Re: Carbon copy versus time machine

2011-08-19 Thread Mike Arrigo
> > On Aug 18, 2011, at 6:15 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> You could make another backup to an image file and store that some place, >> though you're probably fine with keeping 1 backup around. The difference >> between the mac and windows is, should you need to re

a couple lion questions

2011-08-20 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey everyone, a couple things about lion have me puzzled so thought I would ask. In safari, when pressing command l to open a page, if you press the dash key, has anyone noticed that voiceover says turn hiding on or turn hiding off? What exactly does this change, I've noticed you need to hold th

Re: Considering a Mac, what are the positives and negatives?

2011-08-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
Transferring things between computers should not be a problem. One of the main positives of the mac is that the accessibility is built in, and it works out of the box. Of course, the mac does cost a bit more than a windows laptop, but you get what you pay for, the quality of macs is much better.

Re: a couple lion questions

2011-08-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
> > All the best > Jürgen > Am 20.08.2011 um 11:31 schrieb Mike Arrigo: > >> Hey everyone, a couple things about lion have me puzzled so thought I would >> ask. In safari, when pressing command l to open a page, if you press the >> dash key, has anyone noticed that vo

Re: Getting my first mac

2011-08-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
Welcome to the world of the mac, I'm sure you will love it. Since you use the ipad, you're already half way there in learning voiceover, if you use the track pad commander, the gestures are mostly the same for navigating, so you should feel right at home there. Of course there are some new conce

Re: Lion DVD ore USB?

2011-08-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
There's no need to buy it, you can get a flash drive and make your own. You can use the lion recovery assistant application from apple to do this. I used an old 1 GB flash drive I had around here, works well. On Aug 22, 2011, at 2:07 PM, Hayri Tulumcu wrote: > Hello folks. I have some questions

Re: Direct links for downloading Voices

2011-08-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
There's really no direct way to download these, it uses software update. Even if there was, you would still have the network issues, the realy solution here is to resolve the network problem, everything else will follow. On Aug 22, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Sunshine wrote: > At last, last Friday I manag

Re: Office VS IWorks

2011-08-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
Go with iwork, microsoft office on the mac is not accessible, you could also try open office, which is free. Iwork is able to open and save Microsoft Office files, but if you need to use office natively, consider installing windows on your mac. On Aug 23, 2011, at 7:47 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: >

Re: device manager present on the mac?

2011-08-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, open your uti9lities folder and then open system information, there should be a usb section detailing your usb devices. On Aug 25, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi list, > > When I connect a USB scanner, even before having installed its drivers, is > there a way to verify that th

Re: Looking for a program like Adobe Audition

2011-08-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
Isn't that an audio editor? If so, check out asadeus pro, not sure if that's in the app store, but it's a very accessible audio editor for the mac. On Aug 27, 2011, at 8:12 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > Hi. I'm looking for an accessible program like Adobe Additoin, but not so > expensive. I figur

Re: backing up virtual windows and jaws/hal keys?

2011-08-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
In theory, the key should be backed up along with the virtual machine, if you switch computers or create a new virtual machine, it may cause problems, hard to say. This is why it's best to avoid using software that insists on using this authorization nonsense in the first place. On Aug 27, 2011,

Re: Where Is The User Library folder in Lion?

2011-08-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
The library folder is hiden in lion, personally I think apple made the wrong decision with that, but it's easy to get to. In the finder, press command shift g, this opens a dialog box where you can type the folder you want to go to. Type ~/library note the symbols at the beginning, select ok and

Re: ready to throw MBA out a window, can someone help?

2011-08-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
Did you create an account when you first got the macbook air, or are you trying to do this during the initial set up? If you already created an account during the initial set up, you will probably want to reinstall your operating system and transfer the account information during the initial set

Re: Windows On A Mac

2011-09-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
There's really only one choice here, go with fusion. Parallels is not accessible, for some reason, the developers of parallels chose to use nonstandard controls for everything, which makes it completely inaccessible to voiceover. Why anyone would choose to use nonstandard controls when there are

Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, you would need a windows screen reader, just like you would running windows on a pc. It's no more or less crash prone than a pc, it would allow you to run microsoft products if you needed to. On Sep 4, 2011, at 6:01 AM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: > Hi, I'm still pondering getting a Mac. I und

Re: dashboard getting on my nerves

2011-09-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
You might go in to keyboard under system preferences, and disable some of the keyboard shortcuts in there. There was one that was driving me nuts, I don't know if I had accidentally set it or if it was a default setting, the dash key was set to show and hide the doc. Got rid of that as well as t

Re: xp on the mac?

2011-09-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
They might have been talking about boot camp, however, you can use fusion and it will run windows xp without problems, jaws should work fine with that. On Sep 11, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: > Hi all, > > someone told me that mac 2011 has trouble with runing xp. Can anyone confirm

Re: Questionabout Super Doopper and external drives

2011-09-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
Time machine does not make a bootable backup, although you can boot off of the system dvd or the lion recovery and restore your entire system. Another program that will make a bootable backup is carbon copy cloner, this is the one I tend to use, but super duper is also a great program, and I hav

Re: VMWare Fusion 4 is out and accessible

2011-09-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
I will see about the upgrade as soon as I finish with email, I'm glad fusion continues to be accessible, since paralels refuses to make their application work with voiceover. Even when sighted people ask me which program to get I suggest fusion, I will not help to support a company who has been

Re: parallels?

2011-09-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
Paralels is not accessible and the company seems to have no interest in fixing this. On Sep 14, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Anouk Radix wrote: > Hi, All this talk about fusion has me wondering if anyone has tried parallels > or if it is even accessible with vo? Not saying its better but its the other >

Re: VMWare Fusion 4 is out and accessible

2011-09-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
14, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > I will see about the upgrade as soon as I finish with email, I'm glad fusion > continues to be accessible, since paralels refuses to make their application > work with voiceover. Even when sighted people ask me which program to get I >

Re: parallels?

2011-09-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
but I > plan to give each new version a fair try. If you've actually taken a look at > the new release first hand then I won't bother. > > Thanks, > > Justin > > > On Sep 14, 2011, at 5:09 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > Paralels is not accessible and the

Re: Fusion 4, Jaws Video Intercept

2011-09-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
That will probably take another authorization, this is one reason among several others why I do not use Jaws, that authorization nonsense causes nothing but trouble. On Sep 14, 2011, at 8:53 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: > Hi Keith, > > I went through the upgrade process just fine. I didn't have to do

parallels 7 totally inaccessible

2011-09-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi everyone, for those of you who were wondering about the new parallels 7, it is totally inaccessible just as the previous versions are. When you launch the application you have the minimize and zoom buttons, the only other thing voiceover says is "unknown" Interacting or tabbing around does no

Re: Fusion 4, Jaws Video Intercept

2011-09-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
ings, Anouk, > On Sep 15, 2011, at 6:09 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> That will probably take another authorization, this is one reason among >> several others why I do not use Jaws, that authorization nonsense causes >> nothing but trouble. >> On Sep 14, 2011, at 8:5

Re: Too much verbiage being read in message list in Mail

2011-09-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
I don't know if this applies in conversation view, I have mine set to classic, but, I interact with the messages table and move to the subject column, from there, arrowing down just reads the subject column, nothing else. On Sep 15, 2011, at 1:22 AM, Lynn Schneider wrote: > Hi guys. How can I c

Re: purchased VMware 4

2011-09-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
If you still have the fusion 3 disk image there is an app you can use to uninstall it, though I don't know if that's required. Then just copy the new version 4 app to your applications folder, when you open it, you can enter the new serial number. When you open the virtual machine you have creat

Re: VMWare and lion

2011-09-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
You might check your sticky key settings and see if this was accidentally enabled in windows. Also, in the fusion preferences, you may want to turn off the key mapping feature. On Sep 15, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Lindsay Yazzolino wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed Lion, and have since been experienci

Re: Fusion 4 and Window-Eyes

2011-09-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
I have window yes, I think it's 7.2 installed, I will try it. I don't see any difference in a version 4 virtual machine, I think it supports hd audio, and better graphics, you might try copying your version 3 virtual machine back, and telling fusion not to upgrade it. By the way, pressing enter

Re: Fusion 4 and Window-Eyes

2011-09-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
tools even after saying no to > the upgrade vm option? No matter what I have done it always seems to want to > install. I have to cancel and can then use the vm, but it's annoying. > > > On Sep 15, 2011, at 8:10 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> I have window yes, I th

Re: Fusion 4 and Window-Eyes

2011-09-16 Thread Mike Arrigo
on. I have posted a > ticket with VMWare and will probably give Freedom Scientific a call > today. > > Thanks, > > > Keith Watson > 813-760-1381 > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 15, 2011, at 11:40 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> I don't think it t

Re: Scanning software like Kurzweil for the Mac?

2011-09-19 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, there is docuscan plus, I think it costs around $299 On Sep 19, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Becky Knaub wrote: > Hi all, > I was wandering if there are any scanning programs like Kurzweil for the Mac? > If so does anyone know how much they are? Thank you for answering all my > other questions Do RFB

Re: should I switch to Lion?

2011-09-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
I have lion on all 3 of my macs, it's working well for me, a few minor issues, but nothing that prevents me from doing what I need to, I think you will be fine with the upgrade. On Sep 21, 2011, at 7:11 PM, Aimee Glover wrote: > I am also interested in feedback on this topic. I havent upgraded y

Re: Tiger or leopard?

2011-09-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
Leppard has some voiceover improvements, even still, this operating system is 2 versions behind the current one, I would say that it's not practical to go this root. On Sep 21, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Aimee Glover wrote: > My husband brought home a first generation G5 iMac. At least as far as > VoiceO

Re: Problem with the order page on the fusion order page

2011-09-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
I don't remember having an issue like that, worked fine for me, kindof stumped on that one. On Sep 23, 2011, at 7:15 AM, matthew Dyer wrote: > Hi all, > > Last night I was trying to order a copy of fusion and I kep getting stuck on > the shopping cart page and found tha tab was the only way to

Re: Fusion 4 and Window-Eyes

2011-09-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
Xp is not supported using boot camp, fusion is not affected by that though. On Sep 23, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > Hi, Guys. I thought that I had heard somewhere that xp isn't supported any > longer under lion. > Could this be the problem; the windows seven works better than xp und

Re: Fusion 4 and Window-Eyes

2011-09-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
23, 2011, at 11:22 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: > Yes, Mike. I did find out that xp was a bootcamp issue. > Still, very odd that folks are having problems with fusion four. It works > great for me. My upgrade went without a hitch. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 2

Re: what to do if you dont want to save changes in existing doc

2011-09-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
There's no way to totally disable the feature, though I wish there was. However, if you press command w to close the window, you will usually get the dialog asking if you want to save the changes, at that point you can indicate that you don't want to save them. Also, when quitting applications,

Re: downloading audio files from blind cool tech or similar resource

2011-09-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
Once you're on the link, hold the option key and press enter, this will download the file. On Sep 26, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Angie Giltinan wrote: > Hi all you smart mack users out there, > I have a simple seeming question for you all, but I'm stumped! > When you're on a site like > www.blindcooltech

Re: logos

2011-09-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
Unfortunately, last I checked, the apps are not very accessible at all, the new version 4 also does not work in windows. Fortunately there is a work around, you can read purchased books on their web site, biblia.com. You can sign in to your logos account on this site and read your purchased book

Re: Is there a work-around for accessing this site with Safari or Omniweb?

2011-10-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
Here's something else you could try, it may or may not work. Go in to safari preferences and disable plug ins, this will disable flash and some sits will give you a version of the page that does not use flash. It sounds like this site has some bad design issues though. On Oct 2, 2011, at 6:52 PM

Re: Downloading podcasts rather than playing them

2011-10-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, one you are on the link, hold the option key and press enter, this will download the linked file. On Oct 9, 2011, at 8:25 AM, Richard Ring wrote: > Hello: > When I go to a web site in Safari such as blindcooltech.com and attempt to > download a podcast, I run into trouble. What happens is,

Re: Is there a key stroke to Go To the Tool Bar

2011-10-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, press control F5, that will focus the first toolbar item. On Oct 12, 2011, at 9:30 AM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: > If anyone knows a quick and easy way to jump to the tool bar in an > application, I'd appreciate you sharing. > > Kev > > -- > You received this message because you are subscrib

Re: Glitch with Nuance Voices In Lion Getting Worse

2011-10-16 Thread Mike Arrigo
I've noticed it happens sometimes, I also use Samantha, I wouldn't say it happens more in 10.7.2, but it does happen. I remember emailing apple about this a while back, they definitely are aware of it, I wonder if it's something they can fix or if Nuance must fix it. On Oct 16, 2011, at 4:09 PM,

Re: Should I upgrade to Fusion 4?

2011-10-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
I would definitely upgrade, fusion 4 is much faster, if you're concerned about the video intercept, you can choose not to upgrade your virtual machine, you will still probably find that it's faster. On Oct 22, 2011, at 2:07 PM, Eric Brinkman wrote: > Hi listers, > > I am running a MacBook Air w

Re: Seri on the Mac?

2011-10-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
I would not be surprised if apple includes something like that in the next major release of their operating system, doubt it will come to lion. On Oct 24, 2011, at 4:59 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > Hey All, > > What do you all reckon about having Seri on the Mac? I myself would love it. > > Ju

Re: good media players that aren't iTunes?

2011-10-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
By far, vlc player will be your best friend, I think the site is videolan.org, I sort of think of it as winamp for the mac, it plays pretty much everything. On Oct 24, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > I am looking for a good media player that is NOT iTunes. I don't want > somethin

Re: making an exact copy of my old exturnel hard drive to my new exturnal hard drive?

2011-10-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
Try either super duper or carbon copy cloner, both of those should do the trick. On Oct 24, 2011, at 6:17 PM, trahern culver wrote: > hey all how would i go about making an exact coppy of my old exturnle > hard drive to my new external hard drive? > > thanks for your help kind regards trahern. >

Re: good media players that aren't iTunes?

2011-10-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, vlc will handle these. On Oct 24, 2011, at 8:26 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Thanks, I'll try it. Will it do ogg files? Right now, the mac thinks > they are Unix executables, which is odd, and Quicktime won't play > them. > > On 10/24/11, Mike Arrigo wrote: >>

Re: Safari Behavior on the Mac vs IPhone

2011-10-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
I wonder if there are 2 versions of the page, a flash and an html version, if the site is giving you the flash version on the mac, you won't see the buttons since adobe refuses to make flash accessible. You might try this, open safari preferences and go to the security tab, uncheck the option to

Re: Adium Enquiries

2011-10-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
Actually, voiceover always read the names for me, but if you get the newest beta, it solves a few voiceover issues, the empty thing is gone, and in a message window, it no longer says unknown, instead it says html content as it should. On Oct 31, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: > Hi Gavin!

Re: Safari Behavior on the Mac vs IPhone

2011-10-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
wrote: > Well, Mike, That worked. I guess there's a reason for it all. > > Thanks for the help from all, > Kev > > > On Oct 31, 2011, at 8:57 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> I wonder if there are 2 versions of the page, a flash and an html version, >> if th

Re: google chrome question.

2011-11-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
Go in to preferences and click the under the hood tab, then click on the content settings button. You will need to go down a few headings to find it. Note that if you do this, if it's anything like safari, turning off images may prevent some image links from showing up. Original message: Hi li

Re: got Winamp to work, but, it needs quite a bit of work yet

2011-11-05 Thread Mike Arrigo
Think I will stick with vlc, it plays most if not all of the formats that winamp does and is very accessible. On Nov 5, 2011, at 5:08 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Okay. > > Well, I launched winamp and turned off Voice Over. Then, pressed space bar > then return. Got the lama thingy then turned V

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Mike Arrigo
The one thing I don't like about itunes as a media player is that it insists on adding every file that is played to your library, that's why I use vlc. Itunes is not bad in itself, but I got tired of having to clean up my library all the time. On Nov 5, 2011, at 8:24 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >

Re: Flip4mac and Lion

2011-11-06 Thread Mike Arrigo
This is correct, flip does not play protected content, hopefully, eventually, html5 will be used on this site, and things like flash, silver light, etc will no longer be needed. On Nov 6, 2011, at 7:08 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > flip works well on the Mac but, I don't think protected s

Re: What is the move command in Lion please

2011-11-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, after selecting the file, open the folder where it should go, then press command option v to move it On Nov 7, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Jennifer Perdue wrote: > What is the move command in lion. I am trying to move something, a file, > from my downloads folder to an external cartridge. How do I

Re: Lion, a lemon?

2011-11-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
I also have not had any major issues, as far as using it, actually it's exactly the same as snow leppard for me, I don't use any of the new IOS like features. On Nov 10, 2011, at 3:40 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hi, > I am one of those politically incorrect people who haven't had a single > pro

Re: SMC and EFI Updates

2011-11-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, definitely, if software update lists these as updates, install them. On Nov 13, 2011, at 7:27 AM, Gavin wrote: > Hi Guys, > > When checking for software updates, I'm told that I have an SMC as well as an > EFI update. I only got this MacBook Pro about a month ago, and I've updated > these

Re: Which virtual machine software is accessible?

2017-07-16 Thread Mike Arrigo
Fusion is the way to go, last I checked, virtual box and parallels were not accessible. > On Jul 15, 2017, at 11:17 AM, Nickus de Vos wrote: > > Hi all > I want to put Windows 10 on my MBP for very occasional use and because I have > a quad core i7 with 16 GB RAM, I think it will be fine if I r

Re: Zendesk accessibility with Voiceover

2017-08-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
I use it every day, it's useable but yes, the accessibility falls short because many of the buttons are not labeled and some of the pop up menus are not standard. I had emailed them about this when we first started using Zendesk and the response was basically, the site was not really designed w

Re: high sierra

2017-09-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
I don't think High Siera has officially been released yet. Original message: hello after a fashion i have installed sierra but how do i know if i have high sierra please -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or conce

high sierra impressions

2017-09-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
I made a bootable installer and installed on my 2010 macbook. So far it works well, it appears that the issue with Sierra where the speech would totally disappear when using Alex or another macintalk voice has been resolved. Other than that, it's pretty much the same as Sierra was, don't really

making a bootable installer for high sierra

2017-09-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
Here are the instructions I used to make a bootable install, I used an 8 GB SD card, but a flash drive would work just as well. The application that is used is totally accessible with voiceover. https://www.macworld.com/article/3204672/macs/how-to-create-a-bootable-macos-high-sierra-beta-install

Re: high sierra impressions

2017-09-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
p away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 9/28/2017 7:26 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: I made a bootable installer and installed on my 2010 macbook. So fa

Re: making a bootable installer for high sierra

2017-09-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
our upgrade from 10.10 to 10.11 > on blindgeekzone I think it was. > > Thanks again. > > Matthew > > >> On Sep 28, 2017, at 1:56 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >> Here are the instructions I used to make a bootable install, I used an 8 GB >> SD card, bu

Re: high sierra impressions

2017-09-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
Sierra > some time ago, the problem fixed itself. Glad to hear it is fixed though. > > Matthew > > >> On Sep 28, 2017, at 5:04 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >> In Sierra it would just stop completely as if it was muted, only a reboot >> would bring it back. >

Re: making a bootable installer for high sierra

2017-09-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
ating system when it is used. Original message: That makes sense. I have super duper will have to give cc a look. Thanks again. Was just wondering about it since it was something that had been used before. Matthew On Sep 28, 2017, at 8:49 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: The recovery disk assi

Re: making a bootable installer for high sierra

2017-10-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
e latest version as >> your installer. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Sep 29, 2017, at 13:53, matthew dyer >> wrote: >> >> That makes sense. I have super duper will have to give cc a look. Than

Re: SuperDuper vs Carbon Copy Cloner

2017-10-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
CCC 5 is fairly similar to version 4, it has more features than super duper and does work with APFS drives. CCC also has the ability to clone Apple's recovery partition which Super Duper does not do last I checked. Original message: I had been using CCC 4 for some time but switched to Super

Re: SuperDuper vs Carbon Copy Cloner

2017-10-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
n your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 10/9/2017 12:52 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: CCC 5 is fairly similar to version 4, it has more features than super duper and does work with APFS drives. CCC also has the ability to clone Apple's recov

Re: SuperDuper vs Carbon Copy Cloner

2017-10-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
llenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 10/10/2017 7:05 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: Cloning the recovery partition makes it much easier if you want to do a clean install on another mac, just boot from the

Re: SuperDuper vs Carbon Copy Cloner

2017-10-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
but have thought about it. Do you use the program in conjunction with Time Machine? How would you restore a Mac cloned with this program? On 11 Oct 2017, at 3:05 am, Mike Arrigo wrote: Sounds like their development is falling behind, with high sierra, all SSD drives are converted automatic

Re: Any advantages to using bootcamp over Fusion for windows?

2017-10-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
The main advantage to boot camp is that all of the computer's resources are dedicated to Windows, so it will run a bit faster. You have already pointed out the largest disadvantages. Original message: hey all, Fusion the new version 10 and i are having shall we say some relationship difficulti

Re: High Sierra install question

2017-10-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
If you have a solid state drive it will automatically be converted to the new system. Regular hard drives will remain as they are, whether you reformat makes no difference. Having said that, I always prefer to reformat and do a clean install of any new major operating system release. Original m

Re: trouble with voiceover keystrokes

2017-10-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
You use command+w to close a window and command+q to quit an application, these are not voiceover keystrokes at all. Original message: I am trying to help my friend with his mac. The problem we are having is that VO+w does not close a window. Likewise, VO+q does not close an app. Is this someth

Re: Carbon Copy Cloner

2017-11-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
It's a great app, very accessible, it will make a backup to an external drive that you can actually boot from, much better than time machine. Original message: Dear List, I have been having issues with time machine. It just wiped my capsule for no apparent reason. I have heard good things abou

odd issue with updating to 10.13.1

2017-11-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
For some reason, using the software update from the app store, this update will not install, wondering if anyone else has noticed this? After the system reboots, it still says that it's on 10.13, going t try running the newest installer to see if that works instead. -- The following informatio

update problem solved

2017-11-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
Got the 10.13.1 update to install, looks like journaling needs to be enabled for the install to work, this was never an issue before but easy enough to fix. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the ru

Re: Radium and Siriusxm

2017-11-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
I use the native app and the web site all the time and do not have time out problems, might be an issue with the connection. Original message: Hey everyone. I'm sending this to multiple lists because this effects everyone. Last night I said to one of the lists that everything seems to be workin

Re: Alex, Compact? Is this Correct?

2017-11-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
I've compared the compact and high quality versions of Alex and cannot really tell a difference, can anyone else tell a difference? Original message: Hi E.T., Well, I'll say this, the process is certainly not intuitive, at least, not in my opinion. Were it not for your quick reply to my que

Re: Radium and Siriusxm

2017-11-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
time Username: bbssh...@icloud.com -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 9:17 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Radium and Siriusxm I use the native app and

Re: Performing A Mouse Click in High Sierra Now Working As Expected

2017-11-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
there appears to be a bug in high sierra, even if you set the mouse to follow the voiceover cursor, it does not work, at this point you have to press vo+command+F5 to move the mouse to the voice over cursor. Original message: Probably should be Follow Voiceover cursor. Speak like Jaw

Re: Flash player app

2017-11-17 Thread Mike Arrigo
Adobe flash is not accessible on the mac, and it's unlikely that this will be improved since Flash is a dying breed. Best thing to do is contact the web site and ask them to switch to HTML 5 and move away from relying on flash. Original message: Hello all Does anyone know of an accessible medi

Re: Apple will release a new and cheaper iPhone by July: Report

2017-11-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
That is probably the phone I will get, I prefer the smaller screen size because it fits better in the pocket. Actually my 5 S runs IOS 11 just fine but I bet this will be the last major IOS version that this phone will run. Original message: Apple will release a new and cheaper iPhone by July,

new skype interface

2017-12-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
Wondering if anyone else has tried the newest version of skype on the mac and if so, what do you think? Honestly I'm not too impressed, I've been able to figure it out but it takes much longer to find things now, there was nothing wrong with the previous interface, I'm not sure why the developer

Re: new skype interface

2017-12-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
of criticism of MicroSoft’s treatement of > Skype on the internet. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > >> On 3 Dec 2017, at 06:59, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >> Wondering if anyone else has tried the newest version of skype on the mac >> and if so, what do you th

Re: new skype interface

2017-12-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
recently. Microsoft is actually getting better, will apple is >>> going the other way. None of them is perfect. >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Dec 3, 2017, at 11:21 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >>>> >>>>

Re: new skype interface

2017-12-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
ndering if they actually released the new version to testers and got feedback about it, I couldn't even figure out how to add new contacts with the new version. > On Dec 3, 2017, at 4:59 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > I am the opposite, I would not even think of getting another windows machi

Re: new skype interface

2017-12-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
site, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > >> On Dec 3, 2017, at 5:59 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >> I am the oppo

Re: Apple's iPhone slowdown sparks fraud lawsuit - CNET

2017-12-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
I can't speak for anyone else, but what bothers me the most about the whole thing isn't that Apple did the slow down, but that they were deceptive about it, at first denying it, and then finally admiting that it was true, probably because the evidence was overwhelming. When the update was instal

Re: OT: Mac Mini audio out via headphone jack while HDMI is connected

2017-12-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, this will work fine. I don't have a screen connected but I use an adapter in the HDMI port that emulates a screen, otherwise voiceover is very sluggish. I have my speakers connected to the audio out jack, no problem at all. > On Dec 24, 2017, at 4:14 AM, Nickus de Vos wrote: > > Hi all >

Re: Connecting usb devices in vmware fusion.

2017-12-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
I have not used fusion for a while, but when I did, I used to set it to always connect USB devices to the virtual machine. The reason I did it this way was, I would only have fusion open if I was using windows for something, so that's where the USB device should go. I always had the virtual mac

Re: Apple Apologizes After iPhone Battery Slowdown Controversy | Time

2017-12-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
I find that high sierra works quite well. The only bug I know of, at least relating to voice over is that even when you set the mouse to follow the voiceover cursor, it does not work. Original message: Simon, if High Sierra is so buggy, why are you silent on the beta group? Its so quiet th

voiceover bug with mouse follows voiceover cursor

2017-12-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
rld, > all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan (1934-1996), Contact > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 12/29/2017 1:45 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> I find that high sierra works quite well. The only

Re: voiceover bug with mouse follows voiceover cursor

2017-12-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
enges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan (1934-1996), Contact > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 12/30/2017 12:20 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> Are you using high sierra? If you have the mouse set to follow the voiceo

Re: voiceover bug with mouse follows voiceover cursor

2017-12-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
he challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan (1934-1996), Contact >> E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com >> >> On 12/30/2017 12:20 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >>> Are you using high sierra? If you have the mouse set

Re: voiceover bug with mouse follows voiceover cursor

2017-12-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
mouse to follow, but it worked fine before high sierra. I always chose to hide the voiceover cursor since I couldn't see it anyway, but glad I found the answer, thanks to everyone who tried to reproduce it. > On Dec 31, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > Very interesting

Re: voiceover bug with mouse follows voiceover cursor

2017-12-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
ay all the mysteries of the world, > all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off > and say God did it." --Carl Sagan (1934-1996), Contact > E-mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 12/31/2017 2:29 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> Ok, I found the answer, I d

Re: voiceover bug with mouse follows voiceover cursor

2018-01-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
the > Voiceover curser and didn’t connect the dots to why links weren’t > automatically expanding on websites. > > I’ve adjusted back and things are good now. > > Thanks again. > > Jeff > > >> On Dec 31, 2017, at 5:29 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> &g

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