Re: [Mac-access]: sorted out my voiceover startup issue.

2015-04-27 Thread John Panarese
No, you need to toggle on VO if you have FileVault enabled. I use it on my laptop for security purposes. Otherwise, as long as you have it set to automatically start in the login window, it should work on non-FileVault systems. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel,

Re: [Mac-access]: Top Sites

2015-04-23 Thread John Panarese
Yes, if I'm dealing with a large list, I will use the trackpad to scroll up or down. If there is a keyboard shortcut to do this, I am not aware of it. I never like to say it might not exist because I've been proven wrong before. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel,

Re: [Mac-access]: moving to top or bottom of document

2015-04-23 Thread John Panarese
It depends on what kind of list you are in. Be sure you are interacting first and try option-up or option-down arrow. Also, control-option-shift-home or end on a full sized keyboard. On a laptop, shift-FN-control-option-left or right arrow. In text, command-up and command-down arrow

Re: [Mac-access]: Mac accessibility

2015-04-23 Thread John Panarese
Apr 23, 2015, at 10:17 AM, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: What do you mean by repeating? Also, where is it occurring? Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com

Re: [Mac-access]: moving to top or bottom of document

2015-04-23 Thread John Panarese
in multiple lines. On Apr 23, 2015, at 10:16 AM, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: It depends on what kind of list you are in. Be sure you are interacting first and try option-up or option-down arrow. Also, control-option-shift-home or end on a full sized keyboard. On a laptop

Re: [Mac-access]: what's the command to find the status bar on a mac?

2015-04-09 Thread John Panarese
VO-m twice will take you to the Menu Extras area. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know how i can get of a second user account on my mac?

2015-03-29 Thread John Panarese
In User and Groups preferences, you will need to unlock the preferences and then select the Add New Account option. Be sure to choose either Standard or Admin from the popup menu, depending on which type you desire. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know how i can get of a second user account on my mac?

2015-03-29 Thread John Panarese
That is done in Users and Groups preferences then. Unlock the preferences and add a new user as I indicated earlier. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT

Re: [Mac-access]: does any one know how i can get of a second user account on my mac?

2015-03-29 Thread John Panarese
. On 29 Mar 2015, at 18:22, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: In User and Groups preferences, you will need to unlock the preferences and then select the Add New Account option. Be sure to choose either Standard or Admin from the popup menu, depending on which type you desire

Re: [Mac-access]: Tutorial for Pages???

2015-03-13 Thread John Panarese
Anne Robertson is the person to speak to about Pages. I believe she's on this list or was. I'm not sure about podcasts or such, but she offers training on Pages with her husband. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com

Re: [Mac-access]: Is MS Word Accessible on the Mac?

2015-03-11 Thread John Panarese
With the Office 2016 preview Microsoft just released, they have somehow ... mysteriously shockingly ... not fixed the ability for VoiceOver to see the document content area. The menus and dialogs work well, but you cannot compose or read a document ... Take Care John D. Panarese

Re: [Mac-access]: Teaching materials?

2015-03-10 Thread John Panarese
Yes, I do teach the Mac and iOS devices. I have some material available, but you are certainly welcome to download anything from my website. All of the material is free to the community. I would be glad to help with any training, but please contact me off list at, j...@macfortheblind.com

Re: [Mac-access]: read/write permissions

2015-03-09 Thread John Panarese
OK, if that didn't fix it, you might have to just reinstall the operating system, unfortunately. There might be command line tools that someone else is aware of, but that's beyond my knowledge. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email,

Re: [Mac-access]: Can't write to existing files; can't create new ones

2015-03-09 Thread John Panarese
This is really odd. I've never heard of this occurring. Did you do an erase and then restore? Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX

Re: [Mac-access]: read/write permissions

2015-03-08 Thread John Panarese
Have you tried resetting all permissions from the recovery HD? You'd need to boot into it with command-r, and then after turning on VoiceOver, select, Terminal, from the Utilities menu. You would type, resetpassword as one word, and from that dialog, you can reset all of your permissions in

Re: [Mac-access]: I'm having a strange issue with my trash

2015-02-15 Thread John Panarese
You can see the Trash folder by using the goto option from the go menu in Finder. I'm just not sure if it's advisable to just delete the whole folder. Did you try resetting permissions from the reset password dialog in the recovery HD? A long shot, but just a thought. Take Care John D.

Re: [Mac-access]: mail has no windows

2015-01-03 Thread John Panarese
From the Apple menu, arrow down to, Force Quit. Then, select Mail from the table and confirm you want to force quit it. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT

Re: [Mac-access]: spell checking key short cut

2014-12-28 Thread John Panarese
Command-semi-colon is the highlight next misspelled word and command-shift-semi-colon starts the universal spellchecker. If you are on a misspelled word and are navigating through the word by characters, you can choose suggestions from the floating window when you hear the bubble popping

Re: OS 10.10, does it still support the Reinstall option from the Recovery Partition?

2014-10-23 Thread John Panarese
Command-r restarts in recovery mode. Then, you have to start VoiceOver with command-F5. You will have all of the options from there. 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: how to wipe my entire Mac drive including all partitions?

2014-07-25 Thread John Panarese
you are selecting the item on the table that has the drive manufacture. That is the item you use to wipe the whole drive. Not Macintosh HD. 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: how to wipe my entire Mac drive including all partitions?

2014-07-25 Thread John Panarese
. Michael On 26 Jul 2014, at 12:20 pm, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: you are selecting the item on the table that has the drive manufacture. That is the item you use to wipe the whole drive. Not Macintosh HD. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind

Re: how to wipe my entire Mac drive including all partitions?

2014-07-25 Thread John Panarese
that. i get no make or manufacturer and i never have on the mac. thanks again Michael On 26 Jul 2014, at 12:35 pm, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: You are electing the item from the table that has the maker of the drive. Something like, 500 GB Mitsubishi or something like

Re: how to wipe my entire Mac drive including all partitions?

2014-07-25 Thread John Panarese
MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Jul 25, 2014, at 10:52 PM, Michael Marshall mightymaggie...@gmail.com wrote: hey, this is not an SSD. am using a 2013 27 inch iMac with spinning drive. Michael On 26 Jul 2014, at 12:46 pm, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote

Re: Backing-Up To External Hard Drive

2014-07-11 Thread John Panarese
When you plug the external drive into your Mac, you should be prompted if you want to use it as a Time Machine backup. Remember that Time Machine erases all data from a partition, so if you have data on the drive, be aware of that fact. If Time Machine doesn't come up, go into System

Re: Formatting an External Hard Drive

2014-07-11 Thread John Panarese
With Time Machine, it should automatically format it for you. That's why I warned you about data being erased because that happens during the process. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website,

Re: Backing-Up To External Hard Drive

2014-07-11 Thread John Panarese
plugged in the disk, I wonder why this is. Eleanor - Original Message - From: John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 8:59 PM Subject: Re: Backing-Up To External Hard Drive When you plug

Re: Backing-Up To External Hard Drive

2014-07-11 Thread John Panarese
on my Mac but it might be best to use this external drive instead rather than the large one. - Original Message - From: John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 8:59 PM Subject: Re: Backing-Up To External Hard

Re: Backing-Up To External Hard Drive

2014-07-11 Thread John Panarese
time machine would fill the disk over time. - Original Message - From: John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 9:19 PM Subject: Re: Backing-Up To External Hard Drive In Disk Utility, select

Re: how do I add the text edit application to the Dock?

2014-06-17 Thread John Panarese
There are a few ways, but this is probably easiest. 1. In Finder, press command-shift-a to open your Application folder. 2. Hit the letter, t, to jump down to Text Edit. If this doesn't work, you might have to navigate down to it. 3. In Mountain Lion, press command-shift-t to add Text Edit

Re: Rearranging Apps In The Doc

2014-06-17 Thread John Panarese
Use option-command-left or right arrow to push an item on the Dock in a specific direction. As it is moved, VoiceOver will let you know where the icon was moved. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website,

Re: creating a signature at the bottom of my email messages on mac

2014-06-08 Thread John Panarese
In the demonstrations section of my website, I did a podcast on creating and using mail signatures. If that isn't clear to you, please let me know and I'll try to break it down into steps to help you. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email,

Re: Can my mac manage a parallel port for embossing?

2014-06-02 Thread John Panarese
Why don't you use Louis combined with the Index Braille printer app for the Mac? I do that successfully here. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT

Re: Can my mac manage a parallel port for embossing?

2014-06-02 Thread John Panarese
use parallel or serial connection, with a USB converter? Thanks. Gena On 2 Jun 2014, at 13:54, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: Why don't you use Louis combined with the Index Braille printer app for the Mac? I do that successfully here. Take Care John D. Panarese

Re: Creating a bel file on the Mac platform?

2014-06-02 Thread John Panarese
You have to select the file first in the document tab. Make sure there are no spaces in the output file name. Then, select the translate tab. The output file will be a brl file. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com

Re: iCloud on the mac

2014-05-23 Thread John Panarese
In System Preferences, there is an iCloud pane. All of the services are found in that pane. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION

Re: Tabbed windows in Finder

2014-05-01 Thread John Panarese
You would need to disable tabs in the General Preferences of Finder. This will return the behavior you are used to. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT

Re: reinstalling ml when you have file vault on

2014-04-20 Thread John Panarese
If the Time Machine backup is not encrypted, you should be able to migrate your data as normal. At least, I'm pretty certain of that. 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: Keychane in mavericks

2014-03-28 Thread John Panarese
In Safari preferences, do you have the checkbox checked for these items. It is under Auto fill. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX

Re: Keychane in mavericks

2014-03-28 Thread John Panarese
card details? George Cham george.c...@mac-access.net On 29 Mar 2014, at 5:05 am, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: In Safari preferences, do you have the checkbox checked for these items. It is under Auto fill. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac

Re: Backing up with Superduper

2014-03-10 Thread John Panarese
If you use the scheduler, it will start in background. That's how I use it. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED

Re: Time machine backup

2014-03-06 Thread John Panarese
Yes. Do a disk verification from Disk Utility and carefully view the log to see if it indicates any critical failures. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT

Re: partition

2014-03-04 Thread John Panarese
If the partition is completely empty, you can just use Disk Utility to remove the partition. I am assuming you are trying to revert back to a single partition? This will not delete the existing data. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email,

Re: partition

2014-03-04 Thread John Panarese
, George Cham george.c...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi John, I tried that, but could not find the empty partition . George Cham george.c...@mac-access.net On 5 Mar 2014, at 9:15 am, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: If the partition is completely empty, you can just use Disk

Re: Time machine Backup

2014-03-02 Thread John Panarese
the drive, but got the error message could not unmount disk . George Cham george.c...@mac-access.net On 2 Mar 2014, at 4:29 pm, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: If it is a system disk, it will be bootable, yes. So, if there is a system disk on a different partition

Re: Time machine Backup

2014-03-01 Thread John Panarese
First erase the drive in Disk Utility. When you then use it for Time Machine, it should automatically format it. However, understand that Time Machine uses the GUID Partition scheme and Mac OS Extended Journaling as its format. This is a Mac specific format and, thus, will not work in

Re: Time machine Backup

2014-03-01 Thread John Panarese
be able to be made bootable, only in theory though if I understand my partition tables correctly. Take care and be blessed. On Mar 1, 2014, at 9:06 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: First erase the drive in Disk Utility. When you then use it for Time Machine, it should

Re: Past Appointments In IOS Calendar

2014-02-23 Thread John Panarese
I'm not at all sure if this will help, but in Mail Contacts and Calendar settings, there is a button for syncing calendar events as far as how far back it will go. I have not messed with this setting, but maybe, this will help? Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel,

Re: Help with calendar

2014-02-01 Thread John Panarese
Calendar isn't difficult to wrap ones brain around. It's a matter of understanding the interface and locating the calendar grid. You must interact with the grid to then navigate through the days of the month or week. You can have a year, month of week view and this impacts what you find

Re: Anyone successfully using iBooks on Maverick?

2014-01-08 Thread John Panarese
It depends on the layout of the book. I've read about six books using iBooks on the Mac. A lot of buttons are not labeled, but you can use VO-shift-h to have them identified and then use VO-slash to label them yourself. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631)

Re: converting audible files to mp3

2014-01-02 Thread John Panarese
It's not free, but Audio Book Converter is accessible. I just don't recall how much it was. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX

Re: When adding an event in Calendar in Mavericks, how do you actually say you're done, and add the event?

2013-12-30 Thread John Panarese
You have to use the Window Chooser menu and find the inspector window again. Then, navigate to the, Close, button. Sometimes, you don't have to do this, but more times than not, I've found it is necessary or the inspector window remains open. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for

Re: Grappling with iTunes again.

2013-12-25 Thread John Panarese
Command-right arrow on the Mac goes to the next track and command-left arrow goes back to previous track. Spacebar pauses and resumes play. Command-option-jright and left arrows acts as a fast forward and rewind. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479

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: new key stroke for adding to the doc in mavericks.?

2013-11-24 Thread John Panarese
It is shift-control-command-t now to add an item to the Dock in Mavericks. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and LION

Re: new key stroke for adding to the doc in mavericks.?

2013-11-24 Thread John Panarese
both learn and teach this in my supplemental mavericks series? and over skype if necessary? Take care. and be blessed and have a happy sunday. On Nov 24, 2013, at 10:11 AM, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: It is shift-control-command-t now to add an item to the Dock

Re: new key stroke for adding to the doc in mavericks.?

2013-11-24 Thread John Panarese
...@gmail.com wrote: Ok. sorry to sound like an ignoramus, but where is the list, in the help menu some ware in the finder thingy? I’ll probably update my own guide over the holidays if needed. Thanks and be blessed. On Nov 24, 2013, at 1:10 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote

Using VoiceOver with Blackboard

2013-10-17 Thread John Panarese
Hi folks, If anyone is successfully using Blackboard with VoiceOver, could you please contact me off list? I am particularly interested in anyone who has created content using Blackboard. Please email, j...@macfortheblind.com Thank You Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the

Re: VO Help, Please

2013-10-05 Thread John Panarese
Press control-option-command-left or right arrow until you hear, speaking rate. Then us control-option-command-up arrow to increase it. This is probably the easiest way. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website,

Re: Apple's response to my enquiry about flash accessibility

2013-09-29 Thread John Panarese
I don’t know what you consider accessibility with Flash, but it is actually Adobe’s problem. They were gong to try to make Flash much more accessible at one point, but I think they abandoned that option. At this point, as the move to HTML5 is continuing, I doubt you are going to see

Re: Apple's response to my enquiry about flash accessibility

2013-09-29 Thread John Panarese
AND SUPPORT On Sep 27, 2013, at 3:27 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: I don’t know what you consider accessibility with Flash, but it is actually Adobe’s problem. They were gong to try to make Flash much more accessible at one point, but I think they abandoned that option

Re: State of Apple Accessibility (was: Re: Logic Pro X accessibility: the view from Cupertino)

2013-07-23 Thread John Panarese
Hopefully, this did not make the list the first time, as I might have sent it has a draft this morning before it was complete. Hi Chris, Arrogance? Where do you get that from? Maybe, it came across that way in the vehicle as text, but anyone who knows me knows I am the farthest thing

Re: State of Apple Accessibility (was: Re: Logic Pro X accessibility: the view from Cupertino)

2013-07-22 Thread John Panarese
only as a blind user since 2010. I have not tested Maverick, so I might b very surprised and learn that it is truly wonderful. Here's hoping eh? Chris On 20 Jul 2013, at 19:28, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: OK, maybe I am missing something here, but I am reading some

Re: State of Apple Accessibility (was: Re: Logic Pro X accessibility: the view from Cupertino)

2013-07-22 Thread John Panarese
negative at all. Chris On 22 Jul 2013, at 18:00, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: I still don't know what you mean that people can't use the Mac in a professional environment. I think this is strictly your opinion and not anything based on fact. There are at least

Re: State of Apple Accessibility (was: Re: Logic Pro X accessibility: the view from Cupertino)

2013-07-22 Thread John Panarese
sighted Mac users? I do not think I am being negative at all. Chris On 22 Jul 2013, at 18:00, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: I still don't know what you mean that people can't use the Mac in a professional environment. I think this is strictly your opinion

Re: State of Apple Accessibility (was: Re: Logic Pro X accessibility: the view from Cupertino)

2013-07-22 Thread John Panarese
Hi Mary, Here is the problem. Firstly, having been on email lists for years, these types of discussions come up, people make suggestions and find solutions, and the subject is lost. Being that I am on so many lists, I have no idea who said what and where. My point is, a lot of what people

Re: State of Apple Accessibility (was: Re: Logic Pro X accessibility: the view from Cupertino)

2013-07-21 Thread John Panarese
might b very surprised and learn that it is truly wonderful. Here's hoping eh? Chris On 20 Jul 2013, at 19:28, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: OK, maybe I am missing something here, but I am reading some of the most ridiculous and assumption ridden posts in this thread. How

Re: State of Apple Accessibility (was: Re: Logic Pro X accessibility: the view from Cupertino)

2013-07-20 Thread John Panarese
OK, maybe I am missing something here, but I am reading some of the most ridiculous and assumption ridden posts in this thread. How in the world can you say the Mac is half-baked? The Mac is just as accessible as Windows at this point, and for whatever weaknesses you can point out in OS X,

Re: MAIL HAS NO WINDOWS

2013-07-20 Thread John Panarese
Next time, try command-1 and that will take you back to the inbox in Mail. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and

Re: MAIL HAS NO WINDOWS

2013-07-20 Thread John Panarese
itself, and that when I want to read the message, after doing so, I want to either delete it, or come out of it and see the next one without faffing about with the VO and arrow keys to find my way around again. - Andy On 20 Jul 2013, at 20:21, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote

Re: State of Apple Accessibility (was: Re: Logic Pro X accessibility: the view from Cupertino)

2013-07-20 Thread John Panarese
as an example. On Jul 20, 2013, at 2:28 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: OK, maybe I am missing something here, but I am reading some of the most ridiculous and assumption ridden posts in this thread. How in the world can you say the Mac is half-baked? The Mac is just

Re: State of Apple Accessibility (was: Re: Logic Pro X accessibility: the view from Cupertino)

2013-07-20 Thread John Panarese
going to agree with. They are a company in business to make money. Is their record with accessibility fantastic? Yes, is it perfect, no. Would I consider going back to windows? Not unless they came a long long way with improvements in accessibility. On Jul 20, 2013, at 4:28 PM, John Panarese

Re: Remotely Controlling another Mac Machine

2013-06-19 Thread John Panarese
I have tried this without any success. Are you using this with VoiceOver active? If so, I’d appreciate knowing how you accomplished this. I tested it for quite some time, but there is no Voice output form the system you are trying to control, or, at least, I wasn’t able to get any. Take

Re: How To Delete Bookmarks In Safari On the iMac

2013-06-06 Thread John Panarese
There is a splitter next to the table with your folders. Interact with the splitter and try collapsing it. YOu might have some problems and get busy signals with Safari, but eventually, you should then see the second table of the actual bookmarks. Take Care John D. Panarese Director

Re: Group Audio Skype Question

2013-06-06 Thread John Panarese
You have to add each person one at a time. You have to VO-space on each contact and they are added. However, I am not certain if this is just for audio and not for video. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website,

Re: accessing created bookmarks in safari on mac

2013-06-06 Thread John Panarese
When you go to the bookmarks menu from the menubar, navigate down to, bookmarks bar. Go right and then look at that submenu. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED

Re: VoiceOver problems with Skim was Re: Voice over mentioned in a software update?

2013-06-05 Thread John Panarese
Just as a guess, try changing your view to continuous. It seems in Preview that single page is not working as far as VO seems to not see the document. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website,

Re: troubleshooting the mac procedure

2013-06-05 Thread John Panarese
There are various Apple Support Knowledge base articles that address this matter. The thing is, it really comes down to understanding the startup process and then determining where the problem is occurring. For example, there is a system initiation session, which includes Firmware, Booter,

Re: Video adapter for the Mac Mini Question.

2013-05-31 Thread John Panarese
Mountain Lion and LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On May 31, 2013, at 5:43 PM, Esther mori...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi Jim, You might want to wait to hear from John Panarese, or some other Mac Mini owner who uses the adapter

Re: can't we sort E-Mail in ascending order on the iPhone5

2013-05-14 Thread John Panarese
I don't think that is for Mail. I think that is for how your contacts are listed in the Contacts app. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR

Re: can't we sort E-Mail in ascending order on the iPhone5

2013-05-14 Thread John Panarese
, at 10:20 PM, Glenn glenner...@cableone.net wrote: It is not, because my contacts are sorted alphabetically, and in the settings where I mentioned, I have it set to show newest at the top. Glenn - Original Message - From: John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net To: Mac OSX iOS

Re: can't we sort E-Mail in ascending order on the iPhone5

2013-05-14 Thread John Panarese
, and if it is not there, then it is in the eMail app itself. Glenn - Original Message - From: John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:50 PM Subject: Re: can't we sort E-Mail in ascending order on the iPhone5 No, that has nothing to do

Re: can't we sort E-Mail in ascending order on the iPhone5

2013-05-14 Thread John Panarese
on the iPhone5 It is not, because my contacts are sorted alphabetically, and in the settings where I mentioned, I have it set to show newest at the top. Glenn - Original Message - From: John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net

Re: extending a wifi network using airport extreme or express.

2013-05-12 Thread John Panarese
and only last night, by a fluke, discovered you can't extend unless the base station (as opposed to the one extending) is apple. Of course you could probably do something like a WDS setup, but that, to the best of my knowledge doesn't apply to Wireless N. Dónal On 12 May 2013, at 16:36, John

Re: Downloads Location

2013-04-21 Thread John Panarese
It should be in your applications folder. That's where all Mac App store downloads go. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION

Re: Airport extreme and 5GHZ channels.

2013-03-24 Thread John Panarese
Hi donald, Well, assuming you are using the latest version of the Airport Utility, you need to chose the, Wireless tab, once you have chosen to, Edit Base Station. There are Wireless options that you can access by choosing that button and you should be able to set your preferences,

Re: braille translation on the mac

2013-03-21 Thread John Panarese
You can use the free Louis translator in conjunction with an Enabling embosser. Also, Index just released an application for embossing on the Mac as well. None of these solutions are up to Duxbury kind of standards, but you can definitely produce Braille on the Mac if you desire. Take

Re: safe mode and voiceover

2013-02-27 Thread John Panarese
I'm not sure about the Braille display. I know VoiceOver does not load at all. When OS X safe-boots, it doesn't load any third-party items, such as KEXTs, launch agents, launch daemons, startup items, fonts, any user login items, or any user-specific launch agents. When you are in Save

Re: safe mode and voiceover

2013-02-27 Thread John Panarese
right, in SUM, VO does not load. I woner if there would be a way of installing SpeakUP or some other flavour of a Linux/UNIX Screen Reader given that OS X is built on and is UNIX compliant. But I think that might be outside of the scope of this list. James On 27 Feb 2013, at 16:47, John

Re: the difference between the sleep modes ?

2013-02-19 Thread John Panarese
When a Mac goes to sleep, a disk image is saved to flash memory of your current open apps and work in case your battery drains or there is a power failure while the sytem is asleep. Basically, everything is suspended and only the most basic hardware is kept running, like power to USB or

Re: Very high intermediate towards advanced question about sharing

2013-02-08 Thread John Panarese
I don't think web sharing is supported in Mountain Lion any longer. I could be wrong, but I believe that is what I read. Thus, you won't find that folder. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website,

Re: Very high intermediate towards advanced question about sharing

2013-02-08 Thread John Panarese
...@clgproductions.com Phone: 803-760-7136 Toll-Free: 1-888-405-3185 Mon-Fri 8A.M-5P.M Eastern Standard Time except weekends and holidays. - Original Message - From: John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 9

Re: email sound

2013-02-06 Thread John Panarese
You might have to convert it to something different, but if you place it in your user library's sound folder, it should be available as an option for the Mail sound. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website,

Re: Lynne To Review Cute FTP Pro 3.0 For Mac

2013-02-04 Thread John Panarese
I didn't know it was even accessible. I used the Windows version quite successfully for a few years back around 2001 and 2002. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED

Re: Locking files?

2013-01-22 Thread John Panarese
It's used to prevent any editing of a file or the like. Some apps, like Text Edit and Pages, will allow you to do that within the app. Otherwise, you can do so in the Finder using the Get Infor window. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email,

Re: Locking files?

2013-01-22 Thread John Panarese
and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Jan 22, 2013, at 3:23 PM, Josh Gregory joshkar...@gmail.com wrote: I see, and if it is possible within an app, it's in the menus? Sent from my iPhone On Jan 22, 2013, at 2:00 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@mac-access.net wrote: It's used

Re: Installing an earlier version of mac os x

2013-01-10 Thread John Panarese
As was pointed out, you cannot install an earlier version of the Mac OS on a system that came with a later version. It's just not supported. I don't use Pro Tools, but I know there is a Mountain Lion version. I never had any luck trying to use Fusion to run an earlier version of the

Re: magic trackpad buggy

2013-01-07 Thread John Panarese
Interesting. I'd highly recommend it. I use it every day with my Mac Mini and I know,at least, eight people that immediately come to mind who are also using it without any problems. It's simply an awesome little device. I can't account to the problems you are having, but please don't

Re: to add

2013-01-07 Thread John Panarese
No, at this point, what I'd suggest you do is go into System Preferences and navigate to Bluetooth. Then, find the table of devices and remove anything referencing the Magic Trackpad. Reboot the Mac and when it's up and running, press the button on the right side of the Magic Trackpad for

Re: using the Mini without a monitor

2013-01-01 Thread John Panarese
Besides System Preferences not sticking, other issues reported have ranged from the Finder becoming bogged down, especially if you try to access an external drive or network share. Also, Safari will be quite slow and exhibit busy signals quite often and VoiceOver will sometimes not start

Re: function keys as software keys

2012-12-31 Thread John Panarese
If you are using the Mini without a monitor, this is one of the unfortunate side effects. I had the same issue with mine with system preference changes not sticking. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website,

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