navigati messages in mail

How do you get to the top of a list of emails in mail? I have tried various Voiceover commands after looking at what they do in the keyboard help but can't find the ones I need and end up just in the middle of my list of emails. There doesn't seem to be one that goes to the start of a table in ma

problem with mac mail

I don't seem to have this problem with my BT account as far as I know but with my Google accout, it seems like I get the same messages downloaded sso I think I am still having a large number of messages in my Google account. It is like my email is adding to the account all the time so I have olde

problem solved

I think I managed to solve my own problem with email. I think the solution was in the preference menu for mailbox actions, perhaps delete messages from server or whatever. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net Y

deleting emails

i have emails from mailing lists in my google account. how do i delete emails that i am not interested in or have read? i ask because every time i go into mail, i look at my google account and i have the same several hundred emails i thought i had deleted. i have tried to find a button or option

Re: removing files in the terminal

more than you want and as I said, there is no undelete function, only recovery from backups. Martin michael weaver writes: how do you remove files and directories in the terminal on the mac? i am going to see if i can remove the musicmanager preference file using the terminal as no other w

musicmanager

i can locate what i want to remove in the terminal but i keep being told it is a directory and it just won't remove. i tried rm ininddinin and rf ininddinin in the directory itself. deleting the annoying musicmanager pane in system preferences might be easier to do in mac osx rather than the te

removing files in the terminal

how do you remove files and directories in the terminal on the mac? i am going to see if i can remove the musicmanager preference file using the terminal as no other way i have found that will remove the thing from the system preferences and the apps i have found you have to purchase which may

kindle app for the mac and voiceover

does kindle for the mac work with voiceover? i ask because i have a paperback book and i am having problems scanning it with my scanner which is an old photocopy type device, the scan r. the book i was trying to read with my scanner is called "the master" by guy n smith which is a horror story.

Re: playing bbc programmes on the mac

no. the download content appears to be free. <--- 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 dedicated web archive:

Re: playing bbc programmes on the mac

audio description can be got to from the toolbar. interact with it and vo right arrow to get to preferences button. vo space to open preferences, vo right arrow which should take you through the options. you should find audio description just before its checkbox. hit vo spacebar to check th

Re: bbc iplayer

i got the name slightly wrong. get itplayer automator was the one paul recommended to me only recently. - Original Message - From: Paul Hopewell Hello Ian, The free app "get iplayer automator" will download BBC and ITV and Channel 4 radio and TV programs on Mac OS. It is not in th

re: bbc iplayer

download get itplayer which has been refered to on this list. - Original Message - From: Ian Harrison Hello everyone, I am trying to download the iplayer desktop so that I can download programmes during the day rather than stream at night. I am having real problems finding out h

Re: Get iPlayer Automator not downloading described shows

-- Original Message - From: amy gilbert Subject: Re: Get iPlayer Automator not downloading described shows hi, how do you check the audio description tickbox? i can't find any button that says favourites in the toolbar On 30 Nov 2012, at 11:03, michael weaver wrote: find where it say

re: Get iPlayer Automator not downloading described shows

find where it says toolbar, interact with it and use the voiceover arrow keys, go to where it says favourites, and inside that menu there are different options and checkboxes and audio description is mentioned before an unchecked checkbox. check it with vo space before you download your tv epp

found the solution to my problems

i had a problem with using the get itplayer. i didn't realise that some of the options were hidden in a toolbar for example i was having a problem actually starting the download of my programme for a start. i also found the audio description as a checkbox under the preferences when i accessed t

get itplayer automator

i have managed to find my copy of get itplayer automator. how do i choose the audio description option for a tv program if available? i went into preferences only i couldn't find the option unless the audio description setting only shows up when you add the programmes to the queue or download t

a possible apology

sorry for my previous post. i seem to have two download folders on my mac so i may have found where it has downloaded 'to. <--- 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

download link not working

i found the link for get itplayer automator. however for some reason the download link is not responding. i have tried both safari and google chrome but my download folder remains empty. i have even tried shift enter on the download link but still no joy and also the context menu option as well.

playing bbc programmes on the mac

is there a way to play bbc programmes etc on the mac? there is a tv drama on at the moment, based on a horror novel i have both heard and read the book of only i cannot seem to be able to watch it on the mac. i can view it on my phone which isn't an i-phone, only i have not been able to get the

mac updates

i go to updates on my mac and i am told there are two updates for safari only i keep getting some server error. is anyone else having this problem while trying to download the latest updates for the mac software? i thought it might have had something to do with me not using my ac adapter for my

Re: see finance

r were you able to input entries into the register using I bank? I tried to use it with voice over and it did not read anything. As a matter of fact my son had to help. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 4, 2012, at 2:19 PM, michael weaver wrote: i have just been having a look at see finan

see finance

i have just been having a look at see finance which i downloaded yesterday as i have had access issues with i-bank when trying to download financial information from my bank. see finance seems faily accessible but for some reason when i try to import my data from my bank, the statement that gets

changing maps in navigon

when using multiple maps on the i-phone with navigon, do the map countries change automatically? for example if you live in the uk and go to say spain and have the map for spain, does the map for spain automatically load when you are in spain? if not how do you change maps of countries? <--- Ma

active antivirus software

how do i check to see if my copy of sophos antivirus application is working? do i use system monitor under utilities? i launched that particular app and looking down my list of information, i see something like sophos antivirus and something like 0,1 percent and some of the other information i

Re: can not burn ml

every those the same as usb sticks like the things that sometimes get used as keyrings? - Original Message - From: Gordon Smith Josh Are you talking about a USB thumb drive or a SD card? I would presume the former. If you use the recovery tool, you'll have no trouble. I think

Re: can not burn ml

could someone explain what a thumb drive is? i presume they are not the same as sd cards and that they don't just fit in the slot on the macbook pro which is just above the headphone socket. - Original Message - From: Gordon Smith OK, if I understand this correctly, Sarah is advocat

Re: burning mountain lion to disk

he install DVD is too large for a standard DVD. Gordon On 27 Jul 2012, at 19:52, Timothy J. Meloy wrote: You should be able to quit the install then point to the app in the applications folder and VO shift m and go to show package contents. On Jul 27, 2012, at 3:05 PM, michael weave

burning mountain lion to disk

i have just bought mountain lion only for some reason it wants to run the installation rather than me being able to locate the files to burn it to dvd. i wonder if i have downloaded the wrong file from the app store as mountain lion seems to be read several times when i first enter the app stor

upgrading mac osx

this may be a horses for courses question so to speak but is it best to do a clean installation of the new mac osx rather than just do an upgrade from the previous version? <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net

videos on the i-phone

is there a way of easily navigating eppisodes of a video on the i-phone 4? i ask because i have managed to find some classic doctor who on i-tunes only the eppisode numbers and years are read out so i have to go through the videos in order to find the next eppisode to a story. <--- Mac Access

awareness

what are the correct settings for the awareness app? i ask because the defaults seem not to work and settings i have changed some work but also voiceover seems to be affected ie when i remove my headphones i get an extremely quiet sounding voiceover on my i-phone 4. <--- Mac Access At Mac Acce

external gps receivers and the i-phone

do external gps receivers such as the i-blue work with the i-phone? i ask because i am wondering if i should perhaps use an external receiver when using navigon as i am not sure if the internal one in the i-phone 4 works in a pocket and it is a bit of a pain and looks a bit silly with me carryi

Re: Viruses?

i would agree with sarah about using sophos. i have just started using it so i can't say anything about the quarantene option as i have not had to use that option yet. rnib's "access it" had an article about antivirus apps i think and the author said something about using antivirus with systems

bluetooth problem on the i-phone 4

i seem to be having a problem with bluetooth on the i-phone 4. this doesn't happen always but when i have my bluetooth headset connected to my i-phone 4, i sometimes find it has disconnected after dialing calls on the phone. what happens is that i hear a bleep or two bleeps after i dial a numbe

Re: repeat download of audio book

ah Alawami No I think you can go to yoru perchaces tab and find it and then download it. Take care. On Jun 10, 2012, at 12:04 AM, michael weaver wrote: i tried the book where i believe there is a problem and i still get that horrible noise, even without wearing a headset while listening to

repeat download of audio book

i tried the book where i believe there is a problem and i still get that horrible noise, even without wearing a headset while listening to that particular story. how do i download the book again without being charged? i purchased it using the i-phone itself. what i am worried about is deleting i

problem with downloads folder

i tried to download some podcasts last night but got error messages saying that the podcast couldn't be downloaded. now i have two downloads that i can't seem to get rid of. how do i clear unsuccessful downloads from the i-phone 4? i can't seem to find an edit button that will allow me to access

a problem with an i-tunes download

i often listen to audio books on my i-phone and none of my other files do this but on one audio book which is a collection of short horror stories, i get a very loud buzzing sound coming through the headset. has anyone else had this problem? is it a headset prroblem or a problem with the mediia

vanishing emails

since i have last updated lion, i seem to notice fewer mailboxes in mail. i thought this update had fixed the problem with email vanishing from my inbox but it hasn't and i have not yet been able to work out where it has gone because all i see under the mailbox menus when i go to favourite mail

syncing files

i seem to be having problems transfering files to my i-phone 4. i have a lot of audio books etc and i think my library is too big because i am getting an eror about not being able to sync the items or whatever. when i delete files from the books under sources, do i have to say "yes" to keep the

burning audio books

i have quite a few things like books in my i-tunes library. is there a way of burning audio books to cd when they have been downloaded in i-tunes either on the mac or after they have been downloaded and transffered to the mac from the i-phone? i have noticed some books i am thinking of purchasin

an i-phone problem

i seem to be having a problem with my i-phone 4 which is running the latest ios and it is a bit worse than when first unlocking the screen and getting two apps like phone and messages read together. for some reason the home button now seems to require two presses when in applications to get the

a problem with pages

i seem to be having a problem with pages. what happens when i load a text document is that i sometimes end up in some sort of problem where i can navigate a document kind of but cannot edit it for some strange reason. it is like it goes into some kind of review only mode and i have tried doing

re: VoiceOver not on

have you tried command plus f5? - Original Message - From: "Catherine G" Somehow VO is not coming on when I turn on my Mac. How do I fix this? Catherine Golding Olympia, Washington <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your m

re: iPhone apps and security questions?

yes i have. i think it wanted me to do this when i bought a tv series for some reason. i was never asked for that information before, just my password and mac id. - Original Message - From: Glenn Hi, I tried to get an app today, called Voxer, and after putting in my password, th

re: itunes busy

yes i get that a lot when trying to navigate the source list for example to find my i-phone when it is connected like it can't cope unless you scroll down very slowly to select a source from the table. - Original Message - From: Mark Furness Is anyone else having itunes say busy bu

cursors on the mac

it was suggested that i disabled cursor tracking while using skype chat. do i turn off cursor chatting after i have pressed enter on a contact to start the chat. also how do i move the cursors independently after turning off cursor tracking so i can monitor the html window where the chat is hap

problem headset

i have had to bin my old headset. it must be slightly damaged because sometimes the control works and sometimes it doesn't so i have just got the replacement i bought for the i-phone. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@ma

music track in a recorded message

is there a way of adding a song track into a voice message? i am thinking of recording a message for my girlfriend which i can do but for some reason if i were to play a music track in the recording the volume alters when i play the thing through the headphones. what i do at the moment is use q

i-phone headset

i tried the spare headset which i bought when i lost the original one and that worked with the controls. i switched back to the old headset or old earpieces and it now works for some reason which it didn't do when i tried them on wednesday. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply t

Re: control on headset

k, or I did until it broke lol! Take care. On Mar 31, 2012, at 11:37 PM, michael weaver wrote: i have noticed that in the later versions of ios, for some reason i can't get my headset to control my music ie the volume control and changing tracks doesn't appear to work using the cont

control on headset

i have noticed that in the later versions of ios, for some reason i can't get my headset to control my music ie the volume control and changing tracks doesn't appear to work using the control on the wire on the i-phone 4. i have been through the settings but can't appear to find one that is aff

Re: keyboard chatting in skype

are in the chat. You thpe int he edit field and hit enter then look in the html area to see if they respond. On Mar 30, 2012, at 10:58 PM, michael weaver wrote: when i try to do a chat i seem to have to tab to the contact browser before it seems to do anything. there appears to be another s

Re: keyboard chatting in skype

don't know it. Take care. On Mar 30, 2012, at 10:23 PM, michael weaver wrote: how do you initiate a keyboard chat in skype on the mac when a contact is available? i went into the conversations menu and chose instant messaging but nothing appeared to happen after i hit enter on that choic

keyboard chatting in skype

how do you initiate a keyboard chat in skype on the mac when a contact is available? i went into the conversations menu and chose instant messaging but nothing appeared to happen after i hit enter on that choice so something went wrong somehow. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To rep

skype on the i-phone and contacts

is there a way to be notified when contacts are available on skype on the i-phone? the only ways i have found so far are either just to go to the online contacts tab which doesn't appear when you first open the app or go into the contact name and see if that person is on-line or whatever which

notification settings on the i-phone

i have a question about these notification settings on the i-phone. what are the best settings for some of these notifications? i have examined and changed some of the notification settings. should i set important ones such as messaging, twitter and skype to alerts when i enter the notification

twitter on the i-phone

i seem to be having a problem with twitter on the i-phone. most of the options i try going into say "in progress" and don't seem to do anything else and it comes up with 0 tweets, 0 followers and 0 following so this can't be right if it is stating something else on my twitter account page when

a question about twitter

when sending a tweet to someone or when following someone on twitter or even a group, am i supposed to put hash tags at the beginning and end of names of individuals and groups i am following? at the moment i am trying to get going with twitter on the i-phone and i have requested to follow grou

personal videos and youtube

i may have got a possible girlfriend and i am wondering if i could create a video on youtube for her as she lives east of moscow and verbal communication appears to be possibly remote so the only contact with her has been via email from an internet cafe when she is working. is there a way of po

skype and video calls

how do i change from a call to a video call with skype on the mac? i know that pressing vo plus space calls a contact but how do i choose between standard and video call if a call goes straight through when i press the vo and space? i only need to do video calls with trusted friends and family.

awareness app

what would be the recommended settings for the awareness app? i have just downloaded it to my i-phone but some of the options inside the app are not clear what they are. hope someone can give me some advice on this app. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please ad

get off now or replacement app

at the moment i am currently running get off now on my i-phone 4 but i am having a few issues with it. one issue is that it seems to want to trigger the alarm for my programmed bus stop while i am at home. to get round this issue i switched off the destination for my stop and re enabled it when

upgrading i-phone and i-pod doc

i am thinking of upgrading my i-phone this year when the latest i-phone is released. i am also thinking of purchasing an i-pod dock. should i wait until i have upgraded my i-phone before purchasing an i-pod dock? do i-pod docks work with i-phones? i know a while back when i used an i-pod nano w

macbook air and macbook pro

could anyone tell me what the difference is between the macbook air and the macbook pro? i have the macbook pro but is the air more portable and the mac equivalent of a netbook? <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-acces

restoring i-tunes files

if i have done a fresh installation of lion and i want to restore my audio books etc that i have downloaded via i-tunes, do i just go to the folder on my backup drive and just copy all the folders where i have the files i want and just paste them into the i-tunes media folder so i can find them

a skype problem

i have noticed in skype that if i select the on-line contacts tab, if there are no on-line contacts and i move the cursor or even the voiceover cursor i get a program crash so i think it may be best keeping my setting at all contacts. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this

running mail setup

i have deleted my account in mail and i am trying to go through my mail settings again in order to sort out my mailbox problems. i have looked at some information about setting up mail on the mac for a bt internet account. it states entering email address and password and making sure the checkbo

deleting mailboxes with duplicate names

i am trying to delete mailboxes with duplicate names like i have two mailboxes, sent and trash which may be confusing mail when downloading messages and causing problems with mail being duplicated on my i-phone. i get an imap error when i try to do this. the only thing i can think of doing is t

the new ios

i have just upgraded my i-phone to the latest ios version. when i unlock my phone it says "phone, messages" when i am sure that in the earlier releases it just says "messages" when the phone is unlocked. am i supposed to have the phone read two items when i unlock the phone? i thought it might

one email problem resolved

i have managed to fix my problem with my name appearing in cc field of emails i sent. i went into preferences and found a checkbox next to a popup button where the sender name can either be put in the cc or bcc fields so i unchecked this and did a test message and it no longther writes me a cop

another mail problem

i seem to be having another mac mail problem on my macbook since i tried to re enter my account and in order to get rid of duplicate mail boxes which might be affecting my email when it arrives with it moving messages so many days later when new email comes in. the problem i am now also having

something wrong in mac mail

i think i might know why my email keeps being moved in mail on my macbook only i can't seem to be able to resolve the problem. if i delete my account in mail and do a setup from scratch i end up with 12 mailboxes, one of them is a bulk mail folder which bt uses by default and i also seem to get

transfering dvds

when i insert a music cd into my macbook, i am prompted by i-tunes as to whether i want to import the cd i think. is there a way of doing this with dvds i have bought in order to get films and movies to the i-phone? <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please addres

still a problem with mac mail

i am still having a problem with mac mail in lion moving my email from the inbox to my trash folder and when i move it back, i am still getting duplicate messages on my i-phone. as my i-phone is dealing with mail properly, is there a possibility of syncing my email settings on my i-phone to mac

tethering

as far as i know, i can't access the wireless network where i work for accessing web pages. i try to access the internet via my i-phone connected to one of the usb ports on my mac. how do i know if my mac is using my i-phone when i tether the two devices? i ask because sometimes i think i get a

deleting contacts

how do you delete contacts in mac mail? i think i have done this a while back but can't remember how to do it. i go into the contacts panel via the windows menu on my macbook, choose the contact, go into edit, delete, press enter and nothing happens at all. i tried opening the context menu but

voice call problem in skype

i don't know if there is a problem with my mac or anything but i made a call to someone this morning and it sounded like the person took the call but when i kept saying anything like "hello" i didn't hear the person at the other end. my speech on the mac isn't affected nor any other sounds. i h

Re: skype notifications

s saved so i am not sure what the problem is. - Original Message - From: Sarah Alawami Yep that's the way to do it. Available is online, or I think also away. I can't remember but I think availiable is online. Take care. On Feb 4, 2012, at 1:35 PM, michael weaver wrot

cluttered screen in skype

i am running version 5 of skype on my macbook. however i appear to get a cluttered screen when i launch it like all the important stuff seems to be hidden like it is bringing up html pages on launch so it is like i keep having to stop interacting, try and locate the table and interact with that

skype notifications

i am using the latest version of skype. am i best setting the popup button under preferences and notifications to contact is available from the list of buttons? i wonder if this has been my problem as regards monitoring when my contacts are on-line etc. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---

problem of moving mail

i think i resolved my problem of mail being moved from my inbox on my mac when i first installed lion. i deleted my bt account, set it up again and it just resolved the issue i was having i think without me changing settings. i tried changing to pop3 rather than imap only i couldn't get pop3 but

a strange thing with skype

i think there is a strange thing with the latest version of skype and i am wondering if this might be my problem when trying to get notification when someone in my contacts list comes on line without me having to do voiceover keys plus left or right cursor to find out if someone is on-line, off

adding an application to growl

i have got growl installed only i can't seem to be able to add skype to my list of applications. at the moment it just shows the growl menue in the application list and even when i type skype in the search field it doesn't seem to be able to locate it for me to add it. it is the latest version

an i-bank dialogue

i am trying to set up my bank accounts using i-bank. if i download the transactions for an account when i enter my banks website and use the export link or button to download the statement in the recognised format, i think it may be qif, what is the dialogue i get before my entries are processe

pictures on the i-phone

when pictures are stored on the i-phone is the higher number the latest picture stored when you go into the photos and choose camera role to show the album? <--- 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 a

entering contacts

does anyone know how to enter information in contacts on the i-phone 4? when i try to enter home telephone numbers or mobile numbers it either doesn't enter some numbers at all or it puts too many numbers in the field. the information i have is to be added to existing contact as i have the name

removing podcasts

where in i-tunes are podcasts stored? i ask because i have just downloaded the latest i-tunes and there are eppisodes of a podcast i wish to remove only i can't seem to be able to find them in i-tunes on the mac to be able to remove them and search either doesn't search or comes up with the wro

tv guide on the i-phone

does anyone know how to set up the tv guide on the i-phone? for some reason i can't seem to access certain information like channel numbers and don't know what view to use for being able to read the information with voiceover on the i-phone. i am also not sure if i have downloaded the right app

i-tunes problem solved

i have just resolved my i-tunes problem and i think it was the same solution as with a problem where videos i had watched kept being executed. i closed the window with a couple of command plus w, rebooted my mac and it is no longer trying to bring up i-tunes while i am running safari. <--- Mac

still the i-tunes problem

i think i hit command i while in safari so i-tunes keeps opening in the background. i tried closing the window of i-tunes before quitting it and rebooting my mac but still the i-tunes window appears like it is loading two pages at onence, the page i normally load which it normally loags the pag

problem on my mac

i have done something on my mac and i don't know how to rectify it. what is now happening is that when i launch safari i-tunes keeps opening as well. how do i stop this from happening? <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@ma

telephone calls on the i-phone

someone mentioned a problem that caused my problem with call switching might be due to a case which has been badly fitted. i don't know if this is the problem or not and i am not sure if this is classed as a case exactly or just a cover but my i-phone 4 has two plastic bits front and back which

the i-phone 4 s and phone calls

i am thinking of purchasing the i-phone 4 s sometime this year. i think if i don't want to be penalised for upgrading, the earliest i can upgrade is august this year i think. is the 4 s better at dealing with calls while running voiceover? i don't know if this only happens with voiceover users o

burning photos on the mac

can i burn a folder of photos on the mac to a cd just from the menu or do i need extra software? i have some photos from a possible girlfriend and i want to burn them to cd or dvd. i have them in a sub folder under my pictures folder under her name so they don't get mixed up with other photos i

burning photos

how do i burn photos to cd or dvd? they are all under a folder in my pictures folder under the name of the person who sent me the photos. <--- 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 me

movies on the i-phone

does anyone know where movies that have been purchased are located on the i-phone or how to get to them? i have just downloaded a movie and it doesn't appear to be showing up in the options i have tried in both i-tunes and music? i am using the latest ios 5 on the i-phone 4 if that helps. my dow

the dictionary on the i-phone

is there a way of getting the options and words in the dictionary on the i-phone when a word is queried when texting? i have tried the rota and swiping and i cannot seem to be able to access words or the options and you cannot seem to be able to press space or enter on a word you wish to accept

a problem with audacity

i have just installed audacity on my macbook. however although it worked the first time when i was exploring the app, for some reason an "unknown" dialogue keeps popping up and i am sure this is preventing me from making a recording because i have tried lower and capital r, command r and contro

voice recording on the mac

is there an equivalent of sound recorder for the mac for being able to do voice recordings? <--- 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 ei

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