Mac to Windows: Itunes

2011-08-27 Thread Graham Roby
Hi James, Just following up on Traci's question about moving your Itunes foldder from Windows to Mac, Do I take it you can do the reverse if you want to move your Itunes folder the other way? I've installed Win7 as a Bootcamp partition on my MBP and it it might be nice to have it there

Re: assistance moving mailboxes to the favourites bar

2011-08-27 Thread Paul Erkens
Another thing people have had success with, is to position your vo cursor just to the right of the inbox that was already there on the favorites bar. It seems to matter, where on the favorites bar you drop the mailbox you are dragging. So go to the mailboxes table and interact with it, then

service: new terminal at folder seems not to work, suggestions?

2011-08-27 Thread William Windels
Hello all, IN lion, there should be finally a service to open the current working directory from inside the finder directly into the terminal. I found the service and I have attached a key to it but, without good results. I can see the service , called, new terminal at folder in e.g. the finder

Need cloud-based Mac-accessible service for recipes

2011-08-27 Thread Lynn Schneider
I'd like to find a cloud-based, Mac-accessible, reasonably-priced service for backing up my recipe collection so I can access my recipes on the go from my iPhone, PC, etc. I'm thinking these files, which would be plain text files, shouldn't take up that much space, but I probably have a couple

Re: off topic: text edditing issue with iphone

2011-08-27 Thread Geoff Shang
On Sat, 27 Aug 2011, Joanne Chua wrote: sorry to be off topic but, how can one eddit a caractor within a text or a word? e.g. i spell a name wrong and wishes to eddit a middle caractor, instead of deleting from the end or from the start, is there any way for me to backtrack myself to the

Re: zipping

2011-08-27 Thread Paul Erkens
The mac can unzip just fine. All you need to do is hit VO spacebar on the zip file and it will extract in the current folder. So, say you have a file called book.zip, it ends up as a new folder inside the current folder, named book, with the zip contents inside it. Hth. Paul. On Aug 27, 2011,

Re: all these issues

2011-08-27 Thread Paul Erkens
Teresa, Do you happen to know if the Lion installers are personalized with a serial number or something else? I.e., once I have my Lion installer downloaded, can I install that without any trouble on to someone else's mac, to avoid having him download all of it? Just wondering. Paul. On Jul 21,

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

2011-08-27 Thread anouk radix
Hey Donna, My macbook air 11 inch will be here tuesday. What upgrades did you get? I have the standard 11 inch model with upgraded i7 processor. Greetings, Anouk, Op 26-8-2011 15:15, Donna Goodin schreef: Hi Neil, thanks for paying such close attention to my message, and for writing such a

Re: Mail quirkeyness

2011-08-27 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Johnny, On Aug 26, 2011, at 8:55 PM, Johnny Angel! wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced some quirkiness in mail lately. Last night, control option shift m did not work at all for me to bring up my various mailboxes to store mail into. I tried quitting mail and

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

2011-08-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Hey Anouk, I decided that since it's going to replace my MBP, I would upgrade everything. So I got the 1.8 processor, 4GB of ram, and I upgraded the storage to 256. It may be overkill, but I decided I'd rather air on the side of beefing it up, rather than wishing I had later. :) Let me know

Spaces keyboard shortcut disabling

2011-08-27 Thread Keith Watson
Hi, In lion they have added the ability to switch spaces by using the control left and right arrows. Does anyone know how to disable this functionality? It is interfering with my Winblows VM under Fusion. Thanks, Keith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Spaces keyboard shortcut disabling

2011-08-27 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi keith, First, yes you can disable that in Lion. Go to the apple menu, then system preferences, and there go to keyboard. Once opened, move over to the second tab sheet called keyboard shortcuts and hit it with VO space. Now, you have a dialog with 2 tables. In the first table, select

Re: Spaces keyboard shortcut disabling

2011-08-27 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Keith! I'm not on Lion! But a place to look is under your keyboard shortcuts table in the keyboard button in system prefs! There is a lot of categories and keyboard shortcuts in that table! And you should be able to uncheck the keystroke or even put a dash instead of the key combination that

re: zipping

2011-08-27 Thread ezzie bueno
Try the Unarchiver. You can download it free of charge from the App Store. Ezzie - Original Message - From: craig J Dunlop craigjdun...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:38:42 -0500 Subject: zipping when I download books from nls my macbook

Re: zipping

2011-08-27 Thread james walton
Why do that, way is in mac os works great! To just unzipped, open the file! On Aug 27, 2011, at 1:09 PM, ezzie bueno ezziebu...@gmail.com wrote: Try the Unarchiver. You can download it free of charge from the App Store. Ezzie - Original Message - From: craig J Dunlop

Re: Spaces keyboard shortcut disabling

2011-08-27 Thread Keith Watson
Paul, DOH! For the life of me I can't figure out why I missed that in the second scroll area. Must have been because I had not yet partaken of the bean. Git it now and it seems to be working fine. I like the idea of disabling it in system preferences rather than in Fusion preferences, as

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

2011-08-27 Thread Mary Otten
So, Donna, you got the 13 inch MBA? I ask because you mentioned getting the 256 gb of storage, and I thought that was only on the 13 inch. That is one expensive upgrade for the 128 to the 256 gb of storage! Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

2011-08-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Mary, You can get the 256 of storage on the 11-inch, and that's what I got. And yeah, it is expensive. Still not sure if I'm going to keep it, or just live with lugging around my MBP. Cheers, Donna On Aug 27, 2011, at 1:58 PM, Mary Otten wrote: So, Donna, you got the 13 inch MBA? I ask

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

2011-08-27 Thread anouk radix
Hi, at least in the Dutch apple store you can also get the 256 gb upgrade for the 11 inch model but it is indeed really expensive. I htought about getting it but in the end dicided against it. The decision between 13 and 11 inch was tough but in the end I opted for ultraportability.

Deleting Text

2011-08-27 Thread Les Kriegler
I have a friend who wishes to have characters deleted in the traditional way to how it is done in Windows. She just purchased a Mac. WE were unable to brink up System Preferences with VO F8, not certain why that did not work for her. She loaded VoiceOver, although I could not hear it, but

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

2011-08-27 Thread David McLean
I bought one in July and it's great.You will love it! It flies. On Aug 27, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi Mary, You can get the 256 of storage on the 11-inch, and that's what I got. And yeah, it is expensive. Still not sure if I'm going to keep it, or just live with lugging

Re: Deleting Text

2011-08-27 Thread james Walton
firstly system preferences is not vo f8, that is the voiceover utility one of the reasons you are not able to get to it is because you need to change the keyboard settings to make it the normal way of windows do the following 1 do a spotlight for voice voiceover utility should be the first result

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

2011-08-27 Thread Donna Goodin
that's certainly been my impression so far. Glad to hear you're liking yours. Cheers, Donna On Aug 27, 2011, at 4:13 PM, David McLean wrote: I bought one in July and it's great.You will love it! It flies. On Aug 27, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi Mary, You can get the 256 of

Re: Deleting Text

2011-08-27 Thread Les Kriegler
Okay, thanks. I thought perhaps the function keys needed to be changed. It's been so long since I made the change, I forgot the sequence. Great detail here! On Aug 27, 2011, at 4:19 PM, james Walton wrote: firstly system preferences is not vo f8, that is the voiceover utility one of the

Re: Deleting Text

2011-08-27 Thread james Walton
no problem. glad i could help. -- 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

Re: Deleting Text

2011-08-27 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi James, I must have been focused on System Preferences, I meant to say VoiceOver Utilities which of course works when one brings up VO F8; I was in there when I was attempting to assist my friend. Thanks again. Les On Aug 27, 2011, at 5:16 PM, james Walton wrote: no problem. glad i could

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

2011-08-27 Thread anouk radix
Hi, for me the internal speaker sound isnt as much of an issue because I will probbably buy a pair of headphones to go with it at some point, i now still have my audio system in the living room to connect it to but am going to sell that (funds have to come from somewhere) but then for

fuwion + win7 on current mba:Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

2011-08-27 Thread anouk radix
Op 27-8-2011 22:44, Donna Goodin schreef: that's certainly been my impression so far. Glad to hear you're liking yours. Cheers, Donna On Aug 27, 2011, at 4:13 PM, David McLean wrote: I bought one in July and it's great.You will love it! It flies. On Aug 27, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Donna Goodin

Getting to the menu area

2011-08-27 Thread Keith Watson
Hi all, I recall that someone posted a method for getting to the menu area that has the items such as Dropbox and other apps that are up there. I have been looking for those directions but am not able to find them in the history. Can someone repost them please? I need to get up there to see if

Re: Question about Pages and double spacing?

2011-08-27 Thread Johnny Angel!
Hi Anne, First I wanna say thanks bunches for all the helpful hints and methods you are always offering the group. A shining example of what this group is all about. Well I have another tough newbie question for yaall. Where do I locate the inspector? Thanks, Johnny On Aug 15, 2011, at

Re: fuwion + win7 on current mba:Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

2011-08-27 Thread David McLean
I'd stick with Xp if you try that. Win 7 might bog down although as yet I have tried either with the MBA. The SSD might help though. On Aug 27, 2011, at 5:24 PM, anouk radix wrote: Op 27-8-2011 22:44, Donna Goodin schreef: that's certainly been my impression so far. Glad to hear you're

Re: Getting to the menu area

2011-08-27 Thread Keith Watson
Never mind this post. Found the threads about it not being accessible under Lion. Wonder if there is any way to find out exactly what icons are up there. Keith On Aug 27, 2011, at 5:26 PM, Keith Watson wrote: Hi all, I recall that someone posted a method for getting to the menu area that

Re: Question about Pages and double spacing?

2011-08-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Johnny, In any of the iWork applications, you get to the Inspector with Cmd-Option-i. If you're using Lion, you get to the list of options by going to first visible item (VO-Home), then doing VO-Left arrow to find all the buttons. Cheers, Anne On 27 Aug 2011, at 23:28, Johnny Angel!

Re: Deleting Text

2011-08-27 Thread james Walton
like i said before, no problem! its great to help other mac users -- 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

Re: media player?

2011-08-27 Thread Johnny Angel!
Hi folks, This is quite elimentary for some of you guys, but would someone please be kind enough to humor me and teach me detailed steps on what I need to do to download a program from Safari onto my MBP? Thanks! Johnny newbie Chilelli On Aug 23, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Kevin Chao wrote: VLC is

Re: safari

2011-08-27 Thread Johnny Angel!
Hi Recardo and all, Where in Safari does one go to set your desired home page? On Aug 23, 2011, at 8:02 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, before quitting safari with command Q, press command option W to close all windows. This way, only your designated homepage will open the next time you

Re: safari

2011-08-27 Thread Esther
Hi Johnny, To set a home page in Safari, bring up the preferences menu with Command+Comma. On the General tab of the Preferences menu is an entry for Home Page:, and you can either type the URL into the text box or, if your current URL address is already set to the location that you want to

Looking for a program like Adobe Audition

2011-08-27 Thread Paul Henrichsen
Hi. I'm looking for an accessible program like Adobe Additoin, but not so expensive. I figure there must be something in the app store which does the same thing for a fraction of the price. Any ideas? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Forget my last message concerning Adobe Audition

2011-08-27 Thread Paul Henrichsen
Hi, guys. I was asking someone the other day about a program which would allow me to read and edit PDF files. He told me that i needed Adobe Audition. Come to find out, that's for creating audio and video. Glad I didn't buy itgrin. What I'm looking for is a program which will do more than the

Re: Mail quirkeyness

2011-08-27 Thread Johnny Angel!
Hi Eric, Thanks very much for the explanation and clarification. I know with a little help from my Mac friends I'll get it! Thanks again, johnny On Aug 27, 2011, at 9:26 AM, Eric Caron wrote: Hi Johnny, On Aug 26, 2011, at 8:55 PM, Johnny Angel! wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if

Re: Forget my last message concerning Adobe Audition

2011-08-27 Thread erik burggraaf
Thats odd, Apparently some of us are using it as a kindle ebook reader. Put like that, it does seem like overkill. Best, Erik Burggraaf This month in Ebony Promos: Two new gps systems for demo. Mac OS Lion When will it be supported? Ebony Consulting at accessibility Unconference Toronto. To

backing up virtual windows and jaws/hal keys?

2011-08-27 Thread anouk radix
Hi, I am planning to go use vmware fusion + windows 7 on my mac because its easy to install AND back up as a blind person. I worry thoguh what will happen to my amount of jaws or hal keys if i move virtual installations to and from external drives. Will jaws or hall then see the window

reading an ntfs external hd in lion

2011-08-27 Thread anouk radix
Hi everyone, I have a 1.5tb external drive that has been formatted into ntfs and is 1/4 full with ebooks audiobooks radiodramatv series music etc etc. However when my mac arrives I am planning to go over to that entirely and only use windows for training courses. But, can lion read ntfs

Re: reading an ntfs external hd in lion

2011-08-27 Thread james walton
You can read it but not write to it On Aug 27, 2011, at 10:21 PM, anouk radix radix.an...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I have a 1.5tb external drive that has been formatted into ntfs and is 1/4 full with ebooks audiobooks radiodramatv series music etc etc. However when my mac arrives I am

Re: fuwion + win7 on current mba:Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

2011-08-27 Thread anouk radix
Hi, I am HOOING it will run ok. I currently have no mbp just a 3 year old tecra with a 2.0 (i think) core 2 duo 2 gig of ram and internal graphics. Win7 runs okish on this although a bit slowish now that i finally installed hitman pro and avg antivirus. I guess I will find out soon enough,

Re: reading an ntfs external hd in lion

2011-08-27 Thread erik burggraaf
Mac OS can read NTFS, but it can't write to them. If you want full access to the drive it needs to be FAT32, although, I've got a 2TB external formatted FAT32 here so I can share it between mac and windows, and I'm not very happy with the performance. Best, Erik Burggraaf This month in Ebony

other resources for garageband 11

2011-08-27 Thread anouk radix
Hi, A few days ago I discovered www.takecontrolbooks.com, this is a sort of tutorial site for mac users where you can buy ebooks in unencrypted pdf format. They also have two books about garageband 11, recording in gb 11 and making music in gb11, you can find them through their search

external hd with extended journal encrypted in vmware wasRe: reading an ntfs external hd in lion

2011-08-27 Thread anouk radix
Hi Erik, eventually I want to convert the disk to extended journal encrypted but i guess I would have to format it for that and loose al the data so that will have to wait. Do you have any idea if it is possible topatch such a drive into vmware fusion so that I can then read it in windows Op

Re: external hd with extended journal encrypted in vmware wasRe: reading an ntfs external hd in lion

2011-08-27 Thread erik burggraaf
No, as far as I know, windows won't read any extended file systems, although I seem to remember playing with some sketchy driver packages that would let you read an ext1 or ext2 linux formatted drive on windows XP. You might try googling but I don't remember having any luck when I was playing

Re: external hd with extended journal encrypted in vmware wasRe: reading an ntfs external hd in lion

2011-08-27 Thread anouk radix
Hi, Yeah I know windows cant doit natively but I thought there might be possible something through vmware and virtual windows because vmware has drivers for a lot of stuff and is itself a mac application, or throug sharing folders but now I seem to remember that that only works from vmware

Re: Need cloud-based Mac-accessible service for recipes

2011-08-27 Thread johns.kary
Try Macgormate, The Mac app is a bit pricy, but the iPhone app is free and both are completely accessible. It should do everything your after, and then some. I absolutely love it, so handy to just pull out my iPhone in the kitchen, check an ingredient or step in a recipe with out having to go

upgrading ram and VM fusion

2011-08-27 Thread John D. Lipsey
Hi list: Firstly, this is part of a long-term plan to go into broadcasting. It's just going to be easier, as far as I can tell, to broadcast on a virtual machine. My macbook has just the base 2 gigs of RAM. I want 4, as I believe that'ss the most it can support. So, firstly, is it worth

Re: Looking for a program like Adobe Audition

2011-08-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
Isn't that an audio editor? If so, check out asadeus pro, not sure if that's in the app store, but it's a very accessible audio editor for the mac. On Aug 27, 2011, at 8:12 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote: Hi. I'm looking for an accessible program like Adobe Additoin, but not so expensive. I figure

Re: backing up virtual windows and jaws/hal keys?

2011-08-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
In theory, the key should be backed up along with the virtual machine, if you switch computers or create a new virtual machine, it may cause problems, hard to say. This is why it's best to avoid using software that insists on using this authorization nonsense in the first place. On Aug 27,

Re: backing up virtual windows and jaws/hal keys?

2011-08-27 Thread anouk radix
Well, I need to use office 2007 under windows (and I am a die hard braille user) I am not sure if nvda works with office 2007 yet and anyway its not ideal if you use braille only. Greetings, Anouk, Op 28-8-2011 5:43, Mike Arrigo schreef: In theory, the key should be backed up along with the