Re: ssd in macbook pro

2012-09-07 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
well, thank you for you help. i got it working like a champ. man, this thing flies. Thanks again. sorry for plugging up the list. Sent from my Macbook Pro. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:16 PM, rashantha de silva rashan...@gmail.com wrote: On Sep 6, 2012, at 9:11

Re: Drag and Drop in Mail Mailboxes

2012-09-07 Thread Jürgen Fleger
As long as it concerns Mountain Lion: Apples accessibility team told me they are conscious about that issue but they don't know how and when to solve it. They clearly said it isn't possible to drag and drop with VoiceOver in Mountain Lions Mail at the moment. Jürgen Am 06.09.2012 um 20:54

Problem with Log in Window, can you try and help?

2012-09-07 Thread Chris
Hello all. Can you please try and help with the following. Last night I let both my mac and iPhone charge. So I logged out of my user account and all was fine and I left it for a few hours. But when I came back to it, VoiceOver said, displaying 1 system dialogue, and I therefore could not do

Re: Problem with Log in Window, can you try and help?

2012-09-07 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, do you have use voiceover on login checked in system preferences/users Groups? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 7, 2012, at 5:59 AM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all. Can you please try and help with the

Re: Problem with Log in Window, can you try and help?

2012-09-07 Thread Gavin Grundlingh
Hi Chris, I've had this problem as well. My way of solving it was to do a mouse click with the trackpad so system focus could be moved to one of the controls in the login window, then VoiceOver worked just fine. Hope this helps. Regards, Gavin Grundlingh Phone: +27 (0) 83 713-6191 Secondary

Re: Drag and Drop in Mail Mailboxes

2012-09-07 Thread Tim Hornik
Groovy to both. Makes sense. Message was sent using my iPhone with Voice Over, Tim Hornik -- 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: Drag and Drop in Mail Mailboxes

2012-09-07 Thread Bill Holton
If you mean dragging a mail folder to the favorites list, I can assure you it can be done because I just did it. . BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Home Office:1520 Loughton ST DeLand, FL 32720 -Original

Re: Working with Flash

2012-09-07 Thread Chris Blouch
Some accessibility aware implementers add keyboard shortcuts but there is no way to know if that is true in this case. Flash has been a problem for accessibility on all platforms for years and I'm glad it is no longer needed. Unfortunately many sites still use it because that's how they always

Re: AIFF files

2012-09-07 Thread Chris Blouch
Other details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Interchange_File_Format including some interesting bits about the newer AIFF under OSX which is internally encoded differently than the AIFF of old. AIFF goes back to the Mac/Amiga days (1988 - MacOS System 5/6 anyone?), back when PCs

Re: Problem with Log in Window, can you try and help?

2012-09-07 Thread Chris
Yes I do. That's how I know it is saying what it is saying. Sent from my Windows laptop. On 07/09/2012 12:40, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi, do you have use voiceover on login checked in system preferences/users Groups? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore

Can someone duplicate this problem?

2012-09-07 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. In Mail, when I have a message open and try to use the VO command K find next font change command Mail gets busy, stays busy for many seconds, then reports no changes found, even though I know there are changes because if I take the same text and copy it into Text Edit the command finds the

hang-up key in Skype?

2012-09-07 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Does anyone know if there's a hang-up key in Skype? If not, any way to create one? TIA, Donna -- 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

journaling apps for Mac

2012-09-07 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi all. I'm looking for an app that'll let me write a journal on my Mac. I realize that I could do that in textedit, but I'm looking for something that will allow me to organize and date the journal entries. Of course, this app would need to work properly with VoiceOver. If it synced with an IOS

Re: hang-up key in Skype?

2012-09-07 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Hi Donna, Press command+shift+H to hang up, as long as you're focused on the call you want to end. rachel On Sep 7, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi all, Does anyone know if there's a hang-up key in Skype? If not, any way to create one? TIA, Donna --

Re: Command key image?

2012-09-07 Thread Chris Blouch
Easiest thing is probably to copy it from somewhere else. Here is one I found: ? Which for me reads something sounding like Mahkgo, whatever that is. In html it can be represented by: #8984; Some sites said to just hunt through the Special Characters palette from the Edit menu and search

RE: Command key image?

2012-09-07 Thread Bill Holton
Thanks. I found a Wikipedia article about the key and sent it to the folks at Bookshare, their engineers are looking at it now. Basically, it’s a four leaf clover, but it shows up blank in their books so it’s hard to tell if they mean shift option key or shift option command key.

Re: Two Copies of VMWare Fusion

2012-09-07 Thread Chris Blouch
The virtual machine files are separate from the VMWare Fusion app so if all you do is delete the old app there should be no impact on the virtual machine files. If you get info on any document there is an Open With section where you can pick what app will open it. Just after that is a Change

Re: Using my Mac as a Test Server

2012-09-07 Thread Chris Blouch
There are numerous tutorials out there on how to do this. Here is one for OSX 10.7: http://akrabat.com/php/setting-up-php-mysql-on-os-x-10-7-lion/ CB On 9/2/12 8:54 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote: Hi Listers, I am a web developer and I would like to use my Mac as my test server. This works fairly

Re: Drag and Drop in Mail Mailboxes

2012-09-07 Thread Teresa Cochran
I notice that using full-screen mode gives consistently better results when dragging a mailbox folder to favorites. Teresa On Sep 7, 2012, at 5:54 AM, Bill Holton bill32...@gmail.com wrote: If you mean dragging a mail folder to the favorites list, I can assure you it can be done because I

Re: Problem with Log in Window, can you try and help?

2012-09-07 Thread Teresa Cochran
yes, either use VO-shift-space or the track pad to bring VO focus to the login window. Teresa On Sep 7, 2012, at 8:13 AM, Chris christopher...@gmail.com wrote: Yes I do. That's how I know it is saying what it is saying. Sent from my Windows laptop. On 07/09/2012 12:40, Ricardo Walker

Re: Drag and Drop in Mail Mailboxes

2012-09-07 Thread Taylor Scott
Unfortunately I am unable to get it to work at all. No matter what I do, I get the message that the mailbox may be hidden by. Hidden by what, I have no idea. It's a weird message, and I can't for the life of me figure it out. On 9/7/12, Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com wrote: I notice

RE: Drag and Drop in Mail Mailboxes

2012-09-07 Thread Bill Holton
I think that's because with full screen both the mailbox list and the favorites bar are on screen. Sighted persons would have to have them both showing to be able to drag and drop. BILL HOLTON Email: b...@bholton.com Direct: 386-624-6309 Home Office:1520

Sink iPhone to Mac

2012-09-07 Thread agent086b
Hi all, I am trying to sync my iPhone to my new Mac. I have connected the phone to the Mac and clicked sinc. When I look there is no apps in iTunes.What am I missing. How do I tell the phone to back up the apps? Thanks as always for any help. Max. -- You received this message because you are

Re: Using my Mac as a Test Server

2012-09-07 Thread Jeff Berwick
Actually, I was just looking to install the MySQLI extension for PHP. I have since made peace with MAMP and it is working exactly how I would like. Thanks for the suggestion. Jeff On 2012-09-07, at 1:59 PM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: There are numerous tutorials out there on how to

Re: error - 50

2012-09-07 Thread Cait Furness
It's on my internal hd, what's commonly called the macintosh hd. Someone on another list says I need to reinstall mountain lion from scratch cleanly because it's a rather nasty systemic c On 2012-09-04, at 2:47 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote: I'm sorry to hear that,

Re: error - 50

2012-09-07 Thread Cait Furness
It's on my internal hd, what's commonly called the macintosh hd. Someone on another list says On 2012-09-04, at 2:47 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote: I'm sorry to hear that, Caitlyn. It would be useful to know which drive is encountering the error--your internal

Re: error - 50

2012-09-07 Thread Cait Furness
Hi Mark, Yup, did that yesterday as soon as this started happening a few times. I can try it again, thou On 2012-09-04, at 2:11 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote: Have you done a repair permissions on your hard drive yet? • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and

script to announce battery

2012-09-07 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi all. Is there a way to press a key to have voiceover read how much battery is remaining? Is there a script that can do this? Thanks. Chris Sent from my Macbook Pro. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: script to announce battery

2012-09-07 Thread Matt Dierckens
Hi chris, attached is what you need. Matt Sent from my mac Twitter: matt692 msn: matt...@live.com skype: blindman3221 On 2012-09-07, at 5:58 PM, Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. Is there a way to press a key to have voiceover read how much battery is remaining? Is there a

Re: script to announce battery

2012-09-07 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi matt. Is there a way to announce how much time is estimated. thanks this is a really nice script. -- 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

Pandora Jam (was Re: Piano Pub Questions)

2012-09-07 Thread Rose Waagan
Just an update to this thread, after I've had time to sit down and reinstall this app. I'm currently using it on mountain Lion just fine. The problem is, the app found and succesfully accessed user data from my previous Mac install. It's a great thing for me, because the app just logged me in to

time short Cut Key Question

2012-09-07 Thread Jesus Garcia
Evening list members does anyone know if there is a way to get the time announcement key right command T to announce the time as set on the clock? I have my clock set to 24 hour time, but get standard A.M. P.M. time when I press the time short cut keys. thanks -- You received this message

Re: script to announce battery

2012-09-07 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, This is just my 2 cents but, I often find those battery time estimations to be totally useless. It depends on what your doing at any given moment what time remaining you will see. Screen brightness, streaming media, etc. theirs just so many variables. At least, this is the case for me.

Re: script to announce battery

2012-09-07 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi Ricardo. I agree and just wondered. :) Sent from my iPhone On Sep 7, 2012, at 5:54 PM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, This is just my 2 cents but, I often find those battery time estimations to be totally useless. It depends on what your doing at any given moment

Re: access admin account

2012-09-07 Thread agent086b
Hi, thanks this helped. Only problem I had was I could not find the delete button with VO or the Track pad. I had to get my wife to click on it. How do you get to it? Thanks again. Max. Original Message Subject: Re: access admin account From: Esther mori...@mac.com To:

How to import my bookmarks and address lists

2012-09-07 Thread agent086b
Hi again. sorry for all the questions, but I only ask the ones I can't find an answer in the help for. I need to bring over my bookmarks from Firefox. I have followed the instructions in FF to export the file as a. HTML but Safari will not import it. Also I would like to bring my email

Re: script to announce battery

2012-09-07 Thread Brandon Olivares
Here's my script that does percent and time remaining, whether it is plugged in or not. On Sep 7, 2012, at 9:02 PM, Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ricardo. I agree and just wondered. :) Sent from my iPhone On Sep 7, 2012, at 5:54 PM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com

Re: script to announce battery

2012-09-07 Thread Brandon Olivares
When I reopened my previous script. it was garbled for some reason. I'm not sure if it for everyone else, so I'm sending it again. On Sep 7, 2012, at 9:02 PM, Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ricardo. I agree and just wondered. :) Sent from my iPhone On Sep 7, 2012, at

Gripping Facebook friends help hi,

2012-09-07 Thread Ioana Gandrabur
Gripping Facebook friends help hi, I have very many friends on Facebook but they are mostly fans that I do not know personally. Because of this my timeline is so cluttered that I never check it. Is there a way to axcessibly sort them in groups? Thanks for your help. Regards, Ioana

Re: journaling apps for Mac

2012-09-07 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Take a look at MacJournal from www.marinersoftware.com. I haven't checked the accessibility of MacJournal 6, but MacJournal 4 was very accessible. It is not free but may do what you're hoping. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-09-07, at 11:18 AM, Matthew Campbell

Re: access admin account

2012-09-07 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Assuming that you've already unlocked the lock, once you've selected the account you wish to delete, stop interacting with the Users Groups List then VO-down to the Add and VO-right once to the Delete. You are given some options on how you'd like to delete it. Choose one then it's done.

Re: script to announce battery

2012-09-07 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
thank you Sent from my Macbook Pro. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 7, 2012, at 7:27 PM, Brandon Olivares programmer2...@gmail.com wrote: When I reopened my previous script. it was garbled for some reason. I'm not sure if it for everyone else, so I'm sending it again. On Sep