Re: Silent "T" in Yosemite

2016-02-17 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Bill, This is a well-known bug in Yosemite. Just switch to a different voice for a while and it should go away. It can happen with any letter, by the way. Cheers, Anne > On 18 Feb 2016, at 02:07, Bill Gallik wrote: > > Good Evening to All on the Macvionaries List

Re: Record your iPad or iPhone screen

2016-02-17 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Not that this is only for newish iOS devices, not the ones using the 32-pin USB cable. I still have an iPhone 4s I use for testing and it's a big pain to record the screen and audio from there but it is possible with a bunch of external hardware. CB On 2/17/16 7:23 PM, Daniela Rubio wrote:

Re: To The List About The Recent Spam

2016-02-17 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Examples abound in Macalope articles where he skewers anti-Apple pundits. Here is a recent example: You are like a supernova of exploding wrongness. You are a danger to nearby solar systems. CB On 2/17/16 9:44 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: here is an alternative: if you are going to cuss (or are

Re: To The List About The Recent Spam

2016-02-17 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Just have voiceover read a string with 100 characters all e followed by r to get it to crash. I look at the pending messages, and also tried on my own with one that was only in the text of the email message. With server crashed with that draft and I deleted the truck. Jonathan Cohn > On

bootcamp question

2016-02-17 Thread don bishop
Hi all, I purchased my mac with maverick a couple years back. In the carton is a copy of bootcamp. I suspect it's badly outdated by now, I'm now running el capitan. Where would I go to get a current vwithsion of bootcamp? Thanks, Don -- The following information is important for all

Re: To The List About The Recent Spam

2016-02-17 Thread Eric Oyen
here is an alternative: if you are going to cuss (or are tempted to), start quoting william shakespear. He had some nice insults that were artistically done and they don't lead to the use of profanity. :) -eric On Feb 17, 2016, at 7:06 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Terje, > > Your post to this

how to share a file on your computer to Facebook.

2016-02-17 Thread Jessica Moss
I just downloaded an e-mail attachment II need to upload to facebook, which is in jpg format, but for some reason, the share option isn't showing up anywhere, and when I open it it in preview, which is opened by default, it isn't there either. Am I missing something here? -- The following

RE: To The List About The Recent Spam

2016-02-17 Thread M. Taylor
Terje, Your post to this list, using profanity, is unacceptable. Do not, under any circumstances, use profane language when posting to this group. Thank you, Mark -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terje

Frustrated with Apple Pay

2016-02-17 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys: I have a new iphone 6s. I bought it for Apple pay. I cannot get it to work! I went to Sprouts, and Petco, who have apple pay. I held my phone up to the reader. Phone vibrated, and brought up my credit card. I touched the finger id. nothing happened! I cannot figure it out! Sarai D.

Re: Ultralingua dictionary, slightly off topic

2016-02-17 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I was told it wasn’t accessible, but cannot verify myself. > On Feb 17, 2016, at 11:09 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been using Ultralingua dictionary on the mac platform for a long time, > and it's quite accessible. I've been asked by a newly visually

Silent "T" in Yosemite

2016-02-17 Thread Bill Gallik
Good Evening to All on the Macvionaries List I’m not at all certain what changes I may have made, but when typing on my Mac Mini neither the lower nor upper case “T” is spoken. I’m certain this is a relatively recent development because I’m sure I’d have noticed it much earlier than just last

Re: attn Kevin, I believe I've found another chrome accessibility bug.

2016-02-17 Thread Kevin Chao
Thanks Erik! This has been fixed in the Canary channel of Chrome, so should be available in Stable Production at some point soonish. It's possible to have Chrome Canary installed along side stable production channel. On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:00 AM erik burggraaf wrote:

Re: Record your iPad or iPhone screen

2016-02-17 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hi! Just go to make ew video, then, before pressing start recording, go to the pup up to select the input devices. And in your Camera and microphone, select your iPad or iPhone, which most be connected. . Then, press the button to record at maximum volume, as now, voiceOver will go out from

Re: Record your iPad or iPhone screen

2016-02-17 Thread Alex Hall
It's pretty simple, and I really should record how sometime. Until then: 1. Open QuickTime with your iOS device connected. 2. Go to File > New > Screen Recording (I'm going off memory, but the text should be similar to that at least). 3. From the options for camera/microphone, choose your iOS

Record your iPad or iPhone screen

2016-02-17 Thread Jeff Berwick
Hi all, Several months ago, there was a thread making the rounds on how to record your iPad or iPhone screen using Quicktime. For the life of me, I can't find this by Googling. Does anybody have the thread or the steps necessary to do so? Tia, Jeff -- The following information is important

Re: Txt expansion

2016-02-17 Thread David Chittenden
I press space after typing the letters. When in a form field, I then tap delete to remove the space from the edit field. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 17 Feb 2016, at 21:51, Caitlyn Furness

Re: Txt expansion

2016-02-17 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello, Well I’m been playing with this for some time now and I can’t get my devices to sync. It is a well known bug so will just stick with the app from smile. Many thanks, Regards, Gena > On 17 Feb 2016, at 13:28, Georgina Joyce wrote: > > Hello, > > Yes it is a part

Re: Interesting reading for Mac and 5.1

2016-02-17 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I've done it both ways. At home I have a mac mini which is our family entertainment hub hooked to an old TV for video and a single optical cable to my 5.1 surround amp/speakers for audio. Simple and has just worked for years. For a larger setup I have a mini and an external box which takes the

Re: finding a network drive on my mac

2016-02-17 Thread Alex Hall
Assuming the drive is already available on the Mac, go to Finder and hit cmd-shift-c. You should see it in the resulting list. If not, hit cmd-k (if I recall right) to connect to the drive. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 17, 2016, at 15:45, Tony wrote: > > Hi, I’m new to

Re: To The List About The Recent Spam

2016-02-17 Thread Terje Strømberg
Yeah, very strange. I am fascinated about how the fuck can this be possible? Turned off my voice over. Some kind of script maybe. To me it is surprising and interesting how it can be done, but most of all i don’t want to excperience it again. Very bad. Take care 17. feb. 2016 kl. 22:04 skrev

Re: To The List About The Recent Spam

2016-02-17 Thread Marie Lyons
I can’t seem to correct it. I went in and unchecked checkboxes but I still have 3 voices. I guess what I’m needing is step by step instruction. I have a call in to accessibility support for follow-up on the spam issue.. Perhaps he can help me solve this. This didn’t seem to be a place to save

finding a network drive on my mac

2016-02-17 Thread Tony
Hi, I'm new to the mac world, so please bare. I have a wireless network drive. How do I find it on my macbook pro? I want to install Windows on my mac, and I need to access the iso file on the network drive. Thanks. Tony Santiago ts_...@verizon.net -- The following information is

Ultralingua dictionary, slightly off topic

2016-02-17 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi, I've been using Ultralingua dictionary on the mac platform for a long time, and it's quite accessible. I've been asked by a newly visually impaired person to help them with the same Ultralingua dictionary but with the Windows version. I've no experience of it on Windows, so I thought I'd

Windows 7 to a network drive then to my mac

2016-02-17 Thread Tony
Hi all, I just got a Windows 7 disk that I purchased from amazon. I want to install it on my macbook pro, but it has no disk drive. Would I be able to copy the disk from a windows laptop to a network drive then install Windows 7 off of the network drive to my macbook using VM Fusion? Also, is

Re: Numbers Has Gone Backwards with VoiceOVer

2016-02-17 Thread Phil Halton
No other suggestions I'm afraid Brian. As I said, I use this app daily and I have no problems whatsoever. The only thing Apple screwed up in the last version was that now, when arrowing up and down through a table, voiceover reads the row number in addition to the cell number which gets awfully

Re: To The List About The Recent Spam

2016-02-17 Thread Jessica Moss
Ok, I was under the impression that the unopened messages had those strings of characters attached to them, and that was what caused them. That was what started it on my end anyhow. The first one I got had one, and I thought voiceover was studdring when it crashed, but it was simply trying

Re: Txt expansion

2016-02-17 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello, Yes it is a part of OS X and IOS current versions. Not sure how long they’ve been there just look under keyboard preferences in OS x preferences, keyboard and on the text tab. For IOS in Settings, general, keyboard and the text expansion button. Regards, Gena > On 17 Feb 2016, at

Re: Txt expansion

2016-02-17 Thread d . prater
You can use it on both the Mac and iPhone. It's in the keyboard part of settings and system preferences. Sent from Outlook Mobile. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 5:18 AM -0800, "Anders Holmberg" wrote: Hi!Is this built-in to the mac

Re: Txt expansion

2016-02-17 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Is this built-in to the mac and Iphone? Or do you have to buy it somewhere. /A > On 17 Feb 2016, at 08:01, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Gena, > > On the Mac, to add a string and substitution: > • In System Preferences, press k for Keyboard and VO-Space to open that

Re: Txt expansion

2016-02-17 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I'm curious about how others use this feature. It has always seemed very cool to me, but I've never really found a use for it. I would love to hear examples from others of instances where you use text expansion. thanks, Donna > On Feb 17, 2016, at 1:01 AM, Anne Robertson

Re: Txt expansion

2016-02-17 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Anne, Much appreciated. That’s a lot easier. Thanks. Gena > On 17 Feb 2016, at 07:01, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Gena, > > On the Mac, to add a string and substitution: > • In System Preferences, press k for Keyboard and VO-Space to open that tab; > • Select

Re: Txt expansion

2016-02-17 Thread Caitlyn Furness
thanks, Ann. How do you get this stuff to synch over all apple devices you own? Thanks! Caitlyn > On Feb 17, 2016, at 2:01 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Gena, > > On the Mac, to add a string and substitution: > • In System Preferences, press k for Keyboard and

Re: Txt expansion

2016-02-17 Thread Caitlyn Furness
I have trouble with the text expansion “sticking”. I set up one, for example, to expand into my email address. Lots of times, it just remains as the three letters and doesn’t expand into what it’s supposed to. Have any suggestions? Thanks, Caitlyn > On Feb 16, 2016, at 6:00 PM, Georgina

Re: To The List About The Recent Spam

2016-02-17 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
okay, so here goes, if you look at the mails that is eventually shooting VO down, there is no strange letters in the subject, we are 4 different persons who is trying to fix this into a update so it don't happen again, but is hard too duplicate. Could someone be so kind as to send me a private

Re: To The List About The Recent Spam

2016-02-17 Thread Andrew Lamanche
In VoiceOver utility, under speech category, set all your voices to Alex and Alex to be your default voice. It seems as if somehow the announcements are made by a different voice rather than default. hope this helps. Andrew > On 16 Feb 2016, at 23:10, Marie Lyons wrote: