Re: Keyboard issues with fusion, suggestions?

2010-07-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Christy, I'd used Fusion with Windows before, and SA. In my experience, iwth hte latest version of fusion, which is I believe 3.0.1, hitting command-g with Voiceover on, while in the VM window, worked pretty consistently to bring keyboard input to the VM. Took fusion, and my VM off though,

Re: Dragdropkeyboard support

2010-07-02 Thread Krister Ekstrom
2 jul 2010 kl. 00.33 skrev Tinker Tweak: Why not us Mac blind users just petition Apple to put a keyboard shortcut for their drag and drop? Maybe then we could do away with Windows all together. Smile. I've already done away with Windows for all my productive work. The only time i have to

Re: Keyboard issues with fusion, suggestions?

2010-07-02 Thread Scott Howell
I hate to say it, but command-g does not always work as it should. I am being punished for the next year and have to use xp for some coursework. Soon as that is over, I think I could easily chuck the windows vm. :) On Jul 2, 2010, at 3:07 AM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: Hi Christy, I'd used Fusion

Re: Dragdropkeyboard support

2010-07-02 Thread Scott Howell
There is no reason not to ask for this support and there was efforts made to have this as an option or an easier option. However, sometimes things do not work as expected and the feeling is the need is not great enough. THere are work arounds for most of these cutting and pasting issues, but

Re: Dragdropkeyboard support

2010-07-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeah I also can't drag and drop with disasterious results. I some how dragged a set of files on to a skype window not an archiving app. I was tryin to zip to 7zip btw. S On Jul 1, 2010, at 6:19 PM, Cody Hurst wrote: well you know like I said vo does have the control option command shift space

Re: ripping cds

2010-07-02 Thread erik burggraaf
Itunes has been my enemy, Although if you are coming from windows media player then you might not think ITunes is unwieldy. Max is far more efficient than Itunes, offers an unbelieveable array of features and works hand in hand with ITunes if you want it to. It's free and accessible. Best,

RE: facetime

2010-07-02 Thread Simon F
Probably stuck on an ATT firmware? That wouldn't work in new Zealand. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Charlie Doremus Sent: Friday, 2 July 2010 12:06 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: Keyboard issues with fusion, suggestions?

2010-07-02 Thread Cody Hurst
I tried the command G command but it did not work I had remembered it but wasn't sure what it did. On Jul 2, 2010, at 3:07 AM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: Hi Christy, I'd used Fusion with Windows before, and SA. In my experience, iwth hte latest version of fusion, which is I believe 3.0.1, hitting

Re: Dragdropkeyboard support

2010-07-02 Thread Cody Hurst
oh yes crister you are right I agree. the workflow script will suffice just as much I dont' know why we dont' just use that. On Jul 2, 2010, at 4:51 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: 2 jul 2010 kl. 00.33 skrev Tinker Tweak: Why not us Mac blind users just petition Apple to put a keyboard shortcut

Re: facetime

2010-07-02 Thread Cody Hurst
nah, it's just an iphone4 to iphone4 thing, not an AT and T thing, and it can't be anyway since it only works over wifi as of now On Jul 2, 2010, at 7:10 AM, Simon F wrote: Probably stuck on an ATT firmware? That wouldn't work in new Zealand. -Original Message- From:

Re: Dragdropkeyboard support

2010-07-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
I've used a workflow script and it always no matter what I did moved the item to the desktop not the drive I wanted or folder I wanted. Jmm. Sd On Jul 2, 2010, at 5:46 AM, Cody Hurst wrote: oh yes crister you are right I agree. the workflow script will suffice just as much I dont' know why

Re: Dragdropkeyboard support

2010-07-02 Thread Cody Hurst
hm, well I haven't tried move across drives but it works for the same drive anyway On Jul 2, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: I've used a workflow script and it always no matter what I did moved the item to the desktop not the drive I wanted or folder I wanted. Jmm. Sd On Jul 2,

Re: Keyboard issues with fusion, suggestions?

2010-07-02 Thread Jeff Berwick
I often, recently, have this issue too. I turn my VO on, go to the doc and relaunch VMWare...I may have to do this three or four times but, most of the time, eventually it works and the keyboard focus comes to Windows. If only I could get access to the JFW virtual curser and get rid of the

Re: Keyboard issues with fusion, suggestions?

2010-07-02 Thread Kevin Mattingly
If you're concerned with getting into the window itself, you can interact with the tool bar, use the VOKey RightArrow and move to the full screen button and hit VOKey SpaceBar and you'll have the full screen in Fusion. If you want to put back into the standard window, use the command, control,

mobile me. is it worth it?

2010-07-02 Thread Cody Hurst
Hi guys, I'm wondering about purchasing a subscription and I'd like to know if it is worth the $99. I've got the cash now and if I'm going to do it, I might as well do it now. I'm wondering a few things.. 1. how does mm know what contacts I want to keep when I update my devices? 2. how does the

Re: Windows on the mac question

2010-07-02 Thread Jeff Berwick
I have replicated your key mappings and it seems to work - somewhat. How do you get around the fact that [alt] [tab] is no longer an option as it interferes with the Mac [command] [tab] key combination? Also, the insert key stil doesn't make the JFW curser work so, screen exploration is out of

Rapid movement amongst web items

2010-07-02 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, all. I am slowly getting to grips with the Mac Mini I have here and am finding it an interesting experience at least. If I may ask, is there any way to, as one can in the Windows screen readers, move to the next specified HTML attribute? That is, if I want to move to the next check

Re: Rapid movement amongst web items

2010-07-02 Thread clarence griffin
VO + command and h will move you to headers. I think l moves to links and you can try others to see what they do. Turn on your keyboard help and play around with some of the VO + command + letter keys and see what you come up with. I am sure there are ones for all the things you want to do. if

Re: mobile me. is it worth it?

2010-07-02 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Put it this way. Are you going to need it? Do you really need calendars, contacts, and all that other good stuff synchronized continuously? Are you that busy that you find it much more convenient? iDisk is just a place to store files, and they will immediately be available on your iPhone

Re: Rapid movement amongst web items

2010-07-02 Thread Gary
VO + command J will jump you to the next control element. On Jul 2, 2010, at 10:40 AM, Aman Singer wrote: Hi, all. I am slowly getting to grips with the Mac Mini I have here and am finding it an interesting experience at least. If I may ask, is there any way to, as one can in the

Re: mobile me. is it worth it?

2010-07-02 Thread michael babcock
hi; Also, I could be wrong but can't you do this with google apps? However, you do need your own domain to use google apps: apps.google.com I think, if i'm correct that you can get a 60 or 90 day trial of mobile me, not sure though. thanks mike On Jul 2, 2010, at 8:18 AM, Nicolai Svendsen

Re: mobile me. is it worth it?

2010-07-02 Thread Cody Hurst
I just purchased a one year sub, and it should be here soon I thought it was an instant thing that I would get an email and just activate it but I guess no. I should get it befor the 9th. I think it'll be useful for college, seeing as I'll be using my mbp, having my school work stored in a

Re: mobile me. is it worth it?

2010-07-02 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Yeah, it's a sixty day trial. However, you will need to enter credit card information and, when the trial is up, Mobile Me will automatically charge you the price for a full subscription. Of course, you will be notified when the trial is about to expire. Regards, Nic Mobile Me:

Re: mobile me. is it worth it?

2010-07-02 Thread Cody Hurst
I didn't want to take that risk because I didn't know so I figured I'd just go hea and buy it and not worry about it On Jul 2, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi, Yeah, it's a sixty day trial. However, you will need to enter credit card information and, when the trial is up,

Re: Python

2010-07-02 Thread Larry Skutchan
You got it brother! On Jul 1, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Scott Howell wrote: Yeah Larry and where is that app I wrote to you about a while back. :) Yeah, you have to do it cause you know you really want too. :) Your fingers are already making the motions to generate the code. :) On Jul 1, 2010, at

Re: Rapid movement amongst web items

2010-07-02 Thread Esther
Hi Aman and GF, To bring up a list of VoiceOver's web navigation shortcuts try either bringing up the VoiceOver menu (VO+F7, where VO stands for holding down the VoiceOver keys of Control and Option), and then navigate down to the Search option with your arrow keys or by pressing s. Right

External NumPad for the Mac

2010-07-02 Thread Kevin Mattingly
I was wondering if anyone knew of an external numpad for the Mac. If that was available, you could really make use of your vm windows and linux machines. Kev -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: iPad keyboard dock and iPod Touch [was Re: What keyboard shortcuts for external keyboards used with the iPhone under iOS4? ]

2010-07-02 Thread Esther
Hi Courtney, Yes, whatever headphones you use to plug into your iPod Touch can also be plugged into the mini-jack port of the iPad keyboard dock -- it's exactly the same size. The back of the stand that supports the keyboard has two connections. One is a dock connector port that will

Re: Rapid movement amongst web items

2010-07-02 Thread clarence griffin
Thanks for this info. I will look in to it as well. I am sure there are some things in there that I haven't even seen before. lol. So much to learn and so little time it seams. GF On Jul 2, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Aman and GF, To bring up a list of VoiceOver's web navigation

apple mail question

2010-07-02 Thread Josh
Hi, Yesterday I was in Apple mail and I accidentally deleted a message I wanted to read. I looked in my mailboxes table in the deleted items folder but could not find any deleted messages in there. How do I get back emails that I deleted already? Josh -- You received this message because

Re: apple mail question

2010-07-02 Thread Cody Hurst
you do not use the gmail part of the table you only use the first few mailboxes inbox, sent trash etc but nothing further down. it is in your trash folder not your delted folder as I've said on the phone On Dec 31, 1999, at 8:04 PM, Josh wrote: Hi, Yesterday I was in Apple mail and I

Re: Rapid movement amongst web items

2010-07-02 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi Aman. Have you tried voice over left arrow and voice over right arrow? That's how I move around the web if I'm not using the rota. However, I do find it difficult to know when to use the tab key on it's own and when not to. Does anyone have any comments about this please? Kawal. On Jul

renamed keychain file

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi, When I went into the keychain utility and deleted the log on keychain it said it renamed the old keychain and stored it somewhere. Is there any way I could find that renamed file and delete it? Josh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

dictation into snow leopard?

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi I see in system preferences of snow leopard that there is a dictation option where if you I guess if you got a microphone you can dictate text and the computer will type for you? I guess its built right into the mac? Is it accessible with voiceover? Josh -- You received this message

Re: iPad keyboard dock and iPod Touch [was Re: What keyboard shortcuts for external keyboards used with the iPhone under iOS4? ]

2010-07-02 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I'm really enjoying my keyboard dock. This will be great for sending long messages or typing long notes. Thanks for your help. Courtney Sent from my iPod On 02/07/2010, at 2:08 PM, Esther mori...@mac.com wrote: Hi Courtney, Yes, whatever headphones you use to plug into your iPod Touch

coppies of my own emails with google mail?

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi, I noticed when I send emails for some reason I'm getting a copy of the message that I send sent back to myself in my own inbox. How can I stop this from happening? Josh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Re: dictation into snow leopard?

2010-07-02 Thread Maurice Mines
well, yeah I guess you can do that. However I would strongly recommend that if you're going to do any type of Syria's dictation, that you look into purchasing MacSpeech Dictate. Because although written expression disorder i.e. have now begun to use this software exclusively. And so far it is

Re: dictation into snow leopard?

2010-07-02 Thread Chris Moore
Your mac should already have a mic built in unless its quite old or an mini mac On 2 Jul 2010, at 22:06, Maurice Mines wrote: well, yeah I guess you can do that. However I would strongly recommend that if you're going to do any type of Syria's dictation, that you look into purchasing

downloading webkit

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi I tried downloading webkit to install it but for some reason in the download window I did not see a progress bar so I went in and deleted it. I wonder why the download did not start? I will go try again. I wonder if I gotta click something to make the progress bar show up with voiceover? in

Re: downloading webkit

2010-07-02 Thread Cody Hurst
no, you need to interact withtthe list then interact with the filename to see the buttons and progress/speed On Jul 2, 2010, at 5:40 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi I tried downloading webkit to install it but for some reason in the download window I did not see a progress bar so I went in and

Re: What keyboard shortcuts for external keyboards used with the iPhone under iOS4? [was Re: reading ibooks on iphone with braille display?]

2010-07-02 Thread Mike Pedersen
Does the iPad keyboard dock work with the iPhone? No it doesn't fit. Mike On 30 Jun 2010, at 16:42, Esther wrote: Hi Thuy, Donna, and Erik, Can you really do page up and page down on the Braille Display? I'd be interested to see a list of the navigation capabilities of the Braille

Re: magic jack or alternative

2010-07-02 Thread Nicholas Abrahamson
Mathew, I've used the magic jack with the mac. It's a little buggy, but accessible. It requires you to interact with frames, IE the page will say frame one, unknown, but if you interact with that frame, it works, reading out everything that's in it. Once your past the enitial setup of it,

webkit and signature in email

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi, I went into preferences and made a signature for my email but when I go to write a new email apple mail is not letting me insert my signature. there's a pop-up button that says : none. and that's it, the signature I made is not showing up. Hopefully you guys don't mind answering my

signatures in apple mail

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi I made a signature in apple mail hopefully I'm not asking the same question twice here but my signatures are not showing up in the messages. also where on the webkit.org site is the correct download link? Josh jkenn...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: What keyboard shortcuts for external keyboards used with the iPhone under iOS4? [was Re: reading ibooks on iphone with braille display?]

2010-07-02 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, Yeah, it fits, it's a little tricky though. It's a tight fit. Courtney On Jun 30, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Mike Pedersen wrote: Does the iPad keyboard dock work with the iPhone? No it doesn't fit. Mike On 30 Jun 2010, at 16:42, Esther wrote: Hi Thuy, Donna, and Erik, Can you

Re: webkit and signature in email

2010-07-02 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Josh, I'm the same way I will only E-mail the list if I truly can't find the answer to my question anywhere else. I didn't even know you could create signatures in Apple Mail. Wow, I'll have to try that. I'd like to know how to insert a signature as well. Allison On Jul 2, 2010, at 6:26

Re: webkit and signature in email

2010-07-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yeah, you can create signatures. Josh, I'm curious as to how you got around the bug, of mail crashing, when attempting to create/edit a signature. For me as of late, it consistently crashes, when attempting to do anything at all with signatures. On Jul 2, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Allison Manzino

Alarm Clock Apps for Ipod Touch

2010-07-02 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, Are there any accessible alarm clock apps that let you choose music from your Ipod to be your alarm? And also, are there any that your Ipod doesn't have to be turned on to use since it's pretty annoying to have to leave the Ipod on all night so the alarm can go off. Thanks in advance,

showing all headers?

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi How do I make mail show the bbc bcc field in mail when composing a message? Josh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send

just downloaded and installed my first apple program yay!

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
hey guys I just downloaded webkit and extracted it from the dmg image and installed it! it was so so very easy and simple to do! I really like this mac! Josh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: webkit and signature in email

2010-07-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
here's another thing about signatures.if you put a signature under all signatures in the first table in that pane of mail's preferences, which VO identifies as the signatures table, you'd think it would actually be available to be used with all email accounts, if you have more than one

Signatures in Apple Mail

2010-07-02 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi All, I did get signatures to work in Apple Mail. In answer to Dan's question, I don't think there is a way to get around the bug in Apple Mail. It seems not to happen if you interact with the toolbar first and select signatures. To create a signature in Apple Mail I took these steps. 1.

Encrypted Disk Image password

2010-07-02 Thread Gary
Hi Everyone, I created an encrypted, password protected disk image with disk utility. I want to change the password, but don't know how. Can someone help me do this. Thanks, Gary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to

Re: showing all headers?

2010-07-02 Thread Teresa Cochran
While you're composing a message, go into the view menu and you will note the field names with check mark status. Mail will remember this setting for all messages. Teresa On Jul 2, 2010, at 4:01 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi How do I make mail show the bbc bcc field in mail when composing a

braille translater for the mac?

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi Is there a braille translater for the mac in case I want to translate grade 2 braille files back into text, or in case I get a braille embosser? Josh jkenn...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

loading websites in webkit

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi I tried going to www.foxnews.com. My internet connection gives me between 90 and 100kbps. or 100kb per second. It seems to be taking forever for that website to load in the newest webkit. Also blindcooltech.com takes forever to load also. in fact I got a little impatient and just tried

Just saw this on mac voices

2010-07-02 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
http://www.macworld.com/article/152495/2010/07/voices_for_mac.html?lsrc=rss_main Expensive but sounds interesting for extra voices. And the thing has unlimited trial for every voices Light has no value without darkness blog: http://www.theblindsamurai.com twitter:

networking question

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi in case I gotta reset my verizon modem, how do I tell what my router's IP address is and default gateway and stuff from the mac? do I have to go into the console or command line to do any of that networking IP stuff? Josh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

webkit as default browser?

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi How do I make webkit my default web browser instead of safari? Josh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

speech recognition

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi when using speech recognition I plan on using a USB headset with microphone. My macbook pro has 4gigs of ram, 91gigs devoted to mac, a dual core pentium processor, and so anyway its pretty powerful. It should be able to handle speech recognition that is built into snow leopard, assuming the

shortcut for finder?

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi Is there a shortcut key, ok lets say I'm in finder inside the files and folders list table and I hit control option backslash to expand some folders. is there a shortcut to move back to what I expanded, collapse it fast, and go back one level? Josh -- You received this message because

Re: shortcut for finder?

2010-07-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Josh, i believe command-up arrow, will do what you're after. Dan Eickmeier, Brantford Ontario Canada. MSN and email: va3ets2...@me.com, skype:va3ets. Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/va3ets On Jul 2, 2010, at 10:31 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi Is there a shortcut key, ok

more mac voices article?

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi earlier someone posted a link to an article about more mac voices? could you repost that? I was gunna keep the digest but hit delete by mistake, was showing someone the computer. Josh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

Re: Just saw this on mac voices

2010-07-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hmmm, interesting harticle. Where can you get these voices? It doesn't seem to say. Dan Eickmeier, Brantford Ontario Canada. MSN and email: va3ets2...@me.com, skype:va3ets. Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/va3ets On Jul 2, 2010, at 9:36 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote:

Re: Just saw this on mac voices

2010-07-02 Thread Buddy Brannan
Sounds like they're Cepstral: http://www.cepstral.com -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Jul 2, 2010, at 10:41 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: Hmmm, interesting harticle. Where can you get these voices? It doesn't seem to say. Dan Eickmeier,

Re: webkit as default browser?

2010-07-02 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Josh, I just asked this same question a few days ago. You go in to Safari's preferences while Webkit is running and choose general. THen you can pick your default browser from the popup menu. I did that the other day and it works just perfectly. Have a great day. Allison My birds are

setting my home page in webkit

2010-07-02 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi I went into webkit preferences, actually it says safari preferences so that I could set or change my home page. But when I type it in, close webkit and open it again, it keeps bringing up the thank you for using webkit webpage. How do I make webkit my default browser, and also make it save

Re: just downloaded and installed my first apple program yay!

2010-07-02 Thread Alfredo
I would like ot install a mac program but I do not even know where to start, any suggestions? alfredo -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this

Re: just downloaded and installed my first apple program yay!

2010-07-02 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Alfredo, What type of program would you like to install? I usually turn to google and type in the type of program followed by for mac and I usually find what I'm looking for. Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! On Jul 2, 2010, at 10:50 PM, Alfredo wrote: I would

Re: Keyboard issues with fusion, suggestions?

2010-07-02 Thread Marshall Scott
Hi, Here are my Sharpkes mappings Grave to Special Caps Lock Left Alt to Left Windows Left Windows to Left Alt Right Windows to Applications After I get these keys remapped I switch to the Laptop layout in JAWS. This seems to solve the JAWS/Insert Key problem. It also fixes the

Re: soundflowre help

2010-07-02 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Joseph, Hmm, I'm unsure how to do this. I've often wondered how to do something similar with Imike. Do you have Audio Hijack? I wonder if there is some way of routing the system audio to sound flower and the music part of it like Itunes to the USB mixer? I'm unsure, just a thought.

Re: just downloaded and installed my first apple program yay!

2010-07-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Superduper is a program with which you can clone your harddrive to an external for example, and then actually boot from the external. Dan Eickmeier, Brantford Ontario Canada. MSN and email: va3ets2...@me.com, skype:va3ets. Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/va3ets On Jul 3, 2010,

using a hard drive for multiple back ups?

2010-07-02 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, I have a 1 tb hard drive which is being used by time machine. But I would also really like to have a bootable back up, and I know TM does not do this. I have carbon copy cloneer, which will make bootable back ups. Question is, and perhaps its a stupid one, are the applications smart