Re: Going back without using the Toolbar

2011-06-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, use command left bracket. On Jun 28, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Christopher Peppel wrote: > Hi Everybody, > > Is there a way I can go back to the previous page in Safari without going to > the toolbar each time? > > Thanks for your help. > > Chris > > -- > You received this message beca

Re: Mac book pro running very hot

2011-06-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
Spell was > using a high per centage, and resetting it temporarily made the issue stop. > Carolyn > On Jun 28, 2011, at 8:15 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> You might check the process manager, see if something is running that is >> using all of your processor's re

Re: jumping around the web?

2011-07-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
Press control option command j to move to the next control. On Jul 2, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: > Okay, have tried finding this everywhere, but since I can't find it I will > ask. How do you jump quickly to check boxes, radio buttons, and combo boxes? > > Kliphton SR > (twitter) h

Re: Auto log in for the Mac

2011-07-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
It was in security I think, something about the automatic log in. On Jul 3, 2011, at 12:05 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > Hi! I had this problem for a while, but changed it somewhere under system > preferences. I wish I could remember exactly, but > the 1 thing I remember clearly is that 1 setting was

Re: Using Uverse

2011-07-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
Do these apps also allow you to play recordings back afterwords? If they let you record programs, but don't provide a way to select and play them back from the DVR, it's meaningless. On Jul 3, 2011, at 10:08 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > If you are totally blind, the U-verse app will be inaccessi

Re: Will It Be Easy To Install Lion?

2011-07-06 Thread Mike Arrigo
We should be able to install it without sighted help, it can be installed as an upgrade, though I plan to make an install disk, erase my hard drive and install from scratch, installing a version of an operating system over the top of another is a recipe for problems. On Jul 6, 2011, at 9:03 AM,

Re: Will It Be Easy To Install Lion?

2011-07-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
: > how do I make a install disk for my macbook? I always like to install a new > os insted of a upgrade! > old habits and bad experiences from windows dye hard! > > On Jul 6, 2011, at 8:16 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> We should be able to install it without sighted help

Re: Will It Be Easy To Install Lion?

2011-07-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
ow about making a podcast of this? Just a suggestion. :) > On Jul 6, 2011, at 9:16 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> We should be able to install it without sighted help, it can be installed as >> an upgrade, though I plan to make an install disk, erase my hard drive and >> in

Re: [Bulk] Re: Will It Be Easy To Install Lion?

2011-07-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
can get! It requires that the snow leopard is >> already on the machine! >> - Original Message - From: "Mike Arrigo" >> To: >> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 3:16 AM >> Subject: Re: Will It Be Easy To Install Lion? >> >> >> We sho

Re: Looking for the most accessible twitter client

2011-07-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey Paul, congrads on the new mac. The hard to pronounce one is your best bet, it's from Japan I think, from what I've heard, it's very accessible, and it's free in the app store. On Jul 7, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > Hi, guys. I am a new iMac user; about two weeks; still learnin

Re: Just my thoughts regarding CCC Carbon Copy Cloner

2011-07-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
You can choose to back up to a disk image I think. If you want to do a full backup, you will want to dedicate a drive, or at least a partition to the mac, and format it accordingly. On Jul 7, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Jeff Bishop wrote: > Does CCC create the backup to a single file and can I back up to

Re: Just my thoughts regarding CCC Carbon Copy Cloner

2011-07-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Personally, I find both programs to be very good. They are both accessible and do pretty much the sae thing, and they do it well. On Jul 7, 2011, at 1:48 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Dan, > > Thank you for some really great info. > > Just curious, you wrote that you believe Carbon Copy to be be

Re: Will It Be Easy To Install Lion?

2011-07-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
to drink a strong > one or a softdrink? > > > > - Original Message - From: "Mike Arrigo" > To: > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 7:04 PM > Subject: Re: Will It Be Easy To Install Lion? > > > You bet, that's the plan, I plan to do

Re: Just my thoughts regarding CCC Carbon Copy Cloner

2011-07-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
e once the backup is complete, and this would allow you to restore your system totally without sighted help. On Jul 7, 2011, at 9:24 PM, David Tanner wrote: > Are either or both of these available from the App Store? > > > - Original Message - From: "Mike Arrigo" &

Re: Restoring files from a Time Machine Backup

2011-07-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, you can use the time interface, or you can just browse the drive. Time machine does not compress or otherwise change the files, you can copy them from the back up drive as you wish. On Jul 7, 2011, at 9:34 PM, David McLean wrote: > I've done this several times simply by copying the backed u

Re: errasing history items in the new Skype

2011-07-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
There is a setting in preferences to do this. Also, if you interact with the table of the recent list, you can delete things by opening the actions menu, the new skype seems to make heavy use of that. On Jul 9, 2011, at 7:30 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Say, anybody got any notion how to erase hist

Re: complex networking question (double nating)

2011-07-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
Not sure if you're using wireless, but my suggestion is, use the routing features of the com cast modem itself. This would mean you would need to give up the mac address control but if you turn off the ss id broadcast and have a good password for your wifi network, you should be fine. No sense m

Re: complex networking question (double nating)

2011-07-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
how come you need to use this modem? In theory at least, if it uses docsis, it should work with any cable modem. Now, sometimes, if you have phone service as well, one modem handles everything, or it could be that they don't follow the docsis standards completely. On Jul 10, 2011, at 7:36 PM, Sc

Re: Looking for the most accessible twitter client

2011-07-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
to start. > Thanks to all of you guys. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 7, 2011, at 5:38 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> Hey Paul, congrads on the new mac. The hard to pronounce one is your best >> bet, it's from Japan I think, from what I've heard,

Re: using a mac full time?

2011-07-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
I have not had a pc for over a year. I only use windows for 1 or 2 things, and fusion works quite well. I do most things on my macs. I don't miss my pc, and have no need to get another one. On Jul 11, 2011, at 9:20 AM, james walton wrote: > hello, > > I have been doing some thinking, and was wo

Re: office applications

2011-07-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
The text edit word processor that is included with the mac is accessible, and it does some advanced formatting. Apple's iwork programs are useable, and, though it takes some getting used to, open office also works. On Jul 11, 2011, at 9:47 AM, james walton wrote: > what do you all use for office

Re: Voice over lag and other lion issues

2011-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
I enjoy reading email on the mac, mainly because I can interact with the messages table, and read just the subject of each message, I get through my email much faster than I can in windows, once I upgrade to lion, I will probably switch to the classic view. I can't think of any advantage to doin

Re: SuperDuper Versus Carbon Copy Cloner

2011-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
Both programs have this feature, but you need to purchase super duper to get it, carbon copy cloner is totally free, though you can make a donation, which is worth it, it's a great program. I use carbon copy cloner myself, but super duper is a great program as well. On Jul 23, 2011, at 1:08 PM,

Re: Great new features in Lion

2011-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
The new safari uses a new version of webkit, which is the html engine, and yes, mail does use it as well. I have not upgraded to lion yet, and this started after installing the safari update as well. Of course, one work around is to disable notifications about misspelled words in voiceover, but

Re: Getting an app out of full screen mode in Lion?

2011-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
In order to do this, press control option f2 to open the window chooser menu, you should have an item there that says something about switching out of full screen mode. On Jul 23, 2011, at 11:06 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: > Hello list: > Has anyone found a way to get an app out of full screen mode?

Re: Dual boot between Snow Leopard and Lion?

2011-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
In theory, using the 2 partition method you describe should work, haven't tried it though. On Jul 23, 2011, at 11:14 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > Guys, > I'm considering a dual boot environment between Snow Leopard and Lion. > How do I do it. > > I'm not ready to buy lion yet. But when I do, I suspe

Re: Making an Install Flash Drive for Lion: Tutorial Link

2011-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
I plan on covering this in my pod cast, which I hope to do tonight or tomorrow when I install lion on one of my macs, it's probably going to be a long one, because I want to cover everything from purchasing it, to making an install disk to actually doing the install. On Jul 24, 2011, at 1:03 AM,

Re: How do I select a link in a message?

2011-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
To select a link, interact with the text area, then move your voiceover cursor to the link, press control option space to activate it. On Jul 24, 2011, at 1:25 AM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > Hi. How can I select a link in an email message and copy it to the clipboard? > Is there a way to select the

Re: Dual boot between Snow Leopard and Lion?

2011-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
This should work, though when installing a completely new operating system, I usually install and configure my apps from scratch, takes more time, but it's more reliable. On Jul 24, 2011, at 2:05 AM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > Assuming I can get the dual boot thing together, would I then use > migrati

Re: Absolutely incredibly awesome finding in Safari, Item chooser issue resolved!

2011-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
As far as I know, it has always worked this way in safari, I have searched for items, and they were always found whether visible or not. On Jul 24, 2011, at 3:33 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > Hey guys. > > You're not gonna believe what Mom and I just discovered! This is totally > cool

Re: Voice over lag and other lion issues

2011-07-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
I would also ask, what does voiceover not do that you need it to do? I would say it does most things the windows screen readers do, and in some ways does many of them better. On Jul 25, 2011, at 8:12 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > In regards to the iWork stuff, Its kinda unfair to pin that

Re: Problem with carbon copy cloner resolved

2011-07-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
I noticed this with the new version, the options to start the process were still there when I did my last backup, since I have some vision, I could tell the light on the external drive was flashing, so I just let it do its thing. Try the restore again and give it some time. On Jul 25, 2011, at 1

Re: Problem with carbon copy cloner resolved

2011-07-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
That's one thing I love about the mac among others, you can restore your system totally without sighted help, I don't know of any way to do this with windows. On Jul 25, 2011, at 1:04 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > Hi! Thank you very much for telling me this! I'll definitely keep it in mind > for futu

Re: scanning software question

2011-07-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
There are actually 2 of them, docuscan plus from serotek, and abbyy fine reader. Docuscan plus may meet your needs a bit better here. On Jul 25, 2011, at 5:20 PM, Tammy Cantrell wrote: > Hello! > Is there a software that allows you to scan documents and read them to you > like Openbook or Kurzwe

Re: Is this really Apple software???

2011-07-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
You might try doing a clean install of the operating system and see if that makes a difference. Usually, installing a new operating system as an upgrade can cause problems. On Jul 26, 2011, at 9:46 AM, Larry Wanger wrote: > Hi, > > I'm sure that some of what I'm about to say has already been po

Re: my own preliminary observations of Lion so far

2011-07-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, I think apple has discontinued the regular macbook, so now it's either the macbook air or the macbook pro. I also have the last generation of the white macbook. The macbook air is great for portability, but it lacks a couple features I would want, a dvd drive and an ethernet port. On Jul 26

Re: Is this really Apple software???

2011-07-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
I got snow leppard the day it came out. The one major bug I remember was in safari, when a page loaded, voiceover would start somewhere in the middle of a page. That was fixed in the first update. Other than that, it worked fine. I'm probably going to install lion tonight, but I have a backup of

Re: Booting from the Lion Partition

2011-07-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
Try pressing control option f2 to open the window chooser menu, that usually will allow you to select the window you need. On Jul 26, 2011, at 7:49 PM, Dan Roy wrote: > I want to do a fresh install of Lion. I did the upgrade, but, as I mentioned > on the list before, I am having a few problems.

Re: Voice over lag and other lion issues

2011-07-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
This is a good thing, I get tired of people always suggesting one product, regardless of what else is available, I would put the capabilities of voiceover against any windows screen reader, it would at least tie them and in some cases, come out ahead. On Jul 26, 2011, at 7:59 PM, David Tanner wr

Re: for those who's macbooks are running hot, I have a sollution

2011-07-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
I actually have spot light disabled in snow leppard as well. If cocktail works with lion, I will use it to disable spot light, it will do this by unchecking one option. I know where I keep everything on my computer, so I have no need for spotlight, those resources are better used for other thing

lion clean install

2011-07-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey everyone, ok, here is my experience so far. One of my other macs is doing the install now. Purchased the app and downloaded it. Used disk utility to make a bootable DVD, also attempted to make a bootable flash drive, but disk utility seems to require you to drag the disk image to the destina

Re: [Bulk] Extremely frustrating problem on Web site

2011-07-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
I don't usually use theitem chooser on web sites, but have tried it to test this, so far it's worked for me. On Jul 29, 2011, at 11:09 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > I have found that VO+F can work well where Item chooser goes astray. For > some reason, a few of us have found that the item chooser i

Re: a most paculiar Safari behavior

2011-07-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
One thing you might try, if you have the tool bar or bookmark bar showing, disable these, the less clutter you have on the screen the better, and this will help to keep the focus on the web page. On Jul 30, 2011, at 12:56 AM, Shen wrote: > Hi, yes I am noticing this too. Although I am getting th

Re: a most paculiar Safari behavior

2011-07-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
gt; Facebook: > facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 > > > > On Jul 30, 2011, at 9:29 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> One thing you might try, if you have the tool bar or bookmark bar showing, >> disable these, the less clutter you have on the screen the better, and this >

Re: Music player

2011-07-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
Itunes works much better on the mac than it does in windows. However, I use the vlc player, which you can get from videolan.org. It plays just about everything. The problem with itunes is that it insists on adding everything you play to your library, vlc works great and is very accessible. On Ju

Re: One letter Navigation?

2011-07-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
You need to make sure quick nav is turned on, the one key navigation is part of that. On Jul 31, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > Hi All. > > Just having a look at Safari, also went to Safari's preferences just in case > I missed anything. But how does one do one letter navigation?

Re: Lion and two keyboard commands

2011-07-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
The commands you give are correct, I don't think they have changed. Try pressing enter in the item chooser to select the item you want. On Jul 31, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > Hi All, > > two quick ones for you, I'm just doing a clean install of Lion, if I need to > brin

possible bug in lion with voiceover

2011-07-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey everyone, wondering if anyone else can reproduce this, or if it's just happening on my system. I did a clean install of lion, when you first boot up, your mouse pointer is on the apple menu in the menu bar. I needed to access an application in the status menus that I can't get to with the ke

Re: Problems with lion: dock extra and apple menu

2011-07-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
The com apple extra thing appears when you start up, just press command tab to go to your desktop. On Jul 31, 2011, at 9:39 PM, Sonnia wrote: > Hi everyone. I just upgraded to lion and there's something called "com > apple.extra" or something like that. It won't go away even though it > "has no w

library folder

2011-08-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey everyone, I noticed that in Lion, in my home folder there is no longer a library folder, does anyone know where this has disappeared to? Or is this now a hiden folder? If so, I can configure the finder to show hiden files and folders, but this can get a bit cluttered. -- You received this

Re: adium not working under lion

2011-08-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
It's working fine for me. I did a clean install of lion, not an upgrade, have not had any problems. On Aug 1, 2011, at 4:45 AM, johns.kary wrote: > Hopefully this will be the last question. lol > > Ever since I've installed lion, adium has refused to work. > Wen I try to open adium I get the mes

Re: where do the new voices go?

2011-08-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
I just checked, the voics are definitely there. You may not want to just delete them though, if the system still thinks they are there, it may cause problems. I think if you uncheck the option for each voice, it may uninstall them, not sure on that though. The premium voices definitely use a lar

Re: where do the new voices go?

2011-08-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
One interesting thing I noticed, all of the compact voices are there, but I guess only the ones that you check will be available, the quality difference is huge, honesty I see no reason to use the compact voices, the quality is just too poor. On Aug 2, 2011, at 10:24 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >

Re: File associations

2011-08-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
To get pdf files to open in preview, do the following. Highlight a PDF file, and press command i for the info window. Navigate to the extension section, you may have to expand it. You will find an option for what to use to open the file, open the pop up menu and choose preview. Right after that

Re: first timer question!

2011-08-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
I would do a clean install, though others have had good luck with the upgrade, I just prefer to start fresh with a new operating system. Whether you choose the upgradeor clean install, it's totally accessible through the whole process, that's something windows can't even come close to. On Aug 2,

Re: where do the new voices go?

2011-08-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
ust weren't an option. The high > quality versions are actually listenable, though; I really like Karen and Lee > in particular. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo > S

Re: very weird and inconsistant behavior with conversations

2011-08-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
Not sure why right arrow is no longer expanding the conversation, but you might try pressing control option backslash and see if that works. On Aug 2, 2011, at 9:29 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Okay, > > Want another weirdness? Here you go. For at least three days now, I've been > able to expand

Re: Is my Mac able to run Lion?

2011-08-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
You got your macbook in 2009, you should have no problems with lion. On Aug 3, 2011, at 2:05 AM, Jes Smith wrote: > Hi all, > This is what I pulled up from my system profiler. I'm not sure if my Mac > hardware is capable of running lion. I hope it is, because I already paid for > it. I will be d

Re: Music player

2011-08-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
Vlc works fine with lion, I use it here, works just as well as it did in snow leppard. On Aug 3, 2011, at 11:43 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > Hi, Eric. I bought that VLC wasn't compatible with Lion? > > On Jul 31, 2011, at 5:04 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > >> Hi Angie, >> >> ITunes is marginally

Re: when I take delivery of my mac mini then what?

2011-08-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
You got it, once you fire it up, give it a moment to boot up, then press command F5 to start voiceover. On Aug 4, 2011, at 5:40 PM, Joe Paton wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm taking delivery of a Mini next week. > So when I set it up, turn the machine on, What will happen next. Do I press > command f

Re: Making an Install Flash Drive for Lion: Tutorial Link

2011-08-06 Thread Mike Arrigo
Here's how to get around the issue, click the restore tab, then in the list of disks, control click the flash drive and choose set as destination. You need to move the mouse to the item, and control click it, doing VO shift m won't work, which is probably a bug in disk utility. Once that's done,

Re: Copying files frone one drive to another.

2011-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
The mac can read ntfs but not write to it, if you want the drive to be read and written to on both platforms, format it as fat32 On Aug 7, 2011, at 12:26 AM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > It appears you can't copy files from a Mac to a passport NTFS drive. It must > first be formatted to Mac extended

Re: com.apple.dock.extra

2011-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Currently there's no way around this that I know of, but it's easy to get around, just press command tab one time. On Aug 7, 2011, at 10:50 AM, louie wrote: > Hi all I check the archives about com.apple.dock.extra and found no > resolution for the file coming up at boot. Did anyone find a fix? >

Re: Questions about cursoring

2011-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
There's usually no reason to move around with just the mouse cursor, the closest thing voiceover offers to that is the way you have it set, to have the mouse follow the voiceover cursor. Usually there is no advantage to this, since the voiceover cursor is able to activate items. The one case I'v

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
One thing that could be happening here, sometimes links are labeled with text and also an alt or title tag, if this is the case, voiceover will read both, especially if you have the option to read help tags enabled. This can be a good thing, because on some sites, such as wikipedia, the text of

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
It's really a personal preference, but I always use dom mode too, I find the group mode to be less helpful, and involves much more interacting with things. If I want to get somewhere on a page fast, I use the search feature. On Aug 7, 2011, at 7:03 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi Randy, > I'm definit

Re: Upgrading to lion, a litle question.

2011-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
You should not have to reinstall windows, the lion install should not mess with the windows volume. On Aug 7, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Juan Pablo wrote: > Hello there, good evening. > > A few days ago I bought a mbp early 2011. The machine comes with SL pre > installed but apple offered me a free upg

Re: taking the plunge

2011-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
There are a few minor issues, but that's typical any time a new operating system is released, but I have no interest in going to back to SL. Just make sure you have a full backup of your system before upgrading. On Aug 7, 2011, at 7:53 PM, May McDonald wrote: > Well, while I still have a free mo

Re: double reading of linked text in safari reader

2011-08-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
I'll have to try this, I never use the reader, I usually just move by header, and read pages in the usual way. On Aug 7, 2011, at 11:44 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > Hi Mike, > Regarding the double reading of text if you have the reading of help tags > enabled and there is an alt tag on a link, wouldn

Re: web sites using flash

2011-08-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
At this time, flash is not accessible on the mac, and Adobe seems to have no interest in fixing this. If possible, use html 5 instead of flash, it's a newer standard and is accessible. Hopefully this will totally replace flash eventually. On Aug 8, 2011, at 6:43 AM, Christopher Wright wrote: >

Re: Item Chooser in Safari, Lion OSx

2011-08-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, this is a known issue, the main items it misses are links. There are a couple work arounds, use the search feature, control option f, or the roter, control option u. On Aug 8, 2011, at 3:00 PM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Hoping someone can verify my observations with

Re: question about Scan Soft voices

2011-08-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, assuming you are running lion, open the speech item in system preferences, and in the pop up menu, choose customize. From here, you can check the options and redownload the voices you want. On Aug 8, 2011, at 9:20 PM, carlene knight wrote: > Hi: > > I just got a new computer and though eve

Re: Extremely frustrated with Navigon not transferring to IPhone

2011-08-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
If you have access to a wifi network, you might try just downloading it directly on the iphone. Search for it in the app store, and go through the purchase process again, it will tell you that you've already purchased it and offer to download it. On Aug 8, 2011, at 9:48 PM, Jes Smith wrote: > H

Re: Misspelled Announcements

2011-08-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
It happened with the safari update, the mail application uses webkit to display emails, this is also what powers safari. It happened for me while still on snow leppard, and also happens in lion. For now, I've turned off the announcement of misspelled words. On Aug 9, 2011, at 5:20 AM, Red.Falcon

Re: mouse keys

2011-08-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
This allows you to control the mouse using the numeric keypad, I think it uses the regular keyboard on a laptop. On Aug 9, 2011, at 11:43 AM, chad baker wrote: > hi quick question what's the mouse keys on and off feature in the universal > access menu > when its turned is there keys to move it u

Re: question about Scan Soft voices

2011-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
M > Subject: Re: question about Scan Soft voices > > > Thanks. Will try it. > On Aug 9, 2011, at 4:57 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> Yes, assuming you are running lion, open the speech item in system >> preferences, and in the pop up menu, choose customize. From here, you can &g

Re: sure wish they'd fix the focus issues with Voice Over and Safari

2011-08-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
Do you have the tool bar enabled? If so, I would disable it. The less you have on the screen to keep the focus of the main content, the better, I would get rid of the tool bar, book marks bar, all of that extra stuff. I haven't had the issues you mention. On Aug 10, 2011, at 1:23 AM, Ray Foret J

Re: No ok button in VO utilities

2011-08-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
This concept is common on the mac. Many windows do not have an ok button, when you change something, it changes right away, you just close the window or quit the application when you're done. On Aug 11, 2011, at 3:22 AM, Joe Paton wrote: > Hi, I don't see an OK button in the vo utilities app. H

Re: playing Audible Samples now absolutely impossible

2011-08-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
What if you uncheck the option to enable plug ins? This totally turns off flash. On Aug 11, 2011, at 6:22 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > It don't work for me anymore. Any advice on settings? > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! > > Skype na

Re: Accessible Electronic OCR?

2011-08-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
Check out docuscan plus, it will handle pdf files in this way. On Aug 11, 2011, at 9:06 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hi, folks, > > I have a number of pdf files that are image-based only. I rarely use a > scanner, and would mostly prefer performing OCR on electronic images. Does > FineReader do

Re: default voice question

2011-08-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
You may need to restart growl for this to take effect alternatively, just reboot your mac. On Aug 14, 2011, at 11:08 AM, chad baker wrote: > hi i'm trying to have samantha read me growl notifications on piano pub alex > is reading right now > i went to system prefs and set the default voice to s

Re: charger Compadibility

2011-08-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
It should be, the macbook pro is a higher wattage charger, so, assuming it fits, it should work, though of course it won't charge any faster. On Aug 14, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Dan Roy wrote: > I am expecting my new macbook air to arrive tomorrow. Does anybody know if > the charger from the macbook pr

Re: Need Basic Help About Running Windows

2010-07-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi there, you need to get a copy of vmware fusion, www.vmware.com. This will allow you to run windows in a virtual machine, as well as install without sighted help. If you have skype or another program for communication, I could give you more help getting started with this. It will allow you to

Re: Need Basic Help About Running Windows

2010-07-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
at work so I can have them install > it tomorrow. I might need somehelp with what to do next though and I > definitely have skype. I did go tot he web site and basically understand > what it does. Anything i need to know specifically to install it? > - Original Message ----- Fro

Re: Need Basic Help About Running Windows

2010-07-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
though as someone who fought with various dual and >> multi-boot setups for years I am a huge fan of virtualisation -- use >> it heavily on a Windows platform -- and would never want to go back. >> >> Garry >> >> On 7/7/10, Deb Lewis wrote: >>> Good. I li

Re: Need Basic Help About Running Windows

2010-07-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
y though as someone who fought with various dual and >> multi-boot setups for years I am a huge fan of virtualisation -- use >> it heavily on a Windows platform -- and would never want to go back. >> >> Garry >> >> On 7/7/10, Deb Lewis wrote: >>> Good. I li

Re: convert text to mp3

2010-07-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
Sure, check out ghost reader, www.assistiveware.com On Jul 8, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: > Hi > > Is there any program I can use for the mac to convert text into mp3? text > documents or word documents into mp3? maybe something like text aloud for the > mac but something freeware or

Re: how to make vo start automatically during log on

2010-07-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, first, open system preferences, and choose accounts. Click the lock button and enter your password, then choose the log in options list item. There is a check box in this screen to use voice over at the log in screen, go ahead and check that. This will not only give you speech at the log in

Re: Bluetooth serial port profile on iOS 4.

2010-07-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
I may give this another try, perhaps it's changed in version 4, it didn't work in version 3 with a gps receiver, apple does keep pretty tight control over what you can use and what you can't, sometimes too much in my opinion. On Jul 11, 2010, at 11:04 PM, Aman Singer wrote: > Hi, all. > Re

Re: Reading the date and time with Voice Over

2010-07-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
Here's how I do it. Press control f8 to go to the status menus, then press the left arrow once to get to the clock, after the time is spoken, press escape to close the menu. On Jul 12, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Paul Hunt wrote: > Hello. I would like to read the time and date with Voice Over. I know how

Re: Can a really cool Voice Over feature be enhanced?

2010-07-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
I don't think this is currently possible, though tere are commands to move to the next and previous misspelled word. This assumes that you have the feature to check spelling as you type enabled of course, personally I keep this disabled since I find it annoying, but it's a personal preference. O

Re: accessible cd burning cd software

2010-07-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
Your cd player probably can't play the mp3 disks, there are a few options on the mac. One is called simply burns, another is toast by Roxio. The last one, which I don't know much about I think is called di scribe or something like that. On Jul 13, 2010, at 6:12 AM, chad baker wrote: > Hi is the

Re: Time Machine and Boot camp

2010-07-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
I don't think time machine backs up the boot camp partition, you may want to consider using fusion instead, in that case, time machine should back up your virtual machine file. On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:33 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > Guys, > While I don't yet have a Mac, I'm threatening to buy one.

Re: help with xm radio site

2010-07-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
Actually it should work fine with safari, do you have it set to play in the browser or the quick time player? On Jul 14, 2010, at 4:47 AM, chad baker wrote: > Hi i have a online account with xm radio. > I can click a channel but it don't play. > I have flip for mac installed. > I'm guessing it do

Re: introduction and questions about switching to mac

2010-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
I'm sure you will be happy with the switch, I now have 3 macs, and 0 PCs, and while I still need to run windows occasionally, the mac operating system is by far my primary OS On Jul 23, 2010, at 8:49 PM, Greg Aikens wrote: > Thanks everyone for your responses. I will check out those podcasts > e

Re: screen curtain

2010-07-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
For saving the battery, rather than using the screen curtain, I would turn the display brightness all the way down to 0, that will totally turn off the screen lighting. On Jul 25, 2010, at 4:20 PM, John D. Lipsey wrote: > Hello! > > I enable my screen curtain because A: I don't like people bein

Re: ram requirement for voice over

2010-07-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
Any mac you will purchase, unless you buy a fairly old one that is used will have more than enough memory to support voice over, so you should be fine. On Jul 26, 2010, at 6:53 PM, Greg Aikens wrote: > Hi everyone, > I am planning on buying a mac. I wanted to know if there is a minimum > ram requ

Re: Is numbers as good as excel?

2010-07-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes it is, haven't used it a whole lot, but it seems to work well. On Jul 28, 2010, at 4:15 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > So numbers is accessible with vo? At least to a point. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf

Re: Answering a Skype call

2010-08-06 Thread Mike Arrigo
This information is displayed in the call window. The only thing is, it doesn't always gain focus. So, you need to press VO f2 twice to open the window menu and choose the quick answer window. This will allow you to see who is calling and select the answer button if you wish. On Aug 6, 2010, at

Re: skype status a little info!

2010-08-06 Thread Mike Arrigo
Another thing you can do is set skype to only show you the contacts who are on line, this is how I have mine, since if they're not on line you can't do much anyway. On Aug 6, 2010, at 6:02 PM, focus wrote: > Hi all! > When I tried to help Sarai, I remembered that part of the original question >

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