RE: Profiles on iOS

2012-07-25 Thread Nick Allan
Hi Gordon I've been doing this exact thing for setup of iPads at work. Although I'm not restricting them, both apple configurator and the iphone configuration utility will both do what you want. The apple configurator is used to setup and maintain a group of IOS devices. I found it to be too

Re: Profiles on iOS

2012-07-25 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Donal Thanks, got this now. It looks like there are deficiencies in terms of what you can actually do with it. But it should serve the purpose for what I will need. Gordon On 24 Jul 2012, at 18:40, Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie wrote: This might be what you're looking for?

Re: Mountain Lion: is it safe to take the plunge and buy it?

2012-07-25 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Nope, you can update to Mountain Lion just fine. The drivers and so-forth are completely separate, so you shouldn't encounter any issues. I can't think of any, anyway. It'll still boot into Windows as expected, and you can still set startup disks, etc. Regards, Nicolai On Jul 25, 2012,

Re: Mountain Lion: is it safe to take the plunge and buy it?

2012-07-25 Thread krystal watson
you could always re download lion its listed as a purches in your apple id acount so i guess you could easkly redownload it that way if worse comes to worse but i am sure it won't On 25/07/2012, at 9:28 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: Thanks! In that case, I'll probably try to get it as soon as it

mountain lion is out so let's start discussing!

2012-07-25 Thread william lomas
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/os-x-mountain-lion/id537386512?mt=12 --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own

Re: mac and daisy?

2012-07-25 Thread Gordon Smith
There are a couple of players currently that I know of, one is free and one isn't. Obviously you gets what you pays for, and personally I find Olearia a bit restrictive in as much as it doesn't support libraries of books, and there are quite a few other things it won't do. But it's free and

Re: New Facility Available To Members

2012-07-25 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi We've answered this several times. The direct URL is: https://files.mac-access.net?login=mac-access:mac-access Timothy is quite correct about the user ID and password. Gordon On 25 Jul 2012, at 01:36, Timothy J. Meloy tme...@fuse.net wrote: I believe both the user name and password are

Re: mountain lion is out so let's start discussing!

2012-07-25 Thread krystal watson
i can't get it to donwload it says its temperally not avalible On 25/07/2012, at 11:35 PM, william lomas wrote: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/os-x-mountain-lion/id537386512?mt=12 --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: mountain lion is out so let's start discussing!

2012-07-25 Thread william lomas
everyone probably trying to get it at same time. my quesiton is though i want to wipe whole mac and start again if nothing else to speed things up in general on this imac! i use itunes match so do I need to backup the whole itunes library if so, how? do i just backup the whole home folder? On

Re: Mountain Lion: is it safe to take the plunge and buy it?

2012-07-25 Thread Gordon Smith
Your original will be safe but if I were you I'd definitely backup anything important. If you need an offsite place we could provide you with a private backup folder for your important files in a secure and safe environment. This is something we've been thinking about offering free of charge

Re: mountain lion is out so let's start discussing!

2012-07-25 Thread Gordon Smith
Yes, now it is safe to start talking about the new operating system. On 25 Jul 2012, at 14:35, william lomas will.d.lo...@gmail.com wrote: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/os-x-mountain-lion/id537386512?mt=12 --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address

Re: mountain lion is out so let's start discussing!

2012-07-25 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Personally I wouldn't rush to update. It's grand, but nothing to be getting wildly excited about. Oh and if you thought most of those really annoying bugs had gone away, then think again; sadly. On 25 Jul 2012, at 14:51, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Yes, now it is safe to start

Re: Mountain Lion: is it safe to take the plunge and buy it?

2012-07-25 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Just for those who have a qualified Mac for the up-to-date program, you won't be able to complete the form. Read more here: https://uptodate.apple.com/UtdPrepareAction?program=Mountain%20Lionlocale=en_us It appears that the page uses a widget which does not work with VoiceOver, probably

Re: mountain lion is out so let's start discussing!

2012-07-25 Thread william lomas
i tried it with a developer account and can agree here most of the voice pitch bugs etc. still exist nothing really wild for VO users safari is better though On 25 Jul 2012, at 14:51, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Yes, now it is safe to start talking about the new operating system.

Re: mountain lion is out so let's start discussing!

2012-07-25 Thread Gordon Smith
There are only 7 new functions in VoiceOver, but the main thing you might find interesting is the totally redesigned Drag and drop functionality. It's a lot better now than it was under Lion. I've been restraining myself with difficulty for weeks on this one. :) Gordon On 25 Jul 2012, at

Re: mountain lion is out so let's start discussing!

2012-07-25 Thread Arthur Barney
signature database 7328 (20120725) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted

Mountain Lion: Mail Bug

2012-07-25 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all I've already bugged this with Apple. But I wanted to tell you all now so that you are aware. There's an irritating bug in Mail under Mountain Lion where VoiceOver wrongly reads the status of a message if you reply to another message in the list and then delete the one you've replied

Re: Mountain Lion: Mail Bug

2012-07-25 Thread krystal watson
how do you turn off the preview pain in mail did they put that item in the menu yet? On 26/07/2012, at 12:36 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: Hi all I've already bugged this with Apple. But I wanted to tell you all now so that you are aware. There's an irritating bug in Mail under Mountain Lion

Re: Mountain Lion: Mail Bug

2012-07-25 Thread krystal watson
and that would be a very nasty bug and if it does not get fixed it will drive me mental On 26/07/2012, at 12:36 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: Hi all I've already bugged this with Apple. But I wanted to tell you all now so that you are aware. There's an irritating bug in Mail under Mountain

Re: Mountain Lion: Mail Bug

2012-07-25 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Noticed the same one Gordon. Hadn't got around to bugging it though so I'll leave that one. On 25 Jul 2012, at 15:36, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi all I've already bugged this with Apple. But I wanted to tell you all now so that you are aware. There's an irritating bug

Re: mountain lion is out so let's start discussing!

2012-07-25 Thread Sadam Ahmed
I believe Mountain lion supports 14 new braille displays. Anyone have an idea as to what those 14 displays are? Kind regards, Mr Sadam ahmed. Dip Management. the AshMark Institute of Australia. Sent from my iPhone. On 26/07/2012, at 12:10 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick

Re: changing tab group in java preferences using Voiceover

2012-07-25 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Can I just comment now that this problem hasn't gone away under Mountain Lion. Have filed a bug (two actually) on this issue. Dónal On 24 Jul 2012, at 18:13, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi Esther Yes, so I've now come to understand. Thanks for putting us right. Gordon

Re:Mail; Preview Pane

2012-07-25 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Krystal, and all! This question has been asked lots of times on list. I urge people to please use the mail archives for the group when asking questions of this nature in order to keep themselves up to date. In this particular instance, you might like to try this message thread in our

Re: Mountain Lion: Mail Bug

2012-07-25 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Krystal yes, it's a very ugly bug indeed which should have been squashed pre-release. Gordon On 25 Jul 2012, at 15:43, krystal watson krystalwat...@bluebottle.com wrote: and that would be a very nasty bug and if it does not get fixed it will drive me mental. --- Mac Access At Mac Access

battery seems improved on iphone 4s

2012-07-25 Thread william lomas
hi all i have been running my iphone 4s for a few days now and i followed suggestions by letting it run to zero and then go fully to 199. my usage stats now are 9 hours 20 minutes standby and 3 hours 50 minutes usage i found these in settings, general, usage, battery usage heading

Re: Mountain Lion; Things we couldn't tell you about!

2012-07-25 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I'm in the developer program, so do I still have to purchase mountain lion? I'm just curious. Courtney Sent from my iPhone On Jul 25, 2012, at 10:29 AM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Subject line says it all. A number of us have been using Mountain Lion for quite some time,

Re: Mountain Lion; Things we couldn't tell you about!

2012-07-25 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Nope you have the GM seed which is the release build as far as I know. If it isn't, you can just go to the developer site and download it. Dónal On 25 Jul 2012, at 17:17, Courtney Curran moopiecur...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm in the developer program, so do I still have to purchase mountain

Mountain Lion Updates Time Machine For Multi-Disk Backup Support | Cult of Mac

2012-07-25 Thread Sarah Alawami
Has anyone had a chance to play with this yet? I can't upgrade at all due to some software that's not ready to go lol! reader is available here. http://www.cultofmac.com/181004/mountain-lion-updates-time-machine-for-multi-disk-backup-support/?utm_medium=twitutm_campaign=spread-us --- Mac

Other possible cures for Dónal's muted speaker issue - was My temperamental iPhone!

2012-07-25 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings Dónal, Diane and list, Another solution is to perform actions/gestures that should cause VO to emit speech and press volume up while its presumably happening. EG, pressing the power button normally causes VO to announce the time. Without VO though, I have no way of ascertaining

Re: Other possible cures for Dónal's muted speaker issue - was My temperamental iPhone!

2012-07-25 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi Jeff, Love the suggestion of the two-fingered swipe. I'd tried a flick all right but to no avail which is why I posted. The headphone issue isn't one I've seen so thanks for that. Dónal On 25 Jul 2012, at 18:01, Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings Dónal, Diane and list,

Re: battery seems improved on iphone 4s

2012-07-25 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi William, I'm with a US carrier and my status shows 4G. I don't know about the power demands of your carrier, but to give you a basis for comparison, my 4S was replaced by Apple in early May, so it may have been reconditioned and I've been pounding on the battery for nearly four months.

Re: battery seems improved on iphone 4s

2012-07-25 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi Jeff, I've looked at restrictions and didn't see ping. How did you disable this? Thanks a lot, Dónal On 25 Jul 2012, at 18:18, Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi William, I'm with a US carrier and my status shows 4G. I don't know about the power demands of your carrier,

Re: battery seems improved on iphone 4s

2012-07-25 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Dónal, I just noticed a bug where flicking right stops after the first two items (Safari and youtube). If I explore down with my finger, camera is right below youtube, and from there, three right swipes (or an inch and a half further down) gets me to the toggle for ping. I haven't

Re: best drive for super Dooper

2012-07-25 Thread Jonathan Cohn
You need the partition map to be set correctly when formatting a drive before it can be used as a bootable drive. I don't remeber the exact sequence, but you need to erase the disk and then there will be an advanced or details button that needs to e examined to set the partition map correctly.

Re: Egg Freckles | Installing Mountain Lion Clean

2012-07-25 Thread josh gregory
What happens if you just open the file and install? On 7/25/12, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: the steps are the same as lion but for those who are new at this good luck. He/she does a good job at outlining the steps in an easy to read guide.

Re: Mail; Preview Pane

2012-07-25 Thread krystal watson
i think i got it fixed not sure though On 26/07/2012, at 1:25 AM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi Krystal, and all! This question has been asked lots of times on list. I urge people to please use the mail archives for the group when asking questions of this nature in order

Re: Egg Freckles | Installing Mountain Lion Clean

2012-07-25 Thread Sarah Alawami
It will do the upgrade. You won't loose any data that way but if you have a corrupt settings something you will migrate that over. it's best to do a clean install in my humble opinion then migrate your apps and stuff over using the migration wizard. of corse you are going to get differing

Re: best drive for super Dooper

2012-07-25 Thread Sarah Alawami
I believe what you are looking for is the GUID partition setting under advanced. 'Take care. On Jul 25, 2012, at 11:07 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: You need the partition map to be set correctly when formatting a drive before it can be used as a bootable drive. I don't remeber the exact sequence,

Setting my Mack back to default settings without deleting data

2012-07-25 Thread Orin
Hi all, So I upgraded to Mountain Lion today and everything went smoothly. The problem is, I kind of wish I could've done a clean install so that I can remove this Safari third party toolbar that I installed years ago that no longer works and I get a dialog saying that it doesn't work upon

Re: battery seems improved on iphone 4s

2012-07-25 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Sorry Jeff, I'm going deaf in my old age! I mistook Karen's pronunciation of ping for paying. My bad! Dónal On 25 Jul 2012, at 18:49, Geoff Waaler geoff.waa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dónal, I just noticed a bug where flicking right stops after the first two items (Safari and youtube). If

Re: Mountain Lion; Things we couldn't tell you about!

2012-07-25 Thread Gordon Smith
If you are, the build you have is the final build. Gordon On 25 Jul 2012, at 17:17, Courtney Curran moopiecur...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm in the developer program, so do I still have to purchase mountain lion? I'm just curious. Courtney Sent from my iPhone On Jul 25, 2012, at 10:29 AM,

Re: Mountain Lion; Things we couldn't tell you about!

2012-07-25 Thread Gordon Smith
That's correct. The Gold Master seed was the final build version, build number 12A69. Gordon On 25 Jul 2012, at 17:18, Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie wrote: Nope you have the GM seed which is the release build as far as I know. If it isn't, you can just go to the developer

More Take Control Title Info

2012-07-25 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody For the benefit of those who purchased the Take Control of Upgrading to Mountain Lion title from us, a new version has just been released. This is a free update so by all means do let us know if you are one of those people. Also, if you bought Take Control of Apple Mail in

Re: Take Control Titles

2012-07-25 Thread Timothy J. Meloy
I would be interested in ordering the Applevale Mountain lion book. Thank you. TJ On Jul 25, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith ly...@mac-access.net wrote: Hello everybody Just so they know, we are now processing delivery of the pre-ordered Take Control titles referring to

Re: Take Control Titles

2012-07-25 Thread Timothy J. Meloy
I think you have to fill out a form for the free mountain lion upgrade. I believe it is on Apple's website. On Jul 25, 2012, at 5:30 PM, josh gregory joshkar...@gmail.com wrote: What's different about it? Sorry don't mean to sound rude at all but I'm still waiting for apple to email me with

Re: Take Control Titles

2012-07-25 Thread josh gregory
My mom had to help me do it, the field for the date just said date text And I don't think it'd let you complete it without it. I emailed Apple about it. On 7/25/12, Timothy J. Meloy tme...@fuse.net wrote: I think you have to fill out a form for the free mountain lion upgrade. I believe it is on

Mountain Lion Up-to-date program for recent Mac buyers [was Re: Take Control Titles]

2012-07-25 Thread moriond
Hello Josh, Tim, and Others, I've changed the subject line because you are talking about the program for getting a free upgrade to Mountain Lion if you purchased either a new Mac from Apple or a qualifying reseller between June 11 and July 25, 2012, or a refurbished Mac from Apple between

Re: Take Control Titles

2012-07-25 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Timothy Please contact us off list supp...@mac-access.net for details. Gordon On 25 Jul 2012, at 22:27, Timothy J. Meloy tme...@fuse.net wrote: I would be interested in ordering the Applevale Mountain lion book. Thank you. TJ On Jul 25, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith

Re: Take Control Titles

2012-07-25 Thread Gordon Smith
Josh This is a book with a loot of info. Please get back to us off list on this subject iof uyou want to discuss it further. supp...@mac-access.net On 25 Jul 2012, at 22:30, josh gregory joshkar...@gmail.com wrote: What's different about it? Sorry don't mean to sound rude at all but I'm

Re: Mountain Lion Up-to-date program for recent Mac buyers [was Re: Take Control Titles]

2012-07-25 Thread josh gregory
Right, I get that. But when attempting to type into this field, voiceover wouldn't do it. On 7/25/12, mori...@mac.com mori...@mac.com wrote: Hello Josh, Tim, and Others, I've changed the subject line because you are talking about the program for getting a free upgrade to Mountain Lion if you

Re: Take Control Titles

2012-07-25 Thread josh gregory
No, I meant mail itself, what are the changes in it. Although the book does sound cool :) On 7/25/12, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Josh This is a book with a loot of info. Please get back to us off list on this subject iof uyou want to discuss it further. supp...@mac-access.net

Re: Mountain Lion Up-to-date program for recent Mac buyers [was Re: Take Control Titles]

2012-07-25 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I pointed this out in an earlier message about upgrading to Mountain Lion. If you hit enter, VoiceOVer speaks the current date but I haven't found a way to accessibly change it. I'd guess that it's a widget which makes use of a canvas element or another visual element to change the date,

Re: Mountain Lion Up-to-date program for recent Mac buyers [was Re: Take Control Titles]

2012-07-25 Thread josh gregory
I emailed accessibility, I'll probably get the same thing back, but you're right, not initially accessible at all. On 7/25/12, Nicolai Svendsen chojiro1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I pointed this out in an earlier message about upgrading to Mountain Lion. If you hit enter, VoiceOVer speaks the

Re: Vmware not support in mountain lion: at least not yet

2012-07-25 Thread John Gunn
Hello: I am running Fusion 4 on ML using Window-Eyes with no issue at all. Early 2008 iMac with 4GB of ram. On Jul 25, 2012, at 6:09 PM, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Hello to all.I just got word that Vmware is not supported in mountain lion. this sucks as I start classes in the

Re: Mountain Lion Up-to-date program for recent Mac buyers [was Re: Take Control Titles]

2012-07-25 Thread josh gregory
Yeah should have it by tm with luck, :) thanks! On 7/25/12, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Way too cool! and good luck on getting that. Apple are wonderful in regards to customer service. I know from a lot of them having to deal with me lol! Take care all and be blessed. On Jul 25,