No longer able to copy

2012-05-02 Thread Richard Ring
I have always been able to download books from Bard and copy them to an SD card.I can no longer do this. I press the past command and my mac bonks. I am not an expert Mac user, but this seems like a rather simple thing. I have no clue what I'm doing wrong. -- You received this message because

Re: No longer able to copy

2012-05-02 Thread Richard Ring
; barefootedray > > Facebook: > facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 > > > > On May 2, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Richard Ring wrote: > >> I have always been able to download books from Bard and copy them to an SD >> card.I can no longer do this. I press the past command

Re: Curious trash/deleted mail issue.

2012-05-07 Thread Richard Ring
I find that the same behavior seems to be occurring with my Mac as well. Never thought about it much, but there it is. On May 7, 2012, at 10:21 AM, ShamelessFanGirl wrote: > Hello Listers, > > My issue is this: each time I perform the cmd/shift delete command to empty > my trash in mail, it see

Re: Difficulties on iPhone 4S sending iMessages as opposed to 3G text messages

2012-05-10 Thread Richard Ring
If any of you can answer this question I'll enjoy having that answer as well. I almost wondered if Apple got rid of that function. On May 10, 2012, at 1:21 PM, Mike Busboom wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have several friends who use iPhones, and I would prefer to send them > iMessages as oppose

Mail Issue

2012-07-02 Thread Richard Ring
I have created an account in Mail that has erroneus port data. I subsequently attempted to send a message using the incorrect values. and now, when I open Mail, I receive an error message advising me that the server cannot send the message using the port I selected. However, all the options I mi

A truly frustrating issue

2012-01-09 Thread Richard Ring
I am writing this message because I am extremely perplexed and frustrated. I am using a MacBook Pro that is only 3 months old. It features an Intel 2.7 ghz dual cor i7 processor, 8 gigs of ram, and a 500 gig hard disk. I am running Lion with all software updates applied. Here is my problem. Wh

Re: A truly frustrating issue

2012-01-09 Thread Richard Ring
pening to you all the time, you might be using a defective HD. >> >> Would be good to hear other opinions on the matter… >> >> Emrah >> On Jan 9, 2012, at 11:05 PM, Richard Ring wrote: >> >>> I am writing this message because I am extremely perplexed

Calendar in Mavericks

2014-01-22 Thread Richard Ring
Hello: I really need some assistance with the calendar app. The only thing I can seem to do is add an event with command n. How do I add specific characteristics to the event? How do I save the event? It seems that when I attempt to add a new event, I’m stuck in what VoiceOver calls a pop over.

Keyboard commands in Mavericks

2014-01-22 Thread Richard Ring
Hello: Is there a list of keyboard commands in Mavericks available somewhere? I know that some of them have changed. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscrib

Re: Keyboard commands in Mavericks

2014-01-22 Thread Richard Ring
; On 22 Jan 2014, at 18:04, Richard Ring wrote: > >> Hello: >> Is there a list of keyboard commands in Mavericks available somewhere? >> I know that some of them have changed. >> >> >> You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The A

Re: Keyboard commands in Mavericks

2014-01-22 Thread Richard Ring
That is exactly right! I know how to find VoiceOver commands, I want a list of Mavericks keyboard commands. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jan 22, 2014, at 12:49 PM, Shawn AKA BBS wrote: > Hi Davi

Re: Keyboard commands in Mavericks

2014-01-23 Thread Richard Ring
43 > > Steve > > On 22 Jan 2014, at 19:02, Richard Ring wrote: > >> That is exactly right! I know how to find VoiceOver commands, I want a list >> of Mavericks keyboard commands. >> >> >> You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off!

System Preferences sponteneously quitting

2014-02-03 Thread Richard Ring
Greetings: I have attempted to add a new account to my Mac 4 times using the Users and Groups pane in System Preferences. First, I log in with my administrative password. Then I enter the necessary information into the required fields. Finally, I click the create account, and System preferences qu

System preferences and creating new user issue

2014-02-04 Thread Richard Ring
I posted yesterday that I was unable to create a new user account in System preferences, I was advised that this bug had not been encountered by anyone else. I report now that I have tried to create a new user on 3 different Mac systems rung Mavericks. 1 system is my Mac Book prow, early 2011. 1

Re: System preferences and creating new user issue

2014-02-04 Thread Richard Ring
All three. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Feb 4, 2014, at 1:30 PM, isaac wrote: > Does this happen on all three of you're macs or just one of them? > On Feb 4, 2014, at 1:25

Re: System preferences and creating new user issue

2014-02-04 Thread Richard Ring
k > > > On Feb 4, 2014, at 2:25 PM, Richard Ring wrote: > >> I posted yesterday that I was unable to create a new user account in System >> preferences, I was advised that this bug had not been encountered by anyone >> else. I report now that I have tried to cr

Moving an iTunes library

2014-02-12 Thread Richard Ring
I would like this to be a straight forward process, but I'm sure it probably isn't. I am using a 2 TB external hard drive which I have partitioned into 2 volumes. One volume I will use as a back up disk, the other I would like to use for music. How can I get iTunes to recognize a new location fo

Re: switching back to windows.

2014-02-23 Thread Richard Ring
For me, it's simple. I have a laptop running Windows 7, and my Macbook Pro. I accomplish most tasks using the Mac. I accomplish others using Windows. I do this because I find them easier to manage in Windows. I'm fortunate enough to be able to do both without installing Windows on my Mac, which

Re: Facetime Audio Fails Using Mavericks

2014-02-25 Thread Richard Ring
I just called a contact using FaceTime Audio. I chose the all contacts radio button, and in the search field I wrote the name of the person I wanted to call. I interacted with the scroll area, and and then with the contacts table and chose the phone number. I then pressed the face time audio but

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-26 Thread Richard Ring
Hello! When I point to my downloads folder and then go to the finder services submenu, and choose folder action setup, the dialog doesn't open with either VO space, or enter. Are there scripts I need to install? You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent

Re: Bad News About iBooks

2014-02-26 Thread Richard Ring
This is terrible! I can no longer read any of the iBooks on my system! You fix some, you break some. That is what software updates bring! You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Feb 26, 2014, at 4:46 PM, Ter

Re: Bad News About iBooks

2014-02-26 Thread Richard Ring
r? I may open another book now > and see if I get the same results. > > Teresa > > "Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."--Richard P. > Feynman > > On Feb 26, 2014, at 2:53 PM, Richard Ring wrote: > >> This is terrible! I can no long

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-27 Thread Richard Ring
OK, this slow person would like a refresher. Where is the check box to be found that must be checked in order to enable folder actions? Is it in service preferences? When I go to services preferences, I see a table of keyboard short cut categories. I don't see how that relates to folder actions.

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-27 Thread Richard Ring
ind > built-in! > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! > > On Feb 27, 2014, at 6:26 AM, Richard Ring wrote: > >> OK, this slow person would like a refresher. Where is the check box to be >> found that

Re: Folder Action New Item Alert Now Works In Latest Mavericks Update

2014-02-27 Thread Richard Ring
Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! > > On Feb 27, 2014, at 7:33 AM, Richard Ring wrote: > >> The problem I have, is, I can't do that, because when I attempt to open the >> dialog box in services, it simply doesn't op

Re: Still Some Pretty Severe Bugs in Mavericks

2014-03-06 Thread Richard Ring
I have none of these bugs. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Mar 6, 2014, at 4:00 PM, Apple boy wrote: > Not here no at the moment. I must be lucky grin. > > Regards Chris > > Clap along if you feel

Clean install

2014-03-06 Thread Richard Ring
In order to do a clean install here's what I did. I created an install disk using diskmaker. I then restarted the Mac from that disk. I pressed command R at startup to go to the recovery partition. I chose to install Mavericks. When the installation finally finished, I was going to restart my Ma

Re: Has anyone noticed problems with the phone app since upgrading?

2014-03-11 Thread Richard Ring
Funny you should say that. I just made a phone call and used the 2 finger double tap to hang up. What's strange to me is, a lot of people are reporting bugs that I have not experienced. I'm sure they are bugs, I just wonder why they don't happen across the board. You can have an off day, but y

Re: First impressions of Mavericks

2013-10-22 Thread Richard Ring
I completely aggree about iBooks. It’s not a VoiceOver ready app at all! Too bad! You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Oct 22, 2013, at 4:01 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: > Hello, > > I just downloaded OS X

Re: Apps Opening Very Slowly in mavericks; Anyone Else Experience This?

2013-10-23 Thread Richard Ring
I have the same issue with my Macbook Pro from 2011 with 8 gigs of ram, and a dual core I7 processor. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Oct 23, 2013, at 6:19 AM, May and Noah wrote: > Yes, I noticed

Re: my own Mavricks observations

2013-10-23 Thread Richard Ring
If anyone gets around to trying iBooks, I would be quite interested in what you discover. As for me, my books show up in the library window, but they can not be opened, not with command o, not from the file menu, and not with VO space. If anyone has a different experience, I would love to hear a

Re: my own Mavricks observations

2013-10-23 Thread Richard Ring
o navigate by chapter. >> >> I have mixed feelings about this app. It’s definitely useable and books are >> very accessible, but the controls are a bit wonky iMO. >> >> Teresa >> >> On the other hand, there are different fingers. >> >> On Oct

Very Stupid Pages question

2013-10-23 Thread Richard Ring
I know this is an extremely stupid question, but I’m having a bad brain day. When I open Pages, I’m placed in a document layout area. But i can’t type anything there. If I VO right, I find myself in a format group. So, here’s the stupid question. How do I actually typing a document? You can ha

Re: Very Stupid Pages question

2013-10-23 Thread Richard Ring
questions! > (smile) > Take care! > Daniela Rubio T > iPhone: +34662328507 > > > > El 23/10/2013, a las 22:56, Richard Ring escribió: > >> I know this is an extremely stupid question, but I’m having a bad brain day. >> When I open Pages, I’m placed in a docu

Re: What happened to Spotlight?

2013-10-24 Thread Richard Ring
It’s working as it always did here. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Oct 24, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: > No matter what I search for, Spotlight is telling me “no items”. How do I fi

Re: Offline dictation available in Mavericks

2013-10-25 Thread Richard Ring
Thanks for this great tip! I’m downloading it now! You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Oct 25, 2013, at 11:58 AM, Edward Green wrote: > Got it in one. It’s on the dictation tab, and you need to tick th

Re: Classic Versus Current view in Mail

2013-10-29 Thread Richard Ring
How can you use mouse keys without a numpad? I’ve tried over 15 times to close preview pane using track pad! Funny, I did it in Mountainlion the first time I tried! You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On O

Re: finder busy in large folders and can't create new users

2013-10-30 Thread Richard Ring
I can duplicate both of these issues. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Oct 30, 2013, at 5:15 AM, Dean Adams wrote: > Hi Alll, > I have tested a problem that some are having with finder busy and

Re: Disk Maker X

2013-10-30 Thread Richard Ring
I can’t even download the thing! When I click the link all I hear is a ding! You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Oct 30, 2013, at 4:13 PM, BBS wrote: > Hi Daniel. Unfortunately, if you upgraded to Maveri

Re: finder busy in large folders and can't create new users

2013-11-01 Thread Richard Ring
over as it seems . >> >> Regards Dean >> Sent from Dean Adams Macbook Pro >> breezepa...@gmail.com >> Voip phone: +6124307 9248 >> landline Phone: +61243892195 >> Mobile: +61428133758 >> Skype and Twitter : deanadams9 >> >> On 30 Oct

Re: finder busy in large folders and can't create new users

2013-11-01 Thread Richard Ring
vericks and its applications not voice over as it seems . >>> >>> Regards Dean >>> Sent from Dean Adams Macbook Pro >>> breezepa...@gmail.com >>> Voip phone: +6124307 9248 >>> landline Phone: +61243892195 >>> Mobile: +61428133758 >>>

Re: Using the power button - A Mavericks change

2013-11-08 Thread Richard Ring
That link was helpful, I noticed right away the power button was behaving differently, now I know why! You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Nov 8, 2013, at 2:09 PM, Georgina Joyce wrote: > Hello All, >

Reading a lengthy document in Text Edit

2013-11-14 Thread Richard Ring
I have a rather lengthy document that I am reading in Text Edit. If I stop reading the document in order to do something else and then want to resume reading where I left off, how do I do this? When I press VO A the document starts reading from the beginning again. Thanks. You can have an off

Re: adjusting text attributes

2013-12-05 Thread Richard Ring
Press VO V and then v o right arrow once. Then v o up arrow until you hear “do nothing”. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Dec 5, 2013, at 5:52 PM, Rhonda Hornbacher wrote: > Hi Mac Friends, > > I

Re: anyone having trouble with column view in mavericks.

2013-12-07 Thread Richard Ring
I have the exact same problem, especially if a folder contains a lot of items. Sometimes it makes the finder useless. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Dec 6, 2013, at 6:43 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrot

Editing SMTP port numbers in Mail

2013-12-09 Thread Richard Ring
I am drawing a blank. I have had to set up a pop email account in Mail. I can not for the life of me remember how to change the smtp server port from the standard 25. The only port entry I see is the incoming mail server port. Thanks for helping. Rising with the Phoenix Sent from my Mac Book Pro

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Richard Ring
VO has said 1 row added since Snow Leopard, it is not just a mail thing, it happens in any table wher additional rows are in fact, added. If VO J isn’t working for you, try simply pressing enter on a message you wish to read, and when you’re done, press command w. You can have an off day, but y

Re: huge mail problems still

2013-12-17 Thread Richard Ring
were not interupted. > > Alia > On Dec 17, 2013, at 8:21 AM, Richard Ring wrote: > >> VO has said 1 row added since Snow Leopard, it is not just a mail thing, it >> happens in any table wher additional rows are in fact, added. >> If VO J isn’t working for you, try

Re: 10.9.1 Disappointing

2013-12-17 Thread Richard Ring
I’m about to really annoy the moderators but, thanks Teresa for such a well-reasoned post. One thing to keep in mind is, Freedom Scientific doesn’t design computers, nor do they design operating systems. They design a screen reader that supports an operating system whose developers aren’t all th

Re: Renaming A File in ML

2014-01-08 Thread Richard Ring
Renaming a file isIn a file list in Finder just press enter on the file, erase the old name and type in a new one, but that would not change the format, only the name. If you want to change the format of a file, how you would accomplish this depends on the type of file you are dealing with. Yo

Recovery particion

2014-01-12 Thread Richard Ring
I restarted my Mac in order to repair permissions. I could not do this, as the button was dimmed. I then tried to repair the disk. I was informed that “lion file system repair was not supported.” Is there a remedy for this? You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of F

Re: Recovery particion

2014-01-12 Thread Richard Ring
t; AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > > On Jan 12, 2014, at 2:44 PM, Richard Ring wrote: > >> I restarted my Mac in order to repair permissions. I could not do this, as >> the button was dimmed.

Re: Looks like Windows is also heading toward full screen reader built in

2014-01-14 Thread Richard Ring
I don’t think that is true. I think you have to own Microsoft office in order to qualify for a free version of Window-Eyes, but once you have it, you can use it with anything. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmai

yorufukurou question

2011-07-17 Thread Richard Ring
Hello, I have a question about yorufukurou. Does anyone know how to follow and/or unfollow someone? Your help would be greatly appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@go

Re: yorufukurou question

2011-07-18 Thread Richard Ring
follow in your > timeline, You should be able to use cmd+u to go to a user and follow from > there in the same way. > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY > > > > On Jul 17, 2011, at 12:26 PM, Richard Ring wrote: >

Re: yorufukurou question

2011-07-19 Thread Richard Ring
matter which > one. After finding one the drawer should show the user's information. >From > there, following should be easy enough. > Best, > Zack. > On Jul 18, 2011, at 10:18 AM, Richard Ring wrote: > >> Perhaps I should attempt to clarify my question. I want t

Fundamental Mail question

2011-07-19 Thread Richard Ring
Hello: I want to create some rules for my unruly mailbox. However, the only menu item I can find that makes reference to rules is one in the messages menu that is labeled "apply rule". Well, that is the problem. I don't know how to make a rule, so of course, I can't apply one!! Help! -- You

Re: Fundamental Mail question

2011-07-19 Thread Richard Ring
> > Later... > > On 2011-07-19, at 4:46 PM, Richard Ring wrote: > >> Hello: >> I want to create some rules for my unruly mailbox. However, the only menu >> item I can find that makes reference to rules is one in the messages menu >> that is labeled &

Re: one more thing broken in mail?

2011-07-26 Thread Richard Ring
So, if you have gotten yourself into full screen mode, how do you get out of it? On Jul 22, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Zack, > > thanks, you nailed it. Not sure how I did that, but yes, somehow it got set > to full screen. All working well now that I've exited full-screen. > C

Re: Choosing a Mac Book Air

2011-08-05 Thread Richard Ring
I am extremely happy with my Mac Book Air, I did choose the model with 4 gigs of ram, and it seems to run wonderfully. On Jul 28, 2011, at 5:37 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > first, I would recommend getting at least 4GB of RAM. Lion requires at least > 2GB of RAM. I would want some wigg

Re: voiceover bug

2011-08-05 Thread Richard Ring
The slow typing I have noticed, but I have never had a problem going to menu bars. My machine behaves as expected. On Jul 28, 2011, at 7:36 AM, chad baker wrote: > hi has anyone experienced vo not going to menu bars > it will read just apple and nothing else > i tried turning vo off and on > als

Re: Verizon getting the iphone

2010-06-30 Thread Richard Ring
I have been hearing different dates all year. I'm sure it will happpen, but I'll believe it when I see it. On Jun 30, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Kimberly thurman wrote: > I heard that it won't be until next year though. > On Jun 30, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> For all those waiting so l

Re: webkit and audible

2010-06-30 Thread Richard Ring
Where can I get Web kit? And, is it something Apple approves of? And how does one install it? Thanks much. On Jun 30, 2010, at 9:14 AM, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi Nic, > > I forgot I have to use the Webkit icon to open it, sorry. That's what happens > if you try to do things before morning

Re: Getting Mail to behave the way it used to

2010-06-30 Thread Richard Ring
Actually, what you can do is press VO J, and the message will be read. After you have read the message, press Vo J to return to the message table. On Jun 30, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Michael Busboom wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I don't know what I did to precipitate this change, but Mail is behaving

Re: webkit and audible

2010-06-30 Thread Richard Ring
I've just made that switch. Every time I open Web Kit I get this html content that thanks me for using web kit. Is there any way to avoid that? On Jun 30, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi Nic, > > I can't believe how responsive VoiceOver is since I switched to using Webkit > as my

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Richard Ring
I wonder if such a silly thing will ever get off the ground? I know of a lot of blind people as well as a lot of sighted people who don't necessarily want or need the tremendous power and flexibility provided by the iPhone and Android phones, but this doesn't seem like it will fit that niche! Yo

Re: a little venting re mail busy

2013-06-07 Thread Richard Ring
When I read your subject line, just for a second, I thought my email was busy! LOL You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jun 7, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi all, > > You know, I remember

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Richard Ring
That is so true! Any excuse that assists companies to ignore accessibility is a terrible thing! You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jun 7, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: > Not just

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Richard Ring
I am not, I repeat I am not in favor of a special carrier dedicated to people who happen to be blind. However, having spent many years dealing with people from all walks of life with varying degrees of technological savvy, I do wish a mainstream carrier would bring forth a relatively simple phon

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Richard Ring
choice. Having the option of a plain, simple phone on a > regular carrier such as VZ, ATT, etc. is a very different thing from having a > blind-only phone on a blind-only carrier. > Cheers, > Donna > On Jun 7, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Richard Ring wrote: > >> I am not, I rep

Re: OT: Mobile Carrier for the Visually Impaired? Um, What's the Point?

2013-06-07 Thread Richard Ring
But the Jitterbug is not really accessible. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jun 7, 2013, at 1:32 PM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > Quite so. This is, esentially, a third party sale, unless I'm very much >

Re: problem with Nightowl

2013-06-12 Thread Richard Ring
Have you updated to the latest version?which is version 2.78? Twitter has changed its API settings, and you need the latest version in order for it to work. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jun 12, 2

Re: problem with Nightowl

2013-06-12 Thread Richard Ring
Actually, version 2.78 is working fine for me, and, that is the current version. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jun 12, 2013, at 10:22 AM, Chris H wrote: > No fix except an update to the app to sup

Re: problem with Nightowl

2013-06-12 Thread Richard Ring
en? Will try it anyway but > thought I would ask. Cheers! > > > Chris > > On 12/06/2013 16:20, Richard Ring wrote: >> Have you updated to the latest version?which is version 2.78? Twitter has >> changed its API settings, and you need the latest version in order for i

Sound Advice

2013-06-12 Thread Richard Ring
Greetings all: I am experiencing an issue that I would like to bring to this great pool of brilliant minds. Recently, I had to have some repair work done on my early 2011 Mac Book Pro. I have been quite happy with the results of this repair, until today. Here are the symptoms of my strange issue.

Re: Questions About Numbers

2013-06-21 Thread Richard Ring
Forgive for my blasphemy, but doing a find is far easier in Excell for windows. It's things like this which cause people either rightfully or wrongfully to say that the Mac is not a good productivity tool for blind folks. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fiel

Re: Questions About Numbers

2013-06-21 Thread Richard Ring
Makes me wonder if it's not a tactical reasoning for MS to not make Office > work on the Mac? Certainly not in their best interest to have more folks go > to OSX. > > CB > > On 6/21/13 10:39 AM, Richard Ring wrote: >> Forgive for my blasphemy, but doing a find is far e

Re: Partitioning HD

2013-06-25 Thread Richard Ring
Not trying to state the obvious, but when you select the disk in the initial table are you selecting the volume, or the disk? For example, the usual volume is "macintosh HD" and that is not what you want to select. You must select the disk itself, which would be the manufacturer's name, like, Hi

Issue with Super Duper

2013-08-01 Thread Richard Ring
I'm experiencing a weird issue with Super Duper. The app is telling that it can't find my source volume. That is rather strange, in that the source volume I would be backing up is my internal hard drive, which, incidently, is function normally. If anyone has any idea why this is occurring, I'll

Disk Encryption & file vault II

2013-08-07 Thread Richard Ring
Here's my question. I know what filevault two does, how to set it up, etc. Just for fun, I used it for a time. However, I've noticed that there is a finder shortcut menu item which would allow you to encrypt a volume. Is there any difference between using this method of encryption than using fil

Re: FCC seeks comment on Amazons request for waiver of accessibility requirements

2013-08-07 Thread Richard Ring
And, let's face it! Not all blind people can afford i devices, nor should they have to! Having a relatively inexpensive Ereader would really help to level the playing field! You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.

Re: wireless question

2013-08-30 Thread Richard Ring
Hello: Often, when connecting to a public WIFI site, I am taken automatically to a web page on which are terms and conditions that must be agreed to before you are granted access to WIFI. Don't know if this applies to your issue, but it might. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day of

Re: Restoring a Macbook Air to Factory Defaults

2013-09-22 Thread Richard Ring
Actually, you can shortcut this process a bit. Restart the Macboook air and hold down command r. Wait a couple of minutes, then press command f5 to start VoiceOver. Everything else is quite easy. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Boo

Re: Another Braille Question

2013-09-24 Thread Richard Ring
Yes, a .brf file must be translated into contracted or uncontracted Braille. Giving an .mp3 extension to a text file will not make the file an .mp3 file. Braille translation software must be used in order to create Braille files! You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Ar

Re: itunes 11 is out

2012-12-01 Thread Richard Ring
gt;>> Well, what I mean is that I wanted to be able to locate a >>>>>>>>>>>> file using >>>>>>>> finder and cue it up in ITunes to play after the current file. >>>>>>>> I know that, ITunes has never

Re: super-duper, or time machine and why?

2012-12-30 Thread Richard Ring
I have a Super Duper question. I purchased a license for my white Mac Book, but I want to install it on my Macbook Pro. Do I have to purchase another license to keep things legal. If I do, fine, but just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.

Re: super-duper, or time machine and why?

2012-12-30 Thread Richard Ring
I do have my key, thanks so much for your response! Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Dec 30, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Daniel C wrote: > Good morning Richard, > As long as you have your license key you should be able to install it on your > new MacBook computer. Email support to ask to

Re: Quick, please!: Can't Slow Down REading Voice

2013-01-07 Thread Richard Ring
The fastest way I know to accomplish this is with vo command left or right arrow until you hear rate, then vo command down arrow to reduce the speech rate. Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jan 7, 2013, at 11:36 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: > I must read something to a group sho

Re: Draconis Entertainment Releases mini title for Mac OS X – SilverDollar

2013-01-12 Thread Richard Ring
I want to see Alien Outback for the Mac. Here's hoping it happens. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jan 12, 2013, at 9:12 AM, Jessica Moss wrote: > I'd like to even see some of the other's back, like

Re: Formating internal disk revisited

2013-01-13 Thread Richard Ring
Your instructions are detailed and quite clear. One problem. I do not see a partition tab in disk utilities. I'm sure I'm missing something. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jan 13, 2013, at 9:09 AM, G

Re: Formating internal disk revisited

2013-01-13 Thread Richard Ring
e Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, j...@macfortheblind.com > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > >

Re: How to help blind people new to Mac learn it as fast and smooth as possible

2013-01-14 Thread Richard Ring
I firmly believe that my computer knowledge has greatly assisted me in learning the Mac. I started out back in the dark ages as a DOS user. Then I moved to Windows and used it through version 7. What I think both operating systems have in common is that both run computers. In other words, in bot

Re: Accessible word processor

2013-01-17 Thread Richard Ring
How much and how fancy do you need to get? Textedit handles RTF files just fine! You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jan 17, 2013, at 3:16 PM, Marc Rocheleau wrote: > Hey all, > > This is pretty simple.

Re: VO not saying read or unread

2013-01-20 Thread Richard Ring
Mine doesn't either, once in a while the reply was sent button will appear, but I can never know whether a message was read or not. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jan 19, 2013, at 10:04 PM, Kerri wr

Re: VO not saying read or unread

2013-01-21 Thread Richard Ring
Pane active? > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-01-20, at 8:00 AM, Richard Ring wrote: > >> Mine doesn't either, once in a while the reply was sent button will appear, >> but I can never know whether a message was read or

Re: VO not saying read or unread

2013-01-22 Thread Richard Ring
ges Column > Group and Interact with it. Press VO-right and VO will announce "Collapsed" > if the Preview pane is gone. > > See if that helps. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-01-21, at 3:50 PM, Richard Ring wrot

Re: VO not saying read or unread

2013-01-22 Thread Richard Ring
er been > an issue for me. I certainly understand people's frustration though that are > used to VO-j or other methods. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-01-22, at 5:51 AM, Richard Ring wrote: > >> Tim and list: >> These

Re: VO not saying read or unread

2013-01-22 Thread Richard Ring
C OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > On Jan 22, 2013, at 7:51 AM, Richard Ring wrote: > >> Tim and list: >> These instructions were brilliant, and now I see message status. Howe

Re: Single user mode?

2013-01-28 Thread Richard Ring
Please excuse my ignorance, but what is single user mode? You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jan 28, 2013, at 6:35 AM, "Jonathan C. Cohn" wrote: > That is all you would get from single user mode. sing

Re: Single user mode?

2013-01-28 Thread Richard Ring
Actually, it sounds a bit like safe mode. You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding Sent from my Mac Book Pro richr...@gmail.com On Jan 28, 2013, at 6:51 AM, "Jonathan C. Cohn" wrote: > Overview of Single user mode: > Think of DOS in 1984. Or Apple 2 comp

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