RE: Tim Cook Introduces a New Way to Receive Support for Your Apple Products

Hello Helga, To be honest, I am not as immersed in the world of Facebook as I am in Twitter. Consequently, I do not know the answer to your very excellent question. Mark From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Helga Schreiber Sent:

Apple TV weirdness

Hi all, Still trying to troubleshoot this homesharing thing. I've turned homesharing on and off on my computer, and when that did nothing, I decided to try re-initializing it on my Apple TV. Now, my Apple TV won't take my Apple ID and password. I've entered it three times, so am sure I

Syncing questions

Hello, How do I get apps from my mac to my iPhone 5S? How do I get contacts from my mac to my iphone? Blessings, Stacey Robinson and GEB dog Kirk. mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net -- The following information is important for all

Re: Tim Cook Introduces a New Way to Receive Support for Your Apple Products

Hi Mark. How are you? He only have it for Twiter? Does he also have it for Facebook users? I'm just wondering since I don't have a twiter account! I look forward in hering form you soon. Thanks and God bless! Helga Schreiber Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida

Re: Romola captcha solver

It is if you disable the checking of signed plugins, which opens you up to plenty risk. So basically, it is finnished, but if you want to play on the potentially dangerous side, then look up how to do it. Sent from Outlook Mobile. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 3:06 PM

Tim Cook Introduces a New Way to Receive Support for Your Apple Products

Hello Everyone, I am cross posting this to both the V iPhone and Mac Visionaries mailing list. Those of you who follow Tim Cook on Twitter, as I do, saw a tweet from him, earlier today, introducing, @AppleSupport. @AppleSupport is yet another way Apple customers can now receive support for all

Re: Romola captcha solver

Yes, Webvisum is no longer compatible with the latest builds of Firefox. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org > On 4/03/2016, at 9:50 AM, Phil Halton wrote: > > Did you say that web visumm is gone? > I used it

Re: Romola captcha solver

I found that interesting as well. That was my usage model for years. I tended to keep fusion around just to browse the web. I actually used your podcast on I think it was Fusion 3 to get started. I recently as with in the last year and a half took a new job where we were issued Macs and

Re: Amazon.co.uk and mac.

Amazon website isn’t so good with the Mac. I do use it at times but it’s best using the I phone app when Amazon haven’t broken it. Sorry, I don’t have a resolution for you and I don’t like it when screenreader don’t work well on sites. > On 3 Mar 2016, at 17:58, Anders Holmberg

Re: Romola captcha solver

Did you say that web visumm is gone? I used it just last month to submit my taxes. Sent from my IPhone > On Mar 3, 2016, at 2:01 PM, Jenine Stanley wrote: > > Thanks so much Jonathan. I grabbed it for the Mac and will send this to my > husband for our Windows

Re: Romola captcha solver

Interesting that you hardly ever use safari on the mac for the web. It's a personal preference of course, but I find that complicated and difficult pages work much better on the mac than with any windows screen reader.Hopefully firefox will eventually be more accessible as well. Original

Re: Has the dashboard disappeared in El Cap?

Thanks. As for why I need it, habit, I suppose. But I do use widgets such as the dictionary and the translator on occasion. It's also a handy way to take a quick look at the weather. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 3, 2016, at 12:45 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > It’s still

Re: Romola captcha solver

Hi George, primarily in Fusion. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org > On 4/03/2016, at 7:47 AM, Basioli George wrote: > > jonathen > > where do you run windows on a seperate device or v m on your mac >> On Mar

Re: I need some help with accessible career planning.

+1, SCORE is a good organization. They helped me start my first Internet provider when I was fresh out of school. Good group. > On Mar 3, 2016, at 1:37 PM, Cheree Heppe wrote: > > Cheree Heppe here: > A national Org called Score is staffed by business and professional

Re: beginning of table in mail

Thanks! Option, command, up or down arrow works for me as well. It takes me to the very top row of the column voice Over is in. So if I am in the subject field, it will take me all the way to the top or bottom row of the subject column, which is quite handy. VO,FN, plus left or right arrow also

Re: Romola captcha solver

Thanks so much Jonathan. I grabbed it for the Mac and will send this to my husband for our Windows machines. We do use Firefox and I loved Webvism but that’s gone now. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com > On Mar 3, 2016, at 1:31 PM, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > > Hi

Re: Romola captcha solver

Hi Jennine, I use it all the time, works great. Good to see you on this list. Peggy and Dixie Marie Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3, 2016, at 11:12 AM, Jenine Stanley wrote: Maybe I’m not spelling it correctly but could someone give a link for more info on the Romola

Re: Romola captcha solver

jonathen where do you run windows on a seperate device or v m on your mac > On Mar 3, 2016, at 10:31 AM, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > > Hi Jenine, I seldom use the Mac side for the web, but I do have Rumola on > Firefox for Windows and it works very well. When you go to a web page

Re: Has the dashboard disappeared in El Cap?

It’s still there, but it’s off by default. Go to System Prefs, Mission Control and turn it back on (overlay is the old pre-spaces behaviour). Then make sure the keyboard shortcut is in use to activate it. To be honest I think it’s being deprecated and will eventually be killed outright, now

My First Survey!

I just thought I'd share this. Did a survey for the first time. Check it out. All are welcome to take it. Hope you like it. Thanks. Dora Speck https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AzmJDDmG40ec-oyqpAwbn6rf9_V-AN30xTgxtaeupLc/viewform [Sent from my iPhone] -- The following information is important

Re: I need some help with accessible career planning.

Cheree Heppe here: A national Org called Score is staffed by business and professional executives. They assist with business start ups, but have assisted in other areas. Just stop by the local office or phone, ask and persist. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 3, 2016, at 10:00, Vaughn Brown

Has the dashboard disappeared in El Cap?

Hi all, this may be a lame question, but I just tried to access the dashboard and it seems to be gone. Is this right? If not, how is it accessed these days? TIA, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

Re: Romola captcha solver

Hi Jenine, I seldom use the Mac side for the web, but I do have Rumola on Firefox for Windows and it works very well. When you go to a web page where there's CAPTCHA, a voice tells you that CAPTCHA has been detected. As you start to complete the form, the CAPTCHA is submitted and completed for

Re: solving captchas on the mac

So Rumola is still being developed? That's really good. Sent from Outlook Mobile. Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 9:32 AM -0800, "Anders Holmberg" wrote: Hi! Rumola is a great tool too. Not that expensive either. /A > On 03 Mar 2016, at

Re: I need some help with accessible career planning.

Chris, LinkedIn is great for resumes because it does the formatting for you and order the dates of employment in the proper order. Try Indeed.com, too. It alerts you to job opportunities. I will say, Chris, as someone who built his resume, created accounts on LinkedIn, indeed etc, that this will

Amazon.co.uk and mac.

Hi! This might be a bit off-topic but i really need help because i am very frustrated. I did order some things from amazon.co.uk on Monday this week and got problems with my payment i wont go into here. Now i have asked on their help forum and i got one answer directing me

Re: solving captchas on the mac

Hi! Rumola is a great tool too. Not that expensive either. /A > On 03 Mar 2016, at 14:23, Carter Temm wrote: > > Hi, > Not that I know of, because capchas are made for security purposes, > they are not easily made out by ocr applications. If capchas were easy > to solve, it

Re: Understanding the VMware concepts with windows

Did you do any tweaking under the hood using the vmx file? Just curious. The only thing I would love to change is getting one external drive to automatically connect after Windows boots. Everything else works fine. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we

Re: Understanding the VMware concepts with windows

Certainly agreed on that. On my MBP I’m running Fusion 8 with Windows 10 32bit which for me is more compact and uses less space than 64bit. In case of Fusion it really doesn’t matter what version of Windows you are wanting to install and for heavy VM users I would certainly recommend 64 bit.

Re: solving captchas on the mac

Here is the corrected link. 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 3/3/2016 5:23 AM, Carter Temm wrote: Hi, Not that I know of, because capchas are made for security

Re: Understanding the VMware concepts with windows

+1 on version 8. It’s also faster and very well integrated to work with Voice Over. > On Mar 3, 2016, at 11:17 AM, Seyoon Choi wrote: > > I would always give VMWare 8 a go as that’s more optimized for El Capitan if > this is something that happens. Never seen this happen

Re: Magic Trackpad

The easiest way to rotate in my opinion and came to known as my preference is by placing thumb and your first finger and rotating it quite firmly. If you are use to rotor from iOS the method seem to be similar but a bit upscaled for that size of a trackpad. Seyoon Choi syc20...@gmail.com

Re: Magic Trackpad

The rotate gestures are always a bit tricky for me. Maybe cold fingers do not work well. (smiles) 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 3/3/2016 2:05 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: Interesting, It's

Re: Magic Trackpad

Sounds really interesting. But the price. Twice what I paid for the older one. But yes, the old one is hard to be sure its actually on. Would have to check in Bluetooth prefs for that. I spent some time doing this until I was sure it was functioning. Then I learned that even with Enable

Re: Understanding the VMware concepts with windows

I would always give VMWare 8 a go as that’s more optimized for El Capitan if this is something that happens. Never seen this happen on a Fusion before. Seyoon Choi syc20...@gmail.com YouTube Video Content Producer Head of Blindinsider www.blindinsider.com Technology news, podcasts, videos and

Re: solving captchas on the mac

And there is that screenshot that one can take and send via email or text to someone who happens to be available. Some sites are using a series of photos from which one must select the ones matching the criteria. Nasty. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe

Romola captcha solver

Maybe I’m not spelling it correctly but could someone give a link for more info on the Romola captcha solver? Is it a monthly subscription? How is it working for you? Thanks. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac

Re: Understanding the VMware concepts with windows

Of course not. (smiles) We could play 20 questions all the day long until we pry all the necessary information out of you. We are only trying to help you solve this. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were

Re: Understanding the VMware concepts with windows

It will work with a GB but more is of course better. With 4 GB you can have all the caches and things set up which will improve performance. Also as you said you’re a very light user of the windows side, someone else may have issues once they try to install something a bit more intensive. I

RE: Understanding the VMware concepts with windows

This is one of the instances why I prefer Bootcamp over VMWare Fusion. I only have 4 gigs of ram in my system too so rather than putting up with slowness, I use Bootcamp and Windows 10 runs a heck of a lot faster than it did with Fusion. The only down side is you need sighted help to install

Re: Understanding the VMware concepts with windows

That's odd, I have a Windows VM on my MBA with eight gig and fusion recommended I only assign one gigabyte to the VM. That's what I have done I just followed fusions recommendations, and windows works fine as does Mac OS X. Course, I'm not running any high-powered apps on the windows, just

Re: solving captchas on the mac

There's that word again! Romola is the captcha solving app for the Mac, but it isn't "free". Nothing in life is actually. If you have windows or a Windows VM on your Mac, you can install webvisum in Firefox and that doesn't excellent job. I use webvisum anytime I need to solve a captcha on a

Re: I need some help with accessible career planning.

Honestly, as far as resume writing goes, I would google the topic and I'll bet you'll find many great resources on the topic over the web. Also, consider pages as a glorified TextEdit app. Really that's all it is and it has some nice features that you can use but if you can use TextEdit, you're

Re: I need Ann Robertson's E-mail address

Hi, If you email jonat...@mosen.org he should be able to help you replace the file and or get ahold of Ann. My understanding is that Mosen Consulting would help you with any issue like this directly. Best, Mika On 3/3/16, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > I need to get

Re: I need some help with accessible career planning.

Chris, don’t hesitate to write me off list if I can give you any more specifics. Or on if the moderator allows although this seems tangentially on topic so I hope we’re ok. Either way on or off list I’m glad to help if I can. > On Mar 3, 2016, at 9:05 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland

Re: Understanding the VMware concepts with windows

Hi Simon. This is Helga! So you will recommend me to a bigger Mac computer right? I really want to have computer that allow me to run windows and OS10 at teh same time! Wihtout closing one andopening one. Is not possible to upgrad to a bigger Macbook if I already bought mine right? Just

I need Ann Robertson's E-mail address

I need to get ahold of Ann urgently. I bought her book through Mosen Consulting, but upon looking at the downloaded file, I don't know why, but it has a .mp3 extension on the end of it. When I tried renaming it just to .zip, then unzipping it, it didn't work. I didn't save the link to the

Re: I need some help with accessible career planning.

Scott, Thank you for all of your suggestions. Yes. It does help. I'll take a look at things, and see what I can do. Chris. - Original Message - From: Scott Granados To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2016 8:23 AM Subject: Re: I need some help

Re: Understanding the VMware concepts with windows

Apple is very conservative with their hardware so probably they don’t feel they can adequately cool or disperse the heat or the battery life isn’t sufficient. I used to like the older laptops from Apple because they were screwed together and you could upgrade your own parts. Not that way

Re: Has anyone else noticed that homesharing doesn't work so well these days?

Lol. Gee, and I was afraid that our former cable company was the one doing that. ;) > On Mar 3, 2016, at 7:24 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > It’s probably the FBI intercepting the stream.;) > >> On Mar 3, 2016, at 8:16 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>

Re: Has anyone else noticed that homesharing doesn't work so well these days?

It’s probably the FBI intercepting the stream.;) > On Mar 3, 2016, at 8:16 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Huh. Well, I guess I'm glad to know that the problem probably isn't on my > end. Weird, though. I wonder what is causing this. It's rather > frustrating, since my

Re: I need some help with accessible career planning.

Hi Chris, first good luck on your search. Running a business is not an easy thing. I’ve sort of felt that you have to fail a few times before you get one that works and before you learn the hard and soft skills you need. I have known some very good people in the business world and that’s one

Re: solving captchas on the mac

Hi, Not that I know of, because capchas are made for security purposes, they are not easily made out by ocr applications. If capchas were easy to solve, it would let automated bots for example create accounts on sites. A resource I would recommend is capchabegone.com Although not free, this is a

solving captchas on the mac

Hello all, Is there a software package that will allow me to solve captchas on the mac for free? Thanks, Brian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a

Re: Has anyone else noticed that homesharing doesn't work so well these days?

Huh. Well, I guess I'm glad to know that the problem probably isn't on my end. Weird, though. I wonder what is causing this. It's rather frustrating, since my husband and I decided to give up cable last November, so would really like access to my purchased movies and TV shows. Cheers, Donna

I need some help with accessible career planning.

Guys, I understand that this list is for discussing Apple products and their accessibility. Trust me, I have every single intention to tie my question back into that aspect, so don't let the subject line scare you away. To keep things short, sweet, and fairly simple, let me sum things up this

Re: beginning of table in mail

Christina, if you are interacting with the table, try VO function left arrow to get to the top, and VO function right arrow to get to the bottom. Sandy > On Mar 1, 2016, at 4:14 PM, Christina C. wrote: > > Hmmm, I can’t get option up or down arrow to do anything. What

Re: Understanding the VMware concepts with windows

because they do not wish to. > On Mar 3, 2016, at 2:13 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > That gives mea a chance to ask a crazy apple question. > > I'm looking to upgrade my mac book air later this year possibly and I'd like > to get another MBA but for some reason apple wont

RE: Understanding the VMware concepts with windows

No, from my own point of view, you really don't want to try running a vm and host OS on only 4 gb of memory. I wouldn't try running windows on less than 4 GB infact I have 4 for each of my windows 8 vm's but only run one at a time so the host has 4 gb also. -Original Message- From:

RE: Understanding the VMware concepts with windows

That gives mea a chance to ask a crazy apple question. I'm looking to upgrade my mac book air later this year possibly and I'd like to get another MBA but for some reason apple wont put more than 8GB of ram in the mac book air range,or more than 512 GB HDD Any one on the list know hwy these

RE: Magic Trackpad

The newer track pad is more like the new touch pad of the mac book pros. It's also solid and thinner with no need for batteries as it's rechargeable with a lightening connector along the back edge. Oh and wider by a couple of centameters And more costly. -Original Message- From:

RE: Magic Trackpad

Interesting, It's bearly picking up my two finger twist, might try pairing it again and see what happens. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.T. Sent: Thursday, 3 March 2016 12:03 AM To:

Re: beginning of table in mail

CMD + Option + down/up arrow works here as well. Strange. Jürgen > Am 02.03.2016 um 22:12 schrieb John Panarese : > > How about option-command up or down arrow? That works for me. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 >