importing preffereces in osx

2012-03-14 Thread William Windels
Hello, Since 10.7, I wasn't able to import all my preferences and specially the trackpad commander-settings. As developer, it seems not possible also in the current release of 10.8 On the link on the bottom, you can find a voprefs-file of my adjustments I have created specific trackpad commands

Re: importing preffereces in osx

2012-03-14 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I think this is a known voiceover bug. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 14, 2012, at 6:43 AM, William Windels william.wind...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Since 10.7, I wasn't able to import all my preferences and specially the

Re: Need to confirm the number of songs in iTunes library post MusicMatch

2012-03-14 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, have you tried resyncing all the music on your phone? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 14, 2012, at 1:31 AM, Kevin Gibbs kevj...@gmail.com wrote: Henry, All was as you describe. thanks. Now, how do I reconcile the

accessible home library cataloging apps for the mac?

2012-03-14 Thread johns.kary
Hi guys, Does anyone know of any accessible book cataloging apps for the mac? I've got a huge amount of ebooks and audio books in various places I'd like to catalog. I've tried bookster and book collector, but neither seam completely accessible. Preferably I'd like one that has a companion

Re: accessible home library cataloging apps for the mac?

2012-03-14 Thread erik burggraaf
Oh, if you find this, please let me know. I am in great need of such a thing and haven't ever found one. Best, Erik Burggraaf Currently on ebony promos: Ebony consulting on android accessibility, New drive imaging services available. To read more and subscribe, visit

Re: Need to confirm the number of songs in iTunes library post MusicMatch

2012-03-14 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Would I have to disable iCloud sync and then sync from computer? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: Need to confirm the number of songs in iTunes library post MusicMatch

2012-03-14 Thread Ricardo Walker
I'm not sure. I don't see why though. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 14, 2012, at 10:29 AM, Kevin Gibbs kevj...@gmail.com wrote: Would I have to disable iCloud sync and then sync from computer? -- You received this message

iCloud question

2012-03-14 Thread joseph
hello list i noticed that all my address book contacts went away after a clean lion install. i activated iCloud on my mac hopping that i would be able to recover my contacts on the mack this way but no luck. am i missing out on something or is there another way to recover my contacts? thank

Re: iCloud question

2012-03-14 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi Joseph. Did you sign in to I Cloud? Are your contacts on your I phone if you have one? Kawal. On 14 Mar 2012, at 03:12 PM, joseph joseph.bi...@gmail.com wrote: hello list i noticed that all my address book contacts went away after a clean lion install. i activated iCloud on my mac

Re: iCloud question

2012-03-14 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, did you reactivate iCloud on yur Mac, and check syncing contacts? I would also open address book preferences and make sure your using the iCloud address book and not the addressbook on the Mac. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On

Re: yet another update on my crazy ITunes crashing issue

2012-03-14 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
You can't manually import the music in its folders, even if the structure is identical to the ones Itunes uses, into the Itunes Music end directory; Itunes has to update its library.xml file every time else it doesn't know they're there; it's not like Winamp that reads the folder structure

anyone working with GoogleDocs?

2012-03-14 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, My university is unfortunately implementing GoogleApps campus wide. this means I will have to use Google Docs, which is, from what I've seen, completely inaccessible. Just wondering if anyone is using GoogleDocs on their Mac and if so, how are you going about it? Best, Donna -- You

Re: anyone working with GoogleDocs?

2012-03-14 Thread Jane
You can use Google Docs with Chrome and ChromeVox. I use it often; it's how we keep up with expenses. We also used it to plan our Christmas shopping and presents. Easy to colloborate. Jane On Mar 14, 2012, at 11:49 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, My university is unfortunately

Re: yet another update on my crazy ITunes crashing issue

2012-03-14 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Thanks. Actually, I wasn't talking about EQ. I was talking about ENQ. That's where you select a file and you can tell the player to cue it up to play next and not imedately. I know Cog does that, But, cog is rather crash prone; at least, the last version I have is. Winamp for Windows has

Re: yet another update on my crazy ITunes crashing issue

2012-03-14 Thread jessica
Is there a way to manually update the library.xml file? Ie. Open it up in a word processor and type in the names of the songs? Also where is the library.xml file stored? sent from my BrailleNote - Original Message - From: Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com To:

Re: Need to confirm the number of songs in iTunes library post MusicMatch

2012-03-14 Thread Chris Blouch
Maybe it's one of the settings in your phone sync. You don't have to get all the songs. When you have your phone connected to iTunes check the Music tab to be sure the Entire music library radio button is checked. If you choose Selected playlists, artists, albums and genres then you might not

Re: yet another update on my crazy ITunes crashing issue

2012-03-14 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
The LIbrary.xml file, and a folder containing previous Itunes libraries, are located in the Itunes music directory along with the Itunes Music folder where your music is put. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home

Re: Need to confirm the number of songs in iTunes library post MusicMatch

2012-03-14 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. If you have your songs in I cloud you don't have to sync the same with your phone as they should be there when you sign into I Cloud using your phone if your Mac is in the Cloud too as your Mac library will already be there. I just get my phone to sync Apps and podcasts and books. Kawal.

Re: yet another update on my crazy ITunes crashing issue

2012-03-14 Thread jessica
Ok. So is there a way to manually update the library.xml file?? sent from my BrailleNote - Original Message - From: Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:23:13 -0700 Subject: Re: yet another update on my crazy

Re: yet another update on my crazy ITunes crashing issue

2012-03-14 Thread jessica
Ok. So is there a way to manually update the library.xml file? or not. sent from my BrailleNote - Original Message - From: Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:23:13 -0700 Subject: Re: yet another update on my

Re: yet another update on my crazy ITunes crashing issue

2012-03-14 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Well, I just tried to open Itunes Library.xml and it crashed dashcode, but my music library is 80 GB in size, so that's gotta be a huge file. Upon forcing TextEdit to open a previous Itunes library, all I get is gubble, so ... No. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter:

Re: anyone working with GoogleDocs?

2012-03-14 Thread Donna Goodin
Hmm, interesting. It doesn't work with Chrome without Chromevox. How very like google, to make their app such that not only do you need their browser, but their special little blind plug-in, too. And they call that accessibility. God someone needs to sue them. Sorry for the rant. Thanks

Re: anyone working with GoogleDocs?

2012-03-14 Thread Mickey Quenzer
Hi I thought chrome was not accessible, can you give me more details? thank you Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2012, at 8:51 AM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: You can use Google Docs with Chrome and ChromeVox. I use it often; it's how we keep up with expenses. We also used it to plan

Re: anyone working with GoogleDocs?

2012-03-14 Thread Jane
Oh, I think it will work with VoiceOver. I just use Google Chrome ibecause it's faster than Safari. Jane On Mar 14, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hmm, interesting. It doesn't work with Chrome without Chromevox. How very like google, to make their app such that not only do you

Re: anyone working with GoogleDocs?

2012-03-14 Thread Donna Goodin
No, it doesn't, I've tried. :) thanks, though. Donna On Mar 14, 2012, at 1:13 PM, Jane wrote: Oh, I think it will work with VoiceOver. I just use Google Chrome ibecause it's faster than Safari. Jane On Mar 14, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hmm, interesting. It doesn't

Re: iCloud question

2012-03-14 Thread joseph
hi i reactivated and signed in and sinking contacts are checked but iCloud does not show in my address book best On 14 Mar 2012, at 15:23, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, did you reactivate iCloud on yur Mac, and check syncing contacts? I would also open address book preferences and make sure

Re: accessible iMovie?

2012-03-14 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello Mike. It looks like MirVideo will convert to the mac formats but not in the other direction. It also appears that I have to drag the file in to get it to work. This should be possible with VoiceOver but it doesn't look like this converter is accessible. Any ideas? On Mar 7, 2012, at

Using your air in public.

2012-03-14 Thread Vivianna
Hi all, so, i went out and bought myself this super cool, super fast macbook air. now, the reason that i bought this fine machine is because of it's small size and portability. well, now that spring is here, i am wanting to take it out with me to coffee shops etc. i live in a city and am

Re: Using your air in public.

2012-03-14 Thread Alex Hall
Well, I don't have an air, but they are so small and light you could just get a little case to wear across your body. When the laptop is not in use, toss it in the case; when it is, you will have your hands on it anyway, so no problem. This way, when you aren't using it, it will be tucked away in

Re: Using your air in public.

2012-03-14 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I personally just put my macbook in my book bag when I travel. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Mar 14, 2012, at 3:45 PM, Vivianna irish...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, so, i went out and bought myself this super cool, super fast

Re: Using your air in public.

2012-03-14 Thread Chris Blouch
I bought a backpack so when I'm not using my MacBook I just pop it in there. If I usually sling it over one shoulder but if I need both hands I can put it on all the way. In other words, I don't lock it down, I keep the laptop with me. If you must lock it then you might want one of these:

Re: Using your air in public.

2012-03-14 Thread Vivianna
Hi all, i think you misunderstood me. yes, i have a case for my air and, i also carry it in a backpack. what is my concern is having it stolen right out of my hands. say, for example, that i am sitting outside at a coffee shop and typing away on the computer with my earbuds in and someone

Re: Using your air in public.

2012-03-14 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi I am always using my Air in public. I am writing this email on the train to work at the moment. I had similar concerns to you when I first got my air but very soon got over them. I use it in coffee shops all the time. I would tend to get a seat inside rather than one on the street though.

Re: Using your air in public.

2012-03-14 Thread Jane
Whenever I've been to a coffee shop, I get lucky and find a Mac geek nearby, a sighted one, who is happy to keep an eye on stuff. Even if there isn't one of those, the other people in the shop are quick to note if there are any people around and warn me. But int he places I hang out at,

Games for Mac and MUD Clients and other little questions of new Apple Eater

2012-03-14 Thread BUCHERIE Volcy
HI ALL! I'm a new MacBook Pro User! I'm very happy to have my new Apple she is so delicious! But, I would like to know if you know some accessible games for the blind ? I play too a multi users dungeons in french and I look for too an accessible way to play this kind of game interacting by

Re: Most DVDs Won't Play All of a Sudden

2012-03-14 Thread Teresa Cochran
Ok, good news for me. I ran one of those cleaning CDs with the little brushes on it through my drive, and it works fine now. Yay. :) Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Mar 13, 2012, at 11:09 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: Agreed. Or all your

Re: DVD's

2012-03-14 Thread Teresa Cochran
In DVD Player, you use space to play and pause, right-arrow and left-arrows to go to next and previous chapters. In the menus, the keystrokes are listed, especially for the controls menu. htH, Teresa Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.--Richard P. Feynman On Mar 13,

air drop

2012-03-14 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi, Has anybody successfully been able to use air drop with lion yet? I tried a couple of times tonight and it kept saying failed to drop on airdrop. Any suggestions? I was using the vo commands to drag my file selection from my documents and then used command shift r to bring up the air

Re: Using your air in public.

2012-03-14 Thread Gigi
Hi Viviana. I think you're being cautious if you have a concern. I think paranoid is when you just won't get your Mac Air out because you're afraid unreasonably. My sighted brother had a laptop stolen from him because two guys worked together. One distracted him and pretended to be hurt; when

Re: DVD's

2012-03-14 Thread Ezzie Bueno
Hello Teresa and All, I'm trying to watch TV seasons. Pressing the Space has not gotten the shows to play. I've tried using the controls and nothing has happened. What could I possibly be missing? Ezzie Bueno Sent from my Macbook Pro ezziebu...@gmail.com (323) 448-0757 Check out daily jokes

Re: DVD's

2012-03-14 Thread Robert Hill
One thing that has gotten me into trouble is when I forget that QuickNav is on. Turn it off and the arrow keys should do what they're supposed to. I've forgotten this more times than I want to remember :) Bob Hill On Mar 14, 2012, at 6:39 PM, Ezzie Bueno wrote: Hello Teresa and All, I'm

Re: Using your air in public.

2012-03-14 Thread Emrah
Wow! More than the hardware, I am concerned about the data, so my hard drive is fully encrypted. I don't know if you are being too paranoid or not. I just think that your MBA will feel very upset if you don't use it in public. :) You need some guts to steal a laptop like that. I must be lucky or

Re: DVD's

2012-03-14 Thread Teresa Cochran
Which application are you using? Those work in DVD Player. Teresa Man is matter's ability to contemplate itself.--Albert Einstein On Mar 14, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Ezzie Bueno wrote: Hello Teresa and All, I'm trying to watch TV seasons. Pressing the Space has not gotten the shows to play.

Re: DVD's

2012-03-14 Thread Ezzie Bueno
I'm using the DVD player. I'll try it again without Quick Nav. Hopefully this works. Ezzie Bueno Sent from my Macbook Pro ezziebu...@gmail.com (323) 448-0757 Check out daily jokes and more! www.SillyEz.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/SillyEz Twitter: http://twitter.com/SillyEz On Mar 14,

Re: Using your air in public.

2012-03-14 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi All. I can only say that my I phone 4S and Mac Book Pro are not insured and I have no concerns of using my gadgets in public. I know that we may be more at risk of having our things stolen but I'd like to think I want to be like my sighted counterparts that I do not want to be restricted

Re: Using your air in public.

2012-03-14 Thread Marc Sutton
I am wondering what you use for data encryption. That's more my concern. If someone swipes my mba then they have a lot of data. Are there vo friendly encryption programs out there? Marc On Mar 14, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Emrah wrote: Wow! More than the hardware, I am concerned about the data, so

Amadeus Podcast

2012-03-14 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi all, I hope you are all doing well. I wanted to let you know that my podcast on Amadeus is up for listening and downloading at: http://gwenna.podbean.com It's called Amadeus 101. I hope you enjoy it. Please feel free to comment on the messageboard or e-mail me directly. Thanks to Garth and

Re: Using your air in public.

2012-03-14 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
What would everyone here think of a device which was inserted into a USB slot on an Air or Iphone and, when yanked out, would completely disable the computer? I owned a stun gun and it had a wrist lanyard which was attached to a part of the gun. IF the gun was yanked from your hands, the part

Netflix forIPhone

2012-03-14 Thread Jamie Tachiyama
Hi All,I am new to the group. I recently purchased the Iphone 4s. So far I have had great success getting everything set up. However, I noticed that after I updated Netflix, that it no longer is accessible. Has anyone found a solution for this? Thanks Jamie Sent from my iPhone -- You

Re: Netflix forIPhone

2012-03-14 Thread Scott Howell
Netflix is aware they broke the app and apparently a fix is in the works. On Mar 14, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Jamie Tachiyama wrote: Hi All,I am new to the group. I recently purchased the Iphone 4s. So far I have had great success getting everything set up. However, I noticed that after I

Re: Netflix forIPhone

2012-03-14 Thread Jamie Tachiyama
The typical answer. Hopefully they fix it soon. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2012, at 5:23 PM, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: Netflix is aware they broke the app and apparently a fix is in the works. On Mar 14, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Jamie Tachiyama wrote: Hi All,I am new to the

Re: Games for Mac and MUD Clients and other little questions of new Apple Eater

2012-03-14 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Volcy. Welcome to the world of Apple and the Mac. Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of choices for games on the Mac. The only 2 games on here are Chess and the RS Games Client which can be downloaded at rsgames.org If you like playing online, I suggest giving the RS Games client a try. It

Question about possibility of backing up Windows and Mac on one external drive

2012-03-14 Thread Marcia Yale
The subject says it all--I'm still both a Windows and a Mac user, with one laptop on each operating system, and I also have an external drive with about 200 gigs of files which I can connect to either machine and which, along with the two laptops, I would like to back up. I am trying to decide

Re: air drop

2012-03-14 Thread Robert Carter
Hi Caitlyn, The key is that both the file on your Mac and the location on the mac where you want to drop the file have to be visible on your screen at the same time So, open two finder windows one with the file and the other with airdrop and you can make it work. Robert Carter On Mar 14,

Re: Chrome has become unusable

2012-03-14 Thread Eric Brinkman
David, The application support folder had a google folder that only had one file in it. It was just called Chrome (I do not remember the extension). I deleted the Google folder, removed and reinstalled the Chrome app, and I'm still having the same problem. Chromevox is still there and I can use

Where's My Mail?

2012-03-14 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi guys, I've got a Mobile Me account which I've successfully ported over to iCloud. Yesterday, my In Box had about 2030 messages in it and today it's only displaying the 4 latest messages. I know the mail is still there, because it shows up on my iMac which is running Snow Leopard. On my

Re: Using your air in public.

2012-03-14 Thread Cheree Heppe
Cheree Heppe here: The idea of a physical key sounds like a good idea. Do you know where or if this idea has been tried on computers? I have used a Windows machine or two and various Braille note takers and I-devices in public and so far, nobody has attempted to lay hands on the devices or

Re: Question about possibility of backing up Windows and Mac on one external drive

2012-03-14 Thread Kristyn Leigh
You would have to partition the drive and format the partitions first. I have one drive which functions as 3 drives: one is a time machine backup for my Mac, one is my Windows backup, and the other one contains file data. Kristyn Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2012, at 5:39 PM, Marcia Yale

Re: Games for Mac and MUD Clients and other little questions of new Apple Eater

2012-03-14 Thread Greg Aikens
I use TinTin mud client to access muds. It's not the best thing in the world but gets the job done, especially if you play with the cursors so they do not follow each other. Also tintin has a nice gag feature so you can easily eliminate unnecessary lines, such as blank lines. It has been a

Re: Amadeus Podcast

2012-03-14 Thread Garth Humphreys
That's great. I will have a listen on my way home this afternoon. Garth @BlindTechMusing On 15/03/2012, at 9:26 AM, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi all, I hope you are all doing well. I wanted to let you know that my podcast on Amadeus is up for listening and downloading at:

help with numbers formatting

2012-03-14 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi all, I am working a lot on tables right now, and while trying to format cells borders background colors and font colors, i'm having a lot of trouble with the operations. I've scoured around the googlegroups archives but my keywords don't hit the right areas. I'm specifically looking for