Re: my iMac won't stay connected to internet
Actually, that was the old name... In Mavericks, it is now called System Information and it can be found in your Utilities folder or by clicking the More Info button in About This Mac... HTH Lou/BlindMacMan. On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 11:32:27 AM UTC-10, agent086b wrote: hello, what is system profiler? Thanks. Max. On 06/11/2013, at 4:46 AM, BlindMacMan blind...@mac.com wrote: Hello! I had the same problem about a month ago... I worked with Apple for 3 days thinking it was some conflict between my 3 TimeCapsules and my AirportExtreme (don't ask:-)... Finally, we went into System Profiler and found out that there were 10 Airports really close to me all using the lower bands... I switched to the highest possible band and all has been working perfectly ever since. Congratulations on resolving the issue yourself! Lou/BlindMacMan. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: my iMac won't stay connected to internet
Hello! I had the same problem about a month ago... I worked with Apple for 3 days thinking it was some conflict between my 3 TimeCapsules and my AirportExtreme (don't ask:-)... Finally, we went into System Profiler and found out that there were 10 Airports really close to me all using the lower bands... I switched to the highest possible band and all has been working perfectly ever since. Congratulations on resolving the issue yourself! Lou/BlindMacMan. On Monday, November 4, 2013 3:08:38 PM UTC-10, ccwiner wrote: Thanks! :) I changed the settings on my time capsule and changed the channel from auto to a specific channel that was not currently being used in my neighborhood. I used some built in wifi diagnostic tool/utility to see what channels my neighbors were using.So far, I have been on for an hour without disruption. I am currently monitoring my wifi connection through wireless diagnostics to see if there are any interruptions. I am keeping my fingers crossed. Now that you brought it up, my husband has not updated his computer yet. I forgot about that. However, my problem started before the update. His computer will lose the connection sometimes but mine was barely staying on for five minutes at a time. Christina Sent from Christina's iMac :) On Nov 4, 2013, at 5:27 PM, Tim Kilburn kilb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I just started experiencing something similar this past weekend while using a hotel wireless and also while using the wireless service at the Airport. I just got home an hour or so ago and everything is fine on my Apple Airport network. I was thinking that it likely is a bug in Mavericks but if your husband is not having any issues and he’s running the same OS as you, then that may not be the case. This has happened in previous versions of the MacOS and subsequently fixed. I’ll do some searching on the Internet and see if anyone else is having the same problem. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 4, 2013, at 1:02 PM, Christina C. blindm...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I would love some help. I don’t know why but around 2 weeks ago my computer won’t seem to stay connected to the internet. The wifi status will say 4 of 4 bars with name of network but no web pages will load nor will mail work. Then if I turn wifi off and then back on, all will work fine for a few minutes. Then it all starts all over again. :( My husbands exact computer right next to mine works perfectly fine. I have repaired permissions and I have also run the diagnostic and no errors were detected in the wifi/network diagnostics. I’d appreciate any help, Christina -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionarie...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisi...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionarie...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisi...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Help with OS 10.9, VO and Navigating Website with Frames
Hello! I maintain a website for a leather/levi social organization. The website has a menu contents frame at the left and the main frame where the content displays on the right. VoiceOver has never had a problem with this setup until I upgraded to OS 10.9. When I first load the page, VO sees both frames. After making a selection from the menu frame, VO only sees the menu frame and no longer sees the main frame Every once in awhile it will see it, but if I make another selection from the menu frame and try to return to it, it will not see it the second time. Changing between Group and DOM navigation has no effect. Enabling and disabling Live Regions also has no effect. Sighted people tell me that they have no problems using the website... The main frame is being populated with the correct information... The problem seems to be that VoiceOver forgets about the main frame (in other words, when turning the web rotor to Frames, the only frame listed is the menu frame). Do you have any ideas as to why this is happening under 10.9? Do you have any suggestions as to a work around? (I can still do my work, it is just difficult for me to proof without asking for sighted help, which I would like to avoid.) Thanks for any assistance you may provide! Lou/BlindMacMan. Golden Gate Guards GGG Web/Post Master. www.ggguards.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Help with OS 10.9, VO and Navigating Website with Frames
Thanks Tim! At least you confirmed the problem... I was thinking I was having a major brain freeze. I will forward my findings to accessibil...@apple.com and I will check out your (sometimes possible) work arounds. Lou/BlindMacMan On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 10:42:00 AM UTC-7, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi Lou, I can confirm your findings. Here’s what I do to get around this for now. 1. After activating a link in the first frame, press tab until you reach an item in the other frame. 2. If it is a link you wish to affect, press return after tabbing to it. This is where things get inconsistent. Sometimes, I can Interact with whatever I’ve tabbed to and then VO focus restores but not as often as I’d like. It appears that when using VO navigation, including the Item Chooser, most of the elements aren’t being noticed by VO. If you tab though, they are workable, but not really in a VO way. What I mean here, is that using VO commands makes it lose focus again whereas using OS commands like tab and return will perform the task. I’ve also noticed that, only sometimes, a Refresh of the page will help. So, overall, I probably have only confirmed your findings and only given you half-baked work-arounds. Hope it helped a little. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 30, 2013, at 9:17 AM, blind...@mac.com wrote: Hello! I maintain a website for a leather/levi social organization. The website has a menu contents frame at the left and the main frame where the content displays on the right. VoiceOver has never had a problem with this setup until I upgraded to OS 10.9. When I first load the page, VO sees both frames. After making a selection from the menu frame, VO only sees the menu frame and no longer sees the main frame Every once in awhile it will see it, but if I make another selection from the menu frame and try to return to it, it will not see it the second time. Changing between Group and DOM navigation has no effect. Enabling and disabling Live Regions also has no effect. Sighted people tell me that they have no problems using the website... The main frame is being populated with the correct information... The problem seems to be that VoiceOver forgets about the main frame (in other words, when turning the web rotor to Frames, the only frame listed is the menu frame). Do you have any ideas as to why this is happening under 10.9? Do you have any suggestions as to a work around? (I can still do my work, it is just difficult for me to proof without asking for sighted help, which I would like to avoid.) Thanks for any assistance you may provide! Lou/BlindMacMan. Golden Gate Guards GGG Web/Post Master. www.ggguards.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionarie...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisi...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: iTunes Library location?
Hello Tim... First off, thank you for all your assistance over the years in this forum! Question: Instead of step 3, couldn't you just drop everything onto the Automatically Add to Itunes folder? Wouldn't that take care of everything (except for maybe step 4 which should probably be done before step 3)? Or, am I missing something here? I am interested in this because I can see this being a To Do item for me in 2013. Thanks for your sage advice! Lou (Blind Mac Man). On Sunday, December 9, 2012 9:49:10 AM UTC-8, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, Four drives not including the internal one on my iMac. You should create the Library first then move the media into the new iTunes Library location. 1. Hold down the Option key while starting iTunes. This will force iTunes to bring up a Library chooser dialog. 2. Select Create New Library and tell iTunes to place the new Library on your external HD. This will create an iTunes folder on the external with all the necessary folder locations and database files. 3. Move your media into the iTunes Media folder that was created from step #2. 4. In iTunes, press cmd-comma to bring up the iTunes Preferences. In the Advanced pane, make sure that both the Keep iTunes Media folder organized and Copy items to the iTunes Media folder items are checked. 5. In iTunes, press cmd-o to Add files. 6. In the dialog, navigate to the iTunes Media folder within the iTunes folder on the external HD then press return. iTunes will get busy re-organizing all your media into appropriate folders and will add all tags into it's Database. this could take a while since you have such a large collection of media. Just be patient and let it do its thing. You may need to fix a few things after iTunes has completed its task depending on how well and accurate your media was tagged. Overall, it's not a difficult thing, just may take some time. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-12-08, at 7:27 PM, Kliphton klip...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Wow, 10TB? How many drives was that? I want to go about this the second way, I just want to make sure I put the media there properly. So do I move the library and then drop the media in there? Or do I just delete the directory, redirect the source, and let iTunes do the rest? Thanks for your informative answer. My main point for doing this is so my iTunes library is ready when my apple TV arrives. This is the only device missing from my Apple collection. *From:* macvisi...@googlegroups.com javascript: [mailto:macvisionaries@javascript: googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Tim Kilburn *Sent:* Saturday, December 08, 2012 7:40 PM *To:* macvisi...@googlegroups.com javascript: *Subject:* Re: iTunes Library location? Hi, There's two ways of approaching this. First is to leave the media where it is and let iTunes simply mark where everything is in its Library Database file. In theory, this could be accomplished by first going to iTunes Prefs in the Advanced pane and unchecking the box that tells iTunes to Copy items to the iTunes Media folder. Next, you would go under the File menu and choose Add to Library (cmd-o), navigate to the external HD where all your media is, then pressing the Open button on the parent directory of all the media on that drive. The only issue with this method is that I seem to recall that iTunes does not always pay attention to that preference when your importing from external HDs. If it works as this plan suggests though, you'd have everything accessible to iTunes and all your devices with only the Database file residing on the Mac's internal HD. In the second option, you'll need to create either a new iTunes Library on that external HD or move your existing iTunes folder over to that external HD. In this case, when you add the media to iTunes, it will copy everything into the iTunes folder and place them all into the proper locations that iTunes needs in order to work properly and properly share with the Apple TV and other iDevices. This is the method that I use myself. The only problem could be that iTunes will try to copy all your media into the new iTunes media location. If you have enough space on your external HD to handle multiple copies of the media during this Library creation process, then you'll be OK. If you do not, you will need to be creative with where you put media prior to this process so that only one copy of the files are on your external HD. I did this myself by making sure that the drive was first empty then created an iTunes Library folder onto it. I then spent time placing portions of my media on other drives, essentially dividing it up prior to iTunes building the Library. Then when I added the media to iTunes, it copied items to the new iTunes Library location and placed everything where iTunes needed it to be. I did have the advantage
Re: No sound?
Hello... I am happy you resolved your problem with the VO sound... I must say something, however, about the very first solution which was recommended to you: Do a clean install of your OS. In my 24 years of using a Mac, I have *NEVER* had to reinstall the OS. I admit that I might be very, very lucky. In my opinion, this veruy drastic step should be the last thing you try after all other avenues of troubleshooting have been explored. Just my opinion. HTH... BlindMacMan Lou. On Monday, July 23, 2012 4:27:45 AM UTC-7, Will_C wrote: Hi all, Woke up to a very weird problem this morning. I'm not getting any sound out of the speakers on my MBP. I can hear a very quiet voice with voiceover when volume is maxed out, but I'm straining to hear it. There is no problem whatsoever when I plug in the headphones, or when I reboot the system and turn on voiceover at the log-on screen. I also get sound when I open my virtual machine and try to use k1000 (which has some quirks, but I'll save those questions for a different email). Has anyone ever had this problem before? What can I do to fix it, or should I take the machine in to the Apple store where I got it and have them look at it? Thanks in advance, Will -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/macvisionaries/-/UQaUsg31P9wJ. 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.
Trimming Audio in QuickTime using VoiceOver
Hello... The subject says it... I have a 220 MB AIFF file that I want to trim about 5 minutes from the center. I bring it into QuickTime, and position the slider to the beginning of the area that I want to keep. I select the Trim... command and then try to set the Start Trim handle to the Current Time. But as soon as I press VO-Shift-RightArrow to move the handle by large amounts of time, VoiceOver says busy and I cannot do anything. I *CAN* move the Start Trim handle by 3 tenths of a second using VO-RightArrow, but this will take *FOREVER* to get to the 52 minute mark... Any suggestions? (BTW: A sighted friend can do this without VoiceOver with no problem.) I am on a new 13 MacBookPro running Mac OS 10.7.4. Thanks for any help... Lou (BlindMacMan). -- 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: Trimming Audio in QuickTime using VoiceOver
Thanks, Chris! I thought QuickTime would work as I previously used it under Leopard... But that was so very long ago on a iMac G5 circa 2003... I guess it will have to be Garage Band. Lou (BlindMacMan). On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 11:09:29 AM UTC-7, Chris Blouch wrote: I couldn't figure out an easy way to do this with QT. Generally QT has shortcuts to jump to the ends to cut off junk before and after the good stuff in your audio, but not a good way to jump in the middle and all the navigation is slow by counting off seconds as you creep across the timeline. Long format stuff like this might be best left to a 'real' audio app like Garage Band or get familiar with a command-line audio tool like Sox. CB On 6/27/12 1:05 PM, blindmac...@mac.com wrote: Hello... The subject says it... I have a 220 MB AIFF file that I want to trim about 5 minutes from the center. I bring it into QuickTime, and position the slider to the beginning of the area that I want to keep. I select the Trim... command and then try to set the Start Trim handle to the Current Time. But as soon as I press VO-Shift-RightArrow to move the handle by large amounts of time, VoiceOver says busy and I cannot do anything. I *CAN* move the Start Trim handle by 3 tenths of a second using VO-RightArrow, but this will take *FOREVER* to get to the 52 minute mark... Any suggestions? (BTW: A sighted friend can do this without VoiceOver with no problem.) I am on a new 13 MacBookPro running Mac OS 10.7.4. Thanks for any help... Lou (BlindMacMan). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/macvisionaries/-/1jiQskDv1D8J. 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: Trimming Audio in QuickTime using VoiceOver
Thanks, Esther! I did not even think of iTunes! That is a quick and dirty solution that works... And I do not mind getting my hands dirty! As always, you are the best... Lou (BlindMacMan). On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 12:07:35 PM UTC-7, Esther wrote: Hi Lou, I know this sounds a bit hokey, but couldn't you just use iTunes in this case to chop out the section you want? If you don't already have the RestartAt AppleScript, you can still download it (for the next couple of days) from Tim Kliburn's VoiceOver Downloads page: http://web.me.com/kilburns/voiceover/downloads.html Add your AIFF file to iTunes and use this AppleScript to make the fine adjustment controls of the start and stop times that you need -- or just use the fast forward or rewind controls to position yourself up. Then, select the track and do a Command-I (Get Info), navigate to the Options tab, and fill in the text boxes for start and stop time to select your section. Change your import setting to AIFF under the General tab of iTunes preferences by pressing the Import Settings button and then press the Import Using pop up button and set it to AIFF. Now if you go the Advanced menu on the iTunes menu bar there will be an option Create AIFF version. If you select it, a second version of your track, with only the section between your specified start and stop times, will appear in your iTunes library. Since you're using a lossless format and going from AIFF file to AIFF file you shouldn't lose any quality, and all the existing tagging information will be preserved. Don't forget to use Command-I on your original track and delete the start and stop time information on the Options tab. And you probably want to reset your default importing preference back to whatever you were using. This is quick and dirty, but it all works quite simply. I suspect you may already have the RestartAt AppleScript, but you may not have used it for a while. There are complete instructions on how to install and use the RestartAt AppleScript with the download, which basically amounts to placing the AppleScript, either via copy or move, into the Library/iTunes/Scripts folder for your account. If this is the first time you are adding an AppleScript to iTunes, you will have to create the Scripts folder. Any AppleScripts placed into this folder will show up on your iTunes menu bar as items in a Scripts menu that is located just before the Help menu. In Lion the Library folder is hidden, but you can still navigate to it in Finder. If you want to unhide your Library folder, you can go to Terminal in your home directory and type: “chflags nohidden Library” (without the quotation marks) and press return. Then, just use the RestartAt script the way you would any other menu option: highlight the track you want to work with and navigate to RestartAt in the AppleScript menu on the iTunes menu bar. You can fill in a staring time in the dialog box (e.g. 52:10.715 for 52 minutes and 10.715 seconds), or just accept the default value (which will be the time at the current playhead position, that will be listed). HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jun 27, 2012, at 08:09, Chris Blouch wrote: I couldn't figure out an easy way to do this with QT. Generally QT has shortcuts to jump to the ends to cut off junk before and after the good stuff in your audio, but not a good way to jump in the middle and all the navigation is slow by counting off seconds as you creep across the timeline. Long format stuff like this might be best left to a 'real' audio app like Garage Band or get familiar with a command-line audio tool like Sox. CB On 6/27/12 1:05 PM, blindmac...@mac.com wrote: Hello... The subject says it... I have a 220 MB AIFF file that I want to trim about 5 minutes from the center. I bring it into QuickTime, and position the slider to the beginning of the area that I want to keep. I select the Trim... command and then try to set the Start Trim handle to the Current Time. But as soon as I press VO-Shift-RightArrow to move the handle by large amounts of time, VoiceOver says busy and I cannot do anything. I *CAN* move the Start Trim handle by 3 tenths of a second using VO-RightArrow, but this will take *FOREVER* to get to the 52 minute mark... Any suggestions? (BTW: A sighted friend can do this without VoiceOver with no problem.) I am on a new 13 MacBookPro running Mac OS 10.7.4. Thanks for any help... Lou (BlindMacMan). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/macvisionaries/-/m1YrMWApLoUJ. 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
Re: Tiger or leopard?
Hello! I still have my PPC iMac G5 and it is running Leopard 10.5.8 just fine... Do *NOT* go with Tiger 10.4.x... The improvements in Leopard's VoiceOver alone make it worthwhile. HTH Lou/BlindMacMan. On Sep 22, 6:28 pm, Aimee Glover awildh...@gmail.com wrote: It won't run anything higher than a certain version of leopard because it is pre-intel. It was kind of a freebie and I'm ok as long as it will be somewhat useable. Aimee Sent from my iPhone On Sep 22, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net wrote: Leppard has some voiceover improvements, even still, this operating system is 2 versions behind the current one, I would say that it's not practical to go this root. On Sep 21, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Aimee Glover wrote: My husband brought home a first generation G5 iMac. At least as far as VoiceOver, which would be better. I have had no experience with Mac pre SL, so I am truly clueless. Will open office work on it with vo? We need to upgrade the ram because it only has 512. I want to replace the windows desktop computer with this one because it is inaccessible without speech. Thanks so much for all the help. Aimee 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 athttp://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 athttp://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.
Mac Mini, Bluetooth Headset and VoiceOver Sounds...
Hello! I just got a new Mac Mini. When using a bluetooth headset, I can hear VO speaking just fine... But the VO sounds are coming out of the Mini's internal speakers, not through the headset... In System Preferences, I have Alert Sounds set to come out of the Selected Output Device. Any ideas how to get the VO sounds to come through the headset? Thanks for any assistance... Lou. BlindMacMan -- 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 Mini, Bluetooth Headset and VoiceOver Sounds...
Hi Matthew! I thought that by selecting Selected Sound Output Device from the Play Sounds Through... pop up menu under the Sound Effects tab was the correct thing to do, especially since I had the bluetooth headset selected as the Output device under the Output tab. Wrong! Once I selected the headset under both tabs, the VoiceOver sounds came through the headset just fine... Thanks! Lou. BlindMacMan... matthew Dyer wrote: Hi, Did you look in system prefrencences top see if the output is set to he bluetoth headset? Sorry I don't have bluetooth divices to test so no sure. Matthew On Jul 17, 2011, at 8:45 PM, BlindMacMan wrote: Hello! I just got a new Mac Mini. When using a bluetooth headset, I can hear VO speaking just fine... But the VO sounds are coming out of the Mini's internal speakers, not through the headset... In System Preferences, I have Alert Sounds set to come out of the Selected Output Device. Any ideas how to get the VO sounds to come through the headset? Thanks for any assistance... Lou. BlindMacMan -- 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: Mac Mini, Monitor and Bluetooth Headset
Thanks, Chris, for your explanation! Does anyone have any ideas on a bluetooth headset that will work with the Mini and VoiceOver? Lou. On Jul 5, 2:28 pm, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: If I recall correctly the main issue was the Mac scans for what kind ofmonitoris hooked up and will continue to try until it finds something. That perpetual scan will turn the machine to sludge. So if your HDMI screen answers back to the mac, even if that input is not selected on the TV, then the Mac should be happy. In my own case I use a displayport to VGA and then a VGA to NTSC converter which makes the mac happy even if the old tv is not turned on. There are also wiring diagrams around to make a VGA terminator where you connect certain pins with resistors which signal what kind of display is hooked up without a real display connected. Nobody seems to sell the pre-made ones anymore (VGA Terminators) but somebody good with electronics could roll their own. CB On 7/5/11 5:11 PM, blindmac...@mac.com wrote: Hello List! I am considering buying a new MacMini, but I have some questions that I hope you can answer. I have read here on the list that it is best to connect amonitorto theMini, even though I do not need one. How about connecting theMINI to the HDMI2 on our TV? Would this work even if the TV is set to HDMI1? In other words, if someone was watching TV (on HDMI1) would I still be able to be computing (without turning the TV to HDMI2)? With theMininext to the TV, I could easily use my wireless keyboard anywhere in the house... The only problem would be VoiceOver jabbering away... I certainly do not mind it, but I must be considerate of others. How about a bluetooth headset? All my previous attempts to find a bluetooth headset that works with VoiceOver have failed. Do any of you have a recommendation for a bluetooth headset that would work with the MacMiniand VoiceOver? Your feedback and suggestions would be appreciated... Thank you! Lou. BlindMacMan -- 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 FTP Client
Thanks to everyone for your recommendations! I think Transmit is what I need as that seems to be a heavy lifter. The problem is that my system is a PPC iMac running Leopard 10.5.8... I love my old friend but I think it is time to say goodbye... (Now if Apple would just release their new goodies.) Thanks again for your help... (And, yes, Esther, I am still here... Trying to stay invisible in the background as much as possible. You are terrific [as always] on this list!) Lou. BlindMacMan Esther wrote: Hello Jonathan, Lou, Mark, and Others, Jonathan, Mount as Disk is a contextual menu option that was added to Transmit 4. I also run Transmit 3.7, and this feature is not present. You'd have to purchase an upgrade ($19 at the Panic web site). From their web page description of version 4 additions: With the new Transmit Disk feature, you can now mount any of your favorites in the Finder itself, even if Transmit's not running. Hi Lou, nice to see your recent posts on list. I'd second Mark's recommendation of getting Transmit from Panic software for FTP. You can buy Transmit for $33.99 from the Mac App Store, if your system is Snow Leopard and up to date. Alternatively, you can buy this directly from the developer's web site. You can also get a 30-day free trial download from that site: http://www.panic.com/transmit/ If you're looking for a free FTP solution, the usually preferred option is Cyberduck. This is actually donationware where, if you continue to find the software useful, you donate some amount. The Mac App Store doesn't handle this type of model, so if you get Cyberduck from there, it will cost $23.99. You can download Cyberduck from: http://cyberduck.ch/ A donation made at that site will get you a license key that will stop the nag messages when the app is launched, There are many people who like Cyberduck, but I've read some complaints of slow transfers. Fetch still makes an updated software product, but I don't know of many people who use it. Although you can use FTP from the server (via Command-K) from Finder, this can be really slow. I would only use this to transfer local files, and otherwise it hangs a lot. I wouldn't rely on this if you really need your download files. HTH. Cheers, Esther -- 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 Mini, Monitor and Bluetooth Headset
Hello List! I am considering buying a new Mac Mini, but I have some questions that I hope you can answer. I have read here on the list that it is best to connect a monitor to the Mini, even though I do not need one. How about connecting the MINI to the HDMI2 on our TV? Would this work even if the TV is set to HDMI1? In other words, if someone was watching TV (on HDMI1) would I still be able to be computing (without turning the TV to HDMI2)? With the Mini next to the TV, I could easily use my wireless keyboard anywhere in the house... The only problem would be VoiceOver jabbering away... I certainly do not mind it, but I must be considerate of others. How about a bluetooth headset? All my previous attempts to find a bluetooth headset that works with VoiceOver have failed. Do any of you have a recommendation for a bluetooth headset that would work with the Mac Mini and VoiceOver? Your feedback and suggestions would be appreciated... Thank you! Lou. BlindMacMan -- 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.
Accessible FTP Client
Hello List! Now that Earthlink has updated their Web Hosting site to make it mostly inaccessible to blind Mac Users, I find myself in the market for an FTP client... I know eons ago, Fetch worked great with OutSpoken under Mac OS 7, 8 and 9 but the OS X version was not accessible with VoiceOver... Does the latest version of Fetch or any other FTP client work well with VoiceOver? Thanks for any help or suggestions! Lou. BlindMacMan -- 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: Contacting FileMaker About Accessability
I have been asking FileMaker for this for years... I used FileMaker 2, 3, and 4 for eons as they were accessible, but all versions thereafter have not been. Calls, emails and feature requests have all been ignored. I even took the tactic of purchasing FileMaker, then telling them it was not accessible to me... And they told me to return it. I have religiously been buying Bento and reporting its inaccessibility but to no use. I even asked Apple to put pressure on their subsidiary but they declined to help saying We have no control over them. I urge everyone who is interested in making FileMaker products accessible to act, but I am not holding my breath. Lou. On Jun 27, 10:49 am, Robert Munro r.g.mu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks. I'm a lawyer in Virginia. Colleagues have suggested that I use a program called FileMaker Pro to create databases. FileMaker is put out by the same company that produces Bento, a less powerful database program They seem to be a subsidiary of Apple. When I downloaded the trial version of FileMaker Pro, I found that it was mostly accessible. The only areas I could not read with Voiceover were the menu bar, if there is one, and the scroll area where all the data fields and their contents are displayed. This last, of course, is the main reason for buying the program. Until this scroll area is readable with Voiceover, there is no point in buying the program. I have contacted the company to suggest that they make Bento and FileMaker Pro fully accessible. I would appreciate it if members of this list would chime in support. Here is the URL to visit.http://www.filemaker.com/company/contact/feature_request.html There is a form to fill out. I had no trouble. Thank you for your support. P.S. If there is another database program I should be looking at, please let me know. Onward! Rob Munro Attorney at Law r.g.mu...@gmail.com smime.p7s 3KViewDownload -- 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: anti virus
ProtectMac... It works great with VO... And, their customer service is very good, too. Lou. John W. Carty wrote: What anti virus apps are folks running on their macs? Any accessibility issues to consider? thanx, John Carty -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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=.
Re: Magic Mouse news
Hello! Just so you know, according to accessibil...@apple.com, the Magic Mouse is ***NOT*** compatible with VoiceOver... Lou. On Oct 31, 12:52 pm, Claude Renaud cldren...@gmail.com wrote: Good evening all, An interesting article about Magic Mouse updates on AppleInsider website entitled Apple releases Magic Mouse software updates available athttp://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/27/magic_mouse_software_up... Cordialement, regards, -- Claude Renaud --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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+f8 doesn't work after upgrade to SnowLeopard
Hello! Are you trying to turn VoiceOver on by pressing Control-Option-F8 or bring up the Voiceover Utility? Before you can open VoiceOver Utility, VoiceOver must be turned on (Command-F5). Once VoiceOver is on, you can open VoiceOver Utility with Control-Option-F8. Remember, depending upon your keyboard, settings and/or computer model, you may have to hold down the FN key as well. Lou. Daniel K. Gartmann wrote: Hi, Well, the subject says it all. Nothing happens when I press VO+f8. Is it possible in SL to reassign the key combination VO+f8 to start VoiceOver, or do I need to make a clean install? I did an upgrade install. Thanks in advance. Daniel --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: awesome new keyboard command in itunes 9
Hello! Just as an add-on to your Command-Option-F find in iTunes, after you enter your search term in the search field, you can press OPTION- RETURN and your search will take place inn the iTunes Store, not your Library. I would also like to point out that these keyboard commands have been around since iTunes 7ish... Lou. On Sep 13, 9:17 am, Scott Rutkowski scott7...@internode.on.net wrote: Hi all. Just discovered an awesome command in itunes 9 that you all may really love. Command option f for fred will put you right in to the search field if your a long way away from it say in the store or something. Very very cool and i'll be using it all the time. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: About mac and airport express.
Hello! I use Multiple Speakers all the time on my Mac in iTunes. There is a simple trick to make it work properly. First, however, make sure you do the following: 1. Open iTunes Preferences (Command-Comma). 2. Click on Devices in the toolbar. 3. Check the check box for Look for Remote Speakers Connected with AirTunes. 4. Close the preferences. Okay, now to set multiple remote speakers: 1. Navigate to the speakers pop up menu with VoiceOver. VoiceOver will probably announce Computer when it is on the pop up menu. 2. Open the pop up menu by pressing VO-Space Bar. 3. Make your first selection from the speakers pop up menu with VO- Space Bar. )For example, in my case I might choose Kitchen.) The menu will close. 4. At this point you will probably have to navigate back to the speakers menu, but this time VoiceOver will announce whatever it was that you just selected. (Again, in my case it would say Kitchen.) 5. Open the pop up menu with VO-Space Bar again. 6. Make your second (or third or fourth or...) selection, but this time use VO-Shift-Space Bar. (I also find that it seems to work best if I hold the VO-Shift keys down an extra second or two after releasing the Space Bar.) 7. As in 4 above, You may have to navigate back to the pop up menu again if you want to add another speaker. This time, however, VoiceOver will read Multiple Speakers when it is on the menu. Repeat 5 and 6 as needed. Hope this helps... Lou. Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi all. I have godt 3 airport express. I have located them around my house. On my windows pc I can choose that I would like to play with multiple speakers in ITunes, and it works fine. I know that it also can work on a mac. In ITunes i can find the option multiple speakers, I press the button, but I am not able to choose the speakers. Can anybody help me, so I can use multiple speakers on my mac too. Best regards Annie. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: an Itunes bookmarking question
Hello! Here is how I solved this problem: 1. Create a Smart Playlist (with Live Updating turned on) called Reading with 2 rules: - Album is book title - Play count is 0. 2. Create a Smart Playlist (with Live Updating turned on) called Done Reading with 2 rules: - Album is book title - Play count is not 0. Now, go to the first item in the Reading play list and listen to it. When it is finished, the item will be removed from the top of the Reading play list and automatically be placed at the end of the Done Reading play list. But, best of all, the top item in the Reading play list will begin playing without even skipping a beat. If I remember correctly, all items must be checked in order for the next item to begin playing automatically. Hope this helps. Lou. On Aug 31, 4:07 pm, Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote: I've got an audio book I'm playing with Itunes. It's split up, annoyingly, into 266 five and six-minute segments. I'm at about the halfway point, and it's a pain in the bum to hit down arrow to scroll through the songs table every time I want to resume after quitting Itunes. Other than deleting the already-listened-to portions, is there a way to bookmark my position? The only thing I can think to do is, by hand, take ten or so sections and assign them different album names, thus making the book into bigger chunks, but even that's a pain in the aforementioned bum. Ideas? Thanks! :) Mark BurningHawk Baxter 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
