Re: moving to a computer-based entertainment system Using Tivo

2010-11-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Time warner doesn't offer DVR for free. At least where I live. In NYC it's about $7 a month. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Nov 18, 2010, at 12:46 AM, Michael Thurman wrote: hmmm since I believe that time

Re: macbook pro battery.

2010-11-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, If the brigtness is set to 0, it indeed goes back to 100% on a restart of the computer. Maybe your brigtness isn't set to 0? If you have it set to like 5% this doesn't happen. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Nov

Re: macbook pro battery.

2010-11-18 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Sarah and Mike, I was expecting to have to turn brightness down every time, I should have someone check. All I know is that VO reports the brightness being at 1% or 0% every time I check, not sure it tracks the actual percentage properly, but it certainly appears to hold the initial

Re: Undo not working consistently

2010-11-18 Thread M. Taylor
Hi. The day took longer than I anticipated. I decided to produce a podcast on this ad I just finished. The podcast is about 5 minutes long. It's almost 2:00am and I'm falling asleep at the keyboard. All I have to do is add tags and upload the show which I will do as soon as I wake up. I

kids learning games for the mac

2010-11-18 Thread heather kd5cbl
Hello, I wanted to know if anyone has experience with kids learning games on the mac? I have a friend who wants to purchase a mac but she wants to be able to use educational games with her 3 year old daughter but I told her I did not know if they were voiceover accessible. Is there a way to

Re: moving to a computer-based entertainment system Using Tivo

2010-11-18 Thread heather kd5cbl
I have uverse or rather my mom does. Yes the cable only has it free for six months here than you have to pay! I think cable is going by the way side, I don't know anyone who has cable accept for some apartment dwellers who cant get anything besides the cable. But even my friend who lives in

Re: Announcing WinZip Mac Edition: All New for the Mac!

2010-11-18 Thread heather kd5cbl
So does winzip work with voiceover? Heather -- 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: cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-18 Thread LaMcAs
Just thought this article applied to the thread http://tinyurl.com/2u8g2q9 Original link http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?newsid=3248674olo =rss HTH Larry Elliot GD (Guide Dog) -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello list, When closing the lid of my Macbook pro, the computer automatically goes to sleep. Is there a way to change this behavior? I've looked in the display and energy savor settings and didn't find anything. TIA Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296

Re: uploading songs to youtube using quicktime

2010-11-18 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Allison. I'll check this out. Best, Donna On Nov 17, 2010, at 9:06 AM, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi Donna and all, THe site I was speaking of earlier is: http://www.mp32tube.com/ I have never had success with importing anything in to Imovie. Ever time i try, it just keeps saying

Re: Announcing WinZip Mac Edition: All New for the Mac!

2010-11-18 Thread erik burggraaf
That's quite a price tag considering. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, One on one access technology support and training over the phone or in person, 1-888-255-5194 http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2010-11-18, at 3:24 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Kawal Gucukoglu Begin

Re: Oh boy

2010-11-18 Thread Donna Goodin
Oh, would it ever. I'm really, seriously tempted. My husband has this bad habit of putting a movie in, then falling asleep. when he wakes up, he just grabs whatever remote and pushes whatever button turns the TV off. When he does this, I always have fits trying to get it back to regular TV.

Re: More about ODSAgent was Re: longshot help with odsagent error

2010-11-18 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Jon, It's been a long time, since I don't really use my vm for much other than testing, but I think it showed up last year when I upgraded from fusion one to fusion 2. This month I upgraded to fusion three and installed the new vmware tools, but that hasn't fixed the problem. It's also

Re: Announcing WinZip Mac Edition: All New for the Mac!

2010-11-18 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
i'll have to try it and let you all know! Kawal Gucukoglu On 18 Nov 2010, at 10:23 AM, heather kd5cbl kd5...@gmail.com wrote: So does winzip work with voiceover? Heather -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Re: speeding up media

2010-11-18 Thread Robert Carter
Hi, Am I correct that you have to use an older version of QuickTime player to get the ability to speed up a file? If so, can one have both the current version and an older QuickTime player installed? Thanks, Robert Carter On Nov 17, 2010, at 8:34 AM, Esther wrote: Hi Heather, You could

Mobile access podcast

2010-11-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi Guys and gals, Me, Taylor Scott, and Carlos Palomino, who some of you will know from other lists, have started a bi weekly podcast. We will be discussing tech news in the headlines, accessibility news, and a broad range of things related to technology. We also bring a lot of humor to the

Re: moving to a computer-based entertainment system Using Tivo

2010-11-18 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I don't know. Probably not since you'd probably schedule through the cable provider, and not Tivo. Sarai Bucciarelli Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia On Nov 17, 2010, at 11:46 PM, Michael Thurman wrote: hmmm since I believe

Re: Oh boy

2010-11-18 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Not to mention devorce lawyer fees. LOL. Sarai Bucciarelli Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:39 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Oh, would it ever. I'm really, seriously tempted. My husband has this bad habit of

Re: Syncing folders over the Air

2010-11-18 Thread Gena Harper
Hi Kevin Sent from my iPhone On Nov 17, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Scott Granados scott.grana...@gmail.com wrote: Just to add to this, Make sure your router doesn't automatically start redistributing your net bios traffic. User authentication is pretty useless if the ports are open so you want to

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Ricardo - The only way I was ever able to get my macbook or mbp to stay awake with the lid closed was to have an external monitor attached. When I did that, it worked great and I could access everything, put it to sleep, wake it up and restart it using the external USB keyboard, but whenever

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Thanks for the info. I don't think anything has changed. I'm using a a 2010 macbook pro I just got last week. lol. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Nov 18, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Bryan Jones wrote: Hi Ricardo - The

Re: Oh boy

2010-11-18 Thread Donna Goodin
Ah, good point! thanks. :) Donna On Nov 18, 2010, at 9:45 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Not to mention devorce lawyer fees. LOL. Sarai Bucciarelli Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:39 AM, Donna Goodin

REL Latency in Amadeus

2010-11-18 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Joshua, I don't think you can adjust the latency. I have never been able to do that. I usually check the play through box just to hear my levels and then I uncheck it when recording. I also have use the Imike which allows you an extra input and output. It's nice, and gives you a lot more

Re: Mobile access podcast

2010-11-18 Thread Wes Smith
It looks like the link doesn't work. Try reuploading it? Thanks. On Nov 18, 2010, at 7:42 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi Guys and gals, Me, Taylor Scott, and Carlos Palomino, who some of you will know from other lists, have started a bi weekly podcast. We will be discussing tech news in

Re: re-uploading songs to youtube

2010-11-18 Thread Allison Manzino
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Re: moving to a computer-based entertainment system Using Tivo

2010-11-18 Thread Scott Granados
The only thing worth geting over cable is the Internet. The TV quality sucks and is over compressed and the phone works OK but it's over priced. The Internet is generally a pretty good buy though. I've found the best mix right now is TV over the dish and Internet over cable. I use an

Re: Mobile access podcast

2010-11-18 Thread louie
Are you all going to set up RSS so we can get to get your podcast? You could set up a e-mail list to let us know when there is a podcast. Just some thoughts. On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:42 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi Guys and gals, Me, Taylor Scott, and Carlos Palomino, who some of you will know

Mod note: the oh boy thread and other chat group messages.

2010-11-18 Thread Geoff Waaler
Greetings y'all, Personally I prefer a moderating style involving minimal intrusion,, hence kept hoping the Oh boy topic would die on its own because by any reasonable analysis, about 90 percent of it consisted of off topic posts which would be more aptly written to a chat group.

Today's Safari update says it includes Improved stability when using VoiceOver with Safari.

2010-11-18 Thread Bryan Jones
FYI - Today Apple released version 5.0.3 of Safari. The last bullet in the list of improvements is Improved stability when using VoiceOver with Safari. In the US the download is available via the standard software update procedure: Apple Menu / Software Update. The install required a restart of

Re: Today's Safari update says it includes Improved stability when using VoiceOver with Safari.

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Thanks. I'll update eventhoug I use webkit. On Nov 18, 2010, at 10:25, Bryan Jones openses...@me.com wrote: FYI - Today Apple released version 5.0.3 of Safari. The last bullet in the list of improvements is Improved stability when using VoiceOver with Safari. In the US the

Copying music from my 3rd gen iPod Touch to the Mac (or a Windows-machine)

2010-11-18 Thread David Hole
Hi folks. I know this have been asked for before, and there was no answers, so I'd try again. Because of a system-crash, lots of my music in my iTunes got lost, and lots of songs lost their names and tags. To make the recovery-process a bit easier, I'd copy the music from my iPod first

Audacity

2010-11-18 Thread louie
Hi all, I am trying to learn how to change the time field of the items in the Generate menu. Any one know how to do this change of time. Thanks for any help. louie louiem...@wavecable.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

Re: Today's Safari update says it includes Improved stability when using VoiceOver with Safari.

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. thanks for the update. I'll update but since Iuse webkit I've noticed this for the past few weeks. S On Nov 18, 2010, at 10:25, Bryan Jones openses...@me.com wrote: FYI - Today Apple released version 5.0.3 of Safari. The last bullet in the list of improvements is Improved stability

Re: moving to a computer-based entertainment system Using Tivo

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
THATs not bad. I don't much like tvo vut if youcan set recording times on the site and stuff then that would probably make it more accessibil.and if youcan trasnfer your shows to your mac thenmore power to you. On Nov 18, 2010, at 1:15, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Time

Re: moving to a computer-based entertainment system Using Tivo

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh we dont get dishfor free and the thiing doesn't even beep but show an on screen menu. sofor me my tvo is not accessibil. YeahI'll stick wit cable as we have good stuff here. S On Nov 18, 2010, at 2:22, heather kd5cbl kd5...@gmail.com wrote: I have uverse or rather my mom does. Yes the

Re: REL Latency in Amadeus

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
I also do the same thing then I'm on my wy when I hit record. that way I know alllevels are perfect. S On Nov 17, 2010, at 17:38, Allison Manzino gwennac...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Joshua, I don't think you can adjust the latency. I have never been able to do that. I usually check the play

Re: speeding up media

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh that sucks! youmeantheytook awaythe abialityin the newer quick time programs? Oh sucky! On Nov 18, 2010, at 9:05, Esther mori...@mac.com wrote: Hi Robert, Yes, sorry, I forgot about this since my use of this feature from QuickTime Player 7 and the AppleScripts dates back from Tiger!

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
And it really sicks. I know I've voiced my opiniononthis before but apple really needs to change that. I mean you can just close the lid and put it on your bookshelf and still be able to use it or wht not. I don't see why youcannot or should not be able to configure this. THat's the onlything I

Re: Announcing WinZip Mac Edition: All New for the Mac!

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
yeahI'll stick with SArchiver for making rar files. It's only about $20 or so. On Nov 18, 2010, at 4:36, erik burggraaf e...@erik-burggraaf.com wrote: That's quite a price tag considering. Best, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant, One on one access technology support and training

Re: cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
I agree on that. I've heard and made somepretty bad sounding cds and don't even get me started on transcoding! Ok I'll shut up now! On Nov 18, 2010, at 10:06, Scott Granados scott.grana...@gmail.com wrote: CD disks do not necessarily sound better than downloads. It depends on how much

Vmware Tools for Vinux?

2010-11-18 Thread Teresa Cochran
Does anyone use Vmware Tools for Ubuntu when using Vinux OS? Are they essential? If so, how can I allow permissions for the mounted disk image for Vmware tools to be extracted. Vinux says I don't have permission to extract the files. I tried using gthe ksudo nautilus command, but it still

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
I agree, This lack of basic customization makes me scratch my head. Why assume every time a person closes the lid they want to put the computer to sleep? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Nov 18, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Sarah

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Ricardo: c'mon, you can't be serious. It takes all of 3 seconds to wake up the Mac, as opposed to at least a couple minutes to pull a pc out of standby. Personally I find the close-lid sleep a big plus when i'm done working and just flip it shut and go on my way. I've also had my computer

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Jim Barbour
Yeah, but If I understand correctly, I start a job running in the background and then close the laptop. Reguardless of how long it takes to wake up the laptop, my job didn't run while the laptop was closed. Most unfortunate... Jim On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 02:10:38PM -0700, Carolyn Haas wrote:

Re: Audacity

2010-11-18 Thread Colin M
Hi Louie! this link will take you to a guide for the accessible version theres a list of commands hopefully the one you need is there! hth Colin http://www.icanworkthisthing.com/docs/mac_with_voiceover/audio/audacity_for_mac_with_voiceover.shtml On 18 Nov 2010, at 20:19, louie wrote: Hi all,

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
I'm very serious. lol. It's about options. For example, I wanted to play music on iTunes with the lid closed today. Shutting the lid put the MBP to sleep and stopped the music. How about another example. Let's say you are performing a task on your computer and need to move location. Are

safari 5.0.3 , macosx 10.6.5 and braille

2010-11-18 Thread William Windels
Hello all, I have just installed safari 5.0.3 after installing 10.6.5 on my macbook. I was very disappointed at the first moment about the braille problem in safari that exists some months. After a update of the os and a update of safari, the problem seems not to be solved yet... I have tested

Re: Audacity

2010-11-18 Thread louie
Colin, Thanks been there. On Nov 18, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Colin M wrote: Hi Louie! this link will take you to a guide for the accessible version theres a list of commands hopefully the one you need is there! hth Colin

Re: Mobile access podcast

2010-11-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Go to this link http://goo.gl/V4938 Then click on RSS subscribe, then choose iTunes. hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Nov 18, 2010, at 5:27 PM, eddy wrote: are you posting the episodes in itunes? On Nov 18,

mac os x accesibility with note takers

2010-11-18 Thread eddy
hey eveyone, I am a mac os x user who really likes the way voice over works. I have organizations like. DBS division of blind servises and other giving their clients who request computers Dell laptops with Jaws screen reader installed. what I am aware of is that Jaws alone is more than a thousand

Re: I cannot get gmail pop mail service to work

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Why not just go imap. and remember when you delete messages you need to empty your trash. but allof your messages are still in your all mail folder.Yeah GMail did break somethingas that's when I started having issues. Ah well I'll live. lol! On Nov 17, 2010, at 21:40, Michael Thurman

Fun noises alex makes.

2010-11-18 Thread Andy Lane
Hi, Obviously we all know and love that alex breathes like a real person but I noticed something today that I hadn't before, he can say pst. I thought that was so fun I tried a few more noises and only managed to find a few, I found hu and s. I love that Apple included these I

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
eha that'strue and that's why I do't want one.Ithink apple made a big mistake over taking out the ether net port. ranted I don't use one and I have a portable wireless hotspot I take but if that should die Ineed a back up plan and eather net would bethe way to go. Sg On Nov 16, 2010, at

Re: mac os x accesibility with note takers

2010-11-18 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! As a rather frequent note taker user, or rather...used-to-be frequent user, I find the Mac is more than efficient for my study needs. In fact, I find a notetaker can't even handle most of what I need in my college, and as such, the Mac is much easier to deal with. I use the PAC Mate QX440,

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

2010-11-18 Thread Yuma Decaux
The ethernet is a 10/100 and not 1000 and the macbook air is a portable system, in the extremes. Meaning it would mostly be used as a wifi connected internet search pad. And some more stuff that actually doesn't require LAN connectivity. This is why they put it aside for other more beneficial

Re: mac os x accesibility with note takers

2010-11-18 Thread Scott Howell
Ricardo, I think you are making some very broad and general assumptions. There is sufficient evidence of people who are very successful in using Pages, Text Edit, etc. to accomplish a number of word processing tasks. HOnestly I had to use WOrd for something today (Word 2007) and it was such a

SEE Finance Help

2010-11-18 Thread Les Kriegler
If anybody is using SEE Finance, I'd be interested in either speaking with you or communicating via e-mail. I'm having difficulty in activating edit fields in the process of entering transactions, particularly in investment transactions. Thanks. Les -- You received this message because you

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

2010-11-18 Thread Scott Granados
Not having an ethernet port is serious weak sauce! Even my Asus Netbook has ethernet (gig if memory serves). Sure you might use wireless but there are lots of settings where having an ethernet port would be beneficial including being able to take packet captures, attach to networks in the

Re: cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
The only thing you can redownload I think is apps for iphone and ipod touch devices. TV shows, music, ETC can only be downloaded once. On Nov 17, 2010, at 10:26 PM, Michael Thurman wrote: I thought that i tunes let you download as many times as you want once you pay for a track... my

Re: macbook pro battery.

2010-11-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
I try to remember to change it to 5 percent before shutting down, but as soon as it's booted, I change it to 0 percent, no sense wasting any battery power on a display I can't read. On Nov 18, 2010, at 3:17 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, If the brigtness is set to 0, it indeed goes back to

Re: mac os x accesibility with note takers

2010-11-18 Thread Scott Granados
Remember that FS has a strangle hold and it has little to do with cost benefits or actual product performance. FS has paid off some organizations for the blind that actively work to undermine the migration to Apple. Just follow the money and see the interesting hit pieces and scare tactics

Re: macbook pro battery.

2010-11-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
You might try pressing F1 or function F1 a couple times to make sure it's totally at 0 percent. On Nov 18, 2010, at 3:42 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: Hi Sarah and Mike, I was expecting to have to turn brightness down every time, I should have someone check. All I know is that VO reports the

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

2010-11-18 Thread Yuma Decaux
I think the macbook air isn't made for special network diagnostics, rather a portable ssystem for mobile journalists, light media operators and the likes. There is always the ethernet usb route, but then again i don't think there is that much going on for network sysops -- You received this

Re: Today's Safari update says it includes Improved stability when using VoiceOver with Safari.

2010-11-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
If it uses a newer webkit, hopefully it fixes the issue of text not reading in a multiline edit box, I've been using the nightly webkit builds to get around that for a while, will download it as soon as I finish my email. On Nov 18, 2010, at 12:25 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: FYI - Today Apple

Leaving on Vacation and going nomail

2010-11-18 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Thanks to all of you who have been so kind with your time and knowledge. Just want to share that Gary and I are leaving for a Caribbean cruise, thus I am going nomail for the next ten days; internet time aboard ships is a costly thing indeed! I know I will miss a lot of learning while I am

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

2010-11-18 Thread Scott Granados
That's a shame because the Mac Air would make a good device for use in the field. The Unix underlying operating to start is fantastic, having alight weight device like that to zip in and out of the colo with.. would be great. You could use USB ethernet but that seems silly since I'm not

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-18 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I think it boots up faster than my Mac, but I'll be interested to see what others say. Marlaina On Nov 15, 2010, at 11:38 PM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello All, Admitedly, I am jumping in on this thread midway but ... I went to the Apple store today and took a good long look at the MacBook Air.

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-18 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
It is in the same place in the upper right hand corner, last button right hand side. It is an actual button. Marlaina On Nov 16, 2010, at 7:47 AM, Carolyn Haas wrote: Mark: How did you even find the power on button? I couldn't find one in the usual place. carolyn On Nov 16, 2010, at 12:38

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Fr some reason yoru message appeard as an attachment. No worries though. YEah tryit out and keep us posted. I still might go tothe apple store with out my wallet and card just to see one. On Nov 18, 2010, at 16:40, Marlaina Lieberg 1guide...@gmail.com wrote: mime-attachment.txt -- You

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-18 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
No the Air 11 incher does not have an sd slot, but I'll carry a flat card reader with me in order to save nearly a pound and keep my device small and compact. The 11 incher has 2 USB ports, one on each side. Marlaina On Nov 16, 2010, at 7:54 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: Ricardo, I've

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
I think it's 10mbps for usb which is fast but not asfast as a 100mbps connection that's wireless. On Nov 18, 2010, at 16:39, Scott Granados scott.grana...@gmail.com wrote: That's a shame because the Mac Air would make a good device for use in the field. The Unix underlying operating to

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

2010-11-18 Thread Yuma Decaux
Yea the unix system is definetely good for field work, i lug around my macbook pro 17 when required and its a back killer. Perhaps someday a faster throughput external device could come up, or else it might be a lost cause as the ethernet port is rather big. Reason why firewire is also absent

Re: safari 5.0.3 , macosx 10.6.5 and braille

2010-11-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
If you use the nightly webkit builds, do you still have the problem? I'm thinking this is the same problem that reveals itself with being unable to read the current line with speech in a multiline edit box. On Nov 18, 2010, at 3:35 PM, William Windels wrote: Hello all, I have just installed

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

2010-11-18 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
The air has 2 USB ports, weighs a heck of a lot less, and is just easier to carry about. I think it's wonderful that we have choices, and for me at age 61, the weight of what I carry is important. But, it's all like ice cream: some love chocolate while others pray for streets in heaven to be

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

2010-11-18 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
You can find a usb to rj11 converter if you have to go ethernet. I understand that can be an issue for some, but again, for me it's about the weight, or lack thereof, of the thing. It is amazing! And it is very fast. Marlaina On Nov 16, 2010, at 12:22 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: No

Re: Today's Safari update says it includes Improved stability when using VoiceOver with Safari.

2010-11-18 Thread Linda Adams
Hi folks, I hadn't installed the OS 10.6.5 yet because I saw some postings about VO issues. I'm hoping that the Safari update has solved those. My question is whether I should install the OS first and then install the Safari update. If I do them both at the same time, should it matter?

Re: Bringing back an iTunes library

2010-11-18 Thread Michael Thurman
I have not read newer messages yet, but there are third party programs that will retrieve your entire llibrary from he i pod do NOT sync it with your mac and let i tunes erase it I don't have an I pod that cares, so I don't know the software's name but I do know it exists in the windows world

Re: moving to a computer-based entertainment system Using Tivo

2010-11-18 Thread Michael Thurman
it's a promotional offer it won't stay free, but to get a new teavo and pay the fee will be 20 a month and to enable my old series 2 is 12 a month still more than tw even after the introductary offer On Nov 18, 2010, at 4:15 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, Time warner doesn't offer DVR for

Re: moving to a computer-based entertainment system Using Tivo

2010-11-18 Thread Michael Thurman
dish doesn' offer on demand, i dumped directv because they screwed with my pricing and their package sucks in compaison maybe Raleigh twc is better than average. My girlfriend's parents have it and it's awesome there which is why we are interested not to mention that it costs only 35 more

Re: mac os x accesibility with note takers

2010-11-18 Thread eddy
thank you. you where alll very help full. personaly I've seen that Iwork is good enough to replace microsoft office. I'm happy to have found a bunch of mac os x, voice over users, who are willing to help -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: Today's Safari update says it includes Improved stability when using VoiceOver with Safari.

2010-11-18 Thread Matthew Campbell
VO issues? Where? All worked fine over here. It won't matter which you install first because they'll both be downloaded at the same time and you'll have to restart your mac to install them. On 2010-11-18, at 8:09 PM, Linda Adams wrote: Hi folks, I hadn't installed the OS 10.6.5 yet because

Re: Oh boy

2010-11-18 Thread Michael Thurman
one of those and a good home theater system would be awesome I have not heard th ebuilt in speakers, but I am sure I'd still want a theater system to go with it, not alot of separation there from the sofa. I'd love to see apple come out with a 35 or 42 or bigger display I bet they coudl do a

Re: cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-18 Thread Michael Thurman
ok the problem is where do you buy higher resolution music? sacd is dead as is dvda because the playback equipment was so overpriced so what's better than cd that I can get my hands on, especialy music i actually want to listen to. most of todays' music isn't worth my time to listen to. I don't

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Michael Thurman
exactly that's why I don't use an external keyboard I'd prefer that and keeping my mac closed to keep kitties off the built in keyboard maybe it will last longer that way not to mention that often I'd put the mac on the home theater in the living room and kick back with the wireless

Re: macbook pro battery.

2010-11-18 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Sarah, Well, I just had my wife look at the display. She said the brightness was not good at all until i started raising it with the F F2 key combination. When at 100%, she stated it was much improved. So it would appear that the setting is being held on my machine at 0%. Les -- You

Re: I cannot get gmail pop mail service to work

2010-11-18 Thread Michael Thurman
I tried the all mail box too with no effect unless I'm doing something wrong I'll give it another try but I think it's just busted On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:00 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Why not just go imap. and remember when you delete messages you need to empty your trash. but allof your

Re: cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-18 Thread Michael Thurman
then i wil never buy music from i tunes I have a friend who lost about a thousand dolars of music she bought from I tunes and now has nothing to show for it On Nov 18, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: The only thing you can redownload I think is apps for iphone and ipod touch devices.

Re: cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Amazon does downloads of 320kbps. THATS about as high as you are gong ot get and don't forget the niquest theory. That puts a damper on things. Google that one as that's way off the scopeof this list. S On Nov 18, 2010, at 17:53, Michael Thurman kb7...@gmail.com wrote: ok the problem is

Re: cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
OUch! amazon has cheaper music and it comes in goodquality. Also you can burn them to cd and back them up that way and in my case convert them to mp3 or 32kbps AAC which sounds great! Good luck. On Nov 18, 2010, at 18:07, Michael Thurman kb7...@gmail.com wrote: then i wil never buy music

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeah there are pieces of software to do that but look in the archives for more info. On Nov 18, 2010, at 17:56, Michael Thurman kb7...@gmail.com wrote: exactly that's why I don't use an external keyboard I'd prefer that and keeping my mac closed to keep kitties off the built in keyboard

Re: why the fuss over the MBA

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
I only get 10mbps on a usb2.0 transfer and th esmart computing article I read a few years was saying 10 mbps as well. S On Nov 18, 2010, at 16:50, Yuma Decaux jamy...@gmail.com wrote: USB 2 is about 130mbps and the ethernet is on 10/100 The best solution is a GB ethernet connected through

Re: safari 5.0.3 , macosx 10.6.5 and braille

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
OH yeha webkit still did not fix that eather. Yeah. I use the nightly builds as well. On Nov 18, 2010, at 16:53, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net wrote: If you use the nightly webkit builds, do you still have the problem? I'm thinking this is the same problem that reveals itself with being

Re: moving to a computer-based entertainment system Using Tivo

2010-11-18 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I have Brighthouse cable Internet, which is fine, and Direct TV with my Tivo hooked up to it. Sarai Bucciarelli Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia On Nov 18, 2010, at 12:00 PM, Scott Granados wrote: The only thing worth

Re: cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-18 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hello: That is why you backup your iTunes library to a hard drive, sd card, cloud based storage, etc. Sarai Bucciarelli Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia On Nov 18, 2010, at 8:07 PM, Michael Thurman wrote: then i wil never buy

Re: moving to a computer-based entertainment system Using Tivo

2010-11-18 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Would you write me off list and discuss the accessibility it TIVO? I might consider going that route. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message

Re: Chat clients: Was Telnet

2010-11-18 Thread Jude DaShiell
Why not download tiny fugue for the mac? I think it's on fink. To start that you run the tf command in the terminal. I don't know how well ichat works, but that's supposed to have irc capabilities. As for telnet, it's poison. Better to use stelnet. On Wed, 17 Nov 2010, Michael Thurman

Re: tiny iphone keyboards

2010-11-18 Thread Thuy Mallalieu
Hi Sonnia. Freedom also do the I-connex mini which is the same size as the iphone itself but much thinner and lighter. You can do everything from it including waking up the iphone. Hope this helps. Cheers Thuy Sent from my iPhone On 19 Nov 2010, at 02:39, Sonnia sonnia...@gmail.com wrote: