Re: Solution to Multiple Messages in Mail.app and a question about VIP's

2012-08-09 Thread Garth Humphreys
I love the way the gmail filters work and cannot imagine wanting to remove them in favor of local ones on my Mac. I just don't seem to have the problems some do. One thought, check if you have show related messages checked under mail viewing preferences. This will cause already deleted

Re: Organizing files and folders

2012-08-09 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi One way of getting yourself some of the way to where you want is to go into the view options. Press command + J to bring these up. Now Put arrange by to Kind and sort by to Name or whatever you like. The defaults are to arrange by None and sort by date modified. But if you put Arrange by

Re: Organizing files and folders

2012-08-09 Thread Angie Giltinan
If we use the view options, will that apply to all folders, and stay applied? In other words, I close that finder window, then re-open it, will my view options remain as I set them? On Aug 9, 2012, at 5:06 AM, Garth Humphreys ghu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi One way of getting yourself some of

reading pdf's on the mac

2012-08-09 Thread Angie Giltinan
Good morning all, is there a way to save a pdf to text? I am trying to read a manual, and the pdf viewer is not a great way to do it. Thanks for any help. Angie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email

Dragging and dropping frustration

2012-08-09 Thread Mary Scott
Okay, I attempted several times to drag my Mac List mailbox over to my Favorites bar so that it will pop up when pressing command 2. I went to the list and marked it successfully for dragging. I went to Drafts which is in the second position and marked it for dropping. It made the satisfying

Re: Organizing files and folders

2012-08-09 Thread Alex Hall
Do it on your drives, then it should apply to all folders inside those drives. Unfortunately, I can't find a way to change these globally, but you should see a checkbox to apply to all subfolders or something along those lines. Thanks for the tip about using kind, I never knew what that did. I

Re: 20 reasons why being blind is great

2012-08-09 Thread Mary Scott
This was great and I want to listen to more of these podcasts but I can't get to them through the link given. Is there a command or way to bypass the actual podcast to get to the others? This is a VO question now. Grin. Mel On Jul 29, 2012, at 12:04 AM, Blinkin blinkin4...@gmail.com wrote:

iTunes paranoia

2012-08-09 Thread Mary Scott
I have a mental block when it come to iTunes. Can somebody direct me to a very friendly guide to create a playlist so I can listen to my songs. I want the iTunes store BS to be vanquished if possible. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Organizing files and folders

2012-08-09 Thread Garth Humphreys
Check out the view menu as well, you'll find that there are keyboard shortcuts for swapping between the various arrange options. Garth www.iblindtech.com/ Search for iBlindTech in iTunes or your favourite pod catcher to subscribe to the iBlindTech Democast. Follow me on twitter

Re: 20 reasons why being blind is great

2012-08-09 Thread Chris Moore
You can find these podcasts on iBlink Radio app for the iPhone On 9 Aug 2012, at 14:39, Mary Scott bluespru...@comcast.net wrote: This was great and I want to listen to more of these podcasts but I can't get to them through the link given. Is there a command or way to bypass the actual

Re: Voice Changer that Works Through Skype

2012-08-09 Thread Chris Blouch
Depending on how serious, I'm not sure you're going to find such a specialized plugin, at least not for cheap. I would check into something like the SRS Voice Changer

Re: 20 reasons why being blind is great

2012-08-09 Thread Mary Scott
I do not have an iPPhone yet. What to do instead? On Aug 9, 2012, at 10:19 AM, Chris Moore apple.geek.ch...@gmail.com wrote: You can find these podcasts on iBlink Radio app for the iPhone On 9 Aug 2012, at 14:39, Mary Scott bluespru...@comcast.net wrote: This was great and I want to listen

Re: VoiceOver Getting Started for Mountain Lion

2012-08-09 Thread Mike Busboom
Hi. Is it possible to get an HTML version of the VoiceOver Getting Started with Mountain Lion document somewhere? Many thanks, Mike On 8,Aug,2012, at 9:45 PM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, thanks for clarifying that point. Les On Aug 8, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Shen

Re: 20 reasons why being blind is great

2012-08-09 Thread Chris Moore
Ok, go into iTunes, and go to the iTunes store, enter how to be blind into the search box, you will then see a podcast listed with that title. You will be able to play the podcasts from there and also subscribe to Mike's feeds. On 9 Aug 2012, at 16:20, Mary Scott bluespru...@comcast.net wrote:

using jack and amadeus pro to record system audio.

2012-08-09 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hi list. I am trying to accomplish the above task with jack and amadeus pro. Basically, I wish to record a stream playing in google chrome but although jack is accessible, I can't figure out the send and receive ports in the routing section. I am talking about the open source jack not audio

Attachments issue again

2012-08-09 Thread Christine Grassman
Well, I'm able to open them. I'm able to download them. But apparently, when I open Preview or Text Edit, all of what is supposed to be there is not there, according to someone else who received the same attachments at issue. There were several pages not read, and not downloaded. What gives?

Re: Organizing files and folders

2012-08-09 Thread rashantha de silva
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Re: dication

2012-08-09 Thread Krysti .Power
I said my name krysti power and it dicated it as what the hell On 2012-08-08 9:59 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote: … Your name is Ect? You might have to spell that one. :) Or… Hmmm. One wonders if there's a way to make Dictation learn a word. • Mark BurningHawk

Re: dication

2012-08-09 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Hello, Christy. I don't know what Christie Powell I will look like when I dictated, but this is how it looks. That's what Dictation transcribed when I said Krysti Power. Now, of course, the spelling isn't right--there are like 18 ways to spell Krysti. :) Sometimes, you have to spell things,

Re: Dragging and dropping frustration

2012-08-09 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
HI, 2 suggestions: Press the zoom button to make sure that both folders are visible at moment of drag and drop. DOn't ask e exactly how this works but it helps. 2. Try using drop before voiceover cursor vo+the sign for less then. 3. In lion I used the other method with mouse down and mouse up

Using Time Machine Inside Mail and Other Apps?

2012-08-09 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, all, Has anyone had success using Time Machine inside Mail and other apps? In Mail, I can't seem to manipulate the time and date selector, for example. Is there a way to go into Time Machine's folders and examine the data there? I'd prefer to use the interface, if it's accessible. Thanks,

Issue with Escape Key in Mountain Lion

2012-08-09 Thread Mike Busboom
Greetings to all of you, Since installing Mountain Lion, I have had loads of grief with the Escape Key in Pop-Up menus. Frequently, when in a pop-up menu, I am unable to get out of it by issuing the Escape Key. Has anyone else had this problem and if so, what is the solution? With sincere

Re: Issue with Escape Key in Mountain Lion

2012-08-09 Thread Gavin Grundlingh
I only seem to have this issue in the status menus, or the menu extras as VoiceOver now calls them. It doeswn't happen all the time, but when it does, hitting Escape just dings at me. My only solutions at this point are to either Command-Tab out of and back into the application you're using, if

an ABBYY FineReader Question

2012-08-09 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi listers. I'm wondering if any of you know if the HoverCam document cameras work with FineReader? I know that one can get the HoverCam T5V to work nicely with DocuScan Plus. Thanks for any info. Matthew Campbell. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Dragging and dropping frustration

2012-08-09 Thread Mary Scott
Thank you, I succeeded in dragging to the mailbox after Drafts to the command 3 position. I don't know why or exactly how but that is good enough for me. It said Drafts was not draggable. I pressed Full screen not Zoom. Zoom did not work. Mel On Aug 9, 2012, at 1:11 PM, Ioana Gandrabur

Re: Organizing files and folders

2012-08-09 Thread Veronica Elsea
Thanks so much, Rashantha. I will definitely check out all of these options. After all, when it's all said and done, this computer is supposed to work for me. Hahahaha! Thanks again. Veronica Watch and hear The Guide Dog Glee Club sing the Star-spangled Banner at

What's your fave faceBook solution?

2012-08-09 Thread Christina C.
Hi all, I am so frustrated. I am not one of those people who are always on FB but when I do use it I am always so disappointed. I was hoping voice book for iOS would be the solution. However, I just discovered that my newsfeed is not accurate. So, back to the mac and Safari, but the

Question About Built-In MBP Keyboard

2012-08-09 Thread Gavin Grundlingh
Hi all, Is there a way I can use the right-hand side of the built-in MacBook Pro keyboard as a number pad? I want to be able to use J, K, L, U, I, O, etc. as number keys, but can't find any kind of num lock. I can sort of get it to work if I turn on Mouse Keys, but that's not really going to

Re: Question About Built-In MBP Keyboard

2012-08-09 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello. Have you tried the FM key and the combination of letters you describe? Kawal. On 9 Aug 2012, at 09:57 PM, Gavin Grundlingh g.batw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Is there a way I can use the right-hand side of the built-in MacBook Pro keyboard as a number pad? I want to be able to use

Re: Question About Built-In MBP Keyboard

2012-08-09 Thread Gavin Grundlingh
Hi Kawal, I've just tested holding down the Fn key and using the letters I mentioned, with no luck. I hope what I want to accomplish is even possible. Regards, Gavin Grundlingh Phone: +27 (0) 83 713-6191 Secondary Phone: +27 (0) 79 157-2466 Fax: +27 (0) 86 617-5792 Email: g.batw...@gmail.com

Re: 2 things still not fixed in Mountain Lion.

2012-08-09 Thread Chris Blouch
I'm a bit behind on email :) I poked around and found the same thing. Apparently its a bug in the Apple Core Audio library. Individual MIDI apps can address this but nothing I found could fix playback with the Quicktime Player or Preview. HN2 is some kind of MIDI app that the developer has

Re: VoiceOver Getting Started for Mountain Lion

2012-08-09 Thread Esther
Hi Mike, I answered this question last week for William Windels (Durch version).VoiceOver Getting Started Guide for Mountain Lion (HTML versions) are available: English: http://help.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/10.8/index.html German:

question about recording with mac

2012-08-09 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, Here's the problem: I want to record my guitar along with a song playing on the mac. Here's what I have: an amp going into the line-in port of the mac, the latest Soundflower release, an aggregate audio device set to use built-in input and soundflower, audacity, recordPad, and vlc for

Re: What's your fave faceBook solution?

2012-08-09 Thread Ed Worrell
Hello, the app that I have had the most luck with is Ace For Facebook. This is a great app. You may want to relabel some buttons, but the buttons all work, there is a free version of the app if you want to try it out. The paid version gets rid of the adds. If you have any questions feel free to

Problems with Extras Menu New Apps

2012-08-09 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Been trying to add some new apps to my mac, and I have noticed that anything I try and add that puts itself in the Menu Extras doesn't seem to work with VO. It could be that these apps do not work with Voiceover, or it could be that the Menus Extras just dones't work very well with VO.

Re: Problems with Extras Menu New Apps

2012-08-09 Thread Gavin Grundlingh
Hi Brian, When you say that the menu extras don't work, do you mean that no menu comes up when you press VO-Space on a particular item? I've added a couple of things besides Dropbox to mine, and they all work perfectly. Regards, Gavin Grundlingh Phone: +27 (0) 83 713-6191 Secondary Phone: +27

Re: Problems with Extras Menu New Apps

2012-08-09 Thread Brian Fischler
That is correct, no menu comes up or pops down. I even had trouble getting Trillion to work. What have you installed on your menu extras bar that works On Aug 9, 7:20 pm, Gavin Grundlingh g.batw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Brian, When you say that the menu extras don't work, do you mean that no

Re: What's your fave faceBook solution?

2012-08-09 Thread Christopher-Mark gilland
Did you not see the long drawn out guide I posted here on how to get FB to work better with Safari? I posted it about half a month ago. Chris. - Original Message - From: Christina C. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 4:41 PM Subject:

Re: What's your fave faceBook solution?

2012-08-09 Thread Christopher-Mark gilland
You say that you have to label some buttons... is this because they are not correctly labeled in the first place, or it is more just they're not labeled very well. Chris. - Original Message - From: Ed Worrell To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 09,

Re: Problems with Extras Menu New Apps

2012-08-09 Thread Christopher-Mark gilland
Hold on here... When you are focussed on the extras menu item, what're you then hitting to open it? You need to focus on the extra menu item of your choice, then hit vo+space. It works slightly differently than the regular menu bar items, and I basically just found that out by playing

Re: Problems with Extras Menu New Apps

2012-08-09 Thread Christopher-Mark gilland
Brian, for one thing, have you thought about using Adium, instead of Trillian? might I ask why you're using Trillian instead? Second of all, I, too have the Facebook app you referred to. It seems to come up fine for me. Now, what I have hoticed however is some of the apps, such as one I

Mail issue

2012-08-09 Thread Mary Scott
Hi all, I just downloaded ML so I am sorry if this has been answered. Mail was working great at first but now if I click on a link in order to go to a website, it goes to Finder and says Safari is running in the background which means I have to move through windows to find the site and then

confused about cursor tracking in textEdit

2012-08-09 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I was just sent a guide on Garageband and opened it with textedit. I read line by line for a bit until I found where I wanted to be, then hit vo-a to read from that point on. No matter what I do, though, vo-a starts reading the document from the beginning, not from where I stopped

textEdit problem solved: always interact!

2012-08-09 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I feel pretty stupid, but I figured out my textEdit problem, where vo-a always started from the top of the file. It turns out textEdit opens the file and vo reads it, but vo does not automatically interact with the edit text area like I thought it would. I interacted and all is working

When I get the iMac

2012-08-09 Thread agent086b
Hi all, just getting ready for when I purchase my iMac in the next week or sow. What do I need to do on it's arrival? I assume it comes with an administrator account so I expect I will need to create a non admin one. Other than getting it online is there anything else I will need to do? I will

Re: When I get the iMac

2012-08-09 Thread Alex Hall
There is some setup to go through. Fortunately, you need only hit cmd-f5 once the mac is booted and vo can walk you through them, provided you know the basic commands for using vo. When I got my mini, it had Lion, and I found the setup to not work well with my keyboard. However, I now believe

Re: confused about cursor tracking in textEdit

2012-08-09 Thread John Sanfilippo
I have found that you actually have to interact with text before you issue your vo a command. Then vo will read from here down. Isn't it strange that this is necessary even though you're reading or editing text, interacting with it all the time? js On Aug 9, 2012, at 9:32 PM, Alex Hall

Re: Problems with Extras Menu New Apps

2012-08-09 Thread Gavin Grundlingh
Besides Dropbox, I have Growl, Hardware Growler, Soundflowerbed, and Boxcar. What does Trillian do. I could install it on my machine and test it for you, if you'd like. Regards, Gavin Grundlingh Phone: +27 (0) 83 713-6191 Secondary Phone: +27 (0) 79 157-2466 Fax: +27 (0) 86 617-5792 Email:

Re: When I get the iMac

2012-08-09 Thread agent086b
Hi, I have only used VO on my iPhone. Thanks for any tips to get started on the Mac Yes I will have the apple keyboard. Max.. Original Message Subject: Re: When I get the iMac From: Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 21:50:42

Re: confused about cursor tracking in textEdit

2012-08-09 Thread Gavin Grundlingh
Hi Alex, Are you interacting with the text area of the document before pressing VO-A? Reading from the cursor position to the end of a document is only possible if you interact with it. Regards, Gavin Grundlingh Phone: +27 (0) 83 713-6191 Secondary Phone: +27 (0) 79 157-2466 Fax: +27 (0) 86

Re: question about recording with mac

2012-08-09 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, This sounds like a whole lot of work when you can just use Garageband. Paste the audio track in in your GB project, press command option N and select real instrument from the dialog and press enter to create a real instrument track. So, if you press the Letter R for record, the track

Re: When I get the iMac

2012-08-09 Thread Ricardo Walker
Nope. There is really nothing to know especially. Just command f5 toggle VO on/off. haha. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Aug 9, 2012, at 9:46 PM, agent086b agent0...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi all, just getting ready for when I

Re: question about recording with mac

2012-08-09 Thread Alex Hall
I tried exactly that on the advice from another list. The problem is that my instrument is not being recorded, or at least is not being played back when I play the song after doing a recording. Also, I pasted in my mp3, and it plays, but I can't find it in any of the tracks. I see a grand

Re: When I get the iMac

2012-08-09 Thread Alex Hall
That and the navigation keys. When I say vo below, I mean the vo keys, which are control and option. So, vo-right means to hold down control and option and press the right arrow. Move to the next item in a dialog: vo-right Move o the previous item in a dialog: vo-left Interact (you may need to

sort of figured out GarageBand

2012-08-09 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I think I sort of got GB down. I have no idea what changed, but things are working as Ricardo said they should now and I was able to export a song, with my bass track, as a standard mp3. Now, if I could just drop the original song a half step and re-record it so I can play it in G...

Re: When I get the iMac

2012-08-09 Thread Harry Hogue
Back on Snow Leopard, Voiceover came on when I booted up my computer for the first time -- there was no need to even start it. Perhaps it is different with Mountain Lion. it even had a tutorial to walk you through the basics of using voiceOver, which I found very useful. It was around a

sorry, one more GB question: amps

2012-08-09 Thread Alex Hall
Hi again all, ONe last thing. using an electric guitar, how do I change amp settings? I see where I can select a preset, but beyond that, how can I change anything about the preset? For instance, the gain, overdrive, and so on? Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com;

Re: Safari questions with ML

2012-08-09 Thread Brian Fischler
In a web page command option F takes you directly to google search from what I can tell in ML Command L and this previous command serve the same exact function On Aug 8, 12:20 am, Veronica Elsea veron...@laurelcreekmusic.com wrote: Oh how nice. I didn't realize that one could also search with

Re: When I get the iMac

2012-08-09 Thread agent086b
Thanks, I think I will make sure my sited wife is home. Max. Original Message Subject: Re: When I get the iMac From: Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 22:49:16 -0400 That and the navigation keys. When I say vo below, I mean the