Re: VoiceOver podcasts, links, and other useful information at Vision Australia

2010-06-12 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I can create folder. your podcasts are the ones I'm trying to import into Itunes so I haven't been able to listen to them. So I'm at a loss as how to listen to them. If you can help? Kawal. On Jun 12, 2010, at 4:51 AM, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi Kawal, This is an odd question, but can

Re: Safari 5

2010-06-12 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi. I'm running Safari 5 here without any issues as well. I can navigate on audible.com without any issues. I can send my Voiceover settings to someone who have issues to see if it makes a difference. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website:

RE: Facebook and Safari 5?

2010-06-12 Thread Simon Fogarty
Donna, That's because it's m.facebook.com. forget the www it's just m. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Friday, 11 June 2010 4:51 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

RE: Facebook and Safari 5?

2010-06-12 Thread Simon Fogarty
It's working fine. I've been on it both lastnight and tonight and I'm answering this 2 days after the message was sent. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave Taylor Sent: Friday, 11 June 2010 5:38 a.m. To:

Re: Install iOS 4 today!

2010-06-12 Thread Jørgen Skov Nielsen
I have downloaded the iphone os 4, and the itunes beta. How can i do that, i have tryed to check for updates, but i can't find the boks, there i can shose the file with the update i have downloaded. Are there anyone, there have tryed to upgrade to i os 4. Best regards Jorgen 2010/6/11, Scott

Re: Facebook and Safari 5?

2010-06-12 Thread Donna Goodin
Got it, Simon, thanks. Donna On Jun 12, 2010, at 6:01 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: Donna, That's because it's m.facebook.com. forget the www it's just m. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin

Re: Install iOS 4 today!

2010-06-12 Thread Scott Howell
Considering the fact that unless you are a developer and obtained the beta via legitimate means, I cannot believe you have the nerve to ask how to install/upgrade software you are not entitled to use. I hope no one provides you with any help on this list. Perhaps waiting for the official

Re: Install iOS 4 today!

2010-06-12 Thread Ricardo Walker
I don't condone the use of pirated software but I mean really. They didn't ask what temperature to set the oven to cook little kids. lol. I do agree that this is probably not the forum to ask such questions. But in my opinion, getting something 2 weeks early that your going to get for free

Re: Safari 5

2010-06-12 Thread Olivia Norman
I really don't understand why some are having issues and others aren't? Is everyone experiencing issues here in the US? I'm just trying to find a common pattern, I guess :) Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower Steve Jobs On Jun 12, 2010, at 2:58 AM, Søren Jensen wrote: Hi.

Re: Safari 5

2010-06-12 Thread Chris Westbrook
It would be interesting to see if those of you not having issues with safari still experience the ichat bug mentioned earlier. On Jun 12, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Olivia Norman wrote: I really don't understand why some are having issues and others aren't? Is everyone experiencing issues here in the

Re: Install iOS 4 today!

2010-06-12 Thread Kaare Dehard
right on scott the huge wait time is absolutely staggering, and to be blunt jumping ahead of the line to install unsanctioned product just because we can is a bit of a kick in the nuts to a company that has made itself usable out of the box for us. It's not only free, but jumping ahead is not

opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Chris Westbrook
This seems like a really stupid question, but I'll ask it anyway. When I hit vo space on the applications folder on the doc, it says pressed, but nothing happens. When I do that for other items the items get opened. Am I doing something wrong? -- You received this message because you are

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, You have to interact to before using VO spacebar to open an application using the apllication browser in the finder. To not have to interact, I suggest just using command O to open an application. hth On Jun 12, 2010, at 10:33 AM, Chris Westbrook wrote: This seems like a really stupid

Re: Safari 5

2010-06-12 Thread Ricardo Walker
Good morning Olivia, For what its worth, after I unchecked move the voiceover cursor to it when opening a new webpage, I have experienced no more problems with Safari. On Jun 12, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Olivia Norman wrote: I really don't understand why some are having issues and others aren't? Is

Re: Install iOS 4 today!

2010-06-12 Thread Scott Howell
I think you miss the point and honestly I realize I am wasting my time even commenting to begin with, but sometimes it is hard to restrain myself. Perhaps it does not ring on your morality meter, but the point you are missing is wether it is two weeks or two years, it is still unethical and

Re: Install iOS 4 today!

2010-06-12 Thread Frank Carmickle
Hey Scott and all On Jun 11, 2010, at 5:11 AM, Scott Howell wrote: Man you guys really cant' wait another week or so? How do you know what your downloading has not been hacked and has malicious code installed. Of course at the very least, do you not We don't know if the stuff we get from

Re: Install iOS 4 today!

2010-06-12 Thread Ricardo Walker
No, I got your point. I think you just care more strongly than I. But I do believe you are correct. On Jun 12, 2010, at 11:21 AM, Scott Howell wrote: I think you miss the point and honestly I realize I am wasting my time even commenting to begin with, but sometimes it is hard to restrain

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread mike Reiser
To open folders on the doc, you have to hit voshift M and select open. Kind've silly but there you go. Mike aim screen name: chrchmiker MSN screen name: blindgu...@gmail.com yahoo screen name: miker19882001 skype name: miker1988 twitter: http://www.twitter.com/archenemy12 facebook:

accessible sites to listen to tv

2010-06-12 Thread chad baker
Hi do you guys know of any accessible sites or program to listen online tv? thanks -- 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

RE: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread M. Taylor
As for opening Apps, Folders, etc, I use the key combination taught to me by Cara many months ago. The key combo I use is Command+Down Arrow. Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent:

Re: How do I Navigate the desktop, dock, and Menus Using the Trackpad Commander?

2010-06-12 Thread William Windels
Hi pete, First of all, I don't know if the gestures are the same on the trackpad as on the ipad since I haven't a ipad or iphone yet. But, I can give you some gestures for the macbook (pro): By default , there is no trackpad command for the desktop I think but you can make gestures in the

Re: A new Mac user with a few questions.

2010-06-12 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Kari, I'm sure someone on this list has answered all your questions by now, but here's my little two cents :). I think to read an entire document with VoiceOver, you have to press VO and A. That tells VoiceOver to read the document from where the cursor is till the end. I don't believe

VO navigation help

2010-06-12 Thread Catherine Kudlick
Hi All, What do people do when using VO to read a long document and want to skip ahead, start in the middle of a page, or return to reading it where they left off? Someone suggested I hit shift VO up-arrow to get out of interacting with the text, then use the find a string of text or go-to a

Re: How do I Navigate the desktop, dock, and Menus Using the Trackpad Commander?

2010-06-12 Thread Pete Nalda
Thank you so much! that's exactly what I was looking for. In a way it *is like the iPad/Ipod touch/iphone. I believe on those, flicking the top reads the status bar, and flicking the bottom reads their docks. I did know how to flick between items on the desktop on my computer, but not how to

Re: VO navigation help

2010-06-12 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Cathy, There are lots of text navigation commands in VoiceOver but you must interact with the text for them to work. VO-a does read from current position and VO-b reads from the beginning. However, you can read by sentence and by paragraph, too. You can also go to next colour change, or

customizing message window in adium

2010-06-12 Thread Chris Westbrook
A friend of mine likes adium, so I thought I'd give it a try. Is there a way to remove the timestamp from chat windows in adium? I don't care when a message was received. Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to

Re: VO navigation help

2010-06-12 Thread Teresa Cochran
Try first interacting with the document (VO-shift-down-arrow) and then the VO-A keys to read from the cursor position. Teresa On Jun 12, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Catherine Kudlick wrote: Hi All, What do people do when using VO to read a long document and want to skip ahead, start in the middle of

Moderator Note - Discussion of pirated software on MacVisionaries / Installing iOS 4 early

2010-06-12 Thread Cara Quinn
Okay All; First things first. The next person (and anyone thereafter) to post details on obtaining / installation of pirated software on this list will simply have their posting privileges revoked. (no questions asked) Now, to be clear, by 'pirated software' I mean software that isn't

vmware Fusion or Parallels Desktop

2010-06-12 Thread Kevin Mattingly
Are they both accessible using VO? After looking at the comparisons, Parallel desktop seems to have more functionality. Kev -- 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.

Re: Tivo

2010-06-12 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi. There was tivodecode manager but I haven't used it for a while, so can't say for sure if it works under snow leopard. Darcy On 2010-06-11, at 9:41 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi guys: On my Windows machine, I use Tivo desktop utility to wirelessly transfer recorded shows from my Tivo

Re: Moderator Note - Discussion of pirated software on MacVisionaries / Installing iOS 4 early

2010-06-12 Thread clarence griffin
Amen! GF On Jun 12, 2010, at 2:00 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: Okay All; First things first. The next person (and anyone thereafter) to post details on obtaining / installation of pirated software on this list will simply have their posting privileges revoked. (no questions asked) Now,

Re: vmware Fusion or Parallels Desktop

2010-06-12 Thread Mary Otten
I do not have personal experience with parallels. but there have been notes on this list in the past stating that Parallels was completely unusable with VO. mary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Mark, I've never tried command down arrow for opening anything. I just tried it on an app in the dock and on the applications folder and nothing happened. i had quick nav on, so I turned it off, thinking that would make a difference, maybe. Still nothing. command down arrow does nothing

Re: vmware Fusion or Parallels Desktop

2010-06-12 Thread Kevin Mattingly
Thanks for the response. I looks good but based on what I've seen so far, I'll have to go with VMWare Fusion. Kev On Jun 12, 2010, at 4:35 PM, Mary Otten wrote: I do not have personal experience with parallels. but there have been notes on this list in the past stating that Parallels was

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Cara Quinn
HI chris; have you tried pressing enter on the folder in the dock, that you'd like to open?… YOu should not only be able to see the items in said folder, but you should also be given the option to open the folder in Finder rather than just seeing it on the dock. Also, pressing VO

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Cara Quinn
Ah, thanks for the shout out Mark! *big smile* However, it seems that in the dock, command down arrow is a fail! eek! For the dock (when speaking of folders) I usually use enter or VO shift m. Have a rockin' day / weekend!… Smiles, CQ :) --- View my Online Portfolio at:

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Donna Goodin
Hey, that command down arrow is cool! I never knew about that. thanks! Donna On Jun 12, 2010, at 5:12 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: Ah, thanks for the shout out Mark! *big smile* However, it seems that in the dock, command down arrow is a fail! eek! For the dock (when speaking of folders) I

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Cara Quinn
Hey Donna, cool beans! Also, command down arrow will open folders too. -And, once in a folder, command up arrow will do two things. Firstly, if you have something selected, it will unselect it, and then on the second press of command up arrow, you'll be moved backward, to the enclosing

Turning off the Trackpad

2010-06-12 Thread Ana G
Hi all, How do you turn off the trackpad on a MacBook Pro? I keep touching it accidentally, and unexpected things happen. I'm up for only one learning curve at a time. Thanks. Ciao -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Donna Goodin
Oh, weird! How did you ever figure this out? Donna On Jun 12, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: Hey Donna, cool beans! Also, command down arrow will open folders too. -And, once in a folder, command up arrow will do two things. Firstly, if you have something selected, it will

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Mary; When in the dock, VO space or enter will open a folder or app. YOu can also bring up a context menu with VO shift M which will have the 'open' option in it as well. I think I just missed the VO space option when responding to Chris and Mark! oops! Anyway, hope this helps.

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Mike Pedersen
Another thing that I find makes use of the applications, downloads, and documents icons more useful is to do the following: 1. VO+shift+m on the doc icon that you wish to act upon 2. Make sure that folder and list are checked and be sure that stacks or fan are not After you do this you

transferring itunes library to mac

2010-06-12 Thread Chris Westbrook
OK, thanks all for your help on opening applications. I was hoping that I would be able to hook up my iphone to the mac and have it synchronize to the mac, but apparently this doesn't work because it doesn't sync to that library. Is there a way to tell it to forget about the p.c. and transfer

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Cara, Neither vo plus space or enter does anything for me when in the doc on the applications or documents folders. vo shift m brings up the menu that has the open option in it. enter and vo plus space work on the doanload and other folders, but not applications or documents. Weird. mary

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Cara Quinn
Great tips Mike, but be careful of one of these. Depending on where a user has the dock positioned, (left, right or bottom of the screen) the arrow used to open the folder will be different. I.E. When the dock is on the left, the right arrow will open the folder; when it's on the right,

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Mary; As Mike mentions, if you bring up a context menu on the folders you'd like to open, and make sure the list option is checked, you should be in luck. Have you tried this already?… Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me

Re: customizing message window in adium

2010-06-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
C heck under prefs. Maybe there is something there but I'm not so sure. There might be. Take care. S On Jun 12, 2010, at 10:52 AM, Chris Westbrook wrote: A friend of mine likes adium, so I thought I'd give it a try. Is there a way to remove the timestamp from chat windows in adium? I

Re: How do I Navigate the desktop, dock, and Menus Using the Trackpad Commander?

2010-06-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
actually the esc does not get me out of he menu bar it just dings. Hmm. Thanks. S On Jun 12, 2010, at 10:13 AM, Pete Nalda wrote: Thank you so much! that's exactly what I was looking for. In a way it *is like the iPad/Ipod touch/iphone. I believe on those, flicking the top reads the

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
Enter never seems to work for me. I just vo shift m and hit enter on open. Take care. S On Jun 12, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: Ah, thanks for the shout out Mark! *big smile* However, it seems that in the dock, command down arrow is a fail! eek! For the dock (when speaking of

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Mary Otten
After checking list in the menu that comes up when you hit vo shift m on a folder, I did find that pressing enter on the applications folder in the doc did open it. thanks. mary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Anne Robertson
Why go to the Dock to open the Applications or Documents folders? It's much quicker to do Command-Shift-a for Applications, and Command-Shift-o for Documents. Command-Shift-u for Utilities is also useful. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Cara Quinn
Hey Anne; -Good points! However, for someone like me who just doesn't have a good memory for lots of keyboard shortcuts, and prefers the GUI approach, the Dock option is way more intuitive. Thanks so much for the reminder though! As always, you rock!… Smiles, Cara :) --- View my

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Ana G
Anne, You are a marvel. I really like these shortcuts. Thanks. Ciao Anne writes: It's much quicker to do Command-Shift-a for Applications, and Command-Shift-o for Documents. Command-Shift-u for Utilities is also useful. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

mail accounts question

2010-06-12 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys: I have an Email account, and I have to change the smtp server info in order to send msgs from a couple of different locations. I've tried to create two email accounts, with duplicate info, however I get errors when attempting this. It looks like I cannot create any email accounts with

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
I'll try it. thanks. S On Jun 12, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Mary Otten wrote: After checking list in the menu that comes up when you hit vo shift m on a folder, I did find that pressing enter on the applications folder in the doc did open it. thanks. mary -- You received this message because

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
No joy. Jus ttried it. Hmm maybe I'm nusst not meant to do that. lol! Take care. S On Jun 12, 2010, at 3:47 PM, Mary Otten wrote: After checking list in the menu that comes up when you hit vo shift m on a folder, I did find that pressing enter on the applications folder in the doc did open

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Sarah Alawami
Maybe you added anothe rfolder to the doc like downloads and you don't want to get there from yoru desktop. Take care. S On Jun 12, 2010, at 3:53 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: Why go to the Dock to open the Applications or Documents folders? It's much quicker to do Command-Shift-a for

Strange behavior in menus on Macbook Pro

2010-06-12 Thread Kimberly thurman
Good evening folks: I am having some strange behavior in menus. It is in the apple menu. When I envoke the menu with VO M and arrow down through a few of the choices, just as I get to the point where restart, force quit, sleep, restart, and shutdown are located, none of these choices are

Re: Strange behavior in menus on Macbook Pro

2010-06-12 Thread Jonathan Cohn
I wonder what your screen resolution is or if you have screen magnification turned on. In terms of trying to get things to work, you might want to start typing the command in the menu you are attempting to access. On 12/06/2010, Kimberly thurman kimthur...@insightbb.com wrote: Good evening

Re: Strange behavior in menus on Macbook Pro

2010-06-12 Thread Kimberly thurman
Where do I check to see if I have magnification turned on? Where is my screen resolution shown? On Jun 12, 2010, at 9:46 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: I wonder what your screen resolution is or if you have screen magnification turned on. In terms of trying to get things to work, you might want

Re: opening applications folder in the doc

2010-06-12 Thread Kimberly thurman
I wish there was a command shift key combination to go to the downloads folder. On Jun 12, 2010, at 6:53 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: Why go to the Dock to open the Applications or Documents folders? It's much quicker to do Command-Shift-a for Applications, and Command-Shift-o for Documents.

Re: Strange behavior in menus on Macbook Pro

2010-06-12 Thread Kimberly thurman
Magnification was not turned on and my screen resolution is 1280 x 800. Is the screen resolution correct or should I change it? On Jun 12, 2010, at 9:54 PM, Rob wrote: Magnification is toggled on off with command + option + 8. Screen resolution is shown in System Preferences, under

Re: Strange behavior in menus on Macbook Pro

2010-06-12 Thread Rob
I think 1280x960 or 1280x1024 is default for my MacBook. Sent from my iPod On Jun 12, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Kimberly thurman kimthur...@insightbb.com wrote: Magnification was not turned on and my screen resolution is 1280 x 800. Is the screen resolution correct or should I change it? On

Re: Strange behavior in menus on Macbook Pro

2010-06-12 Thread Kimberly thurman
Well, I don't suppose that is the problem then. It's very puzzling. On Jun 12, 2010, at 10:06 PM, Rob wrote: I think 1280x960 or 1280x1024 is default for my MacBook. Sent from my iPod On Jun 12, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Kimberly thurman kimthur...@insightbb.com wrote: Magnification was not

Re: Turning off the Trackpad

2010-06-12 Thread Allison Manzino
Hello, Here's how to disable the Trackpad commander. Press VO F8 which will open VoiceOver utilities. VoiceOver keys are control option. Then arrow down to where it says commanders. VO space on that and you will come across three tabs, keyboard grackpad and I forget what the other one is. I

Re: Authorizing Audible to Play on Victor Stream Using a Mac

2010-06-12 Thread Dan Roy
Nope, I didn't save the key nor did I know I could. However, the next time I do this, I will certainly look for that key file on the stream and save it. On Jun 13, 2010, at 12:33 AM, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi Dan, Hmm did you save your audible key? I saved mine somewhere on my Windows