Re: Intel Xeon W3530 quad-core processor and internal storage

2012-04-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
True. I guess if its going into a 17 inch MBP, 27 iMac or, Mac pro, a new heat sink is almost guaranteed to fit. Apple only uses a hand full of cases, and only certain models can support that processor on the board. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore

Re: Selecting files using vo.

2012-04-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I don't find it necessary to turn cursor tracking off. When in the finder, I just make sure I'm interacting with the browser, pressVO command space on the item I want to select, and make sure I go to the next item by pressing VO up or down arrow. Just using the arrows by themselves will

Re: Using a mouse

2012-04-18 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Mike, In VoiceOver Utility, Verbosity category, select the Announcements tab and check the check box Speak text under mouse after delay. Then set the delay to zero. When you run one finger over the trackpad, VO will speak what is under the mouse. Cheers, Anne -- You received this

Re: Mail, unread versus read messages.

2012-04-18 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Veronica, I'm confused by what you're seeing, too. When you're on the messages table but not interacting, what happens when you press VO-Down Arrow? You should find a horizontal splitter and not be able to go down any further. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message because you are

Re: Intel Xeon W3530 quad-core processor and internal storage

2012-04-18 Thread Cody Hurst
No, the heatsink and processor will fit together just as they would otherwise. The six core Mac Pro comes with a W3680 Xeon chip. So, this is nothing new, and it will fit right from the factory. Nevertheless though, I am used to working on, and building computers. Sent from my iPhone On Apr

Re: Intel Xeon W3530 quad-core processor and internal storage

2012-04-18 Thread Cody Hurst
Processor upgrades are fairly simple. You just have to do reading beforehand. In this case, all parts will fit together properly with no extra modification needed. Just today, I installed and SSD hard drive and added 16 gigs of ram my computer. So I'm used to all of this. Sent from my iPhone

Re: Intel Xeon W3530 quad-core processor and internal storage

2012-04-18 Thread Cody Hurst
Typically, you would be right, but as I said before in this case, the W3680 Comstock in the Mac Pro six core. So like I said, nothing new here and no modifications needed. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:30 AM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Ah! Ok. Because faster

Re: Intel Xeon W3530 quad-core processor and internal storage

2012-04-18 Thread Lewis Alexander
depending on the CPU installation, the same heat sink and fan can be used, that is depending on how far the processor upgrade goes. it's an easy job to do as long as you're careful. I've done this on various macs in my time including major overhauls, turning a G3 blue and white into a monster

Re: facebook question, was Re: selecting files using VO.

2012-04-18 Thread Krister Ekstrom
There is an app called Menutab pro for Facebook. It's available from the Mac App store. It lives in the status menu of the mac, a part that voiceover can't reach with normal commands, however you can use a shortcut key which by default is control+f to make the programs window visible. The nice

Can VO be made to read Arabic

2012-04-18 Thread Frank Ventura
Hello all, I am working with someone who has been using a Mac visually and now needs to use VO. As part of his duties he needs to learn Arabic. Is there any means of VO reading Arabic? Are there any Arabic synthesizers available and does anything need to be installed on the Mac. The Mac is a

drag and drop

2012-04-18 Thread Gerry Cook
Hi i hope your having a good day where ever you are, using lion 10.73 I tried to drag and drop a music file from downloads to an mp3 folder on the desktop but, when i tried to drop the file on the folder voiceover said the file was their, but when i went into the folder to find, it it didn't

Re: Can VO be made to read Arabic

2012-04-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Lion comes with an Arabic voice. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Apr 18, 2012, at 5:42 AM, Frank Ventura frank.vent...@littlebreezes.com wrote: Hello all, I am working with someone who has been using a Mac visually and

Re: I'm going to scream, what am I doing wrong!

2012-04-18 Thread Jennifer Perdue
When I go to the subject line via that method, is it supposed to go word for word through the date to get to the subject line? Jenny On Apr 17, 2012, at 10:05 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Jennifer, I believe that you missing one Interaction step. • If you VO-right and VO reads Hide, then go

RE: DAISY Reader

2012-04-18 Thread wayne coles
I have heard that indaisey is ok but that information was second hand so I cant comment on the app -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Chao Sent: 17 April 2012 11:34 To: macvisionaries

Re: facebook question, was Re: selecting files using VO.

2012-04-18 Thread Stacey Robinson
Theresa Thats just what I needed. Thanks. On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:29 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Ah, ok. Well, in the mobile site, you can navigate by links with VO-command-L. On the full site, you can navigate by headings. each newsfeed heading is a level 6, so once you get to a newsfeed on

Re: Selecting files using vo.

2012-04-18 Thread Stacey Robinson
Ricardo, Thanks, if I am in a group of emails and I want to delete some of them, that aren't together, how can I do this. I suspect it may be a different process. On Apr 18, 2012, at 1:27 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, I don't find it necessary to turn cursor tracking off. When in the

Re: drag and drop

2012-04-18 Thread Stacey Robinson
How do you drag and drop something using VO? I've tried this with no success. I should say, I've tried to try it. On Apr 18, 2012, at 6:04 AM, Gerry Cook wrote: Hi i hope your having a good day where ever you are, using lion 10.73 I tried to drag and drop a music file from downloads to an

Re: I'm going to scream, what am I doing wrong!

2012-04-18 Thread Tim Kilburn
Using this method, when you first Interact with the Message Header Text area, navigating with VO-right, it should read the word From, then the sender's name, then it will move to the next line and read the word Subject and if you continued, it would read the actual subject then move onto the

Re: Selecting files using vo.

2012-04-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I just tried it in Mail because I wasn't sure but, its the same process. Interact with the messages table, navigate to the items you want to select, press VO command space, press VO up or down to the next message you want to select and repeat as necessary. You can then press VO F6 to see

Selecting files with VO

2012-04-18 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi all, I've got it now. Thanks to everyone for your help. I might learn to use this mac after all. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this

Re: Intel Xeon W3530 quad-core processor and internal storage

2012-04-18 Thread Chris Blouch
Yup. I'll be curious to know how it goes. My last attempt at upgrading a CPU was back in the Sonnet Systems and NewerTechnologies days (pre-Intel). Today my fleet of Macs is a Mini which I can't upgrade, a MacBook which I can't upgrade and my old G4 tower, which isn't worth upgrading. So I

Re: I'm going to scream, what am I doing wrong!

2012-04-18 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
I wonder, can you use Items Chooser menu to search for from? I wonder if that might be easier, at this point, than navigating to it, until navigation is more second nature? • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home

Re: How do you put the name to a pages document in IOS

2012-04-18 Thread Daniel Montalvo
That's a good workdaround, but I think they should fix this as soon as possible. It is necessary that one can rename a file with Voice Over during the whole process. Right now I will report this to Apple Accessibility! 2012/4/15, Daniela Rubio mabuha...@gmail.com: Thank you again Ann. Now it

Re: I'm going to scream, what am I doing wrong!

2012-04-18 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Nope, just tried it to see and that aint gonna work. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Apr 18, 2012, at 9:22 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: I wonder, can you use Items

Re: Disabling the preview pane in Lion mail

2012-04-18 Thread Steve Holmes
Hi Esther and Buddy, I want to thank you both for the ideas for using mail in the newer modern view and being able to close up the message body pane. It works great for me now and the read/unread flags don't get changed by merely going up and down the message list anymore. I think mail on the

Numbers, Can it read column and row titles?

2012-04-18 Thread Becky Knaub
Hi all this is pretty urgent. I need to use numbers to do a class assignment. I need to know if VO can read cullumn titles and row titles like JAWS can. Thanks. Becky and Ceil -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Checkbook vs Checkbook Pro?

2012-04-18 Thread Steve Holmes
I remember someone recommending Checkbook to do Well, checkbook management on the Mac. When I looked in the app store this morning, I saw two Checkbook apps there; Checkbook for $14.95 and Checkbook Pro for $19.95 or so. Does anyone know the difference between them? I may just go for the cheaper

Re: iMovie questions for Mike

2012-04-18 Thread Michael Malarsie
Hey! Sorry I took so long to write you back. I also found where it said it creates an audio track. I have never been able to find it though. I will do a little messing around with the music to find out how to loop a track. I know it is possible. I have done it once by

Re: Numbers, Can it read column and row titles?

2012-04-18 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Becky, Yes, VO can announce headers. In VoiceOver Utility, Verbosity, announcements, check the Speak header when navigating across a table row check box. When navigating along a row, you'll hear the column number, the contents of the cell and then the header name. You can get both cell

Re: drag and drop

2012-04-18 Thread Jennifer Perdue
I'd like to know the same thing. I use Lion. Jenny On Apr 18, 2012, at 8:13 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: How do you drag and drop something using VO? I've tried this with no success. I should say, I've tried to try it. On Apr 18, 2012, at 6:04 AM, Gerry Cook wrote: Hi i hope your having

Re: I'm going to scream, what am I doing wrong!

2012-04-18 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Mine doesn't do that, I VO shift down arrow and when it says interacting with headers, I right arrow and it says hide. I VO left arrow and it gives the name of the person again, but when I do the VO shift M it does nothing most of the time, but when it get a whim, sometimes, it will give me

How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-18 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, I don't usually cross-post, but this seems like an instance in which it would be beneficial. I'm going to share with you all the way I've successfully imported WebBraille books to read in IBooks. There are other methods of reading these on the IPhone/IPod, but this method will allow

Re: drag and drop

2012-04-18 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Jenny. I have just forgotten about drag and drop; I'm using the king of the beasts also. The reason it doesn't always work is that, if you are totally blind like me,you can't tell if something went off the screen or not when you get ready to drop it. If it goes off the screen, it won't

Re: I'm going to scream, what am I doing wrong!

2012-04-18 Thread Jennifer Perdue
I can get to the from field in the headers, it's the menu that won't come up whether I interact with it or not. When I do interact with the headers field and get the from field, I VO arrow right and get the hide something or another, I VO left arrow to go back to the from field which I

Re: Checkbook vs Checkbook Pro?

2012-04-18 Thread Jennifer Perdue
I'd like to know the same thing. Though my bank sends me every deposit and withdrawal that is made in my checking account, also it sends me daily account balances, but sometimes it forgets to send the balances, and sometimes transactions don't hit the bank until a few days later. I'd love to

Re: drag and drop

2012-04-18 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Hi, I don't use the track pad anyway. I only have the keyboard, so will drag and drop work with just the keyboard? Jenny On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:35 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: Hi Jenny. I have just forgotten about drag and drop; I'm using the king of the beasts also. The reason it doesn't

Re: drag and drop

2012-04-18 Thread irid domnori
Yep, it works: vo , for drag and vo . for drop. irid domnori irid.domn...@gmail.com contatto skype: superirid Il giorno 18/apr/2012, alle ore 21:07, Jennifer Perdue ha scritto: Hi, I don't use the track pad anyway. I only have the keyboard, so will drag and drop work with just the

Re: drag and drop

2012-04-18 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Hi, I'm confused because I only received the VO command for drag and VO command for drop. Don't you have to press another key besides VO to drag, and VO and another letter to drop it? Jenny On Apr 18, 2012, at 1:11 PM, irid domnori wrote: Yep, it works: vo , for drag and vo . for drop.

Re: I'm going to scream, what am I doing wrong!

2012-04-18 Thread Maxwell Ivey
jenniffer, i don't think you are doing anything wrong. it works for me every time but i'm using the keyboard on my macbook pro. once on the email address that v o and m for menu should work. i'm sorry i can't help any better. take care, max On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:28 PM, Jennifer Perdue

Re: I'm going to scream, what am I doing wrong!

2012-04-18 Thread Jennifer Perdue
thanks for your help. Jenny On Apr 18, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Maxwell Ivey wrote: jenniffer, i don't think you are doing anything wrong. it works for me every time but i'm using the keyboard on my macbook pro. once on the email address that v o and m for menu should work. i'm sorry i can't

Re: drag and drop

2012-04-18 Thread Maxwell Ivey
hi jenny; for me to do a drag and drop i have to hold shift control option and command and then press the space bar. then do it again to drop. hope that helps, max On Apr 18, 2012, at 1:15 PM, Jennifer Perdue wrote: Hi, I'm confused because I only received the VO command for drag and VO

Re: drag and drop

2012-04-18 Thread Jennifer Perdue
that helps a lot. Thanks. Jenny On Apr 18, 2012, at 1:29 PM, Maxwell Ivey wrote: hi jenny; for me to do a drag and drop i have to hold shift control option and command and then press the space bar. then do it again to drop. hope that helps, max On Apr 18, 2012, at 1:15 PM, Jennifer

Re: drag and drop

2012-04-18 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hi, The command to drag something is VO-comma, and to drop it is VO-period. I found this out by listening to one of Mike Malarsie's How to be Blind tutorials on YouTube. HTH, Rahul On 19/04/2012, Jennifer Perdue jlperd...@gmail.com wrote: that helps a lot. Thanks. Jenny On Apr 18, 2012,

Tactile screen protectors for the iPhone

2012-04-18 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hey all, I recently read about tactile screen protectors that are provided by a company called Speed Dots. These screen protectors basically provide raised dots in areas where the most frequently used options like backspace, okay, cancel, etc are located. They also provide raised dots for all

equivalent of perky duck equivalent for mac?

2012-04-18 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
I used to love typing braille on y pc with that program and have to found any way to do this on mac. I am getting by typing the qwerty equivalents but if there is anything out there would love to find it. Thanks for your help. Ioana Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes

Re: I'm going to scream, what am I doing wrong!

2012-04-18 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If you are getting the Hide button then you have not Interacted enough. That is, the Hide button is part of the Header Group but it is not within the Header text. So, when VO reads From, try Interacting with that area, then you should hear more details about the sender, the subject and

Re: Mail, unread versus read messages.

2012-04-18 Thread Veronica Elsea
Hi Anne! Okay, you're right. When not interacting with the table, I pressed VO-down-arrow and there it was! Horrizontal splitter. Is this the one I should then route my mouse to and double tap? Oh so close! lol. Thanks. Veronica At 11:36 PM 4/17/2012, you wrote: Hello Veronica, I'm

Re: Mail, unread versus read messages.

2012-04-18 Thread Veronica Elsea
Woo hoo! This explanation finally did the trick for me. Mail is now behaving as I want it to. Yippee! Thanks for your patience, all of you. Hopefully one day down the road, I'll be able to do the same for someone else who is new to the Mac and VoiceOver. Thanks again. Veronica On Apr 18,

sharing tip for rewinding music in iTunes with keyboard

2012-04-18 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Hi all, Maybe this is old news but I could not find this in official apple documentation anywhere so thought nI'd share. When music is playing pressing command option left or right rewind or forwards the audio. hth, Ioana Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most

Re: sharing tip for rewinding music in iTunes with keyboard

2012-04-18 Thread Veronica Elsea
Thanks Ioana! I was just about to ask this question. Do you know if holding down command-option-right-arrow will make the music scrub slowly forward, like an old tape recorder? Or do you just tap it once and it goes a certain distance, etc. Thanks so much. Veronica Watch and hear The Guide

Re: Checkbook vs Checkbook Pro?

2012-04-18 Thread Brent Harding
Wow, you got it better than most. My oldest account, I get withdrawal and debit card alerts, but nothing much as far as deposits go. This new place I'm battling can only send alerts when a bill goes into process, for low/high balance thresholds, and deposits over a set threshold. To set it up

Opening bookshare books on mac.

2012-04-18 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi, I downloaded a bookshare book on my mac, but can't open it. What type of archiving program do I need to open this. Thanks. Stacey and GEB dog Chesley -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: iMovie questions for Mike

2012-04-18 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hello all! Talking about iMovie, how can I cot a part, let's say, some words or seconds from the middle of a clip? If you can help I will appreciate it very much! Thanks! SALUDOS, DANIELA R.T. MACNETICOS, APPLE Y ACCESIBILIDAD A TU ALCANCE. EN TWITTER: @macneticos NUESTRO BLOG EN:

re: using the mouse.

2012-04-18 Thread Veronica Elsea
Hi everyone! I can't believe I'm doing this. It drives me crazy when there's just been a discussion on a list about something and then someone writes in and asks, what was that again? So, tail between legs, ears back, here I go. I was so excited about mail finally behaving that I accidentally

Re: How do you put the name to a pages document in IOS

2012-04-18 Thread Daniela Rubio
Yes, I think the same. Pages is accessible, but the Naming of a document is ... very tricky. Thanks Ann for that work around! SALUDOS, DANIELA R.T. MACNETICOS, APPLE Y ACCESIBILIDAD A TU ALCANCE. EN TWITTER: @macneticos NUESTRO BLOG EN: www.macneticus.blogspot.com Y EL PODCAST EN:`

Re: Can VO be made to read Arabic

2012-04-18 Thread Daniela Rubio
Yes, Acapella from asisteve ware has meadle east languages available. SALUDOS, DANIELA R.T. MACNETICOS, APPLE Y ACCESIBILIDAD A TU ALCANCE. EN TWITTER: @macneticos NUESTRO BLOG EN: www.macneticus.blogspot.com Y EL PODCAST EN:` http://macneticos.libsyn.com El 18/04/2012, a las 11:42, Frank

Friend Can't Download Messages Beta

2012-04-18 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey guys. My friend is trying to download the Messages Beta for her Mac. When we were on the Apple website to download it, we couldn't find a download link. Has Apple got rid of the link or where is it? Also this friend is wondering if Apple got rid of the option to pay for products via Paypal.

Re: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-18 Thread Timothy Emmons
Thanks Theresa, i appreciate this, this method is a lot easier than I was going through the steps with so if you don't mind I am going to share this with one of my patrons here at the library. I work with the braille collection here at the Library for the Blind and also handle technology and

Re: sharing tip for rewinding music in iTunes with keyboard

2012-04-18 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Pressing once skyps a bit. Holding them pressed sounds like rewinding or fast forwarding cps. hth Ioana Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online stores. On Apr 18, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Veronica Elsea wrote: Thanks Ioana! I was just about to ask this question.

Re: drag and drop

2012-04-18 Thread Scott Howell
You also always have the option of using command-x to cut an item and command-option-v to move the file to the current location. 1. locate file 2. command-x to cut 3. move to new location 4. command-option-v to move the file to the new location. On Apr 18, 2012, at 3:16 PM, Rahul Bajaj wrote:

Re: How To Import WebBraille Books Into IBooks

2012-04-18 Thread Teresa Cochran
Absolutely, not a problem. :) By the way, I know it's working for me; I've been reading a book on my Ipod for the last few hours :) Teresa Winging its way from my iPod On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:49 PM, Timothy Emmons temmo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Theresa, i appreciate this, this method is a

Re: drag and drop

2012-04-18 Thread Jennifer Perdue
thank you. Can someone tell me how to switch from new email to classic email in lion please? Jenny On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: Hi, The command to drag something is VO-comma, and to drop it is VO-period. I found this out by listening to one of Mike Malarsie's How to be

Re: equivalent of perky duck equivalent for mac?

2012-04-18 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Ioana. I have giving some thought to doing this, but haven't yet had the time to play with it. If you don't have a braille display with input keys, I guess this won't work. I suspect it would work if you wanted a braille file 2`o turn on computer braille and just tyse in grade 2 in

Re: Checkbook vs Checkbook Pro?

2012-04-18 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Well, I'd still like to have a checkbook program to keep my own records. Jenny On Apr 18, 2012, at 3:45 PM, Brent Harding wrote: Wow, you got it better than most. My oldest account, I get withdrawal and debit card alerts, but nothing much as far as deposits go. This new place I'm battling

Re: drag and drop

2012-04-18 Thread Jennifer Perdue
This might sound stupid, but what's the difference? Jenny On Apr 18, 2012, at 5:14 PM, Scott Howell wrote: You also always have the option of using command-x to cut an item and command-option-v to move the file to the current location. 1. locate file 2. command-x to cut 3. move to new

Re: Using a mouse

2012-04-18 Thread Daniel MacDonald
hi Mike, the option you want is in the VoiceOver utility, in the navagation pain, not in universil access.it's in the section of the pain which also has options for the VO curser. VO should say, mouse kerser. a popup button presents you with options, where egnores VO kerser is the default. hope

Re: Tactile screen protectors for the iPhone

2012-04-18 Thread Eric Oyen
I didn't even know about these. I may need to find them. got a website address? -eric On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:37 PM, Rahul Bajaj wrote: Hey all, I recently read about tactile screen protectors that are provided by a company called Speed Dots. These screen protectors basically provide

Re: Checkbook vs Checkbook Pro?

2012-04-18 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I have Checkbook Pro. The Pro version lets you move entries in to smart folders, create global account summaries, etc. See the below link. http://www.splasm.com/checkbookpro/ On Apr 18, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: I remember someone recommending Checkbook to do Well, checkbook

Re: Tactile screen protectors for the iPhone

2012-04-18 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hi Eric, You can find more info about them at www.speeddots.com Do check it out! HTH, Rahul -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group,

speakers

2012-04-18 Thread Pam Mathers
Hi. Right now I have an audio cable hooked up to the headphone jack of the computer and the other end hooked in to the exilary output in my stereo so that the sound comes through the stereo speaker. The stereo only has two speakers so if I wanted more of a surround sound, would I beable to

Plex

2012-04-18 Thread Tim Hornik
While looking for different options to set up my Mini as a home Theater, I came across Plex. Thus far, I managed to set up the home server on the mini and purchased the iOS app. While I am enjoying the ability to stream my media to my various devices, a few areas concern me, though. First

Re: Olearia

2012-04-18 Thread Dean Adams
Hi Becky, Here is the link to download oleria . http://www.cucat.org/projects/olearia/ Regards Dean Sent from Dean Adams Macbook Pro breezepa...@gmail.com phone: 0243206031 Mobile: 0428133758 Skype : deanadams9 On 18/04/2012, at 4:58 AM, Becky Knaub wrote: Hi all, What website do