[Mac-Access]: Multiple Subscriptions

2015-06-09 Thread Gordon Smith
. But feel free to contact us privately if not. I am also working to try to reactivate the support address. My compliments and kindest regards Gordon Smith: gor...@mac-access.net mailto:gor...@mac-access.net Accessibility Information Technology Support

[Mac-Access]: message from the list owner, please read

2015-06-05 Thread Gordon Smith
taking steps to restore the support address so that these issues can be separated once again from my own inbox. My compliments and kindest regards Gordon Smith: gor...@mac-access.net mailto:gor...@mac-access.net Accessibility Information Technology Support

Re: [Mac-Access]: Ladies Gentlemen, We Are Back!

2015-06-02 Thread Gordon Smith
-access.net mailto:mac-access-le...@mac-access.net that will cause an authentication message to be sent to you. Please just respond to is as indicated in the message and you’re done. Thank you. My compliments and kindest regards Gordon Smith: gor...@mac

[Mac-Access]: Re: Stop The Tests, Please

2015-06-01 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello Angela, Christopher and all This is Lynne, using the only address we currently have active which just happens to be Gordon’s. Please don’t get uptight about this, all. The method of joining/leaving the group has changed anyway. When he’s up and about again, Gordon will update the

[Mac-Access]: Ladies Gentlemen, We Are Back!

2015-05-24 Thread Gordon Smith
Good Sunday to all We should now be back in business as a group, although I have some tweaking still to do. But I hope you’re all well, and receive our call. Please don’t send “I am here’, or “I see you” to the group. We just want life to resume from where it left off. Let’s just say we’ve

Re: [Mac-access]: Finally installed Windows on the MacBook Pro

2015-05-05 Thread Gordon Smith
. My Complements Kindest Regards Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net Accessibility Information Technology Consultant Advisor; Currently Seeking Employment! On 2 May 2015, at 13:50, Brian Hartgen brianhart...@gmail.com wrote

[Mac-access]: Scanning Query

2015-03-26 Thread Gordon Smith
license. Thanks. == Kindest Regards Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net IT Accessibility Consultant – Alternative Format Transcriber: Sunnyside Academy Manor Farm Way Colby Newham MIDDLESBOROUGH Cleveland TS8 0RJ ——— --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot

Re: [Mac-access]: making my own website

2015-02-22 Thread Gordon Smith
Mac Access is also happy to host material for the sensory impaired, free of charge, and without restrictions as long as it’s legal. Contact us off list if you want more info. == Kindest Regards Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net IT Accessibility Consultant

Re: [Mac-access]: e-mail Closing on Reply

2015-01-15 Thread Gordon Smith
. == Kindest Regards Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net IT Accessibility Consultant – Alternative Format Transcriber: Sunnyside Academy Manor Farm Way Colby Newham MIDDLESBOROUGH Cleveland TS8 0RJ ——— On 15 Jan 2015, at 14:55, Eleanor Burke eleanormarthabu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Re: [Mac-access]: Updates on Mac

2015-01-15 Thread Gordon Smith
. == Kindest Regards Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net IT Accessibility Consultant – Alternative Format Transcriber: Sunnyside Academy Manor Farm Way Colby Newham MIDDLESBOROUGH Cleveland TS8 0RJ ——— On 15 Jan 2015, at 14:52, Eleanor Burke eleanormarthabu

Re: [Mac-access]: old email address

2015-01-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Just create a new apple ID associated with your new address. Then, once up and running, add your old one to it as a secondary address so that you can still receive your apps. Gordon == Kindest Regards Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net IT Accessibility Consultant

[Mac-access]: Creating An Installer Disk For OS X Yosemite

2014-11-12 Thread Gordon Smith
somewhere finds the above of some use. Gordon = Kindest Regards: Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net IT Accessibility Consultant – Alternative Format Transcriber: Sunnyside Academy Manor Farm Way Colby Newham MIDDLESBOROUGH Cleveland TS8 0RJ ——— --- Mac

[Mac-access]: More On Our Plans | Mac Access Dot Net

2014-11-01 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello everybody Those of you keeping up with what we’re doing with our groups, you may find this blog entry of interest. http://mac-ios-access.net/2014/11/01/more-on-our-plans http://mac-ios-access.net/2014/11/01/more-on-our-plans/ Kindest regards Gordon --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net

Re: Logging Into Terminal As root

2014-10-22 Thread Gordon Smith
computer which is good so that way I probably cannot brake things should I need to use it. lol! I'd rather be safe by doing sudo then the comand I'm looking for then the log in as root thing like you do. this way I can be a bit more safe. On Oct 21, 2014, at 4:23 AM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac

Re: Terminal Command

2014-10-22 Thread Gordon Smith
in which the remote server is handled. but try scp filename.txt user@remotehost:path/to/filename.txt I can't remember what to do about spaces as quotes do not work at least for me. The password will be taken care of during the scp as you will be prompted. On Oct 21, 2014, at 12:19 PM, Gordon

Logging Into Terminal As root

2014-10-21 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all I found this by pure accident. If you ever want to log into Terminal as root, all you have to do is this: 1. Open up /Applications/Utilities/terminal.app 2. At the log-in prompt, type the following, (without the quotes): sudo bash” There you go, you’re off and running as “root”. But

Re: A Warning to All...

2014-10-21 Thread Gordon Smith
There are some great solutions out there which would help you in a case such as this. The best of them, (in my view), is 1Password. It’s versatile, reliable and, for those using Windows, it is also cross-platform. I wouldn’t be without it, and me at least, it is a far more secure option than

Re: ABBYY FineReader Pro is apparently not yet compatible with Yosemite

2014-10-21 Thread Gordon Smith
They are planning to release v13 shortly which will be compatible. Kind regards Gordon On 18 Oct 2014, at 14:29, Bryan Jones openses...@me.com wrote: A word of caution for folks who rely on FineReader Pro: ABBYY posted the following comment on their FB page yesterday: FineReader Professional

Re: Abyss Web Server and Yosemite.

2014-10-21 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Jim I was going to try this anyway shortly so I’ll let you know how it goes. Which version do you have, the free one or the commercial one? Gordon On 18 Oct 2014, at 19:18, Jim Noseworthy jim.nosewor...@compuconference.com wrote: Hi Folks: I am unable to automatically start the Abyss Web

Re: Radiologic; Initial Findings

2014-10-21 Thread Gordon Smith
hooked up to a mixer like the one I have at my house I love djay, but it is a bit too clunky. I do love it and might keep it around in case I need it. Take care. On Oct 18, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi all A few days ago I posted about a piece

Re: Radiologic; Initial Findings

2014-10-21 Thread Gordon Smith
broadcasting and live event streaming, if I'm hooked up to a mixer like the one I have at my house I love djay, but it is a bit too clunky. I do love it and might keep it around in case I need it. Take care. On Oct 18, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi all A few days

Re: Logging Into Terminal As root

2014-10-21 Thread Gordon Smith
things should I need to use it. lol! I'd rather be safe by doing sudo then the comand I'm looking for then the log in as root thing like you do. this way I can be a bit more safe. On Oct 21, 2014, at 4:23 AM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi all I found this by pure

Terminal Command

2014-10-21 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all What would be the command to copy a file in the Terminal from one directory to another? For instance, I want to copy a file called content.htm from /usr/local/Server to /usr/local/server/web/ and optionally move the file at the same time. Command syntax, please, any of you Linux

Radiologic For Broadcasters

2014-10-19 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello everyone! At last! At long, long, last! We finally have a suite of programmes which are fully accessible, and which can make it possible for a serious broadcaster requiring accessibility to use their Mac as a broadcast system. When I first looked at this software way back in 2010, all

Radiologic; Initial Findings

2014-10-18 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all A few days ago I posted about a piece of broadcast software built for Mac OS from the ground up. It’s called RadioLogik. I tried it a few months back and it wasn’t accessible. But the great news is that the situation has changed radically now, and the software is totally accessible

Re: Office suite professional?

2014-10-17 Thread Gordon Smith
Is this an Apple product? I’m not aware of anything by Apple released under that name. Gordon On 17 Oct 2014, at 13:55, Anna Byrne ann...@sbcglobal.net wrote: The kids at work are using Office Suite Pro for Word and Excel documents. Is it accessible? --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net

Re: Drop box in Yosemite

2014-10-17 Thread Gordon Smith
I have discussed this with DropBox support and they are looking into it. In all probability they say they will be releasing an OS X update to fix this. Meanwhile, we’ll just have to wait. But watch the DropBox forum. I too have been testing Yosemite as a fully paid up developer and have

Re: Office suite professional?

2014-10-17 Thread Gordon Smith
I just did a search and came back a blank in the App store. Are you sure this wasn’t on Android? On 17 Oct 2014, at 17:14, Anna Byrne ann...@sbcglobal.net wrote: The kid said it was in the app store under office suite pro for 99 cents. He said it had Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. I haven't

Re: Status Of Jawbone Jambox

2014-10-17 Thread Gordon Smith
This should be on Techno really. On 17 Oct 2014, at 01:43, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: Hi! Its been a while since I owned one of these devices, at the time I rid myself of the Jawbone Jambox I was less than impressed with it given that I’d found better devices on the

Re: Officesuite professional?

2014-10-17 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi OK, even as one word I get nothing but templates for OS X. So unless it’s a US only app, it doesn’t appear to be present. Kindest regards Gordon On 17 Oct 2014, at 20:17, Anna Byrne ann...@sbcglobal.net wrote: No. But Office Suite is one word, not two. I just did a search and came

SSH Via Terminal

2014-10-12 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong here, but maybe it’s got something to do with my lack of having used it extensively. However, I need to log into remote site using SSH. But for some reason when I try logging in, it seems to be using the user ID “Gordon”, which is not correct. What

We're back!

2014-10-06 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello everybody Looks like we're back in busition. I've just had to explain the reason for the failure to a couple of clients, and I'm not about to do so on list. However, suffice it to say that it is now fixed, and we can resume discussions where we left ofc. Great to be back. Kindest

Re: Accessing root log-in credentials

2014-09-22 Thread Gordon Smith
. Others have managed it, but I have not, though it doesn't really matter, because a sudo root shell provides exactly the same access as logging in directly as root. hth. On Sep 20, 2014, at 6:48 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: Hi all As part of the fix process for our mail system, I need to log

Accessing root log-in credentials

2014-09-20 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all As part of the fix process for our mail system, I need to log into our machine as “root” I always thought that once at the log-in screen, you could simply use “Root” as the user ID, and “root” as the password. Apparently, this isn’t the case any longer; although our old Snow Leopard

Re: VMWare Does It Again!

2014-09-20 Thread Gordon Smith
~iMessageEmail~ skhleirpehctco...@icloud.com ~TwitterSkype~ kliphton72 “Personal blog-read at your own risk!” http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Gordon Smith Sent: Monday

Re: VMWare Does It Again!

2014-09-20 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Jim As I said, I am sorry this is so late. But I’ll make it available very shortly, as in today, you have my word on that. :) Gordon On 8 Sep 2014, at 21:42, Jim Noseworthy jim.nosewor...@compuconference.com wrote: I'd like to snag a copy. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To

Re: VMWare Does It Again!

2014-09-20 Thread Gordon Smith
It still is, but I can use it. The way I do it is quite simple. Lynne configured and set up a virtual machine. All I do is click on the virtual machine (to which we have an alias) and it loads, simple as that. The nice thing about the Parallels interface is that there is no issue with the VM

Re: VMWare Does It Again!

2014-09-20 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Colin Correct. But as I indicated in a previous post, I can use Parallels too, once the VM is configured. My better half configured it all for me, and just put an alias on our desktop. And then, away we go. Of course, I am comparing Fusion with Parallels 10 which is the current release.

Re: Fusion 7 Pro and Windows 8.1

2014-09-20 Thread Gordon Smith
We need to be a little careful here folks. I see this thread possibly wondering down the Windows road, which we do not want. Regarding your machine, if you have sufficient memory, take the former option. On 10 Sep 2014, at 01:07, Matthew Chao mattc...@verizon.net wrote: I bought my MacBook

Re: Fusion 7 Pro and Windows 8.1

2014-09-20 Thread Gordon Smith
Matthew Whether necessary or not, this isn’t really the place to discuss Windows. We do run a sister group where that is permissible, of course. Windows-Access would naturally bring one to assume same. As it happens, I too must use that OS for work, but only for work related issues. I

Re: Burning a DVD that Will work on the Mac

2014-09-20 Thread Gordon Smith
Matthew Your default format should be fine, so I’d suspect you changed something when you burned the DVD. What did you expect to happen when you inserted it into your MacBook Pro? Are you not able to see the volume you burned at all? Gordon On 20 Sep 2014, at 13:31, Matthew Chao

Re: Shell Script Query

2014-09-08 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello Geoff OK, thanks. I’ a little puzzled actually because when I tried it via Terminal, VoiceOver gave me feedback which sounded as though file were being moved into place but I can find absolutely no indication that anything whatsoever was installed. I have tried contacting the developer

VMWare Does It Again!

2014-09-08 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello everybody As you probably know by now if you have your finger on the pulse of virtualisation technologies, the battle of the giants is really hotting up now. As somebody who is fortunate enough to be able to evaluate both Parallels Desktop 10 and Fusion Professional 7 in fully licensed

Shell Script Query

2014-09-07 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello everybody I have a problem to which I’m hoping somebody can give me a definitive response. I have an application which I need to install on to a machine, but the application in question was ported from LINUX and installs via a shell script. When I open the script in the usual way, it

Re: Shell Script Query

2014-09-07 Thread Gordon Smith
, at 8:57 PM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Hello everybody I have a problem to which I’m hoping somebody can give me a definitive response. I have an application which I need to install on to a machine, but the application in question was ported from LINUX and installs via

Re: Shell Script Query

2014-09-07 Thread Gordon Smith
the file with the cp -p option. The -p switch preserves the permissions of the file you are copying, which includes executable status for shell script files. HTH Cheers, Esther On Sep 7, 2014, at 7:57 AM, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Hello everybody I have a problem to which I’m

Re: How to access setings for dropbox on the mac.

2014-09-05 Thread Gordon Smith
automatically, and when start it manually when you have started up the computer, and you will not run into troubles with the external disc. Best regards Annie. Den 29/08/2014 kl. 17.19 skrev Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net: Hi Phil I user a high-end thunderbolt drive for my DropBox folder

Re: The KeyRemap Utilities, [And Forwarding Messages]

2014-09-05 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Eric I shall approach the developer to see what he says. It’s just one more pebble in the stream, I guess. Kindest regards Gordon On 30 Aug 2014, at 01:34, Eric Caron eric_ca...@mac-access.net wrote: I'm afraid I'm not going to be much help here as though I've installed all the

Vital Service Update; Please Read; Last Chance! | Mac Access Dot Net

2014-09-05 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello everybody The time has finally come. Unfortunately, we’re going to have to perform a total server rebuild. With this in mind, services will be very erratic as of 19:00 tonight (18:00 UTC). Actually, the blog entry states that the server will be taken off line totally. Whilst 19:00 is

The Testing Phase | Mac Access Dot Net | PLEASE READ!

2014-08-31 Thread Gordon Smith
We need you all to be very aware of this, so please take a couple of minutes to read it.. This will affect everybody to some degree. Unfortunately, we don’t have time to keep addressing individual complaints when the services we offer become erratic for a short time. Reading this entry will

Re: Numbers [not Pages] Query

2014-08-29 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Sarah! Oops, my apologies. I meant Numbers, not Pages. What an idiot am I! ;-) ! On 26 Aug 2014, at 18:16, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Actually numbers supports them just fine. both as an import and export. I know as I just imported and created a 63 kb csv file for a

Re: The KeyRemap Utilities, [And Forwarding Messages]

2014-08-29 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all Just a gentle reminder, regarding the content of this message. We ask that you pleas do not forward mail from different lists on to this one. Also, if you care to check the list archives, (see the footer of any message posted to the group to discover where the archives are), you’ll

Re: Is Taco still the recommended accessible HTML editor?

2014-08-29 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Bryan Personally, I now use MarsEdit. I find that it’s got a much cleaner interface than Taco. Just my perspective. On 27 Aug 2014, at 16:05, Bryan Jones openses...@me.com wrote: Greetings All, Is anyone successfully using VO to access all features of Taco or another HTML Editor under

Re: How to access setings for dropbox on the mac.

2014-08-29 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Phil I user a high-end thunderbolt drive for my DropBox folder. If your drive becomes disconnected, for any reason, DropBox pops up a window in the chooser giving you the option to relink or quit. On 29 Aug 2014, at 13:51, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: I have the latest Mac dropbox

Pages Query

2014-08-26 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all Does anybody know whether Pages supports CSV [Comma Separated Value] spreadsheets? I’ll probably have a need for this format quite a lot in the coming months, and it’d be great if I could import and save them using Pages rather than having to resort to using Microsoft Office under the

Re: iBooks

2014-08-17 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Anne Perfect, thanks ever so and my apologies for the repeated question. I did check the archives, (both our own and the public archives_ but I couldn’t find the thread to which you so very thoroughly responded. So again, many thanks. This, if I can find a way to do it, could save me

Re: iBooks

2014-08-17 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Travis This is most interesting and enlightening. I shall have to do some digging in our resources at work and have a word with the uni software development team at TeesSide University. They may be able to help us out. Not that I want to do anything illegal, of course. But they may be

Re: App question

2014-08-17 Thread Gordon Smith
, maybe listing every file in a selected folder. Is that correct? Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students

iBooks

2014-08-16 Thread Gordon Smith
in, for instance, Text Edit? Many thanks. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students Of the Visually Impaired

Re: I finally got an iPhone! I have no questions so far, but am excited.

2014-08-03 Thread Gordon Smith
reminds me, I still haven’t got Dragon Dictate sorted out on the Mac. I must do that before we start back at school on 2 September. Look forward to finding out more about your new adventure. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility

iTunes Loading Duplicates, Missing Tracks

2014-07-31 Thread Gordon Smith
in advance. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students Of the Visually Impaired Department at: Sunnyside Academy

Re: Connecting Focus Blu 40 to Mac Book Air

2014-07-23 Thread Gordon Smith
Are you trying to do this using VoiceOver? You must add the display in the VoiceOver utility, not in the general Bluetooth configuration preference pane. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille

Re: Mac Remote Access.

2014-07-23 Thread Gordon Smith
regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students Of the Visually Impaired Department at: Sunnyside Academy Manor Farm Way Colby

Re: Should I move to Mavericks?

2014-07-23 Thread Gordon Smith
releases Yosemite later this year, it will make the next upgrade smoother as well. Mavericks is fine, and I personally would recommend it to any Mac client. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille

Re: Should I move to Mavericks?

2014-07-23 Thread Gordon Smith
There are accessibility issues with iBooks, that is true. On that subject, does anybody know where books are downloaded too? I bought one in he iBooks store for my employer the other day and I can’t find the darn thing anywhere! Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net

Re: Should I move to Mavericks?

2014-07-23 Thread Gordon Smith
costly at that. The 8.0 to 8.1 upgrade is free, but so is Mavericks regardless of your operating system. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net On 23 Jul 2014, at 15:24, eleanor martha burke eleanormarthabu...@gmail.com wrote: Somebody did say to me that thought that would

Re: Bootcamp

2014-07-20 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello This response makes absolutely no sense to me I’m afraid. But in any event, let’s not continue this thread too much because this is a OS X list, not a Windows one. The specifics of installing Windows are for another forum. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net

Re: iTunes has no windows

2014-07-20 Thread Gordon Smith
Easiest work-around is to go into iTunes as normal and hit Command+1 which brings up the main iTunes window. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus

Re: Mac Remote Access.

2014-07-18 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Jim Just a quick question for you. Are you receiving VoiceOver via TeamView, or have you set up a Skype feed to the unattended/remote machine which is piping the audio back to you that way? Or is there another method? Just out of interest Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac

Re: Bootcamp

2014-07-18 Thread Gordon Smith
there are multiple drives in the system such as a Mac Pro installation, I’d have thought that would change the sequence? Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription

Re: Connecting My Domain To Mac OS Server

2014-06-17 Thread Gordon Smith
regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students Of the Visually Impaired Children’s Learning Difficulties Department

Re: Fusion; OS X Grabbing Keyboard Control

2014-06-07 Thread Gordon Smith
, formatted my internal drive again with a new partition, and then just restored from the working backup. Now, Fusion and a lot of other apps work much better than before. Just shows what can happen with hidden errors like that. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information

Boot Camp

2014-06-02 Thread Gordon Smith
itself as that is an issue not for this group. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students Of the Visually

WWDC Stream Info Needed; Urgenly

2014-06-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all Could somebody possibly repost the WWDC stream page info for us please? We thought we had it stored, but seems not. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format

WWDC From Monday, 2 June 2014

2014-05-31 Thread Gordon Smith
, here’s a link to the app in the UK App Store, and my apologies if it’s already been posted. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/wwdc/id640199958?mt=8 I presume that the US App store URL would be: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wwdc/id640199958?mt=8 Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac

Re: Moving DropBox

2014-05-30 Thread Gordon Smith
preference pane and on the Logon Items tab, I looked for DropBox but it was nowhere to be found. In a lame attempt to prevent it from loading, I renamed the ap and restarted the machine. Even that didn’t work right. But I can’t find a way of doing it. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor

Re: Apple to live stream WWDC 2014 keynote on June 2; promises exciting announcements

2014-05-30 Thread Gordon Smith
I try to open any of Sarah’s URLs I’m getting a totally blank page. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff

Fusion; OS X Grabbing Keyboard Control

2014-05-30 Thread Gordon Smith
with Fusion itself, not the VM. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students Of the Visually Impaired Department

Re: OS X 10.9.3 Now Public!

2014-05-29 Thread Gordon Smith
Nor can you test OS X with the free Developer account. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students

Re: iTunes FLAC

2014-05-29 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Chris We just do exactly what we would do for any other file within iTunes, and it works. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help

Re: Caps Lock Key As A VoiceOver Key; What's The Advantage?

2014-05-27 Thread Gordon Smith
The coding of the keys wouldn’t work, as you say, because there are two keys in sequence, not just one. And no, Glenn, the double-tap technique does not work either in this situation. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant

Re: Caps Lock Key As A VoiceOver Key; What's The Advantage?

2014-05-27 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Chris Thanks that’s helpful. Lynne and I are definitely planning to buy ProTools, it’s just a matter of determining why we cannot buy and download, rather than buy boxed. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly

Re: iTunes FLAC

2014-05-27 Thread Gordon Smith
update it though and it looks like it was that which gave iTunes its ability to not only play the files, but also to add them to the library. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format

Burning FLAC Files To CD

2014-05-27 Thread Gordon Smith
how you retain the best quality. We also use complete album formats where possible, rather than individual tracks. The exception to this being our Sparkle Radio music server. That uses individual tracks, out of necessity. But still, they are not compressed. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith

Re: ADN

2014-05-27 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Chris As yet, the answer to your question is no. :) And yes, I’m a fully paid-up member. I have been for about 4 years or so now. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format

Re: iTunes FLAC

2014-05-27 Thread Gordon Smith
I think it lets you play a lot of formats now which you previously couldn’t. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff

Re: Eric's Steps

2014-05-27 Thread Gordon Smith
for installation in Eric’s description. Maybe I missed a message. On May 26, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: Hi all I think I’ve found out what was wrong with the PCKeyboard Hack and KeyboardRemap. They don’t live in system prefs, not here anyway. You have to manually launch them

Re: iTunes FLAC

2014-05-26 Thread Gordon Smith
The same way that you play other file content. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students Of the Visually

Re: iTunes FLAC

2014-05-26 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Chris Not Lynne, but the answer to your question is No. you need something like XLD to do that. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T

Re: Caps Lock Key As A VoiceOver Key; What's The Advantage?

2014-05-26 Thread Gordon Smith
blog, with a couple of small mods. But that’s on hold at the moment until I can ascertain whether or not the update breaks with the new OS X build. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille

Eric's Steps

2014-05-26 Thread Gordon Smith
. But that seems to be the step Eric missed in his description. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students

Re: Caps Lock Key As A VoiceOver Key; What's The Advantage?

2014-05-26 Thread Gordon Smith
. That key, I never use. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff And Students Of the Visually Impaired Department

Re: iTunes FLAC

2014-05-26 Thread Gordon Smith
Im sorry too. But it’s definitely working here. I’m wondering whether Lynne installed a FLAC plug-in and forgot about it. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription

Re: Caps Lock Key As A VoiceOver Key; What's The Advantage?

2014-05-26 Thread Gordon Smith
Fusion from grabbing control when I hit the Command+M key to go to the desktop. I’ll have to see if Command (Alias Windows)+D works any better. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative

Re: iTunes FLAC

2014-05-26 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Chris Yes, that approach would work, but be mindful of the fact that you wouldn’t be getting an exact duplicate of the original, necessarily, regarding sound gaps etc. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly

OS X 10.9.3 Now Public!

2014-05-26 Thread Gordon Smith
Chris In that instance, of course it’s public. :) But having been running it for some time, I didn’t see a recent software update so wasn’t aware of it being released. But that’s good. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility

Re: Eric's Steps

2014-05-26 Thread Gordon Smith
The steps were reposted yesterday to our sister group by another member. That’s why you never saw them if you’re not a member of that group. Sorry, should have been more clear. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant

Re: iTunes FLAC

2014-05-26 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Chris We think that the reason it works here is because Lynne installed FlipForMac on my system. Guten Tag Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services

Moving DropBox

2014-05-26 Thread Gordon Smith
for this requirement are numerous, but one of the most pressing is space saving. My own MacBook Air’s internal flash drive is becoming rather too full. There are other reasons but I am not going to detail them here because it would take me off topic. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac

Caps Lock Key As A VoiceOver Key; What's The Advantage?

2014-05-25 Thread Gordon Smith
. It’s something I hope to become more familiar with if it’s doable. Kindest regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Proudly Providing Braille And Alternative Format Transcription Services, Plus I.T Help Support To The Staff

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