Re: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread E.T.
Sharon, Ok. You need to enter your name as its set on your user account and the password you used for that account. Since you can do it with the help of a friend, I would enlist that help again. You may want to change the login options laterr so its easier. I have only my own account,

Re: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread Sharon Hooley
Okay guys, my bad. What it boils down to is that I'm trying to unlock my Mac Air OS 10, and I thought I needed to do this by connecting to the Apple server. At any rate, I couldn't seem to get past the login screen, and yes, Voiceover is on to read this. Maybe I'll just have to fiddle with

Re: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread E.T.
Rather than try to guess, why don't we let Sharon answer the questions herself? 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 4/27/2016 7:08 PM, Helga Schreiber wrote: Hi guys! I think she is trying to

Re: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread Helga Schreiber
Hi guys! I think she is trying to connect to iTunes or iCloud perhaps! What do you think? Hope to hear form you soon. Helga Schreiber Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida Association of Blind Students. Member of the International Networkers Team (INT). Independent

Re: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread Helga Schreiber
Hi Sharon! This is Helga! How are you? In order to loggging to your Mac, I think you need to put your name where your user name is suppose to be and then you put your apple id password where they ask your password my friend! I have it se t that way, my user name is my name, not my apple Id and

Re: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread Dora Speck
I'm not exactly sure if she's trying to connect to her Mac with her Apple ID. Dora Speck [Sent from my iPhone] > On Apr 27, 2016, at 6:51 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Let's try this again. Exactly what are you trying to connect to? > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... >

Re: Uverse

2016-04-27 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I have Uverse internet now. I have the highest available. Our only other choice is a cable provider that is really bad. > On Apr 27, 2016, at 7:47 AM, Scott wrote: > > I’ve used Uverse and my experiences mirror the others exactly. The TV wasn’t > bad all be it sluggish

Re: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread E.T.
Let's try this again. Exactly what are you trying to connect to? 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 4/28/2016 1:35 AM, Sharon Hooley wrote: When I type in my password and apple id if it's there

Re: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread Dora Speck
That's what I was about to ask. Dora Speck [Sent from my iPhone] > On Apr 27, 2016, at 6:44 PM, E.T. wrote: > > Sharon, > I think you are confusing your user account ID (your name) and password > with that if your Apple ID and password. Could that be? > > From

Re: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread E.T.
Sharon, I think you are confusing your user account ID (your name) and password with that if your Apple ID and password. Could that be? 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 4/28/2016 1:35 AM,

Re: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread Shaf Patel
Maybe you're typing it in wrong? On 4/28/2016 9:35 AM, Sharon Hooley wrote: > When I type in my password and apple id if it's there and select next, > I've either get "There was an error connecting to Apple", or incorrect > entry. Somehow, my friend is able to get past the error connecting to >

Re: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread Sharon Hooley
When I type in my password and apple id if it's there and select next, I've either get "There was an error connecting to Apple", or incorrect entry. Somehow, my friend is able to get past the error connecting to Apple. Sorry I wasn't completely clear. Thanks, Sharon H. On 4/26/2016

Re: Automation mailing list.

2016-04-27 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Did you get your acceptance? If so, please let us know what you are interested in learning. Thanks, Best wishes, Jonathan > On 24 Apr 2016, at 17:45, gs wrote: > > Strangest thing in the world but maybe the reason you haven't gotten many > subscriptions. Whenever

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Dora Speck
It's a cool app that can read text basically. You can google it. Dora Speck [Sent from my iPhone] > On Apr 27, 2016, at 5:41 PM, Michael Marshall > wrote: > > what is KNFB reader like to use? is it like ABBYY? when i do get an iPhone it > would be something i

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Michael Marshall
what is KNFB reader like to use? is it like ABBYY? when i do get an iPhone it would be something i could have a look at. > On 28 Apr 2016, at 10:33 AM, Dora Speck wrote: > > You're better option is to take a screenshot and send to KNFB Reader. > > Dora Speck > > [Sent

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Dora Speck
You're better option is to take a screenshot and send to KNFB Reader. Dora Speck [Sent from my iPhone] > On Apr 27, 2016, at 5:15 PM, Michael Marshall > wrote: > > The developers of the software are not my target, more power to them. > all i am saying are that

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Devin Prater
Or save the screenshot to dropbox and send to Taptapsee if you have an iPhone. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2016, at 7:22 PM, E.T. wrote: > > I already mentioned the "free" option. Take screenshot send to friend or > whomever you trust. > > From E.T.'s

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread E.T.
I already mentioned the "free" option. Take screenshot send to friend or whomever you trust. 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 4/27/2016 5:05 PM, Michael Marshall wrote: hey, i thought you had

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Michael Marshall
The developers of the software are not my target, more power to them. all i am saying are that Image captures are not fair to anyone and we should not have to pay to deal with the things because they should be removed by sites and called a very costly mistake. > On 28 Apr 2016, at 9:16 AM, Dora

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Dora Speck
You make it sound like they're asking for a fortune lol! It's only $00.25, not $25! :D Dora Speck [Sent from my iPhone] > On Apr 27, 2016, at 5:10 PM, Michael Marshall > wrote: > > the point is that we are paying for something that a lot of people can do for >

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Michael Marshall
the point is that we are paying for something that a lot of people can do for nothing. i hate having to spend good money to get around a discriminatory thing like catchers. > On 28 Apr 2016, at 7:35 AM, Brandon A. Olivares > wrote: > > That’s just reality. Is that

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Michael Marshall
in australia where i live there is a lot of pressure to get popular sites to drop Capture images, some have, others have just ignore the problem. i realise sited people also struggle with them. > On 28 Apr 2016, at 7:24 AM, Jenine Stanley wrote: > > Don’t assume

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Michael Marshall
i remember on windows with firefox webvisum used intelligent recognition and it worked very well but sites jacked up about it. i used that thing many times. > On 28 Apr 2016, at 6:59 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > > You won’t miss the money you spend on

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, i thought you had to pay for Rumola? how does it work? > On 28 Apr 2016, at 6:33 AM, E.T. wrote: > > You do not need to pay for this service. You do have options. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Dora Speck
Totally agreed. You would want someone to pay if you were in their shoes. Dora Speck [Sent from my iPhone] > On Apr 27, 2016, at 4:03 PM, Shaf Patel wrote: > > Why? How do you expect the awesome developers to make a living? > If you want something for free, use the free

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Devin Prater
It's also not a huge cost. It's somewhere around 25 cents a capcha, probably even less. I don't use it because I don't have a need for it. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2016, at 6:03 PM, Shaf Patel wrote: > > Why? How do you expect the awesome developers to make a

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Shaf Patel
Why? How do you expect the awesome developers to make a living? If you want something for free, use the free option. Otherwise support the dev and pay up. I'm 99.9% sure that Rumola isn't a huge company. On 4/27/2016 9:25 PM, Michael Marshall wrote: > i still hate that we have to pay for something

Re: reading daisy files on the mac

2016-04-27 Thread Caitlyn Furness
I tried that and the html area was empty.. I’ll try it with another file, maybe the one I tried was corrupted or something.. Thanks, Caitlyn > On Apr 27, 2016, at 6:14 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > > Open the XML file in Safari. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 27, 2016, at

Friendly Note

2016-04-27 Thread Dora Speck
Hi all, If anyone would like to get to know me, you're more than welcome to email or Skype me. The email provided in here is what's used for both emailing and iMessage as well. My Skype's DoraSpeck. If you happen to iMessage me, please let me know who you are so that I can add you to my

Re: reading daisy files on the mac

2016-04-27 Thread Devin Prater
Open the XML file in Safari. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2016, at 4:38 PM, Caitlyn Furness > wrote: > > Hi, > I have a bunch of daisy files. I’d like to read them on my mac, but am not > sure which of the files to open, and with what app.. > > So, do I open

reading daisy files on the mac

2016-04-27 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi, I have a bunch of daisy files. I’d like to read them on my mac, but am not sure which of the files to open, and with what app.. So, do I open the .opf file, or the .xml? which app would I use? Safari didn’t like either format. I text express opened the .xml, but there was a lot of html

Re: 19 mb partition, where did it come from?

2016-04-27 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Hi Andrew, Don’t worry if you miss Terminal output. All you have to do is find the “shell” element, and interact with it. Now you can use standard VO commands to move throughout the scrollback buffer. It is not bounded by the screen, so feel free to use “|cat” in the man command to get the

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Brandon A. Olivares
That’s just reality. Is that the fault of the developers who created a solution for us to solve captchas? I don’t understand this perspective that everything should be free to us. They put in hours and hours of work to create this useful solution, so why should it be free? Let them be rewarded

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Jenine Stanley
Don’t assume *everyone else* can always solve captchas. I know plenty of fully sighted people who have an incredible amount of trouble with them. On 4/27/16, 4:25 PM, "Michael Marshall" wrote: >i still hate that we have

Re: Downgrading a MacBook Air to Yosemite.

2016-04-27 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
In this case, you can downgrade because the very last MacBook Airs still first came with Yosemite. This one shipped with El Cap, but only because it was newly purchased and comes with the newest OS preinstalled; it can still run Yosemite if you want. (I do, so I understand completely. “macOS”

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
You won’t miss the money you spend on Rumola/SkipInput.com. It’s a supported, mainstream option that works, and it’s very cheap indeed. CAPTCHAs are by design not readable by (simple) OCR. So, it’s really not much of a surprise it didn’t work. :) -- The following information is important for

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread E.T.
You do not need to pay for this service. You do have options. 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 4/27/2016 1:25 PM, Michael Marshall wrote: i still hate that we have to pay for something that

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Michael Marshall
i still hate that we have to pay for something that everyone elce can do for nothing. > On 28 Apr 2016, at 2:05 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Thanks! I'll check them out. I thought I had heard of something that worked > on the Mac. > Cheers, > Donna >> On Apr 27, 2016, at

Re: 8GB from Best Buy, Canada

2016-04-27 Thread Dora Speck
With CrucialMacScanner. :) Dora Speck [Sent from my iPhone] > On Apr 27, 2016, at 1:18 PM, Carter Temm wrote: > > Hi, > How did you perform this scan? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 27, 2016, at 2:34 PM, Dora Speck wrote: >> >> Hey guys, >>

Re: 8GB from Best Buy, Canada

2016-04-27 Thread Carter Temm
Hi, How did you perform this scan? Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2016, at 2:34 PM, Dora Speck wrote: > > Hey guys, > > Well, I scanned my Mac, and this is what CrucialMacScanner gave me. > 13" system processors: 2.5GHz Dual Core Intel Core i5 or 2.9GHz Dual Core >

Re: Apple watch

2016-04-27 Thread Jenine Stanley
I have the 38mm stainless steel silver and I love it. Initially it may feel large and clunky but after about a week of wearing it 10 hours or so a day, it now feels very natural. It is not an excessively feminine design. It’s nice but if you wear a lot of lacy things, it’s going Jenine

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Dionipher Herrera
on the windows there’s web vissum on mozilla firefox that is free you only have to be invited to join. give me your email adress and i’ll invite you. > Il giorno 27 apr 2016, alle ore 19:06, Donna Goodin ha > scritto: > > Well, the JAWS auto OCR feature did not work. I

8GB from Best Buy, Canada

2016-04-27 Thread Dora Speck
Hey guys, Well, I scanned my Mac, and this is what CrucialMacScanner gave me. 13" system processors: 2.5GHz Dual Core Intel Core i5 or 2.9GHz Dual Core Intel Core i7 processor. Maximum memory: 16384MB Slots: 2 (2 banks of 1) *Not to exceed manufacturer supported memory. 2GB DDR3 I did find

Focus Bug in El Cap

2016-04-27 Thread Brian Fischler
Curious if anyone else has had this happen and if they know the cause or a fix. I do a VO shift D to go to desktop and command N to open a new finder window and the last application I was in mail I hear new message created in mail? And sure enough even though I heard my computer say desktop the

Re: How do I enable AirDrop on my Mac?

2016-04-27 Thread Dora Speck
If you are in the sidebar, just go to where it says AirDrop, then stop interacting with the sidebar. Do you have Bluetooth turned on on your iPhone? Because without that, airdrop does not work. Once you have stopped interacting with the sidebar, just leave your cursor there. If Bluetooth is

How do I enable AirDrop on my Mac?

2016-04-27 Thread Mike Busboom
Hi, The subject line pretty much says it all. I would like to enable AirDrop on my Mac so that I can quickly share files between my iPhone and my Mac. On the Mac side of things, I turned on BlueTooth. I also went into the preferences and checked anything I could find that made reference to

Re: got VO to read alt text for pics in tweetings main timeline

2016-04-27 Thread Christina C.
Mary, I can confirm, that so far, making the change in tweetings look and feel/ in line images to thumbnail has not had any negative annoying consequences, such as hearing image, image, image. Everything sounds the same as it did before, except when someone has added an image description it is

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Well, the JAWS auto OCR feature did not work. I tried recognizing the Window and the whole screen and in neither case was the captcha recognized. I guess Rumola it is. Cheers, Donna > On Apr 27, 2016, at 10:40 AM, E.T. wrote: > > Rumola which I have not signed

Re: 19 mb partition, where did it come from?

2016-04-27 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi Sabahattin, Thanks for this: as before with the drutil command, I have great hopes for this as well. One particular problem I have in Terminal is that I don't know how to read slowly and reliably what voiceover says. I use Braille display and Alex as the default voice but I can't seem to

Re: Uverse

2016-04-27 Thread Scott
Also remember I don’t believe they send you a full 1080P signal if it’s available, I think the best they dos 720P. > On Apr 27, 2016, at 12:03 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli > wrote: > > Hi: > I have Uverse for Internet right now. My parents had Uverse tv at their home, >

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks! I'll check them out. I thought I had heard of something that worked on the Mac. Cheers, Donna > On Apr 27, 2016, at 10:40 AM, E.T. wrote: > > Rumola which I have not signed up with yet > > > Or, take a screenshot and send it to a

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Hey, Vaughn, thanks for reminding me of this. JAWS has that Auto OCR feature, I wonder if that would work. I'll try it out on my PC and report back. Cheers, Donna > On Apr 27, 2016, at 10:35 AM, Vaughn Brown wrote: > > Good question. I knew someone, using Jaws, who

Re: Uverse

2016-04-27 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I have Uverse for Internet right now. My parents had Uverse tv at their home, and loved it. > On Apr 26, 2016, at 9:47 PM, Gary wrote: > > We have Dish for TV and TWC for broadband internet. Last summer I switched > from that, to UVerse. I loved the apps, but I

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread E.T.
Rumola which I have not signed up with yet Or, take a screenshot and send it to a sighted someone who is on standby. Also have not tried this but its certainly an option. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited

Re: What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Vaughn Brown
Good question. I knew someone, using Jaws, who could extract the image, put it into Microsoft word and then copy the letters. I wished I've asked him how the heck he did that... Vaughn On 4/27/16, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi all, > > I've need to interact with a site that does

Re: Bug with report of keyboard insertion point by VoiceOver in Pages version 5

2016-04-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Devin, I mean the zoom that only affects the window in Pages, not the accessibility zoom which works on the whole screen but which I never use as I’m totally blind. Cheers, Anne > On 27 Apr 2016, at 16:39, Devin Prater wrote: > > Anne, do you mean the Accessibility

Re: Is there any way to accept an Outlook Calendar invitation in Mail?

2016-04-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, George. I'm swamped this week, but will send invite probably middle of next week. thanks for the help. Cheers, Donna > On Apr 27, 2016, at 9:31 AM, george basioli wrote: > > Send me a invite to > > gbma...@gmail.com > > > -Original Message- > From:

What are the current options for solving a captcha?

2016-04-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I've need to interact with a site that does not have an audio captcha. What are the options these days for third-party captcha solving? Cheers, Donna -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about

Re: Bug with report of keyboard insertion point by VoiceOver in Pages version 5

2016-04-27 Thread E.T.
Zoom and Voiceover will work together. 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 4/27/2016 7:39 AM, Devin Prater wrote: Anne, do you mean the Accessibility option zoom or something else? Doesn't zoom

Re: Bug with report of keyboard insertion point by VoiceOver in Pages version 5

2016-04-27 Thread Devin Prater
Anne, do you mean the Accessibility option zoom or something else? Doesn't zoom interfere with voiceover commands? Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2016, at 9:36 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello Nick, > > I’ve just followed your steps and am not getting these weird

Re: Bug with report of keyboard insertion point by VoiceOver in Pages version 5

2016-04-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Nick, I’ve just followed your steps and am not getting these weird results that you have. After pressing Return, I’m getting `zero millimetres right every time. I’m using the same level of Pages and of Mac OS X as you are. I have Zoom set to 200% so that VO-F4-F4 gives more accurate

RE: Is there any way to accept an Outlook Calendar invitation in Mail?

2016-04-27 Thread george basioli
Send me a invite to gbma...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 07:29 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Is there any way to accept an Outlook

Re: Is there any way to accept an Outlook Calendar invitation in Mail?

2016-04-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Tried on Mac and on iPhone. Donna > On Apr 27, 2016, at 9:27 AM, george basioli wrote: > > What device you using to retrieve this invatation > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna

RE: Is there any way to accept an Outlook Calendar invitation in Mail?

2016-04-27 Thread george basioli
What device you using to retrieve this invatation -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 06:38 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Is there any way to accept

Re: Downgrading a MacBook Air to Yosemite.

2016-04-27 Thread Stan ZA
Hi Daniel and All, > "the computer came with El Capitan, you can't downgrade" >From this, am I correct, in the assumption, there is no where? one can "down >load" an installable version of an "OS X", witch is not the latest build. If I am wrong? can someone please direct me, too the correct

Re: Is there any way to accept an Outlook Calendar invitation in Mail?

2016-04-27 Thread Donna Goodin
It was an ICS attachment, but nothing was added to my calendar. Cheers, Donna > On Apr 27, 2016, at 4:20 AM, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > For me, there’s always been a .ics file attachment. If I open that > attachment, it adds the event to Calendar and from

Re: Upgrading Ram

2016-04-27 Thread Dora Speck
Thank you, Simon. I'd still have someone experienced do that though. :) Dora Speck [Sent from my iPhone] > On Apr 27, 2016, at 2:42 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Dora, > > Being totally blind I can tell you it’s not that difficult, you have 10 > screws to remove on

Re: Upgrading Ram

2016-04-27 Thread Dora Speck
Thank you again, Scott. I'll see what I can find. I've added the site to my favourites. :) Dora Speck [Sent from my iPhone] > On Apr 27, 2016, at 5:36 AM, Scott wrote: > > I didn’t find the ram difficult to do with out site at all. What I found > challenging was the

Re: Upgrading Ram

2016-04-27 Thread Dora Speck
Thank you so much. I'll check that out once I turn it on. :) Dora Speck [Sent from my iPhone] > On Apr 27, 2016, at 5:35 AM, Scott wrote: > > All you need to do is go to Crucial.com, use the tool to select your m emory > and it will price out what ever configuration you

Re: Upgrading Ram

2016-04-27 Thread Scott
If you’re going to California that’s the place to have it done. Fry’s electronics will have that memory. > On Apr 27, 2016, at 9:09 AM, Dora Speck wrote: > > I'll only be in California for 7 days, and only coming to the U.S once. > Thank you though. :) > > Dora Speck >

Re: Upgrading Ram

2016-04-27 Thread Dora Speck
I'll only be in California for 7 days, and only coming to the U.S once. Thank you though. :) Dora Speck [Sent from my iPhone] > On Apr 27, 2016, at 2:45 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hey dora, > > Take your laptop, get it done in the states, > Just don't let apple do it

Re: Uverse

2016-04-27 Thread Scott
I’ve used Uverse and my experiences mirror the others exactly. The TV wasn’t bad all be it sluggish between channels, the internet was much slower than the average available and the pricing was good until your deal ended and then the costs skyrocketed. Uverse uses fiber brought to a

Re: T-Mobile squeaks out as nation's fastest carrier

2016-04-27 Thread Scott
I heard the speeds are very good there as well, north of 33 megabits per second on average. About 3 times the average speeds here since you’re running a later revision of LTE. > On Apr 27, 2016, at 4:01 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > You folks should come to new Zealand

Re: Upgrading Ram

2016-04-27 Thread Scott
I didn’t find the ram difficult to do with out site at all. What I found challenging was the hard drive replacement. I swapped out with an SSD and that was tricky to figure out the correct screws to remove etc. > On Apr 26, 2016, at 9:18 PM, E.T. wrote: > >

Re: Upgrading Ram

2016-04-27 Thread Scott
All you need to do is go to Crucial.com, use the tool to select your m emory and it will price out what ever configuration you need. I ordered from them very successfully. > On Apr 26, 2016, at 9:01 PM, Dora Speck wrote: > > Are their Camadians here that could tell me how

Bug with report of keyboard insertion point by VoiceOver in Pages version 5

2016-04-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Greetings, There are a few inaccuracies/anomalies with the keyboard insertion point as reported by VoiceOver in Pages 5.6.1. These can be illustrated by repeating the following steps: Open a new blank document in Pages from the template chooser. Interact with the body of the document and press

Re: Downgrading a MacBook Air to Yosemite.

2016-04-27 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe if the computer came with El Capitan, you can't downgrade it to Yosemite. If you can, the easiest way to do it is to create an install drive using a program called disc maker X, and wipe the drive clean and reinstall with the bootable

Downgrading a MacBook Air to Yosemite.

2016-04-27 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Hi all, I would like to downgrade my newly purchased MacBook Air to /Yosemite as I don't much care for El Capitan. Wondering what's the easiest way of achieving this? Thanks for any suggestions. Best regards, Sadam Ahmed / -- The following information is important for all members of the

Re: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread Basioli George
well i see joseph is being the ruller on another list at least he admits this is not one of his many he is the ruller of > On Apr 27, 2016, at 3:01 AM, Shaf Patel wrote: > > Says the person who sends over 13 messages in a row to the list and > comments on every post without

Re: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread Shaf Patel
Says the person who sends over 13 messages in a row to the list and comments on every post without reading an entire thread. On 4/27/2016 10:58 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > You need to drop your attitude, > Your emails come across rather snarky / bitchy. > > > It may ot be meant that way but

RE: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
You need to drop your attitude, Your emails come across rather snarky / bitchy. It may ot be meant that way but that’s the way it sounds to me. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shaf Patel Sent: Wednesday,

RE: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Firstly lets not argue about this, We’re all here to help eachother with our mac usability and build strengths from others knowledge, Secondly, if someone asks a question and they don’t supply what you or others think is enough information, You can relax and see what further info comes out or

RE: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Helga, I think he has an attitude issue, and it’s very negative That’s why earlier today he also told someone that they might like to take their iPhone app enquiry to the iPhone list. Hopefully Sharon can reply to mine and anyone elses replies to attempt to help her, We’re all here to help

RE: Me vs sighted help signing in

2016-04-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Sharon, When you get the log in prompt, do you manage to select the user name before trying to input your password? If you have a user name then this may be the reason, Also do you have voiceover running at the log in prompt? -Original Message- From:

RE: Upgrading Ram

2016-04-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hey dora, Take your laptop, get it done in the states, Just don't let apple do it as they charge three times more to do the ram. If you pay for me to come over I'll do the change for you. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]

RE: Upgrading Ram

2016-04-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
And that's what I have in my mac mini which again is the same as I put into the mbp last year. Good stuff and from the seller I got mine, it was stated as being for a mac. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

RE: Upgrading Ram

2016-04-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Dora, Being totally blind I can tell you it’s not that difficult, you have 10 screws to remove on the bottom, and then you can feel gently around the base to find the ram and there is a little snaplock at each end that you flick slightly almost gently sideways to release the ram chip which

RE: Upgrading Ram

2016-04-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Dora, If you have a mac book pro with optical drive then you should be able to go to 16gig of ram, and if your really keen, an ssd drive makes it even faster again to start up. As for pricing, I'm not Canadian but 2 8 gb SODIM ddr3 1600MHz shouldn't be overly costly for you, I know here in

Re: Feedback on VoiceOver behaviour in Numbers | announcing row and column numbers before the selected cell's contents

2016-04-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks, I’ll look into that. > On 24 Apr 2016, at 10:30 PM, george basioli wrote: > > I have found for some things you need to change the verbosity in voice over. > Example I had to change the verbosity in voice over to beginner or how ever > it is listed to speak all to get

Re: Is there any way to accept an Outlook Calendar invitation in Mail?

2016-04-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
For me, there’s always been a .ics file attachment. If I open that attachment, it adds the event to Calendar and from there I can accept or decline. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running

Re: Ripping dvds with audiodescription

2016-04-27 Thread Nektarios Mallas
Hello. Yes it is possible to do that. All you have to do, is when you select the audio track to include on your destination file to make sure that the track with the description is the one you want. What is the name of this track is different from dvd to dvd, but it is easy to identify it

RE: T-Mobile squeaks out as nation's fastest carrier

2016-04-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
You folks should come to new Zealand where everything is unlimited if you have the money to pay for it. We don’t get unlimited traffic From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Sent: Wednesday, 27 April 2016 12:56 AM To:

Ripping dvds with audiodescription

2016-04-27 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi, I have a few dvds with audio description which I want to rip with dvd mac ripper. Is it possible when ripping to preserve the audio description feature? Or is it impossible? I'd welcome your experience. Andrew -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac