Re: Clean installation questions

2014-11-26 Thread Piotr Machacz
You don't need to unlink your computer from Dropbox. If you install OS X from scratch, Dropbox should just download all of your files again, or you can just make a backup of your Dropbox folder before the install, put it back in when done and again, DB should realise you already have

RE: Finder Podcast Part 1

2014-11-26 Thread george b
Johnathen, Why don’t you mail the gentleman off list and ask him if he needs helping setting them up as a pod cast From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 10:03 To:

Re: Finder Podcast Part 1

2014-11-26 Thread Todor Fassl
I have a linux script that I can use to create a podcast from a set of mp3 files. I can also provide download space. Anyone interested should contact me off list. On 11/25/2014 12:03 PM, Jonathan Mosen wrote: These audio presentations do sound very useful, but yes, they are not podcasts at

Help with GMail

2014-11-26 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi, I just recently got a new email address from gmail. When I go to sign in it's showing my old one which I deactivated. How do I sign in with the new one and find the settings? Any help is greatly appreciated. Safari isn't giving me a box to edit the address. Have a blessed day. Stacey and GEB

Western Digital my icloud NaS drive application and Voiceover

2014-11-26 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi, I was given a present of a very nice 2TB Western Digital my cloud drive that is compatible with both PC and mac. The drive is connected to my airport extreme via an ethernet. The trouble its application through which yo can control various functions like saving moving managing files is

Re: KNFB Reader and Dropbox

2014-11-26 Thread Andrew Lamanche
That’s also my experience. Please let all those who have had this issue write to supp...@knfbreader.com to let them know. It must be a bug. On 26 Nov 2014, at 03:17, Sarai Bucciarelli sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com wrote: I got the open in DB option, but DB didn't open. Hmm. I'm almost

Workaround for insertion point problem

2014-11-26 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello all, I’ve had a look at the insertion point problem again and have discovered that what is being reported when pressing VO-F4-F4 is the actual position of the insertion point on the computer screen, not the position of the insertion point as it would appear on the printed page. As far as

ScanSnap, Scanning Solution?

2014-11-26 Thread James Lee
Hi All, Does anyone use ScanSnap? I'm thinking about iX500. How is their software accessible on Mac or Windows? Because they don't support twain, most OCR software like abbyy, kurzwhile, or Openbook can't access the scanner directly. It looks like I have to scan using their software, export

Re: Western Digital my icloud NaS drive application and Voiceover

2014-11-26 Thread Kliph
Yes, I personally didn’t like the app. I used it on mavericks, and it worked just fine. Haven’t tried it on Yosemite though, so can’t speak to that issue. The easier way of managing it is to go on the web. Find your NAS’s IP address, and put it in the address bar. This way you can manage

Re: ScanSnap, Scanning Solution?

2014-11-26 Thread Brent Harding
If it does work, you could convert to an image format like jpg or bmp. That might give better OCR results. I heard they are the fastest scanners out next to actually doing the KNFB thing. - Original Message - From: James Lee jameslee...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

help needed getting Apple TV started

2014-11-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I have got myself in to what seems an impossible situation. I started my apple TV box and when I heard the voice over prompt, I pressed what I thought was the right button on my remote. ON my remote, I see only the five way navigation and below it, two buttons. These all appear at the top of

Re: Western Digital my icloud NaS drive application and Voiceover

2014-11-26 Thread erik
So far, the cloud apps for iOS and android seem to work well. I set the thing up with safari and finder. I might copy files to it with finder, but otheriise won't go near it with a computer.. Sent from my android device. -Original Message- From: Kliph kliphzkor...@icloud.com To:

Re: help needed getting Apple TV started

2014-11-26 Thread Scott Berry
Hi Ray, Firstly make sure that the button which has four way navigation is at the top. Then on the right side you should feel a button which is Play/Pause. If your updated you can press that three times and VO should begin speaking for you. On Nov 26, 2014, at 12:17 PM, Ray Foret Jr

Re: help needed getting Apple TV started

2014-11-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Thing is, I did have the five way navigation at the top. The button I pressed was the right most of the two individual buttons just below the navigation area. I pressed that button three times but all I heard was the boundery sound. Not Voice Over. What do I do now? Did I have the remote

Re: top sites in safari?

2014-11-26 Thread Caitlyn Furness
David, Just getting to mail as I’ve been away on holidays. thanks so much for the command option 1 command! I wasn’t aware of this before now! Hope Nile is doing well! Cait and Maggie On Nov 6, 2014, at 6:26 PM, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote: I have not seen anybody respond

mac mini transport?

2014-11-26 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Hello I have a mac mini 2012 also have a laptop back pack, is there any other tips that you can give me for transporting the mac? really don't want to damage it. Hank -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this

I Cloud back ups such as contacts.

2014-11-26 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. I lost all my contacts recently and have just managed to get back on the Net today. Does anyone know if Apple keep copies of back ups as I am needing to restore all my contacts which took years to acquire. If anyone knows the answer, please get in touch as all my contacts have been lost.

Problems using macports

2014-11-26 Thread DD
I recently installed a program from macports without problem. Then I did a selfupdate to bring the tree current. Since then macports fails to work with error messages that things can not be found for program installations. Has anyone suggestions of the source of the problem and a possible

Re: Western Digital my icloud NaS drive application and Voiceover

2014-11-26 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Could you say a bit more about how you access WD my cloud from your iPhone? Is the iphone app accessible? And talking about finder, how do you copy files there? Can you create folders on the WD my cloud using finder and then move files from your mac to the WD my cloud? I’m getting more

making macport created applications accessible?

2014-11-26 Thread Eric Oyen
hello everyone, are there any interface experts on here that can suggest how to make macport compiled programs accessible with voiceover? The problem I see is that almost all of them use X11 as their presentation platform. THere are a few that also have the AQUA interfaces that can be made, but

iCloud Credit card updating

2014-11-26 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I'm trying to add another credit card for my iCloud storage plan. I cannot change it under iCloud settings. I changed the card under iTunes but the iCloud payment is still defaulting to my old credit card. Help? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Western Digital my icloud NaS drive application and Voiceover

2014-11-26 Thread erik burggraaf
From the mac side, I did the following to transfer files. Open finder. Press command K to connect to a server. Type smb://wdmycloud and press enter. Note that if you cleverly changed the name of your drive you’ll have to replace this instruction with the new name. Enter your username and

Re: OT: looking for recommendations for good headphones

2014-11-26 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I have a pair of beyer dynamics which i now don’t know the model of but i bought them in 208 and they still look and feel as new. I actually used them a lot as they have a very good frequency range. /A 25 nov 2014 kl. 17:13 skrev 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries

Re: braille evolutions/problems with osx

2014-11-26 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Well i can’t agree more with you William. I have written to the accessibility team about this but i only get a thank you we will bring this to our devs. Braille is probably not very important for the accessibility team. But i guess thats how it goes. I remember when hal came out for windows

Re: OT: looking for recommendations for good headphones

2014-11-26 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I love Bose headphones! On Nov 26, 2014, at 5:28 PM, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! I have a pair of beyer dynamics which i now don’t know the model of but i bought them in 208 and they still look and feel as new. I actually used them a lot as they have a very good

Re: Problems using macports

2014-11-26 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Dan, Not sure who you are, apologies if your name isn’t Dan. Perhaps you don’t want us to know. OK, A screen dump of sudo port -v selfupdate would give an idea what is going on..Of course, you could reinstall everything which might be quicker. But what if exactly the same fault occurs?

Re: Western Digital my icloud NaS drive application and Voiceover

2014-11-26 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I have a similar problem with a Seagate utility. So i guess its what we have to deal with. Sadly. /A 26 nov 2014 kl. 16:23 skrev Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com: Hi, I was given a present of a very nice 2TB Western Digital my cloud drive that is compatible with both PC and mac. The

Re: I Cloud back ups such as contacts.

2014-11-26 Thread Daniel Chavez
As long as you haven’t turned off iCloud backup, it should at least 1 current copy of your backups. -- 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

Re: Is there any accessible way to sign up to Sirius XM?

2014-11-26 Thread Maurice Mines
Good afternoon, are you trying to sign up for satellite radio directly? Were you trying to sign up for the Internet a.k.a. device version of serious XM. If you’re signing up for the actual radio broadcast a.k.a. the satellite service itself, all you will need to do is unfortunately find someone

Re: Is there any accessible way to sign up to Sirius XM?

2014-11-26 Thread Pamela Francis
Hi folks, Currently, I am not subscribe to serious XM. However when I was, the sign-up form on the app was accessible. That doesn't say much for the rest of their app. However to actually get signed up is relatively easy. It was my experience when signed up that their iPad app was a little more

Re: help needed getting Apple TV started

2014-11-26 Thread Scott Berry
Yes you had it in the right position. In the archives there is a message which tells you how to get to Voice over by navigation. I believe the guy’s name was Charley. On Nov 26, 2014, at 12:52 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: Thing is, I did have the five way navigation at

Re: help needed getting Apple TV started

2014-11-26 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Actually, there’s a Support article on Apple’s site that explains how to get VoiceOver working after the initial setup as well. Works like a charm as far as I can tell. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Nov 26, 2014, at 18:00, Scott Berry sb356...@gmail.com wrote: Yes

Re: Help with GMail

2014-11-26 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, When on any Google page, either use the tab or shift tab, depending on where you landed. What you’re looking for is the announcement of your Gmail account name. Press return when focused on this item. Press tab a few times until you hear “Sign Out” then press return again. This should

itunes 12 problem

2014-11-26 Thread denise avant
Hello all, I recently went to locate a song in itunes 12 that has been in my library for several versions of itunes now. the song is listed, but itunes cannot play it because it could not find it, and has offered me the chance to locate it. what happened to cause this problem? And while is it

Re: help needed getting Apple TV started

2014-11-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Got it fixed. I had to consult a recent Applevis podcast on the subject and, by clicking until I got to the right side boundery window, then going from there to the top item, (which was general) then from there down to the thirteenth item which was accessibility I clicked the top most option

Re: Help with GMail

2014-11-26 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi Tim, I tried this but couldn't find a sign out link. Have a blessed day. Stacey and GEB dog Kirk mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net On Nov 26, 2014, at 7:23 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, When on any Google page, either use the tab or shift tab, depending on where you landed. What you’re

Apple TV and files not purchased

2014-11-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Hi, In my iTunes library both on my Mac and on my iPhone, I have custom albums which I compiled from vinyl records and or recorded myself. I want to play them using Apple TV but not sure how. I guess maybe it involves using Air play in some way or other but can't figure it out. Any ideas?

Re: mac mini transport?

2014-11-26 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Probably treat it just like any laptop. Pretty much the same components and the most delicate one is the hard drive. So no banging it around if you can help it. Otherwise it's pretty durable. CB On 11/26/14, 3:18 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona wrote: Hello I have a mac mini 2012

Re: Problems using macports

2014-11-26 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I know with the my update to 10.10 and xCode a bunch of packages failed due to some kind of clang update and one of the forums said to pretty much remove and reinstall all the packages. I guess the scorched earth approach always works but it depends on what kind of errors you are getting. CB

Re: making macport created applications accessible?

2014-11-26 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
In some ways, once you get outside text-based terminal apps, you're in a whole other environment in the X11 world. I'm not nearly as familiar with how accessibility is done there but I'm pretty sure voiceover will not help you there. From the XWindow Wikipedia page:

Re: Is there any accessible way to sign up to Sirius XM?

2014-11-26 Thread Juliette Swiler
I do not know if some of you have used the Sirius XM application for the iPhone in a while, but it seems perfectly accessible to me. Not only can I download on demand content, I can stream it wirelessly, as well as finding which channel I want to listen to, find out what program is playing on

Re: making macport created applications accessible?

2014-11-26 Thread Eric Oyen
um yeah. that starts to sound way too complicated. Also, ORCA (the screen reader I use in Linux) doesn't have a port to macports. it also has a lot of dependencies that aren't there either. building stuff that strictly uses a console (or terminal) window is easy and those programs just work.

Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-26 Thread denise avant
Hello all, I have bought an album from Amazon music. I downloaded the amazon app for the mac, but cannot seem to download the album to my computer, which is a mac with using Yosemite. Can anyone provide assistance? If I cannot use the Amazon app on the computer, would it be better to download

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-26 Thread Mary Otten
The Mac app is in accessible. You will just have to use the Amazon cloud player on your eye device. No deal with the Mac. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Nov 26, 2014, at 9:06 PM, denise avant denise.av...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I have bought an album from Amazon music. I downloaded the

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-26 Thread The Believer
Denise, Amazon has so far released 3 different apps for Windows and Mac. The one that seems easiest under Windows is Amazon Music. The other two are Amazon MP3 Downloader and Amazon Cloud Player. I have not done this on the Mac yet but I would think if you install Amazon Music, then go

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-26 Thread Deb Lewis
I haven't done this on the Windows or Mac yet. I did install the Windows app but the instructions say you have to click on the album to download it which I wasn't able to do with any screen reader. So I assumed it wouldn't work on the Mac either. But you're saying that the purchase will download

Re: Buying mp3 albums from amazon and downloading to the mac

2014-11-26 Thread The Believer
Without going into my settings on Amazon, I think there is a setting to automatically downlood the music. There is one setting to seelct either Windows or Mac. Cannot recall what other changes need to be made but once its done, the new music is downloaded wherever you have set it to. From

RE: itunes 12 problem

2014-11-26 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Denise, The short answer to your question is that the items listed in your iTunes Library interface are merely pointers to the actual files on your computer/network. They, the items listed that is, are not the source files, themselves. It's really no different than having a sign on the

RE: Apple TV and files not purchased

2014-11-26 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Ray, The short answer is that, while you can use air play to send media to your Apple TV on the fly, I don't recommend it as the primary means of streaming media to the Apple TV. Now, having said this, I will give you the broad strokes in order to accomplish your goal. By the way, I