/wmbw5w Usin

Re: Mactubes with Lion

2014-10-23 Thread David Griffith
of the help tag. You can label the vast majority of buttons with this method. This may help you get started. You also need to go to the menu bar and select quicktime as your output codec. David Griffith On 23/10/2014 17:41, Stacey Robinson wrote: Hi, How do I use mactubes running lion on my

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Does Not Work with TextEdit in Portrait Layout

2014-10-23 Thread David Griffith
Thanks I have emailed accessibil...@apple.com about this as well. Occasionally you can read by line by using VO down arrowbut this appears inconsistent. David Griffith > On 24 Oct 2014, at 02:23, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Can someone please confirm they

Re: Mouse Pointer moves Voice Over marker

2014-10-23 Thread David Griffith
If I understand you correctly I think shift VO F5 does what you want. This moves the Voiceover cursor to the item under the mouse. > On 24 Oct 2014, at 00:31, Terje Strømberg wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there a Voice Over command that change Voice Over marker behavior so that > Mouse Pointer moves

Re: Two questions

2014-10-23 Thread David Griffith
I am seeing the downloads window fine. It may be hat you need to have your toolbar visible? David Griffith > On 23 Oct 2014, at 23:16, Rich Ring wrote: > > I have two unrelated questions. First, since installing Yosemite, I can no > longer see my downloads window while usi

Possible workaround for Mail link problem

2014-10-24 Thread David Griffith
corresponds to other experiences. David Griffith -- 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...@googlegroups.com. To po

Re: iBooks and Yosemite

2014-10-24 Thread David Griffith
. I am still investigating like you. David Griffith On 24/10/2014 07:47, christopher hallsworth wrote: Hi all I tried iBooks last night by opening an Epub document from my iCloud Drive. Sure enough, VoiceOver read the book, or at least sporadically anyway, but how do I actually navigate the

Re: Getting Yosemite installer

2014-10-24 Thread David Griffith
If you command tab away from the installer at the point it says continue you should be able to find the installer in your applications f That is what I did. older. Copy it to a different location and then quit the installer at that point to abort the installation. David Griffith On 24/10

Re: Wireless on Yosemite

2014-10-25 Thread David Griffith
According to MacWorld there is a problem for users of Yosemite which is causing problems with wireless As i use ethernet wired with my iMac I have no experience of thee problems. See http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/mac-software/apple-mum-as-mac-owners-tussle-with-yosemite-over-wi-fi-problems-35

Re: sorting in iTunes 12

2014-10-26 Thread David Griffith
This happened to me once. I had to go into view options which you can access through the view menu or command J and ensure that sort by track number is checked. Once I did this all returned to normal. David Griffith > On 26 Oct 2014, at 13:55, 'Reinhard Stebner' via MacVisionar

Re: Find function doesn't seem to work in Nisus Writer pro under Yosemite

2014-10-26 Thread David Griffith
David Griffith > On 26 Oct 2014, at 14:30, Annie Skov Nielsen > wrote: > > Hi Andrew. > > There ought to be an update out soon. Have you tried using voice Over search? > > Best regards Annie. >> Den 26/10/2014 kl. 10.05 skrev Andrew Lamanche : >> >&g

Re: itext crashes on saving under Yosemite

2014-10-26 Thread David Griffith
I do not have iText but have you tried temporarily turning off off Voiceover whilst yu are saving the document? David Griffith > On 26 Oct 2014, at 16:39, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > Hi Joseph, > > IText express is a text editor available from App store. It used to work &g

Re: Continuity Phone Calls

2014-10-27 Thread David Griffith
I can confirm this. My iMac is connected by ethernet only but after my phone was upgraded to iOS 8 my Mac has started ringing every time I get a call. David Griffith > On 27 Oct 2014, at 20:08, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > Today I had my MBP connected via an ethernet ca

Safari Podcast 7 YouTube

2014-10-28 Thread David Griffith
Safari Part 7 YouTube https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/jim2ys Previous Podcasts Using Safari on the Mac Part 6 -- Searching Basics, Google Search and Google Snapback. https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/1ur8fz UsingSafari on the Mac Part 5. Strategies for using and customising the Reading Lis

Editing Word Documents on an IPod

2013-02-21 Thread David Griffith
prefer an app which simply lets me make simple amendments. David Griffith -- 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 macvisionarie

Re: Creating radio stations playlist in itunes 12.01

2014-10-29 Thread David Griffith
I have done this in the past by simply copying and pasting into a playlist. I created a BBC Radio Playlist for example. I have not tried this on the new version of iTunes though. You could just try pressing command C on a station and then command V on a playlist and see how you go David

Re: itunes 12 on mac can't get album or any other sort of list view of my music

2014-11-03 Thread David Griffith
It is a bit peculiar but I have been able to retain my column browser in iTunes under Yosemite just fine. I do not know if this is a feature of my upgrading rather than a clean install. I have all the problems you have encountered on the windows version of iTunes though. David Griffith

Re: itunes 12 on mac can't get album or any other sort of list view of my music

2014-11-03 Thread David Griffith
That is the weird thing. I am also on Yosemite but column browser is working fine for me on that platform but I did not have to make any changes to achieve this. I mentioned Windows just to show that I realise the problem you are encountering as this problem has emerged there. David

Re: New Outlook for Mac available to Office 365 customers

2014-11-04 Thread David Griffith
I think you could download the product and test it out for the demo period and try it out for yourself? David Griffith On 04/11/2014 01:14, gs wrote: Well, I think accessible for the most part is probably in need of more qualification than the setup process and message list read. I'

Re: iCloudHello list does anybody know how to turn off iCloud thank you

2014-11-05 Thread David Griffith
Depends on where you want to turn if off. Mac? iPhone or iPad? On a Mac go to system preferences and on iOS go to settings. David Griffith > On 5 Nov 2014, at 06:59, BobH. wrote: > > Write in the body of the message, we might get to read it better then. > - Original Message -

Re: reading kindle books on the mac?

2014-11-06 Thread David Griffith
I am afraid that there are no accessible Kindle apps for the Mac. Some use calibre from Terminal to convert into an accessible format but I am not able to comment on this as I have never tried it David Griffith > On 6 Nov 2014, at 22:43, Anouk Radix wrote: > > Hi ever

Re: top sites in safari?

2014-11-06 Thread David Griffith
Item chooser result and pressing enter will jump there. David Griffith . > On 30 Oct 2014, at 17:24, Caitlyn Furness wrote: > > Hi, > has anyone figured out how to navigate to the top sites section of your > bookmarks in the latest Safari? > > I have looked all around in t

Re: Moving item to the desktop

2014-11-06 Thread David Griffith
ess command V to paste the Mail alias to the desktop. David Griffith > On 7 Nov 2014, at 06:11, vemak2 wrote: > > Hi, > I just bought a Mac book air. How do I place an item like mail or Safari on > the desktop. Appreciate your kind response. > > Regards, Vemak >

Safari Podcast 6

2014-11-09 Thread David Griffith
Someone has emailed me to report that Sendspace has weirdly renamed my Safari Podcast Part 6 on searching so that the file extension is mp36 rather than mp3. I have deleted this version and re-uploaded the original file which has the correct mp3 extension. Of course if you have downloaded a v

Safari Podcasts again

2014-11-10 Thread David Griffith
I apologise if people have encountered problems with downloading the Safari Podcasts. A couple of the links did not work for some reason. I have this afternoon tested all the links to Safari Podcasts and recreated the TWO which DID NOT work. I have not checked any of the earlier Podcasts so

Re: question about QCast

2014-11-12 Thread David Griffith
. This is disappointing as I recommended the app under Mavericks. I am not convinced by Continuum's commitment to supporting the Mac platform therefore under Yosemite and the longer term. David Griffith On 12/11/2014 17:09, Juliette Swiler wrote: I was just trying to download the po

Re: Adding Safari bookmarks to my dock

2014-11-15 Thread David Griffith
You may want to listen to the Safari Podcast I did on this. I tink it is number 3 in the Safari series. Full list below. Podcast List Using Safari on the Mac Part 6 – Searching Basics, Google Search and Google Snapback. https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/hxoomi Safari Part 7 YouTube https://w

Re: How to get itunes not to switch to store while typing a search term

2014-11-15 Thread David Griffith
items typed press option enter to force the search into the iTunes store. David Griffith > On 15 Nov 2014, at 23:23, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > Often, you can start entering the search text, then press Escape to get out > of the Store stuff then continue on. Occasional

Re: How to get itunes not to switch to store while typing a search term

2014-11-16 Thread David Griffith
It is not a global command. Option enter does different things in different applications. In safari for example it forces the download of a media file rather than the playing of it. David Griffith. > On 16 Nov 2014, at 13:49, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi David, > > this is

Re: How to get itunes not to switch to store while typing a search term

2014-11-17 Thread David Griffith
your command and option keys have not somehow been remapped? I think I read earlier that you had used a Russian keyboard layout at one stage? I do not know why this would cause a problem but it is worth checking. In your situation I would probably be looking at a clean install. David Griffith

Re: i am really am enjoying the newest update to yousemati. one of the features i am loving is the why fy bug is fixed.it is great

2014-11-18 Thread David Griffith
I cannot swear to this but I think that the threaded conversation problem in Mail may have been improved. So far I am only getting 3 or 4 names read out rather than the huge list that was being read out before. David Griffith message > On 18 Nov 2014, at 05:29, Grant Hardy wrote: >

Re: i am really am enjoying the newest update to yousemati. one of the features i am loving is the why fy bug is fixed.it is great

2014-11-18 Thread David Griffith
The reason people were concerned was that with long threads it was taking an age to read through all the senders , up to 20 or more on occasion, before even getting to the subject . Thankfully they appear to dispensed with that nonsense. David Griffith > On 18 Nov 2014, at 12:18, Kris

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