Re: Dictation commands on the Mac

2015-08-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Kare, Dictation has been available for quite some time, but enhanced dictation came in with Mavericks. However, I don’t think it was nearly as powerful as it is now. I had no reason to look closely at dictation until a couple of weeks ago when a student of mine was unable to use the keyb

Re: accessible typing tutor for Mac OS?

2015-08-24 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hi Ryan, There is a program called UltraKey, which costs $49.99. I have not tested it, yet, but I have good reviews about it. Most of the activities are accessible with VoiceOver. > On Aug 24, 2015, at 8:07 PM, Ryan Mann wrote: > lled > For the PC, there is a program called Talking Typing Teache

Re: Changing outgoing email address based on recipient?

2015-08-24 Thread Alex Hall
I thought not. One thing I'll mention, in case anyone else wants to do this, is the tip I found on a forum. Mail will set your outgoing address to match the current message or mailbox. So, if you set each of your accounts' inboxes as a favorite, you could press command along with the number to b

accessible typing tutor for Mac OS?

2015-08-24 Thread Ryan Mann
For the PC, there is a program called Talking Typing Teacher. This program has about 40 lessons that cover all of the keys on the keyboard. For each lesson, it tells the user where the keys are then gives practice drills. Does anybody know of a program like this for Mac OS that either works with V

Re: Changing outgoing email address based on recipient?

2015-08-24 Thread Matthew Dierckens
I don’t think you can do this automatically, just change it in the window every time, unfortunately. Hi Alex, > On Aug 24, 2015, at 7:08 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Hi all, > I've looked into this, and there appears to be no way to do it, but I wanted > to double check in case someone here knows

Changing outgoing email address based on recipient?

2015-08-24 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I've looked into this, and there appears to be no way to do it, but I wanted to double check in case someone here knows something. I want to be able to have Mail on the Mac change the selected email account for a message based on whom I am sending the message to. For instance, if it goes

Re: testing a headphone mic

2015-08-24 Thread Alex Hall
QuickTime, which should be on your Mac already, can do that. In the File Menu, choose "new audio recording" and then set the settings. It's not the easiest program in the world to use for recording, but it should do fine for your purposes. > On Aug 24, 2015, at 5:27 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > >

Re: apple script to remove resource fork files from usb drives?

2015-08-24 Thread Gabe Griffith
Hi, If you're talking about the files that start with a ._ and are hidden on the mac but show up on a PC I have found you can get rid of those files by emptying your trash after you have copied the file and before you remove the USB drive. Regards, Gabe On Aug 24, 2015, at 9:38 AM, erik burg

testing a headphone mic

2015-08-24 Thread Chris Moore
How can I test whether the mic in my headphones is working? What program can I use to do a simple voice recording? Thanks Chris -- 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

Re: Growl.

2015-08-24 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Yeah sure. I'm available from now until 5:30 central, that's probably 6:30 for you because I'm going out at 5:30 but then I'll be back at around 9 9:15. Call me on Skype if you want. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username:

Re: Growl.

2015-08-24 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Shawn, Can we set up a time, then for you to help me over either phone or Skype to get Growl set up correctly? The times I've tried configuring it, it's disaster, so, I undoubtedly must not totally know what I'm doing. Chris. --- Visit me online: http://www.clgproductions.net - Origina

Garageband on I O S?

2015-08-24 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Does anyone have any experience using GB on I O S? I have tried both with my IPad as well as my IPhone 6+. In both cases, I get this barely readable screen when I first bring up the app. There is an icon I, presume to select the input source for recording, but then I see another icon to bring

Re: Wow! What a Nice Little Utility!

2015-08-24 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I can say that for me it does not work when use it on the beta. So i guess i have to roll back evrything. /A > 21 aug. 2015 kl. 04:43 skrev Portia Scott : > > Hi Chris, > > Clean my mac is really amazing. I definitely recommend it to anyone who > doesn’t have it as well. It is worth the $39

Re: Dictation commands on the Mac

2015-08-24 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi Anne, May I ask the earliest edition of os x for which dictation commands are included? thanks, Kare On Mon, 24 Aug 2015, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Wayne, There are lots of dictation commands on the Mac. First, make sure that you have selected Use Enhanced Dictation in the Dictation

Re: Install9ng Win7 in Bootcamp

2015-08-24 Thread E.T.
Its all done now. Had to install the drivers manually because BootCamp 5 will not download 32bit versions for the32bit Windows. This is the setup.exe file. Its good now. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were t

Re: Growl.

2015-08-24 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Grant. The thing that I was trying to say is that the alerts thing only works if you have notifications show up as alerts. If you have them show up as banners, they won't automatically speak if Voiceover's turned off. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter

Re: Dictation commands on the Mac

2015-08-24 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Wayne, There are lots of dictation commands on the Mac. First, make sure that you have selected Use Enhanced Dictation in the Dictation & Speech pane of System preferences. Then go to the Accessibility pane and select Dictation in the Accessibility features table. Now click the Dictation

Re: Growl.

2015-08-24 Thread Grant
Hi Shawn, the setting in the dictation and speech preferences to speak alerts is separate from VoiceOver, so it should work whether or not you have VoiceOver running. If it doesn't, I'm not sure what may be going on. Best, Grant On Aug 23, 2015, at 9:35 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: Hi Chris. I

apple script to remove resource fork files from usb drives?

2015-08-24 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi all, I have some one who is being greatly annoyed by resource fork files as he copies files from the mac into usb drives and then gets two of every file on windows. Does anyone have an apple script we can put into the usb drives which when run would remove the resource fork files? There's

Dictation commands on the Mac

2015-08-24 Thread Wayne Merritt
All, Are there any dictation commands on the mac? I haven't used Siri on my iPhone 6 so far, mainly because I tend to talk softer and it can be hard for Siri to understand what I am trying to say. I have tried dictating to the Mac and there is no issue so far with it understanding what I say. So ar

Re: iTunes question.

2015-08-24 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Yeah tried that, no joy. It’s like a slide show of new features. Is it possible to revert to a previous version of the program? With Best regards, Sadam Ahmed Blog: Http://www.SadamAhmed.com Sent using OS X Mail > On 21 Aug 2015, at 2:00 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote

Re: the anti cleaning asrticle

2015-08-24 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wait, so let me get this straight. You didn't bother reading the article I linked, but you attacked me for linking it? Did I get this right? If there's anything rude and trollish it's that. If you think my links aren't worth comment, don't comment. If

Re: the anti cleaning asrticle

2015-08-24 Thread E.T.
If there is such a thing as a "harassingly disrespectful troll", its you Chris. You are the epitome of a troll. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 8/20/2015 9:25 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:

Re: the anti cleaning asrticle

2015-08-24 Thread Phil Halton
My god Chris are you actually going to start on this sort of thing again? Speaking of rude trolls Lord! You're the reason I set up a trolls folder on my email server. Knock it off grow up please and knock it off Sent from my IPhone > On Aug 21, 2015, at 12:25 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > w

Re: iTunes question.

2015-08-24 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I'm not totally sure what you mean about a slideshow, sorry, but what if you try Command+W? Would that maybe do the trick? --- Visit me online: http://www.clgproductions.net - Original Message - From: Sadam Ahmed To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 20,

Re: Wow! What a Nice Little Utility!

2015-08-24 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Actually, it does clearly tell you. Usually, most tasks have a view files, or view items button. If you hit vo+Space on this, you then get a table you can interact with, context based, and check or uncheck the individual things you wish to remove. It's not going to just automatically delete t

Re: the anti cleaning asrticle

2015-08-24 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Honestly, Ray, if you got through reading it, you're doing better than me. I don't read articals from rude trolls who have nothing better to do than be harassingly disrespectful. Obviously, I'm referring to Tylor, not to you. LOL! Chris. --- Visit me online: http://www.clgproductions.net

changing sort order in itunes

2015-08-24 Thread Chris Moore
Hello, This may have been covered before, but how do I change the sort order of songs within an album? It appears to be sorting by song title where I would prefer track number. TIA Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To un

RE: the anti cleaning article

2015-08-24 Thread george b
Chris take your meds please so you will stop using that language -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 09:59 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: the

Re: Saving messages within the messages program.

2015-08-24 Thread Stacey Robinson
I’ll give this a try. Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net > On Aug 22, 2015, at 2:37 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Stacey, > > There might be a save option in the File menu.