Re: Merging duplicate contacts in Address Book

2009-07-24 Thread David Hole
Thanks so very much guys. This helped a lot! Having many devices in sync isn't that easy. Btw, can one find duplicate events in iCal? Kind regards David A-Pro Studio skrev: Hi David, There is both a Look for Duplicates and Merge Selected Cards option under the Card menu in Address

Re: Merging duplicate contacts in Address Book

2009-07-24 Thread A-Pro Studio
Hi David, Everything is possible on the Mac, you know ;-) take a look here: http://www.google.com/search?client=safarirls=en-usq=ical+duplicate+eventie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8 Have a great weekend! John André On 24. juli. 2009, at 09.59, David Hole wrote: Thanks so very much guys. This helped a

Where might i find a plugin for isync?

2009-07-24 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi good people. I'm about to sell my Nokia E66 and want to sync my contacts and such to my Mac so that i can get it onto my Iphone when i finally get it. I tried just using isync with my phone but that didn't work so now i wonder if anyone knows about a plugin for syncing the Nokia E66 via

audio high jack and effects

2009-07-24 Thread Marie Howarth
I was wondering if anyone is using the audio high jack pro with Voice over and if there is a way to add mutiple affects to an audio stream. I can click on the scroll area but as soon as I do it again, the pervious affect goes away. am I doing something wrong with voice over here?

is os x 64-bit?

2009-07-24 Thread a radix
Hello, Well the question is as the title says. I was wondering this since they all use core 2 duos in all the macs. Greetings, Anouk, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to

Re: is os x 64-bit?

2009-07-24 Thread ben mustill-rose
Since it can see and utilise over 4 gb of ram, i would guess the answer is yes. On 24/07/2009, a radix anou...@home.nl wrote: Hello, Well the question is as the title says. I was wondering this since they all use core 2 duos in all the macs. Greetings, Anouk, -- Kind regards, BEN.

Re: is os x 64-bit?

2009-07-24 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, the way I understood it, OS leppard is only partly 64 bit, the drivers and some of the software that ships with it being 32 bit and running in compadibility mode. Everything is supposed to be true 64 bit in Snowleppard. I could be way off base, but I'm pretty sure that's what I read

Re: Question about downloading audio files linked from web pages in safari

2009-07-24 Thread Robert Carter
Hi, I tried the suggestions in this message for forcing an mp3 to download and found on my system that the only one that works is to press and hold option and pressing enter while sitting on the link. This works like a charm. Thanks Esther. Robert Carter On Jul 23, 2009, at 10:25 PM,

Re: Question about downloading audio files linked from web pages in safari

2009-07-24 Thread Peggy Fleischer
I always use the option enter method. It works best for me and has never failed me. Peggy Fleischer peggyfleisc...@bellsouth.net Jude 1:24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, 1:25 To God our

Re: Question about downloading audio files linked from web pages in safari

2009-07-24 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I did a little digging and I believe I found the solution. Open system preferences. Go to Quicktime tab. (let me know if you need help navigating to this.) Under the Advanced tab there is a section on plugin preferences. In there is a MIME types button. Hit that button. There is table. You

Re: Question about downloading audio files linked from web pages in safari

2009-07-24 Thread Bob Hill
Another way to do this with the blindcooltech site is when you get to a header, interact with it by pressing vo-shift-downarrow, then you will hear the name of the link. Then I press vo-shift-m to bring up a context menu, and there will be an item to download the link. That's what's great

Logic 9

2009-07-24 Thread David Hole
Hello folks! Does anyone of you know if Logic 9 is out now? If so, have someone tested it? If not, have anyone here been in contact with Apple about the accessibility part? Regards David --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed

selecting text you are interacting with

2009-07-24 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, Is there any way to select text you are interacting with, such as on a web page or in an e-mail message? I know I can click on links in e- mail messages or add addresses to address books; I just wondered about grabbing information to use in other programs. Thanks, Anna

tables on websites

2009-07-24 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, I just went to a banking site with Safari that presents information in tables, as I know from visiting the site using Firefox in Windows. There is no indication of these tables with VoiceOver, however, so I can't interact with them as I do the messages table in Mail, where I can move

Re: tables on websites

2009-07-24 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
This is one place where group navigation really works well. Even if you use dom navigation for most web pages, I would suggest switching to group navigation for this site. (too bad there is not a way to customize this on a per a site basis). Jon On Jul 24, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Woody Anna

Re: tables on websites

2009-07-24 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, Usually you can just put the VO cursor on the column you want to read and VO-down will read the next item in the column. That being said, VO will recognize tables in snow leopard. On Jul 24, 2009, at 10:26 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, I just went to a banking site with Safari

Re: Where might i find a plugin for isync?

2009-07-24 Thread Abdul Kamara
Greetings, I sympathize... Much of the site appears to be festooned with flash animation-- which they do provide the option of deactivating... Here is the page you are looking for... http://europe.nokia.com/get-support-and-software/product-support/isync/compatibility-and-download When you

Re: selecting text you are interacting with

2009-07-24 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Anna, what you'll need to do to select text on web pages, is interact with it of course, and then hit VO-enter to turn selection on, and then VO arrow around, until you've heard the end of whatever it is you want selected, hit VO-enter again to turn selection off, and then you can

Re: tables on websites

2009-07-24 Thread Barry Hadder
I should have mentioned that in my prior post. I didn't think about it as I always have group turned on. What I said above about reading individual columns only works when group is on. On Jul 24, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: This is one place where group navigation really

Re: selecting text you are interacting with

2009-07-24 Thread Mark Baxter
Selecting text from a web page doesn't seem to work this way, however, if in an E-mail, pressing VO Enter turns on selecting, and pressing it again toggles it of. This works similar to the block, function in older word processors like wp5.1. Remember you still have to copy in order to

Re: Logic 9

2009-07-24 Thread A-Pro Studio
Hello again David, Logic 9 is being sent out now, and I will be able to report more on VO compatibility next week. The update from V8 is NOK 1.790,- or $199. Thanks, John André On 24. juli. 2009, at 17.24, David Hole wrote: Hello folks! Does anyone of you know if Logic 9 is out now? If

Re: Logic 9

2009-07-24 Thread Pierre Heim
Hi, Logic 9 (Express/Studio) was presented yesterday. I think the English version is already available, e.g. the German localized version comes later (4-5 weeks at the moment). Greetings, Pierre Am 24.07.2009 um 17:24 schrieb David Hole: Hello folks! Does anyone of you know if Logic 9

Re: tables on websites

2009-07-24 Thread erik burggraaf
What we really need is a key to switch quickly back and fourth between the two modes. People will have been harping on the apple accessibility team about this for ages. I'll be shocked and horrified if it isn't implemented in snow leppard. best, erik burggraaf A+ sertified technician

MacBook Pro Speakers

2009-07-24 Thread Keith Bucher
Hello, I would like to hear from anyone who owns or has seen the 13 and 15 inch MacBook Pro models MB991ll/a or the MC118ll/a. I saw them in a Best Buy, but it was fairly noisy. The 15 inch model had speakers on each side of the keyboard, while the 13 inch model's speakers seemed to be

Re: MacBook Pro Speakers

2009-07-24 Thread Chris Polk
i have the 13 inch mbp, and love it, when i was upgrading the ram, i found a surprise, there in addition to the 2 speakers faceing up, is a small speaker under the bottom facing down. i believe this is intended to give a fuller sound. i didn't notice any differences from the 13 and 15 inch

Re: MacBook Pro Speakers

2009-07-24 Thread Marshall Scott
Hi Keith, I own the new 13 inch MBP and I cannot tell any differench MBP and an older 15 inch MBP. I cannot tell any difference between the volume levels of the two machines. Your second question about quality of the sound is too subjective for me to give you an answer. If you are

Re: Logic 9

2009-07-24 Thread Slau
I've received confirmation from Apple that there are no improvements in this release of Logic. However, I would strongly encourage anyone interested in Logic accessibility to email the following people who are either responsible for audio in OS X or on the Logic team: Xander Soren

Re: is os x 64-bit?

2009-07-24 Thread Chris Blouch
Many parts of osx 10.5 are 64 bit but Snow Leopard completes the job making it all 64-bit. I guess when OSX first came out there was a whole legacy transition which involved emulators and support for older APIs. Each new version moved further away from that such as discontinuing the OS9

Re: MacBook Pro Speakers

2009-07-24 Thread Abdul Kamara
Hi Keith, I agree with much of what has been said on the topic so far... The output seems to be the same and quality is too subjective a thing on which to make a definitive claim. What I can say is there are possibly other considerations you should take more onboard, assuming you haven't

Re: Logic 9

2009-07-24 Thread A-Pro Studio
Hi Slau, I fully agree with you, and I will write some nice lines for these guys. I ordered Logic Studio 8 when it was launched,even though I knew it was not very compatible, and I have just ordered the Logic 9 upgrade. This might seem to be a silly thing to do, but I think it will have

Re: iTunes tracks out of order was Re: itunes something very annoying

2009-07-24 Thread gene
Hi try going into the info dialog on the actual alvum, make sure the info tab is selected, and then make sure the alvum artest checkbox is checked, and then in the alvum artest edit box type in the name of the artest. I had a patsy cline duets alvum where a number of other people dubbed in

selecting specific tracks in itunes

2009-07-24 Thread gene
Hi I have a sijmular question, and I know this has been asked before, but let's say I want to select a few songs from an alvum but not everything else in betwene, How can I do that, it doesn't seem to matter whither I do shift up arrow or down arrow it just keeps selecting more stuff and of

Re: audio high jack and effects

2009-07-24 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi Marie. Unfortunately the effects window in audio hijack pro does not work with VoiceOver. From what I've heard, Rogue Amoeba is planning on completely re-writing this aspect of the program, so they have no plans to make it accessible as it is now. I'm not sure when the new effects

Re: selecting specific tracks in itunes

2009-07-24 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
1. Turn off cursor tracking. (VO-shift-F3) 2. Go to first item to select and select it (VO-Return) 3. Go to additional rows and select with (VO-shift-space) 4. Turn Cursor tracking back on (VO-shift-F3) You can hear the selected items with vo-shift-F6. I was on the USAJOBS web site yesterday

Re: MacBook Pro Speakers

2009-07-24 Thread Scott Howell
That speaker facing down is a subwoofer believe it or not. Honestly I didn't notice a really massive difference in sound. THe 15-inch does seem a little louder, but then the speakers might be spaced a bit further out and I believe they are more under the keyboard on the 13- inch. However,

Re: MacBook Pro Speakers

2009-07-24 Thread Chris Polk
if you remove the screws, and the laptop is upsidedown, the hinges for the display towards you, the ram is on the left hand side about 2 thirds of the way up. the ram is stacked, so you will only see one chip, the other one is below the first. hope that makes sense. Chris On Jul 24, 2009,

Re: MacBook Pro Speakers

2009-07-24 Thread Dave Wright
I'm in the process of saving for an MBP myself. Just out of curiosity, what is the difference in processor performance between the 13 VS the 15? From what I've noticed online, it's possible to get the same processor configurations for both? Any advice would be much appreciated. Best Regards:

Re: MacBook Pro Speakers

2009-07-24 Thread Scott Howell
Thanks Chris. I don't know why I couldn't find it, but then there is this cover on something on the left side. I of course am not sure if I mentioned this is the model with the battery you cannot replace. with the cover off my MBP, the hard drive is on the left and the battery is on the

Fwd: Apple's much-anticipated tablet device coming early next year

2009-07-24 Thread Scott Howell
Folks there has been a lot of talk about a tablet computer from Apple. I consider this a reliable resource and so feel sharing this article will shed some light and history on the upcoming product. Begin forwarded message: Date: July 24, 2009 11:55:00 AM EDT Subject: Apple's

Re: MacBook Pro Speakers

2009-07-24 Thread Scott Howell
The MBP 13-inch tops out at 2.53Ghz I believe and the 15-inch stock tops out at 2.8Ghz, but I think you can get a 3.06Ghz chip. I can't recall all the particulars, but for me it came down to three things. FIrst my wife's machine which was a first generation Intel iMac was having some

mike for a Mac Mini

2009-07-24 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, I would like to buy a microphone/earphones combination that will work with my Mac Mini. I bought a USB headset mike last week, but it turned out that it only works with Windows. What do I need to look for to be sure it will work? Thanks a lot, Anna

Re: mike for a Mac Mini

2009-07-24 Thread Robert Carter
Hi Anna, How do you know that it only works with Windows. Have you gone in to preferences on the Mac to see if it shows up under sounds? If it does show up, you just need to select it to get it started working. Robert CarterOn Jul 24, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, I

Re: Apple's much-anticipated tablet device coming early next year

2009-07-24 Thread Abdul Kamara
Gosh, I guess I should be thrilled about this. But it's a bit anticlimactic. My sense is, the article is sourced from a calculated leak on the part of Apple, to stoke a bit of excitement about a rollout most people saw coming. That said, I'd be very interested to see the difference in

Re: Apple's much-anticipated tablet device coming early next year

2009-07-24 Thread Scott Howell
Yes, I've ben reading a good deal on this as well and so it really is not much of a surprise. There was some interesting bits tossed into the article, but in any event, I will be curious as well. I gather it will have at least one or two usb ports, be capable of video conferencing, and

Re: Purchasing Acapela Heather Voice

2009-07-24 Thread william lomas
you ahve to buy i think the whole US Infovox package i think On 24 Jul 2009, at 20:20, Robert Carter wrote: Hi, I am wanting to purchase the Acapela text to speech voice, Heather, for my Mac. I was looking at assistiveware.com and it wasn't clear to me what to purchase. Does anybody

Re: tables on websites

2009-07-24 Thread william lomas
is snow leopard out do we know in september? On 24 Jul 2009, at 16:40, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: This is one place where group navigation really works well. Even if you use dom navigation for most web pages, I would suggest switching to group navigation for this site. (too bad there is not a

Re: mike for a Mac Mini

2009-07-24 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Robert, Thanks so very much! When I plugged the mike in this morning and nothing happened, and it came with a CD with Windows drivers and nothing for the Mac, I figured I was out of luck. But when I opened Sounds as you suggested, I found out the Mac did see it, and it works just

Re: Purchasing Acapela Heather Voice

2009-07-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Robert, On Jul 24, 2009, at 9:20 PM, Robert Carter wrote: Hi, I am wanting to purchase the Acapela text to speech voice, Heather, for my Mac. Heather comes as part of every package of voices from Acapela. You can purchase the American voices, the British voices, or voices in any

keyboard shortcuts for Skype

2009-07-24 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, Now that I have a working microphone for Skype, are there any keyboard shortcuts for answering calls, hanging up, etc.? I tried Skype help, but couldn't find anything. I also don't see global options for setting up keyboard commands in Skype preferences the way I did in the Windows

Re: mike for a Mac Mini

2009-07-24 Thread Robert Carter
Hi Anna, I was hoping that you would get it going? You will soon have the hang of this mac environment. It is awesome just different from Windows. Robert Carter On Jul 24, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi Robert, Thanks so very much! When I plugged the mike in this morning

Tips on Non-Contiguous Selection [was Re: selecting specific tracks in itunes]

2009-07-24 Thread Esther
HI Gene, Jonathan, and Others, I select non-contiguous items in a different fashion, and use VO- Command-Space to choose tracks after turning off cursor tracking. This method works for selecting items in Finder and other lists, columns, etc. If you're in iTunes, and have already

Re: keyboard shortcuts for Skype

2009-07-24 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
You should be able to set this up in the system preferences. Under Keyboard and mouse there is a tab called keyboard shortcuts. By default there are no skype shortcuts, but below the table are two buttons the first is add and the second is remove. I did not actually try this myself, but

Re: Apple's much-anticipated tablet device coming early next year

2009-07-24 Thread Abdul Kamara
I'm more inclined to think it will be more web focused, not telephony. I'd be impressed if unlike the iPhone or iPod Touch, it would provide for more choice of input devices be it via USB or BlueTooth. But again, we speculate. Until then, back I go to scheming on the purchase of an iPhone.

Re: Question about downloading audio files linked from web pages in safari

2009-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, you can do this quite easily. Press control option shift m on the link, and choose download linked file from the menu. On Jul 23, 2009, at 8:15 PM, James Mannion wrote: Hi, Is there a way to configure things so that when you click on a link on a page such as blindcooltech.com or

Re: selecting text you are interacting with

2009-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, yes. Move to the start of the text, then press control option enter. Now move to the end of the text you want to select and press control option enter again. The text should now be selected, you can confirm this by pressing control option f6. You can now press command c to copy it. On

Re: tables on websites

2009-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
Voice over does not have a table navigation mode as the windows screen readers do, so you would simply navigate it item by item. Usually this works fine. On Jul 24, 2009, at 10:26 AM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, I just went to a banking site with Safari that presents information in

Re: Purchasing Acapela Heather Voice

2009-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
She is actually part of the u.s. or u.k. english package. You would need to purchase infovox ivox, which includes one language, and you can add other languages if you want. I have the u.s. and U.K. voices, and they work great with voiceover. On Jul 24, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Robert Carter wrote:

Re: mike for a Mac Mini

2009-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, this is surprising. Most usb headsets should work fine on the mac. Once you connect it to a usb port, are you able to select it under sound in system preferences? Also, be sure you are connecting it directly to the mac and not using a usb hub. On Jul 24, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Woody Anna

Re: mike for a Mac Mini

2009-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
Usually, the mac does not need external drivers, like apple says, usually, it just works. On Jul 24, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi Robert, Thanks so very much! When I plugged the mike in this morning and nothing happened, and it came with a CD with Windows drivers and

Re: Purchasing Acapela Heather Voice

2009-07-24 Thread Marie Howarth
how much are these packages? :) On Jul 25, 2009, at 12:38 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: She is actually part of the u.s. or u.k. english package. You would need to purchase infovox ivox, which includes one language, and you can add other languages if you want. I have the u.s. and U.K. voices, and

Re: Purchasing Acapela Heather Voice

2009-07-24 Thread Robert Carter
Hi, The Acapela package is $99. Robert Carter On Jul 24, 2009, at 7:05 PM, Marie Howarth wrote: how much are these packages? :) On Jul 25, 2009, at 12:38 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: She is actually part of the u.s. or u.k. english package. You would need to purchase infovox ivox, which

Summary Information on Heather and other Infovox voice purchase options from U.S. [was Re: Purchasing Acapela Heather Voice}

2009-07-24 Thread Esther
Hi Robert, Marie, and others, In the U.S. you purchase the Acapela group's voices, which are sold for the Mac as Infovox/iVox voices distributed by Assistiveware, from Origin Instruments. When you navigate from the Assistiveware pages to do a purchase in the U.S., you're directed to the

Re: Question about downloading audio files linked from web pages in safari

2009-07-24 Thread James Mannion
Thank you all for all the answers you gave me to this. I find that the shift-control-options m to bring up that menu only sometimes works. On something like on the front age of serotalk.com for example it does not give you the appropriate option in that menu. That was what made me realize it

Fwd: Verizon rumored to be fast-tracking 4G for launch by early 2010

2009-07-24 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, the question of whether VZW will offer the iPhone on their network and other such questions have come up. THis article may shed some light on the future of the iPhone and Apple's rumored tablet machine do out in 2010. Begin forwarded message: Date: July 24, 2009 7:00:00 PM EDT

Web links where VO-Shift-M does not give download menu options [was Re: Question about downloading audio files linked] from web pages in safari

2009-07-24 Thread Esther
Hi James, I just checked the Serotalk web pages in both Safari and the latest WebKit, and you're correct that VO-Shift-M doesn't work on their podcast links to show you the option to download. I tried both group and DOM navigation modes for both Safari and WebKit; I tried this with and

Fwd: Microsoft stores to mimic Apple's with Guru Bars

2009-07-24 Thread Scott Howell
WOw, maybe Microsoft is feeling a little pressured to try emulating Apple even more? This should prove quite fascinating and I assume with all these PCs they plan to sell, would mean third-party deals with Dell and other companies. What is interesting is if they will have demos of the

RE: running leopard on a pc?

2009-07-24 Thread Blake Sinnett
I really don't think that'll work. As far as I know there isn't a VM that emulates EFI (extensible firmware interface.) However, I could be wrong. From: gene5...@austin.rr.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: running leopard on a pc? Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:02:32 -0500

Re: running leopard on a pc?

2009-07-24 Thread Barry Hadder
I remember reading somewhere that vmware used to have something for the pc a few years ago that would run mac os. They pulled it though due to threats they got from Apple. On Jul 24, 2009, at 11:05 PM, Blake Sinnett wrote: I really don't think that'll work. As far as I know there isn't a

Re: Microsoft stores to mimic Apple's with Guru Bars

2009-07-24 Thread Abdul Kamara
Oh how sad... I bet the people at Microsoft were squirting all over each other Zoons in hand when they came up with that... Yeah, this is one of few areas where I would criticize Apple. It is problematic when Geniuses know nothing about the accessibility components of the operating