Re: Windows opening automatically in Sidebar

2011-06-15 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hello Michael, If you're not subscribed to MobileMe you may want to go into finder preferences -> sidebar and disable your iDisk. HTH. Geoff On Jun 15, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Michael Busboom wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have a problem that is causing some annoyance. > > Whenever I go to the S

My swan song mod note.

2011-06-15 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings y'all, Please forgive the cross post, but my content is applicable to both lists and only has a couple references specific to VIPhone. I will always be grateful to Cara for entrusting me with the task of assisting her to manage these lists over the last year. As I saw it, my responsi

DVDRemaster is 90% off in the app store this weekend.

2011-06-18 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings all, I don't know if this is applicable to all Mac app stores world wide, but in the US, DVD Remaster version 7 which regularly sells for $50 is on sale this weekend for $5. Information in the macvisionaries mail archive indicates that the developer worked with voiceOver users so as

Re: Trying to set up growl

2011-06-26 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Shannon, Me thinks that either you have an old version, or something got fubared during the install process. As Geoff said, all growlable apps automatically register. On my system this list includes: Adium, Growl, moveAddict, Skype, and Pulsar. The fact that Growl is not on your list is t

Re: Contacting a Mod/Owner

2011-06-26 Thread Geoff Waaler
Carolyn already listed the mods, but a more generic answer for GoogleGroups is listname+ow...@googlegroups.com, so you almost had it right except for the missing plus sign between the list name and the word owner. HTH. Geoff On Jun 26, 2011, at 8:30 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > I have

XCode/C++ integer assignment from console.

2011-07-05 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings all, I am getting started with C++ using XCode 4.0.2. The following was created as a C++ command line tool. The objective of this "main.cpp" code was to accept a n integer from the console and display it: #include using namespace std; int main() { int num; cout << "Please

Re: XCode/C++ integer assignment from console.

2011-07-05 Thread Geoff Waaler
why Xcode would give you a different result with such a simple > program, and am afraid I'm just learning to use it myself, so know very > little about it. > Very confused, > Zack. > On Jul 5, 2011, at 2:34 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > >> Greetings all, >> &g

Compiling C++ in terminal -> wasXCode/C++ integer assignment from console.

2011-07-05 Thread Geoff Waaler
ow to exit the editor and get back to a command prompt? Again, TIA for any info or documentation you can point me to describing how to get going with terminal. Best regards. Geoff On Jul 5, 2011, at 6:45 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > Hello Zack, > > Thanks so much for looking into this

detecting c++ compiler errors in terminal.

2011-07-06 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings all, Thanks much to Chris, Zack and anyone else who might be willing to spend some time getting me started. I compiled a simple c++ file via the g++ command. Despite receiving no indication of an error, the executable did not reflect my changes. My error may be relevant, so I'll me

Re: a couple of trackpad commander questions

2011-07-11 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Donna and others, For me the quickest solution is to make extensive use of the preview pane. I also found it helpful to go into VO utility under navigation and uncheck the box labeled: "Automatically interact when using tab key". Though I can interact with the preview pane text by placing a

Re: Network problems

2011-07-14 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Mark, Other than illustrating your proclivity toward boundless narsisism, what purpose was served by sending this to the list? Best regards. Geoff On Jul 13, 2011, at 4:12 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Ed. > > Troubleshooting network connectivity issues can be one of the most > challenging

Moderating advice -> was network problems.

2011-07-15 Thread Geoff Waaler
Some members, who receive few or, in some cases, >>> no replies to a question may take it personally and I, like you, don't want >>> anyone to feel as though they are being ignored, pre-judged, or attacked. >>> >>> That is All. >>> >>> [The G

Re: Move Addict

2011-07-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Jeff, If you purchased MoveAddict from the App store, the file: "moveAddict Preferences.app" was probably not included in the package. If you don't have that file you'll need to obtain the installation package supplied at the MoveAddict site and copy that file from the accessibility folder.

xCode 4.1 won't install on Lion.

2011-07-21 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, I installed Lion from DVD and completely erased my HD in the process. I then acquired xCode 4.1 from the Mac app store. During installation I received a message admonishing me to quit iTunes in order to continue the installation. I have a modicum of trouble following this directiv

Solution to xCode 4.1 won't install on Lion.

2011-07-22 Thread Geoff Waaler
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Geoff Waaler Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 11:56 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: xCode 4.1 won't install on Lion. Greetings, I installed Lion from DVD and compl

Restoring an iTunes library in Lion and Itunes 10.4?

2011-07-22 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings y'all, While using SnowLeopard, I backed up my iTunes library to an external drive and installed Lion via a DVD (HD was completely erased). Upon launching iTunes, it did not prompt for a library. I attempted to copy my backed up folder into /users/userName/music/iTunes/"iTunes Media

Re: updates for Itunes and Iwork

2011-07-22 Thread Geoff Waaler
Mary, Lion installed with iTunes 10.3. 10.4 sadly came in via a system update, so you could be selective. I don't know whether the app store would refresh files so as to quoianside with software updates. Since Lion just came out I doubt they altered the install package to include the iTunes u

Restoring iTunes library following clean install of Lion?

2011-07-24 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings y'all, I am reposting since someone who might have a suggestion could have easily been overwhelmed by the blizzard of recent traffic, and I'm really out of ideas. While using SnowLeopard, I backed up my iTunes library to an external drive and installed Lion via a DVD (HD was complete

Mini or MacBookPro?

2010-08-07 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings y'all, For the benifit of those who don't hang out on the viPhone list, I recently started assisting Cara Josh and Olivia with the management of this list. Since I don't yet have a Mac until now I only read posts that Google suspected of being spam. This weekend my state is exempti

Re: Mini or MacBookPro?

2010-08-07 Thread Geoff Waaler
connected, not turned on, just connected. Otherwise voice over will be quite sluggish. If you have a monitor you can connect, I would go with the mini, otherwise the mac book pro would be a good choice. Or you could just get the regular mac book for $999, that would also meet your needs I think. On

CAPTCHA on Snow-leopard.

2010-08-09 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings y'all, Until now I've used the Mozilla FireFox plug-in Webvisum to deal with those seemingly ubiquitous CAPTCHAs. There's a Mac version of FireFox, however according to the Firefox 3 with Screen Readers FAQ it's not an option for those of us using voiceOver. I heard of captchakiller

Out of box, then what?

2010-08-10 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings y'all, I just received shipment notification for my 13 inch 2.4GHZ MacBookPro. BTW, thanks Brian for suggesting the refurbished store -- the model and warrantee were identical. I've been poking around Apple's site, and among other things found the voiceOver getting started documenta

Spellchecking emails.

2010-08-10 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, So as not to appear overly illiterate, I always run emails through a spell checker. I did not purchase Office, but noticed that SnowLeopard includes a dictionary. My question is whether the native MacOS supports spell checking? If not are there any recommendations for a product to

Skype.

2010-08-11 Thread Geoff Waaler
Okay so I've spent a few hours getting acquainted withmy MBP. I registered, installed the latest updates and went through the VO tutorial. I downloaded and installed Skype. Not quite sure how I pulled it off since I couldn't seem to run it from my downloads folder, but I did get the license a

Re: Skype.

2010-08-12 Thread Geoff Waaler
Original Message - From: focus To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: focus Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 7:07 AM Subject: Re: Geoff Waaler Skype. Hi Geoff! When you get your Skype running, you can go to Skype preferences' in the menu! You can choose to have Skype launc

Getting started with the Finder.

2010-08-14 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings all, I tend to learn better from poking around and RTFMing rather than podcasts. I'm into Chapter 3 of the VoiceOver getting started guide (URL: http://www.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/ ) and am sure I'm making things much more complecated and am not interpreting the text correctly

dmg files.

2010-08-14 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, Thanks to Sarah and Erik I'm more comfortable with the finder so I copied the SKYPE disk image file from downloads to applications and can now open it from there. I gather these dmg files are executable and there's no installation process necessary after downloading? Why was "cut

Re: dmg files.

2010-08-14 Thread Geoff Waaler
ess cmd shift a to get to applications and paste. Now eject the dmg from the computer place by 1. going to the computer list with cmd shift C. 2. find the skype.dmg 3. pressing cmd E. Take care. On Aug 14, 2010, at 2:55 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: Greetings, Thanks to Sarah and Erik I'm m

Re: macbook pro with bellkin router

2010-08-14 Thread Geoff Waaler
Ben, One question I can answer. The specs for the current MBP line do indicate that the Airport card supports N. Best regards. Geoff - Original Message - From: "Ben Mustill-Rose" To: Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:43 PM Subject: Re: macbook pro with bellkin router Perhaps

Ascertaining the time and date.

2010-08-15 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings y'all, Surely there's got to be an easier way to find out the time and date than finding it in system preferences. I checked the box to display this information, but still haven't located it. TIA for sharing the insert+f12 equivalent. Geoff -- You received this message because you

Navigating to the top or bottom of a table.

2010-08-15 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, I have over 3,000 messages in my in-box, and wound up somewhere in the middle looking at undeleted messages from February 2009. My goal was to reach the bottom, but I couldn't locate an equivalent to control+end. I then tried doing a millian three finger flicks up on the track pad

Re: Navigating to the top or bottom of a table.

2010-08-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
Thanks to Anne, Kevin and Carolyn who sent me a private note, but I remain stuck in the middle of my in-box with no quick way out. From the finder I point to mail.app and press command+o -- among other things vo says that I'm in my in-box and row 582 of 3,832 has keyboard focus. The up and do

Re: mobile me

2010-08-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Nancy, I got rid of that by going into Preferences under the finder menu and unchecking "idisks". Alternatively you can go into the view menu and hide the side bar. Take care. Geoff - Original Message - From: Nancy Badger To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday,

Re: Navigating to the top or bottom of a table.

2010-08-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hmmm, When I press voShift-End (Control+Option+function+Shift+RightArrow) I'm taken to the MailBox Actions menu. I probably didn't understand Kevin's suggestion that came in right after your post, but I thought I already tried that. BTW I turned on wrapping in the VO utilities menu but this

Auto tab interaction and mac wide shortcuts -> was Navigating the Mail Messages Table [was Re: Navigating to the top or bottom of a table.]

2010-08-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
Thanks so much Carolyn Esther and everyone else who posted suggestions! Your posts enabled me to solve my problem and finally understand what Kevin was trying to communicate, though I still have a couple questions. Under voiceOver Utilities -> navigation -> the "automatically interact when us

Mod note -- duplicate messages.

2010-08-18 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings all, I'm cross posting to confirm that a subset of subscribers report receiving redundant messages on both lists. The only common denominator that I can think of is Google since there are no list settings that affect this and its not happening to everyone. Please be patient an

Re: Call to bard Mac users

2010-08-21 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Carolyn, Did you unzip first? I'm assuming that MacOS has a built in unzip utility? I've not yet dealt with zip files on MacOS, but know in Windows land I always unzip to a directory prior to copying to the stream. Take care. Geoff - Original Message - From: Carolyn To: mac

Re: Intro and nooby questions

2010-08-25 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hello Scott, I too am trying to make friends with a new MacBookPro and probably need to pretend that my XP machine is not here when I'm using email or the web. I found the voiceOver documentation lacking in that instead of describing the regular system commands for performing functions, they

Re: iphone recording quality

2010-08-26 Thread Geoff Waaler
Kawal, The Editing Videos and Voice Memos section of the IPhone/IOS4 user guide describes how to edit recordings created with the built in "voice memos" app. For stereo you'll need an app such as gigDaddy and a bi-directional microphone. HTH. Geoff - Original Message - From: Ka

Re: Need Mac User's advice on which Windows screen reader to purchase and learn

2010-08-28 Thread Geoff Waaler
But one thing to bare in mind is that all we can offer are subjective opinions. Mine is that I've used all three and JFW sucks far far less than those other two. WindowEyes purports to be rock solid, which in my experience means that when there's a bug it remains there rock solid for several v

Re: can't download a app I purchased.

2010-09-04 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Sarah, I gather you did this on the Mac? Do you see digit-eyes in your list under the apps tab? If so it should synchronize to your phone the next time you attach it. If not you may want to retry the purchase either on your Mac or directly on the phone since you'll not be charged twice.

Re: can I change subscription to this list?

2010-09-06 Thread Geoff Waaler
Isaac, Check the bottom couple lines appended to every GoogleGroups list message. HTH. Geoff - Original Message - From: Isaac Obie To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 7:26 AM Subject: can I change subscription to this list? Hi guys:

Making calls in Skype.

2010-09-06 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, Somehow I got to my list of Skype contacts, however upon attempting to interact I only got text, hence assume I was in the right view. There was no indication of the status of my contacts, but I selected one that I believed to be online. My question is: what's next? When I attempte

Addressing a reply to the author in IOS4 -> was For Mike.

2010-09-08 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Kawal, I'm recycling my August 18 post to the VIPhone list. HTH for future reference. While reading list posts on your iPhone you can reply privately by taking the following actions: 1. Double tap the button labeled (in this case) "Geoff Waaler address" in the upper left ha

Mod note re: While sending Maccessibility news on the list

2010-09-11 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, Since Cara and her good buddy Elvis Presley (and y'all actually thought he was dead) are off in the South of France spending those millions that come her way every time you click on a Maccessibility article I thought I'd put on my moderator hat for the first time on this list to requ

Re: BlueAnt Q1 headset and iPad [was Re: iPhone: The Missing Manual]

2010-09-12 Thread Geoff Waaler
umentation at the BlueAnt site for instructions on how to update. http://docs.blueantwireless.com/en/Q1/ On Mar 11, 2010, at 12:48, Geoff Waaler wrote: In response to a private note I uploaded this 10MB file to sendspace. The link is: http://www.sendspace.com/file/70ciqf

Re: trackpad gesture that mutes speech in voiceover

2010-09-13 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, In appendix a you'll find the track pad commander keys including double tap with three fingers to toggle the muting of speech. Of course how do you look this up while its in that state? HTH. Geoff - Original Message - From: Mary Otten To: macvisionaries@googlegrou

Copying link in Sendspace Wizard.

2010-09-21 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings, Nic S once posted that one can copy a link in the SS Wizard by pressing control while physically clicking the mouse, and the resulting menu would show command+l as the shortcut. I first tried command+l and when that failed I turned off trackpad commander and routed the mouse via VO+

Re: Copying link in Sendspace Wizard.

2010-09-21 Thread GEOFF WAALER
V to paste. Otherwise, >> attempt to use the data detector menu (vo-shift-m) to bring up choices. >> HTH >> Carolyn >> On Sep 21, 2010, at 11:14 AM, GEOFF WAALER wrote: >> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> Nic S once posted that one can copy a link in t

Re: Copying link in Sendspace Wizard.

2010-09-22 Thread GEOFF WAALER
g > VO-Command-F5, try going all the way to the toolbar by stopping all > interaction, then checking its position with VO-F5. This should fix the issue > temporarily. > > Regards, > Nic > Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com > GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com > Facebook > Twi

Unlearning a word in spell check.

2010-09-24 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings, My hand was moving faster than my brain while spell checking an eMail, so I pressed "learn". I have no idea what misspelled word it will now believe is correct from now on. How can I undo this? I've looked in dictionary and email settings but haven't found a way yet. Take care. G

Methodology for help.

2010-09-24 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Thanks to Annie and Colin I successfully unlearned my misspelled word (though I still can't spell it correctly :) ). I realize the purpose of this list is to ask questions, but I'm wondering how I could have better investigated this on my own? I understand that MacOS has rather extensive help,

Multiselections in iTunes.

2010-09-24 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings y'all, I recently read a post that Esther composed before Snow Leopard describing how to select non-contiguous items in iTunes. In my case I'm dealing with podcast items that are all together, but I doubt this is relevant. I am disabling cursor tracking (VO-Shift-F3) and selecting th

Re: some general question

2010-09-30 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Hello Robert, I too am just getting started, but can take a stab at a couple of your questions: Control+Option+shift+m brings up a context menu. Alternatively you may want to set up a command for this on the trackpad commander. You can quickly ascertain the time by double tapping with two fin

XCode compile.

2010-10-01 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings, I wanted to compile a "helloWorld" program in either objective C or C++ and apparently am not looking in the right place for for instructions on getting started. The developer site indicates that XCode is included with Snow Leopard, however I don't see it recursing into the applicat

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-04 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Hi Linda, What flavor of Mac do you have? Does it have a trackpad? If so would you be willing to consider that interface as an alternative to the keyboard? Personally I became extremely disgusted with the fact that all VO commands required anywhere from three to five keys which often had no r

Re: Navigating mail and Safari

2010-10-05 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings, Different strokes for different folks I suppose; I couldn't live without the preview pane. For grins I tried to figure out how to disable it. There does not appear to be an applicable option in the view pull down menu, preferences or clicking on the splitter. I looked in this list

Location of the time of day script.

2010-10-05 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings, In keyboard commander, option-t is attached to a script called "time of day", though I could not ascertain the path. I also tried setting up a search in finder and spotlight search, but have not yet located this script. The fact that option-t does indeed output the time when keybo

Voiceover dictionary in Apple Script.

2010-10-05 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings, When I open the Apple Script editor and select file -> open dictionary -> voiceover.app, the resulting dialog makes absolutely no sense. There seems to be a view group consisting of three unlabeled check boxes that behave like radio buttons since checking one causes the other two to

Re: Voiceover dictionary in Apple Script.

2010-10-06 Thread GEOFF WAALER
available voice commands visible. Would still love to find that time of date script though so as to get an idea about the syntax and methodology. Best regards. Geoff On Oct 5, 2010, at 6:44 PM, GEOFF WAALER wrote: > Greetings, > > When I open the Apple Script editor and select fil

Finder.

2010-10-06 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings, My recent adventure finding the TimeOfDay script has me curious. I didn't know the file type, but could determine from the default "t" customization in keyboard commander that the name was "time of day". Thanks to Nic I now know that I could have ascertained the path from keyboard

Re: selecting text on webpages

2010-10-13 Thread GEOFF WAALER
I wonder if Apple was smart enough to disable VO-shift-c in such instances? On Oct 13, 2010, at 1:11 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > There are some web-pages, like on the iTunes Store, that do not allow > selecting and copying. Think of it like a locked pdf or a web-page that > doesn't allow

Re: Selecting a recipient

2010-10-13 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Hi Claus, This is a good illustration of why its a good idea to do a modicum of testing prior to posting; reply all does *NOT* work on this list. Carolyn had a good suggestion. I usually only read messages in the preview pane, but when I do want to reply to the individual user I'll press enter

Is there a way to document VO crashes?

2010-10-14 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings, I intermittently experience restarts of voiceOver. With the exception of doing a google search in Safari I do not have a reproducible test case that I could present to Apple. My question is whether there is a log written when an app crashes? If so is there a system setting that go

Re: Receiving one's own posts to googlegroups -> was My dumb question for the day

2010-10-14 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Very puzzling -- I always received my own posts to this and the ViPhone list, hence when this question came up earlier I checked the settings in GoogleGroups without finding anything applicable. This may not be relevant, but I set up filters in gMail; the one for this list for example checks fo

Re: Receiving one's own posts to googlegroups -> was My dumb question for the day

2010-10-15 Thread GEOFF WAALER
mpose. >>>> >>>> hth >>>> >>>> >>>> Ricardo Walker >>>> rwalker...@gmail.com >>>> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >>>> Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 >>> >> On Oct 15, 2010, at 12:07 AM, GEO

Re: Conversations View

2010-10-15 Thread GEOFF WAALER
I tried this technique, but decided to restore the default of showing the headers because for me it seems more efficient to exploit the preview pane. Under the navigation tab of voiceOver utility I unchecked the box labeled: "Automatically interact when using tab key". This way I am not interac

Aborting send during spell check.

2010-10-15 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings, I have "check spelling before sending" selected in the edit menu. In Outlook if I realized that I didn't address my note properly or could have phrased something differently I could abort sending during the spellcheck process. I have nmot found a way to accomplish this in AppleMail

Re: Conversations View

2010-10-15 Thread GEOFF WAALER
gt; it as read all, as a mnemonic), but that is probably from earlier > versions of VoiceOver. > > Jon > couple of points here. > > 1. Using the tab / shift-tab works well from shifting between the > preview and the list of mail items. > > On 15/10/2010, GEOFF WAAL

Re: Conversations View

2010-10-15 Thread GEOFF WAALER
r and then have to > interact with the scroll area to read. A real PITA for sure. > If anyone understands what's happening here, feel free to chime in. My apple > trainer didn't really get why it was happening. > TIA > > > Carolyn Haas > chaas0...@gmail

Re: Help with reading mails in threats needed

2010-10-17 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Hi Annie, My suggestion varies greatly from the advice you've been given so far, but IMHO is much more deficient; Here in the US in the 1960s there was an expression: "different strokes for different folks", so I'll offer this for your consideration. First, In the VO utility go into the navig

Spell check while typing?

2010-10-17 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings, I accidentally posted this question to the wrong list -- maybe that accounts for my lack of response :). In Apple Mail under edit -> spelling and grammar -> check spelling, I specified "while typing". In VO utility I set verbosity -> spelling to announce atributes. Am I suppose to

Re: Spell check while typing?

2010-10-17 Thread GEOFF WAALER
ct 17, 2010, at 4:58 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Geoff, > > On 17 Oct 2010, at 14:47, GEOFF WAALER wrote: >> In Apple Mail under edit -> spelling and grammar -> check spelling, I >> specified "while typing". In VO utility I set verbosity -> sp

Re: Spell check while typing?

2010-10-18 Thread GEOFF WAALER
der to be >> informed. I can't find an applicable setting, though your post suggests >> that one does exist. >> >> Thanks again and take care. >> Geoff >> On Oct 17, 2010, at 4:58 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: >> >>> Hello Geoff, >>>

Re: Spell check while typing?

2010-10-18 Thread GEOFF WAALER
; OOPS, my bad. I should have said the check spelling while I type is in mail > preferences under compose. Sorry about that. > Carolyn Haas > chaas0...@gmail.com > > > > On Oct 18, 2010, at 1:11 AM, GEOFF WAALER wrote: > >> Hi Carolyn, >> >> Thanks

Re: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-10-20 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings Robert, I suspect most on the list already received this directly. In a subsequent email Apple mentions the inclusion of SD drives and lighter weight. HTH. Geoff On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:49 PM, Robert Hooper wrote: > It’s Apple, thought I’d pass it along. Does anyone on the list have

iWork09 Pages. - jumping in a text file?

2010-10-25 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings, I opened a .txt file in Pages. I first interact with the "scroll area" and again with the "layout area". The result is hundreds of items labeled: "page 1 group" "page 2 group", etc. No matter which group item I attempt to interact with or jump to, I always land at the top of the d

Re: Selecting autocorrections with IPhone

2010-10-25 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Hi Allison, Perhaps this old post I wrote to the viPhone list might help also. Esther straightened me out on this a few days after IOS4 was released. An example might best illustrate the process, so here goes: 1. Create a note consisting of the following two words (without the spaces) "k u n

Re: My first mac. Questions.

2010-10-25 Thread GEOFF WAALER
To present yet another way of skinning this cat, using trackpad commander time and battery status are easily ascertainable by double tapping the top with two fingers and touching near the top on the right side of the trackpad. the clock is just to the right of battery status. Alternatively, Y

Re: My first mac. Questions.

2010-10-26 Thread GEOFF WAALER
t work for me, I may be > doing it wrong though, because I am not that familiar with the trackpad yet. > The skype problem is much more annoying though. > > Thanks. > Nektarios. > > On Oct 25, 2010, at 10:10 PM, GEOFF WAALER wrote: > >> To present yet another way

Quick mod note re: Re: way ot: chinese braille

2010-10-26 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings, I kept hoping this topic would run it's course without need to compose a mod post. I even blew off a private note asking that I make it stop, but in the words of Paul Harvey: "self government won't work without self discipline ", so here's where I have to ask that we limit discussio

Re: move adict promo

2010-10-29 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Well I googled a download link but it's of marginal utility since the license won't be available for 24 hours. The disk image contains an accessibility folder which ironically points out that the app is inaccessible unless you also copy the prefferences application. I assume this isn't a huge

Re: using the magic trackpad with vo off

2010-10-30 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Actually if you set mouse cursor to "moves vo cursor" in the navigation category in the VO utility and turn off trackpad controller most items under your finger are announced. HTH. Geoff On Oct 30, 2010, at 1:59 AM, Justin Ekis wrote: > Hi Mary, > > You don't hear anything automatically with

Adium and MSN.

2010-11-03 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings y'all,I have the most current versions of Adium and Growl installed. I can see my list of online MSN contacts, but have not yet determined how to read the dialog if one of my contacts sends a message. A new window is created and I can tell who the contact was but despite tabbing thro

Re: WebKit vs. Safari

2010-11-10 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Nic and Teresa, When I visit URL: http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyweek.htm#?navid=nav-sch-main Using the current build of Webkit I can always reproduce a crash by pressing the tab key. As soon as I tab past the link labeled: "NHL GAMECENTER LIVE", webkit crashes. I can not reproduce this

Re: WiFi stability issues was Re: OS 10.65 is available for download

2010-11-11 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Scott, My wireless network hasn't dropped since I installed 10.6.5. As you probably discovered from ascertaining the ip address, under system prefferences -> network, there's a box labeled "Show AirPort status in menu bar". When checked, you can see information by either via trackpad comm

Re: macbook pro and iphone with itunes

2010-11-12 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Denise, You'll find an option under the iTunes "store" pull down menu to authorize your MBP. Once this is done you can use the context menu for your iPhone (vo-shift-m) and select "transfer purchases. Best regards. Geoff On Nov 12, 2010, at 8:46 AM, denise avant wrote: > hello all, > i ha

Re: Getting additional information from the Airport status menu

2010-11-12 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hello Ray, I have both menu and menu item verbosity set to "high". When I arrow to the airport extra menu without simultaneously pressing option vo reports seven items. When I press option-rightArrow to reach this menu, the number of items doubles and there is indeed additional data shown. I

Re: Trackpad Hints in Voiceover

2010-11-15 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Teresa, If you are using the preview pane you can press tab and the message is often read. I should mention that I turned off the option to automatically interact when pressing tab, hence am not interacting with the message table. If the email is not read you can interact via the two finge

Re: ot: maby, digest mode?

2010-11-17 Thread Geoff Waaler
Karen, A line is appended to the end of every post. Several actually, but the specific one I have in mind is: > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. HTH. Geoff On Nov 17, 2010, at 9:27 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Wondering if there is

Mod note: the "oh boy" thread and other chat group messages.

2010-11-18 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings y'all, Personally I prefer a moderating style involving minimal intrusion,, hence kept hoping the "Oh boy" topic would die on its own because by any reasonable analysis, about 90 percent of it consisted of off topic posts which would be more aptly written to a chat group. Ala

Re: Fun noises alex makes.

2010-11-19 Thread Geoff Waaler
But in one area Alex is sorely deficient as compared to Eloquence in that he does not gurhrhrhrhr properly. Hum, clearly time for a high priority growl at the mac accessibility group!! Great discovery Andy!! Geoff On Nov 19, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Andy: > In fun, I'l

The KillAll command

2010-11-24 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings, I meant to reply to one of Nic's recent posts, but deleted it. He suggested that if VO goes silent one could enter terminal into spotlight and then enter -- I forget the exact command but believe it was killallall -9 voiceover. I tried this with and without the extra "all" and also

Re: The KillAll command

2010-11-24 Thread Geoff Waaler
without going >> through all the issues of restarting it via keystrokes. btw, you must >> capitalize the V and the O otherwise it will not find the process name. >> >> -Eric >> >> On Nov 24, 2010, at 1:53 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote: >> >>> Greeti

Re: safari questions

2010-12-16 Thread Geoff Waaler
Okay, but when a page consists of hundreds of items, one must do this Items times N times rather than pressing control-a -> control-c in MSIE or FireFox? I attempted to use the technique described below to copy a long oped column and very quickly gave up and booted up the old Netbook. TIA for

Re: safari questions

2010-12-17 Thread Geoff Waaler
Yes Benjamin, I was not clear. Obviously control+a control+c are identical with their command key Mac counterparts, however in the Mac world one can not be selective in their selection with the shift+arrow keys while viewing a web page. Carolyn correctly differentiated what I meant from what

Re: safari questions

2010-12-17 Thread Geoff Waaler
nt to perform a modicum of testing before sending your posts? Best regards. Geoff On Dec 17, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote: > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: >> Obviously control+a control+c are identical with their command key Mac >> counterp

Re: safari questions

2010-12-17 Thread Geoff Waaler
ri, Dec 17, 2010 at 11:32 PM, Geoff Waaler wrote: >> That or you may want to perform a modicum of testing before sending your >> posts? > > I _did_ do a modicum of testing. Specifically, I fired up Safari and > VoiceOver and tested out the effect of shift-arrow on an existing

Re: Obtaining battery status -> was Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-23 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Az, You can check the battery status by pressing vo-m twice and then two left arrows will get you to the battery status menu. Alternatively, you can use trackpad commander and double tap twice with two fingers near the top and locate the desired status menu on the upper right side of the t

Apple script editor.

2011-01-07 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings y'all, The help doc indicates that the Editor can assist with syntax, command selection and pin point errors. I have not yet determined how to exploit these features with VoiceOver. First, I mistakenly thought the command was "display prompt", and when it was not recognized, went loo

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