Re: bootcamp

2012-09-26 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Not stupid at all. Go to system tray and boootcamp and you can choose which you'd like to use as default. You can hold down option when starting up your computer. Then arrow to which you would like to use. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 25, 2012, at 10:51 PM, Kimsan

Re: Calibres ebook-converter

2012-09-26 Thread sandi sørensen
hi, i am not sure you can convert a whole library at a time but single converts, no problem. Usually i do that from the terminal. an example would look something like this. cp file from its start location too the location where you ahve the app laying, on my box it is

importing activities? Can this be done?

2012-09-26 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hello. I just took delivery of a brand new MacBook Air yesterday afternoon. When I exported my VO prefs from my old Mac, and then imported them in to my new one everything imported properly accept for activities. Does anyone know if activities are supposed to be exported when one exports VO's

Re: bootcamp

2012-09-26 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Yes, this is one way from the windows side but, you can also press the option key at start up, as soon as you here the chime. This will bring you into the boot menu. Pressing the right arrow once, and pressing enter should boot you into windows. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info

Re: bootcamp

2012-09-26 Thread Alex Hall
Also, the Refit boot manager lets me press m for mac or w for windows, which is easier than arrowing. You can also set a default OS I believe. On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:52 AM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Yes, this is one way from the windows side but, you can also press the

Facebook and the messages app

2012-09-26 Thread William Windels
Hello all, I am trying to chat on Facebook with the built in messages app in 10.8.2 and it works. The only thing I would like to have is that the incoming messages should be spoken to me. IN the message centre, I have set announcements on , not batches but, the incoming text is not poping up

Re: Facebook and the messages app

2012-09-26 Thread Kliphton
Where did you set this up at, what app do I have to go in to so I can chat like you do with fb friends? On Sep 26, 2012, at 8:34 AM, William Windels william.wind...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I am trying to chat on Facebook with the built in messages app in 10.8.2 and it works. The only

Re: Mail has no windows.

2012-09-26 Thread Steve Holmes
The only time I've ever seen this is when that is the correct situation and there are really no windows open. You can get this by pressing Command-W one too many times; like close the message and then pressing it again while in the message list. You can end up in no man's land so to speak. I

Re: Discussing the I pod 7 Gen allowed?

2012-09-26 Thread Steve Holmes
The thing I don't like about this business of cross posting is that these lists are high volume as it is now and this just clutters up things more. I have a hard enought time keeping up with macvisionaries let alone any other lists. On Sep 21, 2012, at 11:35 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com

Re: I O S 6 update mostly glitch free, but ...

2012-09-26 Thread Steve Holmes
When I get prompted for passwords or any of that, I just whip out my bluetooth keyboard and filled it in. I got that prompt this last week and all went fine. On Sep 22, 2012, at 11:48 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi Sharee Do you know that if you are using touch typing the lower

Re: bootcamp

2012-09-26 Thread Ricardo Walker
Ah! I didn't know you could press a letter to go to the desired OS. Very cool. Thanks. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 26, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Also, the Refit boot manager lets me press m for

RE: bootcamp

2012-09-26 Thread Kimsan
Hello everyone: So, option key held down was what I gfound on google and what was said here. However, something strange happened last night and I hope I did not screw anything up. I held down the option key when booting up the mac and next thing I know, it was installing mac lion. Huh? I just

Re: Mail has no windows.

2012-09-26 Thread Cheryl Homiak
If you aren't getting busy signals and it's just that you accidentally closed your window, in Mail you can do cmd-option-n to open a new window; in fact, I often do this just when I want to go back and forth between two mailboxes for some reason quickly and repeatedly though of course I can

Re: Facebook and the messages app

2012-09-26 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, open messages and go to preferences. In the toolbar, select alerts. In the first pop up button, I believe you would select active chat messages or, just chat messages. Then check speak alert. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On

Re: Mail has no windows.

2012-09-26 Thread Donovan Osborn
You can also use Command plse the number keys to bring up different windows. Command+1 will open the inbox. command +2 will open the sent window and command +4 will open the drafts. You can use these to get your windows back when you have closed them accidentally. Sincerely, Donovan Osborn

Re: Mail has no windows.

2012-09-26 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, that is how favorites works and it's very nice. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Sep 26, 2012, at 9:49 AM, Donovan Osborn donovan303...@gmail.com wrote: You can also use

a program that reads bar codes

2012-09-26 Thread Scott Berry
hey does anyone know if there is an app for the Ipad that reads barcodes and gives instructions or let's you look up instructions? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: I O S 6 update mostly glitch free, but ...

2012-09-26 Thread Brent Harding
I like this new change. I use a pin lock on my phone, and it's fine. I think the phone, even though it's a 4S seems a little faster in some areas. Why they had to turn my volume down that I liked the way it was, even though I updated over the air, I don't know. What I had to do to raise it was

shortcut keys for vo

2012-09-26 Thread Kimsan
Hi Again, I was reading through this tutorial that someone posted many moons ago and I was reading the commands and gestures section and most of these didn't sound familiar to me, not because I am not a full time mac user but the dozens of times I have used this machine, I don't remember these

Re: bootcamp

2012-09-26 Thread Phil Halton
Did you require sighted assistance through the process? - Original Message - From: Kimsan To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 1:51 AM Subject: RE: bootcamp Hi, Success! Thank you Chris! I have set up bootcamp on my mac and it only

Re: Database Application for the Mac

2012-09-26 Thread Esther
Hi Harry, A number of VO users reported being quite happy with Bento and rated this app very highly prior to updating to Mountain Lion, but apparently after updating they are getting Bento busy, Bento ready messages. I've only read detailed discussions about Bento on the mac-access list, so you

password after screen saver or sleep.

2012-09-26 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hi list. I reinstalled my OS and applications completely from scratch, and now every time my mac goes to screen saver or sleep, after I come back, it asks me for my admin password. I remember I did it once, but for the life of me, I can't remember now how I dsabled this. I don't need to enter

Re: Calibres ebook-converter

2012-09-26 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. Do you first add the file to the calibre library, or will you have to write the files path. Best regards Annie. Den Sep 26, 2012 kl. 11:46 AM skrev sandi sørensen sandi1...@gmail.com: hi, i am not sure you can convert a whole library at a time but single converts, no problem.

Re: a program that reads bar codes

2012-09-26 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I don't know if it works on the iPad, but there is one program that I like called digit-eyes. It's a very good bar scanner. It also has some other options on it like recording labels. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 26, 2012, at 10:14 AM, Scott Berry sb356...@gmail.com wrote: hey does

Re: Calibres ebook-converter

2012-09-26 Thread sandi sørensen
with out knowing it cause i have not tried, i believe that you have too write the full path too the file it you have them out side the application. Sandi On 9/26/12, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. Do you first add the file to the calibre library, or will you have to

selling my mac

2012-09-26 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Hi all. So i'm thinking of selling my macbook pro. The only reason i want to sell it is because i want a lighter laptop for at college. I will be commuting for several hours a day and will need a lighter computer. My question is, since i purchased the upgrade for the laptop, will i have to

Re: selling my mac

2012-09-26 Thread Harry Hogue
Chris, To be honest, I know of no other laptop which would be as light; in fact, most are heavier. Someone feel free to correct me if I am mistaken. Regards, Harry On Sep 26, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. So i'm thinking of selling my macbook pro.

Re: selling my mac

2012-09-26 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
sorry all. It's a macbook pro 2011 13 inch. 4 gb ram, 128 gb samsung ssd, which i installed myself. I know the macbook air is light. it's been a thought i don't know, what are your opinions? On 9/26/12, Cameron Strife came...@cameronstrife.com wrote: Hi. If you're looking to sell her, it'd be

mac-access list

2012-09-26 Thread Estelita
Hi Esther, Can you please provide me the information on how to subscribe the mac-access list? I am interested to subscribe it as well, thank you. Nene -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: selling my mac

2012-09-26 Thread Krysti .Power
the macbook air doesn't have a super drive aka cd drive On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.comwrote: sorry all. It's a macbook pro 2011 13 inch. 4 gb ram, 128 gb samsung ssd, which i installed myself. I know the macbook air is light. it's been a thought i don't

Re: Mail has no windows.

2012-09-26 Thread Cheryl Homiak
What kind of computer are you using? Could you accidentally be hitting something on the trackpad? Or is there any way the command key is getting hit somehow when you type a w? There has to be an explanation of some kind even if I haven't hit on it. If you were getting busy signals or something

Re: selling my mac

2012-09-26 Thread David McLean
The Macbook Air would be lighter. On Sep 26, 2012, at 4:55 PM, Harry Hogue harryhog...@gmail.com wrote: Chris, To be honest, I know of no other laptop which would be as light; in fact, most are heavier. Someone feel free to correct me if I am mistaken. Regards, Harry On Sep 26,

Re: Instapaper Toolbar Bookmark

2012-09-26 Thread Esther
Hi Emilio, The easiest way to put an Instapaper bookmarklet onto your Safari toolbar is to create the bookmark on your Mac, and then sync it to Safari on your iOS device. I should add that I found that the process of creating the Instapaper bookmarklet on your iPhone or iPad as described at the

deleting emails in mac mail

2012-09-26 Thread Kimsan
Hi, Still working on this new combo set up in bootcamp, I am wondering on the mac book pro when wanting to delete an email message, how is this done? Where the delete key is normally on my windows machines, instead of a delete key, it's an eject key. Along those same lines, how do I delete an

RE: bootcamp

2012-09-26 Thread Kimsan
Yes, my sighted wife helped. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Phil Halton Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 10:55 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: bootcamp Did you require sighted assistance through the

Re: deleting emails in mac mail

2012-09-26 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
try command backspace. Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 26, 2012, at 3:08 PM, Kimsan kim...@blindaccesstraining.com wrote: Hi, Still working on this new combo set up in bootcamp, I am wondering on the mac book pro when wanting to delete an email message, how is this

RE: deleting emails in mac mail

2012-09-26 Thread Kimsan
Ok, thanks. I am going to look up info on how to use mail. I will try your suggestion. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Bruinenberg Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 3:11 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: mac-access list

2012-09-26 Thread Esther
Hi Estelita, The subscription information for the mac-access list may be found at: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access That list, like the macvisionaries list, is also archived at the secondary Mail Archive site, so even if you are not subscribed to the mac-access list, you can

Re: Mail has no windows.

2012-09-26 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I'm using a Macbook Pro 2009 model. I don't know what I'm hitting I'm sorry. On 26 Sep 2012, at 22:30, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: What kind of computer are you using? Could you accidentally be hitting something on the trackpad? Or is there any way the command key is getting hit

Re: Digest for macvisionaries@googlegroups.com - 20 Messages in 12 Topics

2012-09-26 Thread Chenelle Hancock
What do I have to do in order to give voice-over to start up correctly without freezing Sent from my iPhone On 26/09/2012, at 5:24 PM, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Today's Topic Summary Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics Database Application for the

Onscreen Keyboard with iPad 3 and iOS 6

2012-09-26 Thread Timothy Hornik
Greeting everyone, I am having issues with the onscreen keyboard on my iPad 3 running iOS6. I have not noticed this before as I generally use a bluetooth keyboard, but the on screen keyboard is not working at all when I have the bluetooth one disabled. It does not matter if I am using split or

Re: deleting emails in mac mail

2012-09-26 Thread Ray Foret Jr
command back space ain't it. Just use the back space to delete messages in Mail. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Sep 26, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Kimsan kim...@blindaccesstraining.com wrote: Ok, thanks. I am going

closing tabs in safari

2012-09-26 Thread jack
Hello, I would appreciate information as to closing tabs in safari. Thanks very much. -- 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

Re: closing tabs in safari

2012-09-26 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
its command w. Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 26, 2012, at 4:46 PM, jack lrmccre...@earthlink.net wrote: Hello, I would appreciate information as to closing tabs in safari. Thanks very much. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Calibres ebook-converter

2012-09-26 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I have got it to work. Is it really true that you can only do 1 file at a time on a mac, I have tried on windows there you can do a folder. Do I need to move my files into calibre, or can I do the cd command to another folder and then do the convertion? Best regards Annie. Den Sep 26, 2012

resetting password on mac?

2012-09-26 Thread Kliphton
Have a friend who can't remember his password, what is the method of resetting it? He's using a mac mini running mountain lion. Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Database Application for the Mac

2012-09-26 Thread Harry Hogue
Esther, Thanks for this very informative and useful post. I will take a look at it. Harry On Sep 26, 2012, at 12:28 PM, Esther mori...@mac.com wrote: Hi Harry, A number of VO users reported being quite happy with Bento and rated this app very highly prior to updating to Mountain Lion,

Re: resetting password on mac?

2012-09-26 Thread Chris Bruinenberg
Think he can reset using his apple I'd! Sent from my iPhone On Sep 26, 2012, at 5:39 PM, Kliphton kliph...@gmail.com wrote: Have a friend who can’t remember his password, what is the method of resetting it? He’s using a mac mini running mountain lion. Thanks. -- You received this

Re: closing tabs in safari

2012-09-26 Thread Alex Hall
And, on a related note, ctrl-tab moves forward a tab and ctrl-shift-tab moves back a tab. On Sep 26, 2012, at 7:54 PM, Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com wrote: its command w. Thanks. Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com On Sep 26, 2012, at 4:46 PM, jack lrmccre...@earthlink.net

Re: password after screen saver or sleep.

2012-09-26 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, It's in the Security Privacy pane of your system Prefs. Uncheck the box that says something about entering a password after screensaver. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-09-26, at 12:46 PM, Nektarios Mallas nmal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list. I reinstalled my OS

Selecting to End of Line in Safari Edit Fields

2012-09-26 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi, Recently I've noticed that the command shift right arrow and command shift left arrow keystrokes to select to the end of the line and beginning of the line respectively are not working properly in text edit fields in Safari. I've only noticed this since upgrading to Mountain Lion, probably

Trouble Interacting with the HTML Area in Messages

2012-09-26 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI, Just today I started having a problem with the Messages app. I'm running the latest version of Mountain Lion. When I first start messaging someone, I'm able to interact with the HTML conversation area fine. However, after carrying on the conversation for sometime, VoiceOver suddenly

Re: mac-access list

2012-09-26 Thread Estelita
Hi Esther, Thank you for the information, hopefully I will have Macbook this November, and I will be able to apply what I am learning here. Nene PS, Nene is my nickname. - Original Message - From: Esther mori...@mac.com To: MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent:

Re: When might we expect a Voiceover Improvement in 10.8

2012-09-26 Thread Steve Holmes
When it comes to automatic interaction with HTML content, it has always worked even up through the update to 10.8.2 on my Mac mini. Unfortunately this morning was the first time I started having some issues with this working properly. I recall recycling VO off and back on and then it has been

using windows on a mac

2012-09-26 Thread Michelle Hackman
Hi all, Does anyone have experience with bootcamp or another windows programming running jaws on a mac? Is this possible? Does it slow down/otherwise impact the computer? Is it easy to switch back and forth between operating systems? Any info would be hugely helpful! Thanks so much, Michelle

RE: using windows on a mac

2012-09-26 Thread Kimsan
I just completed bootcamp. I needed assistance for one step and that was about it. I don't have a pimping system like others on here but I don't find it to run slow. As far as switching back and forth, I just held the option key down once I heard the music, I have a little vision, so I saw the

Re: selling my mac

2012-09-26 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Chris, I have an 11-inch MacBook Air and it's so light and small I can carry it in a large handbag. It's true that it has no superdrive built in, but you can buy a separate external superdrive for it which is also small and light. I've had this MBA for 16 months now and am delighted with

Re: shortcut keys for vo

2012-09-26 Thread Steve Holmes
The best way to review current VO key assignments is to do VO-H twice and you will be in the Commands menu with 14 sub menus. Just drill down into all of these and you will see all possible VO commands and what keys are assigned to them. there are even some commands which are probably less