Introduction from Jonathan Cohn

2009-07-09 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Hello fellow Macintosh Users, I live in Northern Virginia, and have been using Macintoshes since the late 1980's. I have RP and have not needed full time voice until after Tiger came out. My current Macintosh is a e-Mac 17 running the latest Leopard and Safari. My goals over the next

Re: smart mailbox question

2009-07-10 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Think about smart mailboxes as instant SpotLight searches and you shouldn't have too many problems. For example, if you have the unread flag in the Smart mailbox and then you read the message you really don't want that message to instantly disappear from the mailbox do you? So I believe

Help with below e-mail

2009-07-11 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
OK, here is an example for reading long messages. Generally when I am reading e-mail I turn off cursor tracking which allows me to use numpad-6 to read a message in the reading pane of Mail. When I get a message like the below I often want to skip ahead. In this case to the article about

Re: an accessible mac application, MailSteward 8.2.3

2009-07-12 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I don't understand what the purpose of this program is. What additional functionality can I garner. Thanks, Jon On Jul 6, 2009, at 6:43 AM, Michael Babcock wrote: Please, read about this wonderful application to help with your email, on my article: an accessible mac application,

Re: any telnet client compatible with voiceOver?

2009-07-12 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I believe that terminal will do this. BTW interesting nme, so close to mine. Where are you from? Jonathan Cohn On Jul 6, 2009, at 1:27 PM, Jonathan Chacón wrote: Hello, does anybody know a telnet client compatible with voiceOver? I need a telnet client with ansi suport and VT100 thanks

Re: MacBook Pro

2009-07-12 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
On the new MacBook Pro's however, there are 10 screws in the back cover of variying lengths. So you would need to know whch screw belonged to which hole. Jon On Jul 5, 2009, at 7:24 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Well you are not supposed to replace them yourself, but if you again can obtain

Re: FaceBook and VoiceOver

2009-07-12 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I don't think this will get to the list my postings seem to die. I too use the mobile version more then the standard version. I have found with group navigation turned on, and using a bit of the item list, I can find a grouping with all of the statuses from the FB home page. I do find

Re: Selecting multiples with VO

2009-07-12 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
VO-F6 does the reading of selected items quite well, just make sure your VO cursor is on the table you are doing the selections from. Jonathan On Jul 6, 2009, at 8:53 PM, Kevin Reeves wrote: The annoying thing about selecting multiple items in Leopard currently is that when you shift up

Hello from Jonathan Cohn / Virginia

2009-07-12 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Hello fellow Macintosh Users, I have sent 4 or 5 messages to Macvisionaries in reply to other peoples posts, and I have not seen them. I live in Northern Virginia, and have been using Macintoshes since the late 1980's. I have RP and have not needed full time voice until after Tiger came

Re: Selecting multiples with VO

2009-07-12 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
This works as long as you don't have VO or Voice Over lock turned on. The only thing I found interesting is that if you do shift up 2 times and then shift down once, you will select 4 items the 2 above the current selection and one below. Another option is to use VO-Command-Space (which

Re: updarting on my mail problem

2009-07-12 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Hello, Because of the wide existance of SPAM and generally no security on the original mail protocols used on the Internet, most ISP's block access to their mail servers from outside their managed network. What this means is if you are on Cox and attempt to send or receive e-mail from

Jump scroll mode.

2009-07-12 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I have gotten a question about this, so I am elaborating. If one types VO-shift-J then one enters jump scroll mode. I discovered via the VoiceOver help that apparently the only options are then VO- arrow: to move to the visible edge of a region or VO-Shift-Arrow to move tto the edge of a

Re: importing to the address book

2009-07-12 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
If these are coming from a Microsoft box, I suggest you use Plaxo as an itermediary. You can load them into Plaxo on their web page, and then get the Plaxo agent for macintosh computers that will automatically sync your on-line contacts in Plaxo with your address book on your Macintosh.

Re: Query about plain text in Apple Mail

2009-07-16 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
There is a option to view a message as plain text. To do this in the menus is View-Message-Plain Text Alternative. The default key binding is command-option-p. This of course can be changed in the keyboard section of system preferences. There is no way in the default configuration to

Re: Mail automations for Victor Reader?

2009-07-16 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I was unclear on some of your message. You mentioned a web based newsline download? I am not familiar with the ability to do that. I have started work on a AppleScript that will save all messages from the automatic e-mail to a folder. The next step would be to create an action on the

Re: Query about plain text in Apple Mail

2009-07-16 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
That is probably still the case. What I believe it is doing is looking at multiple-part/alternative choices in the MIME mail body, and presenting the plain text alternative provided there if it exists. Why are you so concerned about reading in plaintext. Generally HTML styled e-mails

Re: downloads stacks

2009-07-17 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
The other option I have check is list. On Jul 17, 2009, at 8:08 AM, william lomas wrote: no it is still not opening even under folder On 17 Jul 2009, at 13:06, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: YOur assumption is 100% correct. If you use the VO-shift-M option you can change the view from stack

Re: searching for specefic text on a webpage

2009-07-18 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
My main complaint with item chooser is that it does not work properly if VO lock is enabled. The find command accespts letter keys as letters when in VO-lock while the item chooser just beeps and won't even let you turn off vo-lock. Since I am running on a 5 year old Macintosh this is a

Re: archive and install

2009-07-20 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
That was the case for both Tiger and Leopard installs. The take control books will have a Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard which if experience is any clue will come out on the release date of Snow Leopard will describe the advantages and disadvantages of any install options.

Re: Virtualizing on MacBook Pro

2009-07-22 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
This brings up an interesting question that I have been meaning to research. I have a copy of XP ready to install on a computer here. If I install in bootcamp, how easy is it to move to Fusion. Also, if I install in a VM can multiple users on the box have access to the XP (obviously

Re: Question about downloading audio files linked from web pages in safari

2009-07-24 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I did a little digging and I believe I found the solution. Open system preferences. Go to Quicktime tab. (let me know if you need help navigating to this.) Under the Advanced tab there is a section on plugin preferences. In there is a MIME types button. Hit that button. There is table. You

Re: tables on websites

2009-07-24 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
This is one place where group navigation really works well. Even if you use dom navigation for most web pages, I would suggest switching to group navigation for this site. (too bad there is not a way to customize this on a per a site basis). Jon On Jul 24, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Woody Anna

Re: selecting specific tracks in itunes

2009-07-24 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
1. Turn off cursor tracking. (VO-shift-F3) 2. Go to first item to select and select it (VO-Return) 3. Go to additional rows and select with (VO-shift-space) 4. Turn Cursor tracking back on (VO-shift-F3) You can hear the selected items with vo-shift-F6. I was on the USAJOBS web site yesterday

Re: keyboard shortcuts for Skype

2009-07-24 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
You should be able to set this up in the system preferences. Under Keyboard and mouse there is a tab called keyboard shortcuts. By default there are no skype shortcuts, but below the table are two buttons the first is add and the second is remove. I did not actually try this myself, but

Re: aim acount on mail

2009-07-25 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
There are completely different protocols for sending versus receiving e-mail. I am not familiar with AIM mail but you need to determine if it uses the POP or IMAP or some other protocol to download messages. Sending is almost always done with SMTP For gmail you first have to enable

Re: connecting victor Stream to a Mac

2009-07-27 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I have had no problem with connectiong my Victor Stream to my Macintosh that is not running windows. there is even a small program called iStream that can assist with putting files in the correct directories on the Stream. Jon On Jul 27, 2009, at 3:54 PM, matthew T dyer wrote: I think

Re: mac mini without monitor and set up

2009-07-27 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Some if not all LCD TV's have a DVI or VGA input port in addition to the video inputs. I am pretty sure the Polaroid TV's sold by target have computer inputs. Jon On Jul 27, 2009, at 10:16 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi, I just bought a Mac Mini. I had to buy a special adapter to use

Re: question about using apple mail with gmail

2009-07-28 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
There are instructions for optimal use of GMail with Apple Mail if you want to use imap. The advantage of iMap is that your tags in GMail will become folders in Apple Mail and the structure will be identical between the two systems so if you have a item tagged as Family in GMAIL it will

Re: Making special characters

2009-07-28 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
You got it right but were probably confused. Option e followed by a vowel will give you that vowel with a acute accent. option i does the same thing but for a circumflex accent. I have forgotten what the grave accent is on the US keyboard. Used to be you could go into keycaps and figure this

badly formed HTML forms

2009-07-28 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I was at my alumni registration page today, and noticed that it confused Safari quite a bit. The autoforms put my Last name into the Last Name, Date of birth and Student ID fields. Can anybody look over the HTML at https://my.gwu.edu/mod/alumni/register.cfm and provide me comments that I

Re: Emulate

2009-07-30 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
First you need to go to advanced preferences and turn on the develop menu. Note: this just tells the remote site you are something other then you are. It does not actually change the javascript interpretation. Jon On Jul 30, 2009, at 4:04 AM, william lomas wrote: hi how do I

Re: Finder warning dialogs not speaking

2009-07-30 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I generally have not had a problem with these. They do not take focus, but you generally get a message saying Finder has a new window. Sometimes there are groups that you need to interact with that VO just says Unknown. I don't think Leopard has any in the system software, but I did come

Re: something is a miss here.

2009-07-31 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I had to run Disk Warrior once on my childrens's e-mac computer. The disk had enough errors that it took 3-4 days to recover data. There were 100's of files (mostly system files) that it could not recover, but I was able to reteive most of their documents. I then did a full format and

Re: Opera 10 beta

2009-08-04 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I tried this beta out yesterday on my a intel MacBook. I tried using the site: ApplicationManager.gov and was unable to interact with any of the tables. The item list did not let me select items within the tables either. Has anybody used this successfully? Thanks, Jon On Jul 29, 2009, at

Re: when closing lid

2009-08-04 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
1. Hibernate is called safe sleep in the Macintosh and I believe it is always enabled. 2. THere are ways to run the mac with the lid closed. I found a detailed discussion at: http://www.j4mie.org/2006/06/21/macbook-can-work-in-lid-closed-mode-without-a-mouse-and-keyboard/ Jon On Aug 4,

Re: new 10.5.8

2009-08-05 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
One thing that might be immediately usable is: Improves compatibility with some external USB hard drives. There were folks out there with issues on their reader's not showing up as disks. I will be loading this update in the next half hour. Jon On Aug 5, 2009, at 5:35 PM, Josh de Lioncourt

Re: Keyboard Peoblem

2009-08-05 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Try renameing your Library folder to Library.save and see if that solves the issue. Library has your preference settings, your Mail items and lots of other sutff. Depending on your patience and how much your system goes nuts, you could either duplicate the Library and then start taking

Re: exiting a widget

2009-08-07 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Donna, The list windows function in widgets will allow you to switch widgets. The command VO-command-F2 should ask you if you want to close the widget. Jon On Aug 7, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hello all, A while back I was playing with the translation widget. I cannot get

Re: Undownloaded podcasts in i-tunes.

2009-08-08 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Bringing up the contextual menu (vo-shift-M will have an option On Aug 8, 2009, at 7:07 AM, Jesper Holten wrote: Hi. I try to use i-tunes to download podcasts, however, even though I have set I-tunes to retrieve all episodes for a podcast it will only download the latest episode.

Setting up SMB on the macintosh.

2009-08-09 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
setting Dear Friends, These instructions are just the overview. I assume the reader is familiar with configuring system preferences. 1. Go to sharing system preference pane. 2. Select file sharing in the Services table. 3. Click the options button (if problems make sure the system

Re: Setting up SMB on the macintosh.

2009-08-10 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
to the share names so that they are hidden like I do in windows? Once again, thanks. On 10/08/2009, Jonathan C. Cohn jon.c.c...@gmail.com wrote: setting Dear Friends, These instructions are just the overview. I assume the reader is familiar with configuring system preferences. 1. Go to sharing

Re: connecting victor Stream to a Mac

2009-08-11 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Anna, Have you tried with the new OSx upgrade? There were some fixes for this type of issue supplied with it. On Aug 11, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi Chris, Were you able to find out anything from your Humanware connection about why the Stream has trouble connecting to

Re: some mail question from n00b who wants to be prolific

2009-08-13 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
My process when reading a lot of e-mail. is to turn cursor tracking off, and then have the Keyboard focus on the table of messages and the VO cursor will drop to the headers of the message each time you delete. If you then use Keyboard navigator 8 it will read the message. If you want to

Re: google mail synching

2009-08-13 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
There are two protocols for getting mail into the mail app. One will synchronize and the other will not. To use GMail with mail in a syncing format look at the below tidbits article. The tidbits-talk discussion list also had a debate about some of the settings. that were discussed in

Re: time machine

2009-08-16 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
tidbits.com the site is a bit confusing, but there is a search box. Jon On Aug 16, 2009, at 12:51 PM, william lomas wrote: what th website for tidbits i ahve a look at it On 16 Aug 2009, at 17:49, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: There are some web applications that will do this. Tidbits has

Ester's note about arrow keys...

2010-04-18 Thread Jonathan C . Cohn
My testing seems to indicate that if you hold down a arrow key and press one of the keys on the number row it acts like the equivalent numpad commander key. I also found that control F5 is a toggle. Best regards, Jon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Adobe ignores us again...

2010-06-10 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I just attempted to download the flash installer for correcting several (about 30) security flaws in flash. Don't bother attempting to install this, Adobe uses a non-standard installer that has no buttons to push and no labels to speak of. If you are concerned with the security of your

Help with a resume template from pages...

2011-08-26 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
does anybody have a sugestion? Also, I would love to have the job title that is continued on an additional page show up in the header if anybody knows how to do this. Thanks, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

JetBlue vs Chrome

2011-11-14 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Hello, I was having some difficulty with the popup choices presented by the JetBlue website when using Webkit, and since I have heard wonderful praises from Kevin about chrome, I decided to give it a chance to make the site work. I got to the first edit box, entered IAD (for Washington

Re: webpages question

2012-04-14 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
is not on the browser when the page stops loading, then the various functions to go to next/previous heading or link do not work... Turning on and off Voice Over often will help. In Chrome I suggest you use the chrome vox functions when possible. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc

Re: A script in colaboration?

2012-04-15 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
, are you going to attempt to manipulate the SMIL files to match the new file names? I could help you off list. Best wishes, Jonathan --- Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 15, 2012, at 7:36 AM, Daniela Rubio wrote: Hello all: Now I am writing this because I am starting in the world

Re: Disabling the preview pane in Lion mail

2012-04-15 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I just tried this and was unable to reproduce on my MacBook. Did you interact did you simulate a single click as I implied from your message? Please provide step by step including what your tracking settings in Voice Over settings are... Thanks, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net

Re: Jumping to the top and bottom of the message list (Lion Mac mail in classic view)

2012-04-16 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
this is understandable... Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 15, 2012, at 10:20 PM, Esther wrote: Hi Frank, If you're using a laptop keyboard or Apple Wireless keyboard you have to add Shift to those combinations, so it's VO-Fn-Shift-Left arrow to go to the top of the list

Re: Spell Checking in Mail

2012-04-17 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
specifically, but give it a try. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 17, 2012, at 6:42 AM, Jim Gatteys wrote: Hi all! I have my mail set to spell check when the message is about to be sent. I wonder if there is a way to read the sentence or line in question

Re: the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
never personally encountered that but it is worth a try. Also it would be useful to know what the beast actually is... Is VoiceOver working enough that you could use VO-F2 and/or VO-F1 to get the window name and application name respectively. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc

Re: something to make it easier for you

2012-04-17 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net Did you get the script saved in AppleScript? Once that is done then the rest of what was discussed is in the VoiceOver Utility gotten to via the VO-F8 key sequence. In the Utility there is an area called commanders, and within the commanders you can link

Re: syncing address book with google help please

2012-04-25 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I recomend not using google sync. I found I would get 2 or more copies of contacts when I tried this. I suggest instead that you export your address book and then import into Google unless you have a very specific need to keep the two in constant sync. Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net

Re: text documents and auto save

2012-04-25 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
then do the listed steps above. Best wishes, Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 24, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Maxwell Ivey wrote: Hello List; A while back there was a discussion about auto save in text edit. I believe people were saying there is no way to do a save as like we used

Re: Widgets and System Speech Rate Questions.

2012-04-26 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
that is using non-voiceover speech output, (iChat, growl ...) either has voice rate voice sync settings in its control panel, or else just uses the default system voice settings found in the System Preferences. If you need further explanation, I can provide that. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn

Re: syncing address book with google help please

2012-04-27 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
use that with their phone. Also might be worth a restart of your system, just in case the google sync program has not been started it should auto-start on next login and/or boot. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 26, 2012, at 9:09 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: Hi

Re: Messages table not reading subject after adding new mailboxes in Mail.

2012-04-27 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
SOunds like you have quick nav on. Try turning it off and see if that is what you want. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 27, 2012, at 8:36 PM, Veronica Elsea wrote: Hi there! In the messages table, I can VO-right arrow, I can find subject, sender, etc

Re: Messages table not reading subject after adding new mailboxes in Mail.

2012-04-27 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
OK. Are you interacting with the message list? Are you using arrow keys or arrow kes with VO? Is the Subject in the Message list, but you are only hearing the from column? What happens when you hit left and right arrows at the same time twice? What does VO say to you? Jon Jonathan C. Cohn

Re: what is data detector?

2012-04-27 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 27, 2012, at 9:41 PM, Jenny Keller wrote: Hi, Since the subject came up. What is data detector and what is its purpose? What can you do with it and what makes it so great? Jenny -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Returning to where I was in Safari

2012-04-27 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
) webkit, I have had it use a significant CPU load on Facebook, and had CBS.com web site constantly crash VoiceOver. No, I have not reported this. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 27, 2012, at 9:57 PM, Traci wrote: Scott thanks for this. It happens as I'm

Re: Messages table not reading subject after adding new mailboxes in Mail.

2012-04-27 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
interacting, then the arrow keys will read the entire row of mail list columns. Have a great night! Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 27, 2012, at 11:07 PM, Veronica Elsea wrote: Jonathan, VO says messages table, and I just use arrow keys to move up and down the list. I hear

Re: Please help.

2012-04-29 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
that will run on a CD that allow one to do all kinds of interesting things to the host computer. Be safe out there, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 28, 2012, at 12:39 AM, Dan Roy wrote: This is excellent info, but, isn't it a double edge sword? I mean, if someone got hold

Re: web navigation?

2012-04-29 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
a windows browser with speech. Group mode combines major clusters of information and will navigate as things are layed out on the screen to the most part. Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 29, 2012, at 8:21 AM, Alex Hall wrote: Hi all, I am using Chrome for a web browser, and I have a few

Re: mail weirdness

2012-04-29 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
from tidbits does a much better description then I can of how to get these to mesh correctly. Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 28, 2012, at 3:20 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: Try moving them to [Gmail]/Trash instead. That's what I do. See my other mail about deleting. You could

Re: inserting files into the body of an email

2012-04-29 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
With a bit of effort I was able to create a signature in Snow Leopard, but then it is even more effort to associate the signature with an email accout. Try turning off cursor tracking Vo-Shift-F3 and you might have some luck. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr

Re: web navigation?

2012-04-29 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
It has its own tutorial builtin right now. Was that the case when you tried it? Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 29, 2012, at 8:52 PM, Alex Hall wrote: I've heard of Chromevox and I even tried it a while back, but I found it confusing and difficult to work with. Still

Re: voiceover won't cooperate

2012-05-01 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
gets things in a normal state. Best regards, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 1, 2012, at 12:33 PM, Jenny Keller wrote: Oh boy, that's not in my budget. I guess I'll just have to deal with it. I have a monitor and mouse connected to it so that isn't the problem

Re: voiceover won't cooperate

2012-05-01 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
configure the login screen to use voice over and that you can even toggle voice over on/off with command-F5 in the standard login screen? Best wishes, JOnathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 1, 2012, at 4:22 PM, Jenny Keller wrote: I know it would be a good thing to have an apple

Re: Problem with the app store on the iPhone

2012-05-01 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
NO, you won't have to answer every time, just for the more secure transactions probably changing password and credit card information. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 1, 2012, at 4:22 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: Hi again guys. I got the Color Visor app

Re: web navigation?

2012-05-01 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Up / down arrows will move the web rotar selection and left right will move by chunks. Do you use Group or Dom navigation? Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 29, 2012, at 9:15 PM, Alex Hall wrote: I have quick nav on. However, the left/right arrows don't seem

Re: Lost my mailboxes table in mac mail

2012-05-01 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
THere should be an option in the View menu, but the shortcut is command-shift-M. Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 1, 2012, at 7:12 PM, Lisette wesseling wrote: Hi all Please can somebody tell me how to get my mailboxes table back. I can only see my inbox and tabbing doesn't get me

Re: Lost my mailboxes table in mac mail

2012-05-02 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 1, 2012, at 7:35 PM, Lisette wesseling wrote: Oh I knew there was an easy answer. Thank you very much. In my gmail account I can't see the spam, starred, all mail, travel folders anymore. There's just an mailbox called blank under trash with nothing

Re: adobi flash player installer pop up, how do I do this?

2012-05-05 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Yes, uninstall flash. It is a waste of it doesn't work for us. Also, security researchers claim it as a number two cars of viruses. Jonathan Cohn On May 4, 2012, at 7:56 PM, Jenny Keller jlperd...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I would like to find out if there is a way that you can make the Adobi

Re: opening or closing a series of apps at once?

2012-05-05 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Applescript is certainly your friend here, though you could do it with the shell and the open command. In AppleScript tell application Mail to activate tell application iChat to quit Note that there are quotes around the application name. Best regards, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc

Re: opening or closing a series of apps at once?

2012-05-05 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Hmm, do you want the same script to act like a toggle? That would be just a bit more complicated. I could work with you on that off list. Jonathan Cohn Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 5, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: I'm running Snow Leopard, and I want to use

Re: OK, another question? There is a list in Ical, Ah what does all that mean?

2012-05-05 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I don't understand your question. What system are you talking about Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 4, 2012, at 10:49 PM, Jenny Keller wrote: question. I have another question. If I'm in the list that is in the top center that says list, and I click on it, then at the top left

Re: opening or closing a series of apps at once?

2012-05-05 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
the default type of .scpt which has If you save the script in ~/Library/Scripts/ or perhaps a subdirectory of that directory. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 5, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: I'm unfamiliar with the steps involved

Re: opening or closing a series of apps at once?

2012-05-05 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
OK, to have state in a script you need to define a property So the first line would look like: property myRunning : false Then you could have the script text itself say if myRunning then - Things are running set myRunning to false tell application bang to quit else set myRunning to true

Re: defining single key for vo keys?

2012-05-05 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
for getting to next/previous heading, link, visited link, table, control and hot spot. If there is a specific function you need help with, I can probably tell you where it is. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 5, 2012, at 4:47 PM, Alex Hall wrote: True. I don't

Re: Using fetchmail in mac osx

2012-05-05 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
you have a bit to delete each time too. Can Fetchmail tag or move a message that it has fetched so it does not retrieve it next time? Best wwishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 5, 2012, at 4:20 PM, - wrote: I have installed alpine as my mail client in the terminal

Re: defining single key for vo keys?

2012-05-06 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
The insert key has been a legit modifier for the numpad commander in both Snow Leopard and Lion. I don't believe you can use it as a modifier for the keypad commander. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 6, 2012, at 12:00 AM, Alex Hall wrote: How'd you define

Re: RSS reader that can handle podcasts.

2012-05-08 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Mail can handle podcasts, the podcast will be an attachment to the message. I generally use command-Y to listen. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 6, 2012, at 3:26 PM, Allison Mervis wrote: Hi everyone. Is there an accessible RSS reader that can handle both

Re: mail problems, anyone?

2012-05-08 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
IN your advanced mail settings, there is a pull down for Keep messages for offline viewing. changing this might help. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 8, 2012, at 7:43 PM, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Kaitlyn, Yes, I have experienced exactly what you

Re: Getting live regions on a web page to automatically speak?

2012-05-08 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Does chrome behave any better? JOn Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 8, 2012, at 10:49 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: I went to reproduce the issue and ran into another one. For some reason I can't get aria-atomic=false working in Safari with Voiceover. I have a container on a page like

Re: opening or closing a series of apps at once?

2012-05-08 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
How did you initially create the file as a textedit RTF? I'll get back to you. Best wishes, JOnathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 6, 2012, at 6:14 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: Attached is the file I wrote. It opens in AppleScript Editor, which I'm not sure what

Re: strange problem with my MBA and the internet

2012-05-16 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
This almost sounds like a duplicate IP address issue. Did the problem go away after a day or two? Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 9, 2012, at 6:22 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, On Sunday, for no apparent reason, I began experiencing problems connecting my Macbook

Re: time machine for 2 computers on same hd possible?

2012-05-16 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
1. Mount the disk on one computer. 2. Partition the disk with two HFS+ journaled partitions.. 3. Start back-ups of Computer one on one partition. 4. Possibly lock down security on second partition to only allow a specific network user to use the disk. 5. Go to computer 2 and mount partition 2

Re: sorry for re-posting question about aligning text in textedit

2012-05-18 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
kind of tab stop you want. Once the tab stop is in place you can interact with it to move it along the ruler. Best wishes, stop. Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 18, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: Greetings, I know I have asked this before and have even received an answer

Re: binding obsolete keys

2012-05-18 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
. Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 18, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: Sure; I could use an eject key, too. I cannot figure out how to assign those keys to any shortcut, though. Is there a way I can access the keyboard event log so that I can see what those keys correspond

Re: binding obsolete keys

2012-05-20 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
a keystroke with that function. best of luck. Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 18, 2012, at 6:44 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: Slight experimentation with the keyboard shortcut dialog in Prefs shows it to be loaded with Images and things which make it a bit hard for me

Re: Creating keyboard shortcuts broken

2012-05-23 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 17, 2012, at 8:05 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello everyone, In OS X 10.7.3 and OS X 10.7.4, it seems that VO users can no longer create shortcuts for Services or other predefined categories in System Preferences. We can still create shortcuts

Re: keyboard shortcuts for navigating the dock

2012-05-23 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Yes, that is all you need to do. I wonder if these dock commands though are available in Tinkertool, which basically just runs the defaults command. Best wishes, Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On May 17, 2012, at 1:09 PM, Traci wrote: Very cool article. I have some questions

Re: Creating keyboard shortcuts broken

2012-05-23 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Does it matter what the state of the hardware keys toggle indicates in terms of what F14 and F15 do? What happens in key describer mode? Jonathan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Understanding Finder

2012-05-29 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
. With browser mode the left and right arrows traverse into and out of folders and up and down gives you a sorted list. One issue with browser mode is it is difficult to get filesize or dates. Hope this helps you along the way. Jonathan Jonathan C. Cohn jon.c.c...@gmail.com +1 *(703) 573-6956

Re: steps to create script from text found in mail or a page

2012-05-29 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Can you be more specific I have written a few AppleScripts and helped a few people on this list with other scripts. Best wishes, Jonathan C. Cohn jon.c.c...@gmail.com +1 *(703) 573-6956 http://www.linkedin.com/in/JCCohn On May 28, 2012, at 9:17 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: HI all, I found

Re: backup folders with no permission to read + spotlight searching a backup drive?

2012-05-29 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
TimeMachine might have multiple copies you could reduce the output to say 10 lines by adding ' | head -10 ' to the end of the above command. Best wishes, Jonathan C. Cohn jon.c.c...@gmail.com +1 *(703) 573-6956 http://www.linkedin.com/in/JCCohn On May 28, 2012, at 10:14 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter

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