Re: OS X 10.9.3 is out

2014-05-16 Thread isaac
I am pressing vo j and I am not noticing any problems. isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com Skype gold_wildcat On May 15, 2014, at 6:12 PM, alia robinson ali...@gmail.com wrote: Nope, the email stuff is worse than ever. VO/J is even worse, sigh. Alia On May 15, 2014, at 7:10 PM, Jonathan Mosen

Refresh a braille 18

2014-05-16 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys If I have to give back the focus 14, and it's looking more and more like I'm going to have to do it, I am considering a Refresh a Braille Braille 18. Do any of you guys have one, and if you do, do you like it? What do you like, and what do you not like if anything? The good news for

Re: Braille difficulties with Focus Blue.

2014-05-16 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Kawal. Nobody knows. Have a great day. I am happy you have got an answer. It is a strange thing. I have an old macbook pro 2009. On this computer it works fine, on this a 2011 model it stopped working when I updated it to 4.91 a couple of months ago. Best regards Annie. Den 16/05/2014 kl.

Re: Refresh a braille 18

2014-05-16 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Gigi, Well, from what others have said, this is a good display. The big problem I have with it is at the charging port is very difficult to get to. You may want to check that out with your friend to see if you have any difficulty with it. Other than that it's a good display. However, I

Re: OS X 10.9.3 is out

2014-05-16 Thread John Panarese
I am assuming this comes down to the various ways that people carry out tasks on the Mac. I simply expand conversations with the right arrow and open any message I want to read. I use VO-j at times, but do not have problems with it. What Mavericks did fix is the use of the tab key. This

RE: unable to update to mavericks 10.9.3

2014-05-16 Thread wayne17a
Hi I had the same problem but all I did was went left to close and then all went well hope this helps -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eugenia Firth Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 7:11 PM To:

Re: OS X 10.9.3 is out

2014-05-16 Thread matthew dyer
Hi, What is this bug you are referring to in mail with calapsed triangles? I do not have any problems with them. I do not use the preview pain so can not commet on thee vo j problem. I do wish they would have vo read the unread status first instead of reading it at the end. Just my

Re: OS X 10.9.3 is out

2014-05-16 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
i just want to give my experience to the mail on mavericks, i use command o to open the mail, then i stop interacting to the fist item on the mail, then i press left and right arrow, thats it, i am very happy with this kind of configuration i have on mail.p in Il giorno 16/mag/2014, alle ore

is iMovie accessible?

2014-05-16 Thread Rob
Hi, I imported a video into iMovie, but when I pause it where I want to drop a start marker, the add marker is dimmed. is there something I need to interact with? or is there another free VO accessible video editor? Thanks, Rob You can leave me a voice mail or fax at 206-426-3505 God is good

Re: is iMovie accessible?

2014-05-16 Thread Ray Foret Jr
You know, I have been wondering the same thing. I think the app is quite accessible but getting help for it seems damn near impossible. The guides we had for the iMovie seem all to be obselete now since 10.9. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind

RE: waking up macbook pro

2014-05-16 Thread Matthew Janusauskas
Yes I also experience this on a MacBook Air running Mavericks. I have not found a solution so far. Matthew From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 10:50 AM To:

Re: waking up macbook pro

2014-05-16 Thread Gary
This is also true on an iMac running Mavericks. I can press any key to wake up the computer, but VoiceOver has a long delay before it wakes. Gary On May 8, 2014, at 10:37 AM, Jim Gatteys jgatt...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all! One of the things I've always liked about my macbook pro is that I

Re: A scanner for finereader pro on the mac.

2014-05-16 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
does this scanner sound ver loud? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email

Overheating MBA When Running Windows In Bootcamp

2014-05-16 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello All, I would like to know if others have experience their MBA or Macbook Pro getting warm when running Windows 8 in bootcamp. I'm not sure if thisis just normal because of the Windows side using more resources. I have an external drive and the Pearl camera plugged into the 2USB ports.

Reminders have gone a bit weird

2014-05-16 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi folks, Has anybody else experienced their reminders being an hour out over the last few days? I have a regular one which is showing correctly to go off at 8 AM, but it actually goes off at 9 AM now. Our clocks haven't changed recently or anything like that. Just curious if anybody else has

Re: Overheating MBA When Running Windows In Bootcamp

2014-05-16 Thread Alex Hall
I don't have Windows 8 or an MBA. I can tell you this, though: the fan on my Mac Mini rarely runs, and when it does, it is usually when I'm running a virtual machine of Windows. You will also find your battery life shortened when using Windows, most likely. Yes, modern macs all have USB3, but

Re: Overheating MBA When Running Windows In Bootcamp

2014-05-16 Thread Phil Halton
my MBA gets warm now and then too, but I don't think that's a problem. I also run windows, but in a VM in Fusion. Don't worry about it unless it gets frequent and extreme. On May 16, 2014, at 6:49 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: I don't have Windows 8 or an MBA. I can tell you this,

Re: is iMovie accessible?

2014-05-16 Thread Phil Halton
the older version used to be reasonably accessible, at least for the most common editing functions. I don't know about the latest version. On May 16, 2014, at 3:13 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: You know, I have been wondering the same thing. I think the app is quite

Re: Overheating MBA When Running Windows In Bootcamp

2014-05-16 Thread Eileen Misrahi
For those who have responded, thanks. I will keep an eye on it. I am on the Mac side as I respond to this email and it is only slightly warm, but everything is warm and hot here. Thanks again. Eileen On May 16, 2014, at 3:49 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: I don't have Windows 8 or

Re: Am I Crazy, or Does this Word Sound Way Off?

2014-05-16 Thread Kevin Barry
The term premium quality is made by sighted people who don't actually listen to them much. Kevin At 11:34 PM 5/15/2014, you wrote: Karen, the Australian English voice, in Mavericks also does not read it correctly. I've been noticing lots of bugs with pronunciation in Mavericks. Ironic, seeing

Re: Overheating MBA When Running Windows In Bootcamp

2014-05-16 Thread Kevin Barry
I run Windows 8.1 in Bootcamp on my late 2013 MBP. Even after running for a while I have to place my ear directly on the palm rest in order to hear the fan. Even then it is very quiet. The machine does warm up some but that is because it is made of aluminum which transfers heat quite well.

booting from an external drive

2014-05-16 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List I wondered if anyone knows of a podcast or tutorial on how to create a bootable drive and then get the mac to boot from the external either a clone or set up from scratch. Many Thanks Lee -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: booting from an external drive

2014-05-16 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. If you have a bootable drive, you can boot from it by going into system preferences and selecting the drive in startup disk. Or, hold down the option key when you hear the chime when restarting the machine. This will give you a list of available devices to boot from;internal hd, superdrive

Re: booting from an external drive

2014-05-16 Thread Jeff Berwick
Is there a way of making a drive bootable? I have just had my computer crap out on me, and I have replaced the drive. It shows up sometimes, but not always. I am unable to boot from it and, before I take the computer in for a serious look-over, I'd like to try this. Thx, Jeff On May 16,

Re: booting from an external drive

2014-05-16 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. So, just so we're on the same page here, you replaced an internal drive on a machine with one drive in it and you can only boot from it some of the time? did the OSX install go okay? Cameron. On 5/16/14, Jeff Berwick mailingli...@berwick.name wrote: Is there a way of making a drive

Re: booting from an external drive

2014-05-16 Thread Jeff Berwick
I have replaced the internal drive, but it is only seen sometimes. I'm actually running off my old drive connected externally. The new drive shows up in disk utility, but not as a boot-up option. We installed Mavericks on the new drive, and it seemed to go okay. I suspect that there may be

Re: booting from an external drive

2014-05-16 Thread Jeff Berwick
Actually, forget it. Now it isn't showing up in disk utility at all...Guess there is something amiss inside my Macbook Pro :(. Jeff On May 16, 2014, at 9:45 PM, Jeff Berwick mailingli...@berwick.name wrote: I have replaced the internal drive, but it is only seen sometimes. I'm actually

Re: Turn off automatic spell checking

2014-05-16 Thread Alex Hall
Go to System Preferences, then the Keyboard button. Hit the Text tab, and uncheck correct spelling automatically. On May 16, 2014, at 9:55 PM, Terje Strømberg terjestrmb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, How do i turn off automatic spell checking? Take care -- You received this message because

Re: booting from an external drive

2014-05-16 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. With external drives, the first thing I'd suggest is trying another cable. If nothing else, it rules out the cable being an issue... Cameron. On 5/16/14, Jeff Berwick mailingli...@berwick.name wrote: Actually, forget it. Now it isn't showing up in disk utility at all...Guess there is