Hello from a new MBP owner.

2011-07-28 Thread John Chilelli
Well I'm a new MBP owner with lots to learn! Using the mail program in Lion.. Can someone please send me a short list of VO commands for making it easier to navigate in mail to open, close single and threaded messages, or moving messages to mailboxes for saving and future reference? Thank

RE: Hello from a new MBP owner.

2011-07-28 Thread M. Taylor
Hello John and Welcome Aboard: My name is Mark. Here are two resources that will help answer your questions about Mail: 1. I just published a 9 minute podcast on how I use the Mail client in Lion. http://candleshoreblog.com/mark/podcasts/ep98-MarkOnLionMail.mp3 Click Here to

strange behavior with Lion

2011-07-28 Thread Shen
So I came home today and thought I do some things on my MacBook Pro, such as checking email and browse the internet. The Mac booted up, I logged in, everything works fine except my volume controls, F11 and F12 don't work. I checked everything and confirmed that everything on my keyboard works.

Re: Moving Mailboxes to the favorites Bar in Lion?

2011-07-28 Thread Shen
I believe, if your mouse cursor is not set to follow the VoiceOver cursor, that you will need to bring it over before using the drag and drop feature. So use VO-Command-F5 to bring the mouse pointer to the VoiceOver cursor. Then use VO-Comma to mark the item to drag. Go to the Favorites bar, and

Choosing a Mac Book Air

2011-07-28 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi I am trying to decide which Mac Book Air to buy. I would love to hear the experiences of those of you who use the zoom feature with VO. I have been trying the air out at our local Apple store and am trying to decide between the 11 inch and the 13 inch models. Firstly, do you all think

RE: Auto log in for the Mac

2011-07-28 Thread Frank Ventura
I am still struggling with this issue. I have found options for disabling auto login in the Accounts applet of system preferences but all items appear to be dimmed. There is a radio button for auto log in as well as check boxes for use voice over and show password hints. All of which are dimmed as

RE: Auto log in for the Mac

2011-07-28 Thread Frank Ventura
Mark, thanks I found it under accounts but everything appears to be dimmed. Any thoughts anyone? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark BurningHawk Baxter Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 1:26 PM To:

RE: Auto log in for the Mac

2011-07-28 Thread Frank Ventura
Thanks, I can hear those controls but all say dimmed? Is there something I have to do to enable them? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Miller Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 1:17 PM To:

Re: Auto log in for the Mac

2011-07-28 Thread Daniel Montalvo
You have to take the padlock into account. In all the preference windows, towards the bottom of the screen, there's a checkbox that says Click here to prevent future changes or something. Play with this and tell us how it goes! 2011/7/28, Frank Ventura frank.vent...@littlebreezes.com: Thanks, I

Re: Strange thing with folders

2011-07-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
So do I. I believe columns is the best way to go for voiceover. Its less chatty than list mode. I often don't need to know the date and time the file or folder was created. And just press left and right arrow to open or close folders seems simpler to me. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com

Re: new member with several questions.

2011-07-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, You can find a bunch of getting started information at icanworkthisthing.com hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jul 28, 2011, at 1:39 AM, jim rawls wrote: Thanks Christopher. We'll probably take it. Jim From: Christopher Peppel

Re: Choosing a Mac Book Air

2011-07-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, first, I would recommend getting at least 4GB of RAM. Lion requires at least 2GB of RAM. I would want some wiggle room. I think Zoom can get you by for those situations where VO isn't getting the job done but, I think Zoom has been neglected a lot by Apple accessibility. This might be

Re: Moving Mailboxes to the favorites Bar in Lion?

2011-07-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I don't think this makes a difference at all. As long as both the place where your marking and dragging are visible on the screen, cursor tracking doesn't matter. I just turned cursor tracking off and was able to drag and drop a folder to the favorites bar. hth Ricardo Walker

Re: Looking for a music creator program

2011-07-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
I don't know this for sure but I believe it does. Why not have her try it out? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jul 27, 2011, at 9:58 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: Does garage band allow one to enter a score without hooking up a midi device?

Re: latest iPhone update?

2011-07-28 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Chris. I finally did take the plunge last night, and yes, all is well. *sigh of relief) :) Cheers, Donna On Jul 27, 2011, at 10:57 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: It's ok. I updated mine, and nothing blew up. The only thing they did was to patch a security bug they found, so,

Lion DVD

2011-07-28 Thread Hayri Tulumcu
How can you remove snow leopard completely when it is only an upgrade DVD? For it fills the only 3.49GB! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

Re: new member with several questions.

2011-07-28 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Jim! Well I suppose you could ask at your particular Apple store what there knowledge is and your other half would also be able to put it to good use if needed! So as long as they [at the store] can fit you in I understand you can have quite a lot of 1 to 1 help! And just one more thing! If

Boot Camp questions

2011-07-28 Thread Vince Mistretta
Sorry for the long post but here goes... Well I finally did the deed - got W7HP on my iMac late 2009. The biggest problem was the fact the version of BC was 3.0 and very few of the drivers worked with W7. I tried to download the 3.1 update from apple several times prior to starting this task

voiceover bug

2011-07-28 Thread chad baker
hi has anyone experienced vo not going to menu bars it will read just apple and nothing else i tried turning vo off and on also its slow typing with alex he needs a boost thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Re: Auto log in for the Mac

2011-07-28 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, You have to go to the end of the preference pane. It will say click the lock to make changes. Just vo-space on it, it will ask for your password, then you'll hear a sound, then the controls won't be dimmed anymore. HTH, Courtney On Jul 28, 2011, at 5:38 AM, Frank Ventura wrote: Thanks, I

Re: voiceover bug

2011-07-28 Thread Cody
I aven't had the issue where voiceover goes to the menu bar, but I sometimes get alex repeating apple apple apple apple apple for some reason…could this be because of the the mouse pointer? it can't be in my case, because the mouse pointer follows the voiceover cursor On Jul 28, 2011, at 8:36

Re: Using gmail web interface

2011-07-28 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Garth! OK when on the gmail screen and it should say something like your email and under that options! When sitting on your email link just press vo+space! This should bring you to where you can check your settings and other things like your profile! You should find the sign out link there as

Re: Boot Camp questions

2011-07-28 Thread Cody
As soon as you hear the start up chime, hold down option for about 10 or 15 seconds and then press right arrow then press enter. On Jul 28, 2011, at 8:35 AM, Vince Mistretta wrote: Sorry for the long post but here goes... Well I finally did the deed - got W7HP on my iMac late 2009. The

Re: Lion DVD

2011-07-28 Thread James Malone
You need to run Disc Utility from the boot CD, select the HD your partition for SL is on, then click erase. HTH On 7/28/11, Hayri Tulumcu ha...@ka-net.dk wrote: How can you remove snow leopard completely when it is only an upgrade DVD? For it fills the only 3.49GB! -- You received this

Re: Using gmail web interface

2011-07-28 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi Colin Thanks for the response. I can understand your directions. I will try the VO + U option tomorrow when in store. When I tried it last time, I was able to find my name on the web interface. The Apple rep could see on screen that the sign out link came up on screen when I selected the

Re: voiceover bug

2011-07-28 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Chad, I have been experiencing something similar to this since installing Lion. From time to time I will not be able to arrow right from the Apple menu, but I can always arrow left from there and work my way backwards. Can you give that a try and let me know what your results are?

Re: voiceover bug

2011-07-28 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I've only gotten this problem once, but then I escaped out of the menu bar, and it worked fine ever since. Courtney On Jul 28, 2011, at 8:39 AM, Cody wrote: I aven't had the issue where voiceover goes to the menu bar, but I sometimes get alex repeating apple apple apple apple apple for

Re: Moving Mailboxes to the favorites Bar in Lion?

2011-07-28 Thread Teresa Cochran
I think the problem I'm having is not knowing when something isn't visible. I will probably have to get my sighted husband to help me. The folder I want to move is at the very bottom of the list, about as far away from the favorites bar as possible. I get a consistent not in view message when I

Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
OK, I have a friend who has just informed me that Apple as of the release of Lion is no longer making, nor selling refurbished or not, the white plain macbooks. Now, all they're selling in the laptop style is either the two sizes of Macbook Airs, or if you want a full laptop, then the Eluminum

Re: new member with several questions.

2011-07-28 Thread jim rawls
Well, my wife wants to get the one to one class, and I talked to one of the 3 stores we have near us here in Southern California, and one store in particular said they would be willing to take me on, and they have a blind customer already. That's the store in Pasadena. Jim From: Red.Falcon

RE: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi Chris, You're right about them not selling the white MacBook as of the release of Lion. However, we don't know the reasons behind the decision, and they could possibly come out with something that meets your needs. I'm confused, though, what makes the MacBook Air unimpressive in your eyes? It

Re: Choosing a Mac Book Air

2011-07-28 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Garth, I have a late 2010 11 inch macbook air and can give my opinions. I've never tried the 13 inch Air, so I won't give an opinion on it. Regarding RAM: I think there are several good reasons to purchase it with 4 GB of RAM. Reason one: Unlike most computers, RAM on the Air is not

Re: Using gmail web interface

2011-07-28 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Garth! Well I think I can help with the quick nav thingy! Instead of using the up down arrows try just the right one! That should take you through each link until you get to the sign out one! And I've got a track pad here so I'll just go and see what I can come up with! [ I need the practice!]

Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Ronald McEwan
Why do you believe that they will stop servicing your White macbook? In the Journey, Ron On Jul 28, 2011, at 7:41 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: OK, I have a friend who has just informed me that Apple as of the release of Lion is no longer making, nor selling refurbished or not,

Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Geoff Shang
Hi, It's true that the MacBook is no longer being sold to regular consumers. But it's still being sold to educational institutions. As such, it's still being manufactured. So I'd expect it will still be possible to get your MacBook serviced for the foreseeable future. Geoff. -- You

Re: strange behavior with Lion

2011-07-28 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, It sounds to me more like a hardware issue than a software issue. Those things are usually related but when taking everything you said/did, it sounds more like a hardware issue to me as it regained proper functionality after a Shutdown/Startup. I would reset the PRAM though just to lear

Re: voiceover bug

2011-07-28 Thread Tim Kilburn
I used to have that happen in SL right after the you need to plug your Mac in dialog would appear. I usually had to turn VO off then on again more than once and it would fix it. If that still doesn't work, try restarting your Mac. Later… On 2011-07-28, at 6:36 AM, chad baker wrote: hi has

Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
No optical drive, and not enough HD space are the two deal breakers for me. Plus the guy at my local Apple store said if the O S crashes I have to send it in for repair, as with no optical drive there is no way to restore the O S yourself. When I pointed out a U S B CD drive, he said in

Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I didn't say they would stop servicing it. I said, read my e-mail again please, that god forbid, if I ever had to get it replaced entirely as it was nonreparable. Again, God forbid that day, but we have to face the reality, that it is technology, and technology can indeed! do some strange

Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, In addition to jeff's comments, it's not worth speculating on what Apple may or may not do if your MacBook crashed. Suggesting that they'll make you pay extra money for a Pro or make you accept a MBA as a replacement is inaccurate speculation. Giving them a bad wrap for something that

Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Aa. OK, so it's only now for educational purposes, ok, then that tells me, they should be able to replace it wstill if it be an absolute last resort. that's heartenning to know. Chris. - Original Message - From: Geoff Shang ge...@quitelikely.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

RE: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Daniel Miller
First of all, that guy's an idiot. The cheapest MBA runs for the same price as the macbook. And yes, it has a microphone and camera. Also, each air comes with a USB drive that contains your software for restore. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

To the Moderators

2011-07-28 Thread Ronald McEwan
Hi, It is becoming evident to me that this list has turned into a free-for-all. I am reading more and more mails that don't have much to do with Mac accessibility but apple in general. I bought my first Mac in February and joined the list because I wanted input from those who have been in

Re: Moving Mailboxes to the favorites Bar in Lion?

2011-07-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I was having the same exact problem you were having with the last mailbox in my mailbox list until just now. I pressed the zoom button and both the favorites bar and mailbox I wanted to drag were in in view I guess Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296

Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, how do you know they don't have some white macbooks in reserve just for the reason you stated? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jul 28, 2011, at 9:41 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: OK, I have a friend who has just informed me that

Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
I don't they would come out with a replacement for the white macbook. They got rid of it because know was buying it. So why would they make another one just like it. I don't see why someone would want a white macbook over a macbook air. JMO Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter

Re: Voice over lag and other lion issues

2011-07-28 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Ok, i may be naive to the point of stupidness here, but i hope and pray to God that we will be free from scripting on the VO platform. One of the reasons why i switched from PC to Mac was the fact that not only did we have to pay a horrible amount of money for screen readers and the like, but

Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Joel Zimba
Can't PC owner. It's been beaten in to us for decades now. Relax, that thing about putting the customer first... it's true. It'll all be just fine. On 7/28/2011 11:05 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, how do you know they don't have some white macbooks in reserve just for the reason you

Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Instead of listening to what someone told you, you might have been better served just to look on the Apple website. The Macbook air starts at the same $1000 the white macbook did. And its faster, does have a built in mic and web cam, and you can get up to a 250 GB ssd installed. Ricardo

Re: strange behavior with Lion

2011-07-28 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Shen: I did have this experience---However, mine was only during the process of installing Lion. During that time, a very dreadful, poor-sounding voice with almost indiscernible speech would respond to my keystrokes. I couldn't budge volume at that point either. I was afraid Alex had been

Re: To the Moderators

2011-07-28 Thread Bryan Jones
I too am just about ready to unsubscribe. Lately the quantity of low-quality posts has increased dramatically which has the unfortunate side-effect of making it difficult to find the quality posts. I've actually added a mail rule to automatically send one particular high-volume poster's

Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Good Jesus H Christ guys! Give me a break for god sake! I wasn't speculating! I asked what they would do, no more no less. If all you all think I do is complain, maybe I should leave the list. I'm trying to help and ask educated questions, but it seems it's not worth me waisting my time.

Re: Using gmail web interface

2011-07-28 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Garth! Yes it's that annoying brit again! :] Well I hope this is not to much info! So I noticed you said about quick nav select [up\down] and that reminded me that you can select how quick nav navigates with up\right arrows together this will go through the same options that are listed under

RE: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Daniel Miller
Chris, I'm not a moderator, but I feel I should ask you nicely to calm down. All we're trying to do is give you informed suggestions as to what you could do in the event that Apple for some reason won't service your computer. I highly doubt they won't service it, seeing as it's still being sold

Re: To the Moderators

2011-07-28 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Ron: It is very much like a free for all. There is one owner, Cara, Quinn and one moderator, Mark Taylor. There are no guidelines in place, because according to Mark Taylor there were hundreds of complaints about how the group was being moderated. Therefore, in the interest of those

Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Chris! I'm not a mod either! And I'm not religious but there might be users on the list that are and probably to polite to say something! And if I get into trouble for this [so be it! ] You might be angry or some other bad words but mind this is a international list and some of those people

a question about an app for the IPhone

2011-07-28 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi all. The college that I am going to in september for radio broadcasting is asking us to purchase an app called ver recorder. Does anyone know if this is accessible? I emailed the support team and they had no idea what voice over was, so I tried to explain it to them. I just don't want to be

a question about signitures

2011-07-28 Thread Matt Dierckens
I have a question about signatures. How would i go about creating one and making it my default signature? The dialog is a bit strange. Thanks Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: a question about an app for the IPhone

2011-07-28 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
What does Ver Recorder do? Seeing I do a lot of stuff with Radio in general, maybe it would be worth me looking into. Chris. - Original Message - From: Matt Dierckens matt.dierck...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 12:02 PM Subject: a

Re: a question about an app for the IPhone

2011-07-28 Thread Matt Dierckens
its for recording video and audio for on location broadcasting i think. On 2011-07-28, at 12:07 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: What does Ver Recorder do? Seeing I do a lot of stuff with Radio in general, maybe it would be worth me looking into. Chris. - Original Message -

Resolved strange problem with folders

2011-07-28 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Carolyn, Thank you for that, I am able to expand the folders by hitting right arrow. i didn't know that was possible. I'm so used to using command O. Thank you, Carolyn. Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: a question about signitures

2011-07-28 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hey Matt. What you have to do is select the account in the left table and then scroll over and hit the add button. Next, you will be in a text box where you can type the name of the signature so call it what ever you want. Finally, go over to the text field and type what you want the signature

semi-pro list

2011-07-28 Thread carolyn Haas
Hello list members: I'm writing in response to some of the latest goings on here. I'm Carolyn, a former moderator of the group. When I was asked to back off, and then told summarily that hundred of people had complained about my mod style, I decided perhaps my expectations were just too

Re: a question about signitures

2011-07-28 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi matt, it looks like it worked. Thanks much. sent from my macbook pro On 2011-07-28, at 12:12 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: Hey Matt. What you have to do is select the account in the left table and then scroll over and hit the add button. Next, you will be in a text box where you can type

Re: semi-pro list

2011-07-28 Thread Ray Foret Jr
So sorry to see you leave us. Indeed, let me go further. I'm sorry to see the former quality of this list degenerated in to something that, to speak frankly, it has no business being. It certainly was not this way when I first came on board. To speak candidly, it would appear that certain

Re: semi-pro list

2011-07-28 Thread Matt Dierckens
That would be a good idea. I've only been on this list since april, it started out very great, and now it seems like some foks are just getting angry at one thing after another. sent from my macbook pro On 2011-07-28, at 12:16 PM, carolyn Haas wrote: Hello list members: I'm writing in

Re: semi-pro list

2011-07-28 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Carolyn, the only reasobn your mail got through was because I do not know yet how to set filters up on the mac side of things, however, I need to clear up something. I highly disagree with a lot of the things you've done when you were a mod, no doubt, but let's get something straight here, I

Re: semi-pro list

2011-07-28 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I agree with Ray. The list will eventually return. Also, Ray, I never suspected you were picking on me directly. You said nothing in your mail to indicate such. Don't worry about it, my friend, you took a stance in saying what you felt, and that's ok. It's your right. Even if you were

Re: semi-pro list

2011-07-28 Thread Rose Morales
Hi all, I've been on this list for a long time, and though I've been very quiet, I've not neglected it. I've been watching this list pretty much every day. I've not said much because I have no questions to ask and nothing really to say. My belief is that if you have nothing upbuilding to say on

Re: semi-pro list

2011-07-28 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Rose, I couldn't have said things better had I wanted to! Thanks for the comments. Greatly appreciate them. Chris. On Jul 28, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Rose Morales wrote: Hi all, I've been on this list for a long time, and though I've been very quiet, I've not neglected it. I've been watching

Re: semi-pro list

2011-07-28 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I'm just curious, what do you mean by simi professional? Thanks, Courtney On Jul 28, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: So sorry to see you leave us. Indeed, let me go further. I'm sorry to see the former quality of this list degenerated in to something that, to speak frankly, it

Re: Voice over lag and other lion issues

2011-07-28 Thread Massimo
In data Giovedì 28 Luglio 2011 17.11.33, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com ha scritto: Ok, i may be naive to the point of stupidness here, but i hope and pray to God that we will be free from scripting on the VO platform. As you wish. What I need to have done is automatic reading of

Re: semi-pro list

2011-07-28 Thread carolyn Haas
Hey Ray: Don't give me the shove-off quite yet, unless of course, it happens anyhow.:) Clearly, the style of no management is preferable for some people. But, I too long for a list related to things Apple, access, and not ego driven. Take care Carolyn On Jul 28, 2011, at 10:27 AM, Ray Foret

Re: semi-pro list

2011-07-28 Thread Ronald McEwan
Chris, Here is how to set up filters but I serously doubt you will block her because that would mean you wouldn't have the chance to blast her again. Go into preferences and set up a rule to send any mail from a given user to trash. In the Journey, Ron On Jul 28, 2011, at 10:31 AM,

Re: To the Moderators

2011-07-28 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. If you like strictness, you should subscribe to the other Mac list and I can tell you that there are so many guide lines, you can't not talk about anything unless its Mac related. I quit that list and am glad for this list and the relaxed aproach it has as it was stuffy before so I came

Re: To the Moderators

2011-07-28 Thread Ronald McEwan
So do tell, what is the other list name. In the Journey, Ron On Jul 28, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hi. If you like strictness, you should subscribe to the other Mac list and I can tell you that there are so many guide lines, you can't not talk about anything unless

Re: To the Moderators

2011-07-28 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Mac Access UK. I think that Anne Robertson is the moderator but I might be wrong. Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jul 2011, at 06:47 PM, Ronald McEwan ron.mce...@gmail.com wrote: So do tell, what is the other list name. In the Journey, Ron On Jul 28, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu

Re: To the Moderators

2011-07-28 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
He's probably talking about Mac4theblind. I'm on it, but I almost never post there. Not because I can't do so, it's just I felt I really wasn't getting near the help on that list that I have and still am getting on this list. I don't think that they're many members on the other list,

Re: To the Moderators

2011-07-28 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
OK, that probably explains why I've never heard of the list, being I'm not from the UK. LOL! Like I say, it's ok, I get enough good resourceful help here, so no need to bother joining another list for now at least. :) Take care. Chris. - Original Message - From: Kawal Gucukoglu

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2011-07-28 Thread Ronald McEwan
In the Journey, Ron -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more

Re: semi-pro list

2011-07-28 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Courtney: By semiprofessional, I mean a list where there is even and decent exchange of questions and resources, and ideas, and not the narcissistic ego-driven chest-pounding nonsense and blubbering about what everyone else is doing wrong. I would like to haves a list Where people are

Re: To the Moderators

2011-07-28 Thread John Panarese
As the owner of mac4theblind, just to clarify this misconception, the list is intended to be small and low traffic. It gets the job done for those who are subscribed, and there is no pretenses made of it trying to be an alternative to any other list out there. If it doesn't do the job for

Re:

2011-07-28 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Sorry Ron, your e-mail appears to be blank aside from your signature. Please try again. Have a great day. Chris. - Original Message - From: Ronald McEwan ron.mce...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 2:14 PM In the Journey, Ron -- You

Re: To the Moderators

2011-07-28 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
John, thanks for the info on these other lists. I definitely will check them out. I don't see any reason to unsub from the other list, but we'll discuss this off list if needed. Just because I don['t post much, it is a resourceful list. I just felt I didn't get very many replies aside from

Re: new member with several questions.

2011-07-28 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I took it too. Thank God they had a blindemployee who usedVO. We worked together for a year. On Jul 27, 2011, at 9:29 PM, Christopher Peppel wrote: Hi Jim, I took the one-on-one course at the Apple store and it was definitely worth it. In the store I went to, the folks were very friendly

Re: Moving Mailboxes to the favorites Bar in Lion?

2011-07-28 Thread Teresa Cochran
Wow, thanks, Ricardo! I actually ended up moving the folder to a visible spot, thence moving it eventually to the favorites bar. I'll try the zoom button next time. Teresa On Jul 28, 2011, at 8:03 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, I was having the same exact problem you were having with the

Logging in with the Sendspace wizard

2011-07-28 Thread Geoff Shang
Hi, Apologies if this has been asked and answered before but I've not managed to find anyone else with this problem. We also checked out Chris' podcast and he didn't mention anything special about logging in. We have the problem that we enter our details into the wizard's connect dialog

List Moderator Message To Come Later Today

2011-07-28 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, All, There have been some interesting posts to the lists and I will address them later today. I am posting this short note so that you know that the lists mods are reading the posts. Make a joyful noise, Today, Ok? Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

A question about nuance voices in Lion

2011-07-28 Thread Ben J Bloomgren
Hi all, I have successfully gotten the Nuance voices to work (like a charm if I may say) in Lion. It even gets the complex tone rules of Thai correct, which is quite a feat! I had one question about the CJK (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) voices. Does anyone have any experience to know whether

Re: To the Moderators

2011-07-28 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi Chris, I'm a female. Sent from my iPhone On 28 Jul 2011, at 07:07 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: He's probably talking about Mac4theblind. I'm on it, but I almost never post there. Not because I can't do so, it's just I felt I really wasn't getting near

Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread CJ Daniel
Chris, Are you always so reactionary, with every situation that confronts you? I'm not trying to start anything. However, in over a month of monitoring this list I've seen you screaming the sky is falling or in the face of other list members an inordinate amount of the time. Again, I'm not

Re: To the Moderators

2011-07-28 Thread Patrick Neazer
Hello: I might be stating the obvious ... it sounds like things have gotten a little out of hand. No sides being taken just a statement of the situation. If anyone agrees with that analysis it would seem the question on the table would be just what is going to be done going forward. If anyone

Re: Apple may have done a number on themselves.

2011-07-28 Thread CJ Daniel
Please? CJ On Jul 28, 2011, at 8:34 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Good Jesus H Christ guys! Give me a break for god sake! I wasn't speculating! I asked what they would do, no more no less. If all you all think I do is complain, maybe I should leave the list. I'm trying to help

Re: Lion DVD

2011-07-28 Thread Hayri Tulumcu
OK But what I meant was, if it is just an upgrade DVD, not the full DVD, so it requires well that Snow Leopard is on the same drive were you can install Lion? - Original Message - From: James Malone james.9...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011

Re: Choosing a Mac Book Air

2011-07-28 Thread Garth Humphreys
Thanks to both of you. I think my choice is now pretty clearly between the 11 inch with 4Gb and 128 Gb SSD and the 13 inch with the same spec. There is a $100 price difference between the two at $1349 or $1449. The 13 also has a slightly faster processor and supposably better battery life. I

Re: To the Moderators

2011-07-28 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Chris! If your still here! And you've not put a block on my post's! So I found out your a Christian OK that's fine by me! But all I referring to was that there are other people from other countries and they might not like the way people say things [and this is not aimed directly at you] But I

Re: Using gmail web interface

2011-07-28 Thread Garth Humphreys
Sorry if I wasn't clear Colin, When I said I used the up and down arrows as well as VO + space, I meant that I tried both options to select the initial link. On both occasions the menu with sign out came up on the screen but we were then unable to get VO focus to go to it. I will try again

Re: Using gmail web interface

2011-07-28 Thread Garth Humphreys
Lol, It was not too boring but I probably wasn't still awake. I am fairly familiar with how the web rota works as I use a iPad and have one of the Apple Blue Tooth keyboards that I use with it. I'll give it another go and hopefully be able to get some assistance in store if unable to sign

Apple to the core episode 3

2011-07-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi folks, In this episode, I show off some new features in voiceover found in Lion like activities and drag and drop. I also show how to use the favorites bar in Mail. You can listen at http://goo.gl/Lm1Up hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296

Re: Choosing a Mac Book Air

2011-07-28 Thread Ricardo Walker
Good luck. I'm sure you will pick the machine that best suits your needs. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jul 28, 2011, at 5:56 PM, Garth Humphreys wrote: Thanks to both of you. I think my choice is now pretty clearly between the 11 inch

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