Re: good alternative to iTunes for ripping CDs

2013-10-13 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Sarah Neither of these are dedicated rippers though, so I don’t class them as alternatives. XLD is a dedicated file converter and ripper, designed for audio and only audio. What I personally am looking for is something which has a more XLD-like interface, a more XLD-like functionality

Re: digest

2013-10-13 Thread Gordon Smith
I snipped the footer out of this because it was irrelevant. What was the point of this message? WAs it an error, or are you trying to tell us something? Are you having trouble with your mail client or were you trying to get out of digest mode? If you require help, please feel free to

Re: Three Questions about IBooks

2013-10-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Ester, I do have a few more advanced questions for you about IBooks, that either you or someone else might can answer. Firstly, you mention about multi-media that's embedded. How does one activate those items? Secondly, in the book that I'm reading, there are hyper links to different

Re: Is VMWareFusion on topic on this list?

2013-10-13 Thread Gordon, Lynne Tracy
I’m sorry, we are miles behind on mail. We state this in the list policy document. The configuration of everything on the Mac side of things in Fusion is on topic. But the Windows configuration is not. You might like to join our sister groups, Techno-Chat and Windows-Access if you’d like

Re: Is VMWareFusion on topic on this list?

2013-10-13 Thread Gordon, Lynne Tracy
Phil Your response is not entirely accurate, see my previous message. The policy document which everybody is sent when they join is very clear on this point. I will repeat what I said earlier, just so the message is clear in everybody’s mind. The discussion of the Mac side of Fusion is on

VoiceOver does not work when I dubbel tap on iPad

2013-10-13 Thread George Cham
Something has gone wrong, when I dubbel tap on the screen to stop and play music, audio books, nothing happens. What can I do to fix this? typed with Fleksy reply://george.c...@mac-access.net George Cham, george.c...@mac-access.net Sent from my iPad --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net

Re: VoiceOver does not work when I dubbel tap on iPad

2013-10-13 Thread George Cham
Ok , fixed it . Restarted ipad . George Cham, george.c...@mac-access.net Sent from my iPad On 13 Oct 2013, at 7:57 pm, George Cham george.c...@mac-access.net wrote: Something has gone wrong, when I dubbel tap on the screen to stop and play music, audio books, nothing happens. What

Re: What's the accessibility take on iOS7?

2013-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Caitlyn Please forgive my shoddy response. Gordon and I ares only just managing to sit down now and respond to mail. Our work load has been excessive over the last few weeks. iOS7 is very visually appealing if you like colourful and pretty icons. Functionally, even on our old iPhone 4S

Re: What's the accessibility take on iOS7?

2013-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Sarah I am seeing that my question provoked a lot of responses which is great. Thank you for your input. Again though, it is a very colourful and pretty OS from the visual perspective. That was why I asked the question. Gordon has been using iOS7 for some time and finds it very easy to

Re: What's the accessibility take on iOS7?

2013-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Dónal Gordon hardly ever uses Safari in iOS, primarily I think because he gets a bit impatient with the mobile browser. But I think it is an area he needs to become more accustomed too as he might need that for work. Thank you for your well thought through input. Warm regards Lynne

iBooks For OSX?

2013-10-13 Thread Parham Doustdar
Hi, Today I was searching the Apple store for the iBooks app, but didn't find anything. The only thing I found, however, was iBooks Author. How can I read ePub files on my Mac? Thanks. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: What's the accessibility take on iOS7?

2013-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Tommy I need to try this for myself. So, from the main screen in iOS with VoiceOver active, how do you bring up the app switcher? I can switch apps visually and it’s really nice actually. But how do you initiate the app switcher with VoiceOver active? All or most of the gestures change.

Re: What's the accessibility take on iOS7?

2013-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Zack This seems to be Gordon’s opinion too. Like you he’s been using it for some time and had no problems. He is saying that he has never encountered the focus loss issue which others have mentioned. We all, that is to say Tracy, Gordon and I, have iPhone 4S models but I am seriously

Re: VoiceOver does not work when I dubbel tap on iPad

2013-10-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
George, First off, it's not a double tap you need to be doing. It's a two finger double tap. chris. Visit my Audioboo page for freely available music which I have recorded. http://www.audioboo.fm/chrisgilland For updates to my Audioboo page, you also are more than welcome to follow me

Re: VoiceOver does not work when I dubbel tap on iPad

2013-10-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Oh, ok, that's cool. Chris. Visit my Audioboo page for freely available music which I have recorded. http://www.audioboo.fm/chrisgilland For updates to my Audioboo page, you also are more than welcome to follow me on Twitter. http://www.twitter.com/clgillandmusic - Original Message

Re: VoiceOver does not work when I dubbel tap on iPad

2013-10-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
George, As I said, I got two copies of your msg though not sure why. Two finger double tap and see if that works. It's not a single finger double tap as your message makes it sound like you're doing. Chris. Visit my Audioboo page for freely available music which I have recorded.

Re: iBooks For OSX?

2013-10-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
You can't as of yet. I can't say anything more though being I'm on NDA. I can only tell you what has been publicly announced. I can! without breaking NDA say this: it's not yet available in the app store,but it will be once Mavericks comes out, let's hope, according to what Apple said at

RE: iBooks For OSX?

2013-10-13 Thread David Griffith
Adobe Digital Editions is the short answer I think. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Parham Doustdar Sent: 13 October 2013 08:27 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: iBooks For OSX? Hi,

Re: iBooks For OSX?

2013-10-13 Thread Parham Doustdar
Hi, Well, Firefox has a plugin to read ePub files, but since it is not accessible using VO, I can't use that option. Maybe Safari has a plugin for it too? Thanks. On 10/13/2013 1:24 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: Editions it is. Though be warned it's as flakey a piece of software as you'll

Re: What's the accessibility take on iOS7?

2013-10-13 Thread Chris H
Lynn and all, the iPhone 5 and later, including the 5c and 5s, requires a nanosim, not a microsim as with the case of the 4 and 4s. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 13/10/2013 10:28, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: Hello Zack This seems to be Gordon’s opinion too.

Re: What's the accessibility take on iOS7?

2013-10-13 Thread Chris H
Lynn and all, double tap on the home button to bring up the app switcher. Now this is what I do. 1. Swipe to the right with one finger until you come to an app. 2. Swipe up or down with one finger until the close app is selected, where app is the name of an app, and double tap anywhere with one

blind Square in the UK

2013-10-13 Thread Ian Harrison
Dear All, As this app is £16.99 I would appreciate comments on how well it works in the UK and opinions as to whether it is worth the money. Many thanks Ian --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net

Keyboard setting for fast repeat

2013-10-13 Thread Ian Harrison
Hello again, When I first got my bluetooth keyboard I could get fast repeat actions by holding down a key. For example the command option and right key for skipping through tracks. Somehow I have lost this ability and I cannot work out which setting to use to get it back nor

Re: What's the accessibility take on iOS7?

2013-10-13 Thread meadowlark77
Hit Home twice. Take care, Brenda mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net - Original Message - From: Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith ly...@mac-access.net To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 4:22 AM Subject: Re: What's the accessibility take on iOS7?

Re: iBooks For OSX?

2013-10-13 Thread meadowlark77
Voice Dream, but you have to pay forit. It'll read for ya. Take care, Brenda mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net - Original Message - From: David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com To: 'Mac OSX iOS Accessibility' mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 4:52 AM Subject: RE:

Re: iBooks For OSX?

2013-10-13 Thread meadowlark77
Voice Dream reads ebooks just fine. Take care, Brenda mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net - Original Message - From: Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:16 AM Subject: Re: iBooks For OSX? Hi, Well,

Re: iBooks For OSX?

2013-10-13 Thread William Lomas
Only unprotected so disappointed Sent from my iPhone On 13 Oct 2013, at 15:09, meadowlark77 meadowlar...@cox.net wrote: Voice Dream reads ebooks just fine. Take care, Brenda mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net - Original Message - From: Parham Doustdar parha...@gmail.com To: Mac

RE: What's the accessibility take on iOS7?

2013-10-13 Thread Tommy Craig
To open the app switcher just press the home button twice. Tommy -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 4:23 AM To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject:

RE: iBooks For OSX?

2013-10-13 Thread David Griffith
I was not aware that VoiceDream was available for Mac OSX. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of meadowlark77 Sent: 13 October 2013 15:08 To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: iBooks For

Re: Question about playing music specifically on the IPad

2013-10-13 Thread Ben J Bloomgren
Chris and all, Even though my music is best accessed via the Albums tab, my experience in the artists tab is equal to yours. I only use it if I want to play all the music by X artist in a row. For example, if I have two albums by Genesis, I would start with Face Value, and I'd let it play that

Re: dropbox help please

2013-10-13 Thread Ben J Bloomgren
So what does it do without the ?dl=1 then? Ben J. Bloomgren Manager CLG Productions Http://www.clgproductions.com 704-256-0067 Hours: Nonday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern accept holidays. On Oct 12, 2013, at 13:52, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Ype

Re: iTunes Match Question

2013-10-13 Thread Ben J Bloomgren
Desi, Is this happening on your iOS device or on your Mac? Either way, I've never seen dimmed tracks in iTunes Match. If it's on the mac, then maybe restart iTunes and let it get its stuff together. If it's happening on iOS, then I don't really know what to tell you other than to do the same,

Re: Reading EBooks

2013-10-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Guys, there's a little something you all may be forgetting. BTW, sorry. I changed the subject line to better reflect the topic. Remember that books bought through ITunes for IBooks are protected with some form of DRM, so trying to open them in a standard EPub reader isn't gonna work, to the

Re: Question about playing music specifically on the IPad

2013-10-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Ben, That's what I suspected. I just wanted to make sure. Chris. Visit my Audioboo page for freely available music which I have recorded. http://www.audioboo.fm/chrisgilland For updates to my Audioboo page, you also are more than welcome to follow me on Twitter.

RE: iBooks For OSX?

2013-10-13 Thread meadowlark77
I knowit is for the phone, but not sure about anything else. I only use the phone or iPod or one of those. Take care, Brenda mailto:meadowlark77@cox.netAt 10:42 AM 10/13/2013, you wrote: I was not aware that VoiceDream was available for Mac OSX. David Griffith -Original Message-

Re: dropbox help please

2013-10-13 Thread Sarah k Alawami
It gives you a direct dl link. I actually sent you a private dm with an example yesterday It will directly dl to your where ever you put your files you dl from safari. Take care. On Oct 13, 2013, at 9:17 AM, Ben J Bloomgren bbloomg...@icloud.com wrote: So what does it do without the ?dl=1

Re: dropbox help please

2013-10-13 Thread Sarah k Alawami
To answer your question about what it does with out the dl link, it will pull up a web page that you have to find and click the dl link or the put in dropbox link, but since not all of my peeps have dropbox I use the ?dl=1 method so they can decide what to do. Tc. On Oct 13, 2013, at 9:17 AM,

Re: What's the accessibility take on iOS7?

2013-10-13 Thread Sarah k Alawami
It's actually a lot easier then the prior poster said to close apps. Open the app switcher with the double press of the home button, flick to the app and simply swipe up with 3 fingers. I'd give you a link to my podcast but it is currently broken, that is, something ate my enclosures. lol! On

Re: iBooks For OSX?

2013-10-13 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Use Stanza, a wonderful ebook reader. I believe you still can get the free edition some ware maybe download.com or macupdate.com Take care. On Oct 13, 2013, at 2:52 AM, David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com wrote: Adobe Digital Editions is the short answer I think. David Griffith

Re: iBooks For OSX?

2013-10-13 Thread Anne Robertson
Adobe Digital Editions can open several DRM protected file types such as Kobo, but not iBooks. Cheers, Anne --- 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

Re: Is VMWareFusion on topic on this list?

2013-10-13 Thread Phil Halton
Gordon, where would one go to join these two other sister lists of yours? Sent from my IPhone On Oct 13, 2013, at 4:45 AM, Gordon, Lynne Tracy supp...@mac-access.net wrote: I’m sorry, we are miles behind on mail. We state this in the list policy document. The configuration of

Re: good alternative to iTunes for ripping CDs

2013-10-13 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Gordon, Although you want a lovely GUI interface. I would suggest that you look at abcde. Which stands for a better cd encoder. It's a very light weight set of scripts run from the terminal. Via Mac Ports. I used to have a couple of the customised scripts and run them according to the

Printer Questions on The Mac Air

2013-10-13 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, The installation of my Brother printer was smooth. Here are my questions: 1. Where do I find the printer located on the Air? 2. Using USB to connect-Is there a Safe to remove option like on the PCside where? 3. Since Mountail Lion found the printer automatically, were the scanner

Creating Albums on Facebook containing IOS Pictures

2013-10-13 Thread Jim Portillo
Good morning, Here's a question that I'm not sure has been addressed on here. I have no idea how to do this. I want to post some photos on Facebook that are all kind of grouped together or in a sequence. I know people create albums. When I post the pictures from the IPhone, they all

Sharing Printer On The Network

2013-10-13 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi, In share preferences, what needs to be checked to have the printer be shared on the network? There are several in the list. thanks. Eileen --- 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

Re: Creating Albums on Facebook containing IOS Pictures

2013-10-13 Thread Sarah k Alawami
What I do is create the album on the facebook website then after it's created upload them to that album on the facebook app by picking the album when you double tap the name of the album, you will be presented with a list of albums to which you can post. Take care On Oct 13, 2013, at 11:45

RE: Creating Albums on Facebook containing IOS Pictures

2013-10-13 Thread Jim Portillo
Excellent suggestion, Sarah. Now...how do you create the album on the facebook site? -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Sarah k Alawami Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 12:54 PM To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility

Re: Creating Albums on Facebook containing IOS Pictures

2013-10-13 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I have to actually look up how to do it, but it *must* be on the main site not the mobile site as that's not doable. If someone beats me to how to do it that's fine as I'm in the middle of mid terms here lol! Tc. On Oct 13, 2013, at 1:04 PM, Jim Portillo portillo@gmail.com wrote:

Re: good alternative to iTunes for ripping CDs

2013-10-13 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi Gina, Do you know if this can be installed using Homebrew? Also where does one get the customised scripts? Many thanks for this it's perfect for what I need. Give me command-line any day. Dónal On 13 Oct 2013, at 19:43, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello Gordon, Although

Re: good alternative to iTunes for ripping CDs

2013-10-13 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello, Sorry, I don't understand. You install it by: sudo port install abcde Providing you have macports installed. I guess if you have a build env, you can build from source. It comes with a sample abcde.comf and you edit it as you wish. So by making several copies with different