Re: Question To Beta Testers *Please* Answer Off List

2014-12-26 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
no i don't think that you are breaking any rules. i think we can still report things on the feedback but i think they are not doing anything. i reported some bugs but until now it's not fix. Il giorno 26/dic/2014, alle ore 07:39 AM, Shawn Krasniuk bbssh...@icloud.com ha scritto: Hi all beta

My mac rrefuses to grant me permission to copy to a folder on the network

2014-12-26 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi, For some mysterious reason, my macbook air refuses to grant me permission to copy a file to a folder that's located on an external drive on my network. And yet, I copied to the said same drive yesterday without any problems. Anybody has any suggestions as to why and how it could be

Switching between mac and windows with bootcamp

2014-12-26 Thread denise avant
Hello all, Now that I have bootcamp up and running on my mac, I am looking for instructions on how to reliably switch back and forth from the mac side to the windows side on my macbook air. I have yosemite and windows 7 installed using bootcamp on a macbook air 2013. Any guides or podcast

Differences between Netflix and Hulu plus: opinions?

2014-12-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Subject line just about says it all. I'm contemplating Netflix and Hulu plus for 2015, however, I am unaware of most of the differences. Well I'm sure I could look up most of the common differences online, what are very particularly want to know, is with respect to the accessibility of both

Re: Installing Win 8.1 Through BootCamp Assisted with the KNFB Reader?

2014-12-26 Thread Kevin Cussick
Hi, that seems to be the way to go use a usb headset it seems to work. I have not tried this but have a podcast and the chap managed to get it working. disclaimer, it may work or may not work for some try at your own risk. I am sure 32 bit will run OK even if it is window's7 just take

Fix Your Bluetooth Audio in Yosemite With This Terminal Command

2014-12-26 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I saw this as I was looking through my Rss feed today and thought it might be useful to some. Enjoy. Fix Your Bluetooth Audio in Yosemite With This Terminal Command Mac OS X Yosemite adds a bunch of new features to your Mac. The upgrade also added some annoyances, like lousy

Connecting apple tv to mac mini.

2014-12-26 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I have bought an apple tv and don't have a digital to analog converter but come to think of that maybe the mac mini has a digital in connection. So my question is if it should be possible to connect the apple tv optical output to the digital in on my mac and make the tv speak through my

Re: the graphicsless paradigm

2014-12-26 Thread DD
Someone offered: I wish a graphicsless mode. This mode allows things to get very zippy and fast. for some of us, this graphic layer is not even necessarry. It helps with battery, and there?s more memory for voice over related stuff. And small background tasks. That do stuff I too am

Re: Connecting apple tv to mac mini.

2014-12-26 Thread AZ
Hi. The cheepest way is buying a speaker system like Philips HTL series. If you connect your Apple-TV to your desktop you have to route the sound to the Mac speaker. AZ 26.12.2014 17:01, Anders Holmberg пишет: Hi! I have bought an apple tv and don't have a digital to analog

Re: Differences between Netflix and Hulu plus: opinions?

2014-12-26 Thread Jamie Tachiyama
The latest version of Hulu+ is not very accessible. Netflix is still pretty consistent as far as accessibility goes. This is from an IOS point of view. Jamie T Blind Dragon Hobbies One stop shopping for all your gaming needs. http://www.blinddragonhobbies.com/ Twitter: @BDHobbies Facebook:

Re: Connecting apple tv to mac mini.

2014-12-26 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi AZ, I have my Mac Mini hooked up to a 19 inch Monitor using the HDMI cable which carries both video and audio. Seems to work fine. :) Chuck On Dec 26, 2014, at 9:19 AM, AZ wrote: Hi. The cheepest way is buying a speaker system like Philips HTL series. If you connect your Apple-TV to your

Re: Differences between Netflix and Hulu plus: opinions?

2014-12-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Okay. That's interesting. Anyone here have it from an Apple TV point of view? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in On Dec 26, 2014, at

Re: strange issue in Safari and bookmarks

2014-12-26 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hello! I can not reproduce this. When i press option command b it says edit text and then i am on a bookmarks page. Pressing the same keys again makes vo say edit text. /A 23 dec 2014 kl. 21:04 skrev Faisal ali faisal.a...@icloud.com: Hi all, I’m not sure if this has already

Re: GarageBand

2014-12-26 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hello! Libreoffice works with Yosemite. I use it all the time i need to. /A 23 dec 2014 kl. 21:10 skrev ernest mccullough ernest.mccullo...@gmail.com: I understand though that accessabibity has been broken in pages. I'm heavy into word processing. On 12/23/14, Faisal ali

Re: Differences between Netflix and Hulu plus: opinions?

2014-12-26 Thread Mary Otten
Both services are accessible on the Apple TV. We have accounts for both. My husband uses them. I have lately started using both, and they are both fully accessible so far as I can tell. Netflix on iOS, I do not find accessible at all. Or I should say very limited. Very frustrating. It used to

What about Amazon Prime? (was: Netflix and Hulu plus: opinions?)

2014-12-26 Thread Todor Fassl
Anybody have any experience with Amazon Prime? I have an ancient Mac Minii, still running Mountain Lion, a new IBook Pro, and an IPhone. How is the Amazon Prime acccess? On 12/26/2014 09:29 AM, Mary Otten wrote: Both services are accessible on the Apple TV. We have accounts for both. My

Re: What about Amazon Prime? (was: Netflix and Hulu plus: opinions?)

2014-12-26 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I love Amazon Prime! On Dec 26, 2014, at 9:49 AM, Todor Fassl fassl@gmail.com wrote: Anybody have any experience with Amazon Prime? I have an ancient Mac Minii, still running Mountain Lion, a new IBook Pro, and an IPhone. How is the Amazon Prime acccess? On 12/26/2014 09:29

Re: Differences between Netflix and Hulu plus: opinions?

2014-12-26 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Both are completely accessible. I think Hulu has newer content; however they have advertisements that you cannot skip over. Netflix does not. On Dec 26, 2014, at 6:45 AM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: Subject line just about says it all. I'm contemplating Netflix and Hulu plus

Re: Differences between Netflix and Hulu plus: opinions?

2014-12-26 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
It works fine on Apple TV. Completely accessible. On Dec 26, 2014, at 9:13 AM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: Okay. That's interesting. Anyone here have it from an Apple TV point of view? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless

Re: the graphicsless paradigm

2014-12-26 Thread Phil Halton
Luddite or genius? Who can say? (smile) On Dec 26, 2014, at 9:02 AM, DD dandun...@gmail.com wrote: Someone offered: I wish a graphicsless mode. This mode allows things to get very zippy and fast. for some of us, this graphic layer is not even necessarry. It helps with battery, and

Re: Differences between Netflix and Hulu plus: opinions?

2014-12-26 Thread Christine Grassman
I do not have Apple TV; someone got us Roku last year, which as far as I can tell, is inaccessible, unless someone can tell me differently. My legally blind husband can use it, but I cannot. As far as on the iPhone, I find Hulu slightly more accessible than Netflix, but not by much, but Hulu

Re: Switching between mac and windows with bootcamp

2014-12-26 Thread Phil Halton
in Mac system preferences, find and press enter on “startup disk”. in that dialog, you will see the option to select the bootcamp installation as the startup disk. select it and press restart. Your MBA will reboot into bootcamp windows. There is a similar functionality on the windows side.

Re: the graphicsless paradigm

2014-12-26 Thread Jason White
DD dandun...@gmail.com wrote: I too am blind and use terminal about 95 percent of the time. Iuse a dos box as a terminal lashed to the mac with a serial connection. I have a dos screen reader on the dos box which permits excellent fine detailed control over screen access to the mack

Re: Installing Win 8.1 Through BootCamp Assisted with the KNFB Reader?

2014-12-26 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
can I get a link to the podcast? Hank On 12/26/2014 5:49 AM, Kevin Cussick wrote: Hi, that seems to be the way to go use a usb headset it seems to work. I have not tried this but have a podcast and the chap managed to get it working. disclaimer, it may work or may not work for some try

Re: Differences between Netflix and Hulu plus: opinions?

2014-12-26 Thread Faisal ali
I use both as one has content that the other one does not. From a mac point of view of navigating the pages, both are pretty accessible though I prefer using Netflics. On Dec 26, 2014, at 8:20 AM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: I do not have Apple TV; someone got us Roku

A Thunderbolt SSD Drive question

2014-12-26 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I was given a 120 gig Thunderbolt SSD drive for Christmas. I have connected the drive to my Mini with the cable that was included. There is no power jack, so I assume the SSD drive will take power from the cable. Trouble is, the drive does not show up, either when I go to my computer drive

Re: A Thunderbolt SSD Drive question

2014-12-26 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Just wishing to know, if you have the right cable, as there is a USB cable as well as a thunderbolt cable. This thunderbolt cable plugs into a small port not like a USB port. So I'm just checking to know the obvious. Kawal. On 26 Dec 2014, at 6:26 pm, Bill Holton bill32...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: A Thunderbolt SSD Drive question

2014-12-26 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi, The ▪ Mini DisplayPort Plug is the same thing as the thunderbolt cable. Its whats connected to it that determines whether it acts like a thunderbolt or a ▪ Mini DisplayPort device. This was a bit of a surprise when I got my first mac mini! Also they weren't very clear about making a

A Thunderbolt SSD Drive question

2014-12-26 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I have checked in disk utility and the SSD Thunderbolt does show up. Kawal. On 26 Dec 2014, at 7:57 pm, CHUCK REICHEL soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com mailto:soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, The ▪Mini DisplayPort Plug is the same thing as the thunderbolt cable. Its

Re: A Thunderbolt SSD Drive question

2014-12-26 Thread Bill Holton
Yes, I believe it is the right cable. It plugs into the port that runs horizontally, instead of vertically like the USB ports. The drive is warm, after being plugged in for an hour, so I'm guessing it's getting power. It's just not showing up in disk utility or on my computer Drive list Sent

Re: A Thunderbolt SSD Drive question

2014-12-26 Thread Bill Holton
No, it does not show up as a choice on disk utility, just my two internal drives, and my one large external USB drive.it is getting warm, after being plug-in for an hour, so I'm guessing it's getting power. Bill Sent from my iPhone On Dec 26, 2014, at 2:57 PM, CHUCK REICHEL

Re: A Thunderbolt SSD Drive question

2014-12-26 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
That is very strange. The drive does get warm. I remember when I bought mine, I tried plugging the thunderbolt cable in my USB port! I hope there is nothing wrong with yours. I have plugged mine in my Mac mini and my I Mac. If you have another Apple computer, try and plug it in the second

Re: A Thunderbolt SSD Drive question

2014-12-26 Thread Terje Strømberg
Try going into properties(command + , Go to the the side panel button in the toolbar. Check if external disks is marked. Take care 26. des. 2014 kl. 22:05 skrev Kawal Gucukoglu kgli...@icloud.com: That is very strange. The drive does get warm. I remember when I bought mine, I tried plugging

iTunes: playing a second track in albums

2014-12-26 Thread Janine Smith
Hi Hoping someone has a quicker way to play another track in albums view. I find that once I play one track, the next chosen track that I move to by control option down arrow, will not play with just enter. I know why it won't play as visually the previous track is still highlighted, even

Re: Switching between mac and windows with bootcamp

2014-12-26 Thread Rob
Hi, Logging into windows just to turn around and log in to the mac and vice versa is too much. here is a quicker way. Here is the steps I used. when I start the mac normally, windows would start. Here is how to choose the drive you want. Start your Mac, at the sound press and hold the option

Re: Switching between mac and windows with bootcamp

2014-12-26 Thread Phil Halton
as long as you know the boot order you can use a scheme like that to determine the boot OS. Problem is, yours is not a typical boot order, usually its Mac OS, then Recovery, then bootcamp. But it could be any order depending on various factors. Usually Mac OS X comes up when booting a mac.

Re: Switching between mac and windows with bootcamp

2014-12-26 Thread Jason White
Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: Of course, all this is rendered moot by VMWare Fusion which lets you command tab back and forth between OS X and windows with no rebooting. I like fusion for the ability to cut and paste data between OS’s and such things as that. I can have Safari

inserting a link?

2014-12-26 Thread kliphzkorner
I can't remember this simple keystroke, what is the keystroke to tell mail or a doc that you are inserting a link? Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where

Using automator with voiceover?

2014-12-26 Thread Justin Mann
Hi all, Does anybody have any tips for using Automator with voiceover? I can navigate to the actions table, but I’m a bit confused as to how to drag and drop things from the action library in to the work flow that I’d like to create. In my workflow, I’d like to be able to get photos attached

Re: Switching between mac and windows with bootcamp

2014-12-26 Thread denise avant
I had heard that there were a sequence of steps to be done at the log in screen, at least just before the Mac side of things booted up. I just was not certain what the order was. I know if this is done at the log-in screen, you will not have any speech. I am assuming there will be some speech

Re: inserting a link?

2014-12-26 Thread David Griffith
I find that I simply have to paste in the link and Mail will recognise it as link and convert it automatically as soon as I press return. David Griffith David Griffith will recognise simmply On 27 Dec 2014, at 04:38, kliphzkor...@icloud.com wrote: I can’t remember this simple keystroke,