hi all, i have an romeo embosser and it is only 2, years old. i want to use it with louie for the mack, however, my romeo embosser drivers are for windows xp. so where would i have to go or what would i have to do in order for me to set up my romeo embosser on my mack? thanks a lot for your help i greatly appreciate it. sincerely, chenelle
Sent from my iPhone On 22/08/2012, at 13:07, [email protected] wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics > > Mouse right click [3 Updates] > Strange ML Mail jumpy problem [1 Update] > Urgent help with a podcast-recording app [2 Updates] > Is Facebook Now Completely Broken [1 Update] > Mountain Lion User Administration [1 Update] > Arranging Listbox [3 Updates] > louie for the mack? [4 Updates] > Can't see iCloud button in Pages on my iPad [1 Update] > Speakable Items staying on [2 Updates] > IPhhone gps solutions [2 Updates] > 1password accessibility [1 Update] > Hazel Help with Mail. [2 Updates] > Deleting Bookmarks [1 Update] > Question about spam emails [1 Update] > Mouse right click > "Red.Falcon" <[email protected]> Aug 22 11:34AM +0100 > > Hi I would just like to add that the 2 feet at the front underneath the Magic > Trackpad are what gives you that click down! > When your Mac is off pick up the track pad and you will see that you can push > both feet! > I'm not sure but I think someone once mentioned that if you click down at the > left corner or right corner things can be done different [but I'm not sure on > that] > hth > Colin > > On 22 Aug 2012, at 04:31, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > > > Mary Scott <[email protected]> Aug 22 11:48AM -0400 > > Beautiful. Thanks. So please tell me in what situations is a right mouse > click needed? > > > Rodney Haynie <[email protected]> Aug 22 01:02PM -0400 > > Mel, > > Good question. Application developers can code whatever functionality they > want for the right click. But most times it is to bring up a short list of > actionable items. Multiple people have already said that another way of > bringing up the shortcut menu is VO shift M. So in these cases you are just > fine. > > I assume that is why Apple created the command, but did not take up any > keystroke for assignment. > > So long story short, unless you are in an app that specifically says you need > to right mouse to do a special action (other than bring up the shortcut > menu), you won't need to issue the command. > > Take care. > Rodney > > > > Strange ML Mail jumpy problem > Steve Holmes <[email protected]> Aug 22 10:00AM -0700 > > And for those with the Apple bluetooth keyboard or using Macbooks, > press FN along with VO-Shift-Left or right for home and end > respectively. > > The only time I've experienced any cursor jumping in the message list > is when I reply to a message in this forum or other email lists that > turn back your replies,. What is happening there is when the reply > comes in, the thread now has a new message with today's date on it so > that thread along with your cursor gets moved down to the bottom of > the list. What I try to do is as soon as the reply is sent, > immediately arow up or down a place or two to get away from that > thread so when it moves, the cursor will remain within the right part > of the message list. Also, if you have a thread with say, five > messages and you delete all but one of them, the placement of that > thread may move further up the list. I hope this all doesn't sound > too complicated. It isn't a bug but you need to realize what Mail is > doing here when you start manipulating the message list and especially > if you use threaded view. I do and I like threaded mail. I wouldn't > wanna use it in any other way. > > > > Urgent help with a podcast-recording app > Kirsten Edmondson <[email protected]> Aug 22 03:37PM +0100 > > > Hi all, > I need to record some podcasts. A few weeks ago I found and successfully used > a podcast app on the Mac. But now, I can't find it! :( I thought it was in > utilities but it isn't there any longer. > Does it still exist in ml? If not, can I get anything for recording podcasts > on my Mac that is free? I know about audio hijack pro, but I don't want to > pay as I only do rare podcasts-but don't want to use the free ahp version > because I need it to be good quality and it might end up being longer than 10 > mins. > Please help me solve my stupidity! > Many thanks. > > Kirsten Edmondson > [email protected] > 07867978791 > > > Blinkin <[email protected]> Aug 22 11:48AM -0500 > > Hello, > Your Mac should have Garage Band right? This will do the trick and o just > record some vocals will be easy. > If you need help just let me know. > > > Mike > > > Is Facebook Now Completely Broken > Brian Fischler <[email protected]> Aug 22 09:45AM -0700 > > I have had it with Facebook, and if I didn't need it for work would > get rid of it. I went to update a status this morning, and went to the > website, was so happy as everything in Mountain Lion had been working > great, as I had set the sweet spot to go straight to update status > field, and then today, I go there and there is now a combo box that is > in the update status text field. I VO shift Down in to the Combo Box > tried typing and nothing, tried moving around and nothing. I said ok > let me go to Menu Tab and just update my status there, and guess what > same thing, the update status text field now has a combo box there. > Has anyone else had this happen today? If so, any work around? The > people who run the mobile site on their desktop are you having the > same problem? I am a non-violent person, but if I ever meet anyone who > works for Facebook, I am going to punch them in the face. They could > be the worst company out there along with ESPN who have made no effort > to make their site better compatabile with screen readers. > > > Mountain Lion User Administration > Steve Holmes <[email protected]> Aug 22 09:35AM -0700 > > You might try some command line tools from the terminal with an admin > equipped user. Example: > type 'passwd USER' where USER is the ID you're trying to fix. You > should be prompted for a new user. Try entering a new password and > see if it takes OK. You won't get any messages if successful. Then > from a non-admin user, try something like > su - USER > With this, you should receive a password prompt and if you enter > correctly and if the password is good, you should be logged into a > command shell for that user. All this effort will be helpful in > debugging and determining if the account is good or not. > > Forgive me, but I'm a linux geek and all this unix stuff comes in > handy to trouble shoot system problems like this. You can also work > with file permissions and bulk file manipulations too. > > > > Arranging Listbox > Jeff Berwick <[email protected]> Aug 22 08:03AM -0400 > > Hi all, > > When I am in the "open file" dialogue box of Textedit the results showing in > the listbox are sorted in reverse alphabetic order. I am trying to change > this to be alphabetic order by hitting [vo][backslash]. This is not having > any affect. Can anybody offer any suggestions on making this happen? > > Thx, > Jeff > > > Chris Blouch <[email protected]> Aug 22 09:46AM -0400 > > Column sort on a table is VO-| or pipe. Is the shifted version of the \ > key right above the return key. > > http://www.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/_1133.html > > CB > > On 8/22/12 8:03 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote: > > > Jeff Berwick <[email protected]> Aug 22 12:13PM -0400 > > Unfortunately, this did not work. I had my mother-in-law look at it and > apparently, the option to change the order is blanked out. I must have a > problem with my TextEdit application. > Off to Google a solution. > Jef > > > louie for the mack? > Chenelle Hancock <[email protected]> Aug 22 12:48AM -0400 > > Hi everyone, > > i just downloaded louie for the mack earlier this evening onto my mack book > pro. i wanted to know how accessable was it? and would it be conpadible with > my romeo embosser? also does it happen to do double sided braille? also does > it do grade 2 contractual braille?. i am taking a personal trainers > certification course over the internet and i wanted to know how accessable it > would be translating my printed text to braille?. thanks so much for your > help i most greatly appreciate it. > sincerely, chenelle > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > Chenelle Hancock <[email protected]> Aug 22 12:52AM -0400 > > i am considering getting a braille pen 12 portable display. i wanted to know > has anyone ever used it and if so did they use it with their mack? > tahnks a lot for your help i greatly appreciate it. > sincerely, chenelle > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > erik burggraaf <[email protected]> Aug 22 06:33AM -0400 > > Hi, I mostly use braille pen with IOS devices. It's sheer smallness makes it > less than ideal as a primary display for a computer. > > Best, > > Erik Burggraaf > Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at > $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. > Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 > or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2012-08-22, at 12:52 AM, Chenelle Hancock wrote: > > > > Alex Hall <[email protected]> Aug 22 12:02PM -0400 > > One thing to remember is that the Braille Pen does not have cursor > keys, at least as far as I know. So, to put your cursor where you want > it for editing, you would have to use key commands, which gets > cumbersome. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > [email protected] > > > Can't see iCloud button in Pages on my iPad > Steve Holmes <[email protected]> Aug 22 07:05AM -0700 > > Problem here is sandboxing. This means anything created in Textedit can only > be accessed by other machines running Textedit. Further problem here is > Textedit isn't available on IOS. So stuff created in Textedit can only be > shared by other macs. > > I wish Sandboxing could be expanded to include other apps but once you do > that, the idea of a sandbox is crushed. We need a version of Textedit for > iPad to make this work. > > > > Speakable Items staying on > Andrew Lamanche <[email protected]> Aug 22 07:03AM +0100 > > Seems to be working well for me. I do tend to turn it off once I've finished > dictating by pressing the same shortcut key once and then I hear a little > blip which I am guessing tells me that it has gone off. The only thing is > that it switches itself off if I have a longer passage to dictate. I do > however wonder whether it only handles a short passage at a time and has some > kind of time limit, or whether it is a bug. Maybe somebody else could confirm > this. It is quite wonderful though when you say "new paragraph" you actually > get new paragraph, and you can instruct it to insert punctuation as you > dictate. > > Andrew > > > Ioana Gandrabur <[email protected]> Aug 22 08:14AM -0400 > > Hi,. > > It appears you are talking about dictation and this is different from > speakable items. That one allows to control the computer using voice commands > but is not very stable.. > > Best,. > > Ioana > > Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com, on iTunes or most online > stores. > Sent from my phone > > > > IPhhone gps solutions > Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> Aug 22 05:49AM -0500 > > Hi > Has anybody ever tried reminders for this? I say that because my husband set > a reminder for going to a particular store in every time he passes it, the > iPhone beeps at him. What I don't know is, how accurate is it? That is, does > it tell you two blocks ahead or a few feet? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > Paul Hunt <[email protected]> Aug 22 06:55AM -0500 > > Hello Gigi. I tried a location based reminder and they are accurate within a > few feet. > > > > 1password accessibility > Krister Ekstrom <[email protected]> Aug 22 11:54AM +0200 > > I can't quite get my head around the extention. It sorta works here for > logins, but i also have credit card info that i want it to fill in for me, > this worked before, but doesn't seem to anymore. Too bad, unless of course > i've missed some command or something somewhere. > Anyone used 1password to fill out credit card info? > /Krister > > > > Hazel Help with Mail. > Emilio Hernandez <[email protected]> Aug 21 04:53PM -0500 > > Hello again, > > For those Hazel users, is there a way to set a rule that monitors certain > folders within the mail app, so that when messages arrive they can be moved > elsewhere? > > Thanks. > > > Paul Erkens <[email protected]> Aug 22 11:21AM +0200 > > Hi Emilio, > > Hazel is probably not the best way to go about this. Better leave Apple mail > stuff on disk unchanged. Chances are that you mess things up if you start > deleting or moving files around, without the mail index files being updated > as well. Use mail rules instead. > > What you do with hazel, can be done way cleaner with rules inside mail. Rules > do just what you want. If a message arrives, mail checks all the rules you > have set up, to see if the message matches one of them, and the rule then > takes action, like moving the message over to other folders. Don't use hazel > for this; Use rules inside mail. It's in mail preferences, command comma from > within mail, and then in the toolbar, it's usually the last item on the bar, > called rules. Interact with the toolbar, vo right till you find the rules > button, hit it with vo space, stop interacting with the toolbar and there you > have the rules dialog. But before you go into rules, make sure you have a new > mailbox for the messages you want moved, so you don't have to redo things > later. > > Basically, what you need to do there, is this. Tell mail which messages to > act upon, and then tell it what to do with them once it finds such a message, > while checking new mail. Here's how to do it. > > First, decide for yourself how the new mail rule can pick out those messages > that you want to act upon. For example, to pick all messages out that are > coming from the mac visionaries group here, you as a person, and also a new > message rule in apple mail, can recognize these mac visionary messages > because they have the name of the group somewhere in their to: field, or in a > similar header field. In other words: tell the rule to look for the text > [email protected], inside the message's to: field. This will > catch most messages coming from this group. However, after having found > messages that slipped through the new message rule, i.e. there were some > still in my inbox that didn't make it to my visionaries folder, I found out > that in some cases, the to: field is empty or undisclosed, and in that case, > the rule won't catch those messages. What people do sometimes, is that they > put the recipients name, in this case [email protected], not in > the to: field, but either in the CC: field, or even in the reply-to: field. > So, there are two more situations where your new mail rule can find the mac > visionaries posts, even if their to: field is empty. Just tell the rule to > look inside the cc: and reply-to: fields as well. > > The rules dialog is very easy to use, as long as you understand what you want > from it. The first thing to do is to give your rule a name, like: mac > visionaries filter. That is a plain text field and you can fill in anything > you want so you know what the rule is for, later on. The next thing you'll > encounter is a pop up button, switching between any or all, in this context: > If any of the criteria for this message are met, do the following. Or if you > change the pop up button, it will read: > if all of the criteria for this message are met, do the following. What to > choose is up to you, any, or all, but think about this one. > > Here are the criteria for now. Either the message has to have > [email protected] in its to: field, or the incoming message > might have the text [email protected] in its cc: field, or it > might be in its reply-to: field. Normally, no one will send off a message to > google groups that you get, where the text [email protected] is > in all 3 fields at the same time. So, if either of the fields contain it, you > will want to move it out of your regular inbox. Therefore, choose: if, any, > of the criteria are met, and don't choose all. > > So now you have told mail, to watch for messages sent to mac visionaries. > Next, decide what you want mail to do with these messages, once they come in. > In your case, you wanted to move them elsewhere inside mail. So, first create > a new mailbox for the visionaries messages if you don't already have that. > Then go into the next section of the rule dialog, and tell mail what to do: > move it into the macvisionaries mailbox. Of course, the name of the mailbox > to move into, is up to you. Then hit okay and quit the mail preferences. As > soon as you save the new rule though, mail will ask you if you also want the > new rule applied to all messages that are already inside your big inbox. And > that is awesome really, because it will then instantly clean out all > visionaries messages from your inbox that you already have, and you will find > them inside the new mac visionaries mail folder that you created. I hope this > helps someone. > > Paul. > > > Deleting Bookmarks > Andrew Lamanche <[email protected]> Aug 22 07:18AM +0100 > > In order to delete a bookmark, > 1. Bring up your bookmarks in Safari by pressing command+option+b > 2. If you vo+arrow keys round this area, you will see various tables and > groups. To the left of the search field, which is probably where you land > first after bringing up your bookmarks, you have a table of categories. > Interact with this table and choose the category/section in which your > bookmarks might be located. This is probably going to be bookmarks menu. > 3. Stop interacting with the table and move right beyond the search field, > where you will have another table of your bookmarks. interact. As you move up > and down the table, you will see names of your bookmarks, and/or names of > folders into which you may have grouped your bookmarks. Remember, listen > carefully to the names in case vo says collapsed. You can expand any > collapsed item to reveal more bookmarks with right arrow key and collapse it > again with left arrow key. > 4. Once you have found your bookmark, press delete button, and the bookmark > is gone. > 5. Hide your bookmarks with the same key combination command+option+b. > > Hope this helps. > > Andrew > > > Question about spam emails > Kirsten Edmondson <[email protected]> Aug 22 01:15AM +0100 > > > Hi, > Apologies for cross posting but my question is relevant to both lists. > I regularly pull in my email using both mac and iPhone. Though I delete > everything irrelevant based on the subject line and without opening, I am > increasingly noticing an upsurge of spam. > I am trying to move from BT (essentially yahoo) to gmail-which I understand > is much better regarding spam. I am unable to do this currently without > sighted assistance. > Until then, are there any accessible apps or program's I could for mac mail > or iPhone mail that would eradicate such junk? > Thanks. > > > Kirsten > > Sent from my iPhone > > > 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]. 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