Hi all.
As far as I'm concerned, the complete inaccessibility of Drop Box on the Mac is
inexcusable. And, I tell you this, if I was the CEO of Apple, developers would
either write their code based on Apple's accessibility guidelines, or, there
programs would just be rejected. IT's a black and
O can set it up fine. But you have a point there.
On 22/02/2011, at 0:31, Jes Smith theeternal...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all.
As far as I'm concerned, the complete inaccessibility of Drop Box on the Mac
is inexcusable. And, I tell you this, if I was the CEO of Apple, developers
would either
Zack,
Contacting the developer, providing resources, tell them where the issues are,
and point out the success other developers have had in making their apps
accessible; are ways to get movement on accessibility.
Here are some resources I provide:
Making your Apps Accessible: Resources for IOS
Yes, you are absolutely right, this happened to me a few times. As you have
pointed out,
I had to press command f5 a few times to activate the voice over.
On 22-Feb-2011, at 3:48 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
Yeah.
It seems to happen when you type or just press keys too fast. For example,
Look, here's how I see it. They've been telling us for about two years that
they know about the accessibility issues witth Drop Box. Every single time one
of us writes them about it, all we hear back is, We're aware of the problem.
I reckon it's high time one of us or maybe a bunch of us
Why not just get a mobile me account and use iDisk instead? Hit them where it
hurts, their wallet and vote with your wallet
On 22 Feb 2011, at 11:41, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
Look, here's how I see it. They've been telling us for about two years that
they know about the accessibility issues
Stewart,
Run OS X Server on a Mac Mini. It is VO compatible for sure. Not sure about
running home automation software.
Kevin
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Hi Ed!
Try to turn on smb in the sharing window in system preferences. You'll need to
turn on file sharing too I guess.
That worked for me.
Best regards
Thomas
Den 22/02/2011 kl. 16.22 skrev Ed Worrell:
Hello listers,
I am having trouble seeing my hard drive on the network. I have a
Make sure file sharing is turned on in system prefs and Turn on both SMB and
AFP. SMb lets windows and linux computers see you mac's hard drive and AFP lets
macs see the drive.
On 2011-02-22, at 10:22 AM, Ed Worrell wrote:
Hello listers,
I am having trouble seeing my hard drive on the
The server snow leopard is different as far as file sharing goes. You can
implement more strict permissions on the server that you can't implement on the
regular mac OS X.
On 2011-02-22, at 9:00 AM, Rose Morales wrote:
Really? What about hitting command-k and launching your Windows drives that
Hello all,
Is there any way to check the progress of a file conversion in Abby Fine Reader
Express? I am converting some large files and it would be helpful to know how
much time is left or if Abby is still really working. I have had it get stuck
before but because I can't get any valuable
Thanks Thomas, I tried this and I am still having no luck with seeing the hard
drive on the network.I just don't understand why my wife's laptop can see it
and my laptop, but I can't see her laptop or the drive... I am truely puzzled.
Thanks
ED
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Would one of you lovely people be so kind as to give me the addi to subscribe
to the iPhone list? I have a new one and could use a bit of direction. Thanks
and smiles!
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Even if this were a good idea, I'm not sure there's anything Apple could do.
The mac app isn't sold in the Mac Store.
Darcy
On 2011-02-22, at 7:06 AM, LaMcAs wrote:
Ok so why don't we all email Apple with regard to this - if they have
created an accessible OS then developers must conform to
Hi Jes and others:
I haven't tried with Dropbox. But, I've been following the discussion. It
seems to me that our US president just made a huge to-do about accessibility
and signing the Communications bill and another ADA focused speech last July.
We've had now occasional requests for
You write:
Every single time any one of us has written you about the accessibility
problems we've been having with Drop Box, all we hear from you is, We're
aware
of it and are working on it.. Really? Where's the evidence of your work?
You keep saying that you are aware, yet, we see no results.
Ok, I turned on smb but I can't find afp, where is that setting at? I am so
confused. I could go out to the router website and click on the usb storage
link and the drive would show up in the finder in the computer section, next to
my hard drive on my laptop. Now it does nothing. I don't see
Do I have to have the hard drive plugged in to my laptop before I do any of
this? it is plugged into my router
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Hi everyone:
Google's on a roll with asking for my passwords for everything. Started
yesterday, and I was still able to pull in mail. But, it's getting more
constant. If I try get all new mail, up comes the password request. Anyone
else having this today?
Carolyn H
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When I got hi Macbook Pro15 back in 2008, when I used Terminal, the prompt came
up
Mark-Baxter's-Mackbook-Pro !Mbaxter
Now that I've re-formatted the hard drive, reinstalled the latest oS and
transitioned my account over, the terminal prompt still reads
Mark-Baxter's-Macbook-Pro!MBH$
Please,
If it's plugged in to your laptop than you might have an easier time sharing it
on the network. If you want to leave it plugged in to your router, then check
the router's documentation because all routers are a little different and it's
hard to help with just one router. An accepsion to this
Good point.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
Skype name:
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Facebook:
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On Feb 22, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Steve Gladstone wrote:
You write:
Every single time any one of us has written you about the
It looks like my library uses overdrive. It says that I can use on an iPhone
only if I use the overdrive software on a windows computer. Is this true for
WMA files? This particular audiobook is in WMA. I believe overdrive for
libraries also offer some audiobooks in MP3. Are the MP3
Geoff,
I believe some of these resources also apply for the Mac OS as well. Apple's
site at http://www.apple.com/accessibility may have some more specific
resources.
Scott
On Feb 22, 2011, at 11:41 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Greetings all,
Following up my previous post regarding the
Hello, folks. I am a newbie, though I've been on the viphone group
since last summer. At long last, I own a Mac, and I'm anxious to
become as efficient a user as I was of my PC. Alas, it is not going
as smoothly as planned.
I'm having an odd problem with my mail account set-up. I use gmail,
The FCC can't apply pressure to developers, there's no relationship there.
Developers aren't bowned by the FCC (thank god).
On Feb 22, 2011, at 9:22 AM, carolyn Haas wrote:
Hi Jes and others:
I haven't tried with Dropbox. But, I've been following the discussion. It
seems to me that our
Hi:
Yep, that is what I do, and I have it set to sync selected items, and manually
manage music. I can copy and paste albums of music, but not playlists. It's
weird.
On Feb 22, 2011, at 1:54 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
I can't speak for the iPod nano but, I can copy and paste just fine on my
I believe this is in the sharing preferences as the computer name, but you can
change your prompt in a .bashrc file in your home directory.
Look for the bash manuals and search for PS1 or prompt for how to customize
this.
Jon
Jonathan C. Cohn
jonc...@cox.net
On Feb 22, 2011, at 12:58 PM,
Hmm, a brief discussion of client server seems to be in order here...
1. The server is where the disk you are trying to connect to is attached.
Please provide us as much detail about this system as possible,.
2. The Client is your Macintosh and your wife's WIndows 7 system if I
understand
The password prompt in mail when accessing POP accounts appears a bit too
frequently. If the server rejects your login for any reason (too many people
logged in, account locked, already connected to this account on a different
computer) the Mail application gives the same message. If one
Hi Sarah,
I see only one chance: Delete the file
Users / Your User / Library / preferences / com.apple.mail.plist
After deleting all accounts and settings are also deleted. So you could cut the
file and move it to another folder, just in case you want to restore the
settings and the accounts.
In data Martedì 22 Febbraio 2011 10.17.11, Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com ha scritto:
If you were the CEO of apple, they'd be broke. :). I know its hard for us to
sit by and just take but, I think Apple has done all they can as for
accessibility in regards to this. Its up to the app
Did that. No go.
On 22/02/2011, at 12:26, Jürgen Fleger apple-engl...@fleger.net wrote:
Hi Sarah,
I see only one chance: Delete the file
Users / Your User / Library / preferences / com.apple.mail.plist
After deleting all accounts and settings are also deleted. So you could cut
the
AFP is in the same area that you found SMB at under sharing in system prefs.
On 2011-02-22, at 12:44 PM, Ed Worrell wrote:
Ok, I turned on smb but I can't find afp, where is that setting at? I am so
confused. I could go out to the router website and click on the usb storage
link and the
Hello Ricardo:
Yes, that too here. Interesting my iPad and iPhone aren't having the issue
this time. Now everything seems to be working but the hotmail related account.
(courtesy of Qwest:(
Luckily, it's mostly my spam address.:)
Thanks for the feedback.
Carolyn
On Feb 22, 2011, at 11:15
Hi Christine:
Check out your gmail settings. There are a number of checkboxes that tell
applemail which messages to bring in from the server. I don't recall their
exact configuration off hand. But, I know they specifically tell your mail
client which messages to bring in.
Let me know if
Yeah, my hotmail is doing the same thing. Ugh! Drives me nuts.
On Feb 22, 2011, at 1:15 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
No.
my gmail has been behaving. But my hotmail? Oh hotmail. :(. I get prompted
for my password for it from Apple Mail like every other day.
Ricardo Walker
Hi Christina,
I think you're referring to downloading audiobooks using the OverDrive Media
Console software. I haven't used this for library downloads for some time
because available titles for download seem to be limited at my library in
recent years due to state budget cuts. I have had
Hi,
The other day, I'm not sure what happened, but all of my pronunciations for
Voiceover were lost. I'm not sure where they went. This includes the ones
included by default, as well as the ones I've added.
Why would something like this happen? Is there a way to get back the defaults?
If not,
strangely it's apple mail doing this with my optus account .
My gmail's working fine. but When ever I go to check my optus inbox it's,
please enter your password for this account
It only started yesterday, and it's slowly getting worse. Along with safari
going in to an endless safari busy
I'm thinking about purchasing the 27 inch iMac but had one question before
making the leap. Does anyone have any idea whether the newest models have a
Texas Instruments chipset for the Firewire port?
I called Apple, and they wouldn't say. This was a real bummer, as the
chipset on this
That conmand isn't working to oppen items.
Steph
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Date sent: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:44:23 +
Subject: Re: question about shortcuts
Hi Stephanie!
command+shift +a should work!
As for
Hi Christina,
Yes, the Mac Compatible OverDrive software can be downloaded from:
http://overdrive.com/software/omc
at the Download OverDrive Media for Macintosh button
That information, and also the search instructions, was given in the link to
the archived post listed at the end of my message:
Hi again Stephanie!
Ahh yes the command [ command+shift+a works in finder not in mail for example!
Also if you would like to change the order of your apps in the doc you sit on
the one you would like to move and press option+command then move it with the
arrows vo will tell you what app you are
I was using the findy. I also can't do d ! o to oppen files.
Steph
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To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Date sent: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:51:32 +
Subject: Re: question about shortcuts
Hi again Stephanie!
Ahh yes the
Hi Justin,
I'm not sure there is a definitive answer to your question, because for most
model computers multiple suppliers are used, so there is no guaranteeing that
an answer from one user will ensure that the model you buy will have the
(older) Texas Instruments chipset. Here's a relevant
HI,
You can reclassify your audio described movies by pressing command-I and then
pressing command-5 in the subsequent dialog box. It will give you an option to
declare the media type. I believe you can choose TV show or movie or whatever
you have listed in your preferences.
Adding to an
Hello Christina, Esther and All,
In addition to Esther's excellent post, I want to add that you might be able to
avoid some of the hoops by using the latest version of the Overdrive App which
allows patrons of at least some library systems to browse and download titles
directly from the
What I mean by that is I already tried that and no go. I deleted the prefs
file and my mail accounts everything and no go. I just reinstalled the os and
don't want to install it again lol.
Sarah Alawami
If you need an edit done on a small project go to
http://music.marrie.org/master for
Actualy it's the same version free or paid so the only difference you get is
the amount of space.
Sarah Alawami
If you need an edit done on a small project go to
http://music.marrie.org/master for more info. If you need to contact me my info
is below.
MSN and AIM: marri...@gmail.com
If dropbox were used for the goverment then yeah that would work but I don't
think our government would use dropbox so in tis case it would not work. I hope
to be wrong on this how ever.
Sarah Alawami
If you need an edit done on a small project go to
http://music.marrie.org/master for more
I dont think that would work. CNET and all of them would not post articles
written by us. I'd love to wat my words on that one but there ya go. Good idea
but I don't think it owuld work and dropbox would not care. it appears they
already don't.
Sarah Alawami
If you need an edit done on a
Does anybody know how to change the order of messages by newest on top and
oldest on the bottom. I can not figure this one out. I had someone help me with
my Inbox but I wanted to do this for other folders too.
Thanks to who can help.
Selena
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Hello. I have several ringtones that I made myself on my phone. Somehow I
forgot to back up my ringtones folder so now it's gone. they are still on the
phone but how can I get them back from the phone to my computer?
Take care all and hope you all are having a nice day.
Sarah Alawami
If you
When in the messages table, will VO Shift Backslash (VO vertical line) reverse
the sort order? If not, it may be in the View menu;
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I have vuescan which I need to activate. But vo won't let me
type in the text fields. I tried interacting with it, but it
won't type anything when I try to put in the informN. How do I
get around this?
Thanks.
Steph
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Yeah it will. just go to the table and go to date received then vo shift
backslash on the column. this will either sort up or down depending on what
you want. it's a toggle.
Tood luck.
Sarah Alawami
If you need an edit done on a small project go to
http://music.marrie.org/master for more
What happens if you vo shift space on the field you want to type in? Can you
then edit the text therein? I'm just guessing as I don't use vooscan.
Take care and good luck.
Sarah Alawami
If you need an edit done on a small project go to
http://music.marrie.org/master for more info. If you
I got tired of it so I dropped my laptop at the apple store and they just
fixed it. They never said why it was doing it either! But the apple store
is like 5 blocks away so I have that opption. Glad it was not just me!
Heather
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Hi,
Have you confirmed that either pop and/or iMap are enabled in your GMail
settings? You must have pop enabled to receive via pop or iMap for iMap. This
is done in your account settings within GMail itself.
Later...
On 2011-02-22, at 11:27 AM, Christine Grassman wrote:
Hello, folks. I
Hi Selena:
I believe it can be done with vo-shift-backslash, which is a toggle.
HTH
Carolyn
On Feb 22, 2011, at 7:19 PM, Selena Sang wrote:
Does anybody know how to change the order of messages by newest on top and
oldest on the bottom. I can not figure this one out. I had someone help me
Hi,
I'm confused as to why you are going about things in this method. If you wish
to sync specific playlists to your iPod, you can do this without drag and drop.
You simply choose the playlists from within the Music pane of the iPod's
device settings through iTunes. Dragging and dropping is
No you just paste the music you want on the phone device name. it's odd but it
works. you cannot do playlists on it how ever. those you have to create
manually on the phone if you are to go about it that way.
s
Sarah Alawami
If you need an edit done on a small project go to
Have you tried? You don't know that. And dropbox might care about us but,
they care about bad press. There's a difference.
Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296
Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197
On Feb 22, 2011, at 9:11 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
I dont think
You should have asked. Are you going to go to the apple store everytime it
happens? Just saying. It might be a problem you can solve yourself.
Ricardo Walker
rwalker...@gmail.com
Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296
Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197
On Feb 23, 2011, at 12:25 AM, Heather wrote:
Well, it was happening and it kept shutting my computer down. So perhaps it
was two things, not sure but they fixed it! Heather
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Wow, that's a much handier app than I expected. I'll definitely check that out.
Tee
On Feb 22, 2011, at 5:52 PM, Bryan Jones wrote:
Hello Christina, Esther and All,
In addition to Esther's excellent post, I want to add that you might be able
to avoid some of the hoops by using the latest
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