Re: Where is the restore partition?
You can also hold down cmd+R to enter recovery mode. On 22/07/2011 02:22, Daniel Miller wrote: Hi, The recovery partition isn't visible to the OS at all, it's only visible when you hold down the option key when you start the computer. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Georges Zaynoun Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 8:09 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Where is the restore partition? I installed Lion, still have same two partitions I had since I installed windows on bootcamp, I heard people saying Lion will create a restore partition so where is it? -- Georges Zeinoun Timmerv. 6A, SE54163 SKÖVDE Tel: +46500201623, +46500482929 Mobile: +46707567315 E-mail: humorlessg...@samobile.net Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. -- 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.
Spotlight searching in lion?
Hey all, just tried to do a spotlight search in lion. I hit cmd space, and it told me something about spotlight helping me find files on my computer, but there is no search box. anybody have any idea how to search in lion? ash -- 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.
Re: Spotlight searching in lion?
Hm. Well, I left it for ages and it didn't work. In the end, due to some annoying left-over apps, I clean installed, and it's working fine now. ash On 21/07/2011 18:44, Austin Seraphin wrote: Hi. It probably just needs to index your files. Mine took some time to do that. If it's started working by now then there you go. On Jul 21, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Ashley Cox wrote: Hey all, just tried to do a spotlight search in lion. I hit cmd space, and it told me something about spotlight helping me find files on my computer, but there is no search box. anybody have any idea how to search in lion? ash -- 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.
Screenreader for old mac
Hi all, Am looking for a screenreader for an old iMac g3 (first gen bondi blue). I know of outspoken, but can't find anywhere to download it, not even a demo I know these machines can run 10.4, but have tried and it's slow on this one, as it's only 233 mhz with 160mb ram does anybody know of a screenreader that I can get (prefferably free) that will run on OS9? or is the demo /full version of outspoken still available somewhere, again prefferably free? thanks! Ash -- 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.
Re: Screenreader for old mac
Hi Teresa, Thanks for your response. I did consider them, but when I contacted them they wanted $195 for the product, and there is no way i'm paying that for a 10 year old screenreader, when all I want it for is for a bit of fun playing around with a mac I got for nothing in the first place. :) ash On 15/07/2011 20:52, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi, Ash, According to this post from earlier in the year,http://macintoshgarden.org/forum/request-outspoken-92 you can phone and request it from visioncue.com . This is just a googlefest on my part, and I don't have firsthand experience with it, so I do hope it helps. Teresa On Jul 15, 2011, at 8:58 AM, Ashley Cox wrote: Hi all, Am looking for a screenreader for an old iMac g3 (first gen bondi blue). I know of outspoken, but can't find anywhere to download it, not even a demo I know these machines can run 10.4, but have tried and it's slow on this one, as it's only 233 mhz with 160mb ram does anybody know of a screenreader that I can get (prefferably free) that will run on OS9? or is the demo /full version of outspoken still available somewhere, again prefferably free? thanks! Ash -- 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.
Re: Porting qwitter to mac?
I see what you're saying. The only reason I wanted to see a port of qwitter was simply because it provides features that most of the other twitter clients do not, or if they provide those features they are either more hidden away or in the wrong place. It would be great if someone would write a twitter client that had 4 columns lined up; timeline, direct messages, mentions, and sent. Then you could add more columns for specific people who you are interested in, so only there tweets showed up. Then a simple tweet box. The ability to follow people, unfollow people, and a button to go to their twitter profile. You could customise the time before new tweets are received. That's it; that, in my oppinion, would be the perfect twitter client. Many of the other clients (including qwitter itself) have a lot of unnecessary features. For example, not to diss qwitter in any way, but who needs to do a bing search from a twitter client? If I wanted audio tweets, I would use one of the services already available... and my twitter client definetly doesn't need a stopwatch build in. Just my thoughts. On 10/07/2011 10:20, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi, Look, i don't want to diss your product, Jonathan but i must ask the list this: Do we really need a blind specific Twitter client? Wasn't it so that we chose the Mac platform to get away from blind specific solutions and be more standard, thus being able to more easily communicate with sighted people on equal terms? I can understand the need for one or more blind specific solutions in the PC world, but here? Am i naive, stupid, living on another planet? /Krister 9 jul 2011 kl. 19.41 skrev Jonathan Chacón Barbero: Hello, there are some problems to develop a ported version of Qwitter: * keystroke management is very different in OSX than Windows... We have to rewrite all modules about keyboard * window dialog management is very different in OSX. * there are few diferences in IO file system for OSX and Windows well, I have a good news... I'm developing Blindtweet for OSX. It is a twitter client for OSX managed using keystrokes and it uses speech capabilityes to show the twiter information. I hope finish it for september and it will be in the Mac app store Regards Jonathan Chacón Barbero Accessibility, usability and new technologies consultant Phone: +34 679953948 e-Mail: jonathan.cha...@telefonica.net Blog: http://www.programaraciegas.es Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jonathanchacon LinkedIn: http://es.linkedin.com/in/jonathanchacon Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jonathan.chacon.barbero Messenger: tyf...@hotmail.com Skype: Tyflos_ FaceTime: jonathan.cha...@telefonica.net -- 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.
Re: Porting qwitter to mac?
Yes, agreed. Perhaps, if someone were to create the twitter application I describe below (how about calling it tweeter?), there could be a keystroke that was global, that when pressed would pop up a dialog in which you could compose a tweet. I do find sometimes that the ability to read tweets from anywhere is, while great, distracting Perhaps another keystroke could be added that popped up a dialog with the timeline On 10/07/2011 13:18, Missy Hoppe wrote: Very well said. The only thing I'd like to add is that the thing I like best about qwitter is that it runs in the background; you can just use it where-ever you are on the computer without having to alt-tab to it first. So, if you're writing a document, or playing a game for example, you can just check tweets without losing your place in whatever program you were in. Apart from that particular convenience, Yorufukuru on the mac does meet my needs quite adequately. Anyway, what is described below sounds perfect to me, but if qwitter were to be ported to the mac somehow, I'd only use it over what is already available because of its ability to just run in the background. I hope that makes some kind of sense. Missy -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ashley Cox Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 5:46 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Porting qwitter to mac? I see what you're saying. The only reason I wanted to see a port of qwitter was simply because it provides features that most of the other twitter clients do not, or if they provide those features they are either more hidden away or in the wrong place. It would be great if someone would write a twitter client that had 4 columns lined up; timeline, direct messages, mentions, and sent. Then you could add more columns for specific people who you are interested in, so only there tweets showed up. Then a simple tweet box. The ability to follow people, unfollow people, and a button to go to their twitter profile. You could customise the time before new tweets are received. That's it; that, in my oppinion, would be the perfect twitter client. Many of the other clients (including qwitter itself) have a lot of unnecessary features. For example, not to diss qwitter in any way, but who needs to do a bing search from a twitter client? If I wanted audio tweets, I would use one of the services already available... and my twitter client definetly doesn't need a stopwatch build in. Just my thoughts. On 10/07/2011 10:20, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi, Look, i don't want to diss your product, Jonathan but i must ask the list this: Do we really need a blind specific Twitter client? Wasn't it so that we chose the Mac platform to get away from blind specific solutions and be more standard, thus being able to more easily communicate with sighted people on equal terms? I can understand the need for one or more blind specific solutions in the PC world, but here? Am i naive, stupid, living on another planet? /Krister 9 jul 2011 kl. 19.41 skrev Jonathan Chacón Barbero: Hello, there are some problems to develop a ported version of Qwitter: * keystroke management is very different in OSX than Windows... We have to rewrite all modules about keyboard * window dialog management is very different in OSX. * there are few diferences in IO file system for OSX and Windows well, I have a good news... I'm developing Blindtweet for OSX. It is a twitter client for OSX managed using keystrokes and it uses speech capabilityes to show the twiter information. I hope finish it for september and it will be in the Mac app store Regards Jonathan Chacón Barbero Accessibility, usability and new technologies consultant Phone: +34 679953948 e-Mail: jonathan.cha...@telefonica.net Blog: http://www.programaraciegas.es Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jonathanchacon LinkedIn: http://es.linkedin.com/in/jonathanchacon Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jonathan.chacon.barbero Messenger: tyf...@hotmail.com Skype: Tyflos_ FaceTime: jonathan.cha...@telefonica.net -- 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
Porting qwitter to mac?
Hi all, For those of you who don't know, qwitter is a free twitter client, written in python. It's an accessible twitter client, but is only written for windows. http://www.qwitter-client.net Now to my question. For those of you who are experienced programmers, would anybody be willing to work in porting this twitter client to mac? It's open source, and it would be awesome to see it on the mac platform. I'm not a great programmer myself (i know very little python, as I tend to keep to web-related programming languages such as php). However, if any people are interested in working with me to port qwitter to mac, I'll contribute all I can to the project. I don't know, maybe the qwitter devs are on this list...! If anybody's interested, it would be awesome to work to get this awesome app on to the mac! Ash -- 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.
Re: boiceover since last update.. grrrr
Yes! same here! it's been crashing loads. strange thing is it does it with no busy's or warnings just disappears. ash On 27/06/2011 12:31, Eric Oyen wrote: ok, this is getting frustrating. it seems that voiceover is crashing on me every time I turn around. all this started happening since the 10.6.7 update. it wasn't so bad until 4 days ago and now it happens every time I use app switcher, type in e-mail and chat on Skype. I have parused the system logs trying to find a cause, but nothing shows up. I have also run the usual disk utility permission checks with nothing found. to top it off, this machine is borrowed until I can acquire a new laptop or mac mini. my last machine smoked the power supply and a g od chunk of the motherboard. good thing for time machine. Does anyone have any information on technology grants to the blind to acquire such equipment? -Eric -- 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.
Re: average ram for a blind user?
it all depends on your needs. If you're a power user, you'll want more ram. if you want super fast performance and smooth multi-tasking, you need more ram. but if you check your eMails, web surf, and do a few office documents with music on in the background, you probably don't need to max out the ram as much. ash On 25/06/2011 05:24, KliphSharrie wrote: Okay, I am still on a few windows screen readers lists, since I teach a few basic classes about JFW and know a lot about the windows side of things. Anyways, someone said on this list that the average blind user needs no more than 4 gigs of ram, at best anything over 8 would be a waste. I'm no exburt, but I have done a little research, and googling and have found that the more ram you have, the smoother your system will run, mac or PC. This person seem to think even if you had a fast processor, that spending money on ram was a waste. Now I will admitt, that apple is a little pricy when it comes to ram, but there are third party sellers out there with compatable memory for just about any system. Thoughts? Oh, 1 more thing this person said, that the only way more than 4 gigs would be necessary is if you were doing some high quality video or audio editting. What do you all think or know about these numbers and comments? Sent from Minister Miller's IPhone -- 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.
Re: HELP!!! My Mac won't turn on!
I prefer CCC, as it's free and I've heard it works better and is sometimes more relyable than super duper. On 20/06/2011 01:37, Christopher Peppel wrote: I have not tried CarboncopyCloner, but SuperDuper is completely accessible. I use it all the time with great results. Chris On Jun 19, 2011, at 8:14 PM, Dan wrote: Hello Esther, Between Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper, which one provides the best VO interface for a totally blind person? TIA! Dan On Jun 19, 2011, at 4:35 PM, Esther wrote: Hi, Ezzie, here's yet another suggestion: it's possible that you have a bad sector on your hard drive that prevents your Mac from completing the boot up. If so, it's still possible to boot your Mac from an alternate drive, and also access your original disk (any parts that are not damaged), if you've created bootable clones with either Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper! as part of your backup strategy. To boot from a backup that's been created as a bootable clone, connect the drive, then hold down the Option key while you turn on your computer to start booting. Once the boot process initiates, you press the right (or left) arrow key and then press the return key to indicate that you want to switch your boot drive from the default. VoiceOver won't speak until your system boots up (from your cloned drive), but once it does, you can log in and take a look at your current hard drive and access or copy files. I keep a bootable clone of my system's hard drive for emergency recovery purposes. Generally, I'll make one of these as a backup action before major system upgrades, so I have a complete, working image of my system before the upgrade. This type of backup is different from Time Machine backups, which are more suited to retrieving individual files you were working on a few weeks ago that might have been deleted. Bootable clones of hard drives are useful in the case of sudden, catastrophic failures, but they take more time to make, so you don't create them as frequently. The two popular sources are: • Bombich Software (for Carbon Copy Cloner, donationware, suggested $15, free to educational users) http://www.bombich.com/ • Shirt Pocket (for SuperDuper! $27.95, but free trial download supports full cloning feature) http://www.shirt-pocket.com/ http://www.shirt-pocket.com/ Both sources of software provide good results, but new users may feel more comfortable with SuperDuper! whose documentation goes into more details about how backups work. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jun 19, 2011, at 07:11, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, If you have one of the newer laptops where the battery is not removable, do the following: 1. Make sure the unit is turned off. 2. Plug in your power adapter to the computer and the wall socket. 3. Hold down the left-side shift, control and option keys at the same time as you hold down the power button. 4. Release all keys/power button simultaneously. 5. Wait a few seconds then press the power button and see if it turns on. This process is a last resort and should only be done after you've tried a number of things. I assuming that due to the fact that your Mac will not power up, the other things are not available to you. What this process does is reset the System Management Controller (SMC) which controls battery management, power button control and a number of other things which can sometimes, in rare occasions get confused. If this process does not fix your issue, you'll need to send your unit in for service. Also, if you have a desktop unit instead of a laptop, there is a different process that will have to be applied. Later... On 2011-06-18, at 6:06 PM, Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire wrote: What I've had to do on several occasions is to disconnect all cables from the Mac, turn it upside down, remove the battery [it it's a MacBook Pro or other type of Mac Laptop, hold the battery in my hands for a count of 20 seconds, reinsert the battetery, turn the power on, holding the power button down for another count of 20 seconds, then release the power button; and, usually, the Mac reboots and behaves normally, again, Let ne know if this trick works? And Apple Tech taught this to me. Sometimes, I have this happen when I have open too many windows, Time Machine running, running Photoshop elements, MS word, TextEdit and a host of other programmes such as iPhoto, several audio and video internet connections on as well as gmail, Preview, etc. You get the picture. Good Luck! JG On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Doug Lawlor doug.law...@gmail.com mailto:doug.law...@gmail.com wrote: I think you may have to give someone a call at Apple Support to see what they have to say. Doug Sent from my iPhone On 2011-06-18, at 7:39 PM, Ezzie Buenito ezzybu...@gmail.com mailto:ezzybu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Doug, Thank you for all of your suggestions. The problem is that the Mac will NOT
Re: opening HTML documents in text edit for editing purposes
press command shift T to make the document plain text. btw, as a side-note, try usign an app called HTMchen for your code editing. I don't have the link to hand right now but if you do a google search for it it's an awesome application. ash On 20/06/2011 21:50, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: I'm trying to update my webpage, which is mostly simple HTML documents. When I open them in TextEdit in order to edit the HTML, I don't see the code, just embedded, and some text. How can I edit these documents, such that I can see the HTML code as text? Thanks. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- 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.
Re: How many installs do I get with a purchase of Windows 7?
too much. it's about £80 over hear for home premium x64. ultimate is about 300. In answer to the question though, microsoft officially only allow you to install on 1 machine, whether physical or virtual. however, this limitation has never stopped me activating (i've had to reinstall several times), and if it does use the phone activating option, wait till you get put through to tech support, and tell them you just rebooted your computer. On 20/06/2011 21:52, KliphSharrie wrote: What is the going rate for windows 7 home premium these days? Kliphton SR (twitter) http://twitter.com/kliphton72 (Marriage Blog) http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com (Google Voice) 657-229-2105 Sent from my IMac On Jun 20, 2011, at 3:33 PM, Eric Brinkman wrote: Hi listers, I bought Windows 7 to use with VMWare Fusion. I'm thinking about purchasing a new Mac, and would like to run Windows on it. Is there anything special I need to do with regard to authorization (as in Jaws)? I will only run Windows on my new Mac, so is there anything I should do to uninstall windows from my old mac? Thanks in advance. Eric -- 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.
Re: Windows VM slowing to a crawl
welcome back to windows! :) how many processor cores do you have? if you have 4 cores, give windows 7 2 cores; it'll speed it up nicely. also, with only 2GB ram dedicated to the vm, I'd use 32 bit windows 7. other than that, not sure what to suggest; it works fine here. unless you have some really huge apps installed under windows... ash On 13/06/2011 20:01, Doug Lawlor wrote: Hello List: I am noticing on my system that my Windows VM under Fusion tends to slow to a crawl after using it for a while. I have it set up to use one processor core and 2 GB of ram. I am running Windows 7/64. What is the best version of Windows 7 to run under Fusion? I've heard some people say that 32-Bit Windows runs better for some reason. Any thoughts? Doug -- 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.
Re: Recording a video of a running application?
quick time will do this, simply use the screen recording option in the file menu. ash On 12/06/2011 12:10, Doug Lawlor wrote: I found something on the app store called Screen Recorder for $8.99. I haven't tried this out yet. I may give it a try later today. Doug On 2011-06-12, at 8:24 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, I'm not 100% sure but, I think you can do this with quicktime. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jun 12, 2011, at 4:16 AM, Doug Lawlor wrote: Hello list: I am looking for an accessible tool to record a video on the mac. I need something in particular that will allow me to record a video of a running application. Thanks, Doug -- 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.
Re: Fwd: [M-A] For our U.K members...
you'd have thought, that being appple, they would've sorted this before they announced the service. Though it doesn't bother me really as i'll not be using iCloud, I find it pretty stupid how companies (especially big companies) release products and then start signing the appropriate deals with companies. On 11/06/2011 02:32, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi list, I thought the UK members would find this information interesting about iCloud. Begin forwarded message: *From: *Carlos Palomino car...@palomino.co mailto:car...@palomino.co *Subject: **[M-A] For our U.K members...* *Date: *June 10, 2011 8:34:03 PM EDT *To: *Mobile Access Chat c...@mobileaccess.org mailto:c...@mobileaccess.org *Reply-To: *Mobile Access Chat c...@mobileaccess.org mailto:c...@mobileaccess.org Begin forwarded message: Apple’s new iCloud service —announced during Steve Jobs’ WWDC keynote on Monday http://www.bgr.com/2011/06/06/apple-icloud-coming-today-replaces-mobileme/— will not launch in the United Kingdom until at least the first quarter of 2012. A representative from the Performing Right Society (PRS), an association of songwriters, music publishers, and composers in the United Kingdom told/The Telegraph/that negotiations with Apple are still at a “very early stage.” The licensing team at the PRS have started talks with Apple, but are a long way off from any deals being signed … It is very much the early stages of the negotiations and is similar to the launch of iTunes – which began in the US and took a while to roll out to other countries iCloud will launch in tandem with iOS 5 in the United States this fall. Read http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8565587/Apples-iTunes-in-iCloud-wont-launch-in-the-UK-this-year.html Read more… http://www.bgr.com/2011/06/10/apples-icloud-service-not-launching-in-uk-until-2012/ -- * Podcasts are waiting for you at: http://www.MobileAccess.org * Manage your membership at: My.MobileAccess.org/ * Google is your friend! But there's also an archive of posts: http://groups.google.com/group/mobileaccess/topics * Need help? Send email to: h...@mobileaccess.org Mobile access is led by Carlos Palomino, Taylor Scott, and Ricardo Walker. -- 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.
For those of you concerned about lion's new app store approach: here's the solution.
Hey all, I've noticed a lot of discussion about apple's new approach to releasing lion through the app store. A lot of people don't like this approach (myself included), so here's how to overcome it: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/07/how-to-burn-a-lion-boot-disc/ Hope this helps out some people! Ash -- 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.
Re: Adding titles in iMovie
No, the timeline is in the project browser group. On 30/05/2011 03:42, Vic wrote: Hi Ash, So, I was able to copy the title I want, however, I am not sure where exactly I should be pasting it. If I VO-interact with event panel and then go to where my clips are, pressing CMD+V only produces beep and no title is pasted. Isn't the timeline located inside the events panel? Thanks, Vic On May 29, 2:06 pm, Ashley Coxashleycox...@googlemail.com wrote: yeah. Open the titles window (cmd 3 i think), interact with the various areas until you find the title you want. then simple copy and paste it into the timeline like you would any other clip. A screen will appear, asking you to select a background; use the vo keys left/right to select a background, then move the mouse to it (vo cmd f5) adn vo shift space. The next screen, the title text screen, will appear. Type your text, then vo left once and press the done button. ash On 29/05/2011 20:20, Victor Tsaran wrote: Hello all, Has anyone here played with iMovie? I seem to have difficulties adding titles to movies. Any advice? Thanks, Vic -- 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.
Re: Adding titles in iMovie
Hi, No, the title is pasted where the vo curser is located. For example, if your vo curser is on 'clip 2', the title will be before clip 2 starts. ash On 30/05/2011 20:24, Vic wrote: Hi Ash, This is really helpful. Thanks a lot! One more question: when you paste your title on the timeline, does it appear where the playhead is located or at the very beginning of the timeline? Looking at it with Voiceover , it appears that all the titles are stashed at the start and then have to be moved to their appropriate spots. If this is the latter, then I cannot figure out how to move the titles on the timeline. The included help page only refers to dragging blue bar or whatever. Any help would be much appreciated. Vic On May 30, 1:37 am, Ashley Coxashleycox...@googlemail.com wrote: No, the timeline is in the project browser group. On 30/05/2011 03:42, Vic wrote: Hi Ash, So, I was able to copy the title I want, however, I am not sure where exactly I should be pasting it. If I VO-interact with event panel and then go to where my clips are, pressing CMD+V only produces beep and no title is pasted. Isn't the timeline located inside the events panel? Thanks, Vic On May 29, 2:06 pm, Ashley Coxashleycox...@googlemail.comwrote: yeah. Open the titles window (cmd 3 i think), interact with the various areas until you find the title you want. then simple copy and paste it into the timeline like you would any other clip. A screen will appear, asking you to select a background; use the vo keys left/right to select a background, then move the mouse to it (vo cmd f5) adn vo shift space. The next screen, the title text screen, will appear. Type your text, then vo left once and press the done button. ash On 29/05/2011 20:20, Victor Tsaran wrote: Hello all, Has anyone here played with iMovie? I seem to have difficulties adding titles to movies. Any advice? Thanks, Vic -- 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.
Re: Adding titles in iMovie
yeah. Open the titles window (cmd 3 i think), interact with the various areas until you find the title you want. then simple copy and paste it into the timeline like you would any other clip. A screen will appear, asking you to select a background; use the vo keys left/right to select a background, then move the mouse to it (vo cmd f5) adn vo shift space. The next screen, the title text screen, will appear. Type your text, then vo left once and press the done button. ash On 29/05/2011 20:20, Victor Tsaran wrote: Hello all, Has anyone here played with iMovie? I seem to have difficulties adding titles to movies. Any advice? Thanks, Vic -- 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.
Re: Hot Macbook Pro Controlling Fan
try putting it on a table for a start. if it's getting that hot, send it in for repair, or maybe you've got something wrong with your OS; do a hardware check (you'll need sighted help), if all else fails reinstall the OS, and if not you've a hardware problem that you really need to get sorted. You can download an app called temperature monitor that will tell you the exact temps of the parts in your computer. ash On 24/05/2011 02:47, CJ Daniel wrote: Hello All, My Macbook III Pro gets hot. I'm talk'n hot! I mean it's Saturday night in Chicago in the Roaring 20's hot. When it happens, the machine in general VO in particular just don't function so well. So, I found a program called SMCFanControler. Unfortunately, when I try to run the application, VO just tells me that SMCFanControler doesn't have any windows. Anyone else dealing with a hot Mac, a nonfunctioning fan controller problem? Inquiring minds burning hot pants want to know! Thanks for any advice, CJ P.S. Does anyone smell something burning? -- 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.
Re: Percentage of CPU for VoiceOver?
If you're talking about the number at the start of the table (like 106, 160, 240, etc) it's no the cpu usage. It's the id of the process Nothing can use 106% of your cpu. ash On 22/05/2011 19:35, Jon Cohn wrote: I would expect that Voice Over is very sluggish for you. Usually when something is between 93-110 percent CPU I have found that one of the threads of the process is in what computer scientists call Infinite Loop. Yes, I know that Apple HQ is at 1 Infinite Loop, but still this is not a good thing and the sometimes the only solution to this is a force quit or kill. My VoiceOver when working normally is at 10-15% CPU. Best wishes, Jonathan On May 22, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: Hello List: I was just looking at Activity Monitor and noticed that VoiceOver is using 106% of my CPU. Is this normal? If not what should I do about it? Thanks, Doug -- 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.
Re: Percentage of CPU for VoiceOver?
Ah, OK, never new that. Thanks for the correction! On 22/05/2011 21:12, Jon Cohn wrote: 1. Generally the ID you mention is called the PID, to distinguish it from the UID or GID or PPID. 2. The Percent of CPU is percentage of a single processor. It is calculated by dividing the CPU used by a process by the time change since when the CPU was last checked, or the Process Start time. It can be greater then 100 percent if two conditions are met. 1. If your computer has multiple processors or cores. 2. The process has multiple threads. A thread is one way for a computer program to divide a task into distinct tasks. Voice Over probably has one thread for speech output one thread for receiving keyboard input , one thread for understanding a windows elements. On May 22, 2011, at 3:01 PM, Ashley Cox wrote: If you're talking about the number at the start of the table (like 106, 160, 240, etc) it's no the cpu usage. It's the id of the process Nothing can use 106% of your cpu. ash On 22/05/2011 19:35, Jon Cohn wrote: I would expect that Voice Over is very sluggish for you. Usually when something is between 93-110 percent CPU I have found that one of the threads of the process is in what computer scientists call Infinite Loop. Yes, I know that Apple HQ is at 1 Infinite Loop, but still this is not a good thing and the sometimes the only solution to this is a force quit or kill. My VoiceOver when working normally is at 10-15% CPU. Best wishes, Jonathan On May 22, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: Hello List: I was just looking at Activity Monitor and noticed that VoiceOver is using 106% of my CPU. Is this normal? If not what should I do about it? Thanks, Doug -- 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.
Re: My Itunes question
1. is any of it in WMA? 2. Instead of copy and pasting it, do the following: Delete the itunes folders form your music and/or home folder, so there are no libraries left. startup iTunes, follow the prompts to create a new empty library when iTunes is running, go to fileadd to library... find the folder with your music and press return. it should be added note that iTunes for windows doesn't support wma files. ash On 20/05/2011 17:05, Dawn Benbow wrote: With all this talk about adding files to itunes I thought i would mention the little problem I'm having doing that. Maybe you guys have some ideas how I can fix it. I had a *large* music collection, about 35 GB at the moment, and always growing. I moved it into an external TB drive that we have on our wireless home network. When I got my Mac, I just copied and pasted my music into a new subfolder under music from the network drive, to my Mac. then I copy and pasted it into the empty music selection table in itunes. Not all of it copied over though. I have at least 12 gigs missing. I have no idea why. I've deleted the music from Itunes completely and re copy and pasted it several times. I've tried pasting the transferred music folder directly in the itunes media music sub folder and nothing seems to work! I'm always just getting the same 22 gigs of music and it's over looking at least 12 gigs of other music and I can't figure out a way to fix this. Any ideas are welcome. thank ou very much for any ideas. On May 19, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Carolyn On May 19, 2011, at 16:24, carolyn Haas wrote: So, Esther now I'm curious: Why not simply open the file in iTunes from the start, since it should land there anyway? Sometimes, the flexibility of this OS makes it more daunting.:)) Carolyn Well, the basic problem is that I don't really know what Chris wants to do, since his subject line is about converting (my emphasis) files to iTunes. I figured that if I told him how to QuickLook the file he could listen to the track and check that it is really one he wants to import into iTunes. The files at this repository have names like: cubs-cyl3768d.mp3 so if he is downloading in bulk, it can be hard to keep track of titles. The one good thing is that they are correctly tagged, so when they show up in iTunes they have names and artists. (The example track was a fiddle tune named Birlin' Reels that was recorded in 1910 and played by an artist named James Scott Skinner.) Also, since a lot of people read the list for related information, a question that we often get from people is how to Preview tracks without opening them and adding them to iTunes -- especially how to avoid adding them multiple times! So I figured that new users, especially, would find the QuickLook feature of interest. Incidentally, you can QuickLook PDF files, jpegs, and many other types of files, and you can QuickLook attachments to mail posts that you receive to decide whether you want to save them. It's a quick way of playing the file content. You can't edit or do detailed navigation within the file (like jumping to a certain point in a PDF or music file) to play out of sequence, because you haven't opened the file in an application. However, it is very low profile usage and convenient. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 19, 2011, at 8:02 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Chris, I'm a little confused about what you are trying to do here. I went to the Cylinder Preservation web site (found with Google), and browsed their web site. They appear to have tracks stored as mp3 files. Since there is no right click on the Mac, I assume you are trying to bring up a contextual menu (VO-Shift-M), or else you just want to directly download the files to your computer, instead of playing them in your browser. If you want to download the linked file directly, you can press Option+Return when you are on the link you want, and you'll automatically force a download without having to find the option to Save Linked File in your context menu (or bring up the context menu at all). In this case, it will go to your default location for Safari Downloads which, if you have not changed the location in your Safari Preferences, is a folder named Downloads under your home directory. Depending on how your Mac is set up, you might have a Downloads folder in your dock, or you can check your Safari Downloads window by pressing Command-Option-L. If you navigate to the bottom of the window (VO-Fn-Right Arrow on the laptop), and interact with the group (VO-Shift-Down Arrow), you can monitor the size and progress of the download, and also VO-Space on Show in Finder once the Download is complete to bring up a Finder window with your downloaded file selected. If you want to play the file without necessarily adding it to your iTunes library, just press space bar to QuickLook the file, and be able to review the title information tags, etc. If you just open the file, it will
Re: accessible web page maker
Depends what you want. Text edit can generate pages for static sites. The major blogging solutions are accessible, like blogspot and wordpress. I'm in the process of writing my own cms, and should have it done pretty soon; although it's not specifically designed for the visually impaired, it's completely accessible with VO. ash On 18/05/2011 19:55, Nancy Badger wrote: Has anyone found an accessible web page maker? What blog site is accessible for creating blogs? Thanks for your help in advance. Nancy Nancy Badger, Ph.D. Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Services Director, Counseling and Career Planning Department 1801 University of TN at Chattanooga Phone: 423-425-4438 Fax: 423-425-5527 email: nancy-bad...@utc.edu -- 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.
Re: New text-to-speech voices in Lion
Yes, i agree. I've never been a fan of the nuance voices. now if they could come to some agreement, and include iVox... On 17/05/2011 17:55, carolyn Haas wrote: Hi Erik: I like Samantha ok if she's fancied up enough. But, I agree. Wonder who has the patent on eloquence? Even the old Dectalk voice would be preferable to some of the nonsense that's in snowleopard now, (excluding Alex, of course.) I wonder if there's any point in giving feedback to accessibility team? On May 17, 2011, at 9:44 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: Well voices are really subjective and everyone will have there preferences, but I think it's a serious step backward implementing nuance voices in lion. Nuance has outrageously bad pronunciation. It falls to pieces when you speed up the rate, and the cadence is nowhere near as nice as alex or even digital voices from acapela or loquendo. I know they won't get rid of alex, but it seems a shame to squander space on nuance when there are so much better options out there. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, Now posting occasionally on twitter at eburggraaf, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2011-05-17, at 10:50 AM, Christopher Peppel wrote: Yes, I just listened to Samantha and Serena. They do sound a little more artificial then Alex. They have a little burbling sound to them. Not bad, but I too, like Alex better. On May 17, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Howard Dupuis wrote: Just read about -- and listened to -- the new voices that are supposedly going to be part of Lion. http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/16/listen-to-the-nuance-text-to-speech-voices-found-in-mac-os-x-lion/ If this means that Alex will be gone, then I'll not be upgrading. These voices, at least to my ears on just one listen, are a real step backward from Alex. To be sure, I've so long been listening to Alex that I've grown accustomed to him, but I don't think that's all there is to it. I think Alex sounds more nuanced than the Nuance voices. Just one man's whining. -- Howard -- 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. Chris -- 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.
Re: More on iMovie 11
That's awesome! you should definetly try writing a guide of some kind, or a podcast or something. It would help out a lot of people... ash On 13/05/2011 06:53, M. Taylor wrote: Hello, Well, sometimes the bear gets you and sometimes you get the bear. Today was my turn. I am absolutely delighted to report that I am now in command of iMovie 11. Why I am no means an expert, I can accomplish all of the tasks i need to make a pretty dazzling movie complete with green screen effects and color videos and photos slowly fading into black white. The trick, it seems is that first has to accept the fact that VoiceOver has some serious problems with various aspects of iMovie 11. This means that should one attempt to use voiceover to add a transition, one will most likely fail. At this time, it is necessary for me to, at times, turn off VO in favor of using the screen magnification in order to accomplish tasks. Once one accepts this, the iMovie 11 gate is opened and the fun begins. Mark -- 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.
Re: iMovie
no not really. the only way to edit clips is to interact and use your arrows, skimming through the clip while holding down shift. but not found what I was looking for. ashOn 05/05/2011 09:34, Jørgen Skov Nielsen wrote: Hello Ash Have you found a solution? I is also very interested in Imovie, but i have the same questions. Best regards Jørgen Skov Nielsen -- 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.
Porting a python app to mac.
Hey all, As many of you out there may know, there is a twitter client for windows called Qwitter, found at http://www.qwitter-client.net Now, as this application is written in python, i was wondering how long programmers on the list think it would take to port the application to mac? The app is open source, and I think that if enough people were interested and there are people willing to do it, it would be a great app to have on the mac; i know I will certainly miss it when I switch. ash -- 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.
Re: Campaign to get an accessible Microsoft Office for the Mac
Great idea; just done it! Ash On 03/05/2011 19:28, Chris Moore wrote: hi, Maybe we should start a campaign to get Office on the Mac accessible. Anyone up for it? If you know anyone who is willing to send an email requesting that Microsoft make their Office Suite accessible then point them to this web page.http://www.microsoft.com/mac/product-feedback Select the Office product you are interested in providing feedback for and say something like I am very interested in purchasing your Office Suite for the Macintosh platform. However, i understand your product is not accessible as it is not compatible with VoiceOver which is the built in screen reader for the blind for OS X. If you were to add support for VoiceOver, this would result in thousands of Sales. Money always gets their attention. Chris -- 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.
iMovie
Hey all, For those of you who have used iMovie 11 with vo, I have some questions: what is your prefered method for editing a clip? like, for example, if I wanted to cut the middle out of a clip. How do you edit the text of titles with vo? is there any ways to make vo read the timeline any better? Thanks! Ash -- 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.
Re: Docuscan scanning quality
It will. It works better, though, with the hd cameras in the new macbook pro's. not sure about the none-hd cameras. just try not to get the shakes when holding up the paper... On 30/04/2011 18:52, Kevin Reeves wrote: Wow. It will use your internal camera? You're serious? That's awesome. Now I have a reason to consider picking it up. Thanks for the tip. On Apr 30, 2011, at 1:19 PM, Ashley Cox wrote: well, i today tried it scanning with my mac's built in iSight camera. I was surprised at how good it was. In fact, better than my deskjet f2200 scanner. KW1000, imho, does have better accuracy though. ash On 30/04/2011 16:10, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hello: For those using this program, how is the quality of the text when scanned? Kurzweil does a good job with tables, for example. What about docuscan? -- 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.
Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.
O yeah! another piece of software with better free alternatives, priced much to high. SOrry; i think i'll be spending the money on final cut pro 10 when that comes out instead. On 29/04/2011 03:05, Matthew Campbell wrote: Hello Listers. DocuScan is now mac compatible and can be found on the mac app store. Don't get too excited though, unless you have $299.00 to burn on it. Hope this actually benefits someone. the Infuriated Matt Campbell. -- 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.
Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.
is there a scanner solution out there that can use the mac's webcam? On 29/04/2011 12:02, Scott Howell wrote: Hey Chris, I was only kidding about the camera. I had not heard her demo, so is the demo for the Mac? THe camera from what I gather is $200 additional? I wonder if that camera could be connected to an iOS device, which would be very cool indeed. On Apr 29, 2011, at 6:52 AM, Christopher Peppel wrote: Hi there, Don't mean to make a big deal about this, but just what do people want? As has been point out, this is half the price and more of some of the other solutions out there and there is a demo which was very well done by Ricky Enger. Chris On Apr 29, 2011, at 5:48 AM, Scott Howell wrote: Be nice if they would toss in the camera for a few dollars more. :) I gather with the camera it would be almost $500. I would like to see a demo on the Mac actually. THis is certainly a better deal than most other products on the market that are geared toward the blind and visually impaired user. Now I may also be wrong, but didn't the $299 also give you access to the web-based product and something on the iOS platform assuming that becomes available? On Apr 29, 2011, at 2:00 AM, Tony Bernedal wrote: Hi Kevin I made a quick test this morning with my canon lide 100 and it worked. Now it is intresting to see if it can make something readable out of swedish text. If so I deffently gonna buy this. More simple solution than use vuescan, to abbyy, and to textedit wich works well but very much work to get a document scanned. Regards Tony 2011/4/29, Kevin Reevesli...@kevinreeves.net: Hey folks. SO glad to see this is finally available on the mac. One question comes to mind as I am not as familiar with this product. Does this only work with cameras like the hover cam, or can I use it with a cheap Canoscan 25? Thanks so much. Kevin On Apr 28, 2011, at 11:39 PM, Andy Baracco wrote: Still cheaper than the other blindness oriented OCR solutions, such as K1000, Open Book, Eye-Pal, etc. Andy P. S. I wonder if they are considering doing something for the iPhone. I'm pretty good at drinkin beer. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Campbell Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 7:06 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store. Hello Listers. DocuScan is now mac compatible and can be found on the mac app store. Don't get too excited though, unless you have $299.00 to burn on it. Hope this actually benefits someone. the Infuriated Matt Campbell. -- 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. -- --- Tony Bernedal tony.berne...@gmail.com Blog och info om it och teknik för synskadade. www.tbteknik.se -- 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
Re: Docuscan Plus not quite ready for primetime
Yes, I agree with you. Having tested it, it's a little better than what i thought it would be, but why can't programs scan on my local computer? why is it, these days, everything has to be done in the cloud? ash On 29/04/2011 16:00, Ronald McEwan wrote: AFter playing with this for a while, my oppinion is that it needs some work, or just perhaps more power in the cloud. I can scan a document and wait and wait and wait for it. I finally give up and then scan it again and it works right away. I am using simple scan. Although I think I have seen this issue in continuous read. In the Journey, Ron -- 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.
Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.
I would pay for a product like this, if they removed the cloud features and just had 1 simple program, that could perform everything on the local computer. I would buy this straight away for college, but my macbook isn't always connected to the internet. The cloud is OK for some things, but seriously developers, this is getting rediculous. On 29/04/2011 18:24, Scott Howell wrote: WHat do you feel is a fair price? This is a serious question. I have read a number of messages where people have said the cost is to high. SO, what is a fair price? What about the cost of a product like ABBYY Fine Reader at $100. Is that a fair price? How do you equate a fair price based on features? On Apr 29, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Tony Hernandez wrote: Hi. I think looking at this price in a positive light just because it's lower is what keeps the prices high. It's accepted. Tony Hernandez http://dutyofman.net/ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14) -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 5:48 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store. Be nice if they would toss in the camera for a few dollars more. :) I gather with the camera it would be almost $500. I would like to see a demo on the Mac actually. THis is certainly a better deal than most other products on the market that are geared toward the blind and visually impaired user. Now I may also be wrong, but didn't the $299 also give you access to the web-based product and something on the iOS platform assuming that becomes available? On Apr 29, 2011, at 2:00 AM, Tony Bernedal wrote: Hi Kevin I made a quick test this morning with my canon lide 100 and it worked. Now it is intresting to see if it can make something readable out of swedish text. If so I deffently gonna buy this. More simple solution than use vuescan, to abbyy, and to textedit wich works well but very much work to get a document scanned. Regards Tony 2011/4/29, Kevin Reevesli...@kevinreeves.net: Hey folks. SO glad to see this is finally available on the mac. One question comes to mind as I am not as familiar with this product. Does this only work with cameras like the hover cam, or can I use it with a cheap Canoscan 25? Thanks so much. Kevin On Apr 28, 2011, at 11:39 PM, Andy Baracco wrote: Still cheaper than the other blindness oriented OCR solutions, such as K1000, Open Book, Eye-Pal, etc. Andy P. S. I wonder if they are considering doing something for the iPhone. I'm pretty good at drinkin beer. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Campbell Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 7:06 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store. Hello Listers. DocuScan is now mac compatible and can be found on the mac app store. Don't get too excited though, unless you have $299.00 to burn on it. Hope this actually benefits someone. the Infuriated Matt Campbell. -- 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. -- --- Tony Bernedal tony.berne...@gmail.com Blog och info om it och teknik för synskadade. www.tbteknik.se -- 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
Re: debating whether or not to extend my warrantee on the macbook pro
I wouldn't bother with it. If it does break down, which is pretty unlikely (though it can obviously happen) you can fix it yourself if you're good at that sort of thing. ash On 28/04/2011 04:17, Priscilla Garces wrote: Hey folks, How are yo? I have a few questions about the mackbook pro since I am kind of a newby to the mac. I got an email from the apple store saying that my 1 year warrantee for the mac is about to expire next month. I am debating wether or not I should get the apple care plan mostly because of the cost. I know that this piece of equipment is very expensive and serves all of the needs I have. I can't be anymore happier with the mac myself since I first got it. I'm still learning a lot about the mac even though i've had it for 1 year. What do you think about the apple care plan. Should I go ahead and pay the $249$ for the extension of the warranty which is 2 years or should I just forgo that? What are the benefits of the apple care plan? When is it necessary to have the extended warrantee? Is there a payment plan in case I can't afford the high cost of the warrantee extension? Thank you very much, I really appreciate it. Priscilla Garces priscillagarces1...@hotmail.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.
Re: Advice on opening Imac
for the sd card, it's a trpi to apple. I wouldn't mess with it if you can avoide it, as I think the sd card reader is on the logic board (though I may be wrong having never owned an iMac) On 25/04/2011 23:49, Colin M wrote: Hi All! OK my first really iffy thing for me to do! I've never opened any computer of any kind, but it looks like I've got to open this one! So any advice on opening a 27 inch Imac [the flat screen one ] Will I need special tools! Stupid here has put a ssd card in the disc slot and cannot retrieve it! Or is this a trip to Apple! Thanks for any help and advice! Colin -- 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.
Re: hd not showing up on desktop
go into finders prefs (cmd comma when in the finder), check the box for had discs, and then press cmd W. ash On 21/04/2011 18:14, Tony Hernandez wrote: HI all. I have been looking around for a way to put the hd on the desktop, but I can't find it. Would someone please tell me how to do this? Thank you in advance. Tony -- 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.
Re: Who is Secure? OS X Security
My macbook goes to school with me, and people are constantly picking it up and trying to get into it. I turned on every security feature, as well as using a plugin (i'll have to find the name) for the log-in system that can enable facial recognition, and will lock the user out and ask for a 30 character code if they get the password wrong 3 times. On 16/04/2011 00:27, Kevin Shaw wrote: Hi listers, Has anyone out there taken steps to lock down their computers, or iOS devices? Is anyone using accessible, third party security software? Has anyone ever had their system compromised? Is anyone using the pass code lock feature on the iPhone? I ask because I'm taking steps to secure my Macbook Pro and iMac. I've turned on my firewall, turned on File Vault on the iMac and have disabled automatic login. Securing the Macbook Pro is important to me as I travel with it and would hate for it to fall into the wrong hands. I'd encourage anyone out there who has a Mac to seriously consider securing their computers, especially because we, as blind people, rely heavily on these for our lives and livelihoods. Any input would be appreciated. Shhh. I was never here. :) Kevin -- 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.
Re: word documents on mac's?
you can read the menus ribbons etc, but the text area itself is inaccessible. ash On 16/04/2011 07:13, Melody wrote: Does VO not work at all with word for Mac? -- 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.
Re: macbook pro specks?
Depends what you use them for. For day-today tasks like email, web, word processing, etc, the duel core will be fine. For heavier work such as video editing, editing with large audio files, etc, the quad core is best. ash On 14/04/2011 18:01, KliphSharrie wrote: So, shopping around a little bit for what I might want. And I see that the 15.4 model macbook pros have a i7 quod core processor, and the 13.3 has a dool core. Now on the quod core the processor is listed at 2.2 GHZ, and on the dool core it's listed at 2.7 GHZ, both with 4 gigs of ram. Does that make them about the same speed? -- 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.
Re: PCI cards on mac books or imacs
Yeah, when I eventually switch fully to the mac looks like that's what i'll have to do. It just annoys me a bit how, if you want a machine that's expandable, you have to go all the way up to a mac pro. On 14/04/2011 20:30, bigboy529 wrote: Hi Ashley you can solve your sound card problem by getting a usb or firewire sound card. For normal audio playback you'll get a USB one for round $100 if not less. You can always go bigger and better from there, to the higher end cards with microphone pre amps and digital input and output. Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi On Apr 13, 2011, at 4:21 PM, bigboy529 wrote: Hi list, a while back I heard something of being able to buy some kind of extention card which allows you to plug a PCI card in to a mac book pro or imac, I guess you plug it in to the firewire port and then it is a lot like a drive bay where you slot in the card. Does anyone have some more info on this and where can I get more info on it maybe a website or something? I believe you are thinking of the expresscard/34 slot on the MBP 17 inch. I'm not sure what cards are available for this slot at this time. I know that you could get pci expansion chassis connectivity this way. I hope that the thunderbolt connector will eliminate the need for this. The thunderbolt connector has two lanes of pci express 2.0. HTH --FC -- 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.
Re: ExFat.
it's the format used on the xbox drives. On 15/04/2011 18:32, Dickson Tan wrote: Yup; it allows file sizes of 1 exbibyte, which is 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes (that'll be more storage than we ever need). There are downsides to it though; for all the techy details for those who are so inclined, hit the link. XFat is actually spelled as ExFat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ShamelessFanGirl Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 1:20 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: xfat. Supposedly, it lifts the 4 GB file size limitation imposed by fat32, but I've not tried reformatting one of my ntfs drives to find out. This, according to what I was able to gather from researching the matter, but I know nothing of anyone and their personal experience with this means of formatting. Twitter: @IndigoCellist Skype: shameless_FanGirl Sent from my iPhone On Apr 15, 2011, at 1:16 PM, Thomas Byskov Dalgaardt...@coolfortheblind.dk wrote: Hi! Does anyone know if this Xfat system changes some of the limits in FAT 32? Would be great if I could skip NTFS but I need it so I can use my external drives with both Mac and other computers which e.g. are running WIndows. Best regards THomas Den 15/04/2011 kl. 16.36 skrev ShamelessFanGirl: Morning listers, Supposedly this is becoming the new standard, and is replacing/has replaced fat32 with regard to being accessible via both Windows systems, and the Mac. Have any of you either used this, had experience with this formatting option, or encountered this particular bit of info? I really only need to cross-access drives to import my IOS apps, ringtones, etc into iTunes, however, therein lies the quandary I'm experiencing. That, and it would be ideal to know this before I potentially reformat my existing drives for nothing. Thanks in advance Twitter: @IndigoCellist Skype: shameless_FanGirl Sent from my iPhone -- 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.
Re: Part 1 of Pro Tools Tutorial Now available.
This is awesome! I never new you could use core audio with pro tools... ash On 14/04/2011 05:13, Kevin Reeves wrote: Hey folks. I'm proud to announce that Part 1 of the Pro Tools Tutorial is available for your consumption. Read all about it and grab it here at http://www.kevinreeves.net/PT1. Thanks to Jason Dasent for his editing work. Enjoy. Kevin -- 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.
Re: PCI cards on mac books or imacs
I've been wanting something like this for ages. I hate the mac's built in intel HD audio. if somebody coudl link to this thing, it would be appreeciated. ash On 13/04/2011 21:21, bigboy529 wrote: Hi list, a while back I heard something of being able to buy some kind of extention card which allows you to plug a PCI card in to a mac book pro or imac, I guess you plug it in to the firewire port and then it is a lot like a drive bay where you slot in the card. Does anyone have some more info on this and where can I get more info on it maybe a website or something? -- 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.
Re: Parallels or Fusion
yeah. 1 works with vo, one doesn't. get fusion ash On 13/04/2011 21:23, Ronald McEwan wrote: I have herd discussion of Fusion on the list but not parallels. Can people comment on the difference between the two and if one is better with VO than the other. In the Journey, Ron -- 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.
Re: Voiceover improvements when updating OS
wait for lion, get a mac. yes, there are significant improvements. as for your other questions, http://www.macfortheblind.com http://www.icanworkthisthing.com just to name a few tutorial sites, and and yes, you can save the prefs to a file using the vo utility. ash On 12/04/2011 21:31, bigboy529 wrote: Sorry forgot to ask, if there is VO improvements between OS10.5.8 and 10.6.7, will it really be worth paying $29 for the upgrade? Sure $29 doesn't sound that much but the mac pro in question is not mine but I'll have to pay for the upgrade if I want it on their machine so I'll basically pump money in to another persons mac, so is the VO improvements [if any] really that good for me to basically throegh money at something that's not mine and that I'll only use as long as I work there or untill the Lion comes along because I guess it will also cost around $30 to $50? bigboy529 wrote: Hi I used a Mac for the first time today and I must say that I was surprised by how good voiceover actually was. Just a question or 2, the mac pro I used has OS 10.5.8, will I see any improvements in VO if I update OS to the latest 10.6.7 or whatever it is these days? Then something else, I found the quik start mac tutorial thing helpfull but is there any more tutorials I can get someware, something which will teach me some more? The last question for now, I've read someware that it is possible to save your VO prefferences on a flash drive to use it on another machine, is it possible to save these settings in a file/ files and then email it to someone to use on their machine? Thanks a lot... -- 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.
Re: word documents on mac's?
Hi, Text edit (comes witht eh mac), pages, open office, and pretty much any of the other editors will open and save in word format. I use a macbook for school and use word files constantly. ash On 11/04/2011 08:41, KliphSharrie wrote: Well, I've got an awful lot of documents in word format, and it would be very time consuming to convert them from word to pages. So is there a app that will allow me to read word documents with voice over, or do I have to bite the bullet and just run windows on my mac? Kliphton Senior (face book) http://facebook.com/kliphandsharrie (Marriage Blog) http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com/ (twitter) http://twitter.com/kliphton72 (for text only) 7633029020 (Family Blog) miller9nation.wordpress.com mailto:miller9nat...@wordpress.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. 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.
Re: word documents on mac's?
the mac will let you open them up and have no issues. On 11/04/2011 13:46, KliphSharrie wrote: So break it down for me like I'm a 2 year old. Will I have to convert them first, or the mac will let me open them up and have no issues? *From:*macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Ashley Cox *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2011 3:55 AM *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: word documents on mac's? Hi, Text edit (comes witht eh mac), pages, open office, and pretty much any of the other editors will open and save in word format. I use a macbook for school and use word files constantly. ash On 11/04/2011 08:41, KliphSharrie wrote: Well, I've got an awful lot of documents in word format, and it would be very time consuming to convert them from word to pages. So is there a app that will allow me to read word documents with voice over, or do I have to bite the bullet and just run windows on my mac? Kliphton Senior (face book) http://facebook.com/kliphandsharrie (Marriage Blog) http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com/ (twitter) http://twitter.com/kliphton72 (for text only) 7633029020 (Family Blog) miller9nation.wordpress.com mailto:miller9nat...@wordpress.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 mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto: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.
Re: word documents on mac's?
I've managed to use docx files in text edit. The formatting can get a bit lost sometimes, but other than that it works quite well. ash On 11/04/2011 14:56, Chris Moore wrote: If you are only requiring to read the document, you can just hit the space bar and it will open in preview. VoiceOver will then read this document to you. TextEdit lets you edit RTF Word Documents. For Office 2007 and 2010 docx files you will need Pages. A new OS is due in the summer, who knows maybe this OS will offer even more built in support. I think Bean the open source free Word Processor also supports MS Word, and there is also Nisus Writer Pro. Chris On 11 Apr 2011, at 14:48, Ashley Cox wrote: the mac will let you open them up and have no issues. On 11/04/2011 13:46, KliphSharrie wrote: So break it down for me like I’m a 2 year old. Will I have to convert them first, or the mac will let me open them up and have no issues? *From:*macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Ashley Cox *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2011 3:55 AM *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: word documents on mac's? Hi, Text edit (comes witht eh mac), pages, open office, and pretty much any of the other editors will open and save in word format. I use a macbook for school and use word files constantly. ash On 11/04/2011 08:41, KliphSharrie wrote: Well, I’ve got an awful lot of documents in word format, and it would be very time consuming to convert them from word to pages. So is there a app that will allow me to read word documents with voice over, or do I have to bite the bullet and just run windows on my mac? Kliphton Senior (face book) http://facebook.com/kliphandsharrie (Marriage Blog) http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com/ (twitter) http://twitter.com/kliphton72 (for text only) 7633029020 (Family Blog) miller9nation.wordpress.com mailto:miller9nat...@wordpress.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 mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto: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.
Re: word documents on mac's?
Because the majority of my teachers and schoolfriends don't use macs, and are always giving me word files. I use these regularly on the mac with no problems. To be perfectly honest, i dont' use pages that often. In pages, if you want to save a file as a word file, you have to go through the process of exporting it, which doesnt' take that long it's just a little annoying. It would be nice if pages could just save in a word format. ash On 11/04/2011 15:07, KliphSharrie wrote: You mentioned in a previous message that you use word. Why didn't you use Pages on the mac instead? *From:*macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Ashley Cox *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2011 8:48 AM *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: word documents on mac's? the mac will let you open them up and have no issues. On 11/04/2011 13:46, KliphSharrie wrote: So break it down for me like I'm a 2 year old. Will I have to convert them first, or the mac will let me open them up and have no issues? *From:*macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Ashley Cox *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2011 3:55 AM *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: word documents on mac's? Hi, Text edit (comes witht eh mac), pages, open office, and pretty much any of the other editors will open and save in word format. I use a macbook for school and use word files constantly. ash On 11/04/2011 08:41, KliphSharrie wrote: Well, I've got an awful lot of documents in word format, and it would be very time consuming to convert them from word to pages. So is there a app that will allow me to read word documents with voice over, or do I have to bite the bullet and just run windows on my mac? Kliphton Senior (face book) http://facebook.com/kliphandsharrie (Marriage Blog) http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com/ (twitter) http://twitter.com/kliphton72 (for text only) 7633029020 (Family Blog) miller9nation.wordpress.com mailto:miller9nat...@wordpress.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 mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto: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 mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com mailto: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.
Re: twitter clients
It would be awesome if somebody could port qwitter to the mac. after all, it's written in python. On 09/04/2011 16:39, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Syrinx works wonderfully! The only reason I'm not using the one you are, which I'm not even gonna attempt! to spell, is because even after telling it not to dynamicly auto update/refresh, I found that some how, it was leaking my API calls like none other, so, I was constantly tgetting where it couldn't even log me into the service, as I had 0 API's almost constantly. Now, if someone can tell me how to fix that, I'll gladly switch back, but I just found that really really annoying. Chris. - Original Message - From: Ronald McEwan ron.mce...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 10:21 AM Subject: twitter clients Hi all, I am currently using Yorufukurou for my twitter client. Can someone tell me how to follow and unfollow people? Also, what other clients are people using that are accessible? In the Journey, Ron -- 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.
Re: Can't hear audio in Safari on my iPad
is it flash? On 09/04/2011 19:22, Simon Cavendish wrote: Dear Listers, Why can't I hear audio streaming in Safari on my iPad? The page has loaded, I can find the singer's name who's actually singing but I can't hear the audio. What have I done wrong? I can hear Voiceover, obviously but not the stream. Thanks for any help. Simon -- 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.
Mac OS9 accessibility questions...
Hi List, I've got 2 old iMac g3 computers, both running mac OS9. One is the summer 2001 slot-loading g3, and the other a bondi blue iMac g3. The summer 2001 iMac will probably get an upgrade to OS10.4, but I'm strugling to come up with something to do with the old bondi blue iMac. I was wondering, other than the 'outspoken' screen reader, are there any other screenreaders available that I can download for mac OS9? I went to this page: http://www.synapseadaptive.com/alva/outspoken/outspoken_for_mac.htm but the outspoken demo is no-longer available. Is there anywhere that it can be freely downloaded? Thanks for any and all ideas! Ash -- 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.
Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc
they're using wd in the iMacs and mac pros, and I think toshiba in the latest macbooks. Dad's macbook pro has a wd in it. my mac mini had an hitachi drive which I upgraded when I started to get the click of death. NOt all their drives are bad, just the deskstar ones as far as I know. ash On 07/04/2011 23:15, Scott Howell wrote: That is funny Ashley, APple uses as far as I can tell Hitachi drives in all of their notebooks. So far I have not had any problems with either Mac notebook I own and my employer provided. I am not sure if they are using them in the iMacs, but pretty sure my wife's iMac has a WD. On Apr 7, 2011, at 12:02 PM, ashley cox wrote: get one of the wd elements drives. avoid hitatchi or whaterver it's called. i've not had good luck with seagate iether, though other will probably argue that one. samsung seams relyable also. On 06/04/2011 21:35, Sarah May wrote: Hi Big Boy, My PC, Mac, and Braille Sense Plus don't have fire wire ports that I know off. I know that all of these devices have USB ports though. So what external hard drive should I go for then that will give me fast spped, lots of memory, and not cost a lot? Thanks, Sarah -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of bigboy529 Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 1:52 PM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc Hi I would rather go for a firewire drive as this would give you faster transfer rates, go for a firewire drive if your mac, pc and other devices have firewire ports. If not you also get hard drive enclosures which have both a firewire and usb port... Ashley Cox wrote: Any usb drive should do. ash On 06/04/2011 18:52, Sarah May wrote: Hi List, I download a lot of books, movies, and music. I want to keep them all in one place besides my hard drive on the Mac or PC. I have been using compact flash cards and junk drives, known as memory sticks, but they don't provide enough space where I can fit everything all at once. I don't want to have to keep purchasing expensive compact flash cards or memory sticks. A family member of mine suggested that I should purchase an external hard drive. I told her that was a great idea! Now if I do this, which one should I purchase that will be compatable with both the Mac, PC, and my Braille Sense Plus? I spend three days a week at dialysis where I bring my Braille Sense Plus. I read books and watch movies and TV shows while dialyizing. Hopefully, once I am more comfortable with the Macbook, I'll bring that as well. I want an external hard drive that will be compatable with all these devices, have a lot of memory as well, but not cost me a fortune either. If anyone has any great advice on this matter, I would grately appreciate it. Thanks, Sarah -- 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.
Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc
well then maybe people have had better luck just after 6 replacements, i'm never recommending them. ash On 08/04/2011 02:26, Colin M wrote: Hi There! In my Imac is a Hitachi hd! I got it in 2009! Colin Qapla! Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak On 7 Apr 2011, at 23:15, Scott Howell wrote: That is funny Ashley, APple uses as far as I can tell Hitachi drives in all of their notebooks. So far I have not had any problems with either Mac notebook I own and my employer provided. I am not sure if they are using them in the iMacs, but pretty sure my wife's iMac has a WD. On Apr 7, 2011, at 12:02 PM, ashley cox wrote: get one of the wd elements drives. avoid Hitachi or whaterver it's called. i've not had good luck with seagate iether, though other will probably argue that one. samsung seams reliable also. On 06/04/2011 21:35, Sarah May wrote: Hi Big Boy, My PC, Mac, and Braille Sense Plus don't have fire wire ports that I know off. I know that all of these devices have USB ports though. So what external hard drive should I go for then that will give me fast spped, lots of memory, and not cost a lot? Thanks, Sarah -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of bigboy529 Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 1:52 PM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: looking for an external hard drive compatible for both mac and pc Hi I would rather go for a firewire drive as this would give you faster transfer rates, go for a firewire drive if your mac, pc and other devices have firewire ports. If not you also get hard drive enclosures which have both a firewire and usb port... Ashley Cox wrote: Any usb drive should do. ash On 06/04/2011 18:52, Sarah May wrote: Hi List, I download a lot of books, movies, and music. I want to keep them all in one place besides my hard drive on the Mac or PC. I have been using compact flash cards and junk drives, known as memory sticks, but they don't provide enough space where I can fit everything all at once. I don't want to have to keep purchasing expensive compact flash cards or memory sticks. A family member of mine suggested that I should purchase an external hard drive. I told her that was a great idea! Now if I do this, which one should I purchase that will be compatible with both the Mac, PC, and my Braille Sense Plus? I spend three days a week at dialysis where I bring my Braille Sense Plus. I read books and watch movies and TV shows while dialyizing. Hopefully, once I am more comfortable with the Macbook, I'll bring that as well. I want an external hard drive that will be compatible with all these devices, have a lot of memory as well, but not cost me a fortune either. If anyone has any great advice on this matter, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks, Sarah -- 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.
Re: looking for an external hard drive compatible for both mac and pc
It will erase all data, and you cannot store files larger than 2 GB on fat32 ash On 08/04/2011 08:15, KliphSharrie wrote: So is it safe to assume that it will erase all data, and does this take away from the drives capacity? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 7:34 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc No, you can do this in windows by connecting it and opening the context menu in the computer window, choose format and choose fat32 for the format type. You can do this on a mac using the disk utility, although it calls it erasing the drive instead of formatting. On Apr 7, 2011, at 7:04 PM, Sarah May wrote: Hi Mike, Thanks for the information. Now is it difficult to format the drive to the Fat 32? Sarah -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 6:39 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc A USB hard drive will work with the PC and the mac, just format it with the fat32 file system, this way, both platforms will be able to read and write to it. On Apr 6, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Sarah May wrote: Hi List, I download a lot of books, movies, and music. I want to keep them all in one place besides my hard drive on the Mac or PC. I have been using compact flash cards and junk drives, known as memory sticks, but they don't provide enough space where I can fit everything all at once. I don't want to have to keep purchasing expensive compact flash cards or memory sticks. A family member of mine suggested that I should purchase an external hard drive. I told her that was a great idea! Now if I do this, which one should I purchase that will be compatable with both the Mac, PC, and my Braille Sense Plus? I spend three days a week at dialysis where I bring my Braille Sense Plus. I read books and watch movies and TV shows while dialyizing. Hopefully, once I am more comfortable with the Macbook, I'll bring that as well. I want an external hard drive that will be compatable with all these devices, have a lot of memory as well, but not cost me a fortune either. If anyone has any great advice on this matter, I would grately appreciate it. Thanks, Sarah -- 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.
Re: VO and tables in Lion
Yeah, I got that too. I sent one back stating that I was commenting on snow leopard, not lion I said that it woudl be nice to see it fixed in lion. that's also word for word the response I got. ash On 08/04/2011 08:44, William Windels wrote: Hello Jürgen and others, I have mailed to accessibility about this but then can't/won't handle questions about products in development. I am not subscribed to the development team so I don't know that I can do more. Below is the response of accessibility: Thank you for your email. While we do appreciate your feedback, you will need to provide any feedback and feature requests through the Developer Connection in regard to issues or bugs you discover while using the Developer Preview of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. As the software is still not available to the general public we cannot comment on unreleased software. Op 7-apr-2011, om 13:35 heeft Jürgen Fleger het volgende geschreven: Hi William, thanks for your responds. I don't think that it's very likely that VO will recognize tables in iWorks 11. Also: VoiceOver should work with tables in all accessible editors. I want to use all accessible programed editors with VO, also the free ones like Bean. Thank you for your report to Apple. All the best Jürgen Am 07.04.2011 um 08:47 schrieb William Windels: Hello Jürgen, Thanx for this announcement. I'll report this for shore because this seems simply unacceptable in 2011. I hope a lot of others will do so. But also a litle remark: It isn't perhaps macosx that needs this feature but the particular programs like textedit and pages. I mean, perhaps they will add this functionality in iworks 11, (the next major version). So, for all, pls , report what you think about it to accessibility. Best regards, William Op 6-apr-2011, om 22:40 heeft Jürgen Fleger het volgende geschreven: Hi All, a friend told me VO still doesn't work with tables in text documents in Lion beta 2 what came out these days. As you all surely know tables in text documents are a huge issue working with VoiceOver. I think this is awful and unworthy to VoiceOver. VO is really a great screen reader but it seems not to be tolerable in 2011 that a screen reader doesn't work with tables. So I'll ask all of you to write an e-mail to accessibil...@apple.com to show that a lot of people are waiting for the ability of VO to recognize tables in text documents. In lots of discussions people told me What? VoiceOver doesn't recognize tables in text documents? So VO might not be a serious screen reader. But that's not true, as we all know. And so my hope is when enough people write an e-mail to Apple and ask for that functionallity, Apple might see that it is really important to us. Thanks and all the best Jürgen -- 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.
Re: Volume of iTunes and voiceover
command +up/down arrows when in iTunes. ash On 08/04/2011 11:04, Charlie Bates wrote: Hello list I am wondering whether it is possible to control the volume in itunes but not touch the volume at which voiceover is heard? I would like to be able listen to music whilst i am on the internet but i dont want it to drown out voiceover - which is my issue at the moment. Can anyone shed some light? -- 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.
Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc
yeah. don't know if that woudl work, having upgraded the mbp the optical drive slot is completely difference, and so are the posissions of th econnectors. I'd get a hybrid drive, one of the seagate ones. ash -- 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.
Re: Two Incredibly bazaar problems with my Finder
your fist problem... yes. i've noticed this too. It's a issue, that Is fixed in lion. the fix for your second problem: go into the macintosh HD, and se the view you wish to use. It should then work on all folders ash On 08/04/2011 11:52, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: OK, we got two really strange things going on here. When I got my Macbook last Wednesday, and booted it up, and set it up for the first time, I noticed something. There were no icons on my desktop. Macintosh HD wasn't even there. I've sinse gone into the finder preferences and set it to show hard disks, external hard disks, CD and DVD's, IPods... ya know, pretty much everythiing except for servers, as at this time at least, I dont' see that being necessary. Anyway, what I am finding is I have the voiceover cursor set to follow the keyboard kursor. Same goes vice versa. I also have it said for the keyboard cursor to follow the voice over cursor. I don't think I have the mouse following the voiceover cursor. In fact, I know I don't. Anyway, when on my desktop, if I have more than one item up there, like, say I have my portible external USB hard drive mounted to the desktop, as well as my Macintosh HD. Well, what I find is happening, which is so! wstrange! is that say I am on Macintosh HD, and right below it is my Portible drive, and yes, that is literally the name of its volume... Portible... So what I see happens is it's really quirky about letting me go between the two. If I'm on Macintosh HD, and I either down arrow, or vo+down arrow, either/or, sometimes it'll focus me on my portible volume, but other times it will either bwonk at me, and do nothing, or, sometimes it'll clame! it's on the next icon down, which is this example would be my portible volume, but then if I hit command+o to open it, it's openning my macintosh HD instead of Portible like it should be. I'm just so not getting this! I've never! ever! on anyone elses Mac seen this issue. It's driving me nuts! trying to figure out why it's doing that! One time, I even went as far as to put my IWorks DVD in the drive, which is saw no problem, but it didn't mount to the desktop. I wound up hitting eject on the keyboard, popping it out, then sliding it back in, again, at which point, it mounted properly. Is that? not the oddest thing? So, that's my first problem. My second problem is, when I go into a finder window, I am finding it always! regardless! sets itself to icon view. I dono why, but I? hate! icon view. Ab, suh, lootly? hate it! Again, I don't know why, but I do. I prefer collumn view. Well, yeah, I can always just do command+3, no issues, but, why won't it remember my settings across the whole system. Heck, it's not even remembering it within one folder. Like, if I go to my home folder from the desktop, hit command+3, then command+w to close that folder, if I then do command+shift+h to bring it up again, it goes right? back to icon view, making me all? over again, have to do command+3. I've noticed this problem pretty much on every Mac I ever've played with, so it's not an issue with my OS. Now, the other issue? I haven't seen on any other Mac, however, reinstalling SL did no good. I had a totally unrelated issue that due to my! stupidity, I had to redo my system, but even before I redid it, the desktop was acting really funny. I dono, it's not that big of a deal, seeing I can go through a finder window to computer, then browse to what I need, but, it is nice to have the desktop, if I can use it. Chris. -- 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.
Re: Two Incredibly bazaar problems with my Finder
summer 2011 some time. ash On 08/04/2011 13:21, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: OK, I'll give that a try. Any word on when Lion's supposed to be released? Chris. - Original Message - *From:* Ashley Cox mailto:ashleycox...@googlemail.com *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Friday, April 08, 2011 7:27 AM *Subject:* Re: Two Incredibly bazaar problems with my Finder your fist problem... yes. i've noticed this too. It's a issue, that Is fixed in lion. the fix for your second problem: go into the macintosh HD, and se the view you wish to use. It should then work on all folders ash On 08/04/2011 11:52, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: OK, we got two really strange things going on here. When I got my Macbook last Wednesday, and booted it up, and set it up for the first time, I noticed something. There were no icons on my desktop. Macintosh HD wasn't even there. I've sinse gone into the finder preferences and set it to show hard disks, external hard disks, CD and DVD's, IPods... ya know, pretty much everythiing except for servers, as at this time at least, I dont' see that being necessary. Anyway, what I am finding is I have the voiceover cursor set to follow the keyboard kursor. Same goes vice versa. I also have it said for the keyboard cursor to follow the voice over cursor. I don't think I have the mouse following the voiceover cursor. In fact, I know I don't. Anyway, when on my desktop, if I have more than one item up there, like, say I have my portible external USB hard drive mounted to the desktop, as well as my Macintosh HD. Well, what I find is happening, which is so! wstrange! is that say I am on Macintosh HD, and right below it is my Portible drive, and yes, that is literally the name of its volume... Portible... So what I see happens is it's really quirky about letting me go between the two. If I'm on Macintosh HD, and I either down arrow, or vo+down arrow, either/or, sometimes it'll focus me on my portible volume, but other times it will either bwonk at me, and do nothing, or, sometimes it'll clame! it's on the next icon down, which is this example would be my portible volume, but then if I hit command+o to open it, it's openning my macintosh HD instead of Portible like it should be. I'm just so not getting this! I've never! ever! on anyone elses Mac seen this issue. It's driving me nuts! trying to figure out why it's doing that! One time, I even went as far as to put my IWorks DVD in the drive, which is saw no problem, but it didn't mount to the desktop. I wound up hitting eject on the keyboard, popping it out, then sliding it back in, again, at which point, it mounted properly. Is that? not the oddest thing? So, that's my first problem. My second problem is, when I go into a finder window, I am finding it always! regardless! sets itself to icon view. I dono why, but I? hate! icon view. Ab, suh, lootly? hate it! Again, I don't know why, but I do. I prefer collumn view. Well, yeah, I can always just do command+3, no issues, but, why won't it remember my settings across the whole system. Heck, it's not even remembering it within one folder. Like, if I go to my home folder from the desktop, hit command+3, then command+w to close that folder, if I then do command+shift+h to bring it up again, it goes right? back to icon view, making me all? over again, have to do command+3. I've noticed this problem pretty much on every Mac I ever've played with, so it's not an issue with my OS. Now, the other issue? I haven't seen on any other Mac, however, reinstalling SL did no good. I had a totally unrelated issue that due to my! stupidity, I had to redo my system, but even before I redid it, the desktop was acting really funny. I dono, it's not that big of a deal, seeing I can go through a finder window to computer, then browse to what I need, but, it is nice to have the desktop, if I can use it. Chris. -- 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
Re: VMWare fusion and Windows 7 64 byt
no, not particularly. if you have 4 gb, sl will run fine in 2 gb, and windows 7 loves ram. On 4/7/11, Kevin Shaw tvsound...@rogers.com wrote: I was under the impression that Windows 7 functioned optimally with 4 GB of RAM, even though its spec called for a 2 GB minimum. I've always been in the habit of doubling whatever Microsoft tells me. In this case, would it not be better to run Win 7 64 bit under Boot Camp? Especially on a DuoCore processor? Kevin -- 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.
Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc
get one of the wd elements drives. avoid hitatchi or whaterver it's called. i've not had good luck with seagate iether, though other will probably argue that one. samsung seams relyable also. On 06/04/2011 21:35, Sarah May wrote: Hi Big Boy, My PC, Mac, and Braille Sense Plus don't have fire wire ports that I know off. I know that all of these devices have USB ports though. So what external hard drive should I go for then that will give me fast spped, lots of memory, and not cost a lot? Thanks, Sarah -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of bigboy529 Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 1:52 PM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc Hi I would rather go for a firewire drive as this would give you faster transfer rates, go for a firewire drive if your mac, pc and other devices have firewire ports. If not you also get hard drive enclosures which have both a firewire and usb port... Ashley Cox wrote: Any usb drive should do. ash On 06/04/2011 18:52, Sarah May wrote: Hi List, I download a lot of books, movies, and music. I want to keep them all in one place besides my hard drive on the Mac or PC. I have been using compact flash cards and junk drives, known as memory sticks, but they don't provide enough space where I can fit everything all at once. I don't want to have to keep purchasing expensive compact flash cards or memory sticks. A family member of mine suggested that I should purchase an external hard drive. I told her that was a great idea! Now if I do this, which one should I purchase that will be compatable with both the Mac, PC, and my Braille Sense Plus? I spend three days a week at dialysis where I bring my Braille Sense Plus. I read books and watch movies and TV shows while dialyizing. Hopefully, once I am more comfortable with the Macbook, I'll bring that as well. I want an external hard drive that will be compatable with all these devices, have a lot of memory as well, but not cost me a fortune either. If anyone has any great advice on this matter, I would grately appreciate it. Thanks, Sarah -- 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.
Re: VO and tables in Lion
I just sent one. I too can confirm that they're not accessible in lion. It would really be great to see this fixed. ash On 06/04/2011 21:40, Jürgen Fleger wrote: Hi All, a friend told me VO still doesn't work with tables in text documents in Lion beta 2 what came out these days. As you all surely know tables in text documents are a huge issue working with VoiceOver. I think this is awful and unworthy to VoiceOver. VO is really a great screen reader but it seems not to be tolerable in 2011 that a screen reader doesn't work with tables. So I'll ask all of you to write an e-mail to accessibil...@apple.com to show that a lot of people are waiting for the ability of VO to recognize tables in text documents. In lots of discussions people told me What? VoiceOver doesn't recognize tables in text documents? So VO might not be a serious screen reader. But that's not true, as we all know. And so my hope is when enough people write an e-mail to Apple and ask for that functionallity, Apple might see that it is really important to us. Thanks and all the best Jürgen -- 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.
Re: General questions on mac mini
Ill really hate it if lion is distributed in the app store. that will be going that little bit too far. Personally, I prefer physical discs, and distributing through the app store would mean no apple stickers came with it;( ashOn 07/04/2011 00:32, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: Yes the Snow Leopard upgrade was under $50, but don't expect that Lion will be that inexpensive. I have purchased every version of OS X and every other version of X was around $140. Snow Leopard was for the visual user mostly just a speed bump. They removed all support for PPC and optimized multi-proceoor support but did not make significant changes to the standard suite. On the other hand there is some speculation that Lion will be distributed via the App Store and that would reduce distribution costs. Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 6, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Ashley Cox wrote: the upgrade will probably be very cheap. the upgrade to snow leopard was £25 here. just keep checking apples site; you'll see when they appear. ash On 06/04/2011 03:13, KliphSharrie wrote: Speaking of lion, and the new sandy bridge macs that are supposed to be released soon. Is there a twitter feed, or mailing list available so you know when these products are about to hit the shelf? Also, if you buy a new mac in let's say June, that has snow leopard on it, does apple allow you to upgrade for free or a discount? Probably not. Are you married and a Christian? Do you want to improve or save your marriage? Then come join our family of Married Christian couples at http://groups.google.com/group/committed-married-christians It's for Husband's and Wives, packed with articles, resources, and discussions to help you with your lifelong unity with 1 another. I garentee you will not regret it, and your marriage will thank you! directly subscribe here: committed-married-christians+subscr...@googlegroups.com Hope to see you there! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of bigboy529 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 4:33 AM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: General questions on mac mini I'll wait for lion because I'm anyway still saving up and it's not urgent. The reason for thinking a mini will be fine is because I'm currently running a pc with a 2.5 GHz dual core cpu and 2 GB ram and I'm recording fine. The mini can go up to 2.8 or 9 GHz dual core with 8 GB RAM, but please tell me what you guys think will I be fine with a mini? Another thing, is there something like 32 and 64 bit on a mac? would I be able to use 64 bit software designed for pc and mac and get the most from it on a mini? Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi On Apr 4, 2011, at 3:42 PM, bigboy529 wrote: I'll be using it for professional audio recordings with pro recording software like logic, pro tools, cubase or neuendo. I'll be using a external firewire sound card. I thought the 2.9 GHz dual core with 8 GB ram would do fine but thanks for the tip I'll rather save up and get a mac book pro, a imac or if I win the lotto a power mac lol... I think this set up will be fine to get you started. A drive just for audio will allow you to avoid headaches. Make sure that it is a firewire 800 drive with firewire pass through. You always want to plug your harddrive in first and then your audio interface. Also you want the drive to be 7200 rpm. HTH --FC -- 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.
Re: accessible install of snow leopard in VMWare Player
it will run on that machine. jestures won't though. ash On 07/04/2011 08:44, Dickson Tan wrote: Hi Hmm seems that an accessible install of snow leopard under VMWare isn't a viable way for me to try out snow leopard and voice over. I'll give virtualbox a try and hope that I get better results. I would only try a duel-boot install of snow leopard using something like IHazard (which includes voice over) as a last resort; I haven't found out either way whether Snow Leopard would install on an Acer Aspire 4750G. I'm not sure how well snow leopard would react to the fact that I'm using a core I7 quad-core sandybridge processor, which includes an integrated intel HD Graphics 3000 chip. I wouldn't expect things like gestures to work even if I successfully get mac installed. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:40 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: accessible install of snow leopard in VMWare Player This is against apples eula, even *if* you have purchased snow leopard. To get the dvd to boot, you'll first have to boot the vm using boot132, wait for some text to appear on the screen, eject the disk, insert snowy, complete the install potentially without voice over and then get audio plus some other things working post install. Its not something you'll be able to do on your own. It would probably be easier (But still not accessible) if you were to set up a duelboot depending on what computer you have at the moment. On 06/04/2011, Dickson Tandickson.j...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All I've been thinking of trying out a mac lately, so I got the retail version of the snow leopard dvd so that I can test snow leopard under a vm in windows. I wanted to see if snow leopard was worth the investment of getting a macbook. There are instructions on the net on how to install snow leopard into a vm in VMWare Player and getting it to boot, but when I put the snow leopard dvd into my laptop's dvd drive and try to launch voice-over during the snow leopard install, I don't hear any sound. Either voice-over doesn't start (which shouldn't be happening since I have a snow leopard retail dvd) or there is problem with sound during boottime in the vm. Has anyone ever encountered such a problem before? Regards Dickson -- 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.
Re: VMWare fusion and Windows 7 64 byt
yes, you can. split it evenly, 2 GB iether side. i'd turn off all the unwanted stuff in win7 if you're going to run it in vmware. Especially the gadgets. ash On 06/04/2011 00:39, Cam wrote: Dear all, I have the latest MacBook Air, with a 2.1ghz processor and 4gb of ram. Apple tells me that is a 64 byt system. Can I run windows 7 64 byt under VMWare fusion? Also how much ram should I allocate to Mac and Windows? Many thanks, Cam -- 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.
Re: General questions on mac mini
the upgrade will probably be very cheap. the upgrade to snow leopard was £25 here. just keep checking apples site; you'll see when they appear. ash On 06/04/2011 03:13, KliphSharrie wrote: Speaking of lion, and the new sandy bridge macs that are supposed to be released soon. Is there a twitter feed, or mailing list available so you know when these products are about to hit the shelf? Also, if you buy a new mac in let's say June, that has snow leopard on it, does apple allow you to upgrade for free or a discount? Probably not. Are you married and a Christian? Do you want to improve or save your marriage? Then come join our family of Married Christian couples at http://groups.google.com/group/committed-married-christians It's for Husband's and Wives, packed with articles, resources, and discussions to help you with your lifelong unity with 1 another. I garentee you will not regret it, and your marriage will thank you! directly subscribe here: committed-married-christians+subscr...@googlegroups.com Hope to see you there! -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of bigboy529 Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 4:33 AM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: General questions on mac mini I'll wait for lion because I'm anyway still saving up and it's not urgent. The reason for thinking a mini will be fine is because I'm currently running a pc with a 2.5 GHz dual core cpu and 2 GB ram and I'm recording fine. The mini can go up to 2.8 or 9 GHz dual core with 8 GB RAM, but please tell me what you guys think will I be fine with a mini? Another thing, is there something like 32 and 64 bit on a mac? would I be able to use 64 bit software designed for pc and mac and get the most from it on a mini? Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi On Apr 4, 2011, at 3:42 PM, bigboy529 wrote: I'll be using it for professional audio recordings with pro recording software like logic, pro tools, cubase or neuendo. I'll be using a external firewire sound card. I thought the 2.9 GHz dual core with 8 GB ram would do fine but thanks for the tip I'll rather save up and get a mac book pro, a imac or if I win the lotto a power mac lol... I think this set up will be fine to get you started. A drive just for audio will allow you to avoid headaches. Make sure that it is a firewire 800 drive with firewire pass through. You always want to plug your harddrive in first and then your audio interface. Also you want the drive to be 7200 rpm. HTH --FC -- 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.
Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc
Any usb drive should do. ash On 06/04/2011 18:52, Sarah May wrote: Hi List, I download a lot of books, movies, and music. I want to keep them all in one place besides my hard drive on the Mac or PC. I have been using compact flash cards and junk drives, known as memory sticks, but they don't provide enough space where I can fit everything all at once. I don't want to have to keep purchasing expensive compact flash cards or memory sticks. A family member of mine suggested that I should purchase an external hard drive. I told her that was a great idea! Now if I do this, which one should I purchase that will be compatable with both the Mac, PC, and my Braille Sense Plus? I spend three days a week at dialysis where I bring my Braille Sense Plus. I read books and watch movies and TV shows while dialyizing. Hopefully, once I am more comfortable with the Macbook, I'll bring that as well. I want an external hard drive that will be compatable with all these devices, have a lot of memory as well, but not cost me a fortune either. If anyone has any great advice on this matter, I would grately appreciate it. Thanks, Sarah -- 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.
Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc
yeah, true. ash On 06/04/2011 19:51, bigboy529 wrote: Hi I would rather go for a firewire drive as this would give you faster transfer rates, go for a firewire drive if your mac, pc and other devices have firewire ports. If not you also get hard drive enclosures which have both a firewire and usb port... Ashley Cox wrote: Any usb drive should do. ash On 06/04/2011 18:52, Sarah May wrote: Hi List, I download a lot of books, movies, and music. I want to keep them all in one place besides my hard drive on the Mac or PC. I have been using compact flash cards and junk drives, known as memory sticks, but they don't provide enough space where I can fit everything all at once. I don't want to have to keep purchasing expensive compact flash cards or memory sticks. A family member of mine suggested that I should purchase an external hard drive. I told her that was a great idea! Now if I do this, which one should I purchase that will be compatable with both the Mac, PC, and my Braille Sense Plus? I spend three days a week at dialysis where I bring my Braille Sense Plus. I read books and watch movies and TV shows while dialyizing. Hopefully, once I am more comfortable with the Macbook, I'll bring that as well. I want an external hard drive that will be compatable with all these devices, have a lot of memory as well, but not cost me a fortune either. If anyone has any great advice on this matter, I would grately appreciate it. Thanks, Sarah -- 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.
Re: General questions on mac mini
Just to clarify, what you were referring too, apples top desktop, was the mac pro, not hte powermac. the powermac is the old mac pro, using the ppc processor. you probably already know this, but just to be sure... ash On 05/04/2011 01:58, Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi On Apr 4, 2011, at 3:42 PM, bigboy529 wrote: I'll be using it for professional audio recordings with pro recording software like logic, pro tools, cubase or neuendo. I'll be using a external firewire sound card. I thought the 2.9 GHz dual core with 8 GB ram would do fine but thanks for the tip I'll rather save up and get a mac book pro, a imac or if I win the lotto a power mac lol... I think this set up will be fine to get you started. A drive just for audio will allow you to avoid headaches. Make sure that it is a firewire 800 drive with firewire pass through. You always want to plug your harddrive in first and then your audio interface. Also you want the drive to be 7200 rpm. HTH --FC -- 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.
Re: mac question?
snow leopard (mac os 10.6) is the version of the mac operating system the mac currently runs. Lion (os 10.7) is the latest version, soon to be released. ash On 04/04/2011 16:41, KliphSharrie wrote: Please for give the ignorance. But what's snow leperd, and what is this lion everyone is talking about? -- 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.
Re: windows on macs?
just buy a general purpose copy of windows. the cost will vary depending on whihc you buy; 2k, xp, vista or 7. ash On 04/04/2011 16:42, KliphSharrie wrote: Where do I get a copy of windows to run on my macbook pro, and what is the cost? -- 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.
Re: speed of bootcamp vs vmware vs native windows?
Hey, In my experience, the latest vmware fusion is pretty fast! I run a few apps on it, and they all work great. I would say to have more than 2GB or ram, so that you can give enough to windows and enough to OSX and it'll fly. As far as bootcamp and running windows natively, they're both the same. All bootcamp does is lets you setup windows on another partition, and then provides the drivers for the mac's hardware for windows. Mac's tend to make extremely fast windows machines. My macbook with win7... it's almost (almost) as fast as OSX, in both vmware and bootcamp. The thing you want to decide, is if you want windows and OSX apps to run at the same time, or i fyou want to restart. Restart? use bootcamp. side-by-side? vmware. you can always get the trial of vmware fusion once you have your mac and see what works best for you. ash On 03/04/2011 01:05, Alex Hall wrote: Hi all, Just a quick question. If I win the lottery and get a mac, I will want Windows on it to run things like audio games. I was told that vmware, which seemed like a perfect solution, is slower than native windows and is not a good solution due to its lack of speed. What have people found when running windows via a virtual machine as far as speed? How does it compare to bootcamp, and are there any problems with bootcamp that would make it a less-than-ideal solution? How do both compare to running windows natively? -- 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.
Re: cleaning out mac hard drive?
there is little to know defragmenting needed, and the mac doesn't use a registry. Repair permissions and check the disk using disc utility. Then under applications in utilities, go into terminal. In the terminal, type this: sudo periodic daily weekly monthly press enter, type your password, and press enter again. that'll run the mac's built in maintanance scripts. ash On 03/04/2011 02:38, Alex Hall wrote: Hi all, Can anyone recommend some free utilities to defragment a hard drive and clear out registry? Here is how little I know about macs: do they even use a registry? Does the file system fragment like Windows' ntfs? I am asking on behalf of a friend who has an older mac with 10.4. TIA. -- 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.
Audio software recommendations?
Hey All, I'm looking for some audio software recommendations. i know about the usual audacity, sound studio, audio hyjack, gb and logic, etc. programs i'm looking for: a basic audio recorder an audio mixer a simple audio editor If anybody could recommend any of these programs, it'd be much appreciated!Thanks! Ash -- 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.
Re: cleaning out mac hard drive?
Yes, true. there is a nice program called iDefrag if you really want to defrag. But OSX does some defragmentation automatically. On 03/04/2011 11:14, Scott Howell wrote: Hi Ashley, You are correct; however, if you work with large files or move a lot of data around, your drive can become fragmented and may require some help.I do not know about all the different utilities available, but I found Drive Genius at http://www.prosofteng.com that does a number of things as well as defrag the drive. Of course the most valuable features of this program is not defragging. Scott Howell Sent from my iPad On Apr 3, 2011, at 5:04, Ashley Coxashleycox...@googlemail.com wrote: there is little to know defragmenting needed, and the mac doesn't use a registry. Repair permissions and check the disk using disc utility. Then under applications in utilities, go into terminal. In the terminal, type this: sudo periodic daily weekly monthly press enter, type your password, and press enter again. that'll run the mac's built in maintanance scripts. ash On 03/04/2011 02:38, Alex Hall wrote: Hi all, Can anyone recommend some free utilities to defragment a hard drive and clear out registry? Here is how little I know about macs: do they even use a registry? Does the file system fragment like Windows' ntfs? I am asking on behalf of a friend who has an older mac with 10.4. TIA. -- 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.
Re: Transfering mail and address book from outlook express to mac mail
just sinc it from outlook express to the iPhone, then transfer it You could also open address book, export the addresses as a CSV, then import them to addressbook on the mac. ash On 03/04/2011 14:55, Dean Adams wrote: Hey All, A friend of mine is soon to be getting himself a macbook pro and I need to help him get his email and address book from outlook express on his windows box to mac mail and address book on the mac so if anyone can point me in the wright direction it would be much appreciated. He has an Iphone if that helps I was wondering if he imported his address book into outlook 2003 from outlook express and then synced it to his iphone and then synced it to mac mail if that maybe a way to get at least his address book across. Regards Dean *!!!Thoughts become things so choose the good ones because Life's to short to be a grumble bum* !!! * */Email: d...@internode.on.net /* * */Phone: 0243206031 /* * */Skype: deanadams9 /* * */Mobile: 0428133758/*// -- 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.
Re: Audio software recommendations?
Looks cool; thanks! i'll give it a go! Ash On 03/04/2011 20:54, carolyn Haas wrote: Hi Ashley: I think I got this nifty little app referred to me by Colin. It's called vinyl studio, and works incredibly well for making audio recordings, and probably for some mixing as well. I'm terrible with things like this, but it was a breeze for me to use.:) Think you can find it if you google Vinyl Studio. On Apr 3, 2011, at 4:10 AM, Ashley Cox wrote: Hey All, I'm looking for some audio software recommendations. i know about the usual audacity, sound studio, audio hyjack, gb and logic, etc. programs i'm looking for: a basic audio recorder an audio mixer a simple audio editor If anybody could recommend any of these programs, it'd be much appreciated!Thanks! Ash -- 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.
Re: Introducing myself, and a couple of questions
that's the one i was thinking of! ALso, OWC is a great site, so is http://www.ebuyer.com though I think they may only be in the UK ash On 30/03/2011 00:18, Bryan Jones wrote: Hi Gail, Ashley's response regarding the older Mac Mini should work for you as far as opening it up. I think the tool she was referring to is a putty knife. Also, there are lots of websites that list the compatible RAM and hard drives. My personal favorite is Other World Computing at www.macsales.com. On that site, select the link labeled Memory, RAM, SD. Then select Mac Mini and then Mac Mini 2007 - 2008. There you will find more specs and options for RAM and hard drive upgrades. A quick look shows that model can physically accept up to 4 GB RAM but is limited to addressing up to 3 GB of that RAM. HTH, Bryan On Mar 29, 2011, at 11:08 AM, Gail the U. S. Male wrote: Hi, It's a Macmini2,1 1.83 GHZ intel dual core processor, running 1 GB of ddr2 SDRam consisting of two 512 MB ram sticks bus speed 667 MHZ, and an 80 GB serial AD * which I'm assuming is what I know as a sataHard drive version 10.5.8. I'm planning to upgrade to Snow leopard, once I get these other upgrades done. Possibly sooner! It has a rubber material on the bottom, if that helps any. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Jones Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 7:33 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Introducing myself, and a couple of questions Hi Gail, Welcome to the List! Some Mac Minis are harder than others to upgrade. Can you tell us what model of Mini you have, the processor, RAM and hard drive size / interface? You can find all of this info in the System Profiler application found in your Applications / Utilities folder. Also tell us what exact version of OSX you are running. You can find this by choosing the Apple menu and selecting About this Mac. Cheers, Bryan On Mar 28, 2011, at 7:26 PM, Gail the U. S. Male wrote: 2. I'd love to upgrade both my RAM and my hard drive. Is the Hard drive a laptop drive? 3. Also, has anyone opened up a Mac Mini, and if so, could you write me off list, and tell me how it opens? -- 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.
Re: Introducing myself, and a couple of questions
I can answer the last 2 questions. It is possible to upgrade the ram and the hdd; they are both laptop components. The harddrive is a 5400 rpm sata laptop harddrive. how to get inside? depends what mac mini you have. If you have the 2007-2009 mac mini (or a power pc mac mini), not one of the aluminium ones, you must use one of those long flat knives, I forget what they're called. Turn the mac up-side-down, and press the nice in the crack between the metal outside and the plastic base. Push up gently, and apply a little more force if needed, untill the metal pops out. You will hear pops and clicks, this is normal. once all sides are done, lift the mac mini out of the top. teh components you want to upgrade are right at the bottom. There are some spring-loaded arials for the airport and bluethooth, find and remove them by pushing the 2 clips (be very, very gentle). \ then, in each corner of the cd drive is a screw, remove all 4 (the bottom right is a little longer) lift the cd drive assembley out, and unplug it. there's teh harddrive in the cage underneath that. and near that is the ram. If you have one of the latest mac minis, the unibody aluminium one, turn the mac up-side-down and feel for the small indentations in the bottom. Put your fingers into them, and twist to the left. the bottom will turn. Then, life it off and... hth! Ash On 29/03/2011 00:26, Gail the U. S. Male wrote: Hi List. I just joined over the weekend. Thanks to Mike Arrigo's excellent podcasts, I'm trying, and switching to the mac, once I'm a bit more comfortable with it. I have a mac mini running Leopard.I've been a windows user since 1998, but it's kind of fun learning the mac and voice over. Now for my questions. 1. I use Magic Jack on my windows machine, and am wondering if it will work on the mac, not running windows, or is there a good VOIP solution for the mac? 2. I'd love to upgrade both my RAM and my hard drive. Is the Hard drive a laptop drive? 3. Also, has anyone opened up a Mac Mini, and if so, could you write me off list, and tell me how it opens? Thanks for any help anyone can give me, and I'm sure I'll be coming back with lots of questions, as I go forward on this journey. -- 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.
Re: Are two drives alike?
both drives will work fine. it's just the essential one spins at a faster spead. you see this a lot, for example, if you search for sd ram on amazon. You see some cheap SD ram, at about 11.99 each, then you see for iMac g3 g4 eMac... advertised ram for about 22.99 each. People seam to think that just because you own a mac they can get more money. ash On 27/03/2011 22:44, Geoff Waaler wrote: Greetings all, Recently a friend found a 500 GB Passport at the Apple store for twice what I paid for my 1TB drive last year. It said that it was for MacOS, but since my MBP has no trouble finding or reading my drive, I didn't see this deal as a bargin exactly. This afternoon I searched the US Amazon site for the string: passport tb and noticed that the prices for the mac drives are consistently higher than their windows counterparts. Two examples follow: Western Digital My Passport SE for Mac 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive (Silver) $117.27 vs: Western Digital My Passport Essential SE 1 TB USB 3.0/2.0 Ultra Portable External Hard Drive (Black) (Windows) $89.99 I'm not certain whether these products are identical. The color varies, as does the fact that the more expensive drive's description emits the word essential, and does not support USB 3.0 (which may not be applicable for MACOS yet anyway). My older drive came with software that I never use -- is this the only difference between the two drive models? If so, would I care about the software in the MacOS platform? I assume I could se either drive with timeMachine and to store files? TIA for any input and best regards. Geoff -- 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.
Re: Any VO limitations or concerns? Praises?
Go on blind cool tech ( www.blindcooltech.com and look at mikes podcasts on the mac. I think it's a 12 or 13 part series, and that series was what persuaded me to get a mac. I use a macbook all the time for school stuff and it works great. ash On 28/03/2011 02:51, Johchi wrote: Hi folks, I'm not a Mac user yet, but I am learning sooo much by gtleaning from this wonderful list. My question has to do with convincing the PA State agency that getting VO and the MacBook for me is a better choice then the traditional Windows screen reader setup. But I want to be completely honest with you: Since I'm not currently an Apple products user, I really don't know if the Mac is really the best way for me to go. I'm an educated professional piano technician who is also a musician keyboardist. But the State won't purchase anything for me based on personal musical ambition. I have joined this list and the AiPhone list in order to hear for myself just how accessible the apple platform really is. I must say that I am quite amazed beyond words on how much blind folks are able to accomplish on the touch screen iPhone. So needless to say, I am looking forward to the iPhone 5 when it comes out, and I'll probably be getting something in an iPhone for myself at that time. But anyway, getting back to my situation with the State getting me some new computer equipment: Their immediate response to my interests for having a Mac was negative. Why? Because the guy hired to do my equipment evaluation has had zero experience using a Mac and so he told the agency that he felt that it was in his opinion that it was a bad idea to get me a Mac. I immediately came back with saying to them that it was my right to make my own choice as to what equipment I would like to have use of. And that my choice of equipment was being discriminated against based on their lack of knowledge and understanding of the subject. They then quickly changed their tune and gave me another equipment evaluator to work with me who they say is familiar with the Mac platform and said that they would have to go with his recommendations thereafter. I have yet to meet with this second person. Consequently, in the meantime I am needing to get as much concrete evidence that VO on a Mac is perfectly viable and that everything I need to do on the MacBook is accessible, or better yet, even better accessible then the Windows / Microsoft platform using the latest WE screen reader alone.. So I need to locate information supporting the ability for the blind to be able to use the MacBook successfully.Please be so kind as to briefly speak to this matter with either your own testimonies of your own success and support, or negatatives and concerns concerning the use of the Apple Mac platform for the blind computer user. Thanks much, -- Johnny Chilelli pianot...@neo.rr.com 814-450-5433 -- 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.
Re: couple hard ware questions
Mac software uses around the same amount of hdd space, when you take into acount the registry and temp files etc. I'd still max out the harddrive and get the highest spec you can afford. ash On 24/03/2011 21:32, KliphSharrie wrote: So, getting a new macbook pro pretty soon. Want to know if there is a big difference in a 2.0 and 2.2 I7 quod core processor? Will it have a noticeable difference, and does mac software take up more hard drive space than windows software? Thanks. -- 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.
Re: repairing permissions
go into the finder, into applicationsutilities. Open the 'disk utility'. Find your hard drive in the table of disks. Move to the right and select the first aid tab. Then navigate to the repair permissions button. press that, wait for it to complete and all done. ash On 24/03/2011 22:07, Christina wrote: I'm getting ready to update Mac OS but I also want to repair permissions afterwards. Can someone please tell me how and where to do this. Is the whole process VO accessible? Thanks so much, Christina -- 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.
Re: couple questions
Hi, No, Yes, No. DOn't buy office, it's the bigest... well i'll leave it up to your imagination apple mail has a feed reader and you don't have to use the trackpad, though voiceover does have a trackpad commander that can allow you to navigate using the trackpad. ash On 24/03/2011 19:11, KliphSharrie wrote: Okay, so I was picking out my macbook pro today online. And it suggested that I get the office suite 2011 for mac, does this suite work with voice over? Also, I am a big RSS feed person, I read my feeds through outlook. Does apple mail have a similar feature, or is there different way? Lastly, I'm coming from windows, and with JFW I don't have to use the mouse for anything. Is this the same with voice over, or do I have to use the track pad for certain things? Thanks. -- 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.
Re: Importing song into iTunes and removing it from desktop
put it in your iTunes folder and import it. to have it do it automatically in future, go to itunes prefs, then into advanced and check the box to copy files to iTunes media folder. ash On 24/03/2011 19:17, Kevin Gibbs wrote: Guys, I received an mp3 of Stormy Weather from a singer who wants a new arrangement done. when i imported it into iTunes, I didn't realize that he iTunes library used the desktop as the library location. when I dumped the mp3 off the desktop and emptied the trash, iTunes could no longer find it. So, I redownloaded the file and put it back on the desktop and imported it. Unfortunately, I really don't want it on my desktop. Clearly, I don't completely understand the add to library and import commandsHow do I change the location so that this song is in the iTunes folder and not referenced to a location on the desktop? thanks, Kevin -- 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.
Re: voice over list?
try the macvoiceover mailinglist, search for it on freelists.org ash On 22/03/2011 00:07, KliphSharrie wrote: Hello, is there a list out there strictly for the voice over screen reader? Just asking since I don't see much on here about the key strokes and such. -- 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.
Re: One more question.
No, It doesn't come pre-installed on the mac. If you have vmware fusion, it's in the installer selection, if not go here: http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ for a commercial product, paragon ntfs for mac is here: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/ HTH! Ash On 20/03/2011 21:30, Scott Howell wrote: Ashley, is this still experimental? I was under the impression this was not 100%. If that is not the case, then that is a very good deal for folks. Of course you have to install this since it does not come preinstalled on the Mac unless things have changed very recently. On Mar 20, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Ashley Cox wrote: No, you can use mac fuse or paragon NTFS for mac to read and write to NTFS drives. On 20/03/2011 18:35, ShamelessFanGirl wrote: Regarding external drives, is it still necessary for one to format in phat32 if sharing between the Mac and PC are the overall aim? I'd read that once, but it was a while ago, so I wasn't sure whether or not it's still the case. Thanks guys Twitter: @IndigoCellist Sent from my iPhone -- 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.
Re: Outspoken VS. VoiceOver
I'd love to use outspoken. Been looking for it everywhere. ash On 21/03/2011 20:32, Zachary Kline wrote: Hi, I'd also be quite interested in the answer to this question. I never did have the chance to use Outspoken, though I recall having an old copy of it at school at one point. I don't think this would qualify as list clutter, as it is mac and Apple related, though of course that's for the mods to decide. So, any outspoken veterans out there, please enlighten us. Best, Zack. On Mar 21, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Joseph Norton wrote: Hi list: Any of you out there date back to the days of using Outspoken? What I'm wondering is this: How different was the Outspoken experience vs. VoiceOver? Was it very similar? If not, can you comment on how different it was? You can reply off-list, as I don't want a lot of clutter. Thanks! -- 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.
Re: Making the switch soon, but first, a few preliminary questions.
On 20/03/2011 18:26, ShamelessFanGirl wrote: hello all, After hanging back, and watching from the sidelines for the last little while, I've decided to at last go ahead, and become a switcher. Awesome! good for you! I've had little but a few cursory plays with a Mac at the Apple store, but that bit of experience, as well as the progress made with iOS, which I use on a daily basis for everything from my communication needs, to entertainment, to web browsing, has decided me. My questions are as follows: 1. on the windows side of things, I do a lot of extracting audiobooks on CD. My current method of accomplishing this is SoundForge, because it permits me to control the drive speed, so there aren't errors in the finished product. I attempted this with iTunes, but even with error-correction engaged, it still reads too quickly. Is there a means on the Mac side of things for accomplishing this? I have absolutely no idea. I tend to just use iTunes or one of the many cd rippers available in the mac app store. 2. How precisely does one go about navigating from the sources area of iTunes, to the lists of either books, songs/albums, or apps? As I said, I've only had a minimum of play time with the Mac, so that one is more-than-likely a no-brainer, but it is one I wasn't immediately able to figure out in the limited time I had at the time. The selection table is just to the right of the sources table. Navigate to the right a few times with the vo cursor. Sorry for the verbose nature of these questions. Perhaps I should turn off speak-hints in myself. :D Thanks for any/all answers in advance Twitter: @IndigoCellist Sent from my iPhone -- 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.
Re: One more question.
No, you can use mac fuse or paragon NTFS for mac to read and write to NTFS drives. On 20/03/2011 18:35, ShamelessFanGirl wrote: Regarding external drives, is it still necessary for one to format in phat32 if sharing between the Mac and PC are the overall aim? I'd read that once, but it was a while ago, so I wasn't sure whether or not it's still the case. Thanks guys Twitter: @IndigoCellist Sent from my iPhone -- 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.
Possibly OT: imac restore disks?
Hey all, I have an imac g3 (slot-loader, 600 MHZ...). I'm looking for the mac OS9.2.2 restore disks... probably a long-shot, but if anybody has them or a disk image they're willing to send, I'd be really grateful! I only need mac OS9 to upgrade the firmware so I can install tiger... I have a mac os 9.0.4 disk but, as this is the summer 2001 iMac, it can only boot 9.2 earliest. Thanks! Ash -- 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.
Re: using older charger on my MB pro?
No, don't do it. As katy perry says... boom, boom, boom. ash On 16/03/2011 10:41, Zachary Kline wrote: Hi Donna, The cautious side of me would say that it probably isn't a good idea to use a charger with a machine it wasn't designed for. I don't know much about variations in those components over the past few years, apart from the relatively recent switch to magnetic connectors on the adapter.. ALl that being said, I don't know that you can't use the two together either. If it were me, I wouldn't, just to be safe. Someone who knows better feel free to correct me. SOrry I can't be more definitively helpful. Best, Zack. On Mar 16, 2011, at 3:21 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, I'm going to be traveling the next few days, and will be staying with someone who has an MB pro that's about two-three years older than mine, i.e about 4-5 years old. Is there any reason I can't use her charger on my Macbook? TIA, Donna -- 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.
Re: Looking for feedback regarding accessibility of the apps in today's MacUpdate Promo bundle
from what I recall, Mac DVD ripper pro is niehter accessible, nore a godo piece of software. parallels isn't accessible Not sure about the others though. On 16/03/2011 14:02, Bryan Jones wrote: All, Today's MacUpdate Promo appears to be a bundle of decent Apps for US $49. I've listed them below and am wondering if anybody here knows about the level of VO accessibility of any of these. I seem to recall Parallels is inaccessible while 1 Password and DVDRemaster are accessible. The macupdate promos can be found at www.mupromo.com Here's a list of the main applications included in the bundle: Parallels Desktop 6 1 Password 3 DVDRemaster 7 Mac DVDRipper Pro 2 Tech Tool Pro 5 Hands Off A Better Finder Rename 8 Thanks, Bryan -- 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.
