RE: Using Hearing aids with Iphone, anyone has experience?

2018-05-28 Thread David Griffith
. I agree that it is great. David Griffith My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ My Blind hammer Blog https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts From: Harry Bell Sent: 28 May 2018 13:33 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Using Hearing

RE: Using Hearing aids with Iphone, anyone has experience?

2018-05-06 Thread David Griffith
Thanks for the recommendation. I have gone onto the website and bought a pair to see how I go. David Griffith My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ My Blind hammer Blog https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts From: Paul Hopewell Sent: 05 May

RE: Using Hearing aids with Iphone, anyone has experience?

2018-05-04 Thread David Griffith
. Anyway just my experience. David Griffith My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ My Blind hammer Blog https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts From: Michael Busboom Sent: 04 May 2018 09:59 To: 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Using

RE: You Tube downloader?

2018-04-09 Thread David Griffith
inconsistently with playlists but the function for downloading individual files seems fine. You can download it from. http://www.pontes.ro/en/scripts/#pmd David Griffith My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ My Blind hammer Blog https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind

RE: Question about installing jaws on my Mac

2018-01-09 Thread David Griffith
buy my SMA licences at the reduced Home rate. As far as I am aware I have lost no Jaws functionality as a result of this. David Griffith My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ My Blind hammer Blog https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts From

RE: qcast

2018-01-07 Thread David Griffith
My own experience is that it became broken after the Yosemite update and the developer appears disinterested in support. It still works on Windows but I think for OS you would be better off looking for an alternative Podcast manager. David Griffith My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http

RE: podcast on installing windows with bootcamp accessibly

2017-12-08 Thread David Griffith
I have not been following this thread but I understood that one of the big features of the Windows 10 Fall Update that came out this Autumn is that it is now possible for blind people now can install Accessibily out of the box. Narrator is now available during Setup. You turn Narrator on with

RE: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-25 Thread David Griffith
appropriately which is not always the case. David Griffith My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ My Blind hammer Blog https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts From: Simon Fogarty Sent: 25 November 2017 08:30 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread David Griffith
Your iTunes Match library has no impact on your iCloud storage. I have a massive iTunes match music library but only 50GB of actual iCloud space. This would be swamped if the 2,000 albums was actually put in iCloud. David Griffith My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http

RE: iTunes library on a Mac and a PC?

2017-11-24 Thread David Griffith
to stop subscribing you should download all your music before doing this to ensure you retain off line access. Without Match I think you have to create each library on each Windows or Mac separetly. David Griffith My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ My Blind

RE: Software updates on iPhone.

2017-11-23 Thread David Griffith
and deleted it from there. Since then I have had no nags to update to iOS 11. David Griffith My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ My Blind hammer Blog https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts From: Simon Fogarty Sent: 23 November 2017 21:33

RE: Apple TV and iTunes Library

2017-11-06 Thread David Griffith
I have no experience of using the Apple TV but I do experience from time to time a curious lag in iTunes syching and communicating across devices. For example my Windows machine and my Mac. Generally this gets resolves after time but it may take a day for the machines to catch upwith each

RE: Can't transfer music from iTunes 12.7x to iPhone 7 that isrunningiOS 10.x. Why not?

2017-10-24 Thread David Griffith
/HT203075 There is no reference to either Apple Music or iTunes Match or iCloud. David Griffith My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ My Blind hammer Blog https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts From: Kevin Gibbs Sent: 24 October 2017 20:04

RE: Can't transfer music from iTunes 12.7x to iPhone 7 that isrunningiOS 10.x. Why not?

2017-10-24 Thread David Griffith
if wireless synch is still an easy option. David Griffith has My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ My Blind hammer Blog https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts From: Kevin Gibbs Sent: 24 October 2017 19:57 To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Can't

RE: Can't transfer music from iTunes 12.7x to iPhone 7 that isrunningiOS 10.x. Why not?

2017-10-24 Thread David Griffith
with a cable for transferring music. David Griffith My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ My Blind hammer Blog https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts From: Kevin Gibbs Sent: 24 October 2017 19:20 To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Can't transfer

RE: Can't transfer music from iTunes 12.7x to iPhone 7 that isrunning iOS 10.x. Why not?

2017-10-24 Thread David Griffith
help. David Griffith My Blind Access and Guide dog Blog http://dgriffithblog.wordpress.com/ My Blind hammer Blog https://www.westhamtillidie.com/authors/blind-hammer/posts From: Kevin Gibbs Sent: 24 October 2017 18:36 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Fwd

Re: Making a network between my Macmini and My windows 7 machine

2017-07-27 Thread David Griffith
that you normally use to access your windows machine. That is pretty much it. You will see the drives on your network machine. Whether you can access them will depend on whether you have set sharing permissions on the Windows side. David Griffith o On 27/07/2017 11:08, Ramy Moustafa wrote

RE: How to click mouse in fusion, jaw 8 doesn't work

2017-07-13 Thread David Griffith
as a valid key for laptop layout it needs to receive a key map signal indicating that it is the caps lock key which is being held down and not the insert key. If you have remapped the ` key to the insert key this would, I think explain the behaviour you are experiencing. David Griffith

RE: How to click mouse in fusion, jaw 8 doesn't work

2017-07-13 Thread David Griffith
until this is manually changed. The easiest way to do this is probably by running the Start Up wizard from the Help menu in Jaws. David Griffith From: Scott Granados Sent: 13 July 2017 15:49 To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via Subject: How to click mouse in fusion, jaw 8 doesn't work Hi, wonder

RE: Installer not talking on my iMac

2017-06-26 Thread David Griffith
. If it happens one more time I guess I might just give up on Sierra. My iMac is a 2011 model with 256gb SSD and 16GB Ram including an upgrade to what was then the highest processor speed available so it should be able to cope. David Griffith From: Tim Kilburn Sent: 26 June 2017 15:54

RE: Installer not talking on my iMac

2017-06-26 Thread David Griffith
Accessibility and perhaps they will take it seriously and investigate. David Griffith Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Nickus de Vos Sent: 25 June 2017 12:00 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Installer not talking on my iMac Hi all I had to format and install a clean copy of Sierra

Re: Installer not talking on my iMac

2017-06-25 Thread David Griffith
Sent from my iPhone > On 25 Jun 2017, at 12:00, Nickus de Vos wrote: > > Hi all > I had to format and install a clean copy of Sierra for a friend over the > weekend and thought while I have the installer on a USB flash drive I might > as well do my iMac as well, since

RE: Sendspace, Dropbox, and Open-drive

2017-06-18 Thread David Griffith
The Sendspace wizard is accessible but a little clunkier to use than the windows version in terms of navigating around the remote browser. It is all possible but learn the short cut keys and you will often have to use virtual mouse clicks – shift VO space I find to execute stuff. David

Re: Emptying El Capitan's clipboard

2017-04-05 Thread David Griffith
I have just tested the old workaround of simply copying a space to the clipboard and this works for clearing the clipboard of any readable text although obviously it is not technically icily cleared. David Griffith. > On 5 Apr 2017, at 19:09, Angus MacKinnon <thedog...@gmail.com&

Re: Emptying El Capitan's clipboard

2017-04-05 Thread David Griffith
Apologies if this answer has already appeared but the old workaround for all platforms was to highlight a space in any text and simply copy that to the clipboard. I will have a check on my version of Sierra to check that this still works. David Griffith > On 5 Apr 2017, at 19:09, An

Re: has anyone found a way to Connect to a wireless network in recovery using voiceover?

2017-02-24 Thread David Griffith
in Apples big drive for thin devices whether the utility of the ethernet port has been lost for this purpose. Someone else may know if an adaptor will be recognised in Recovery Console. David Griffith On 24/02/2017 11:54, Scott Berry wrote: Tim, Yes I didn’t think about this. Now another

Re: Mars edit

2017-02-24 Thread David Griffith
to finalise editing and paste into Marrs Edit and just publish from there really. David Griffith On 23/02/2017 02:21, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi guys, Is Mars edit broken? I cannot edit my blog post, and when I type, my cursor jumps several paragraphs above where I think I am. Sarai D

Re: Problem with MarsEdit Editor

2016-12-13 Thread David Griffith
of Mars Edit in something like text Edit and just copy and paste into the Edit box and then publish with Mars Edit. David Griffith On 13/12/2016 13:50, Brandon A. Olivares wrote: Hi everyone, I was trying out MarsEdit. However, I get the problem that sometimes I lose keyboard focus in the text

Re: How does one get to know your e-mail address?

2016-11-17 Thread David Griffith
that they have made a hit. David Griffith On 17/11/2016 21:28, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hi. This is a bit off topic but I have to ask this question. I received an e-mail today to my me account as I only use that account for personal things and you may know I use my alias for stuff like this list. Well

Re: automatically add files to iTunes

2016-11-13 Thread David Griffith
a look myself. I know it is there because I unchecked it myself some time ago. David Griffith On 18/10/2016 18:55, Christina C. wrote: Hello, So, sometimes when I download an audio file my Mac automatically unzips the file and starts playing it in iTunes and then it is added to my

Re: No more hardware escape key on upcoming MacBooks

2016-10-26 Thread David Griffith
ashioned" touch typists who had an issue with this would probably be invited to use a bluetooth keyboard in the same way as they do on their phones. I personally will not be buying one of these in the future when they arrive, or if I did , I would immediately attach a proper keyboard. Davi

Re: New IOS update?

2016-10-26 Thread David Griffith
I have not done the update but presumably the two factor verification is not yet compulsory? David Griffith > On 26 Oct 2016, at 09:24, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Yes an update came out yesterday and part of the setup is a request if you > wish t

Re: iPod touch

2016-10-26 Thread David Griffith
It is only rumour but fairly strong rumour. The article I read was that part of the drive that Apple are making towards wireless making us use earphones island abandoning the headphone jack with a possible view to make devices like the watch eventually replace the iPod. There has also been

Re: Status of the send space wizard

2016-10-23 Thread David Griffith
Griffith On 23/10/2016 03:46, Maria Chapman wrote: HI. I find if i tab until it says send space URL then it allows me to paste in the link and all works fine. hth. Maria On 21 Oct 2016, at 10:18 PM, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> wrote: Sorry for the delay in replying.

Re: Alternative radio apps for the mac?

2016-10-22 Thread David Griffith
Are you bringing upthe the menu with VO M or with the Trackpad? David Griffith On 22/10/2016 18:39, Mary Otten wrote: Hi all, I was surprised to read about this problem with Radium. I have Sierra on my Mac. And I have used Radium successfully recently. I do have an alias for radium on my

Re: Status of the send space wizard

2016-10-21 Thread David Griffith
it properly. I am trying to use VO up and down arrow, and even disabling quick Nav and up and down arrow, but it is not working. Is there a better way of doing this that I do not know about? Thanks On Oct 18, 2016, at 5:41 PM, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> wrote: I have just

Re: Status of the send space wizard

2016-10-18 Thread David Griffith
directly to my remote uploaded files as normal. The other short cuts also appear to work and I navigated a few remote folders fine. I did not do an extensive test but all seemed normal as before to me. David Griffith . > On 18 Oct 2016, at 21:42, matthew dyer <ilovecountr

Re: removing items from the dock

2016-10-10 Thread David Griffith
I am not on my Mac at the moment but from memory you need to select a an option that says something like Show in Finder and rename it from there. David Griffith On 10/10/2016 10:01, Simon Fogarty wrote: Hi Donna, Thanks for that, worked great, Any ideas on how to rename objects

Re: In Safari how do I get a video to stop playing

2016-10-09 Thread David Griffith
. If it is another web video player you may have to search for control elemtns / buttons on the page. In some circumstances you may simply have to close the page to stop a video playing. David Griffith On 09/10/2016 22:43, Christina C. wrote: Hi all, I thought there was a quick way to stop

Re: Reading kindle books on Mac OS or converting to other formats

2016-10-06 Thread David Griffith
instructions here as well. David Griffith MOn 06/10/2016 01:12, Ryan Mann wrote: On the PC, there is a program called Codex that can be used to convert Kindle books to other formats such as Word or HTML. Is there a program like this for Mac OS? If not, is there at least a way to read

Re: youtube on the mac

2016-10-06 Thread David Griffith
Try in Safari 1. Turn Quick Nav off. Now Try using 2. Pressing K to pause 3. Press L to skip forward 4. Press J to skip back. David Griffith On 06/10/2016 04:23, Faisal ali wrote: so what youtube apps or any do people use and recommend for the mac? I have tried to use safari

Re: Is Sierra Stable Concerning VoiceOver

2016-10-04 Thread David Griffith
I find increasingly column view is a problem if you are using that. Switching to list view improvesmatters. David Griffith On 04/10/2016 16:10, Kristeen Hughes wrote: I upgraded my 2012 Mini from Yosemite. The only problem I am having is that Finder is very slow if viewing a large folder

Re: Stop automatic update to SIerra, how?

2016-10-03 Thread David Griffith
think there is any risk that you install Sierra by mistake. David Griffith On 03/10/2016 10:41, Ramy Moustafa wrote: Hello all: Now and with all your support, I installed el Capitan, and am updating my Mac software like I tunes etc. but I don't want my machine to be updated to Sierra, and I

Re: Apple discontinuing the iPod?

2016-10-02 Thread David Griffith
Apparently the speculation is that to facilitate this the Watch will increase to 8 GB and beyond. Someone posted a link to this discussion earlier on the thread. David Griffith On 02/10/2016 20:54, David tanner wrote: At this point you can only store up to two gigs of music on an Apple

Re: Apple discontinuing the iPod?

2016-10-02 Thread David Griffith
marketing. David Griffith On 02/10/2016 14:09, Dolores Myers wrote: I have an iPod 5th gen and was thinking of buying an iPod 6th gen. I had been looking at Amazon but hadn’t;t bought anything yet. After reading this thread, I looked at Amazon and the only units they had were from marketpl

Re: ipad pro and keyboard

2016-09-27 Thread David Griffith
I do not use a keyboard on my iPad but the keystroke to send an email using OS is command shift D and not command shift S. At least it is on my system. David Griffith On 27/09/2016 22:06, mattias jonsson wrote: seems the ipad dont supports the osx mail keyboard shortcuts? or yes one

Re: scanners and the mac for use with docu scan plus

2016-09-25 Thread David Griffith
only be used under Windows. Sometimes alternative third party drivers can be available for this problem but I am not sure that this solution would be compatible with Docuscan. In my case after extensive searching I had to conclude my scanner simply could not be used on a Mac. David

Re: Replacing a local copy of a song in iTunes with the iCloud match?

2016-09-05 Thread David Griffith
the extended tag view you will easily be able to find what I am talking about. David Griffith On 05/09/2016 14:33, Larry Thacker Jr. wrote: I don’t really want Match, but I have considered using it because I have so much music that was ripped from CD at lower quality and it would be nice

Re: Some interesting rumours regarding 3.5 mm jack issue on the iPhone seven

2016-09-02 Thread David Griffith
of on deaf users. David Griffith On 02/09/2016 13:35, Scott Granados wrote: Jonathan, now you’re just writing stuff to read it later, that’s just nutty. You make it like some huge personal assault against the great and mighty Jonathan Mosen, please, we’ve seen an adapter is going to exist so you

Re: Some interesting rumours regarding 3.5 mm jack issue on the iPhone seven

2016-09-01 Thread David Griffith
. This did cause another another poster to comment that ironically some people are deaf to the concerns of those of with hearing impairments. David Griffith On 01/09/2016 20:07, Jonathan Mosen wrote: Hi Mary, unfortunately this issue doesn't affect the Deaf community in the same way

Re: Accessibility and the Amazon site

2016-08-20 Thread David Griffith
The last time I tried the mobile version of the Amazon site I could not download any mp3 music - only available from the full site, has this changed? David Griffith On 20/08/2016 07:40, christopher hallsworth wrote: Not if you use www.amazon.com/mobile or www.amazon.co.uk/mobile On 19 Aug

Re: Playing BBC World Service Content on My Mac

2016-08-02 Thread David Griffith
still do this but it would be worth a look. David Griffith On 02/08/2016 12:47, Craig Werner wrote: Hello, everyone. I am a U.S. listener running OS X 10.10.5 on a MacBook Air. I am trying to play live stream of the BBC World Service via the BBC iPlayer, but when I press the "Play&qu

Re: Is the Kindle App accessible on Mac OS ?

2016-07-29 Thread David Griffith
As far as I am concerned the text content of books in the Mac Kindle app is still completely inaccessible to Voiceover. There was some claim that some people were getting some feedback with braille but as I am not a braille user I cannot comment. David Griffith On 29/07/2016 12:34, Saqib

Re: Not all e-mail showing when I open a conversation.

2016-07-19 Thread David Griffith
Command Shift D. David Griffith On 26/06/2016 13:00, Saqib Hussain wrote: Hi. I do VO J to jump to the message body and the same to move back into the message thread but I don’t know how to send a message without going to the toolbar so does anyone know how what the command is to send

Problems importing Feed into Readkit

2016-07-10 Thread David Griffith
this app usable with a standard OPML RSS Feed import? David Griffith -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please

Re: Taking The Headphone Jack Off Phones Is User-Hostile and Stupid, Have Some Dignity

2016-06-29 Thread David Griffith
will that be possible in the future arrangement? David Griffith On 29/06/2016 21:28, Scott Granados wrote: I smell a troll! On Jun 29, 2016, at 4:26 PM, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> wrote: I disagree totally. They are denying me a 3.5 headphone jack. On 29/06/2016 20:52, E.T. wrote:

Re: Taking The Headphone Jack Off Phones Is User-Hostile and Stupid, Have Some Dignity

2016-06-29 Thread David Griffith
need to step back and put it all in perspective. And wait to see what Apple is really going to do with this. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 6/29/2016 12:19 PM, David Griffith wrote: I am personally disturbed because 1. I have never found

Re: Taking The Headphone Jack Off Phones Is User-Hostile and Stupid, Have Some Dignity

2016-06-29 Thread David Griffith
I am personally disturbed because 1. I have never found a bluetooth headset loude enough for me as a severely deaf person. 2. I hate with a huge amount options which try to use my hearing aids as an alternative as the sound is also lousy 3. However I get perfect loud fidelity from a large

Re: Labelling Button not sticking in iOS

2016-06-22 Thread David Griffith
Thanks - very useful feedback. I think it has stopped me probably knocking my head against a brick wall to no avail. I will try contacting the developers. David Griffith On 22/06/2016 13:53, Larry Thacker Jr. wrote: I have seen that happen before. My guess is that it has something to do

Labelling Button not sticking in iOS

2016-06-21 Thread David Griffith
what I may be doing wrong? David Griffith -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators

Re: apple script to play a folder in VLC?

2016-05-16 Thread David Griffith
There is no need for such a script. Simply open the folder. PressCommand A to select all files and then command down arrow to open selected files. VLC will open and treat the folder as a Playlist. David Griffith On 14/05/2016 22:00, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi, does anyone have a script

Re: Edditting a document in textedit on my Mac

2016-05-09 Thread David Griffith
rename it to a file name of your choice. David Griffith On 09/05/2016 05:18, Helga Schreiber wrote: Hi all! How are you all? I have a question, I want to write in adocument on my mac using textedit guys. I started writing this documenton my windows computer, but everytime I want to eddit

Re: Problem with Logging On after Update.

2016-04-17 Thread David Griffith
start Voiceover manually and log in using the instructions I posted earlier. Now the update has completed hopefully this problem will disappear. David Griffith On 17/04/2016 21:32, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: I have the latest update on my I Mac and Mac Mini and I have never seen the screen that David

Re: Problem with Logging On after Update.

2016-04-17 Thread David Griffith
user name Group is. In my case it says David Griffith Group. 4. After pressing Vo Space on this group a password field will then appear. To see this with Voiceover you need to interact with the group 5. interact again with the edit field to enter your normal password. 6. I pressed Enter after

Re: Problem with Logging On after Update.

2016-04-17 Thread David Griffith
annoying. David Griffith On 17/04/2016 16:32, Basioli George wrote: david this is your user account login and if you did a clean install you need to create a user login that is not the apple login On Apr 17, 2016, at 7:52 AM, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> wrote: I have not been on

Problem with Logging On after Update.

2016-04-17 Thread David Griffith
I am locked completely out of a very expensive piece of kit. Has anybody else encountered this and is there is any solution for a Voiceover user? David Griffith -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns

Re: How do you update your I cloud match library once you add new things?

2016-02-20 Thread David Griffith
In my experience, as long as you have signed into itunes Match in the version of iTunes you are using and also have iTunes Match turned on your phone it should appear automatically. David Griffith On 20/02/2016 20:15, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hi. I added a CD to my Music library on I tunes

Re: Download Completion Actions In Safari

2016-02-20 Thread David Griffith
the dialogue perfectly well. If you do nothing the folder alert notice will go away of its own accord after a few seconds. David Griffith On 20/02/2016 18:12, Daniel Chavez wrote: Good day list, I was wondering how can you have Safari perform an action when a download completes? (e.g., play

Re: Buying a new mac laptop, what should i buy?

2016-02-12 Thread David Griffith
was starting out with a Mac now I would not bother with a Boot Camp install but go for the massively more convenient Fusion option. David Griffith On 12/02/2016 13:57, Scott Granados wrote: You’re better off in my opinion going with VM fusion instead of boot camp. That’s just my personal opinion

Re: clean install of El Capatin questions

2016-02-10 Thread David Griffith
Machine using Migration Assistance but by migrating your settings you may well lose much of the benefits of a clean install. At least that has been my experience. David Griffith On 11/02/2016 03:33, Gary wrote: Hi Sarai, I’m getting ready to install El Capitan and wanted to do a clean install

Re: iBooks still unusable after clean install

2016-02-07 Thread David Griffith
service as stuff is available as mobi as well as epub from that library. David Griffith 06/02/2016 20:35, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: Yes, clean installs are best done clean. It’s a pain, but it’s always worth doing the clean part. There will be corrupt preferences and long-dead traces

Is Microsoft Office unusable under El Capitan?

2016-02-07 Thread David Griffith
the rota selecting text is not a straightforward option. I am minded to remove Office from myMac and release the subscription for another machine, possibly a Windows Tablet. I thought I should check whether again these issues are peculiar to me or common to others. David Griffith

Re: iBooks still unusable after clean install

2016-02-06 Thread David Griffith
rely on Windows for ePub. David Griffith On 06/02/2016 12:54, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: Although I think iBooks for Mac is really quite horrible, an unfinished counterpart to its far-superior iOS version, I didn’t have any trouble using it. Once you interact with the scroll area, you can stay

iBooks still unusable after clean install

2016-02-06 Thread David Griffith
no issues whilst others appear to have exactly the same problem I have. Could I first of all confirm if anybody else, like me, has this problem even after a complete clean install? David Griffith -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

Re: Does anyone know of a free rss reader for the Mac/

2016-02-01 Thread David Griffith
and Safari will open and load the page. I prefer this as I can use Reader on Safari. David Griffith On 01/02/2016 00:06, 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries wrote: thanks i will look for it how is it with voice over -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: Does anyone know of a free rss reader for the Mac/

2016-01-31 Thread David Griffith
Sorry but where did you try to look? David Griffith > On 31 Jan 2016, at 21:15, 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > i tried to look for it bt it is not there > > -- > The following information is important for all mem

Re: Does anyone know of a free rss reader for the Mac/

2016-01-31 Thread David Griffith
I do not think it its available in the App Store. Many of the most useful Mac programs are not. I Googled Vienna RSS Reader and the first result you get is a link to the developers page and download links. David Griffith > On 31 Jan 2016, at 22:47, 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionar

Is iBooks Unusable in El Capitan

2016-01-31 Thread David Griffith
have not sucdeededin getting into the reading scroll area even though I have restarted etc. Is this an experience others have had or is it only me. I have not done the clean install again but will not bother if this is a problem even after a clean install. David Griffith -- The following

Re: Does anyone know of a free rss reader for the Mac/

2016-01-31 Thread David Griffith
I use Vienna. David Griffith > On 31 Jan 2016, at 17:57, 'Adrian Leong' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Does any one know of a free and accessible rss reader for the Mac? > > ```Sent from my iPad > > -- > The following

Latest iOS Update - Telling the time Bug

2015-12-08 Thread David Griffith
to resist upgrading if this feature has not been fixed. David Griffith -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please

Quick dictation with VoiceDream Writer

2015-11-17 Thread David Griffith
groping around the screen for a dictate button on a on screen keyboard? David Griffith -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post

Re: USB devices used to work but now don't

2015-11-05 Thread David Griffith
I have not moved to El Capitan so that is news to me. Has this been removed from the free utility Onyx also? David Griffith On 05/11/2015 02:35, Devin Prater wrote: You can't repair permisions in el capitan can you? I thought they took that out. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 4, 2015, at 6:01

Re: USB devices used to work but now don't

2015-11-05 Thread David Griffith
Researching this it appears that you can still use Onyx in El Capitan if you need to do this. http://osxdaily.com/2015/11/04/verify-repair-permissions-mac-os-x/ David Griffith On 05/11/2015 02:35, Devin Prater wrote: You can't repair permisions in el capitan can you? I thought they took

Re: Scanning pdf document.

2015-11-05 Thread David Griffith
below that. *http://tinyurl.com/nezebh5 *http://www.abbyy.com/checkforupdates/?Product=FRProMac=Retail=1033=1215%2f2=CheckUpdate=12.0=5=500835 David Griffith On 05/11/2015 13:13, Sadam Ahmed wrote: As far as I know the KNFB solution only works with Dropbox. Try the free version of PDF Pen Pro

Re: USB devices used to work but now don't

2015-11-04 Thread David Griffith
as a device in system Prefernces or any of the audio settings. However as soon as I went into recovery console I got it back so after a reinstall it was all fine from that time - touch wood. David Griffith On 04/11/2015 23:00, Devin Prater wrote: Hello, I have a Mac Mini, late 2012 model, with 4

Re: Google music manager on the Mac, is it accessible?

2015-11-03 Thread David Griffith
would indeed not work on the Mac. However if Google Play is accessible on iOS as some of their iOS app apparently are them the Windows upload route may be a way of making Google Play useful on an iPhone. David Griffith On 03/11/2015 20:31, Mary Otten wrote: That is disappointing. It is also

Re: Read all key strokes on the MAC

2015-11-02 Thread David Griffith
. This command is VO B. David Griffith David Griffithre, 31/10/2015 21:10, percygarrett wrote: Hello,what are the commands to read all text on the MAC? On a windows computer, I use the insert and down arrow keys. Thanks in advance! - Original Message - From: "Kawal Gucukoglu&q

Re: Help from fellow academics out there? Desperate!

2015-11-01 Thread David Griffith
. David Griffith 01/11/2015 21:42, Sarah Amelia Sackville McLauchlan wrote: Hi all! If any of you out there are also academics, do you know of any good citation-management software that works with Voice-Over? I’ve been trying Zotero, but it’s a complete nightmare! And I didn’t find Refworks all

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

2015-10-22 Thread David Griffith
to classic view to find the email I need by first letter navigation and then switch back to standard view.. David Griffith > On 22 Oct 2015, at 22:37, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > I have long since suspected that Apple will, eventually, discontinue the > cl

Re: These Simple Facebook Shortcuts Will Save You Time

2015-10-22 Thread David Griffith
. However a workaround for El Capitan users may be to redesignate the Voiceover key as Caps lock and turn off Control option as VO keys. I am sticking with Yosemite for the time being so cannot test this. David Griffith > On 22 Oct 2015, at 14:25, Brian Fischler <brianfisch...@me.com&

Re: Files Question.

2015-10-19 Thread David Griffith
Word or if your computer crashes then these files remain on your disk. Word can use them on Windows for document recovery. I do not believe that similar document recovery is possible if they are simply ported across to the Mac. David Griffith On 19/10/2015 23:00, Eileen Scrivani wrote: Although

Re: How to change what is in the rota

2015-10-06 Thread David Griffith
Simply use left or right cursor keys after pressing VO U. David Griffith > On 6 Oct 2015, at 22:04, Agent086b <agent0...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > Hello all, > how can I change what items a shown in the rota after pressing VO + U? I know > how to do this with th

Re: Overdrive.

2015-09-29 Thread David Griffith
to be read in Voice Dream but I have not investigated this. David Griffith > On 29 Sep 2015, at 22:07, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Hello. > > Please could someone tell me if they are using Overdrive? I was going to use > it on my I phone because of the R

Re: The Latest Update to Office 16 for Mac

2015-09-29 Thread David Griffith
ies > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > David Griffith > Hello, I am wondering if anyone has had any luck with Option Right Arrow > reading word by word in a document? > Option left arrow seems to read prior word just fine, but I cannot get the > option right arrow

Getting Office on the Mac

2015-08-31 Thread David Griffith
have found and is there a workaround for this? David Griffith -- 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...@google

Re: Renaming cd in itunes.

2015-06-17 Thread David Griffith
is very different from mp3Tag and is unfortunately not free. Mp3Tag has more features so there are advantages in doing this under Windows as opposed to the Mac. David Griffith On 7/06/2015 10:09, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hello! I have a cd here which is included in a radio-drama. Though

Re: Renaming cd in itunes.

2015-06-17 Thread David Griffith
Apologies for not specifying Mac instructions more. I did not spot this was a MacVisionaries question and confused this query with a more general Computing list. David Griffith On 17/06/2015 15:59, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, iTunes on the Mac will do this just fine. similarly, select

Re: More Nisus writer questions.

2015-05-01 Thread David Griffith
be useful in more applications than Nisus. David Griffith On 1 May 2015, at 02:39, sadam ahmed sadamahmed1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I’ve recently invested in the purchase of Nisus writer pro for my Mac. My question is how does one get the word count using a direct VO keystroke

Re: Automatically enabling and disabling Quick Nav when apps gain focus

2015-04-20 Thread David Griffith
or Safari are loaded. You may have to be more specific about what steps you took in setting up the activity for us to comment on whether you are doing anything wrong. David Griffith On 19/04/2015 23:47, Edward Green wrote: Hi, I want to set up my Mac so that the state of the quick nav toggle

Re: Thinking of buying Pages

2015-04-15 Thread David Griffith
Yes but if you update to Yosemite you will have free access to Pages. David Griffith On 15/04/2015 05:03, Agent086b wrote: Hi, I think that came in just after I got my iMac. Max. On 15 Apr 2015, at 2:01 pm, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: I thought

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