Re: Most DVDs Won't Play All of a Sudden

Hi Teresa, YOu most likely have some kind of hardware issue, probably something stuck in the drive itself. This happened to me and it ended up being a piece of paper. Take your machine to an Apple Store and they can remove it for you. Hope this helps, Kevin Shaw On 2012-03-12, at 7:33 PM

Where's My Mail?

Hi guys, I've got a Mobile Me account which I've successfully ported over to iCloud. Yesterday, my In Box had about 2030 messages in it and today it's only displaying the 4 latest messages. I know the mail is still there, because it shows up on my iMac which is running Snow Leopard. On my iPho

Workflow not Flowing

Here's a question about workflows. I have a folder action set up on my downloads folder. when MP3 files beginning with specific words appear in the Downloads folder, move it to a separate folder. This has worked out well, however only some of the time. The files are all prefixed the same. Any

For Moderator: Re: A question regarding blindmicemegamall.com

a list subscriber and someone who works in the entertainment industry, I'm going to ask that discussions of this nature not be carried out on this list. Thank you, Kevin Shaw On 2012-04-27, at 1:12 PM, Ezzie Bueno wrote: > Hello, > > On which link did you find the movies? I

Re: Data Detecter

Is there something in the Announcements pane of the VO control panel that allows you to turn the notificaiton of Data Detectors into tones instead? Kevin On 2012-04-27, at 4:50 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: > Well as far as I can tell! there is no way to stop it! > I'm not sure if it can be tamed in th

Re: blindmicemegamall movie vault and illegal file-sharing allegation

I can appreciate your frustration with having no access to descriptive video content through reliable channels outside of broadcasting. I see both sides of the issue. I am blind and appreciate described content. I also make a living from intellectual property and have a media business background

Re: automatically add to itunes folder?

Caitlyn, I use the Automatically Add to itunes smart folder as well. tings in the Not added folder include: • Album artwork, such as JPEGs and PDF files with track listings. • Files in formats not supported by iTunes, such as FLAC, OGG, WMA and so on. • Other misc. file format

Re: radio automation software for the mac?

Also check out MegaSeg. I am not sure how accessible it is, but I know of stations running Macs that use this software. Kevin On 2012-06-21, at 7:29 PM, Hank Smith wrote: > thanks I will give this a look at. > Hank > On 6/21/2012 2:18 PM, andre carioca wrote: >> In Brazil, Some Mac users runing

Voice Changer that Works Through Skype

Hi gang, I've got a friend who needs to interview someone through Skype, but for privacy reasons, the interviewee's voice needs to be changed/modulated. Does anyone know of software that can do this? Any help is appreciated. Regards, kevin -- You received this message because you are subscri

Re: Voice Changer that Works Through Skype

nitial part of the interview process. That sounds very fishy to me. >>> however, please check out that app, which is mentioned as a way to have fun >>> with your friends, etc. >>> >>> I hope this helps. >>> >>> Harry >>> >&g

Moving Mobile Me to iCloud Issues

Sorry guys. Not sure if I'm late to the party on this, but I'm having difficulty using VO to click buttons on the site to move my Mobile Me account over to iCloud. Here are the steps I followed. • I'm running iOS 5.0.1 on my new 4S and Lion 10.7.2 on my Mac. • I opened iCloud in Syst

Re: Moving Mobile Me to iCloud Issues

there is some >> kind of graphics. Hopefully this should work with Voice Over. If not, try >> another screenreader in Windows. I could not use Safari to do it, but Mark >> did it fine for me at the time over Skype. >> >> Kawal. >> >> Sent from my iPhone &g

Re: siri

Hi Rachel, SIRI is still in beta mode and there are service outages from time to time. My phone in Canada goes through the same thing every so often. the best thing to do is wait a bit for the service to get less congested and try again. At least, this is the approach I take. Kevin On 2011-11

Re: algoriddim DJ 4 updated and accessible

Hi Yuma and others using DJ, I just got the software. Pretty cool. I was a mobile DJ for 7 years using CDs and Denon CD players with pitch controls. The interface of the program looks okay so far and I've been having fun playing with transitions and so on. I've got a couple of questions you ma

Re: Questions about sound check

> Hello all, > > Does anyone use sound check for their iPods or iTunes? > Yes. I use it on both my iPhone and in my iTunes. > Can you use sound check on a Nano but not iTunes? > yes. This can be turned on in the settings/preferences for each. > Any guidance on how to best use it? Simply tu

Re: speaker on iPhone

Try rebooting your phone. Hold the Sleep/Wake button for 7 sec and then tap the "Slide to Power Off" button. Wait for a minute or so and then hold the sleep/wake button agian. I've encountered a similar problem with my 4S and my old 3GS. It seems that the accelerometer needs to be whipped into

Re: Question about making itunes playlists

Hi Missy and others, There is an easy way to manage your christmas music in iTunes without creating a separate music library. I recently imported all of my christmas music at once so I could manage the files as a huge block in the Recently Added playlist that comes with iTunes. From there, you

Re: accessing youtube playback controls

You can access the playback controls by singing up for the HTML 5 player on YouTube. there were instructions a while ago on the list as to how to do this. Kevin On 2011-12-21, at 4:15 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > I have never been able to get them to work here. I think the embedded player > is flash

Re: adding a printer

Hi Kirsten, Try plugging in the printer via USB. OS X should recognize the printer right away and will install/activate the necessary drivers. Let me know if you have trouble off list. Kevin On 2011-12-22, at 7:01 AM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: > Hi, > What is the easiest way of adding a printe

Re: more on organizing holiday music

I've found no need whatsoever to create a separate iTunes library for organizing Christmas music. I have used the grouping field to organize Christmas music into smart playlists and have unchecked them all, so during the year, none of them will sync with my iPhone. I have gone so far as to organ

iTunes Match Question

Hi List, I've signed up for iTunes Match. Most of my library is already AAC 256k, so I don't have a lot of MP3 files to move over to the new format. I do have a few MP3 files that are not obscure songs at all. they're 80s pop ballads, rock songs you'd hear on radio, that type of thing. For som

Re: iTunes Match Question

when I download a matched item, why does the metadata in the file not change? It'd be nice to get album information for some of the tracks I have. Kevin On 2012-01-16, at 9:29 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > 1. iCloud Download, - Error - There's something wrong with the original > local fil

Re: Experience Switching to Mac

> Hi, * Hi Scott. > As I have said, I am thinking about switching to the Mac and have been trying > to gather more information about it. To that end, I have been asking > specific questions. I will continue to do that but I would like some general > feedback from people who have made t

Re: Importing Vcards into Mac Contacts

I just did this today. Navigate to the cards in Finer. Highlight the cards you want to import. I right-clicked and and chose Open With> Contacts. I was prompted to import the cards and hit return for the default. Now the Vcards are in my contacts. Hope this helps, Kevin On 2014-04-15, at 4:18

Re: Importing Vcards into Mac Contacts

at one time? > > Quote of the nanosecond . . . > Why do we want intelligent terminals when there are so many > stupid users? > Robert & Annie Yanni ke7nwn > E-mail- > gone.to.da...@gmail.com > > On 4/15/2014 5:07 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: >> I just did t

Re: slightly ot: icloud based audio discription indiegogo project.

Indiegogo is priced in Canadian dollars, but the service will be priced in the local currency when it launches. Hope this clears things up. :) Stay tuned, and thanks Karen for posting this. I've been talking to Cara about doing this with a Macvisionaries endorsement and she's a fan. Cheers, Kev

Re: Selecting non-contiguous items

Hi Lisette, Do the following: * Navigate to the desired table or lsit view. * Interact * Down arrow to the first item you want. * VO down to the next item. While holding down VO keys, press command spacebar. YOu'll hear VO report you have 2 items selected. * Repeat

Facebook Tagging

ere's a dropdown, but I don't know how to select the right person. Can anyone let me know how to do this? Thanks, Kevin Shaw -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receivin

Re: Facebook Tagging

rackpad, there's a tag button. If you hit > that, a text box will pop up and VO will be focused there. You can start > typing someone's name, and then press down arrow and it will read through the > options. Just press enter when you get to the name you want. Then you can hit &

Re: Facebook Tagging

ons. Just press enter when you get to the name you want. Then you >> can hit post and that person will be tagged. >> On Apr 26, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: >> >>> Hi list, >>> >>> I use the mobile version of Facebook quite a bit and prefer it

Re: Facebook Tagging

> vi-right or flicking right on the trackpad, there's a tag button. If you >>> hit that, a text box will pop up and VO will be focused there. You can >>> start typing someone's name, and then press down arrow and it will read >>> through the options. Just pres

A Sincere and heartfelt Thank You/Campaign

h vision loss. Again, thanks so much for your continued support! ...And may the Zagga be with you. Best wishes, Kevin Shaw -- 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

Re: Audio description app for IOS

Hi list, If it's all right with the moderator, I'd like to weigh in on this. I've posted here before about my startup, Zagga Entertainment We're creating a fully accessible VOD service featuring movies and TV shows with described video. I started the company when I didn't want to have to put

Re: iTunes cannot import CDs

hi Kristeen, Set iTunes and Finder to do nothing and try manually importing by VO-Shift-M in the track list and choosing Create AAC Version. If you're still getting 3k file names, something's up with your iTunes configuration. A little extra work, but this way you can spot any problems. Kevin

Re: mp4 to avi?

Hi Maria, Try Miro Video converter. It's fairly accessible and will convert between formats. It's also free. Kevin On 2014-06-10, at 12:53 AM, Maria and Joe Chapman wrote: > Hi. > > is it possible to convert mp4 to an avi file? If so, is there an accessible > app to do this? > > > r

An Update on Zagga

f you have any questions. We'll be updating the Indiegogo and Zagga pages very soon. Kind regards, Kevin Shaw -- 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, se

Re: Recommendations for learning to program on a Mac

Hi Dawn, One of the best resources is sitting on your Mac in iTunes. iTunes U has several Mac programming courses that will help you conceptually understand what's happening under the hood of your iDevice. some courses come with material to follow along with, but you can also supplement this by

Re: anyone using iMessage on their Mac

VO-command T to the table of conversations. VO right or left arrow to the one you want. VO-J to the edit field where you can type. To be sure you're on the right message, VO-up arrow to hear the name of the recipient. Hope this helps, Kevin On 2014-07-09, at 9:13 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > I

Removing All of my Old GMail

Hi guys, I want to permanently delete all of my GMail. I found a mailbox in Mail that has mail going back to 2004 if you can believe it. But, I don't want any of that mail synced over to my computer or in my GMail account. I've tried delteing and exponging from the IMAP mailbox, but the mail ke

Re: Creating a keyboard shortcut for checking the time.

Alternatively, VO-Shift-K turns on keyboard commander. The default is right option T for the time of day script. > On Mar 2, 2015, at 8:47 AM, David Taylor wrote: > > You don’t need to create it. Simply make sure that keyboard commander is > turned on and go. To do this, press VO-F8 to get to

Re: Pages or google docs?

Pages is very accessible. I’ve mentioned this before, but I’ve done complex documents in Pages with tables, table of contents, headings and the like before with few issues. Track changes works better for VO users as a modal dialog pops up with the suggested change which you can accept or ignore.

Re: printing a text message

Yes, there is a way to print a text message. Way #1. Take a screen grab of your iPhone’s screen. Press Sleep/Wake and Home buttons simultaneously. This photo will appear in the Photos app with the time stamp of when you took it. Send to yourself using the Share feature in Photos. Way #2. You’

Amazon Fire TV Accessibility

A friend of mine is a software engineer on the Fire TV team at Amazon. I’ve told her about the discussions on this list around the Fire TV iPhone app being inaccessible to VO users and she’s given me her promise that she will bring it up with the dev team. Kevin -- You received this message b

Re: Amazon Fire TV Accessibility

release do not help. The iPhone > app remains a loser. The website is barely usable in my opinion and not > usable and that of some others I know. > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 9, 2015, at 8:31 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: >> >> A friend of mine is a s

Re: slightly OT: posting Youtube comments using Safari and VO on Mac?

Hi Alex, I’ve noticed that the comments and comment field are not visible right away. I have a feeling that there is some scripting behind this hides the comments to visually reduce clutter on the page until you want to interact with the comments. Try the following: Find the heading for the

TVOS Accessibility

Apple’s page on TVOS accessibility. http://www.apple.com/accessibility/tvos/ Kevin -- 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

Audio Cuts in and Out

Hi, My mid-2009 Mac is starting to show a bit of its age. Voiceover audio and system audio are starting to cut in and out as if OS X is switching audio outputs. Anyone ever experienced this or knows how to troubleshoot? It seems to be isolated to Voiceover. Mid-2009 MBP running 10.11.2. I rese

Voiceover Hanging with Audio Cutting in and Out

Further to a message I posted last week. running 10.11.3 on mid-2009 Macbook Pro. I don’t customize Voiceover that much, so not running activities or anything like that. I’m encountering and issue where system audio cuts in and out. Voiceover seems to hang while this is happening and picks up re

Re: Voiceover Hanging with Audio Cutting in and Out

your desired speakers > such as the internal speakers. > > Mark > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Shaw > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 7:39 PM > To: macvisionaries@goog

Re: adding more security on my mac

File Vault works in the background, so no need to do anything else once it’s turned on. Make a login password. This should not disappear with a PRAM reset, as this is stored with your user account data. If you can, set up a separate guest zone for your wifi network. Kevin > On Oct 9, 2015, a

Compressor for FCP and voiceover

Hi friends, I’ve checked on the web before coming here. Does anyone here have experience using Compressor with Voiceover? Are controls labelled? Thanks, Kevin -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about

Re: video formats and iphone?

Here’s what iOS supports. H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simpl

Re: best way to import music into itunes

I have made an alias of the Automatically add to iTunes folder and it sits on my desktop. I drop files on there. Command O works as well from within the program. On 2013-11-13, at 11:47 PM, Aser Tolentino wrote: > The "automatically add to iTunes" folder in your iTunes Media directory seems >

Random Walk Simulationin Numbers

Hi friends, I'm running a random walk simulation in Numbers with a number of cells generating random numbers and these cells in turn being referenced across multiple sheets. In other words, Rows 5 and 7 of sheets 1, 2 and 3 are generating the random value and every other cell that refers to the

Re: I like Numbers under Mavericks now

If there were only a way to automate a simulation. Kevin On 2013-11-28, at 9:40 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > Dear Listers, > > I’ve just been playing with Numbers, having abandoned this application under > Mountain lIon. It seems to work like a charm now. I love the formatting which > is alw

Better Description of Numbers Issue

I may have found something Numbers cannot do. I am trying to trick Numbers into creating 100 iterations of a calculation with random variables and then place them into a table so I can calculate an average as well as standard deviation. In Excel, I understand there's something called a two-way

Re: creating a smart play list

Hi Cait, I'm the one who manages the Christmas music playlist n my family, so I have a sure fire way for you to create your smart playlist. Instead of using the Genre field to create the playlist, I use the Grouping field to indicate that the files are christmas songs. YOu can do this easily b

Re: Taking notes while reading

Set up your tab order so you can quickly command-tab between Pages and Preview. In Preview: > Edit menu, Speech, Start speaking. > Command tab to Pages and type away. You can turn off speech while typing. VO-command-V and cycle through until you get to typing feedback and set it to none. The o

Re: creating a smart play list

s! > > doing it this way, though, I’d have to go through my 7,000 plus library by > hand and tag each song with the christmas grouping, right? I was trying to > avoid that, if possible.. > Cait, probably being lazy > > On Dec 4, 2013, at 5:38 AM, Kevin Shaw wrote: > >&

Re: Problem with Itunes Match

Try turning off and then turning on iTunes Match. I've had this issue as well and that seems to work. On 2013-12-15, at 4:27 AM, Graham wrote: > Hi, > > > > I subscribe to Itunes Match which so far has been excellent. Currently I run > ML and the latest Itunes. IOS on my Iphone and Ipad is

Re: Itunes output

SoundFlower used to do this, but not sure if it's supported under Mavericks. You could set the system output to your Mackie device and set Voiceover back to the internal sound card. You may also have success by playing back using VLC. Kevin On 2013-12-19, at 1:34 PM, Terje Strømberg wrote:

Re: Taggin on Facebook

How is tagging done in the Facebook mobile layout on Facebook itself? On 2013-12-20, at 11:42 AM, David Taylor wrote: > Hi, > > If you are using the desktop layout you type the at sign @ and then start > typing their name. When you've typed enough, it will be filled in for you and > you simply

Re: Reading column and row titles automatically in Numbers

Whenever I create a new sheet in Numbers, the first thing I do is turn off header rows and columns. Right click on the header row and column and set header rows and columns to 0. >From that point on, you should hear standard spreadsheet coordinates when >navigating around. A1, B1, C1, etc. HT

Re: Writing and Reading Mathematics with VO

In the special characters box, you can find additional math symbols, such as trig functions, calculus symbols and so on. Kevin On 2014-08-04, at 10:11 AM, Ibraheem Fakir wrote: > Dear List, > > Hope you're all well. Does anybody have work arounds for writing math and > reading it back with VO

Re: Writing and Reading Mathematics with VO

Hi Tim, As said before, you can use the Special Characters under Edit to generate more complex math symbols. You may have to read these by navigating with your arrow keys. Examples: ⋿ (read as Z notation bad membership) ⋜ 3 (read as equal to or less than 3) ℇ (read as Euler constant) Kevin On

Re: How to remove unwanted line breaks.

Annie, In either Pages or TextEdit, highlight the line break and copy. Open Find/Replace. Paste the line break into the Find field. Enter the replacement character in the repalce with: field. Don't leave it blank as you'll get words smushed together. Press Replace All. Note, you may have to put

Re: how to change a page document to a word document on the mack using voice over

Becky, In Pages,this is easy. Go to File menu Select Export >From the submenu, choose Word... You'll be prompted again for the format you wish to export to, Word will be selected, but to double check, VO arrow to the Word option and confirm. You'll be presented with the typical save dialog box.

Re: What a disappointment.

The problem was definitely on Apple's end. Akamai will scale up or down with traffic load across their CDN. Other Apple events have streamed fine in the past. Leave it to JavaScript to ruin the day. Kevin On 2014-09-10, at 10:58 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: > I just waited u

Anyone Using Slack?

hi Listers, Anyone out there use Slack for team communication? I'm using the website and iOS app, as well as the Mac app. Any accessibility tips would be appreciated, as I've got an open line to the developer. Thanks, Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

What's the Deal with new Numbers in Mavericks?

I've upgraded to the new Numbers. Thankfully, I still have old Numbers. A few questions: Does VO no longer read the content of merged cells? what's the deal with the Inspector? Does it not gain focus when pressing the keyboard shortcut? I'm missing advanced functions, namely FLOOR, ROUND and som

Cloning Account Settings Across Macs

Hi there, I'm wondering if there's a way to clone an account's settings (user name, password, mail, etc) between two Macs without having to set up an account from scratch on the second machine. Thanks in advance, Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

Re: Graphing calculator software for the Mac

Frank, I believe there's a utility called Grapher that does this built into SL. Check your Utilities folder. I believe this should work with Zoom. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to ma

Re: mac keeper?

HI Cliff, Here's a Youtube video that explains what Mac Keeper does. There seems to be a lot of misinformation about the app, as the company that makes it used some pretty terrible pop-up marketing techniques. I have seen the pop-up many times in my web travels. This is what has turned many off

Re: a possible suggestion concerning drag and drop

Keeping both source and destination folders/objects open would seem logical. Visually, the mouse pointer is moving from one place to the other on screen, so having both source and destination open should perform drag and drop. Kevin has a lot of discovering to do in Lion. You can complain to him

Re: updates for Itunes and Iwork

I'm discovering that iTunes is sluggish and quite unresponsive with VO under Lion. First letter navigation worked for me some of the time and the sluggishness disappeared when I made a Genius playlist. In other words, I could use my arrow keys to navigate fine within the playlist, just like the

Re: saving audio form a flash video?

I know some others have had success with putting the letters pwn in front of the youtube address to get to a web service that lets you take the audio off. So, you'd put in www.pwnyoutube.com/whatever and then get a choice of services to use. That's PWN by the way, just in case VO pronounces it

Re: saving audio form a flash video?

ren > > On Mon, 25 Jul 2011, Kevin Shaw wrote: > >> I know some others have had success with putting the letters pwn >> in front of the youtube address to get to a web service that lets you take >> the audio off. So, you'd put in www.pwnyoutube.com/whatever and th

Macvisionaries Wiki

Hello list members, I'm discovering a lot of messages on the list that seem to be asking the same questions over and over. I'm wondering if it would be more efficient for several creative people out there to create a Macvisionaries wiki which would contain answers to common questions and cover

Re: Bookmarks bug in Safari?

HI Riccardo, I've experienced this within Safari as well as other applications where Voiceover will lose focus on the forward most window. Odd behaviour for sure. If a simple workaround is restarting VO, then it's not an insurmountable problem. It is frustrating though. Kevin On 2011-07-29, a

iTunes Keystroke Discovery

Hi friends, I've discovered a keystroke in iTunes rather by accident. In the main music library playlist and with Shuffle off, option + the arrow left and right keys will jump to the previous and next artist in the main playlist. For example,e I was able to jump from Fitz and the Tantrums to Th

Re: A question about a specific example of slowness in iTunes 10.4

Brian, I've experienced the exact same thing running on a mid-2009 MBP with 8 GB of RAM, and SSD and running in Lion. Moving up and down through my playlists is rather speedy and other than the main music library playlist, I have no issues. I'm wondering two things: 1. In upgrading to 104

Where's Front Row in Lion?

HI list, Anyone know what happened to Front Row in Lion?¬ It doesn't seem to be anywhere on my Mac. If there's somewhere I can download it again from Apple, I'd appreciate any info. Thanks, Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries"

Friendly Hello And Introduction

Greetings fellow Mac users, My name is Kevin Shaw and I've just joined the MV list. I've got a Macbook Pro, an iPhone and iMac and I'm really enjoying being back on the Mac platform after swimming for years in shark-infested waters. I've just completed a Masters thesis on

Re: Excell on the mac?

You can use OpenOffice.org's spreadsheet function which will open and read Excel files with no hassles. As said before, try Numbers which comes with iwork. It will import XLS files as well. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gro

Time machine and NAS

Hi guys and gals, I am interested in setting up a 2-bay NAS box for backup over a home network. Will time Machine see that drive as a suitable backup drive? Or, do I need something connected to USB or Firewire. Thanks, Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl

Re: filters in mail

>From my experience, smart mailboxes keep the original message in your main >mailbox, whereas rules will move the physical message. This is with a POP3 >account. Your mileage may vary. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. T

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

HI there, For someone who has just finished a Master's degree, I can honestly say that a Mac was well worth the money and investment. I just wrote my 31-page Master's thesis in Pages and had few issues with creating a table of contents, pagination and document markup. iWork and OpenOffice.org

Re: A Question Regarding Menu Hotkeys

If you have a Macbook with a multitouch trackpad, you can create a gesture that will take you right to the menubar. From there, it's first letter navigation which should be straight forward. Might be a little easier than VO-M. Mine is Shift-Swipe Down. Kevin -- You received this message becau

Re: screen curtain

HI there, Each time you launch Voiceover, you will need to reactivate the screen curtain. Perhaps this is a feature request for future versions of VO. Each time you relaunch VO, it would tell you the status of the screen curtain. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: Copying audio CDs

I am not sure if iTunes will give you the option, but if you can lower your burning speed to 4x, this should eliminate skip issues. As for other accessible burning applications, try Toast. I remember seeing that on a VO compatible page. I'm not sure if Wave Burner is VO accessible, but it will

Re: Copying audio CDs

Me again, In iTunes, click the Burn Disc button. You will be able to access your burner's speed settings from there. Set it to 4 or 2x for optimal burning speed. Hope this helps, Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post

Re: word processing and spred sheets on ipad

The full iWorks suite is available specifically; for iPad. This includes Pages, Numbers and Keynote. Good luck, Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To u

NAS and Time Machine

HI all, I don't know if my original message went through to the list. I was wondering if anyone is successfully using a NAS box with Time Machine or whether the backup drive has to be a USB or Firewire drive only. Thanks, Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Go

Re: NAS and Time Machine

NAS stands for Network Attached Storage. It's essentially a hard drive case for two drives with an Ethernet jack on the back. Data is sent via Ethernet protocols to the drives. This allows the drive to sit in a corner, connected to a router and accessible over a network. My box will allow me

Re: NAS and Time Machine

Similar to Time Capsule, but not an Apple product. The drive will show up as a standard disk in Finder, but I am wondering if Time Machine will do automatic backups to that drive. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To pos

Re: macbook versus Macbook pro

Hi Laura, The Macbook Pro features a Firewire port, the Macbook does not. That and the points mentioned earlier are the difference. Voiceover will run on any Mac, from their smallest laptop to their professional grade servers, once it is running any OS past OS X 10.4 Tiger. Good luck with the

Re: NAS and Time Machine

Yes, I realize NAS boxes come in larger configurations. what I meant to say was that mine in particular has two drives in it. We use NAS at my station with up to 15 drives in it. As for the formatting information, I will look into that. the manual does have information on using the NAS as an iT

Re: Tornado warning! (get away from windows)

Hi Samuel, Running Windows on a Mac doesn't defeat the purpose of buying a Mac. Apple encourages, albeit in a round-about way, people to run Windows on their Macs. This is why Apple made BootCamp in the first place. Having said that, I'm not aware of any comparable product to K-1000 running on

OLd School ClarisWorks Translator

Hello there, Way back in the day, I used to use a productivity package called ClarisWorks. I have a few hundred files still left in that format and am wondering if there is some type of extension or application that will allow me to convert or read these files. Any help would be appreciated.

DVS Movies in itunes Store

HI there, Does anyone know if there are movies in the iTunes store that come with descriptive video? Is there a way to tell or activate this feature with a downloaded movie? Is there a way to search the store for movies with DVS specifically. If there are described movies available, then I'm

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