Re: app backups with Carbonite?

2012-09-06 Thread agent086b
Thanks, I did download that one but was not sure it was the correct version. Max. Original Message Subject: Re: app backups with Carbonite? From: Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 21:03:33 -0400

Re: Skype keeps crashing when using dial pad in a call

2012-09-06 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Here it happens on my iMac in Mountain Lion with an older Skype version as well. On my MacBook Air, same configuration but a recent Skype version it works perfectly well. So it might be because of an old version. Try to update. Jürgen Am 06.09.2012 um 00:36 schrieb Brandon Olivares

Re: Compatible Scanning Alternative

2012-09-06 Thread Emilio
Hello, First, this may be somewhat lengthy because I want to be thorough in my explanation so as to minimize confusion. Furthermore, know this is my limited experience after using the Scan Snap software and scanner after only one day. With this said, my experience so far has been wonderful. This

Re: iPhone again

2012-09-06 Thread Garth Humphreys
Hi Mel You could try checking out my podcast. The episodes are designed to help new users to get up and running with their iPhones or iPads. For example episodes 3, 4 5 cover all the different gestures available on the iPhone. You can find it in iTunes by searching for iblindtech.

Re: iPhone again

2012-09-06 Thread Marianne Denning
I have listened to some of Garth's podcasts and they are very good. On 9/6/12, Garth Humphreys ghu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Mel You could try checking out my podcast. The episodes are designed to help new users to get up and running with their iPhones or iPads. For example episodes 3, 4 5

Re: Compatible Scanning Alternative

2012-09-06 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Better to use the power adapter then rather than to pouer via USB; I should think. Hmm, Not quite sure how I feel about that. I'd rather use a camera to scan anyhow. Seems to me there ain't much difference between what you describe and VU scan. Interesting though. How bout scanning books

Re: Launch Bar Help

2012-09-06 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. Check out the vision Australia website. And one of their folders you'll find a podcast on using launchpad with VoiceOver. On Sep 5, 2012, at 9:10 PM, Emilio Hernandez emilio.s.hernan...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone, For those who use Launch Bar, would you be willing to walk me

Re: Caps Lock to VO keys and more

2012-09-06 Thread James Lee
Yes, I agree! The developer is awesome, and he's very quick! While back, I asked him to implement function+space as left mouse click because I would need control mouse click or option mouse click. You can't do it with voiceover because VO steals control and option key when it simulates mouse

Re: Bard download Question

2012-09-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Bob When I do downloads from Bard, my computer automatically unzips them. So I don't have to do it. I think that's absolutely wonderful. Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Sep 5, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Robert Hill molliesda...@gmail.com wrote: What worked for me is not to have Safari open the

Re: folders in mountain lion

2012-09-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi May I have hidden things for myself by changing the view so that I couldn't find things, especially when I was new with the Mac. You might check what view you have set. I like to set a view so that it comes up with the folders that were last modified first. Sometimes I change it to the view

Re: Bard download Question

2012-09-06 Thread Richard Ring
I like that feature as well, but what I don't like is when my Mac gives two books by the same author a nearly identical folder name (usually the author's first name) and not the actual book name. This means I have to be real careful to never download more than one book by the same author. On

Re: Compatible Scanning Alternative

2012-09-06 Thread Emilio
Hello again, Again, I stress this is only an alternative and for those who already use hardware software suited to their individual needs that is great. Books in this case will need to be unbound because this not a flatbed scanner. I know this may be a detraction for some, but having this when

Re: Bard download Question

2012-09-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I'm not sure but I think you can rename the folders. I found this out by accident when I downloaded a book twice, and the Mac automatically renamed one of them a little bit, I think with a number on the end of the folder name. I have not had a problem downloading books by the same

can't find anyone in contacts?

2012-09-06 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I suddenly can't find anyone in my contacts app. I did searches for people I know are in there, but I keep getting no results. Is there something I might have pressed that would cause this? I know they are working since my emails auto-fill addresses, and my iPod still has everyone in

sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-06 Thread Alex Hall
Hi again all, When creating a new email, is there a way to send it to several addresses? When I try entering a second address in the to field, it overwrites the previous address instead of adding a second recipient. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You

Re: Launch Bar Help

2012-09-06 Thread Emilio
After searching on the Vision Australia web site I was unfortunately unable to find the podcast reviewing Launch Bar. Bill, would you have a link to this or otherwise direct me to the section I need to search through to find this? Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Strange Problem with Importing Audible Book

2012-09-06 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hello, My wife (Christine) just downloaded a book from audible, for the first time on her new computer. On my computer this works just fine, but when she opens it in iTunes (just by opening it in finder in the usual way), it doesn't go into the books category under the sources sidebar. Under

Re: sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-06 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi, Once the first address is completed, you should just be able to start typing the second. Make sure it doesn't say selected when reading the first address, or you will just overwrite it as you say. So if it does, then hit right arrow so it deselects it. On Sep 6, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Alex

Re: sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-06 Thread Alex Hall
I just tried it. I entered a name, it auto-filled, I arrowed to the end and typed an email address. I tabbed away from and then back to the to field, and it said it was sending only to the first person I entered. I brought up the context menu and that first address was the only one there; the

Re: Strange Problem with Importing Audible Book

2012-09-06 Thread Brandon Olivares
Apparently, iTunes likes to tease me. Just looked again and it is fixed this morning. But I swear that yesterday it was not, lol. On Sep 6, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Brandon Olivares programmer2...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, My wife (Christine) just downloaded a book from audible, for the first time

Re: sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-06 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi there! Well you could try when it says the address of the 1st one just press enter once and then start typing the next and so on! I think someone once said that adding a comma when you get the 1st address and then like before start typing the next! hth Colin On 6 Sep 2012, at 16:07, Alex

RE: Launch Bar Help

2012-09-06 Thread Bill Holton
Sorry, that was my error. The one I was thinking of was for launch pad. Apologies. BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Home Office:1520 Loughton ST DeLand, FL 32720 -Original Message- From:

Re: sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-06 Thread Emilio
Hello, From what I recall, and correct me if I am wrong, but after inserting the first e-mail address, immediately press the carriage-return key followed by the next e-mail and continue this until all addresses you wish to send to are inserted. HTH -- You received this message because you are

Re: sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-06 Thread Les Kriegler
When I typed a comma, the initial address was deleted. I wonder if semicolon would work? On Sep 6, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Red.Falcon velocity.focu...@virginmedia.com wrote: Hi there! Well you could try when it says the address of the 1st one just press enter once and then start typing the next

Re: sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-06 Thread Alex Hall
Thanks all, enter seems to do the trick. I don't know why others are taken to the next field, but what if you shift-tab back to the to field and try typing again? Also, are you in standard or classic view? Do you have ML or another version of OSX? On Sep 6, 2012, at 12:39 PM, Les Kriegler

Re: sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-06 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Type in the first address, type a comma, and then type the other addresses in this manor. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 6, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Hi again all, When creating a new

Re: sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-06 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, don't worry about it. just keep going. when you move focus from the to field, and go back, you will hear all the addresses listed. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 6, 2012, at 12:39 PM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: app backups with Carbonite?

2012-09-06 Thread Chris Blouch
I don't know anything about carbonite, but the shared apps folder is a common way to avoid storing large binary files multiple times for multiple users. Sure you might only have one login on your box but the architecture is designed to handle multiple users. Some people even set up multiple

Re: Safari question:

2012-09-06 Thread Chris Blouch
You can check the mail archives under my name for more details but the short answer is that Adobe has chosen not to support using Flash with voiceover. Flash has been problematic on all platforms but it is pretty much unusable on OSX. Some flash widgets provide external HTML controls such as

Drag and Drop in Mail Mailboxes

2012-09-06 Thread Timothy Hornik
Greetings, Not sure if the following issue has been discussed, but can anyone successfully drag and drop mailboxes onto another mailbox while in Mail? Two things I have noticed. First, I have had no luck with either dropping the mailbox on or after the desired mailbox. On the positive side, VO

RE: Drag and Drop in Mail Mailboxes

2012-09-06 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. I have had a lot more luck using the start moving item command, you can find it in the VO h-h command list, and then use the drop before or drop after voiceover cursor commands, I think the VO period key tries to drop the item on the voiceover cursor, and since there's already something there

Re: sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-06 Thread Les Kriegler
Yes, that works. But here's what threw me. I'm using Mountain Lion and when I typed in an address followed by a comma, the first thing VO said was selection replaced. So I thought the original e-mail address was replaced. Not the case. Apparently the text in the buffer was replaced, but

Re: folders in mountain lion

2012-09-06 Thread May and Noah
All my settings are the same as what I had with Lion. ML just decided to hide my folders which is a huge problem. May and Prince Noah PR Manager www.phoenixfirefm.net Personal Playground www.canadianlynx.ca m...@canadianlynx.ca On 2012-09-06, at 10:16 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote:

Re: Skype keeps crashing when using dial pad in a call

2012-09-06 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Brandon and Jurgen. I'm running the latest version of Skype on Mountain Lion. I'll try reinstalling it when it crashes again. Thanks. Shawn Sent from my white Mac Book On 2012-09-06, at 3:20 PM, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: -- You received this message because you are

AIFF files

2012-09-06 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi all, Can someone tell me what AIFF files are? Thanks, -- 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: sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-06 Thread Brandon Olivares
Then are you sure that just pressing right arrow, not entering any comma, doesn't work/ That also says selection replaced. It should work. On Sep 6, 2012, at 3:24 PM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, that works. But here's what threw me. I'm using Mountain Lion and when I typed

opening folders in finder?

2012-09-06 Thread Christina C.
Hi all, I skipped lion and went from SL to ML. I used to be able to VO spacebar on a folder in Finder and the folder would open and I could see it's contents. I cannot get this to work in ML. What am I doing wrong. I can press the right arrow to expand the folder but I do not like this

Re: AIFF files

2012-09-06 Thread Timothy Clark Music
they are apple's file type. i'm not sure what AIFF stands for but it was made by apple. Timothy Your Friend in the music industry http://www.timothyclarkmusic.tumblr.com On Sep 6, 2012, at 4:29 PM, Stacey Robinson wrote: Hi all, Can someone tell me what AIFF files are? Thanks, --

basic timer for mac?

2012-09-06 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, Is there an accessible, free app that is a basic timer? I'd like to just open it, type my time, hit enter, and hear a sound when the time is up. Nothing fancy, just that. Thanks. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because

Re: opening folders in finder?

2012-09-06 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hello, It is command-down arrow to open a folder in Finder. Brandon On Sep 6, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I skipped lion and went from SL to ML. I used to be able to VO spacebar on a folder in Finder and the folder would open and I could see it's

Re: opening folders in finder?

2012-09-06 Thread Les Kriegler
I believe Command-O will work as well. On Sep 6, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I skipped lion and went from SL to ML. I used to be able to VO spacebar on a folder in Finder and the folder would open and I could see it's contents. I cannot get this

Re: sending an email to multiple people?

2012-09-06 Thread Les Kriegler
Yes, right arrow works as well. Thanks. Les On Sep 6, 2012, at 4:47 PM, Brandon Olivares programmer2...@gmail.com wrote: Then are you sure that just pressing right arrow, not entering any comma, doesn't work/ That also says selection replaced. It should work. On Sep 6, 2012, at 3:24 PM, Les

Gmail All Mail Label

2012-09-06 Thread Tim Hornik
I need help removing the All Mails label from Gmail. I attempted to follow the various how to guides posted here and on the web, but run into an issue involving the Google Labs tab in the settings menus. Can anyone help me out with a step by step guide? Here is my knowledge on the situation. I

access admin account

2012-09-06 Thread agent086b
Hi, how do I become the administrator for my computer? I was trying to use migration assistant and have created another user on the computer. I wish to delete that user but from what I read I need to have admin privileges. Thanks for any help. Max. -- You received this message because you are

Re: access admin account

2012-09-06 Thread Brandon Olivares
Your initial user on the computer, as far as I know, should have admin privileges. On Sep 6, 2012, at 6:27 PM, agent086b agent0...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi, how do I become the administrator for my computer? I was trying to use migration assistant and have created another user on the computer. I

Re: Gmail All Mail Label

2012-09-06 Thread Christina C.
Hi, I don't think you can remove the all mail label. I believe you can sort of unsubscribe from that label so you don't end up with duplicates and such while using imap. I will do a horrible job of explaining so I will send you the link that helped me. When I went through this process I did

Re: AIFF files

2012-09-06 Thread Esther
Hi Stacey, AIFF files are uncompressed audio files. The acronym stands for Audio Interchange File Format, and they are the Mac equivalent of WAV files. The sound quality is equivalent, but the internal formatting and header structure differs between AIFF and WAV files. All your system sound

Re: opening folders in finder?

2012-09-06 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, As well as just hitting right arrow. Assuming you have the browser view set to columns with cmd 3 or lists with cmd 2. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 6, 2012, at 5:28 PM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: I believe

Re: Built in apple scripts

2012-09-06 Thread Esther
Hi Dan, You can find a number of system AppleScripts in the /Library/Scripts folder. Use the Command-Shift-G go to folder shortcut in Finder, then type or paste in: /Library/Scripts Into the dialog box and press return. Note the slash character before Library that indicates this is a system

Working with Flash

2012-09-06 Thread Harry Hogue
Hi, guys, I am taking an online course which uses several videos which load onto a web page and depend on flash. Does anyone have suggestions for how I might get around this? Neither JAWS and Internet Explorer nor VoiceOver and Safari are able to read them -- they simply load as blank pages

Re: access admin account

2012-09-06 Thread Esther
Hi Max, Brandon is correct; you should have administrator privileges. However, even with admin privileges, you'll need to VO-space on Click the lock to make changes and supply your password in order to delete accounts. This is under System Preferences Users Groups on the password tab. Use item

Re: AIFF files

2012-09-06 Thread Stacey Robinson
Esther, that is very very helpful. thanks, Stacey and GEB dog Chesley On Sep 6, 2012, at 6:41 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Stacey, AIFF files are uncompressed audio files. The acronym stands for Audio Interchange File Format, and they are the Mac equivalent of WAV files. The sound quality is

ssd in macbook pro

2012-09-06 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi all. I just installed a new ssd in my macbook pro. Are there any additional steps to take? -- 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,

Re: ssd in macbook pro

2012-09-06 Thread rashantha de silva
On Sep 6, 2012, at 7:27 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: Hi all. I just installed a new ssd in my macbook pro. Are there any additional steps to take? Make sure you enable trim support Rashantha De Silva rashan...@quocomputer.com News on the new motherboard http://facebook.com/quocomputer

Re: ssd in macbook pro

2012-09-06 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
hi, dumb question i'm sure but is there an easy way to do this? Thanks. Chris Sent from my Macbook Pro. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 6, 2012, at 8:10 PM, rashantha de silva rashan...@gmail.com wrote: On Sep 6, 2012, at 7:27 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: Hi all. I just

Re: ssd in macbook pro

2012-09-06 Thread rashantha de silva
Try cindori's trim enabler http://www.groths.org/?page_id=322 On Sep 6, 2012, at 8:17 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: hi, dumb question i'm sure but is there an easy way to do this? Thanks. Chris Sent from my Macbook Pro. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 6, 2012, at 8:10

Re: ssd in macbook pro

2012-09-06 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
thank you i did some research on the application. I can not however enable it i see a button that says yes or no, but i can't click it. Thanks for your help. Sent from my Macbook Pro. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 6, 2012, at 8:39 PM, rashantha de silva rashan...@gmail.com

Re: American HQ voice not working

2012-09-06 Thread Shen
Hi, When you said even though it is not enabled, do you actually have the checkbox under VoiceOver that says use compact voice? Any iOS device needs to connect to iTunes once in order to get the high quality voice. Not sure why that is. But you did say you reset your phone. So I would connect

Re: ssd in macbook pro

2012-09-06 Thread rashantha de silva
Try to do it in terminal follow this - just copy and paste. There are 4 commands you have to run. So copy the complete lines. 4 commands - each line starts with sudo it will ask you to enter the password after the first command - when you type your password no characters will show.

Re: ssd in macbook pro

2012-09-06 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
thank you so much. i did it. WIll i notice a big difference. Sent from my Macbook Pro. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:01 PM, rashantha de silva rashan...@gmail.com wrote: Try to do it in terminal follow this - just copy and paste. There are 4 commands you have

Re: ssd in macbook pro

2012-09-06 Thread rashantha de silva
On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:11 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote: thank you so much. i did it. WIll i notice a big difference. no you will not notice any difference it will last longer Sent from my Macbook Pro. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:01 PM, rashantha de