Re: best office package for Mac?

2010-12-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Adrian, iWork09 is your best bet for an office package. Pages can read MS Word documents and export to MS Word. Numbers is compatible with Excel, and Keynote is reasonably compatible with PowerPoint. I work as a freelance translator and use Pages all the time. The only problems I have

Re: Deleted email messages coming back in Windows?

2010-12-24 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hmm. I don't have any problems with imap with google. You might run into problems if you have imap and pop on at the same time, on the same account though. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Dec 23, 2010, at 2:38 PM, AZ

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-24 Thread Ricardo Walker
I was having the same experiences with growl. Thats why I wanted to get rid of it. If anyone can give some tips to make this thing work, please pass it a long. :) TIA Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Dec 24, 2010, at

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-24 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Gee, it's working fine for me now. I had to uninstall growl and then put it back again, just making sure I iliminated any trace of it's ever having been on my system first. Now, no prob. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name:

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-24 Thread Colin M
Hi Oriol, Ricardo! In the prefs of growl had you changed them to speech! Sorry I cannot remember where they are exactly but I know you need to change them! Then you can also change what growl will do or not do for you! Colin On 24 Dec 2010, at 10:29, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Gee, it's working fine

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-24 Thread Oriol Gómez
I think it's in the system prefs... I'll check later. thanks for the tip On 12/24/10, Colin M velocity.focu...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Oriol, Ricardo! In the prefs of growl had you changed them to speech! Sorry I cannot remember where they are exactly but I know you need to change them!

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-24 Thread Ricardo Walker
Oh. Ok. I found what you were talking about. 1 more question. In the list of applications listed in growl, I don't see dropbox. Do I have to do something special to have growl see dropbox so I configure the growl settings for it? TIA Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-24 Thread Ray Foret Jr
No. Just make sure Drop Box is running. However, there is a way to force it to see Drop Box. For that, you'll need to look up the question because I honestly don't recall the method involved. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype

Re: skype

2010-12-24 Thread Donna Goodin
Well, also from Missouri, it seems to be up this morning, at least for me. cheers, Donna On Dec 23, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: Haven't tried it today yet, but it was definitely down here in Missouri last night. On Dec 22, 2010, at 10:58 PM, louie wrote: Hi all, Have any one of

Re: Finding out Battery status

2010-12-24 Thread Larry Skutchan
Voiceover already has a command to announce the time. If you have enabled the Keyboard Commander, which is highly recommended on Macs without number pads, just hold down the right option key and press T. You can actually configure the key to use in the Voiceover Utilities program in the

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-24 Thread Ricardo Walker
Ok cool. I figured it out. You have to use the trackpad or a mouse to get to the dropbox icon in the status bar. Then from the menu open up the dropbox preferences. Then under general you turn on growl notifications. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296

Re: Finding out Battery status

2010-12-24 Thread AZ
Hi! The script to get battery status yesterday has an error and can not be compiled. The program reports an unexpected ending of a line. AZ 24.12.2010 17:14, Larry Skutchan writes: Voiceover already has a command to announce the time. If you have enabled the Keyboard Commander, which

re: mb pro battery question.

2010-12-24 Thread Chenelle Hancock
hi briana, i have mostly used my mb pro for the past two months or so since receiving it back in october with an without the charger. it seems to not hurt it at all for the most part and i am very happy with my mb pro. have a terrific christmas briana. chenelle Sent from my iPhone -- You

Re: Finding out Battery status

2010-12-24 Thread Brianna Snyder
Wow, thanks so much for telling that command. I've been wanting a shortcut for checking the time for ages. Thanks, Brianna On Dec 24, 2010, at 9:14 AM, Larry Skutchan wrote: Voiceover already has a command to announce the time. If you have enabled the Keyboard Commander, which is highly

Re: Pairing a Phonak Icom hearing device with a Macbook Pro via Bluetooth?

2010-12-24 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Hi, Nick: I've done all the steps you describe exactly as you describe them, with this one exception: I was told by my original audiologist that, to put the Icom in discoverable mode, you pressed and held in the recessed reset, button on the unit's underside. What I believe you're calling

Merry Christmas

2010-12-24 Thread Colin M
Well its that time of year again! :] And I'll join with all the others to wish the rest of you a.. Happy holiday! Seasonal greetings! Winter wonders! And the best for the New Year! :] Colin I'm far too bad for Heaven! The Devil is afraid I'll take his place! -- You received this message

saving files to folders within folders on external drive

2010-12-24 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Hi folks. I asked this yesterday, but since gmail doesn't let me see my own list posts and since nobody commented, I'm wondering if it reached the list. My question is just as the subject line says: Arthur is my external drive. He contains a folder called ACB, which contains a folder called

Problems with columns in Apple mail after formattting Mac Book Pro.

2010-12-24 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. I had to format my Macbook Pro after having problems with Mobile Me and my I Disk. I was able to install the operating system myself although my Brother-in-law who is a Mac User with Voice Over helped me set up my Time Capsule so was able to retrieve my files. However, when agreeing to

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-24 Thread Oriol Gómez
Wait where is the status bar? I have never seen it even with the trackpad. How do you get to it? On 12/24/10, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Ok cool. I figured it out. You have to use the trackpad or a mouse to get to the dropbox icon in the status bar. Then from the menu open

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-24 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, 1st, go into VO utilities and under navigation, select mouse cursor moves voiceover cursor from the pop up menu. Now turn trackpad commander off if you have it on. Then press VO M twice to go to the status menus. Now run your finger a long the very top of the trackpad. You should here

Can someone plese tell me how to edit the configuration of the outgoing mail server?

2010-12-24 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Subject says it all. I can't find the option to edit the configuration of my outgoing mail smtp server. If anyone can tell me where this is, I would greatly appreciate it. TIA, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group.

Re: saving files to folders within folders on external drive

2010-12-24 Thread Colin M
Hi Marlaina! Although I cannot answer your question I can tell you this was posted both times! Have you got the cc myself set up in mail prefs? Colin On 24 Dec 2010, at 18:12, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Hi folks. I asked this yesterday, but since gmail doesn't let me see my own list posts and

Re: Can someone plese tell me how to edit the configuration of the outgoing mail server?

2010-12-24 Thread Colin M
Hi Donna! Mail prefs Interact toolbar select accounts then select the first tab and scroll until you get to out going server hth Colin On 24 Dec 2010, at 20:08, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, Subject says it all. I can't find the option to edit the configuration of my outgoing mail smtp

Re: Can someone plese tell me how to edit the configuration of the outgoing mail server?

2010-12-24 Thread Donna Goodin
Thank you! Donna On Dec 24, 2010, at 3:19 PM, Colin M wrote: Hi Donna! Mail prefs Interact toolbar select accounts then select the first tab and scroll until you get to out going server hth Colin On 24 Dec 2010, at 20:08, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, Subject says it all. I can't find

Re: Can someone plese tell me how to edit the configuration of the outgoing mail server?

2010-12-24 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Donna, Go to preferences (command-comma), then the account settings in the toolbar. Select the account information tab for the account you want to work with and all the user settings will be there. HTH Teresa On Dec 24, 2010, at 12:08 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, Subject says it

more on mail problems

2010-12-24 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Out of the blue one of my mail accounts stopped sending mail. When I try I get the message that the message could not b sent because mail could not connect using the default ports. At the time the problem appeared, I had not made any changes in mail preferences. Anyone have any

Re: more on mail problems

2010-12-24 Thread Jon Cohn
most likely maintenance on your ISP side, or a blocking issue. There is a Connection Doctor in the windows menu of the mail application. This will give specific information. Best of the holidays, Jon On Dec 24, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, Out of the blue one of my

Re: Problems with columns in Apple mail after formattting Mac Book Pro.

2010-12-24 Thread Colin M
Hi Kawal! Open vo+m then scroll to view down arrow once and you should be on collums sub menu right arrow and there is a list of things for you to check or uncheck! And on your sitting on your date column press vo+shift+backslash and that should swap it to the way you want! :] Merry Christmas!

Re: Problems with columns in Apple mail after formattting Mac Book Pro.

2010-12-24 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Thanks Colin. I did the column view setting as you describe and have changed the date order, but still I'm scrolling left to right and get subject first, date and then to whoever the mailing list might be. I remember all this being the other way around, to, subject and then date received so

Re: Problems with columns in Apple mail after formattting Mac Book Pro.

2010-12-24 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi, I got the same problem with my macbook pro at home, whereas even if i check and uncheck the column items to change order of lecture, it remains the same. What is this vo shift \ thing supposed to do? Merry xmas and a safe healthy binge :) -- You received this message because you are

Re: saving files to folders within folders on external drive

2010-12-24 Thread Esther
Hi Marlaina, There are a few ways to save or navigate to a specific folder that is not one of your standard folders or shortcuts. First, for an external drive, you can either use your Finder Sidebar, where external drives will show up, or you can use Command-Shift-C, which will show you all

Re: Finding out Battery status

2010-12-24 Thread Sarah Alawami
Nope no problems here. the script complied fine on my end and I can run it. Except it says that I have 98 percent battery power when it truth I'm charged. S On Dec 24, 2010, at 7:28 AM, AZ wrote: Hi! The script to get battery status yesterday has an error and can not be compiled. The

Re: Deleted email messages coming back in Windows?

2010-12-24 Thread Sarah Alawami
A lot of people have problems wiht imap and gmail for some reason. I remember starting to have problems in aug or so of this year. s On Dec 24, 2010, at 2:05 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hmm. I don't have any problems with imap with google. You might run into problems if you have imap and

Re: Problems with columns in Apple mail after formattting Mac Book Pro.

2010-12-24 Thread Esther
Hi Yuma and Kawal, You typically can't rearrange the order in which the displayed columns of information to be viewed will occur.  At least, even with the procedure of checking or unchecking View Option columns, re-ordering of at least the main columns with headings that are usually displayed

apple mail question

2010-12-24 Thread denise avant
hello all, can someone explain how to move to the very top of the list of e-mails in the various boxes, e.g. if i am on e-mail 23 of 100 then how can i jump to number 1. thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Getting Program To Stream on Mac

2010-12-24 Thread Jane
Trying to get the program at this link to play, but I can't seem to because of flash. http://goo.gl/3KOZZ Any idea why? If it won't work on the Mac, will it work ont he iPad? Jane -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to

Re: apple mail question

2010-12-24 Thread Colin M
Hi Denise! All you have to do with a keyboard that is! Just hold down the option key and then press up arrow or down arrow to go top to bottom! PS it might make the bonk sound but do not let that stop you it works! hth Colin On 24 Dec 2010, at 22:33, denise avant wrote: hello all, can

Re: Problems with columns in Apple mail after formattting Mac Book Pro.

2010-12-24 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Dear Ester. Yes, I did interact with the date field i.e. interact with the table and put the cursor on the date field. Ester, please correct me if I'm wrong, but when I got my Mac (then i was in the USA) with a friend who is also on the Mac list, his configurations of mail was how I found

Re: apple mail question

2010-12-24 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Or you can press voice over shift and right arrow or left arrow to go to top or bottom which is quicker. On 24 Dec 2010, at 22:53, Colin M wrote: Hi Denise! All you have to do with a keyboard that is! Just hold down the option key and then press up arrow or down arrow to go top to bottom!

Re: Getting Program To Stream on Mac

2010-12-24 Thread Colin M
Hi Jane! People have said that a software called click to flash helps with some flash things! Just in case you do not know flash and the Mac do not like each other! Colin On 24 Dec 2010, at 22:49, Jane wrote: Trying to get the program at this link to play, but I can't seem to because of

Re: apple mail question

2010-12-24 Thread Kimberly thurman
Or, you can play finger twister and press FN/control/option/shift/left arrow to go to the top and FN/control/option/shift/right arrow to go to the bottom. This also works for going to top of web pages or bottom or web pages. On Dec 24, 2010, at 5:53 PM, Colin M wrote: Hi Denise! All you have

Re: apple mail question

2010-12-24 Thread Colin M
Hi Kawal! If you do not need to press your fn key you might not have your f1 f2 f3 f4 and so on set to standard use! But the way I suggested is quicker! ::] merry Christmas Colin On 24 Dec 2010, at 23:04, Kimberly thurman wrote: Or, you can play finger twister and press

Re: Finding out Battery status

2010-12-24 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, First off, how do you compile a script? Courtney On Dec 24, 2010, at 4:48 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Nope no problems here. the script complied fine on my end and I can run it. Except it says that I have 98 percent battery power when it truth I'm charged. S On Dec 24, 2010, at 7:28

Re: Problems with columns in Apple mail after formattting Mac Book Pro.

2010-12-24 Thread Colin M
Hi Kawal! Me again! :] My mail is laid out the way you said that you thought it was! from,subject and then date I've also got attachments after that on mine! Colin On 24 Dec 2010, at 22:57, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Dear Ester. Yes, I did interact with the date field i.e. interact with the table

Re: apple mail question

2010-12-24 Thread Kimberly thurman
An addendum to this is that on a Macbook you need the FN key, but not on a regular Mac. On Dec 24, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: Or, you can play finger twister and press FN/control/option/shift/left arrow to go to the top and FN/control/option/shift/right arrow to go to the

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-24 Thread Greg Aikens
Thanks for the tips. Now growl is usable. Is there a way to adjust the rate of speech for notifications? Greg On Dec 24, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, 1st, go into VO utilities and under navigation, select mouse cursor moves voiceover cursor from the pop up menu. Now turn

loops can/t be split in garage band?

2010-12-24 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi list, Going through the icanmakethisthing.Com tutorial on garage band, and i got a pretty annoying blockage about the regions. Usually you can split a lengthy loop into regions, so as to chop up some parts and replace them with other loops. This doesn't seem to work. I interacted with the

Re: apple mail question

2010-12-24 Thread Colin M
Hi Kimberly! I'm using a wireless keyboard with my Imac and I to have to use the fn key! :] Merry Christmas! Colin On 24 Dec 2010, at 23:21, Kimberly thurman wrote: An addendum to this is that on a Macbook you need the FN key, but not on a regular Mac. On Dec 24, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Kimberly

Re: Merry Christmas

2010-12-24 Thread Greg Weller
And let me throw in a Happy Hogswatch and a merry Wintervale... Sent from my iPad On 24/12/2010, at 12:49 PM, Colin M velocity.focu...@googlemail.com wrote: Well its that time of year again! :] And I'll join with all the others to wish the rest of you a.. Happy holiday! Seasonal

need help

2010-12-24 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello listers; somehow i disabled the address bar in safari. It loads a page when you click command n for a new page but there is no way to enter a different address. also, the command l for open new location is dimmed. so, how do i fix this? please help soon, max -- You received this

Re: Pairing a Phonak Icom hearing device with a Macbook Pro via Bluetooth?

2010-12-24 Thread Nicholas Abrahamson
Hey Mark, My girlfriend's visiting family at the moment, but when she gets back I can have her help me time how long I've to hold the button in and the name of it too, if that'd be any help. I remember getting confused about that also, as my audiologist gave me the same instructions your

Re: Pairing a Phonak Icom hearing device with a Macbook Pro via Bluetooth?

2010-12-24 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Sure, I'd appreciate anything. Having a Bluetooth connection to my Mac sure would make my life a lot more fun. :) • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this

Re: apple mail question

2010-12-24 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi: Interact with the list of messages; If you're using a laptop-style keyboard, press shift with fn key, ctl, and option. (in other fn+vo keys+shift, with your left arrow to go to the top, or with your right arrow to go to the bottom. HTH Carolyn H On Dec 24, 2010, at 3:33 PM, denise avant

Re: Getting Program To Stream on Mac

2010-12-24 Thread Jane
Hello. Do you know where this program is and the cost? Jane On Dec 24, 2010, at 6:01 PM, Colin M wrote: Hi Jane! People have said that a software called click to flash helps with some flash things! Just in case you do not know flash and the Mac do not like each other! Colin On 24 Dec

Re: Pairing a Phonak Icom hearing device with a Macbook Pro via Bluetooth?

2010-12-24 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi, What is this device you're pairing? Guess I missed the beginning of the thread but it sounds like something I might want to look into. TIA for further info. Carolyn H On Dec 23, 2010, at 2:28 PM, Nicholas Abrahamson wrote: Mark, I've had several successes pairing it, and most times,

Re: Getting Program To Stream on Mac

2010-12-24 Thread Sarah Alawami
It is a safari extention that is free. S On Dec 24, 2010, at 6:59 PM, Jane wrote: Hello. Do you know where this program is and the cost? Jane On Dec 24, 2010, at 6:01 PM, Colin M wrote: Hi Jane! People have said that a software called click to flash helps with some flash

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-24 Thread Oriol Gómez
Yeah there is a rate slidedr I think, in the same place wehre you set the speech option. On 12/25/10, Greg Aikens gpaik...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the tips. Now growl is usable. Is there a way to adjust the rate of speech for notifications? Greg On Dec 24, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Ricardo

Re: Finding out Battery status

2010-12-24 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hello Hai, great! That works perfect. Thank you very much. All the best Jürgen On Dec 23, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Hai Nguyen wrote: Good afternoon everyone, Rather than going through all of the status menus just to find one small piece of information, in this case, the battery status, I've

found region editing and split mystery

2010-12-24 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi list, Just wanted to let yall know that i can be quite myopic sometimes :) Just found out that cycle mode was off which prevented the splitting and region navigation. Now crunching around after xmas day on those notations and how to handle midi. :) -- You received this message because

Re: note editor in garage band 6

2010-12-24 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi, No actually there's a way to remap with any device a bunch of transport messages in GB. Apparently not standard midi but some remapping is possible. Couple this perhaps with some shortcut action with quickeyes or keyboard maestro which both accept midi controllers, and there's some cool