Re: Cleaning a apple keyboard.

2014-09-11 Thread Andrew Lamanche
On another note, how would I safely clean the keyboard of my macbook pro or macbook air? Any instructions anywhere or experiences? It’s become sticky to touch and I feel it’s time to do something about it. Andrew On 10 Sep 2014, at 18:27, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries

Re: Running screen readers virtually under windows

2014-09-11 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
I don't know if you're new to this but this and other lists talked about remapping the caps lock or insert key so you can use it exclusively in a VM. Caps lock itself can't be remapped anyway as it's hard wired into the operating system OS X that is. So you need to remap the insert key. If you

Re: Voiceover and Google Chrome question

2014-09-11 Thread Pamela Francis
I hope this question is not off-topic but this list. As I use chrome, there is a site the voiceover will not read properly. Again, thank you Tim for your short answer to my question. However I need to know if anyone on this list knows of a read me or commands list for the Chrome vox screen

THank you, Andrew with your help with Numbers

2014-09-11 Thread Marissa Manzino
Hi ANdrew, I'd like to thank you for your great info about Numbers. I tried your suggestions, and VoiceOver still isn't reading the columns below A and B. It says dimmed. THe only way I can get to the columns below the A and B is to use VO keys plus shift with the down arrow. Any ideas on why

How To Remove Broken or Dead Entries from Your Computer's iTunes Library

2014-09-11 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, In an effort to make your iTunes pruning efforts as painless as possible, I am listing the steps I personally followed below: How To Remove Broken or Dead Entries from Your Computer's iTunes Library The following steps will let you isolate/display only the broken or dead

Re: Cleaning a apple keyboard.

2014-09-11 Thread BobH.
On a different list, we were told about compressed air canisters you can buy for blasting the crap out of keyboards; there was also a warning about keeping away from kids because of the chemicals in it in compressed air? love to know what the deal is there. My Dad found a real gas

Re: Cleaning a apple keyboard.

2014-09-11 Thread BobH.
Well, having started this computer lark bakc in the 80s, it was stated categorically then, not to bring consumables, any consumable you eat, drink or smoke; to the desk top. I've been good like that and don't get gunky keyboards. The wet wipes out the bathroom can be good, while the device

Re: diverticulitis

2014-09-11 Thread BobH.
Ok, not sure of the significance or point of this thread. Rh, thinks it might be another booboo day for somebody. - Original Message - From: Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com To: Macvisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 1:33 AM Subject:

Re: diverticulitis

2014-09-11 Thread BobH.
if(list=RightOne) reply=good; else booboo++; R. - Original Message - From: Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 2:22 AM Subject: Re: diverticulitis Sorry folks, mistaken list. Sent from my IPhone On Sep 10, 2014, at

Re: Running screen readers virtually under windows

2014-09-11 Thread BobH.
Let's clarify, I know some screen readers use the capslock key, but press and release it will toggle caps, press and hold while using other key for screen reader function. Are you doing that? R. - Original Message - From: Joe Quinn jdawg1...@gmail.com To:

Re: Running screen readers virtually under windows

2014-09-11 Thread BobH.
Ok, i'll keep this too, i'm bound to stub my toe on it eventually. Rh. - Original Message - From: Christopher Hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 7:17 AM Subject: Re: Running screen readers virtually under windows

Have E-mailed CEO of Apple.

2014-09-11 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Morning All. I have now bitten the bullet and have E-mailed Tim Cook CEO of Apple concerning the I watch. I now await for his reply. I thought I'd let you all know. Kawal. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from

Re: THank you, Andrew with your help with Numbers

2014-09-11 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Dear Allison, I'm really struggling to find an answer to this. i've just opened Numbers and started a new spreadsheet with a blank one. Having interacted with the sheet layout area and the table with vo+shift+down arrow, I was able to navigate around with vo+arrow keys as well as tab along

application help

2014-09-11 Thread Gene Baroni
Is there a way to get application specific help using voiceover? I am playing with the dashboard app and I would like to be able to have a list of keystrokes to use. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from

Re: THank you, Andrew with your help with Numbers

2014-09-11 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I use Numbers a lot, and my first thought is that your column is hidden. I was at a group of sighted people that was talking about hiding columns, and I wasn't sure if voiceover would talk them. Regards, Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2014, at 2:29 AM, Marissa Manzino

Re: THank you, Andrew with your help with Numbers

2014-09-11 Thread Andrew Lamanche
That's a very valid point, Gigi. Now we have to tell Allison how to unhide columns. I haven't learnt that yet. smile Andrew On 11 Sep 2014, at 12:22, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi there I use Numbers a lot, and my first thought is that your column is hidden. I was at a group of

Re: THank you, Andrew with your help with Numbers

2014-09-11 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi y'all I just figured out how to hide and unhide columns. Select the column with command shift down arrow. Press vo m to go to the menu. Press right arrow until you hear table. Go down arrow and one of the choices is hide column, and you can see if it says unhide column. If it does, choose

garagebands software instruments sounding rather disappointing

2014-09-11 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi everyone, I just got my first midi keyboard the m-audio keystation 61 and i like it. I use it with garageband on the mac via usb and it just works immediately. The instruments that i have in gb are rahter disappointment though. I did download the extra stuff and i have mainstage for the jam

Re: application help

2014-09-11 Thread David Griffith
None that I am aware of as Voiceover does not really have application specific options unless you set them up with an Activity in the Voiceover utility. However in relation to Dashboard I sternly recommend consulting David Woodbridge's Podcast on the Podcast Widgets which you will find on the

Re: installing yosemeti over the top of mavericks

2014-09-11 Thread Cheryl Homiak
There really isn't any need to worry about the process before the new version comes out, and there's no need to be terrified. You don't even have to upgrade right away if you don't want to and there will be ample instructions and discussion about this when Yosemite is released. While the

Re: Backup Strategies

2014-09-11 Thread Kayaker
Hello, Here is a basic strategy with increasing levels of commitment to your time. 1. The Absolute Barest of Barest Purchase an external drive that matches the capacity of your internal drive and use either Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper to perform a complete clone of the drive, making it a

Re: Backup Strategies

2014-09-11 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
I like these, however, you've missed cloud solutions such as Carbonite, who I especially like. They are fully automated, need no baby sitting, and, are both off site and continuous. Carbonite also allows for versioning, so if like me, once upon a time you saved over the top of hours worth of

Re: hard drive question

2014-09-11 Thread Kayaker
Hi, Yes. Unformatted drives will appear in Disk Utility. The hard drive was not installed properly despite what Geek Squad said. You may want to check system information app, to see if you see the controller in the SATA bus. It could be as simple as a loose connection, but fixing it will

Re: Backup Strategies

2014-09-11 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Of course another piece to any backup strategy is off-site storage. If your stuff is valuable enough, take one of your drives every so often and leave it with a friend somewhere else. That way if something catastrophic happens like a fire or hurricane, chances are your data on drives in two

Re: Backup Strategies

2014-09-11 Thread Phil Halton
Neil, please tell us how accessible the Carbonite website interface is in terms of versioning. I am currently using dropbox and their versioning is difficult at best. I would consider switching to Carbonite if it is a better user experience. Thanks for anything you can tell us. Sent from my

Re: Running screen readers virtually under windows

2014-09-11 Thread Joe Quinn
Unfortunately I don't have an insert key as I'm running on a laptop. Any other suggestions? Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2014, at 1:17 AM, Christopher Hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com wrote: I don't know if you're new to this but this and other lists talked about remapping the caps

Re: Running screen readers virtually under windows

2014-09-11 Thread Joe Quinn
I am doing this, but as soon as I press the caps lock key whether I hold it or not, it says caps lock on. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2014, at 3:08 AM, BobH. long.c...@virgin.net wrote: Let's clarify, I know some screen readers use the capslock key, but press and release it will

Re: Voiceover and Google Chrome question

2014-09-11 Thread Myron Drawdy
I've had the same problem with screen readers not playing nice with Chrome. Here are some links that might help you use ChromeVox. Chromevox User Guide Links Keyboard shortcuts: http://www.chromevox.com/keyboard_shortcuts.html QuickStart guide to navigating:

How to install .vst or .component plugin into garageband?

2014-09-11 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi, I just downloaded the 30 day demo for true pianos I listened to a youtube video on how to install plugins into garageband, i located their location on my hd and i can drag either the vst or component plugin but when i want to drop them it says failed to drop . Is there a way for us to

RE: Running screen readers virtually under windows

2014-09-11 Thread wayne17a
Hi get a windows app called sharp keys and just remap a key like the tillder and all will be fine -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Quinn Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 10:43 AM To:

Re: Running screen readers virtually under windows

2014-09-11 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Sorry, I meant remapping a key on your mac to simulate the insert key in your VM. Does this make more sense? Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 11/09/2014 15:42, Joe Quinn wrote: Unfortunately I don't have an insert key as I'm running on a

Re: Running screen readers virtually under windows

2014-09-11 Thread Joe Quinn
How do I do this? I've never remapped keys before Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2014, at 10:37 AM, Christopher Hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com wrote: Sorry, I meant remapping a key on your mac to simulate the insert key in your VM. Does this make more sense? Christopher Hallsworth

Re: webvissum for mac

2014-09-11 Thread Faisal
Admittedly, the price isn't very high from what I can tell. On Aug 31, 2014, at 7:20 AM, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: I doubt I will ever paay for something that others can get for free. That's just not equicual. Come on Mozilla, get firefox on mac accessible. Google did it and so can

Re: Answer To How To Access Emoji Keyboard in OS X Maverick

2014-09-11 Thread Faisal
Hi, You have to get familiar with the pallet. when you do the command, you'll have to swipe around and find the list of keyboards which are displayed in a table. Applevis has a great podcast on this. On Sep 8, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Daniela Rubio mabuha...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I tried this

Re: Voiceover and Google Chrome question

2014-09-11 Thread Pamela Francis
Thank you very much for going to all the hassle of pasting all those links in that return email. I will flag that and hang onto it. Certainly appreciate it. Pam Francis On Sep 11, 2014, at 9:56 AM, Myron Drawdy yenda...@gmail.com wrote: I've had the same problem with screen readers not

Ssh client for IOS?

2014-09-11 Thread Kjsc Radio
Hello all. Does anybody know of a good ssh client for IOS Devices? I would like to have one so that I can access and get into a server that I own when I'm out places. So, what client do you all recommend that works well with VoiceOver? Jonnyboy! Iphones rock! -- You received this message

Re: Ssh client for IOS?

2014-09-11 Thread Jonathan Mosen
I use one called Prompt. It's excellent! Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 12/09/2014, at 3:52 am, Kjsc Radio kjsc.ra...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all. Does anybody know of a good ssh client for IOS Devices? I would like to

Re: Running screen readers virtually under windows

2014-09-11 Thread BobH.
Not very portable, but you can still plug in a usb keyboard into a laptop. I keep considering that as a desktop solution. r. - Original Message - From: Joe Quinn jdawg1...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 3:42 PM Subject: Re: Running

Re: Running screen readers virtually under windows

2014-09-11 Thread BobH.
Oh, it's not passing the keycode absolutely; not helpful. i had a screen reader do that on me and locked me out of my main app. You might want to consider an external keyboard after all. Rh. - Original Message - From: Joe Quinn jdawg1...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Time machine in terminal.

2014-09-11 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I didn't know this but i found a swedish article about running time machine from the terminal. You can open the terminal and type man tmutil. Most of the commands needs root access so you have to do sudo before tmutil or login as root or system administrator. This can be done by typing sudo

Re: setting up an Air Printer

2014-09-11 Thread Todd W
While connecting a USB printer to an Airport does make it appear as a network printer I'm not sure it it's AirPrint compatible however. The product info doesn't specify that it is. On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! Does this mean i can connect

Re: garagebands software instruments sounding rather disappointing

2014-09-11 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, Logic pro has way better sounds that come with it how ever, in turms of the sounds that you get with GB they could be better especially when you by the extra content. On 11 Sep 2014, at 10:33 pm, Anouk Radix radix.an...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I just got my first midi keyboard the

Re: What a disappointment.

2014-09-11 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I really whish i could get the new iphone 6 plus. BUt i don't see any need for it. Not now at least. /A 11 sep 2014 kl. 05:23 skrev Sabahattin Gucukoglu listse...@me.com: Indeed. You'd think Apple would know how to get this right by now, wouldn't you? I went back to BBC's production of

Re: garagebands software instruments sounding rather disappointing

2014-09-11 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
what version of logic pro is voice over friendly? On 9/11/2014 12:37 PM, Michael Marshall wrote: hey, Logic pro has way better sounds that come with it how ever, in turms of the sounds that you get with GB they could be better especially when you by the extra content. On 11 Sep 2014, at 10:33

RE: Has anyone got the U2 album?

2014-09-11 Thread Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.
I can't find it in mine. Nothing in Artists under the letter 'U'. Appreciate any other suggestions. Keith -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Emmons Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 9:07 AM To:

RE: Has anyone got the U2 album?

2014-09-11 Thread Kevin Barry
Simple to find. In iTunes, purchased, music, recently purchased. Shows up there. Just download. Not my favorite band by any means but at least it's now in my downloaded list. Wish they had AC/DC instead. At least it isn't any of Steve Jobs Bob Dylan noise poolution. Kevin At 03:49 PM 9/11/2014,

Fwd: Fw: U2's New Album: A Gift to You

2014-09-11 Thread jeff `greene
Hi, Since everybody has been writing about finding it hard to get the new U2 albuum, I thought I'd forward this message i got from itunes today. Hope this helps! Jeff -- Forwarded message -- From: jeff greene greene...@samobile.net Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:04:37 -0400 Subject:

Re: Has anyone got the U2 album?

2014-09-11 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I got mine today. On 11 Sep 2014, at 21:05, Kevin Barry krba...@gmail.com wrote: Simple to find. In iTunes, purchased, music, recently purchased. Shows up there. Just download. Not my favorite band by any means but at least it's now in my downloaded list. Wish they had AC/DC instead. At

Re: Running screen readers virtually under windows

2014-09-11 Thread Chris Moore
Hello guys, Another approach which I am using is to install the carabiner and Seil utilities on your mac. Among other things they remap the caps lock key to the insert key in windows. There is a podcast up on applevis about this. On the mac the caps lock serves as an alternate too the normal

Re: How to install .vst or .component plugin into garageband?

2014-09-11 Thread Chris Moore
try using copy and paste instead of drag and drop. Chris On Sep 11, 2014, at 11:06 AM, Anouk Radix radix.an...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I just downloaded the 30 day demo for true pianos I listened to a youtube video on how to install plugins into garageband, i located their location on my hd

Re: Running screen readers virtually under windows

2014-09-11 Thread Joe Quinn
Well I barely ussh the caps lock key anyway! Thanks a lot! Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2014, at 3:45 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello guys, Another approach which I am using is to install the carabiner and Seil utilities on your mac. Among other things they remap the

Re: webvissum for mac

2014-09-11 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! But firefox is not a good sollution for us with voiceover. Thats a shame as it works like a charm in both linux and windows. /A 31 aug 2014 kl. 17:55 skrev Faisal newyorkyank...@gmail.com: Admittedly, the price isn't very high from what I can tell. On Aug 31, 2014, at 7:20 AM, Devin Prater

Lucky Old Me!

2014-09-11 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
My iCloud storage is now 200 GB a year at £5 less the monthly price, and I got a refund, too. It was previously 75 GB. It turned out that I couldn't make use of it, but then, it turns out to have been a good choice to buy it when I did. :) I hope you're all chomping at your bits for the

Re: Running screen readers virtually under windows

2014-09-11 Thread Joe Quinn
How do you use this karabiner apphis can't find the podcast on it. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2014, at 3:45 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: Hello guys, Another approach which I am using is to install the carabiner and Seil utilities on your mac. Among other things they

Re: Lucky Old Me!

2014-09-11 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Yes i also got 200 gig icloud storage. That can be quite nice to have actually. /A 11 sep 2014 kl. 23:22 skrev Sabahattin Gucukoglu listse...@me.com: My iCloud storage is now 200 GB a year at £5 less the monthly price, and I got a refund, too. It was previously 75 GB. It turned out that

email test please ignore

2014-09-11 Thread don bishop
Teing only. Do not respond. Don -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email

Re: Has anyone got the U2 album?

2014-09-11 Thread Barry Hadder
Some how I got Spinal Tap instead. On Sep 11, 2014, at 3:40 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu kgli...@icloud.com wrote: I got mine today. On 11 Sep 2014, at 21:05, Kevin Barry krba...@gmail.com wrote: Simple to find. In iTunes, purchased, music, recently purchased. Shows up there. Just download. Not

Re: Has anyone got the U2 album?

2014-09-11 Thread Shameless FanGirl
Try under Various. For the longest time it showed up for me there. Seems to have gotten its identity sorted today however, and is in its proper place under U. HTH Sent from my iPad On Sep 11, 2014, at 3:49 PM, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu wrote: I can't find it

Switching Between Windows8.1 and OSXMavericks in VMWare Fusion 7

2014-09-11 Thread Barry Abbott
Hi all. What is the keystroke for switching between Windoews and Mac when in VMWare Fusion?. I did the following: 1. Set the Command to Alt and Option to Windows via fusion. and deleted the remaining Mac to Windows keys. 2. Created a VMWare Activity and set my number pad to off. (I have a

Re: Switching Between Windows8.1 and OSXMavericks in VMWare Fusion 7

2014-09-11 Thread Barry Hadder
command-control will ungrab mouse and keyboard. You can find this in preferences/keyboard and mouse/fusion shortcuts. On Sep 11, 2014, at 8:05 PM, Barry Abbott bpabbo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. What is the keystroke for switching between Windoews and Mac when in VMWare Fusion?. I did the

warning e-mail about gmail addresses leak

2014-09-11 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Listers, I think it was yesterday or the day before that I found among the messages from the list an e-mail containing a warning of a possible leak of e-mail addresses from gmail. The messaged contained instructions on how to check whether one's e-mail was possibly compromised or not. The