Hi all. For the record, I saw in a Twitter post that Bono, the lead singer of
U2, made a public apology for having Apple force download their album onto
people's iDevices. With that out of the way, I've said it before and I'll say
it again. With me the cool new features of iOS8 outweigh all the
Sign out of iCloud first then sign back in. Settings, iCloud.
Sent from my laptop
On 16/10/2014 00:15, Agent086b wrote:
Hi all,
I have changed ISP recently so have had to change my iCloud credentials. I am
unable to access iCloud from my iPhone to backup etc. How do I change the log o
n
To change the settings on misspelt go to Voiceover Utility and then verbosity
and then text and then you can there determine the behaviour of Voiceover when
it encounters a misspelt word.
In relation to expanding and collapsing with arrow keys have you remembered
to turn Quick Nav of?
I
Well, I'm usually an early adopter for OS X releases, but as it happened I was
aware in advance that Mavericks would be problematic to my workflow because my
MacBook Pro came with it, and still uses it now. Ironically, my holding off on
my iMac didn't protect me from an eventual desire to Move
The U1 album doesn't have that option, we've all tried that and it's
unavailable; there's something you have to do in Itunes, think you have to do
it via the app store, but can't remember if you have to do it via your phone,
or the computer, sense it doesn't show up in your itunes library.
On
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Well your message has come through OK I hope you get to see this post!
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There are two linux distributions specifically designed for the visually
impaired:
Vinux
http://vinuxproject.org
Sonar GNU/Linux
http://sonargnulinux.com
Accessible Linux Links
Start here: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Accessibility-HOWTO/introduction.html
BLinux forum for eyes free Linux :
Hi there
It sounds like you were in column mode before. While you are in Finder, try
pressing command 3 and VO should say column mode. This can also be done in the
View Menu. I love column mode. VO backslashwill expand a folder in List View
mode, and command down arrow will open a folder in
Google will find several solutions for you depending on different
factors.
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. . . what if it were true?
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On 10/16/2014 5:19 AM, Jessica Moss wrote:
The U1 album doesn't have that option, we've all tried that and it's
unavailable; there's
Had my most fun iPhone IOS 8 experience last night and yes that is sarcasm. I
was standing in the pouring rain waiting for my ride and some how I had not
saved the phone number to my contacts so had to try and dial the car service
manually can't begin to tell you how much fun it was having the
The Recents tab on the phone is your friend in these cases. Just go there and
double tap on the number you want from the list. No dialing.
Jenine Stanley
dragonwalke...@gmail.com
On Oct 16, 2014, at 12:11 PM, Brian Fischler brianfisch...@me.com wrote:
Had my most fun iPhone IOS 8 experience
I actually am having fun with my phone because I have held off
upgrading to iOS 8.
From The Believer. . .
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ancient.ali...@icloud.com
On 10/16/2014 9:11 AM, Brian Fischler wrote:
Had my most fun iPhone IOS 8 experience last night and yes that is sarcasm. I
was
Usually, if you immediately press the sticking button again, the tone will stop
and you should be able to continue. But it has to be the tone that initially
started the tone.
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I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf.
I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper
thrown in the trash!
I actually am having fun with both of my phones. One of them has come with iOS8
and one of them I upgraded. But I do sympathize with those experiencing
problems.
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I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf.
I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper
thrown in the trash!
Then God gave
Hi,
I want to use facebook on my macbook, and I don't want to use the mobile
website. On the iPhone, I find facebook frustrating because the timeline
doesn't consistently show all items in chronological order even when
selecting the 'more' tab, most recent'.
Is there a good mainstream
Hi Gigi,
I just had the pass word issue come up again after my new glyph 2 tb HD came in
last monday.
Just hit command i on the drive that is whacking out and change access in
the privileges table.
if the lock is checked you half to unlock it then make your changes.
Now you can change who can
David,
Which ones are the Scansoft voices in Mavericks??
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On 10/15/2014 5:10 PM, David Griffith wrote:
I wonder what made you go back to Mountain Lion? I too found the upgrade
to Mavericks initially disturbing and
Sure. This is just one example and there are others. In Pro Tools, there's a
plug-in window in which parameters can be edited to affect selected audio. In
the case of the Normalize plug-in, the gain parameter (which appears to be
labelled and one would assume is accessible) is not accessible
I use menu Tab for Facebook. You can hit the sort button and choose most
recent. Overall, it's a pretty good app.
Traci
On Oct 16, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Michael Malver mmal...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I want to use facebook on my macbook, and I don't want to use the mobile
website. On the
Yes, and, that means the digit registers twice not once. So, you have to
delete one of those two occurences.
Sincerely,
the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user!
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind
built-in and fully protected
I have changed the subject line as we were drifting into OS.
The scansoft voices are the modern voices introduced in Lion as I recall it.
That is voices like Daniel, tom, Samantha etc.
My experience is that my 2011 iMacis snappier with Alex.
I used to have different voices for Mail and
Hello All:
I want to read the xml file of a daisy book. When I open it Safari opens but
how do I read the content? Right now, only code is available.
Thanks as always,
Jean
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Did anybody else here get the impression that the Apple presentation seemed to
offer nothing that we would care about?
Not even speks.
Sincerely,
the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user!
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the
You might be interested in stereo iPad sound on the latest iPad.
Did they say a new version of iWorks came out today? If so I wish they had
spoken to what's new about it. Honestly, accept for a problem with
VoiceOver and image placement, I'm very happy with the current pages. TO be
fair though,
Great visual stuff, nothing of obvious use to us.
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To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 8:02 PM
Subject: Apple presentation seemed to offer nothing
Hi,
Did anybody else here get the impression
I am not agreeing there, i got my next Mini.
On 10/16/14, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote:
Hi,
Did anybody else here get the impression that the Apple presentation seemed
to offer nothing that we would care about?
Not even speks.
Sincerely,
the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still
And she is the best. You can't go wrong with Anne.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, j...@macfortheblind.com
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain
Lion
AUTHORIZED
People who use OS X in languages other than English have no choice but to use
these voices as there are no native Apple voices in other than American
English. I still use Fred! But I use Thomas in French. He's not too bad.
Cheers,
Anne
On 16 Oct 2014, at 20:37, David Griffith
I checked you account and it was set to No Mail as opposed to
Digest, Abridged or All Mail. I changed it back to All Mail so
hopefully that gets things resolved.
CB
On 10/16/14, 8:33 AM, Jen Wilgus wrote:
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I have no plans to upgrade the mini but as a loyal customer the
presentation looked good. So happy to see the new Mac Mini come down in
price as well starting at just $499, causing potentially more new
customers to join the ecosystem.
Sent from my laptop
On 16/10/2014 20:12, Sandi Jazmin
The new iPads will include Touch ID so those who do not have an iPhone
5s or later can experience Touch ID with no long term commitment. I'm
disapointed to see no word on the iPod Touch, not even an update or
discontinuation.
Sent from my laptop
On 16/10/2014 20:02, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
Hi,
If you-ask me, it was a huge yawn.
You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of Fielding
Sent from my Mac Book Pro
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On Oct 16, 2014, at 2:02 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote:
Hi,
Did anybody else here get the impression that the Apple
Which I should have done. Ok, I asked this because after installing
Mavericks and doing some tweaks to get it to boot up smoothly, I still
find it problematic for about 30 to 60 seconds. I still have the welcome
message option enabled so its quite evident at that point when Samantha
can
let me guess, nothing on the new mac OS?
On 17 Oct 2014, at 6:18 am, Christopher Hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com
wrote:
I have no plans to upgrade the mini but as a loyal customer the presentation
looked good. So happy to see the new Mac Mini come down in price as well
starting at
It's available now. Who said it had nothing to offer?
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, j...@macfortheblind.com
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain
Lion
Yes OS X Yosemite is out as a free upgrade to compatible Macs starting
today.
Sent from my laptop
On 16/10/2014 20:40, Michael Marshall wrote:
let me guess, nothing on the new mac OS?
On 17 Oct 2014, at 6:18 am, Christopher Hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com
wrote:
I have no plans to
But, sadly, you still need a monitor, and don't tell me there's an adapter you
can buy that will solve the problem, back in 2009 I purchased 3 different
adapters that were supposed to solve the monitor problem, none of them worked.
You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The
Yes sir I stand corrected!
On 17 Oct 2014, at 6:45 am, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote:
It's available now. Who said it had nothing to offer?
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, j...@macfortheblind.com
Website,
What is the point of getting a mac mini? I just cannot understand it. Each to
their own but it just makes no sense to me.
On 17 Oct 2014, at 6:48 am, Rich Ring richr...@gmail.com wrote:
But, sadly, you still need a monitor, and don't tell me there's an adapter
you can buy that will solve
Actually, there is. I've been using an adaptor since 2011 successfully. I
can send the info to anyone who wants it.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, j...@macfortheblind.com
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT
Same here hence me acquiring a Macbook Pro. I wanted everything all in
one, laptop style including CD/DVD RW drive.
Sent from my laptop
On 16/10/2014 20:52, Michael Marshall wrote:
What is the point of getting a mac mini? I just cannot understand it. Each to
their own but it just makes no
for a strange reason when i go to look for software updates for you sematy it
says my software is all ready up to date. is there some where else i need togo
look in the mac app store?
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I might wish to have it especially if I decide to get a base line Mac mini.
Sincerely,
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Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind
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On Oct 16,
My point exactly. Give me hard drive speks, give me storage info, give me
basic good relyable info: not all this eye candy crap.
Sincerely,
the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user!
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind
OH I quite agree. The only thing I saw of any substance coming out of this was
the going down by $100.00 of the Mac mini. I'm guessing this is a very base
line model and that's okay: but, honestly, I really think they've just got to
get back to what made them good to start with. What's more
Hi all,
So, I'm completely successful loving voiceOver through my headset iTunes
via my bluetooth speaker.
Is there a way to customize this further? I wanted to play a RS Game, but I
wanted that game to come through my headset, not along with the music on my
bluetooth speaker.
My quick
Adrian,
You have to find Yosemite on the App Store.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 16, 2014, at 16:12, Adrian Leong adrianle...@rocketmail.com wrote:
for a strange reason when i go to look for software updates for you sematy it
says my software is all ready up to date. is there some where else
I'm not seeing it yet either, even after a search.
On Oct 16, 2014, at 4:36 PM, Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com wrote:
Adrian,
You have to find Yosemite on the App Store.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 16, 2014, at 16:12, Adrian Leong adrianle...@rocketmail.com wrote:
for a
Go to the Mac App Store home page it should be there it was when
Mavericks was out around the same time last year.
Sent from my laptop
On 16/10/2014 21:12, Adrian Leong wrote:
for a strange reason when i go to look for software updates for you sematy it
says my software is all ready up to
I have actually heard that one adapter does work, I think it's called
the max headless. Basically, it's designed to be connected to an HDMI
port on a computer such as a server that is accessed remotely. Video
cards will not enable high definition unless they think an HD monitor
is connected to
Hi there
I agree with John. I took her course, and I came away with some good reference
material also.
Gigi
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On Oct 15, 2014, at 12:03 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote:
And she is the best. You can’t go wrong with Anne.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Hey all. I'm trying to install the non-beta version of Yosemite over the beta
and when I do, the App Store becomes busy and I have to toggle VO on and off
for it to stop being busy. I get a dialog saying that I already have Yosemite
installed and if I want to download the installer for the
Well, actually, with my 2008 mac mini, which I can't upgrade past Lion, this is
still possible. It works fine with an adapter hanging out where a monitor would
be connected. But I think somewhere after that, it may have stopped being
possible to do that at least from what I hear. I also still
Ray,
Sadly, in terms of market, the answer to your question is glaringly obvious. I
candy wins each and every time. Why else the continual change to the look of
things? They want you to buy more and more because it looks different and it
looks cool. Never mind whether it works well or not.
Mary
Apple has never been particularly long on offering specs. And the specs by
themselves mean nothing, witness their camera doing so well, even though it
doesn't spec out against some others that don't perform as well in the real
world. I think it would be nice to be able to run the mini without
Its normal on day of launch. Just keep trying.
Best,
Mika
On 10/16/14, Shawn Krasniuk bbssh...@icloud.com wrote:
Hey all. I'm trying to install the non-beta version of Yosemite over the
beta and when I do, the App Store becomes busy and I have to toggle VO on
and off for it to stop being
Hi.
Here (in Italy) is arrived a couple of updates:
1. the security patch 005;
2. iTunes 12.0
Gabriel.
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You are right: each to their own! My first couple of Macs and one I used for my
daughter for her music for years were minis and I loved them. I still have an
old ppc mini and a 2008 intel; the ppc one won't go beyond Leopard so I have it
running linux; the 2008 one won't go beyond Lion but I
That's because you are blind, just like I am! We are not the majority,
remember? Visual improvements and eye candy matter to a lot of people who can
see. What do you think some of them would say if there was a whole lot about
voiceover, other than the fact that some might find it interesting?
Hi Gabriel. Yosemite is not in your updates. You'll have to search it in order
to get it. Hope that helps.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 16, 2014, at 4:46 PM, Gabriele Battaglia
gabriele.battag...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi.
Here (in Italy) is arrived a couple of updates:
1. the security patch
I don't frankly think the mever mind whether it works well or not is
justified though to each their own! Almost every iphone or ipad or computer of
any kind I've bought from Apple keeps on working faithfully and meets my needs
or I wouldn't continue to buy them. An anything I had that didn't
It helped a lot!
Thanks! I'm downloading now.
Gabriel.
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Hi Gabriel. Glad you're downloading it just fine now. So Am I after three
tries. LOL.
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 16, 2014, at 5:06 PM, Gabriele Battaglia
gabriele.battag...@gmail.com wrote:
It helped a lot!
Thanks! I'm downloading now.
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For the number constantly blaring, you have to press that same number again to
get it to stop; I learned that from a friend who had that same issue,
apparently it's a voiceover bug that still hasn't been fixed yet. I have
issues where siri is slow on my end too, it likes to do this thing
Sorry, I meant the U2 album; was trying to type too fast this morning.
On Oct 16, 2014, at 8:19 AM, Jessica Moss junglebookfa...@gmail.com wrote:
The U1 album doesn't have that option, we've all tried that and it's
unavailable; there's something you have to do in Itunes, think you have to do
OS X Yosemite Now Available as a Free Upgrade
Apple has announced that OS X Yosemite, the latest major release of the world's
most advanced desktop operating system, is now available as a free upgrade for
Mac users from the Mac App Store. Yosemite delivers a fresh, modern look and
introduces
You need iTunes on a computer. Sign in to the iTunes Store within iTunes, go
to Purchased, find the U2 album, find the unlabelled button inside the group,
route the mouse to it quickly until you hear button announced twice (this is
the hide cross icon) and press VO+Space. Confirm. I dunno
Yep, it's worth it for me to upgrade my Mini too, as a server I welcome the
extra capacity and the single disk. Saves messing about with RAID0 or
CoreStorage.
Otherwise: nothing to see here, move along. :)
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Well, I'll wait untill the lot of you report your findings before I take the
plundge.
Sincerely,
the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user!
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind
built-in and fully protected by ClamXav Antivirus!
Thinking of an open letter to Cook. Not, of course, that he will ever actually
read it: after all, it's just a blind guy writing it right?
Sincerely,
the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user!
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the
Apple is by no means the worst offender in my comp quote never mind whether it
works well or not rent. The problem is, the systems are complex. And we seem
to bend over backwards to allow for that, rather than expect that releases of
new products might take longer, but the product will work
Hello,
Well, I wrote a letter to Cook about a week ago regarding all the recent
problems. And you guessed it. Of course he didn't reply. Not surprising. I
suppose he's just to busy to answer a consumer of his products.
On Oct 16, 2014, at 3:58 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote:
You can use an iMac as a target display for a Mini or notebook, but you do
require compatible Macs. In particular, and I discovered this the hard way,
you cannot drive a MiniDisplayPort iMac with a Thunderbolt Mac Mini, and you
cannot drive a Thunderbolt iMac with a MDP-equipped Mini. That
welcome
ag
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I have enough to entertain me for a couple months so by then I might
go for Yosemite.
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On 10/16/2014 3:56 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
Well, I'll wait untill the lot of you report your findings before I take the
When I set up my keychain I had a different Mac. When I got rid of it, I forgot
that the phone number i’d used for verification is no longer valid for
receiving a text to verify a new Mac on the keychain.
I’ve looked on my phone and can find no way to change the number for the
keychain there.
Hi Gigi,
I use 1Password 4 on Mountain Lion and now Mavericks, as well as the 1Password
iOS app on iOS 7 and now iOS 8.
Basically, it works fine for me. There are some interface elements that are not
very VoiceOver friendly. For instance, the 1Password Safari extension is
annoying to use.
Hi Deb, I think the only option you may have in your situation is to completely
zap your Keychain and start over.
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
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On 17/10/2014, at 1:29 pm, Deb Lewis deblewi...@gmail.com wrote:
When I set
Well fortunately I did actually manage to get this figured out without zapping
anything.
I hadn’t seen the advanced button under keychain on the phone. Here indeed you
can change the code and the phone number.
Then my next misery was that for some reason my phone wasn’t receiving any
calls or
To start with, just so we are all clear, VoiceOver sound can be output to the
same device as the system or can be controlled independently of the system. The
control is under the Sounds pane of VoiceOver Utility. I prefer to have mine
controlled independently. Just because I want music or
Actually it is possible. There was another thread on this not too long ago
where the steps and possible difficulties were discussed in detail. You might
be able to Google it.
Essentially just pressing space on them works, even though VoiceOver gives no
feedback. However, I found that this only
Hi Nic
You told me what I needed to know. Now I am more confident I won't lock myself
out of my own account, etc. I guess it does the same thing for your Apple ID,
right?
Gigi
On Oct 16, 2014, at 7:35 PM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi Gigi,
I use 1Password 4
Hey all. Like I said in my previous message, it took three tries, but Yosemite
is finally on my Mac. I was just wondering if Applevis posted the new VO
features of Yosemite yet. I know I was a beta tester since July, but to be
honest, I didn't notice any new features at all besides the system
I'm just a little ticked that they didn't update the iPod model. No wonder iOS8
runs slowly on the iPod 5. It has the same specs as the iPhone 4s.
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 15, 2014, at 9:10 PM, Jessica Moss junglebookfa...@gmail.com wrote:
Ok, do these newer models come with IOS8, or are
Yes, that article went up a few hours ago. Here's the link:
http://www.applevis.com/blog/apple-mac-os-x-news/features-and-bugs-os-x-1010-yosemite
On Oct 16, 2014, at 11:06 PM, Shawn Krasniuk bbssh...@icloud.com wrote:
Hey all. Like I said in my previous message, it took three tries, but
Morning from rainy and cold scandinavia, this day i might as well live
in england, I like Anne use Fred, if i need anything mostly nursing
books read to me i use ida.
If I need to read faster than that ,in english i use eloquence, and
yes it is under windows.
guys… i will be wet… and i hate it.
Hi. just reading about the voice over lag bug with Yosemite. is anyone who has
updated experienced this bug? How bad is it?
regards
Maria and crew from australia
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On 17 Oct 2014, at 1:36 pm, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote:
Yes, that article went up a
I am running in to it on my mac mini
at least on my machine its pritty bad
On 10/16/2014 10:49 PM, Maria and Joe Chapman wrote:
Hi. just reading about the voice over lag bug with Yosemite. is anyone
who has updated experienced this bug? How bad is it?
regards
Maria and crew from australia
Hi guys
I didn’t have to turn VoiceOver on and off this time when the setup assistant
came on. For those of you who haven’t done it yet, be prepared for your Mac to
be gone for a very, very, long time after the installation starts. Although you
don’t hear the startup noise, every now and then
I said this once before and was proven mistaken, but it appears that my weird
problem with Finder is gone. Yea! I had the problem before of Finder showing
this big long string of numbers at the top of my Finder lists of files, which
an Apple representative saw and assured me it was really there
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