Merry Christmas Dane!

2013-12-19 Thread Dane Trethowan
Not just me, I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and I'm certainly having mine. I've just received an iGrill thermometer for myself for Christmas and these things are damn nice. I'm only getting started so I don't know everything there is to know about the device yet but I can tell you that

The iGrill Pro

2013-12-19 Thread Dane Trethowan
Sorry forgot to mention, if anyone is thinking of buying this product and wants to know more about the iGrill itself, the App and how its used for cooking then they can follow the link to the PDF version of the manual which I've put up on my Dropbox

Mavericks and MBA

2013-12-19 Thread David Griffith
A friend has rung me after being advised by Apple Support to upgrade his Snow Leopard to Mavericks so he can properly synch his new iPhone 5S. His MBA is however now unusable. I can hear his Voiceover over the phone and even in List view Voiceover is constantly saying Finder busy. He is also

Re: Mavericks and MBA

2013-12-19 Thread Christopher gilland
I'm curious in the first place what he was doing with Snow Leopard installed. I didn't think the airs were even around back in the days of Snow Leopard. the only thing that I can think maybe is, what model air is this? How much ram and processor power does he have? How much hard disk

Re: Mavericks and MBA

2013-12-19 Thread Zachary Kline
I believe he should be able to close the current finder window, which is causing issues. After doing this, he can try rebooting the computer or force finder to relaunch itself. To close the Finder window, try command-w. TO force Finder to relaunch, open the Force Quit dialog with

RE: Mavericks and MBA

2013-12-19 Thread David Griffith
It is definitely an Air. Specs may well be a problem but he is not very technical and was following Apple support advice. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Christopher gilland Sent: 19 December

RE: Mavericks and MBA

2013-12-19 Thread David Griffith
Thanks Unfortunately multiple reboots have not cleared the issue for him. The steps I have so far recommended and which have not worked are. 1. I have got him to turn voiceover on and off. 2. I have got him to reboot. 3. I have told him how to get into list view using command 2. 4. I have got

Re: Mavericks and MBA

2013-12-19 Thread Zachary Kline
I suppose a specification issue is possible. If he had an early generation of the AIr, it might be off the official support list for 10.9. I can't recall it off the top of my head, but Googling should turn it up prety easily. I'd definitely call Apple support again, possibly the accessibility

Re: Mavericks and MBA

2013-12-19 Thread Christopher gilland
Well, what did they tell 'em to do specifically, I mean, yeah, ok, upgrade. Duh! I know that. LOL! What I mean is, specifically, how! did they have him do so? Can you find out? Chris. - Original Message - From: David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com To: 'OS X iOS

Re: Free the musician inside: The Skoog launches on the Apple Store

2013-12-19 Thread Andy Collins
Hi all - I'm in touch with the developers of the Skoog. So far, the sofware isn't compatible with VO, but they say they have been working on it, and will get back to me when it is. I've also suggested they create more sound demos for the Skoog, as there isn't much on their website, or on

Re: Mavericks and MBA

2013-12-19 Thread Christopher gilland
David, Do this at your own risk. I'm wonderring if his system is indexing things with spotlight, and thus, is unresponsive. I had another guy on this list who will be left unsaid, who had this issue, and I was able to solve it on his machine by doing this. Let's disable spotlight

Re: Mavericks and MBA

2013-12-19 Thread John Panarese
I think the specs for Mavericks are exactly the same that were for Mountain Lion. Does he have any external drives connected to his MBA? Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE

Re: Nisus Writer with a special offer today

2013-12-19 Thread Dane Trethowan
I've been using this software for as long as I've had my Mac, very well recommended. On 20 Dec 2013, at 1:03 am, Christian Schoepplein ch...@schoeppi.net wrote: Hi, Nisus Writer can be bought for a lower price today. From the actual Nisus newsletter: Today only (December 19), from

Re: Merry Christmas Dane!

2013-12-19 Thread Josh Gregory
LOL… I forget you guys use Celsius, I'm thinking 40°? That's pretty cold over here. But all in all sounds like a very nice device. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 19, 2013, at 3:56 AM, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: Not just me, I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and I'm

iPad Mini with Retina Display review | Fat Duck Tech

2013-12-19 Thread Dane Trethowan
A review of the new iPad Mini and its certainly worth tread if you're thinking of purchasing one. http://www.fatducktech.com/reviews/ipad-mini-retina-display-review/ --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You

Scrivener

2013-12-19 Thread Ian Harrison
Dear listers Can I have any views on how good this app is with voice over. Thanks in advance Ian --- 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

cost of updates

2013-12-19 Thread Mark Furness
Ok, here is a stupid question. All my updates so far, have had no cost. If I was to purchase Abby fine reader from the mac store, will there be additional cost as it is updated? Mark --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: cost of updates

2013-12-19 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Mark, Updates have nearly always in my experience been free. I’ve known a few cases where an app developer charges a fee for a new version, but that seems to be quite rare, especially on the Mac App Store. Best, Zack. On Dec 19, 2013, at 11:47 AM, Mark Furness flintma...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: cost of updates

2013-12-19 Thread Rodney Haynie
It is my understanding that when you purchase apps from the app store, you get unlimited updates for free. This is Apple law I believe. If a developer wants to charge for an update in the app store, then they have two means of doing so. They can invoke functionality that is only accessible through

Re: cost of updates

2013-12-19 Thread Esther
I forgot to add that there can be reasons for preferring either the Mac App Store version or the Developer's web page version. The Apps that support Cloud Syncing (e.g., 1Password 4) may exclusively have this feature through the Mac App Store version. On the other hand, apps that require

Re: Nisus Writer with a special offer today

2013-12-19 Thread Esther
Hi, That $54.99 price for Nisus Writer Pro is good for the Mac app store, too. And Nisus is another site that offers academic discounts. Family Pack deals are only available at the web site: http://nisus.com/store/ The Academic discount price of Nisus Writer Pro is $39 today from their web

Re: Scrivener

2013-12-19 Thread Sarah k Alawami
There is a podcast at http://gwennacast.com done by a friend of mine on this app. They are working on the series still but you get a lot of stuff in the 2 podcasts they have. Good luck. On Dec 19, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Ian Harrison harrisonc...@harrisonclan.karoo.co.uk wrote: Dear

Re: The second page problem :-(

2013-12-19 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Although Draft view is good to work in to write initial drafts, Page view is important when finalising your draft and formatting etcetera. Without Page view, you can't tell at what point text is wrapping to a new line or changing pages, and this can make it hard to eliminate formatting

Re: The second page problem :-(

2013-12-19 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi, It’s possible that I’m not used to how it’s supposed to work. I don’t have very specific document formatting requirements, so tend to draft only and trust it to do the right thing. Perhaps I ought to look into it more thoroughly. Best, Zack. On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:49 PM, Nicholas Parsons

Re: The second page problem :-(

2013-12-19 Thread Sarah k Alawami
yeah same here when I do text edit. I normally just trust that it will do what I want it to do. Hmm interesting. Take care. On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Zachary Kline zkl...@speedpost.net wrote: Hi, It’s possible that I’m not used to how it’s supposed to work. I don’t have very specific