Re: {EVENT}you and Fedora Outlier LLC Presents: The worlds largest virtual Thank you card to Apple Inc

Mail me off list And will make it happen. mich...@yourownpay.com Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 23, 2015, at 10:20 AM, Krister Ekstrom > wrote: > > Hi, > I really want to attend but i have no skype credits to call outside Sweden > and it’s probably in the middle of

Re: Cereproc And El Capitan, Very Disappointing

Hi Matt and others. I just got a reply from Graham this morning and he said that Cereproc will look into the issues with Voiceover. I don't know if you got the same response Matt, but here's hoping the issues will be fixed. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk

Re: {EVENT}you and Fedora Outlier LLC Presents: The worlds largest virtual Thank you card to Apple Inc

What about a google voice call or a call using some sort of SIP in to the US? > On Oct 23, 2015, at 1:20 PM, Krister Ekstrom > wrote: > > Hi, > I really want to attend but i have no skype credits to call outside Sweden > and it’s probably in the middle of the night

Re: Mark on iOS 9.1, So Far

Apple didn't buy Nuance, they just partnered with them. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > On Oct 23, 2015, at 7:30 AM, Scott Granados

Re: Mark on iOS 9.1, So Far

Ok, that makes more sense. Nuance is in to all sorts of voice type things not just Siri or Apple. They do a huge amount in the medical space like voice control for surgical robots and that sort of thing. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 2:33 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Apple

Re: Mark on iOS 9.1, So Far

Besides, Samantha’s are that way. They start out hot but then end up blowing up like donut stuffed balloon animals and use to much makeup. hahah ;) > On Oct 22, 2015, at 5:43 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > > Well, about Samantha, Apple can't be blamed. It is a Neuance problem. >

Re: Mark on iOS 9.1, So Far

Apple bought Nuance, really? When did this happen? I almost worked for them a year ago out of the Boston area and they made no mention of Apple. Lots of medical stuff and healthcare applications but no mention of Apple ownership. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 7:28 AM, Anders Holmberg

problem in pages

Hi All, Just in the last few days I have had a problem with pages. After I write several lines and then arrow up to read what I have written, I can only go up several lines and VO says top of document. Somehow I am back at the top of the document. Even when I am on page 5 or 6 pressing the

Re: 2011 Mac Mini hard drives?

My understanding is that it's not so hard finding a drive which fits. The bigger difficulty is getting the things opened and disassembled to put the new drive in. CB On 10/23/15 10:34 AM, george b wrote: Here is link on how to replace and sizes

RE: 2011 Mac Mini hard drives?

True, but if it is a 7 mm you need the spacer -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 08:48 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: 2011 Mac Mini hard drives?

Re: From Yosemite to El Capitan and Back: One New User's Story

I believe this is because Parallels uses QT for the UI, and we all know the story there. Basically if Parallels were to become more accessible—which isn’t much to ask, really, given that they’re a Mac-only product—then they’d have to cross over to native widgets with Cocoa. -- You received

RE: 2011 Mac Mini hard drives?

The issue was asked what thickness is needed they already stated they know the 2.5 square just needed the thickness -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 08:40 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: 2011 Mac Mini hard drives?

Thickness doesn’t matter as a 2.5 inch bay should do the trick. The tool he used to determine the type of drive takes this in to consideration. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 11:43 AM, george b wrote: > > The issue was asked what thickness is needed they already stated they know >

Re: problem in pages

Just grasping at straws here, but do you have QuickNav turned on or off? Have you made sure to interact with the edit area of the document? Finally, do you get different results when using VO plus arrow keys from when you use just standard arrow key navigation? Take care and have a great

Re: 2011 Mac Mini hard drives?

This is especially a problem with 2012 and later devices or late 2011 and after macbook variants. Not so bad if it’s early 2011 or older. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 11:40 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > My understanding is that it's not so hard

Re: From Yosemite to El Capitan and Back: One New User's Story

Just checked and Parallels 10 at least is still fully inaccessible. I can reach the drop-down menus but most everything else is unusable. For example, the Configure window where memory and CPUs are allocated just comes up as "You are currently on an unknown". It goes down hill from there. Not

Re: 2011 Mac Mini hard drives?

Mikron includes the spacer with all their drives if you need one. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 12:01 PM, george b wrote: > > True, but if it is a 7 mm you need the spacer > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >

Re: iPhone 6S question

Mary, there are a lot of factors. Maybe for example Chris lives next to a cell tower so the radio doesn’t have to blast as much output to contact the tower. The transmit level is variable I believe. Also, if you live in an area with low service you’ll be pinging the network more. Chris

Re: From Yosemite to El Capitan and Back: One New User's Story

My understanding is parallels is not accessible. I have not tried this in recent times so don’t know if it’s changed but I have ruled out parallels as a matter of course for accessibility reasons. How’s that? > On Oct 23, 2015, at 8:49 AM, george b wrote: > > Scott > How

Re: OS X update released and watch OS 2.0.1 released

One thing is I don’t have quick nav enabled, that could be a big part of the difference. > On Oct 22, 2015, at 3:15 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > Nope, still completely borked for me. Can do it with QuickNav off, but as > soon as VO navigation commands get involved

Re: iPhone 6S question

So interesting, my Apple Airport Extreme is type AC. It’s probably 2013 vintage as a point of reference. I find the Apple airports to be very good but very aggressive on their connections and they tend to use a lot of power. They work great though. One unit covers my whole house which is a

Re: Uh, guys? We've got a problem with KNFB Reader for I O S.

I can confirm this bug on the 6S+ running 9.1 > On Oct 22, 2015, at 10:34 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello, > > I, too, am experiencing this problem. > > The thing is, I don't see how to set a new default speech rate. If such a > mechanism exists, then we'd be in business.

Microsoft Office for Mac 15.14 update question

I do not use Microsoft Office as Pages and Numbers work great for me, but I have a client who has to use Microsoft Office for work and is on 15.14 which I found does not work very well with VO when attempting to navigate page layout as some pages show and some do not. Did I read correctly that

Re: Microsoft Office for Mac 15.14 update question

The updates are handled by a microsoft update tool that should be installed with office. Should be able to update and it should ask you to update when you open the apples like outlook for example. Not sure on the 15 to 16 jump but I would think you could upgrade. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 9:49

RE: From Yosemite to El Capitan and Back: One New User's Story

Scott How do you like paralle for running windows compared to v m fusion what are the pros and cons, please thanks -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 05:42 To:

Re: From Yosemite to El Capitan and Back: One New User's Story

No I use Apple Mail and Microsoft in parallel as in at the same time on the same computer, not under parallels. Both outlook and apple mail run natively. I’m a fusion 8.1 guy for the windows side. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 9:03 AM, george b wrote: > > So what you running for

Re: iPhone 6S question

Yes, I understand that there are many variables in the battery life equation. My cell tower service I think it's pretty good. I'm usually seeing three or four bars, although we still don't have the lower frequency band turned on in this area. And I am also using the n Wi-Fi, not the AC. My

Re: From Yosemite to El Capitan and Back: One New User's Story

Chris, one lists the messages in the order they are received only and the other view I use groups messages by conversation / thread and then orders the threads from newest to oldest. So it’s threaded verses non threaded. > On Oct 22, 2015, at 3:31 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland

Re: From Yosemite to El Capitan and Back: One New User's Story

Far be it from me to recommend a microsoft product, so I won’t, but outlook is a possibility. I use it on the Mc and it’s accessible. I don’t find it great but that’s me you may get more milage? Ok, I need to go shower now for pointing someone at a Microsoft product. > On Oct 22, 2015, at

RE: From Yosemite to El Capitan and Back: One New User's Story

So what you running for windows I am confused since you said you use paralles on a work computer for outlook -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 05:51 To:

Re: Mark on iOS 9.1, So Far

Hi! Well apple has bought nuance from what i know. So they can be blamed. /A > 22 okt. 2015 kl. 23:43 skrev Devin Prater : > > Well, about Samantha, Apple can't be blamed. It is a Neuance problem. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 22, 2015, at 4:30 PM, M. Taylor

Re: Cereproc And El Capitan, Very Disappointing

Hi! One thing i notice with acapella voices atleast is that if you’re using the Logitech wireless headset there are randomly dropouts which makes voiceover go silent. And what i mean by silent is TOTALLY SILENT! I have to press cmd f5 twice to get voiceover back. I now have voiceover going

Re: El capitan installation disk does not work.

Hi! My disk is beeing created but not bootable. So i will try the command line thing instead. /A > 22 okt. 2015 kl. 20:47 skrev Christopher-Mark Gilland : > > That's the thing. It wouldn't let me create it. It crashed about 3 fourths > the way through creating it. I

Re: Mark on iOS 9.1, So Far

Mark, I think I can help you on the battery front. I’m running the 6S+ with 9.1, a 6 with 9.1 and several iPads with 9.1. When you first start out with a device the battery circuits need a bit of celebration. It’s not like the old days where a battery was just a battery. There’s complex

Re: From Yosemite to El Capitan and Back: One New User's Story

Definitely, I love apple mail. I have outlook running in parallel on the same machine for work and I much much prefer apple mail. Good filtering, I like the conversation view, nice snap to it unlike outlook. Put me down as a big fan of Apple mail. > On Oct 22, 2015, at 3:28 PM, M. Taylor

Re: moving in text

Thanks a trillion! - Original Message - From: "Sabahattin Gucukoglu" To: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 6:23 PM Subject: Re: moving in text Hi, Yes. The commands are: Move to beginning of

Re: From Yosemite to El Capitan and Back: One New User's Story

Fine with me, I’d rather give my money to VMWare / EMC / Dell than Plesk. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 12:10 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > I believe this is because Parallels uses QT for the UI, and we all know the > story there. Basically if Parallels were to become more

Re: {EVENT}you and Fedora Outlier LLC Presents: The worlds largest virtual Thank you card to Apple Inc

Hi, I really want to attend but i have no skype credits to call outside Sweden and it’s probably in the middle of the night anyways but i really want to attend. What could i do? /Krister > 23 okt. 2015 kl. 17:18 skrev Michael Babcock : > > I thought some of you might

Re: How to disable autocorrection in Safari

Ah, thanks so much. Didn't know the menu item existed there. The corrections were driving me round the bend. Thanks again! > On 23 Oct 2015, at 15:40, Alex Hall wrote: > > If you don't want to disable it globally, and it sounds like you don't, just > turn it off in

Wifi calling

My new iPhone has the capability of doing Wi-Fi calling. It was not on by default. When I turned it on, it seemed to allow me to also have my iPad mini two, which is not a cell model, do this Wi-Fi calling. So I googled around and wasn't really able to find out very much information. I

Re: MacKeeper class action suit garners refunds

and here I have been trumpeting all over social media that something was amiss with this company (and their product). I believe I used the term "scare ware" ah well, the best kind of security is an informed and knowledgable user. -eric On Oct 23, 2015, at 2:15 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via

Re: Wifi calling

OK, thanks for the clarification. One more reason I'm glad I switched to T-Mobile. Mary Sent from my iPad > On Oct 23, 2015, at 8:27 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: > > You can leave it on at all times. It only uses wifi for devices that don’t > have a cellular connection, or

Re: Calibrating The iPhone Battery

Hello Mark, yes that's exactly what Scott means. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 2:16 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > > Hello Scott, > > I changed the Subject line to more accurately reflect our conversation. > > Thank you ever so much for the tips on how to calibrate my iPhone battery. > > I

Re: Wifi calling

You can leave it on at all times. It only uses wifi for devices that don’t have a cellular connection, or when your connection gets weak on the phone. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 10:02 PM, Mary Otten wrote: > > Thanks, Daniel. I did find the Apple support earticle to which you

Re: What's the word with the update for El Capitan and VO

Brian, That was not called for. If you are sick of it, use the delete key. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 10/23/2015 9:39 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: Daniel learn to read before typing. Did I

Re: Wifi calling

Hi Mary, If you have t-mobile or sprint, you can use what’s called enhanced wi-fi calling, which allows other iPads, iPods or Macs to make and receive wifi calls, the same way your phone does. However, the really awesome advantage to this is you can leave your phone at home, or somewhere else

RE: Problem with Logitech USB Headset

Since no one has asked yet, have you tried to use that USB port for something else since the headset stopped working? It could be the USB port that is the problem. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kristeen Hughes Sent: Tuesday,

Re: What's the word with the update for El Capitan and VO

Daniel learn to read before typing. Did I say VO is the only thing about accessibility, no. I am so sick of you and your don’t let the Lord split ya, you are such an idiot. Yeah, I called you an idiot. Any time anyone says something you do not agree with you there you go saying don’t let the

Re: Wifi calling

Thanks, Daniel. I did find the Apple support earticle to which you referred. That had not come up when I simply googled Wi-Fi calling. But I am still not sure whether or not I'm going to have a problem if I have Wi-Fi calling turned on and I'm out around town in a place where I do have a cell

Re: What's the word with the update for El Capitan and VO

I agree, Mary, hence why they have their own team of accessibility engineers, that *have* to work on 4 different operating systems, and work on not just Voiceover. It makes me sick how many people think VoiceOver is the only accessibility feature Apple has to work on at all times, so they

RE: Navigating to End of Table

In the table do a function control option right arrow, no shift From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brandon A. Olivares (The Pianist) Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 13:31 To: “Mac Visionaries“ Subject:

Calibrating The iPhone Battery

Hello Scott, I changed the Subject line to more accurately reflect our conversation. Thank you ever so much for the tips on how to calibrate my iPhone battery. I will do exactly as you suggest. I have already rebooted the phone and I have forced a reset via simultaneously pressing both the

Re: Uh, guys? We've got a problem with KNFB Reader for I O S.

I don't have KNFB Reader on my iPhone at this time, but I do have a couple of questions just out of curiosity: – Is this happening on the iPhone sixS and the 6S+ only? Or are other iOS devices likewise affected? – Is this something that has started with the release of iOS 9.1? – Bill and

Navigating to End of Table

Hello, In previous versions of OS X, you could use the end-of-window command (vo-function-shift-right arrow) to navigate to the end of a table. However, now, that simply takes me to the end of the page. There seems to be no easy way of jumping to the end of a table, so that I can quickly

Re: What's the word with the update for El Capitan and VO

Thanks for the heads up will be staying put on Yosemite for good now. Captain and my experience was just awful real big step backwards as far as accessibility. And I am not surprised as I met with someone from Apple yesterday and was stunned to hear that none of the higher ups have a real

Re: posting to facebook

Hello, this is broken in El Capitan, the workaround is to use Safari. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 6:43 PM, Walter Harper wrote: > > Hello all, > I think for some reason when I go to post to facebook from the mac I can’t > see the post button with voiceover. I am trying to

Re: posting to facebook

You can post from El Capitan. You have to fiddle a little bit with the tab or shift tab keys, but I’ve successfully posted several times from Notification center. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website,

Re: posting to facebook

You know, I really don't know. I'm enjoying my time on El Capitan. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 8:43 PM, Walter Harper wrote: > > Ok, > Is it worth going back to yosemite? >> On Oct 23, 2015, at 9:42 PM, joseph hudson wrote: >> >> Hello, this is broken in

Re: posting to facebook

Ok, Is it worth going back to yosemite? > On Oct 23, 2015, at 9:42 PM, joseph hudson wrote: > > Hello, this is broken in El Capitan, the workaround is to use Safari. >> On Oct 23, 2015, at 6:43 PM, Walter Harper wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> I think

Re: posting to facebook

I did try can you add me to skype wharper1121 > On Oct 23, 2015, at 9:44 PM, John Panarese wrote: > > You can post from El Capitan. You have to fiddle a little bit with the tab > or shift tab keys, but I’ve successfully posted several times from > Notification center. >

Re: Uh, guys? We've got a problem with KNFB Reader for I O S.

Not so much a setting, but when you moved that slider, it held. You never had to move it again, unless you wanted to. Not even if you closed the app down. Chris. - Original Message - From: "M. Taylor" To: Sent: Thursday, October

Re: What's the word with the update for El Capitan and VO

Hi Brian, I'm not sure what you meant by higher ups. But I wouldn't expect the top management at a company like Apple to have much of a clue about details regarding accessibility. The real issue is quality control and whether or not the people implementing excess ability have a clue. If Tim

2011 Mac Mini hard drives?

Hi all, My 64GB Air is simply too small for Xcode. It's time to resurrect my 2011 Mac Mini, dead these last couple years due to a bad hard drive. I wanted to find out what drives work with this model, but there's surprisingly little online about it. I know I'll need a 2.5-inch drive, but beyond

How to disable autocorrection in Safari

Hi, Whenever I do a search in Saafari, I have a problem with autocorrect. It is particularly annoying when I'm looking for a name and Safari corrects it to what it thinks. How can I disable this from,ture? Many thanks Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

RE: 2011 Mac Mini hard drives?

Here is link on how to replace and sizes https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac+Mini+Mid+2011+Hard+Drive+Replacement/6422 -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 07:23 To: 'Chris

Re: iPhone 6S question

I don't remember when we bought this Apple Airport extreme. But it was before any mac have the type ac connectivity on it. It wasn't too long after we bought it that the ac came out. I also have airport expresses for use with old-fashioned stereos, and they work wonderfully well with airplay.

Fwd: {EVENT}you and Fedora Outlier LLC Presents: The worlds largest virtual Thank you card to Apple Inc

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Michael Babcock > Date: October 23, 2015 at 11:18:29 AM EDT > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Cc: peel-the-ap...@googlegroups.com > Subject: Fwd: {EVENT}you and Fedora Outlier LLC Presents: The worlds largest > virtual Thank

Re: 2011 Mac Mini hard drives?

What you want to do is go to www.crucial.com put your machine type in and it shows you what will work. Go SSD it’s so much better. I’m using Crucial (Mikron) SSD disks in my older Macbook Pro and it screams fast. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Hi

Re: How to disable autocorrection in Safari

If you don't want to disable it globally, and it sounds like you don't, just turn it off in Safari's Edit menu. Go to the Edit menu, then the 'spelling and grammar' submenu. Uncheck 'heck spelling while typing' and you should be all set. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 10:23, Andrew Lamanche

Fwd: {EVENT}you and Fedora Outlier LLC Presents: The worlds largest virtual Thank you card to Apple Inc

I thought some of you might want to attend this, especially if your thankful for what apple has done for us all! Michael Babcock Your Blind Digital Marketing Partner. @payown on periscope and twitter. http://yourownpay.com/ > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Fedora

Re: From Yosemite to El Capitan and Back: One New User's Story

I’m using Classic view with El Capitán. I’ve got rid of the Preview pane and all my accounts are POP3. I’m not having any issues with Mail. As for sighted people preferring the modern view, my sighted husband certainly does not. However, I’m getting old and stuck in my ways, so don’t take any

Re: Cereproc And El Capitan, Very Disappointing

None of them work. They'll say the name of the voice that you're using, but that's it. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 22, 2015, at 11:31 PM, Singing Sparrow wrote: > > what is actually wrong with using the voices? > >> On 10/22/2015 10:42 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: >> Hi

Change spelling if it announces correct word on the Mac.

Hi. I was writing an e-mail tonight and misspelt a word. When I went on a word, Voice Over announced the correct word. Please could someone tell me how to make sure the correct word is selected as even though it is on auto correct whilst typing, I could not find how to change the word as it

Re: 2011 Mac Mini hard drives?

Thanks, everyone. That link will, my sighted friend tells me, make it easy to do the replacement. Crucial served up a 240GB SSD for $90, which is a good price. Looks like I'm all set… Hopefully it actually goes as smoothly as I think it will. > On Oct 23, 2015, at 10:34, george b

posting to facebook

Hello all, I think for some reason when I go to post to facebook from the mac I can’t see the post button with voiceover. I am trying to post from the facebook widget. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this

Facebook app update addresses battery drain

Apparently somebody documented how much the FB app was sucking down the battery on iOS. They supposedly have patched that and maybe another energy wasting bug in the new version.

MacKeeper class action suit garners refunds

Missed this in the news somewhere. Apparently the owners of MacKeeper have settled a class action suit and are close to getting approval for their $1.25M settlement fund. If you bought it you might be eligible. Details are here:

Re: Fourth GEN Apple TV has no Bluetooth keyboard support

I have the Samsung smart TV probably the same that you have. Someone put on voice guidance for me. You have to put it on and it will tell you what channel you are on the program name, if you have Audio Description, you can put that on too so when there is a program which is audio described,

Re: Uh, guys? We've got a problem with KNFB Reader for I O S.

I’m having the problem on an Iphone 6. Eileen From: William Gallik Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 3:33 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Uh, guys? We've got a problem with KNFB Reader for I O S. I don't have KNFB Reader on my iPhone at this time, but I do have a couple of

Re: Mark on iOS 9.1, So Far

Aah, Mark. You have answered my question about why I can’t get the time when the screen is locked. I depended on that especially if I wanted to know what time it was whilst on the way to work to see if I was going to miss my bus. The bug hasn’t been fixed as you can’t get Siri to speak if