Using IOS Simulator With Voiceover?

2013-12-16 Thread Parham Doustdar
Hi all, Does anyone know how I can perform gestures in the IOS simulator? I am beginning to learn IOS development, but I can’t even open my app in the IOS simulator as of now :-) Thanks. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

VoiceOver going mute on Mac OS

2013-12-16 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, I am running Mac OS 10.9 on my 2009 iMac. Sometimes VO refuses to speak after my iMac has been awaken after several hours asleep. Pressing command+F5 does not help so I have to power-off and then power-on again to restore VO. I recall reading in this forum that you can often recover VO

Re: VoiceOver going mute on Mac OS

2013-12-16 Thread Andy Collins
Paul - When this happens with me, I find five presses of CMD f5 usually works, it takes a couple of seconds after the fifth press - Andy On 16 Dec 2013, at 10:28, Paul Hopewell hopew...@hopewell.org.uk wrote: Hello, I am running Mac OS 10.9 on my 2009 iMac. Sometimes VO refuses to speak

Re: VoiceOver going mute on Mac OS

2013-12-16 Thread Rodney Haynie
I have found that usually typing in my password, with no audible feedback and pressing enter will log me back into my MBA and Voiceover will be back up and running immediately. But I bet the Command + 4 or 5 key presses may work for you too. Definitely try typing in your password blindly

birth dates in calendar from face book

2013-12-16 Thread Mark Furness
It seems as my 5C is loading birth dates from face book. In my list, I have all of them listed for 2013 and 2012. How can I stop this and delete them from my calendar? What am I missing in calendar and face book settings? Mark --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post,

Re: VoiceOver going mute on Mac OS

2013-12-16 Thread Phil Halton
Okay, When I started having this problem in july or august of 2012 after buying my first Mac, I used to mess around with the volume buttons, and try turning VO off and on a couple of times. Eventually, maybe after a few minutes, VO would come up talking. I asked about this problem on the list

More On The iDatabase App

2013-12-16 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! I've been playing around with both the iDatabase Apps - iDatabase for the Mac and iDatabase for IOS - and both are reasonably priced from the appropriate App stores however to use it would appear that iDatabase for IOS is a little more accessible, I'm not saying that the Mac version isn't

Re: VoiceOver going mute on Mac OS

2013-12-16 Thread Andy Collins
All I can add, is that I discovered the 5 times myself, from just trying to resolve this issue in the early days of having this MBA. I think it needs to be an odd number of times because it has already gone off, and doing it 3 times doesn't seem to work - Andy On 16 Dec 2013, at 13:33, Phil

Re: birth dates in calendar from face book

2013-12-16 Thread Caitlyn and Maggie
Is there a setting to turn off the birthday calendar? Cait On Dec 16, 2013, at 8:14 AM, Mark Furness flintma...@gmail.com wrote: It seems as my 5C is loading birth dates from face book. In my list, I have all of them listed for 2013 and 2012. How can I stop this and delete them from my

2 versions of numbers

2013-12-16 Thread Mark Furness
In the applications folder there is a numbers app, which happens to be the updated version. In the IWorks folder, in the application folder, there is also a numbers app. This app is the one listed in the doc. It always tells me to update it. Can I take the numbers app, that is all by itself and

Re: 2 versions of numbers

2013-12-16 Thread isaac
Delete the numbers app from the doc. -Original Message- From: Mark Furness Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 9:25 AM To: Mac access Subject: 2 versions of numbers In the applications folder there is a numbers app, which happens to be the updated version. In the IWorks folder, in the

Re: More On The iDatabase App

2013-12-16 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Dane, Many thanks for your investigations. I’m very busy at the moment, so hope to play once everything has stopped for Christmas. From what I saw iDatabase is a very slim flat database i.e. not a relational database. Which probably mean I’ll need to use a open source back end and write

Re: More On The iDatabase App

2013-12-16 Thread Esther
Hello Gena, You're correct that iDatabase is a flat database. If you need a relational database, I know that a number of people are using Tap Forms, which has both Mac and iOS apps that are accessible. I'm not sure about the status under Mavericks, but the developer has recently submitted a

Re: More On The iDatabase App

2013-12-16 Thread Dane Trethowan
No problem, I had needed to play with iDatabase in any case as I bought it quite some time ago though I never knew the existence of the Mac version of the App until you pointed it out. As you point out, iDatabase is not a relational database manager but its still very good for managing

MacUpdate Holiday Bundle Sale ($39.99 for 10 apps)

2013-12-16 Thread Esther
Hi All, I'm posting details about a MacUpdate Bundle that is on sale for the next day and a bit. This might be of particular interest to users who want to read Windows formatted hard drives from their Macs. Some of the interesting apps in the bundle are Cocktail, a very good maintenance app

Time machine backup

2013-12-16 Thread George Cham
I am having a issue with my time machine backup . I’m getting a message saying that the backup failed . What i would like to do is reformat the external drive and start again . I can’t find the option in system preferences to do this . George Cham george.c...@mac-access.net --- Mac Access At

iTunes randomly opening on my mac

2013-12-16 Thread Laurel and Stockard
HI guys, I'm running OS 10 Mavericks on my mac, and lately, I've noticed that iTunes will open just randomly. Like without me pressing any keys, or doing anything to open it. Sometimes, music will start playing without me even doing anything to open it, and sometimes not. Has anybody else

Re: iTunes randomly opening on my mac

2013-12-16 Thread Laurel and Stockard
Hmmm, yeah, in fact I'm using the pair that came with my iPhone. I never even thought of this, so an interesting point indeed. I'll try a different pair out and see what happens. Thanks for that, Laurel On Dec 16, 2013, at 2:48 PM, Zachary Kline zkl...@speedpost.net wrote: Hi, THis is an odd

Re: iTunes randomly opening on my mac

2013-12-16 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi, THis is an odd question, but are you using the earphones which came with your iPhone, or another set which has a button to control playing music and such? I ask because if your headset is failing, you can occasionally trigger random presses of the play button like this. I'd recommend

Re: MacUpdate Holiday Bundle Sale ($39.99 for 10 apps)

2013-12-16 Thread Dane Trethowan
I've used most of the utilities mentioned here and - if I didn't have Cocktail and the Paragon Software already - then I'd certainly be buying this bundle. Back to the point, the Paragon utilities NTFS For Mac and HFS For Windows are perfectly accessible and make a huge difference to your

making Facebook accessible on the mac

2013-12-16 Thread Laurel and Stockard
Hi all, What's the best way to make facebook accessible on the mac using voiceover? I mean, I can navigate ok, but really, it's not as accessible as I would like it to be. I know it has been discussed here a long time ago, but just real quick, anybody have any suggestions as far as anything I

Re: Time machine backup

2013-12-16 Thread Esther
Hello George, Reformatting drives is done with the Disk Utility application, but before you reformat your drive, or erase your partition, you might want to try doing some troubleshooting. Here's the link to the Apple Knowledge Base article on Time Machine: Troubleshooting backup issues:

Re: making Facebook accessible on the mac

2013-12-16 Thread Caitlyn and Maggie
I used to use something called menu tab for Facebook. I honestly don’t know how the latest versions are doing, though. I personally have never used facebook messenger. I *think* you can use Skype for your Facebook friends and contacts and chat with people on facebook that way and it’s easier.

Re: making Facebook accessible on the mac

2013-12-16 Thread Josh Gregory
Yes, you are able to use Skype to talk to your Facebook friends. I have done this myself… Sent from my iPhone On Dec 16, 2013, at 4:29 PM, Caitlyn and Maggie caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com wrote: I used to use something called menu tab for Facebook. I honestly don’t know how the latest

Re: making Facebook accessible on the mac

2013-12-16 Thread Juaanita Marttin
I wonder if the fbmobile site would work. On Dec 16, 2013, at 3:06 PM, Laurel and Stockard laurel.stock...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, What's the best way to make facebook accessible on the mac using voiceover? I mean, I can navigate ok, but really, it's not as accessible as I would like it

AmpKit+ iOS app is on sale for $8.99

2013-12-16 Thread Esther
Hi All, For the guitarists on this list, AmpKit+ is on sale for $8.99, reduced from $19.99. I don't know whether there's interest in this kind of app here, but I know some other VoiceOver users who have pronounced this app to be awesome. There is an AppleVis directory entry for the free

Re: making Facebook accessible on the mac

2013-12-16 Thread Laurel and Stockard
Just set it up, thanks guys! I really appreciate it! Laurel On Dec 16, 2013, at 3:31 PM, Josh Gregory joshkar...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, you are able to use Skype to talk to your Facebook friends. I have done this myself… Sent from my iPhone On Dec 16, 2013, at 4:29 PM, Caitlyn and Maggie

Re: Time machine backup

2013-12-16 Thread Sarah k Alawami
1. activate disk utility in utilities. 2. choose your time machine disk. 3. choose erase 4. set your options as desired keeping your format option the same. 5. wait for the disk to be erased. 6. say yes to a time machine back up for this disk. Hth. On Dec 16, 2013, at 12:43 PM, George

Re: making Facebook accessible on the mac

2013-12-16 Thread Sarah k Alawami
If you want to make the FB mobile site easier to use you will need to activate the developer menu in safari. This is not as bad as it seems. I will email instructions later if you want as right now I feel like I've been kicked by a mule. lol! Basically you will do that and choose your agent to

Re: making Facebook accessible on the mac

2013-12-16 Thread Laurel and Stockard
Hi Sarah, I'd love email instructions for this. If you feel like sending them privately, you can, my email is laurel.stock...@gmail.com or you can respond on list, whatever you'd rather do. I'd find this rather helpful I think. By the way, I connected facebook to skype and am also finding that

major improvement to US currency reading app!

2013-12-16 Thread Laurie Mehta
Hi all, I just installed this update to the iNote app and it is much, much improved from the old version! It's much quicker than before and it offers one the ability to set it to display a choice of whether the result will be spoken, presented as a tone, or offered via vibration. For

Apple releases OS X 10.9.1 with Mail fixes - Macworld Australia - Macworld Australia

2013-12-16 Thread Dane Trethowan
Just in case you didn't know or you wanted extra detail smile. http://www.macworld.com.au/news/apple-releases-os-x-10-9-1-with-mail-fixes-115606/#.Uq_aUpG1kYU ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile:

Mavericks - Is it now time to upgrade?

2013-12-16 Thread David Griffith
When Mavericks was first released it was suggested on this list that voiceover Users should wait to upgrade. The question is that after a number of fixes is it now time to take the plunge? The aspect of the upgrade which most worries me is the complaint about Finder instability,- busy

Discovering The Power Of The Calendar

2013-12-16 Thread Dane Trethowan
Just goes to show what you find when you play around. I got an eMail with the dates for the Home Deliveries from my library for next year, I noticed that each had a link associated with it. By clicking on the link I was given several options, show day in Calendar, Copy and Create Event. The