As far as I know it is not accessible. You would be better off going with VMWare's Fusion and stay away from Parallels.
On Mar 6, 2012, at 1:03 AM, julieledingham wrote: > hi, > > does anyone use Crossover with the mac? is it accessible? work are about to > buy me a mac and I want to be able to have windows installed (for the rare > things - like sharing of endnote libraries) and my sighted friend suggested I > use crossover instead of parallels do you know if it works. also has anyone > used mendaly as a reference management tool - again is it accessible? > > thanks > > Julie > > Sent from my iPad > > On 16 Feb 2012, at 17:34, [email protected] wrote: > >> Today's Topic Summary >> Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics >> >> the messages beta [7 Updates] >> Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox! [5 Updates] >> Mac OSX 10.8 Moutain Lion [7 Updates] >> instructions on how to use pages with voice over? [2 Updates] >> LibreOffice 3.5.0 [1 Update] >> accessible world classrooms [2 Updates] >> multipart archives [1 Update] >> the messages beta >> Matthew Campbell <[email protected]> Feb 16 11:27AM -0500 >> >> Hi all. >> I've just played briefly with the messages public beta and everything looks >> great. >> One thing that's really rad is that you can easily put emojies in to you're >> messages without having to jump through any hoops. The best part of this is >> that VoiceOver reads the different emojies. >> Hope you find this useful, >> Matthew Campbell. >> >> Matt Dierckens <[email protected]> Feb 16 11:32AM -0500 >> >> Where do you get this beat? >> Matt >> Sent from my macbook pro >> >> On 2012-02-16, at 11:27 AM, Matthew Campbell wrote: >> >> >> Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> Feb 16 11:39AM -0500 >> >> Its on the Apple site. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Feb 16, 2012, at 11:32 AM, Matt Dierckens wrote: >> >> >> Mark BurningHawk Baxter <[email protected]> Feb 16 08:41AM -0800 >> >> What if you're still purring along with the snow kitty? Will snow kitty play >> with the messages beta? Hmmm. >> >> >> • Mark BurningHawk Baxter >> • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >> • MSN: [email protected] >> • My home page: >> • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >> >> Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> Feb 16 12:02PM -0500 >> >> Hi, >> >> no. You must be running Lion. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Feb 16, 2012, at 11:41 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: >> >> >> Mark BurningHawk Baxter <[email protected]> Feb 16 09:10AM -0800 >> >> I wonder if I can go from 10.6.8 to 10.8--seems to make more sense to wait >> for the mountain kitty at this point. >> >> >> • Mark BurningHawk Baxter >> • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >> • MSN: [email protected] >> • My home page: >> • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >> >> Matthew Campbell <[email protected]> Feb 16 12:26PM -0500 >> >> Hi. >> I found a direct download link on Macrumors. >> >> On 2012-02-16, at 11:32 AM, Matt Dierckens wrote: >> >> >> Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox! >> John Panarese <[email protected]> Feb 15 05:09PM -0500 >> >> Absolutely. If you can get a monitor, that is obviously the easiest >> solution. In my situation, I don't have the space for a monitor with the >> current setup. So, the converter box and adaptor fit the bill. However, I do >> have a monitor around in case I need sighted assistance. I just wanted folks >> to know that there is a setup that will work if they don't have a monitor >> and that Apple is not completely aware that the newer Minis still can't work >> well without a monitor. Please contact me off list if anyone wants the >> actual hardware recommendations that were suggested to me and I now use. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John Panarese >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> On Feb 15, 2012, at 4:00 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: >> >> >> John Panarese <[email protected]> Feb 15 05:11PM -0500 >> >> Hi Esther, >> Thanks for saving me the effort of digging up Chris's info. I have it around >> here, but I can never remember which folder I saved it to. *smile* >> >> Take Care >> >> John Panarese >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> On Feb 15, 2012, at 4:40 PM, Esther wrote: >> >> >> annelie robledo <[email protected]> Feb 15 10:02PM -0600 >> >> Thank you for this tip. I have a mac book and lately my finder was extremely >> slow. I removed drop box from the log in and every thing is good now. Again >> thank you. >> On Feb 14, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >> >> Chris Blouch <[email protected]> Feb 16 10:23AM -0500 >> >> Cheapest monitor I could find with shipping and all was pushing $100 so >> it's not a whole lot cheaper to go the adapter route, but $40 is $40, >> especially if you don't have room. >> >> CB >> >> On 2/15/12 5:09 PM, John Panarese wrote: >> >> "Bill Holton" <[email protected]> Feb 16 11:13AM -0500 >> >> Do you already have another computer with a monitor? If so a VM switch >> would be way to go. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch >> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 10:23 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox! >> >> Cheapest monitor I could find with shipping and all was pushing $100 so >> it's not a whole lot cheaper to go the adapter route, but $40 is $40, >> especially if you don't have room. >> >> CB >> >> On 2/15/12 5:09 PM, John Panarese wrote: >> > Absolutely. If you can get a monitor, that is obviously the easiest >> solution. In my situation, I don't have the space for a monitor with the >> current setup. So, the converter box and adaptor fit the bill. However, I >> do have a monitor around in case I need sighted assistance. I just wanted >> folks to know that there is a setup that will work if they don't have a >> monitor and that Apple is not completely aware that the newer Minis still >> can't work well without a monitor. Please contact me off list if anyone >> wants the actual hardware recommendations that were suggested to me and I >> now use. >> >> > On Feb 15, 2012, at 4:00 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: >> >> >> John, thanks for the tip that this option is still available. >> >> >> I wonder though; -seems like for the price, one might just as well by an >> inexpensive monitor! lol! >> >> >> Cara :) >> >> On Feb 15, 2012, at 10:12 AM, John Panarese wrote: >> >> >> No, you can still fool the newer Minis into thinking you have a >> monitor. I have a mid 2011, and it works fine without a monitor. You need >> to get a mini VGA display port and a converter box. It's a setup that will >> run about $60 in total, but it works fine if you really don't want or you >> don't have a monitor. >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Feb 14, 2012, at 11:35 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >> >>> You definitely need to at least have a monitor connected, the older >> minis, from before 2008 could get around this by connecting the adapter that >> allows you to connect it to a TV through the RCA plug. All newer minis >> however, must be connected to a monitor, no way around it. >> >>> On Feb 14, 2012, at 7:59 AM, Bill Holton wrote: >> >> >>>> Beofre I bought my Mini I called Apple twice and asked if this would be >> a >> >>>> To: [email protected] >> >>>> Subject: Re: Major Finder Problem Caused by Dropbox! >> >> >>>> Do you have the mac mini connected to a monitor, if not, it may cause >> this >> >>>> kind of behavior, the monitor does not need to be turned on, just >> connected. >> >>>>> stopper for me. >> >> >>>>> -- >> >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >>>> -- >> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >>>> -- >> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> >>>> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >>> -- >> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> >>> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> Mac OSX 10.8 Moutain Lion >> Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> Feb 16 09:39AM -0500 >> >> Hi folks, >> >> Apple has given us a sneak peek at Mountain Lion do out this summer. They >> have released messages beta. Its basically like iMessage on IOS. M Lion >> sounds like there going full steam ahead with IOS/Mac osx intergration. >> Mountain Lion will be adding Messages, Reminders, game center and >> notifications. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> Feb 16 08:45AM -0600 >> >> Ah, I see. Any hint as to accessibility and stability issues? >> >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >> >> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >> >> Skype name: >> barefootedray >> >> Facebook: >> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 >> >> >> >> On Feb 16, 2012, at 8:39 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >> >> Brandon Misch <[email protected]> Feb 16 09:48AM -0500 >> >> any news on the system requirements. hope that you don't need more ram. this >> machine is already maxed out. >> >> On Feb 16, 2012, at 9:45 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >> >> >> Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> Feb 16 09:51AM -0500 >> >> I have no clue. I'm just going by what Apple has up on their site. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Feb 16, 2012, at 9:45 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >> >> >> Matt Dierckens <[email protected]> Feb 16 09:52AM -0500 >> >> Wonder how much this is going to cost? >> Matt >> Sent from my macbook pro >> >> On 2012-02-16, at 9:51 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >> >> Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> Feb 16 09:58AM -0500 >> >> Well, >> >> I figure it wouldn't cost anymore than the last 2 versions of Mac OSX. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Feb 16, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Matt Dierckens wrote: >> >> >> Chris Blouch <[email protected]> Feb 16 10:04AM -0500 >> >> This article has a few more details about the upcoming release: >> >> http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-57378751-248/apple-mac-os-x-mountain-lion-takes-more-bites-out-of-ios/ >> >> CB >> >> On 2/16/12 9:58 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >> instructions on how to use pages with voice over? >> Steve Holmes <[email protected]> Feb 16 04:29AM -0800 >> >> Being new to the Mac and all, just what format does Pages support? I >> mean, are the documents compatible with MS Office or OpenOffice or >> LibreOffice? Or is Pages yet another proprietary format of documents? >> I'm curious because I've begun proofreading some RTF documents from >> Bookshare and I can't see all the formatting to verify while in Text >> Edit; I'm thinking / hoping Pages might offer me more control. Is >> that possible? >> >> Becky Knaub <[email protected]> Feb 16 08:39AM -0500 >> >> Pages can save and open RTF, Doc and DOcx formats to name a few. Unless you >> pull down the disclose option I think it is called in save as you will find >> your documents are saved in pages format. As for open office I am not sure >> because I have never used it. I wonder if its more accessible. I have tried >> looking for it on the app store but never found it. >> >> HTH. >> >> Becky and C >> On Feb 16, 2012, at 7:29 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: >> >> >> LibreOffice 3.5.0 >> Steve Holmes <[email protected]> Feb 16 05:39AM -0800 >> >> That's interesting about this product because I found the 3.5.0 >> version in Linux to work a little better for me than its prior >> versions. I like it in Linux but I'm sorry to hear that it is poor in >> Macdum. Thanks for the bug report reference; I may follow that bug >> myself also. >> >> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 10:09:32AM -0500, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >> accessible world classrooms >> "Badger, Nancy" <[email protected]> Feb 16 03:35AM >> >> I tried everything I could think of to get into the accessible world >> classrooms for the first time tonight. I downloaded what they said to >> download, I found a place where they asked for a username and password but I >> didn't have one. My husband who is sighted tried and he couldn't get in >> either. Can someone give me instructions using a mac with voice over? >> Thanks >> Nancy >> Nancy L. Badger, Ph.D. >> Director, Counseling and Career Planning >> Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services >> U. of TN Chattanooga >> Phone: 423-425-4438 >> Fax: 423-425-5527 >> Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> >> NOTE: Be aware that email communication cannot be considered confidential >> based on the University System’s policies and procedures and the state >> ofTennessee ’s position that email sent and received in the course of state >> business is public record. Because of this, it is possible that information >> divulged in this manner would not legally be considered privileged >> communication. In addition, receipt and response to email communication >> cannot be guaranteed. >> >> "Red.Falcon" <[email protected]> Feb 16 10:21AM >> >> Hi Nancy! >> Well I hope this helps! >> Here is a link that is for Mac users to use the Talking Communities rooms! >> When I last went into a room [but not Accessible world one] there was really >> bad echoing from the people in the room! >> But I hope that might of been fixed! >> Or not a problem in Accessible world! >> So here's the link! :] >> >> http://talkingcommunities.com/helpdesk/knowledgebase.php?article=85 >> >> On 16 Feb 2012, at 03:35, Badger, Nancy wrote: >> >> >> multipart archives >> Gerry Cook <[email protected]> Feb 16 05:41PM +1100 >> >> Hi i've had success with stuffit expander and theunarchiver from the mac app >> store as free apps, they are worth a try. >> cheers gerry have a great day >> skype: gerry.cook1 >> email: [email protected] >> >> On 16/02/2012, at 3:19 AM, Courtney Curran wrote: >> >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group >> macvisionaries. >> You can post via email. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an empty message. >> For more options, visit this group. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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