Re: Why can't I copy anything to my external hard drive it's not even half full?

2010-05-10 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Really? Wow. That sounds like a horrible experience. For me, it's just as quick as browsing Mac OS Extended Journaled drives. It might be worth reporting. That doesn't sound right. Regards, Nic On May 10, 2010, at 9:36 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: It works really good but the thing I find is

RE: o.t, maybe. Nokia sues Apple in Wisconsin for infringement of Nokia patents

2010-05-10 Thread Simon Fogarty
Nokia are responsible for a large portion of the mobile technology we have in the world today. I would hope that they aren't going down. And besides, apple like other companys will be gilty of steeling patents from other companys. It's just part of life. -Original Message- From:

RE: Why can't I copy anything to my external hard drive it's not even half full?

2010-05-10 Thread Simon Fogarty
NTFS is the file system or structure in which files are saved / written to the hard drive. Mac will not write to NTFS file structures. Windows will and anything windows after windows nt, use ntfs as it allows for better security and supposably more stable. If you wish to use the drive on both a

Re: Path Finder from Cocotech

2010-05-10 Thread William Windels
Hi , I have tried also the pathfinder from cocotech for the following reasons: to have the possibility to cut files and to add hotkeys to some optional services infinder that are basically in pathfinder: interaction with the terminal from inside the finder. At the moment, I don't use path

finereader key

2010-05-10 Thread william lomas
hi is there a way on the abbyy site to get back my license key for finereader, and download it again? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe

Re: Path Finder from Cocotech

2010-05-10 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, My message was only passed onto the developer. I might try writing him privately as well, because the bad routines problem sounds a bit strange to me as other Cocoa developers have fixed the very same issue. Of course, I do not know how they coded it, but still, I can't see the routines

Finding An Old Love On A New Device

2010-05-10 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, I am cross-posting this to both the Mac and iPhone mailing lists for reasons that I hope members of both will understand. If not, then, I hope you will appreciate the mystery. (Smile) CHAPTER 1: As my iPhone 3GS is my primary means of communicating with the outside world,

Re: files and folders

2010-05-10 Thread Larry Skutchan
You are right, this scripting is powerful and I look forward to learning how far we can go to script VO with Applescript. The combination of Terminal and scripting is also a powerful tool worth learning. Vic, you are right, the bash shell for Unix is like DOS but a whole lot cooler. Just type

Re: files and folders

2010-05-10 Thread Larry Skutchan
I could be wrong, but I think there is some philosophical reason why Apple doesn't want cut and paste in the Finder. I think the debate has been going on since the introduction of the Mac back in the 80's. On May 9, 2010, at 8:16 AM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: while this is something I've gotten

Re: o.t, maybe. Nokia sues Apple in Wisconsin for infringement of Nokia patents

2010-05-10 Thread Scott Howell
Simon, It does not matter whether Nokia is responsible for most of the technology or not. Many manufacturers are using GSM and I am sure legally. Not being a patent lawyer, there are either royalties paid or fair use rights involved. I would submit that stealing is a rather strong term because

Re: files and folders

2010-05-10 Thread Larry Skutchan
One other option that I would love to explore are some of the text based file management programs. I remember one from years ago that worked well with speech called Midnight Commander, but there are probably lots more of them out there now. I don't know how well they would work with VO, but I

Re: Finding An Old Love On A New Device

2010-05-10 Thread Thuy
Hey Mark. Is it possible to generate voice clips with other TTS engines on the Mac? When I set up my girlfriend's shuffle with VO, it automatically used Alex, and I didn't have any choices. I wanted to use one of the Acapella voices from Infovox, but wasn't able to do that even when I had set up

terminal with finder was:

2010-05-10 Thread William Windels
Hello, I have downloaded a program, (a collection of workflows) on www.automation.com. The name of the package is: UNIX Services Installer.pkg This package add some services in all applications and you can add a hockey to it with the keyboard option in the system preferences. I use very

Re: terminal with finder was:

2010-05-10 Thread Larry Skutchan
Vim has always been funny with its cursor. I just ran emacs, and VO followis its cursor fine. There are other editors as well like Pico, Nano, and more, and I imagine they'll all work fine with the cursor. Vim had this problem with other screen readers, too, if I remember correctly. On May 10,

RE: matlab

2010-05-10 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi Edward, Matlab isn’t bad, though I haven’t played with it much. I’ve asked our technicians to get me a version for Mac, so I’ll respond within a few days. Cheers, Dónal From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Edward Sent: 04

Re: terminal with finder was:

2010-05-10 Thread William Windels
Sorry but, I don't agree. Vim is working great on linux with brltty on linux systems. Also, vim or vi (vim without m) is much more powerfull then pico or nano. I think the task to jump to the keyboard focus is a basic command in text environment. William Op 10-mei-2010, om 12:24 heeft Larry

RE: matlab

2010-05-10 Thread Edward
Yes thanks would be much interested. Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dónal Fitzpatrick Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 8:27 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: matlab Hi Edward,

Re: Why can't I copy anything to my external hard drive it's not even half full?

2010-05-10 Thread John J Herzog
As said before, NTFS 3g is free software for the mac. It allows you to both read and write in NTFS. Due to technical limitations in the fat 32 format, this is no longer recommended for hard drives. I will briefly explain why. 1. Fat 32 does not allow a file to be stored that is larger than 4

Re: matlab

2010-05-10 Thread Barry Hadder
I've always used GNU octave. It's a free, open source matlab like environment. There are links to pre-built binaries for OS10 at http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html. Note that if you git it through macports,it builds it from scratch and it will take a long time. On May 3,

RE: matlab

2010-05-10 Thread Edward
Hello, How accessible is it? Have you had any probloems? Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Barry Hadder Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:57 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: matlab

Re: matlab

2010-05-10 Thread Barry Hadder
Hi, It is text based so accessibility isn't an issue. You run it from within terminal. There are ways of making graphical plots if you need to, but it's been a while sense I played with that feature. On May 10, 2010, at 10:26 AM, Edward wrote: Hello, How accessible is it? Have you had

is there an ipad e-mail list/discussion group?

2010-05-10 Thread Christina
Hello list, I got an iPad for Mom's Day. :) How super sweet of my family. So, I have lots to learn and I just applied to the viPhone list but I'm not sure where would be appropriate to ask questions about the iPad. I do not want to bombard this list or the viphone list with discussions

RE: Here is a new iPad VoiceOver bug

2010-05-10 Thread Bryan Smart
I noticed that, on my iPad, the hiss is there, even if VoiceOver is off. When I first start the iPad, if I immediately lock the screen, the speaker will shut off in about 10 seconds. That's fine. After I've toggled VoiceOver on/off once, from that point forward, when the screen is locked, the

RE: matlab

2010-05-10 Thread Edward
Hello Does it give you the same functionality as matlab? I am attending college for electrical engineering and they use matlab here. If I had to, can I use matlab with voice over? Thanks for your help, edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: is there an ipad e-mail list/discussion group?

2010-05-10 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Christina, The VIPhone list is also for the iPad now. This was clearly stated by the moderators recently, so you've chosen to join the right list. I hope you enjoy your iPad. Cheers, Anne On May 10, 2010, at 6:40 PM, Christina wrote: Hello list, I got an iPad for Mom's Day. :)

Re: is there an ipad e-mail list/discussion group?

2010-05-10 Thread Christina
Thanks so much. Sent from my iPad On May 10, 2010, at 10:21 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Christina, The VIPhone list is also for the iPad now. This was clearly stated by the moderators recently, so you've chosen to join the right list. I hope you enjoy your

Re: o.t, maybe. Nokia sues Apple in Wisconsin for infringement of Nokia patents

2010-05-10 Thread Chris Blouch
Amassing a large portfolio of patents is a common protection method for large companies. Patent anything plausible and add them to your quiver in case somebody sues you. The intent isn't competitive advantage by exploiting those discoveries in your own products, but rather as a path to

Re: o.t, maybe. Nokia sues Apple in Wisconsin for infringement of Nokia patents

2010-05-10 Thread Chris Blouch
IDC released their worldwide stats on smartphone marketshare last Friday. True that Apple is still 3rd, but the notable bit is growth. RIM and Nokia each grew by 45 and 57 percent respectivly but Apple grew by 131%. Apple's volume was only a bit behind RIM (8.8M v. 10.6M) so RIM has to be

Ibis Reader: an accessible alternative eBook reader for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad with some glitches

2010-05-10 Thread Esther
Hi All, Here's an alternative, promising eBook reader for books in ePub format without DRM: Ibis Reader. It works with VoiceOver on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, and allows bookmarking but has some odd features in terms of navigation. You can read DRM-free ePub books either on your

Re: files and folders

2010-05-10 Thread Chris Blouch
Not sure what you mean by text based file manger. If you are in terminal you generally can store file manipulation commands in a text file and then run all those as a batch. For example, say I have a file called test and I'm always making a copy to test2 I could make a new text file called

Re: o.t, maybe. Nokia sues Apple in Wisconsin for infringement of Nokia patents

2010-05-10 Thread Scott Howell
THanks for sharing the references, I must go read. Btw, VZ had at one time a VOIP service called Voice WIng or something wing and it did disappear apparently a few years ago and this was before they rolled out their Fios service. I would agree this is a really expensive and very entertaining

Re: Ibis Reader: an accessible alternative eBook reader for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad with some glitches

2010-05-10 Thread marie Howarth
Thanks for this info Ester. On 10 May 2010, at 19:47, Esther wrote: Hi All, Here's an alternative, promising eBook reader for books in ePub format without DRM: Ibis Reader. It works with VoiceOver on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, and allows bookmarking but has some odd features in

Re: Ibis Reader: an accessible alternative eBook reader for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad with some glitches

2010-05-10 Thread Hai Nguyen
Thank you Ester for this wonderful nugget. I've downloaded and installed with no issues thus far. The only downside to this ap thus far is the lack of responsiveness with Voiceover on the iPod touch. I'm definitely interested to hear what others think. On May 10, 2010, at 1:57 PM, marie

Not receiving group messages

2010-05-10 Thread Gary
Hi, I'm not sure what's wrong with my account. I'm logged into my google account and can see that I'm a member of the MacVisionaries group. I looked at my member profile and have my account set to receive my messages on my home email account. However, i'm not receiving my messages, and

Re: matlab

2010-05-10 Thread Barry Hadder
It is practically 100 percent compatible with matlab. There may be some very slight modifications to be made in your code every now and then, but it shouldn't be much. The graphical image plots arent as polished as matlab, but there isn't much you can't do with matlab that you can't do with

Re: Not receiving group messages

2010-05-10 Thread Olivia Norman
I will check out your settings on the admin end and get vack to you! Olivia Sent from my iPhone On May 10, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Gary g...@satx.rr.com wrote: Hi, I'm not sure what's wrong with my account. I'm logged into my google account and can see that I'm a member of the MacVisionaries

Re: Ibis Reader: an accessible alternative eBook reader for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad with some glitches

2010-05-10 Thread Esther
Hello, I first tried Ibis Reader on an iPad, and the download went pretty well. I was beginning to wonder whether the difference in initial responsiveness on the iPod Touch (much more sluggish with VoiceOver) was due to space or VoiceOver. It definitely took a while for the download

Re: Mack Mini and Monitor?

2010-05-10 Thread Chris Blouch
Since your TV is kind of new it might have VGA inputs. Some do now days. If that's the case you can skip the VGA to NTSC converter box. If not, the converter has both RCA and SVideo (4-pin cable) outputs. Most TVs have SVideo these days. All the cables come with it. CB Courtney Curran wrote:

Re: Ibis Reader: an accessible alternative eBook reader for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad with some glitches

2010-05-10 Thread Esther
Hi, Just a quick addition: In Ibis reader Voice Over reads through a chapter, but the first page doesn't update. However, if you want to move to a later page in that chapter, you could toggle VoiceOver off, and simply tap the right side of the screen the number of pages you wanted to

VMWare Fusion and installing Windows 7

2010-05-10 Thread Robert Carter
Hi, Does anyone know if it is possible to use a Windows 7 upgrade CD to do a clean install of Windows 7 in to a fusion version 3 virtual machine? For me the installation stops shortly after it starts saying that a valid version of Windows is not found on the machine. Thanks, Robert Carter

Re: Ibis Reader: an accessible alternative eBook reader for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad with some glitches

2010-05-10 Thread Søren Jensen
Wow Esther. Thanks so much for this awesome information. This app will be very usable for us outside the US, where it will take a lot of time before we get books in IBooks in our languages. I'll check out this app when I got the time Best regards Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk

Re: VMWare Fusion and installing Windows 7

2010-05-10 Thread Rob Lambert
You CAN! NOT! use the upgrade disk. You MUST! use a FULL GENUINE COPY! I'm assuming this is for a clean install of Vista, and not upgrading from VM of XP, right? I think even if two as, you would need the genuine CD. On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Robert Carter nc5rn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi,

Re: VMWare Fusion and installing Windows 7

2010-05-10 Thread Chris Blouch
I thought, by definition, that a Windows7 upgrade CD required a previous OS to be fully installed before it would work. CB Robert Carter wrote: Hi, Does anyone know if it is possible to use a Windows 7 upgrade CD to do a clean install of Windows 7 in to a fusion version 3 virtual machine?

Re: Mack Mini and Monitor?

2010-05-10 Thread Courtney Curran
Thanks so much, I appreciate it. Courtney On 10/05/2010, at 4:03 in the Afternoon, Chris Blouch wrote: Since your TV is kind of new it might have VGA inputs. Some do now days. If that's the case you can skip the VGA to NTSC converter box. If not, the converter has both RCA and SVideo (4-pin

RE: matlab

2010-05-10 Thread Edward
Hello How about mathimatica and or maple. Thanks Edward -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Barry Hadder Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 3:31 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: matlab I forgot to

Re: VMWare Fusion and installing Windows 7

2010-05-10 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yes you can. i've done it. first install with out the key then install again with the key choosing upgrade. Take care. I did it in a bootcamp set up so I can emagine it can be done in a vmware set up. Take care. On May 10, 2010, at 1:18 PM, Rob Lambert wrote: You CAN! NOT! use the upgrade

torrenting on the mac?

2010-05-10 Thread clarence griffin
As the subject says... what do people use to download torrent files on the mac? something like u-torrent for windows? Thanks for any help. GF Goldfinga Productions Phone: 757-412-5494 Follow me on twitter http://www.twitter.com/goldfingas -- You received this message because you are

Re: Rewind and forward on Blind Cool Tech Pod casts

2010-05-10 Thread Carolyn
Ann: Hi: It suddenly strikes me as one of those Duh? experiences that I should probably be wearing a t-shirt or something with keyboard commands on itgrin One of the things that really helped me move forward with my Mac training in the most recent session was that my trainer simply observed me

time announcement

2010-05-10 Thread Carolyn
Hi Mac Family: Quick question from your favorite---NOT---slow learnergrin. I'm wondering if there is a way to set up a key to tell me the time on my MacBook Pro. Right now, we have it announcing on the hour when it is turned on. I wonder is there a way to have the time available to me on the

Re: time announcement

2010-05-10 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. go to the commander part of the vo utilities and set the keyboard c commander to inable. Your right option key will I think b eset as the default. from now on you can hit option t to tell the time. Take care. S On May 10, 2010, at 3:53 PM, Carolyn wrote: Hi Mac Family: Quick question

Re: torrenting on the mac?

2010-05-10 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeah there is a utorrent for the mac. download.com should have it. Good luck. On May 10, 2010, at 3:48 PM, clarence griffin wrote: As the subject says... what do people use to download torrent files on the mac? something like u-torrent for windows? Thanks for any help. GF Goldfinga

Re: VMWare Fusion and installing Windows 7

2010-05-10 Thread Sarah Alawami
No problems. I'm hoping im right as I did managed to do it in bootcampl Can you do it in fussion I'm not sure. what I did was set up a bootcamp install that way and then set up a vmware thing to lunch and create a vmware to go off of mfy bootcamp settings. Good luck. On May 10, 2010, at 2:06

Re: time announcement

2010-05-10 Thread Carolyn
Thanks Sarah. I'll do that now. Carolyn On May 10, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Hello. go to the commander part of the vo utilities and set the keyboard c commander to inable. Your right option key will I think b eset as the default. from now on you can hit option t to tell the

Permissions on FIles Moved

2010-05-10 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, I haven't done a lot of this, but a friend of mine has moved files from his folder to his daughter's. However, those files do not show up in the Finder when he logs into her account. He moved these initially via Terminal. He believes the permissions are correct, but I suspect there is

RE: torrenting on the mac?

2010-05-10 Thread Blake Sinnett
Yep. There's µtorrent for the Mac. Just go to utorrent.com. It's nice and tiny, like the Windows version. From: goldfin...@gmail.com Subject: torrenting on the mac? Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 18:48:57 -0400 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com As the subject says... what do people use to

Re: torrenting on the mac?

2010-05-10 Thread Kaare Dehard
nope, utorrent for mac, quite accessible. On 2010-05-10, at 6:48 PM, clarence griffin wrote: As the subject says... what do people use to download torrent files on the mac? something like u-torrent for windows? Thanks for any help. GF Goldfinga Productions Phone: 757-412-5494

Pdanet for iphone?

2010-05-10 Thread Donna Goodin
Haz anyone tried it? Is it accessible? Tia, Donna Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: time announcement

2010-05-10 Thread Sarah Alawami
I hope my instructions work. Good luck. Take care. S On May 10, 2010, at 4:04 PM, Carolyn wrote: Thanks Sarah. I'll do that now. Carolyn On May 10, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Hello. go to the commander part of the vo utilities and set the keyboard c commander to inable.

Re: Website creation for beginners and pros - NOW over 60% off

2010-05-10 Thread Brandon Misch
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Re: VMWare Fusion and installing Windows 7

2010-05-10 Thread Dan Roy
I don't know about vmware and what restrictions they have. However, you can use an upgrade CD to install from scratch. I am not sure why it works, but, it definitely does. On May 10, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: I thought, by definition, that a Windows7 upgrade CD required a

Re: VMWare Fusion and installing Windows 7

2010-05-10 Thread Sarah Alawami
There is a windows secrets artical on how to do it. I don't have the link at th emoment but google for it and it should come up. Good luck. S On May 10, 2010, at 8:14 PM, Dan Roy wrote: I don't know about vmware and what restrictions they have. However, you can use an upgrade CD to install

alternative media player to iTune

2010-05-10 Thread Shen
Hello, Wondering if anyone has any recommendations for an alternative media player to iTunes? Something less complicated, has all the keyboard shortcuts, and does not have a library. I just want something to play music. A Mac version of Winamp. -- Shen goalb...@gmail.com -- You received this

Re: alternative media player to iTune

2010-05-10 Thread Thierry Renoux
Hi, VLC media player will do. On May 10, 2010, at 8:35 PM, Shen wrote: Hello, Wondering if anyone has any recommendations for an alternative media player to iTunes? Something less complicated, has all the keyboard shortcuts, and does not have a library. I just want something to play music.