I don't always get the click in that box, but it does capture the characters as it replaces them with bullets. I have had sighted people try it with the same results.
I am now wondering if there is a way that I can go in and grab the file that stores the Mac Mail from the administrator's account. Anybody know where it is stored and whether I would be able to just grab it and import into the administrator email account? Thx, Jeff On 2012-08-19, at 6:56 PM, Christopher Edwards <edwardsc2...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Jeff, > > I don't know if this will help or not. I have only been using a Mac since > April. Suddenly, in the middle of July I could not enter passwords however > many times I tried. At the Genius Bar the technician could, like me, hear the > clicks that indicated that I was typing characters but we could nnot enter > them unless he clicked the mouse. He suggested that I should re-install Lion > but in the end I waited and upgraded to ML. So far I have not had any > problems but I still do not always get a click sound when I enter a > character. I just wonder if you are getting the same problem I had last month. > > Anyway, I hope you can resolve it soon. > > Chris > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Panarese" <jpanar...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 10:31 PM > Subject: Re: Mountain Lion User Administration > > > This is very odd. Like I said, I reset the password in the terminal for > my friend and it worked after that. This might be worth a call to apple > accessibility or Apple care. Unless someone else can come up with a > suggestion, I am scratching my head here. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the 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 > > > > On Aug 19, 2012, at 5:26 PM, Jeff Berwick <mailingli...@berwick.name> wrote: > >> Thanks for that. Again, no avail. I just don't get it. I try to switch to >> the new user, I select the other user and a dialogue pops up asking me for a >> password. I enter the password and it just expects me to keep trying. So >> frustrating!!!!! >> >> >> Thx, >> Jeff >> >> On 2012-08-19, at 5:05 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Sorry about that. YOu have to use the termianal menu item from the >>> untility menu. Then, you type, resetpassword That will get you into the >>> area to choose the account and reset the password. >>> >>> >>> Take Care >>> >>> John D. Panarese >>> Director >>> Mac for the 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Aug 19, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Jeff Berwick <mailingli...@berwick.name> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for the tip. I don't see anything about resetting use passwords >>>> when I hold [command] r after rebooting the computer. Could you direct me >>>> further please? >>>> >>>> Thx, >>>> Jeff >>>> >>>> On 2012-08-19, at 4:56 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> You might have to change that account password using the recovery >>>>> partition then. I had this recently happen on a Mac I migrated settings >>>>> from a time machine backup. I had to change her password through the >>>>> resetpassword option in the recovery partition. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Take Care >>>>> >>>>> John D. Panarese >>>>> Director >>>>> Mac for the 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 19, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Jeff Berwick <mailingli...@berwick.name> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I have managed to find the list of users now and reset the password. >>>>>> Strangely enough, the password still does not work. It is the stingiest >>>>>> thing…I reset the password, try to log in as that user and I absolutely >>>>>> cannot. Anybody experienced this before? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thx, >>>>>> Jeff >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2012-08-19, at 4:49 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> What comes to mind is did you unlock the system preferences for the >>>>>>> users and groups. You will probably need to do this to view the other >>>>>>> accounts. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As for the mailboxes, there is an import mailbox item in the file menu >>>>>>> of mail. I don't know if this would work or not, though, as I have >>>>>>> not tried importing from another account on the Mac. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Take Care >>>>>>> >>>>>>> John D. Panarese >>>>>>> Director >>>>>>> Mac for the 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Aug 19, 2012, at 4:28 PM, Jeff Berwick <mailingli...@berwick.name> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Last weekend, we bought my wife a new Mac Book Air. I set it all up >>>>>>>> and it has been working fine. Today my task was to transfer her email >>>>>>>> from her old Windows machine. I used the Migration Assistant and it >>>>>>>> seemed to work fine. However, it has created a new user on the Air >>>>>>>> with a password that I do not know. I presume that all her email >>>>>>>> messages have been set up correctly within that profile. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So, I went into System Panel and selected "users". Her original >>>>>>>> account has administrator privileges but, I don't seem to be able to >>>>>>>> see the other user to change the password. Any thoughts? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Once I get into the other profile, I will also need to know how I >>>>>>>> might be able to bring the mail into her original user account. >>>>>>>> Thoughts on that are also welcome. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thx, >>>>>>>> Jeff >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 7399 (20120819) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 7399 (20120819) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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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