Re: bookmarks hidden

2013-12-11 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI Jean, Not sure it can be permanently fixed. It happens to me every now and then, but as it's so easy to fix I don't really worry about it. As with nearly every app on the Mac, most content areas and things can be dragged around, changed and adjusted to look different and provide better

Re: Apple Care Policy

2013-12-11 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys I have from a valid source the information that when your AppleCare runs out you can pay $20 for your session. If I ever needed, it is worth it. Sincerely, Gigi Sent from my iPhone On Dec 10, 2013, at 10:53 AM, Antonio Guimaraes freethau...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I don't know

New 2013 macbook Pro retina display freezing and saying busy, busy

2013-12-11 Thread Daniel Montalvo Charameli
Hello all: I’d like to comment on an issue that a friend of mine has told me. It occurs to him on his brand new macbook Pro retina display. He has the top model, a 16 GB RAM and 2.6 Intel Core I7 processor. The thing is that he has noticed that VoiceOver keeps saying Busy busy constantly. As an

Re: New 2013 macbook Pro retina display freezing and saying busy, busy

2013-12-11 Thread Laura ann Grymes
my 2011 macbook pro has done this from day one of purchase. I just have to wait until it finishes unfortunately. I am going to take it to where I purchased a couple years ago and the service manager will check a few things for me. I will report back if it can be fixed. I have repaired

Re: New 2013 macbook Pro retina display freezing and saying busy, busy

2013-12-11 Thread Daniel Montalvo Charameli
Thanks Laura! Did you change into an SSD drive? If not, that's sadly very common. The problem here is that it happens even with an SSD drive. 2013/12/11, Laura ann Grymes techca...@gmail.com: my 2011 macbook pro has done this from day one of purchase. I just have to wait until it finishes

Re: New 2013 macbook Pro retina display freezing and saying busy, busy

2013-12-11 Thread Laura ann Grymes
no but next macbook I get will have that drive. Probably going to a macbook air when I change next year in the summer. Laura Ann Laura ann Grymes agape.wellness.mass...@gmail.com On Dec 11, 2013, at 7:44 AM, Daniel Montalvo Charameli charad...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Laura! Did you

Re: twitter client for the mac

2013-12-11 Thread Daniel Montalvo Charameli
Same (though not officially stated) occurs with Yorufukurou. I haven't seen updates to this program recently. I don't know if the developer plans to discontinue it or it'sjust that he thinks it's OK as it is now. There's something we can do with the twitter website itself. They have added keyboard

Re: New 2013 macbook Pro retina display freezing and saying busy, busy

2013-12-11 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, The few times that this has happened to me usually occurred, at least in my opinion, due to my impatience. That is, I go to System Prefs, then start pressing VO-right or tab hoping to move quickly into the preference I wish to manipulate. I’ve found that if I go to System Prefs, wait for

Observation re Clickable Text

2013-12-11 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi list, Just reporting on some interesting behaviour I just observed which might help some people with clickable text/AJAX menus. I was using a website and the main menu had apparently recently been updated. In Safari version 6.0.5 on Mountain Lion, VoiceOver reported each item as clickable.

Re: New 2013 macbook Pro retina display freezing and saying busy, busy

2013-12-11 Thread Erik Heil
Hello This is probably related to the operating system. As it does not affect Macintoshes at large. Maybe what we call a race condition. Not sure if this is been reported to Apple, but we should probably do so. On Dec 11, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbur...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, The few

Re: Apple Care Policy

2013-12-11 Thread Becky
Hi How do you update the apple care? Vecky Sent from my iPhone On Dec 11, 2013, at 3:56 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi guys I have from a valid source the information that when your AppleCare runs out you can pay $20 for your session. If I ever needed, it is worth it. Sincerely,

Re: Apple Care Policy

2013-12-11 Thread Jessica D
By upgrading to Mavericks if you haven't already. I love it! Sent from my iPhone On Dec 11, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Becky beckyas...@gmail.com wrote: Hi How do you update the apple care? Vecky Sent from my iPhone On Dec 11, 2013, at 3:56 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi

Bluetooth Speakers Question

2013-12-11 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, I just recently connected a pair of bluetooth speakers to my mac, and twice I have completely lost VO, not sure if it has been a bluetooth pairing issue or me screwing up a setting. Both times I had to have someone who can see come in and fiddle around with my speaker output and VO

Re: Trouble with mail

2013-12-11 Thread Terje Strømberg
Hi I guess you have tried to restart mail? I had the same problem earlier today. Restarting mail did not fix the issuer at once, but it works now. Maybe i went to other inboxes and it worked again after a couple of restarts of mail. Take care 10. des. 2013 kl. 03:25 skrev Cheryl Homiak

Re: Bluetooth Speakers Question

2013-12-11 Thread Teresa Cochran
Try VO utility, sound. There’s a set of options in there for VO output: system default and whatever devices you have. I have a USB headset and built-in audio, and when my Bluetooth device was connected, it showed that as well. Check your settings as they are now. For example, you might not want

matching same speaking rate with voiceover between devices

2013-12-11 Thread Daniel McGee
Hi all, currently have an iPhone and a Mac Book Pro and am trying to determine the same speaking rate between the two devices. I hope this makes sense that is I am wanting to adjust the percentage of the speaking rate of the two above devices so that in order when I am switching from one of the

Re: iPhones not joining network when hidden

2013-12-11 Thread Agent086b
Not sure about that it was more than a year ago. I might try and connect the iPad while the network is hidden. Thanks for the help. Max On 11 Dec 2013, at 10:28 am, Tim Kilburn kilbur...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, When you added your iPhones, did you add them when the network was hidden? I’m

SD Card Space And Saving Email Attachments

2013-12-11 Thread Desi Noller
Hi Everyone, My first question is pretty basic, and I’m sure I should probably know the answer, but I blame the cold I have for making my mind foggy! Anyway, once I put an SD card into my iMac, how can I determine how much available space I have on it? Secondly, is it possible to save an

Re: Observation re Clickable Text

2013-12-11 Thread Agent086b
Hi, I see this behaviour often when trying to print from a link to print from a site. There is a recipe site that my wife often asks me to print a recipe from, this is where I see this. Max On 12 Dec 2013, at 2:23 am, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list, Just

Re: Alternative Browsers

2013-12-11 Thread Chris H
I believe Apple do not allow open source software to be published to the app store. On 11/12/2013 20:51, Lee Jones wrote: Dear List wwhy are chrome and firefox not in the Mac aps store when Opera is. I can understand companies not wanting to pay apple commission but both firefox and chrome

Security Software

2013-12-11 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List I can't find full spectrum security software in the aps store. I know that the consensus is that you don't need any,but I have heard that the apple in built firewall is actually less strong than the windows firewall, and on windows they still suggest you don't rely on it. Is everyone

FineReader Pro discounted upgrade

2013-12-11 Thread Phil Halton
Well, I was hanging back on purchasing FRPro and it paid off. I have ABBYY FR Express which entitled me to $20 off the price of $99. Then they sent me a email with an additional $20 off the upgrade price - total $59.99. Too good to pass up - I am downloading the massive .6GB app now. Finally,

Re: Alternative Browsers

2013-12-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
Some of this may be because of Apple's restrictions on apps that are allowed in the app store. Apps are required to use certain sand box rules and are restricted on what permissions they can have. By not using the app store, app developers are free to use all available resources on the mac.

Re: Security Software

2013-12-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
Personally I do not use security software. Using good judgement and common sense is your best tool here. You will not find security suites in the app store because these intigrate in to your system, and Apple does not allow apps that do this in the store. I think the major security suite

Re: Bluetooth Speakers Question

2013-12-11 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Teresa, Yeah, that's what I thought the answer might be. I was really liking the VO going through the bluetooth speakers as VO was sounding a lot crisper, but with the bluetooth speakers having some issues I might have to stick to the old built in speakers or go through the 3.5 jack so as

Re: USb turntable help/reccomendations.

2013-12-11 Thread Jessica Moss
I originally didn't really want to go that route , but considering the fact that sons of the stuff I'm looking for is out of print and is available on vinal only, I unfortunatly don't have a choice.) Sent from my iPhone On Dec 10, 2013, at 11:05 PM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote:

Re: Security Software

2013-12-11 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Ever tried ClamXAV? IF so, what do you think? When I did, it seemed okay to me: but, I could never be quite sure that it was monitoring my incoming e-mails or really protecting anything. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The

Re: FineReader Pro discounted upgrade

2013-12-11 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Phil, I assume you purchased Express via the web? Or does Abbyy’s site detect you have it on the system? I purchased Express via the app store and the app store are asking £69.99 for the pro. I do wish to purchase the pro version but would like to get any discounts that are available.

Adding events to calendar from mail

2013-12-11 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi all! I just signed up to this group today and have a question about adding an event to the calendar from a mail message. This used to work for me a few versions of OS ago but I can't seem to get it to work now with Mavericks. Any pointers or does anybody do this? Maybe there is a keystroke

Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey all, Having a rough go of it with Voiceover. I have noticed this for awhile but now it has gotten really bad. I typically don't shut my computer off just put it into sleep mode, and now when it comes out of sleep mode I have to toggle VO on and off five times to get VO to start working

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Jim Gatteys
Wow i've noticed the same thing with Mavericks. I have to wait at least a minute after coming out of sleep before I can do anything with VO. I thought it was just a mavericks bug. Wish they'd fix it. Jim On Dec 11, 2013, at 5:38 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all,

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Jim, Yeah not sure as this just started happening every now and then a month ago, but now it is every day. I was ripping my hair out at first trying to figure out why VO was not working. Luckily I tried the toggle and it came back on, but it gets frustrating having to do it every time I

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Angelo
hi, could you tell us what Mac your using? I know there was a problem with the Mac mini, using a HTMI connection. Mine wants to revert to the headphone jack, but in the voiceover utility I switched it to always use HTMI. best Angelo a.rock...@gmail.com On Dec 11, 2013, at 6:49 PM, Brian

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Brett C.
The problem has been bad enough for me that I’ve had to perform a hard shutdown to bring voiceover back. This is with Mavericks. Brett C. On Dec 11, 2013, at 4:49 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Jim, Yeah not sure as this just started happening every now and then a

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey I am using a iMac 2010 and have a pair of bluetooth speakers. I have tried using all different sound output settings including the 3.5 jack to the speakers and the VO kicking out happens with all settings. On Dec 11, 2013, at 6:57 PM, Angelo a.rock...@gmail.com wrote: hi, could you tell us

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Donna Goodin
Hello: I'm experiencing this same issue, or at least a similar one. For me it seems tied to connecting and disconnecting from AC. I'm using a 2013 MacBook Air. Best, Donna On Dec 11, 2013, at 5:57 PM, Angelo a.rock...@gmail.com wrote: hi, could you tell us what Mac your using? I know there

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Donna Goodin
I haven't had to do that, but I have had to hit the shut-down key before VO would come back on. Then I would go into the Window Chooser and close that window. BTW, I'm still running Lion. Best, Donna On Dec 11, 2013, at 6:05 PM, Brett C. blindinnova...@gmail.com wrote: The problem has been

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi Brian! I never actually noticed it until mavericks. And I can't tell if it is my entire computer or just voiceover not being responsive. Oh well, guess its time to play around more with it to see if I can find an answer. Jim On Dec 11, 2013, at 5:49 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Jim Gatteys
Hi Angelo! I am using a macbook pro 13 inch, about a year old. and it was working fine until I downloaded and installed Mavericks. Jim On Dec 11, 2013, at 5:57 PM, Angelo a.rock...@gmail.com wrote: hi, could you tell us what Mac your using? I know there was a problem with the Mac mini,

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Brian Fischler
Hey Jim, I am still on Mountain Lion, and with all the responses it sounds like it is every version of OS, and it is something that just happened more and more frequently in the last 6 weeks. Not sure what could have changed for me besides the remote updates which I never know what those are,

Re: FineReader Pro discounted upgrade

2013-12-11 Thread Phil Halton
I bought the express version from the website. I'm having a little trouble getting the pro version working, but I'm sure I'll get it figured out - others are using it successfully, so I will too. On Dec 11, 2013, at 5:54 PM, Georgina Joyce g...@gena-j.me.uk wrote: Hello Phil, I assume you

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Donna Goodin
Brian and all, I need to correct a typo, I'm running Mountain Lion, not Lion. Donna On Dec 11, 2013, at 7:14 PM, Brian Fischler blindga...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Jim, I am still on Mountain Lion, and with all the responses it sounds like it is every version of OS, and it is something that

ordering contents of folders in ML

2013-12-11 Thread Phil Halton
Currently all the files and folders in my documents folder are sorted and presented alphabetically. I would like folders to appear at the top of the list, followed by files. How can I set up finder to do this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Kimberly thurman
Yep, me too. I’m using a 2013 MBA as well. On Dec 11, 2013, at 7:34 PM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hello: I'm experiencing this same issue, or at least a similar one. For me it seems tied to connecting and disconnecting from AC. I'm using a 2013 MacBook Air. Best, Donna On

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Amber Wallenstein
I have this problem on my older macbook, but not my new one. I have an air and it works great. But with the slower older computer, it does. Amber Sent from my iPhone On Dec 11, 2013, at 7:05 PM, Brett C. blindinnova...@gmail.com wrote: The problem has been bad enough for me that I’ve had to

question with kindle for IOS and Braille display

2013-12-11 Thread Amber Wallenstein
Hello all, I am using kindle for IOS on my IPhone and IPad. I am also using a focus forty with bluetooth. When I read a kindle book on the display, when I go to the next page, I always end up at the bottom of that page and have to scroll to the top. Has anyone had this problem, and if so,

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread May and Noah
I have this issue and it’s annoying. Happens all the time. I have a 2013 macbook aire May and Prince Noah www.canadianlynx.ca On Dec 11, 2013, at 9:53 PM, Amber Wallenstein amber.wall...@gmail.com wrote: I have this problem on my older macbook, but not my new one. I have an air and it works

Mail Filters Just stopped Working

2013-12-11 Thread Brian Fischler
Wow, I think my Mac must be getting ready to crap out as everything is stopping working first VO won't turn on out of sleep mode, and now out of the blue all of my mail filters just stopped working. I am running Mountain Lion and have set up my mail filter rules in gmail, and they worked fine

Re: ordering contents of folders in ML

2013-12-11 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Phil, As long as you’re in list view, you can interact with the list and navigate to the Kind column then use the Jump to header command, press VO-Space, then do the Jump to header command, and your documents will be sorted alphabetically within types. If you don’t have any Adobe files,

Re: question with kindle for IOS and Braille display

2013-12-11 Thread Teresa Cochran
If you have the one with the whiz wheels, try moving the left one up a notch. Also try dot-1-space. Oddly enough, I haven’t experienced this issue, so I’m not sure if this will help. htH, Teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster. On Dec 11, 2013, at 7:01 PM, Amber Wallenstein

Re: Voiceover not working when coming out of sleep mode

2013-12-11 Thread Teresa Cochran
That’s odd. I have a late 2009 Mac Mini and I haven’t experienced this issue. Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Dec 11, 2013, at 7:46 PM, May and Noah mcdonald@gmail.com wrote: I have this issue and it’s annoying. Happens all the time. I have a 2013 macbook aire

putting text on the right hand side of a page and how to know which side it's on

2013-12-11 Thread Andrew Head
Hi all, Just wondering, when writing a letter, how do I move text over to the right to put the recipient address? and how do I then get back to the left side of the page and how can I tell which side of the page text is on? while I’m at it, also how do I put text in the centre of the screen?