Re: Command for downloads folder no longer opens up my downloads in Sonoma can anybody help?

2023-12-01 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
Same here, I’m on the latest version of Sonoma here, and command-option-l works fine for me as well, opens my downloads folder fine. > On Dec 1, 2023, at 9:22 PM, Herbie Allen wrote: > > Try restarting your machine? I have updated and it still works for me. > >> On

Re: Using the new macOS Sonoma

2023-09-30 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
Yeah, that’s what I would’ve thought as well, Jason. Dan Eickmeier. Beamsville, Ontario Canada. Amateur radio callsign: VA3ETS Twitter: http://twitter.com/va3ets Mastodon: va3ets@mstdn.social > On Sep 30, 2023, at 1:07 PM, 'Jason J.G. White'

Re: Using the new macOS Sonoma

2023-09-30 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
Agreed, this is very annoying. I've switched back to using control option for my VO modifier. Not sure if there’s any way to turn this off, or if it’s a feature, rather than a bug. Dan Eickmeier. Beamsville, Ontario Canada. Amateur radio callsign: VA3ETS Twitter: http://twitter.com/va3ets

Re: new member and new to the Mac

2023-09-21 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
would, without having to pay for something like JAWS, on top of the cost of a windows machine. Dan Eickmeier. Beamsville, Ontario Canada. Amateur radio callsign: VA3ETS Twitter: http://twitter.com/va3ets Mastodon: va3ets@mstdn.social > On Sep 21, 2023, at 9:04 PM, Jessica Barr wr

Re: More strange Mac mail behaviors.

2023-07-06 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
OH wow, that’s weird, Jess. Have never had anything like that happen in mail where you can’t delete all messages, and having messages come back that you delete. That’s interesting. Dan Eickmeier. Beamsville, Ontario Canada. Amateur radio callsign: VA3ETS Twitter: http://twitter.com/va3ets

Re: Command in Monterrey to Eject an external disk?

2022-10-13 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
Hi Donna, running Monterey on a 2020 Intel MacBook Air, as well as a 2018 intel Mac mini, and command-e is still working fine to eject external volumes here. > On Oct 13, 2022, at 9:36 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I notice that in Monterrey CMD-E no longer

Re: Managing your server list in TeamTalk on the Mac?

2022-09-30 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
that is happening, and like you, I have not found a work > around. > >> On Sep 26, 2022, at 13:39, 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, I’m running Team talk on my 2020 Intel macBook air here. I’ve got >> some old servers in my server

Re: Mac Keeps Crashing

2022-09-26 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
Hi Faith, I have a few things that may help you here to determine which process is causing the Mac to reboot and crash like this. You could go into the console app, and have a look at recent messages in the console log. That may give you some idea as to which app is causing this. The

Managing your server list in TeamTalk on the Mac?

2022-09-26 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, I’m running Team talk on my 2020 Intel macBook air here. I’ve got some old servers in my server list that are no longer up. I can’t find any way to delete them out of my server list? this is weird, as I’d think you should be able to delete servers that you no longer want out of

Re: Audio editing?

2021-03-03 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
Hi Lorie, Amadeus pro is really good. I've been using it for years. I highly reccommend it. > On > 3, 2021, at 5:14 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > I'm interested in Amadaeus pro. haven't bought it yet but am planning to. > would that one be included in this? > >> On Feb 27, 2021, at 1:06

Re: a good recording app?

2020-04-23 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
Hi Shirley, I’d highly recommend Amadeus pro. It’s available both in the mac app store, as well as directly from the Developer’s website at: https://www.hairersoft.com/pro.html . Jonathan Mosen has an excellent tutorial on it, using it from a voiceover

Re: RS Games on Catalina?

2020-04-18 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
Hi Faith, and all on list. this link will work here. the 64 bit version is currently in beta, but I’ve run it here, and all seems fine here, not having any issues with it. Here’s the link off the downloads page. http://rsgames.org/rsdownloads/rsgclient/rsgclient2-mac-64bit.zip Take care.

Re: Fan runs on hi speed when Installed catalina.

2019-11-12 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
Hi Anders, I found the same thing with my MacBook air too initially. I’d turned on voice control, just to check it out, and see if i had much use for it, or could use it with VO, and I found that the dictation process, was like eating up have my CPU. switching off voice control did the

Re: clean my mac x

2019-10-29 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
hI Jeff, Onyx works fine here. What I would do, is go into system preferences, security and privacy, and on the privacy tab, go under accessibility, and make sure that Onyx is one of the apps checked in that section. If it isn’t, check it, or you may have to add it in there. and then you

Re: Voiceover on startup

2019-10-09 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
Hi Petrus, what it sounds like to me, is that the mac you’re trying to log into, may have file vault turned on. iN that case, what you do, is type in the username, hit enter, it’ll say password, type the password, and hit enter again, and you’ll be in. Hope this helps. > On Oct 9,

Re: Sending higher quality voice messages in Mac OS 10.14.4?

2019-04-19 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
e yet, which is unfortunate. > Aleeha > >> On Apr 19, 2019, at 2:40 PM, 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, I’ve updated to MAc OS 10.14.4, and according to the release notes, >> the quality of audio messages has been improved

Sending higher quality voice messages in Mac OS 10.14.4?

2019-04-19 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, I’ve updated to MAc OS 10.14.4, and according to the release notes, the quality of audio messages has been improved on the MAc side, as well as on iOS. On iOS, it works great for me, voice messages I send, are nice and clear.. However, on the MAc, an early 2014 MAcBook air, I’m

Re: Streaming netflicks on a macbook?

2018-12-27 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
Yeah. If you want to on your mac, I’d reccomend just opening up netflix in a browser Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 27, 2018, at 5:06 PM, Sarah Massengale wrote: > > Not sure why you’d want to do that, when you can just watch Netflix in a > browser on your mac. > > Sarah > > >> On Dec 27,

Re: Accessible Youtube to mp3 converter for the Mac?

2018-11-29 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
ube.com/loriemccloud > >> On Nov 29, 2018, at 12:38 AM, 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> A great app, that’ll convert videos from not only youtube, but lots of other >> sites as well, is Downey. I highly recommend it. I’ve been

Re: Accessible Youtube to mp3 converter for the Mac?

2018-11-28 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
A great app, that’ll convert videos from not only youtube, but lots of other sites as well, is Downey. I highly recommend it. I’ve been using it for quite some time now, and it’s great, and perfectly accessible. > On Nov 28, 2018, at 7:41 PM, Debbie April Yuille > wrote: > > I’m from

File transfers in Messages in mac OS Mojave?

2018-10-02 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
Hi all, in High Sierra and OS’s before that, in Messages, I could go to a file transfers window, and look at files that people have sent me through messages. This was useful, if I wanted to send somebody else a file that I’d received over iMessage. In Mojave, this file transfers window,

Re: Go to Webinar

2018-09-23 Thread 'Dan Eickmeier' via MacVisionaries
Hi Lorie, I highly doubt that go to webinar would be all that accessible. I use regularly, and really really like zoom.us. They’ve done a great job, with accessibility, there are a few issues with text chat panels, where VO won’t read the sender of messages in hte message list, and the

Re: hulu

2018-04-14 Thread Dan Eickmeier
And they seem to have no interest in improving accessibility of it either Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 14, 2018, at 5:19 PM, aliFaisal wrote: > > I wouldn’t bother, it is completely inaccessible. > > >> On Apr 13, 2018, at 4:19 PM, jeff `greene

Re: Accessible web conferencing: zoom.us

2017-04-20 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Cara, is this zoom.us thing, a web, browser based thing? Or is it an app? > On Apr 20, 2017, at 9:00 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > > Karen and All, > > I have also been using Zoom with a corporate account pretty much every day > for about a year now but unlike everyone

Re: So what do we all think good or bad about the new home button?

2016-09-18 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I was sceptical at first too about the new home button, but I really like it in the 2 days I've had the phone. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 18, 2016, at 12:12 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > You know, I was skeptical, too, but I really like it. In fact, like you, > Scott, I

Re: Alternative to Skype

2014-06-28 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Teamtalk which is widely used, has a Mac client, but the Mac client is unfortunately not all that accessible. The best one of those apps like that, where people can just connect to a server, has to be Ventrilo. If you want a server with a lot of slots, darkstarllc, at

Re: Alternative to Skype

2014-06-28 Thread Dan Eickmeier
and connect? On Jun 28, 2014, at 1:09 PM, Dan Eickmeier va3ets2...@me.com wrote: Teamtalk which is widely used, has a Mac client, but the Mac client is unfortunately not all that accessible. The best one of those apps like that, where people can just connect to a server, has to be Ventrilo. If you

Re: Experience Switching to Mac

2014-04-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I've been using a Mac here since February of 2008, and have not had any reason to switch back to Windows. Like a lot of people on this thread, , I got tired of having to pay to keep a JAWS SMA updated, and I also had it with their system of ILM authorizations. I too, had to have my

Re: BusyCal Support

2013-10-30 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Good that you’d emailed busy cal support. Hopefully they’ll respond, and implement better accessibility. I’d tried the app a couple years ago, and I found the same thing, the actual calendar area wasn’t visible to VO at all. And when I went to switch back to what was iCal at the time,

Re: dvd ripping software

2013-01-04 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi May, I'd say Handbrake would probably be the best choice to go with. It's available from handbrake.fr On 2013-01-04, at 10:28 AM, May and Noah mcdonald@gmail.com wrote: Hi. Sorry if this thread was talked about before. What is the best dvd ripping software that works with

Re: Braille Display Questions

2013-01-04 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I have a Brailliant BI 40, and it works nicely on the MAc, and iOS as well. On 2013-01-03, at 2:35 PM, Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com wrote: I have a Braille conect and it works great with iOS windows and Mac. Best of luck deciding on one! Sent from my iPhone On Jan 3, 2013, at

Re: MacBook Pro changing timezones

2012-10-07 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, inn the past, under previous versions of the OS, you could type in the name of the city you're in, and hit return. On 2012-10-07, at 10:01 AM, Shen goalb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I just tried this week and found that VoiceOver is unable to interact with the world map in the timezones

Re: how to view the source contents of a page

2012-09-12 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Timothy, the command you're looking for, is command-option-u. On 2012-09-12, at 5:06 PM, Timothy Clark Music timothyclarkmu...@me.com wrote: hello - anyone remember the command to view the source contents of a webpage? thanks. Timothy Your Friend in the music industry

Re: are they joking with us

2012-08-20 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi William, , not sure what issues you're exactly having when it comes to importing VO preferences. To test it, I exported mine, saved the exported file onto my external Hharddrive, then reset all VO preferences back to defaults, and then imported the file that I'd saved previously, and it

Re: Exceedingly scary and confounding problem with on-line banking account

2012-08-14 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Anohter thing you could try, is the Reset safari option, which is found in the safari menu. In there, you can do things like clear history and other things. Try that, and then try going to your bank's site again. On 2012-08-14, at 10:00 PM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Voice Changer that Works Through Skype

2012-08-07 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Kevin, what your friend could do after the call is initially recorded, is to edit the call in an audio editor, dropping the voice of the interviewee in pitch. I'd say that'd be their best bet. On 2012-08-07, at 11:46 PM, Harry Hogue harryhog...@gmail.com wrote: Kevin, I know there

Re: Preview versus skim?

2012-08-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Skim is no better as far as access to things like tables in PDF's, compared to preview is it? On 2012-08-05, at 1:16 AM, Esther mori...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi Chris, Skim has been referred to as Preview on steroids. It's free and open source with a creative commons license, and gets

Re: + Skype has new window!

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I was getting this at first, and I disabled visual notifications entirely, and am now not getting any announcements that Skype has a new window. On 2012-08-03, at 5:30 PM, Rachel Feinberg walksi...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to use the system voice with Skype to announce who comes

Re: Microsoft Outlook web access and Safari

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Apple mail does support exchange. I'm assuming that your work account is probably an exchange account, so you could probably set it up in Apple mail, if they're using exchange 2007 or later. I'd do that, to avoid the head aches of dealing with any kind of web mail On 2012-08-03, at 5:18

Re: Mac mail help

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi kirsten, i'd say that Apple mail is one of the best mail clients i've used. I'd used outlook 2003 for a while, but didn't really like it, that was back when i was on Windows though. WHat it sounds like to me, from what you're describing, is that you have two accounts set up in mail, or

Re: Mac mail help

2012-08-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
there, the one which says btinternet and is apparently an imap and says yahoo in the description I am fairly certain this is different to before Tuesday, but there is definitely only one account in the accounts table. Should I be using pop3? Thanks. Kirsten. On 3 Aug 2012, at 22:53, Dan

Re: Very Disappointed with Mountain Lion

2012-07-31 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Agreed, and If you're outside the US, like I am, bookshare in my opinion, isn't really any use. On 2012-07-31, at 7:54 PM, Chris Gilland clgillan...@gmail.com wrote: Not everyone can aford Bookshare though. Chris. On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:17 AM, David Tanner david.tanner...@gmail.com

Re: Can't find gatekeeper settings

2012-07-28 Thread Dan Eickmeier
They're on the general tab of security and privacy. What you're looking for, is something that'll say, Allow applications downloaded from, and then there will be three radio buttons. Hope that helps. On 2012-07-28, at 9:57 PM, Allison Mervis alliso...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone! Where

Re: Drop Box issues

2012-07-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Ray, running the latest version of the dropbox client, and am having that same issue with the loss of the dropbox sub menu when hitting VO-shift-m on a file in my dropbox folder. . I was having that earlier in Lion, and I figured a clean install of Mountain Lion might give me that back,

Re: Drop Box issues

2012-07-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
THat's good, that the issue of not seeing the dropbox submenu is also something that you've seen on Windows as well Jeff. Was looking in the dropbox forums when I was first experiencing that, particularly for some way to fix that on the mac, and there were some suggestions, but none of them

Re: Drop Box issues

2012-07-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
On Jul 26, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Dan Eickmeier va3ets2...@me.com wrote: Hi Ray, running the latest version of the dropbox client, and am having that same issue with the loss of the dropbox sub menu when hitting VO-shift-m on a file in my dropbox folder. . I was having that earlier

Re: Braille Support Broken in Mountain Lion!

2012-07-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Cool, when you pair a bluetooth display on the mac, do you have to do it through system preferences, bluetooth, ? Like you would with a keyboard, headset or any other device like that first? And then go into VO utility under Braille, and set it up there? Or is it all done in VO utility? Was

Re: Braille Support Broken in Mountain Lion!

2012-07-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
is right. On 7/26/12, Dan Eickmeier va3ets2...@me.com wrote: Cool, when you pair a bluetooth display on the mac, do you have to do it through system preferences, bluetooth, ? Like you would with a keyboard, headset or any other device like that first? And then go into VO utility under Braille

Re: Drop Box issues

2012-07-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
will be able to see the dropbox menu for many foggy Jews in the public folder. Just thought that might help. This message has been dictated Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Jul 26, 2012, at 4:05 PM, Dan Eickmeier

Re: The drop box issue has apparently been solved

2012-07-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Very cool. THey must've updated it in the last couple days or so. At the release of ML, the latest dropbox version was 1.4.11, and now it's 1.4.12. It's been fixed for me too, in 1.4.12. Cool. THat was so frustrating, to not have that submenu off of a file. NOw with the update to 1.4.12,

Re: Accessible newsreader similar to Agent.

2012-07-07 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, not sure who the developer is, but I believethere's an app called unison, that you can use for this. I don't subscribe to any of these news groups, so have not tried it for accessibility. On 2012-07-07, at 5:38 AM, Allison Mervis alliso...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone. I am

Re: most accessible anti virus app out there for Macs

2012-07-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Ray, I really like, and have used clamxav for quite a while now. Hope this helps. Sent from my iPhone On 2012-07-05, at 1:16 PM, Ray Foret Jr rfore...@att.net wrote: Hi, I know this has come up before; but, who out there can tell me the most accessible anti virus app for the Mac; or,

Re: accessibile blogspot client?

2012-06-29 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Eric, I would definitely recommend Mars edit. This is an awesome app for posting to any kind of blog. It is totally accessible with VO. On 2012-06-29, at 4:10 PM, Eric Oyen eric.o...@gmail.com wrote: I have been looking around for an accessible blogging client for the mac for a while. I

Re: is a paid screenreader for the mac a option?

2012-06-27 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi all, I think a paid screenreader would create an environment like we have in the Windows world, relying on third parties to develop scripts for apps that don't work well out of the box, having to wait for those scripts to be updated if something is broken in an app update, OS update etc. I

Re: can't rewind or fast forward in iTunes.

2012-06-12 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Maria, I find this happens to me, particularly when listening to podcasts. One that it consistently seems to happen with is Tech Access weekly. Are you finding that this is happening with podcasts? Music or what? If podcasts, and if you are subscribed to TAW, let me know if you can

Re: completely removing mail accounts from the computer

2012-06-12 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi May, go to mail, preferences, , accounts. Once in there you can remove any accounts that you have set up so you can set up new ones. Take care, hope this helps. Sent from my iPhone On 2012-06-12, at 2:02 PM, May McDonald mcdonald@gmail.com wrote: Hi there. Can someone tell me where I

Re: No Carbonite on the Mac

2012-04-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
My experience with carbonite is that it actually is fairly accessible. ONe issue I do have, is when I attempt to look at my backup, I can't drill down into my backup, like I can any folder that has sub-folders in finder, I seem to get taken back to the top level of my backup when

Re: Is Piezo Accessible?

2012-03-27 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yes, Piezo is very very accessible. I've had no problems with it. Take care. On 2012-03-20, at 4:38 PM, Ezzie Bueno ezziebu...@gmail.com wrote: Hello List: Is the Piezo app accessible? If not, which app could I use as an alternative? I am trying to record activities from other apps, such as

Re: program to convurt *.ogg files to *.mp3 files?

2011-11-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, the batch converter in Amadeus pro will do this very nicely. Hth Sent from my iPhone On 2011-11-26, at 5:31 AM, trahern culver tecks-...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: hey all i have some *.ogg files that i want to convert to *.mp3 files please can some one recommend a program to do this with?

Re: Autologin and auto start VO?

2011-11-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Bill, those options are under the users and groups preference pane in system preferences. ONce you click the users and groups button, you'll find an item that'll say Users, groups, and log in options, list. Interact with that, and go down to log in options. Stop interacting, then if

Re: Still having dropbox issues

2011-11-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, This menu bar icon that he's referring to, is on the status menu where you have your wifi status, the clock, your bluetooth status, etc. A lot of apps will put status icons up there. Unfortunately, we do not have access to those which are put there by third-party developers with

Re: Trouble with moving items dock

2011-10-13 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Tracy, i'm assuming you're wanting to do this on the mac. IF you want to put anything on the doc, find the folder, application, or whatever it is you want to put on there, and hit command shift-t, hope this helps. On Oct 13, 2011, at 10:12 PM, Traci wrote: Hi all, Lately, I'm having

Re: Getting Rid Of A Password.

2011-06-08 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi George, actually. IT's a good idea to have it. If you left it blank, don't know how you could authenticate, for anyhting that mayprompt for an admin password. On Jun 8, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Georges Zaynoun wrote: Hello! I happened to type a password when I went through the setup

Re: cleaning out mac hard drive?

2011-04-04 Thread Dan Eickmeier
, 2011, at 11:43 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: I've heard a lot about Drive Genius in a lot of hte Main stream mac podcasts. Exactly how accessible is this App? On Apr 3, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Yes it does. I picked up a copy of Drive Genius more for its capabilities to repair

Re: cleaning out mac hard drive?

2011-04-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I've heard a lot about Drive Genious in a lot of hte Main stream mac podcasts. Exactly how accessible is this App? On Apr 3, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Scott Howell wrote: Yes it does. I picked up a copy of Drive Genius more for its capabilities to repair damaged drives etc. An expensive program,

Re: Can voiceover speak Kurgish or Russian?

2011-02-18 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I'd have a look at the assistiveware site, , or maybe Cepstral would have voices in those languages, if Assistiveware doesn't? On Feb 18, 2011, at 12:33 AM, Kevin Reeves wrote: Hey folks. An instructor in training here at the Louisiana Center for the Blind is from Kurgistan. She was curious

Re: adium and adding contacts?

2011-02-07 Thread Dan Eickmeier
HEy jOhn, so I'm not alone. Good to hear that. . I'm getting the same hting here with a contact of mine, and they can't seem to add me either. On Feb 6, 2011, at 5:53 PM, John D. Lipsey wrote: Hi guys: I've been using Adium forever, well since I got my mac, and am over all happy with

Date received column only showing the date, and not the time as well?

2011-01-15 Thread Dan Eickmeier
HI, I noticed that in my inbox particularly, that my date received column, is only showing as yesterday, or if I go further back, January 13, 2011, and not the time as well. In other mailboxes, the time is showing as well, like it should. COuld I somehow ahve acccidentally resized the date

Re: 1password for Mac is now even more accessible

2011-01-03 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hey that's great. I'd gotten this app before, and not really made any use out of it due to the issues it had, and couldn't really understand how to put stuff into it. So took it off and haven't installed it since. wanted to wait until accessibility improved. And from your email here

Re: IPad questions

2010-12-26 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Carolyn, regarding the bluetooth keyboard, when I got one, i had used it with my 3rd gen iPot touch, and then I wanted to use it on my Mac. The mac was never seeing it as an available device. Finally, I went into settings, on hte iPod, and then bluetooth, and told the iPod to forget the

Re: anyone using skype 5 beta with os10 having this issue

2010-12-14 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Sarah, i'm experiencing this as well, and I find it happens after i've cleared my recent conversations, and I get a chat after that. I've found that going back and forth a bit between that conversation, and the next item above or below that, and then stoping interaction with the sources

Re: mudding on the mac

2010-12-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
mudding is playing text adventure games. WHich i never did on WIndows and don't really care for at all. Certainly for those that like to do it, there clearly isn't an accessible solution for the mac yet. On Dec 9, 2010, at 4:26 AM, Oriol Gómez wrote: Hello! Has anyone found a proper

Re: apple mail question

2010-12-08 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi marlaina, there absolutely is. Try the address panel, which you can access from the window menu in mail. This should give you what you're looking for. HTH. On Dec 8, 2010, at 4:53 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: In Outlook and Outlook express, i could visit my address list and choose

Re: WMA fileson the mac

2010-12-08 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, try vlc from http://videolan.org/ This will play .WMA files just fine. So long as they aren't protected WMA files. As far as playing protected WMA's, not sure what you could do about that. On Dec 8, 2010, at 4:23 PM, Christina wrote: Hello, Is there a way to play or convert a

Re: problems saving using save as in text edit and pages

2010-11-29 Thread Dan Eickmeier
H, interesting. Can't say I've experienced this in either app. Maybe try a permissions repair? Don't know for sure , but maybe something is screwed up with permissions somehow? To do this do the following: 1. Go to the finder, 2. HIt command-shift-U to go to your utilities folder,

Re: selling old macbook?

2010-11-15 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Erik, not sure if the site is US only, or whehter it's a golobal site, but to get a good idea on what she should sell it for, try putting information about it into gazelle.com On Nov 15, 2010, at 11:03 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi guys, one of my clients bought a macbook in 2009 and

Re: Doing a put in the land of ftp

2010-11-15 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi marlaina, I'm assuming you're trying to do this via the , finder, don't think you can upload this way, think you can only download. I'd highly recommend checking out Transmit from http://panic.com It's an absolutely excellent client. Hope that helps. If you need help with Transmit

Re: Been away too long from Yurufukuru - a couple of stupid questions

2010-11-14 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I've also disabled auto complete, as I found it to get in the way, rather than help me to use the client the way I wanted. . On Nov 13, 2010, at 2:59 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Hello. contact the dev about the auto complete issue. As far as your first question I hit cmd n and hit follow

Re: Getting rid of DropBox

2010-11-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Dropbox is an absolute hastle to work with on the Mac, And it's a shame, but the dropbox people do not seem to be the most responsive when it comes to accessibility of the mac client. On Nov 8, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Daniel K. Gartmann wrote: Hi, Has anybody tried deleting the DropBox

Re: Skype 5

2010-11-07 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Not hearing any sounds when people come online, or go offline, even though I have those set. I've got the speak text checkbox also checked for both of those events, and am getting no spoken notifications either for contacts coming online, or going off. On Nov 6, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Mark

Re: [Bulk] skype 5 pretty nice though

2010-11-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I've found this as well Ray, with the alerts. Even though i have them set up, I'm getting no sounds, or no spoken notifications when people are coming online, or going offline. On Nov 5, 2010, at 4:05 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: the thing I have found is that none of the alerts work.

Re: Skype 5.0 Beta and conference calling

2010-11-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
You can use command-option-left and right arrow to switch conversations. HTH. On Nov 5, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Brandon Misch wrote: has anyone figured out how to move from one conversation to another when you have more than one or how to get skype to behave like it does in the release

Re: Conversations View

2010-10-15 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Yes it certainly is. SImply go to the view menu, and check organize by thread. On Oct 15, 2010, at 7:10 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: All, is it possible in Mac Mail to have mail items sorted into conversation view, in OutLook what this does is thread each set of messages by

Re: messengers

2010-10-13 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Damon, yep, Adium works really well, with MSN messenger, AOL messenger, and a whole bunch of other IM services. If you need help feel free to email off-list. On Oct 13, 2010, at 5:48 PM, Damon Fibraio wrote: OK, so I realize that I can do mail on my mac, but what can I do about

Re: password protecting documents

2010-10-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Laura, what you could do, if you wanted to password protect a document, or a set of documents, is use disk utility to created an incripted .dmg file. Disk utility is foun under /applications/utilities. Open it, and you'll find options under a new submenu uner hte file menu for createing

Cannot get an Apple bluetooth keyboard to pair with my Mac, but it'll pair with my iPod touch?

2010-09-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hey all, got an Apple bluetooth keyboard today, so I could use the bluetooth keyboard support in iOS on my iPod touch. I was able to pair it successfully with my touch, and it worked well. However I cannot seem to pair it with my Mac, as i want to use it with my iMac as well. I turned off

Re: Cannot get an Apple bluetooth keyboard to pair with my Mac, but it'll pair with my iPod touch?

2010-09-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
...@me.com GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk Yahoo! Messenger: cin368 AIM: cincinster On Sep 9, 2010, at 10:03 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: Hey all, got an Apple bluetooth keyboard today, so I could use the bluetooth keyboard

Re: Cannot get an Apple bluetooth keyboard to pair with my Mac, but it'll pair with my iPod touch?

2010-09-09 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hey Ricardo, thanks a bunch. THat totally helped. On Sep 9, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: No. Double tap on more under the name of the BT keyboard and delete the info from the touch. hth On Sep 9, 2010, at 6:18 PM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: What would be the best way

Re: mail cliant.

2010-09-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Ian, this is what I think you're wanting here. YOu can go into the mailbox menu, select the new mailbox item, and setup what Mail refers to as a mailbox, and then move messages into there. Hope this helps. On Sep 5, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Ian McNamara wrote: hi all how do i create a folder

Re: Saving VO Preferences

2010-08-28 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi linda, it shouldn't matter where you save this file. HOpe this helps. On Aug 26, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Linda Adams wrote: Hi, I haven't had any problems with Voiceover but after reading some recent messages, I decided I should save my preferences which I haven't done since buying my

Re: Logging On to My College's Wi-Fi

2010-08-21 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Kimberly, do you have cursor tracking turn on? And your keyboard focus set to follow where you are with Voiceover in VO utility? THat's what it sounds like is happening for you there. . On Aug 20, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: Hi Folks: As the subject states, I am

Re: External HD

2010-08-07 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Was going to suggest the same thing, since storage is getting cheaper and cheaper, even though there are ways that you could get a mac to both read and write to NTFS formatted drives. On Aug 7, 2010, at 2:36 AM, Justin Kauflin wrote: The Mac can read NTFS partitions, but out of the box, it

Re: Iphone and braille note apex

2010-08-07 Thread Dan Eickmeier
In that case, I'd think that the Braillenotes aren't supported by iOS 4 to be used as braille displays. Best idea though to be sure, is to check the apple accessibility page at http://apple.com/accessibility. On Aug 7, 2010, at 1:37 AM, Sonnia wrote: I found the iphone by searching for

Re: Keeping a folder synchronized with an SD card?

2010-08-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Not sure how accessible this app is, but i've heard of an app called Chrono sync from Leo Laporte, and I guess it essentially uses RSync to do what it does, but. you'd get a GUI instead. On Aug 5, 2010, at 11:09 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: would RSync work? I dont' use the command line but

Re: skype question

2010-08-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Greg, if you tab around in there, you'll find areas where you can enter your skype name, and password. It requires use of the tab key to get around that. HTH. On Aug 6, 2010, at 2:28 PM, Greg Aikens wrote: Hello all, I just got my mac last saturday and I'm really liking it so far. The

Re: Keeping a folder synchronized with an SD card?

2010-08-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Tried Chrono sync very briefly, and it looks very accessible. On Aug 6, 2010, at 2:46 AM, Alfredo wrote: If chrono syncs works for you, can you please let me know. If it is not accessible please let us know so taht we can all ask the developer of chrono sync to make accessible. Alfredo

Re: getting status of skype contacts

2010-08-06 Thread Dan Eickmeier
As far as changing the mood message, what you can do, is use your VO keys to go to the edit profile button, and then hit tab. After you hit tab, you'll be put into an edit box where you can type your mood text and hit return. On Aug 6, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi Chris,

Re: playlists in itunes

2010-08-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Sonia, you certainly can add tracks to playlists, it's just a matter of selecting them, doing a VO-shift-M, and in that contextual menu, there'll be an add to playlist submenu, and in there, you can select the playlist you created, and then hit VO-space on that. As far as deleting tracks

Re: mail question

2010-08-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I usually just select that contents in the body of the email, and hit delete. On Aug 3, 2010, at 10:11 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: Hey, all, When I want to forward something, how do I delete the email address of the sender of the forward from the email? Thx, Chantel. -- You

Re: mail and contacts

2010-08-02 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hey John, there is an add sender to address book command, which has a shortcut key of command-shift-y. HTH. On Aug 2, 2010, at 1:37 PM, John D. Lipsey wrote: I'm confused! I want to add someone who sent me an email to my address book, but I've brought up the context menu for the message

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