Re: How to Open link in new window?

2013-04-08 Thread Michael Marshall
quite true, some times i have to go over a link a few times to get it to work. but at least i won't luse my position On 08/04/2013, at 2:33 PM, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Yeh I have mine set to never. but even on google's pages I have to vo left and right or away from and back

Re: Looking to buy a mac

2013-04-08 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Hi Matt, You could try Apple's refurbished section Http://www.apple.com/store. They often have pretty good prices depending on the model of Mac that you are interested in buying. As far as running Windows a lot of us use Fusion Which works wonderfully. Good luck. Kind regards, Mr

Re: crosswords?

2013-04-08 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello: I find this a nice game, but I can't click on the balls. I find out which of them have adjacent balls or the same coulor, but when I click any of them, nothing happens. How do you click? I tried using Vo+space bar, clicking on the trackpad and vo+shift+space bar. Any suggestions or what

getting around Facebook on the mac with VO

2013-04-08 Thread Michael Marshall
hello all, i'm just wondering if anyone can give me some pointers on using Facebook on the mac with VO. things such as how to read all my friends statuses? messaging i can work out all reddy but i'm not liking Facebook on the mac very much. thanks for your help Michael --- Mac Access At Mac

help using the dash board?

2013-04-08 Thread Michael Marshall
hello listers, i thought for fun i would install a widget on the mac but i no nothing about using the dash board. how do i go between different widgets on the dash? every time i go there it puts me in calculator. thanks for any help Michael --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to

Re: help using the dash board?

2013-04-08 Thread Harmony Neil
Do voiceover f2 to get to the window chooser, then you can choose which one you want to go to and hit enter. On 8 Apr 2013, at 07:25, Michael Marshall mightymaggie...@gmail.com wrote: hello listers, i thought for fun i would install a widget on the mac but i no nothing about using the dash

Re: getting around Facebook on the mac with VO

2013-04-08 Thread Harmony Neil
That website's changed a lot. You could try using the rota control with voiceover u though, then you can go to the headings or links etc. On 8 Apr 2013, at 08:00, Michael Marshall mightymaggie...@gmail.com wrote: hello all, i'm just wondering if anyone can give me some pointers on using

Re: help using the dash board?

2013-04-08 Thread Michael Marshall
thanks so much for your help on this. Michael On 08/04/2013, at 5:34 PM, Harmony Neil harmony.n...@gmail.com wrote: Do voiceover f2 to get to the window chooser, then you can choose which one you want to go to and hit enter. On 8 Apr 2013, at 07:25, Michael Marshall mightymaggie...@gmail.com

Re: getting around Facebook on the mac with VO

2013-04-08 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, thanks for getting back to me on this problem. i can now see why even the sited people hate Facebook so much. Michael On 08/04/2013, at 5:35 PM, Harmony Neil harmony.n...@gmail.com wrote: That website's changed a lot. You could try using the rota control with voiceover u though, then you

Re: getting around Facebook on the mac with VO

2013-04-08 Thread Harmony Neil
The mobile site used to not be too bad on the mac, but now even that has a load of headings and weird menus and things. On 8 Apr 2013, at 09:02, Michael Marshall mightymaggie...@gmail.com wrote: hey, thanks for getting back to me on this problem. i can now see why even the sited people hate

Re: help using the dash board?

2013-04-08 Thread Harmony Neil
Any time. You should also find the thing for adding widgets to the dashboard in there. On 8 Apr 2013, at 09:01, Michael Marshall mightymaggie...@gmail.com wrote: thanks so much for your help on this. Michael On 08/04/2013, at 5:34 PM, Harmony Neil harmony.n...@gmail.com wrote: Do

Re: getting around Facebook on the mac with VO

2013-04-08 Thread Michael Marshall
i know, i tried it today. really quite maddening. On 08/04/2013, at 6:34 PM, Harmony Neil harmony.n...@gmail.com wrote: The mobile site used to not be too bad on the mac, but now even that has a load of headings and weird menus and things. On 8 Apr 2013, at 09:02, Michael Marshall

Re: help using the dash board?

2013-04-08 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, i can't seem to fined anything in dashboard about adding new widgets. Michael On 08/04/2013, at 6:35 PM, Harmony Neil harmony.n...@gmail.com wrote: Any time. You should also find the thing for adding widgets to the dashboard in there. On 8 Apr 2013, at 09:01, Michael Marshall

Help installing an app

2013-04-08 Thread Catherine Turner
Hi, I wanted to install Skype and understand it can't be found in the app store so I went to their home page and have downloaded it. I'm still new to Mac and trying to get to grips with using Finder and there are a couple of things I'm not sure of about next steps for installing Skype. Firstly

Re: help using the dash board?

2013-04-08 Thread Harmony Neil
fail. It Might be somewhere else I was thinking of. sorry about that. On 8 Apr 2013, at 10:10, Michael Marshall mightymaggie...@gmail.com wrote: hey, i can't seem to fined anything in dashboard about adding new widgets. Michael On 08/04/2013, at 6:35 PM, Harmony Neil harmony.n...@gmail.com

Re: odd things happening with mail

2013-04-08 Thread Josh Gregory
Why not just revert to a time machine backup from yesterday? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 7, 2013, at 11:53 PM, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Ok. this is going to be an odd one. I for some reason today have been having mail go out through my university account even though it's

Re: Help installing an app

2013-04-08 Thread Isaac Hebert
You have to put the Skype file from the downloads folder in the applications folder to do this you have to press command c to copy it. On 4/8/13, Catherine Turner catherineturner2...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, I wanted to install Skype and understand it can't be found in the app store so I

Re: Help installing an app

2013-04-08 Thread Isaac Hebert
On 4/8/13, Isaac Hebert isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote: You have to put the Skype file from the downloads folder in the applications folder to do this you have to press command c to copy it. On 4/8/13, Catherine Turner catherineturner2...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, I wanted to install Skype

Re: odd things happening with mail

2013-04-08 Thread Sarah Alawami
I could do that, if I were backed up yesterday lol! Actually I did not think of that and will probably start the process when I leave that way it will just be done and hopefully my messages won't be sent from the wrong smtp. No that won't work as I changed the password on one of my accounts

Re: getting around Facebook on the mac with VO

2013-04-08 Thread Sarah Alawami
yep. 1. go to safari prefs then advanced. 2. go to the develop menu in that dialogue and check it. 3. close prefs 4. type http://m.facebook.com. 6. go to the develop menu 6. choose user agent 7. choose firefox windows. 8. hit enter. Hope that helps. Your options will remain active for

Synching with the new iTunes?

2013-04-08 Thread gary price
Hello everyone. Just a quick question. Please can someone tell me how I go about synching with the new iTunes on the Mac? I am talking about iPhone apps here. Reason is I'm changing ISP so I want to back up to my Mac to be safe. I can see how many apps I have and I tried clicking Synch, but

Re: Synching with the new iTunes?

2013-04-08 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Gary, It's very likely that the apps you are talking about are already on the computer. There's nothing particularly special you need to do, especially if automatic downloads in the iTunes preferences are on. You can see what apps are in the iTunes library by pressing the Music popup button

Converting audio files

2013-04-08 Thread George Cham
Hi Everyone, I'm creating audio files using ad to iTunes as a spoken track. After conversion is complete, the file format is m4a. Can I convert this file into mp3 file using iTunes ? If not , is there an app that will do this ? George Cham george.c...@outlook.com --- Mac Access At Mac Access

Re: Converting audio files

2013-04-08 Thread Harmony Neil
Sure there are apps that will do this, but mp3 is larger in size than m4a. On 8 Apr 2013, at 22:20, George Cham george.c...@outlook.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm creating audio files using ad to iTunes as a spoken track. After conversion is complete, the file format is m4a. Can I convert this

Re: Converting audio files

2013-04-08 Thread Josh Gregory
Yes however, it can be done. If you go into general preferences in iTunes, and click the import settings button, you can change the conversion type from M4a to MP3. It should be noted, however, that Harmony does have a good point. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 8, 2013, at 5:23 PM, Harmony Neil

Brstm was Re: Converting audio files

2013-04-08 Thread Josh Gregory
Not trying to deflect from the original question, but I'm encountering some files that have a brstm Extension and would like to convert these… while I know that probably nobody on here has heard of these, I'm wondering if anybody knows a way to convert them to a playable file type. Sent from

Re: Converting audio files

2013-04-08 Thread George Cham
In that case, I'll leave the file format as m4a. George, Sent from my iPad On 09/04/2013, at 7:48 AM, Josh Gregory joshkar...@gmail.com wrote: Yes however, it can be done. If you go into general preferences in iTunes, and click the import settings button, you can change the conversion

Re: Converting audio files

2013-04-08 Thread Josh Gregory
George, if you're looking to read this file on a device that does not support m4a, Then it may be worth converting it, but if you're going to be using it on a device that does support this, you can leave it at that. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 8, 2013, at 7:29 PM, George Cham

Re: Converting audio files

2013-04-08 Thread George Cham
I was thinking of sharing the file with others. When I do, the other person can convert it if they want. George, Sent from my iPad On 09/04/2013, at 9:48 AM, Josh Gregory joshkar...@gmail.com wrote: George, if you're looking to read this file on a device that does not support m4a, Then

Re: Converting audio files

2013-04-08 Thread Josh Gregory
Sounds good. That should work Sent from my iPhone On Apr 8, 2013, at 8:04 PM, George Cham george.c...@outlook.com wrote: I was thinking of sharing the file with others. When I do, the other person can convert it if they want. George, Sent from my iPad On 09/04/2013, at 9:48 AM,

Re: How to Open link in new window?

2013-04-08 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Esther, This post is amazing! I read it at least three times and learned something new an useful each time. Also, I went back to the NLS BARD site today and went through the recently added books armed with my new open in new window skills and, Wow! did that ever work great and it

Re: How to Open link in new window?

2013-04-08 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hi! Can somebody please share the link of this post again? I can't find the original message. Thanks! El 09/04/2013, a las 05:03, Eric Caron eric_ca...@mac-access.net escribió: Hi Esther, This post is amazing! I read it at least three times and learned something new an useful each

Talking Goggles for IOS

2013-04-08 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello everyone, I haven't seen any mention of this app on this list and I should hate for anyone to missout on it. Talking Goggles is an app that uses the IOS device's camera to identify common objects, pictures and all kinds of text. It offers a vast number of languages although it is not