Re: windows and the mac?

2010-10-23 Thread joe quinn
but then how do you get back to the mac session? command control or something? - Original Message - From: erik burggraaf To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 2:46 PM Subject: Re: windows and the mac? Hum, Well, you could try command enter

Re: windows and the mac?

2010-10-23 Thread erik burggraaf
Nah, you are already in the mac session. Windows is just a program running on your mac. control option m for the menu bar, and control option d for the dock both work. So does command tab to take you through your running applications. Hope this helps, Erik Burggraaf User support consultant,

Re: handytech Braillino and Iphone

2010-10-23 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. Please report it to apple, I think that the braillino will be supported in the 4.2. Best regards Annie. On Oct 23, 2010, at 3:40 AM, Isaac Obie wrote: Allison, It won't work! Braillino is not listed on the iphone list of devices. We tried it in class! No go! Isaac - Original

Re: handytech Braillino and Iphone

2010-10-23 Thread ISAAC OBIE
Hi Annie, The Braillino is supported in the voiceover on my Mac mini, but not on the iphone. Isaac - Original Message - From: Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 10:49 AM Subject: Re: handytech Braillino

Re: windows and the mac?

2010-10-23 Thread Scott Granados
command h hides the vm ware package. I tend to disable VO when I'm in the windows environment and just activate it when I want to switch back to the mac. On Oct 23, 2010, at 5:48 AM, joe quinn wrote: but then how do you get back to the mac session? command control or something? -

Re: Anyone try the iPod 6th gen?

2010-10-23 Thread rayna424
Hmmm, so you're saying the iPod Touch is better than the Nano 6th gen? I don't do anything with iPods other than listen to music and books. I like the 5th gen because of the built in speaker. It's awesome for reading in bed. Not sure if the 6th gen has it. You have to pay for something to use the

64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-23 Thread LaMcAs
Hello list This is more for a friend but also for clarification. She has a Mac Book with 8gb RAM and has W7 Boot Strapped on it. So what bit is the Apple Motherboard 32 bit or 64 bit? I would hope that as it has 8gb Ram it would be 64 bit. She seems to think she is running W7 H

Re: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-23 Thread Scott Howell
The Mac is 64Bit. On Oct 23, 2010, at 5:37 PM, LaMcAs wrote: Hello list This is more for a friend but also for clarification. She has a Mac Book with 8gb RAM and has W7 Boot Strapped on it. So what bit is the Apple Motherboard 32 bit or 64 bit? I would hope that as it has 8gb Ram

Re: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-23 Thread Garry Turkington
Hi, And any 64-bit-capable CPU you'll find on a Mac or PC these days can run either the 32-bit or 64-bit versions of the OS. Garry On 10/23/10, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: The Mac is 64Bit. On Oct 23, 2010, at 5:37 PM, LaMcAs wrote: Hello list This is more for a friend but

Any way

2010-10-23 Thread Kaare Dehard
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Re: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-23 Thread David McLean
If it's a modern Mac either should work. All my macs support 64 bit although the oldest Mac I have is from September of 2009. On Oct 23, 2010, at 5:37 PM, LaMcAs wrote: Hello list This is more for a friend but also for clarification. She has a Mac Book with 8gb RAM and has W7 Boot

Re: Any way

2010-10-23 Thread Charlie Doremus
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getting to the drop box on my Mac

2010-10-23 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Hi, A while ago, there was a discussion on how to get to the drop box link on the Mac. Can someone remidn me how to do this? thanks. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray -- You received this message because you

Re: getting to the drop box on my Mac

2010-10-23 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Ray, What do you mean by the link? DO you mena copying the public link from things you have placed in your dropbox. If you want to get to the Dropbox folder itself, just go to finder and type D R. This should bring you to the dropbox folder, Hit Command O on that and then type P U. This

Re: getting to the drop box on my Mac

2010-10-23 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Well, what I really wanted to do is to place a file in to the drop Box folder and then be able to send a link to that to someone so that, if they click on a link in my e-mail, they can just download the file. Is that how this works, or have I got something wrong? Do I need an actual drop

Re: getting to the drop box on my Mac

2010-10-23 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Ray, Oh, i'm sorry, I thought you had a Dropbox account. Yes, you will need to go http://www.getdropbox.com Once there, download the Dropbox for the Mac and then install it. This can be tricky, so you might need sighted assistance for this. Frown, the hardest part about the install is

Re: getting to the drop box on my Mac

2010-10-23 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Ah, now that is what I wanted to know. Is there no way to get to the continue button using Voice Over at al then? Not even with the mouse keys turned on and then using the U and O keys to move the mouse and the I key to click the mouse? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very

How I fixed my VO problem (was Re: VO will not speak, possibly related to Audio Hijack Pro)

2010-10-23 Thread Rose Morales
Hi all, I have spent a good portion of my day getting my baby back up and running. I'm still not done. I have been a mac user for a year and a half now, and in this time, I have learned much about my mac. Yet this problem and fixing it has taught me so much about my mac that I figured it was

Re: How I fixed my VO problem (was Re: VO will not speak, possibly related to Audio Hijack Pro)

2010-10-23 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, This is great news, I'm really happy for you that you were able to get everything working with no sighted help. Now if this happens to me, I know what to do, wish I was better with terminal though, (smiley). Courtney On 23/10/2010, at 11:29 in the Afternoon, Rose Morales wrote: Hi all,

Re: getting to the drop box on my Mac

2010-10-23 Thread Ryan Mann
Yes, you need a Dropbox account. Go to dropbox.com and download the mac application. When you run the application, you will have an opportunity to create an account. After that, everything you put into the Dropbox folder will be uploaded to your account on dropbox.com. I don't know how to

Re: getting to the drop box on my Mac

2010-10-23 Thread Ryan Mann
I was able to get through the install without sighted assistance. I don't remember exactly how I did it. However, I know that in order to click some of the buttons, I had to hit control+vo+f5 to put the mouse cursor to the VoiceOver cursor. Then I had to hit control+vo+space to click the

Re: How I fixed my VO problem (was Re: VO will not speak, possibly related to Audio Hijack Pro)

2010-10-23 Thread Rose Morales
Thanks. It was a bit of work and time consuming. I never want to go through something like this again. So I'm hoping that someone reads this and saves themselves a lot of time and worry. Oh, one more thing for Courtney and anyone else who is keeping track of the steps I took for just-in-case

Re: How I fixed my VO problem (was Re: VO will not speak, possibly related to Audio Hijack Pro)

2010-10-23 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Rose, I'm so happy you got VO to work again. That sounds like an ordeal COngrats that you got your Macbook to work again and VO to speak again. I'm saving your message for future reference in case Audio Hijack ever causes my VO not to speak again. Thank you so much for sharing. Have a

Re: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-23 Thread Braille
While it is true that recent Macs and osx are 64 bit capable, snow leopard on default is 32 bit. Do not know why Apple decided to put it 32 bit while saying everywhere that it is 64bit. On Oct 23, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Garry Turkington wrote: Hi, And any 64-bit-capable CPU you'll find on a

Re: VO will not speak, possibly related to Audio Hijack Pro

2010-10-23 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, try pressing F9. This toggles mute for Voiceover on/off. hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Oct 22, 2010, at 8:51 PM, Nothingvutlime wrote: Wow, this is wonderful info. I've accidentally had audio going to sound flour

Re: How I fixed my VO problem (was Re: VO will not speak, possibly related to Audio Hijack Pro)

2010-10-23 Thread Eric Oyen
I look forward to reading this. I haven't encountered this specific problem yet. however, I did have my mac lock up the other day cycling through the various apps saying application busy and even trying to get to the apple menu to restart the system failed. I had to hard boot the system to