Re: Follow up to Moderator Note yesterday concerning donations for one of our own

2013-10-27 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
If the him, in question is me, HOK, we are already friends, and I believe I am also friends with almost everyone here. If I am not online, I am away, and will get back to you as soon as I can. The good news, however small, is that Amy did move a very little of both her arms and legs today.

Re: Follow up to Moderator Note yesterday concerning donations for one of our own

2013-10-27 Thread Joanne Chua
Hi Mark, Just want to say that thinking of you and Amy and the two dogs. Hanging there mate, it will be a long recovery for Amy, but she'll make it. Joanne Chua The flip side of Inclusion is Exclusion. Leaders For Tomorrow 2013 Candidate Send from my iPad On 27 Oct 2013, at 17:21, Mark

Re: Mavericks and Gmail

2013-10-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI Janet, NO, if you use POP your mail won't sync between your devices. That's the huge advantage of IMAP, that it keeps your mail synced on all devices. So long as you have All Mail turned on in gmail settings on the server side, it seems gmail and Mail are now playing reasonably nicely with

Re: Pages for Mavericks, problems

2013-10-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
If you copy from Pages and paste in Text Edit, will it keep all your formatting? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: Classic Versus Current view in Mail

2013-10-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
As for moving between mailboxes, can't you add your nine most frequently accessed mailboxes to the favourites bar and then switch between them with command-1 through 9? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this

Podcasts on Mavericks

2013-10-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Am I missing something, or is there an almost total absence of podcasts on Mavericks? I find it funny that on the day iOS 7 was released there was an explosion of podcasts on every tiny little insignificant change from iOS 6, but half a week later still none on the 200 new features and two

no longer told if messages are read and unread

2013-10-27 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Ever since I played with the preview pain in mail last night, I don’t even get told whether a message I’m passing over is read or unread. How if possible can I make sure to get this information? It used to be the last thing I got told in OS 10.9, and now, I don’t even get told it at all.

Re: Pages for Mavericks, problems

2013-10-27 Thread Daniela Rubio
That is very very bad, as there is a lot of people who works with many paragraph stiles and fields. I really don’ like it, hope it can be fixed, may be we can try reporting it to the iWork team and see what they say. Daniela Rubio T  Distinguished Educator iPhone: +34662328507 El

pop 3 question again

2013-10-27 Thread Maggie's Dobermail
So, to change the selection of the account type for my gmail account from imap to pop, I have to delete my account and start over? I don’t see a check box or anything to switch this out in mail preferences. also, do I have to go to the web site and disable imap? thanks! Cait -- You received

MacBook air for sale, please reply off list!

2013-10-27 Thread Kliphton -------
Hello, I have a MacBook air for sale. Barely 9 months old, and gently used. If you would like more info, please contact me at kliphton@outlook.com That is my email as well as my iMessage Any reply's on list will be ignored. There are other contact methods in my signature. Thanks. Kliphton

Re: Hotkey For Moving Apps To The Dock in Mavericks

2013-10-27 Thread Chris H
According to this list it is command shift control t. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 27/10/2013 05:00, BBS wrote: Hi guys. Since command+option+T now hides or shows the toolbar, is there a new hotkey to place apps from the Finder to the dock? Shawn Sent From My

Re: Classic Versus Current view in Mail

2013-10-27 Thread Kliphton -------
Looks like I still have a lot to learn. How do you place the mouse pointer where you want it. Also, when you say you push numpad period, what key do you push on the numpad? Or maybe I am miss understanding? Kliphton (iMessageEmail) kliphton@outlook.com

Re: A cautionary note about Mavericks installer

2013-10-27 Thread Chris H
This is similar to Mountain Lion so nothing new there apart from the issue you had. Not brave enough to tinker with my mac yet grin. E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 27/10/2013 00:17, Joseph Norton wrote: Hi list: I’ve been experimenting with Mavericks and have a

Some useful Mac keyboard shortcuts

2013-10-27 Thread Chris H
Open the menu bar - control f2 open the dock - control f3 open the status menu (Lion) and extras menu (Mountain Lion or later) - control f8 These work even with VoiceOver off. -- E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: pop 3 question again

2013-10-27 Thread Chris H
Yes, delete the Gmail account on your computer, and no you do not need to disable imap. So long as pop is enabled it should work. Also I suggestin using the other option when adding a new account. It would seem that if you add a Google or Gmail account then it will set it up as what I believe

cannot use the same user account and other upgrade issues

2013-10-27 Thread Reinhard Stebner
When setting up the computer it wants me to setup a user account and I want to sue my account that is already setup on the machine but it will not let me. It also complains about the account name of the computer. How do I get past this? The error I receive is this name cannot be used. I receive

RE: Upgrading to Mavericks, help please for a new user

2013-10-27 Thread Reinhard Stebner
What if one wanted to do a clean install? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tommy Craig Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 1:26 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Upgrading to Mavericks, help

posting to group without gmail account

2013-10-27 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Listers, If I were to give up my gmail account, would I lose the ability to post and read posts in this group? I seem to remember that I was not able to join macvisionaries group without having a gmail e-mail address. If so, am I for ever imprisoned by gmail and google? Many thanks for your

Re: What happens to my TM backup that spans OS10 versions?

2013-10-27 Thread Tom Moore
Hi, If you restore the machine back to the image that you made before you installed the new os the system will revert back to Lion if you choose to restore back to that specific point. Tom On Oct 26, 2013, at 11:23 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I made a Time Machine

changing iTunes and appstore ID

2013-10-27 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Dear Listers, I am in the unfortunate position of having two apple IDs. One for the iCloud and one for the appstore and iTunes. This second one is my gmail address. Do you know whether this ID can be changed without affecting my up-to-date purchases in the iTunes store? Basically, I want to

RE: Bricked my Macbook Air. Is a genius the only option?

2013-10-27 Thread Reinhard Stebner
From the below options, How do I select my wireless network? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cara Quinn Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 12:43 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Bricked my

Re: Pages for Mavericks, problems

2013-10-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Daniela, You can report problems directly from the Pages app. In the Pages menu is an item called Provide Pages Feedback which goes to the appropriate page on the Apple website. I’ve already done this as I’m furious about the degradation in the functionality of Pages. Cheers, Anne

Re: no longer told if messages are read and unread

2013-10-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Ray, If the preview pane is showing, all your messages will appear to be read as each message opens as soon as you land on it. This is why I always disable the preview pane. Cheers, Anne On 27 Oct 2013, at 10:15, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: Ever since I played with

Re: Pages for Mavericks, problems

2013-10-27 Thread Barry Hadder
Hello Anne, There are actually lots of keystrokes for changing font stiles and such. Have you looked in the keyboard shortcuts list in the help documentation? It seems that the hotkeys that could be set for paragraph styles are gone, but I don’t see that as a big degradation. It is actually

upgrading, downgrading, choices oh my!

2013-10-27 Thread John D. Lipsey
Hey all: I'm considering upgrading my 2010 Macbook from Lion to Mavericks. Various people have told me my little old macbook should support the upgrade well enough, and it may run the new OS better than Lion. If this is not the case, or if I'm just ridiculously dissatisfied with mail and

Macupdate desktop on mavericks.

2013-10-27 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I have been using the macupdate desktop app for a very long time. Now it will not work in mavericks, that really surprises me, does anybody know why I can not use macupdate desktop anymore. Thank you an advance. Best regards Annie. -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: no longer told if messages are read and unread

2013-10-27 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Can’t seem to do that in OS 10.9. I do the following. 1. Switch mail to use classic view. 2. Close pref window. 3. Move to the right of the messasge table until I find the splitter thingie, I think there’s only one but that the one I go to. 4. Now, use VO+CMD+F5 to rout the mouse to that

Re: Follow up to Moderator Note yesterday concerning donations for one of our own

2013-10-27 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Amy 2.0 will be better, stronger, faster… Sent from my iPhone Messengers and Skype: BurningHawk1969 My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markburninghawk.baxter On Oct 27, 2013, at 12:14 AM, Joanne Chua shuang.an...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Mark, Just

think I closed preview pain but not sure.

2013-10-27 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this

Re: Mavericks Isn't An Operating System, But An Update, was Re: Can't Download Mavericks

2013-10-27 Thread Mickey Quenzer
On Oct 26, 2013, at 1:14 AM, Teresa hello Tresa Can you tell me how to create a bootable installation disk to install my MacBook Pro from scratch deleting everything from the first. Any help would be appreciated Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com wrote: Also, it is possible to create a

RE: Upgrading to Mavericks, help please for a new user

2013-10-27 Thread Kliphton -------
You have to create a bootable drive with a 8GB usb thumb stick, or a USB external drive that has been partitioned. I have done it twice, and it is really quite easy. Let me know if you need any help. My contact info is below. Kliphton ~iMessageEmail~ kliphton@outlook.com

Re: Classic Versus Current view in Mail

2013-10-27 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Nic, Done that. It’s full now! :) I often grab something out of the trash when I think of something to add to a thread. Mostly, I was referring to moving between the message list and mailboxes. Since i now only have the two panes set up, and I can just press return when I want to read a

Re: no longer told if messages are read and unread

2013-10-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Ray, In Classic view, you go to the messages table but don’t interact with it. Make sure that Quick Nav is off. VO-Down Arrow and you should hear “Horizontal splitter”. Bring the mouse and double-click with the track pad. Cheers, Anne On 27 Oct 2013, at 15:28, Ray Foret Jr

Re: no longer told if messages are read and unread

2013-10-27 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Okay. So, after I double click with the track pad, do I slide my finger either left or right? IF not, how do I know the blasted pain is closed? Usually use standard view. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly

Really need help here, folks, and have gotten not a single response all weekend

2013-10-27 Thread Christine Grassman
To summarize, I downgraded to Mountain Lion after a disastrous experience with Mavericks. However, because my Time Machine backup contained Mavericks, I had to copy and paste all of my files onto the drive as well. After the reinstallation, I attempted to copy the files back, but am

Re: Pages for Mavericks, problems

2013-10-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Barry, Whether you think that Pages has been dumbed down or not depends on how you use it. For my purposes as a translator, the new version is not good at all. Yes, it’s easy to jump to the paragraph styles button in the formatter, but VO doesn’t read the name of the current style.

Re: Classic Versus Current view in Mail

2013-10-27 Thread Teresa Cochran
I find it easiest to do this in full-screen mode, command-control F for Mail. Turn mouse keys on. Switch to classic view in Mail preferences. You can use vO to place the mouse. Just navigate to the message table, but don’t interact with it. VO-right once and you should reach the horizontal

Re: Really need help here, folks, and have gotten not a single response all weekend

2013-10-27 Thread Tom Moore
Hi, Do you have a backup from before you upgraded the os? Tom On Oct 27, 2013, at 11:03 AM, Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com wrote: To summarize, I downgraded to Mountain Lion after a disastrous experience with Mavericks. However, because my Time Machine backup contained

Re: no longer told if messages are read and unread

2013-10-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Ray, The track pad commander should be off. So, after the double-click, just do VO-Down Arrow and there should be nothing there. Cheers, Anne On 27 Oct 2013, at 16:02, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: Okay. So, after I double click with the track pad, do I slide my finger

Re: Classic Versus Current view in Mail

2013-10-27 Thread Buddy Brannan
While you can switch back to modern view, your settings won’t stick. If you close your message view window after making the change to eliminate the preview pane, or if you exit mail and go back in, the preview pane is back. At last, that’s what happened to me after I made the change. Only way

A note to outlook.com users

2013-10-27 Thread Kliphton -------
Okay, some of you may have seen my post a couple weeks back, that Microsoft now supports imap in mac mail. The instructions cover mountain lion only. I anisially upgraded from mountain lion, but wanted to see if a clean install provided any differences. For me it did. My outlook configuration

Re: Really need help here, folks, and have gotten not a single response all weekend

2013-10-27 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, Shouldn’t you have a backup for Mountain Lion as well? I’m pretty sure I remember seeing you backed up before updating to Mavericks. If so, you should be able to ge into your recovery partition, and use your time machine backup from right before you updated to Mavericks. Ricardo

Re: What happens to my TM backup that spans OS10 versions?

2013-10-27 Thread Alex Hall
I know, but I have now had Time Machine back up my ML system, then keep packing up to the same drive under Maverix. Are things versioned, so I could go back to, say a week ago and have all my ML files, or two days ago and have the restore be Maverix? On Oct 27, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Tom Moore

Re: What happens to my TM backup that spans OS10 versions?

2013-10-27 Thread Tom Moore
Hi, As far as I know when you backup the system it takes what ever version of the os is on the drive at that time and puts it in the restore point. If you restore the system to a point that had Lion on it that restore will have Lion on it when you run it. If you then run a restore hat had 10.9

RE: Upgrading to Mavericks, help please for a new user

2013-10-27 Thread Reinhard Stebner
Can I do this from a PC or must it be done from a Mac? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kliphton --- Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 10:54 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Upgrading to

Re: Upgrading to Mavericks, help please for a new user

2013-10-27 Thread Kliphton -------
Has to be done from the mac. Its a mac OS, so that is only logical. Kliphton ~iMessageEmail~ kliphton@outlook.com ~Twitter,Instagram,foursquareSkype~ kliphton72 [Text only] 914-820-2298 (Personal blog-read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com On Oct 27, 2013, at 12:04 PM,

Re: no longer told if messages are read and unread

2013-10-27 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I did this 1. Using classic view, I made sure I was not interacting with the message table. 2. Next, pressed VO+down till I heard “horisontal scrole area. 3. Next, routed the mouse to that area. 4. Making sure track pad commander was off, (it’s always off for me) I double clicked the

Re: no longer told if messages are read and unread

2013-10-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Ray, What happens if you do VO-Down arrow when you’re on the horizontal splitter? If there’s nothing below it, you’ve got rid of the preview pane. If that isn’t the case, another way to get rid of it is to route the mouse to the horizontal splitter, then press your finger down on the

Re: A cautionary note about Mavericks installer

2013-10-27 Thread Rob Bender
Hi everyone. If I do a clean install of Mavericks, is there an easy way to restore my data from my time machine backup? The upgrade to Mavericks did not work for me, since the set up process quit unexpectedly. Thanks. On 2013-10-26, at 7:17 PM, Joseph Norton joseph.nor...@gmail.com wrote:

anyone happen to have the direct email for the accessibility dept. at facebook?

2013-10-27 Thread eric oyen
Their site has gotten so unreasonable of late trying to navigate it in a browser. In full mode, some items won't even be seen by the screen reader (using chrome, webkit or even plain safari) and in mobile mode, some settings aren't even available. this has to change. anyone happen to have the

Re: Follow up to Moderator Note yesterday concerning donations for one of our own

2013-10-27 Thread Katey Glass
Markk, I'm thinking about you and Amy and the dogs. Will continue to pray for a full recovery! I like your choice of words! Katey Sent from my iPad On Oct 27, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter markbaxte...@gmail.com wrote: Amy 2.0 will be better, stronger, faster… Sent

Re: Mavericks and Gmail

2013-10-27 Thread matthew dyer
Hi, I am using 10.9 with no problems with gmail. I ofcorse did not disable all mail so that may have something to do with it. Just my thoughts. matthew dyer sent from my 27 inch iMac. facebook, facetime and iMessage: ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com Skype: graduater2004 On Oct 26,

Re: Mavericks and Gmail

2013-10-27 Thread Janet Ingber
Hi Matthew, I checked my Gmail settings and I too did not disable all mail. Hopefully things will go smoothly when I upgrade. When I bought my Macbook Air, the techs set up my email at the store. Thanks, Janet On Oct 27, 2013, at 2:40 PM, matthew dyer ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: think I closed preview pain but not sure.

2013-10-27 Thread Michael Marshall
i in a stupid moment removed the message telling us how to get rid of the preview pain, could the person who sent the instructions plese send them again? sorry about that Michael On 28 Oct 2013, at 1:30 am, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: Sent from my Mac, the only computer with

Re: Pandora, edit station details

2013-10-27 Thread Traci Duncan
Hi, thanks for the feedback. :) I’m in the US and I’m enjoying iRadio, but so far, Pandora is winning me over. I use it just fine on my iDevices. For now, piano pub will have to suffice on the Mac. Thanks again, Traci On Oct 26, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Follow up to Moderator Note yesterday concerning donations for one of our own

2013-10-27 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Hi, Katety. Thank you so much for keeping us in your mind. It means getting better all the time, but it's a very long road until we get to Amy 2.0. (She is still in beta) Be well. Sent from my iPhone Messengers and Skype: BurningHawk1969 My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net Facebook:

Re: New Voices in Mavericks (was, Re: os 10.9, is it worth it?)

2013-10-27 Thread Traci Duncan
Hello, I don’t believe there are any new Australian voices. Just Lee Karen. AS far as the capitol goes, Oliver (the new UK voice), reads capitol T, the same as Compact Samantha. Oddly enough, Alex didn’t indicate capitol or lower-case. I wonder if that is a setting I have created? Traci

Re: Classic Versus Current view in Mail

2013-10-27 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, i love modern view it stops a lot of the VO chatter so i think i will stay with it myself. On 28 Oct 2013, at 2:56 am, Buddy Brannan bu...@brannan.name wrote: While you can switch back to modern view, your settings won’t stick. If you close your message view window after making the

Re: think I closed preview pain but not sure.

2013-10-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Michael, Here’s one way to get rid of the preview pane. Put Mail into classic view. Make sure that Quick Nav is off and that you’re not interacting with the message table. Do VO-Down arrow to the horizontal splitter. Bring the mouse (VO-Cmd-F5). If you have a trackpad, make sure that

Re: think I closed preview pain but not sure.

2013-10-27 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, thanks a lot, that did the trick Michael On 28 Oct 2013, at 6:41 am, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Michael, Here’s one way to get rid of the preview pane. Put Mail into classic view. Make sure that Quick Nav is off and that you’re not interacting with the message

Re: Mavericks and Gmail

2013-10-27 Thread Teresa Cochran
I’m having a few hiccups with syncing, but that’s pretty much it. I didn’t disable all mail either all along, so the only messages that had to sync were the archived ones, which apple Mail doesn’t keep separately anymore. Gmail has never kept Archived messages separately, either. Teresa The

Re: Macupdate desktop on mavericks.

2013-10-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Sorry I can't answer your question, but perhaps you can answer one of mine. What does the MacUpdate Desktop do? What's the advantage of using it? I have some software from MacUpdate and am often interested in their deals, but wasn't exactly sure why I would want or need the desktop app. Does it

Re: Mavericks and Gmail

2013-10-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI Teresa, When you updated, did all your messages saved in the [IMAP]/Archive folder–that is, Mail's special Archive folder–get merged with all your archived messages in All Mail? Or does this still remain a separate, but now redundant, folder in Mavericks? Thanks, Nic -- You received this

Re: anyone happen to have the direct email for the accessibility dept. at facebook?

2013-10-27 Thread Chris H
accessibility+r8tlllq.aea6hcn6sx...@support.facebook.com E-mail Facebook and iMessage christopher...@gmail.com On 27/10/2013 18:30, eric oyen wrote: Their site has gotten so unreasonable of late trying to navigate it in a browser. In full mode, some items won't even be seen by the screen

Re: New Voices in Mavericks (was, Re: os 10.9, is it worth it?)

2013-10-27 Thread Nicholas Parsons
HI Traci, By default, Alex should just change pitch when reading a capital letter but should not say the word capital. This makes reading all caps much easier as you don't get all the unnecessary extra words. The other voices, however, will say capital and change pitch as well, which is

Re: Really need help here, folks, and have gotten not a single response all weekend

2013-10-27 Thread Christine Grassman
Thought I did, but the only backup is Mavericks and only one copied folder of files, at least what is visible to me on the drive. Sent from my iPhone On 27 Oct 2013, at 12:26 pm, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Shouldn’t you have a backup for Mountain Lion as well?

Re: Macupdate desktop on mavericks.

2013-10-27 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Nic. I use macupdate desktop for updating apps, that I have not purchased from the app store. It is an advantage, because some apps is a little difficult to find, and macupdate desktop lets me update them just by one click. Macupdate desktop will download them and install them. Also these

Re: no longer told if messages are read and unread

2013-10-27 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Well, when I am in classic layout, and move down below the horizontal spliter, I see the message content area. This is the case no matter what I try to do with the track pad. Am I correct in guessing that this should not be the case? Also, I just now tried the trick you suggested of tapping

Re: Macupdate desktop on mavericks.

2013-10-27 Thread John Sanfilippo
Oo, Would this work to update dropbox?, I mean, if it works at all? John S On Oct 27, 2013, at 5:03 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Nic. I use macupdate desktop for updating apps, that I have not purchased from the app store. It is an advantage, because some

Re: Really need help here, folks, and have gotten not a single response all weekend

2013-10-27 Thread Ricardo Walker
Ah! ok. Have you tried to migrate your settings and preferences from Mavericks to Mountain Lion with the migration assistant in the utilities folder? Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Oct 27, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Christine Grassman

Re: no longer told if messages are read and unread

2013-10-27 Thread Ray Foret Jr
in reply to myself, I think, but still not quite sure, that I did it. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Oct 27, 2013, at 4:07 PM, Ray Foret Jr

1 password podcasts

2013-10-27 Thread Graham Roby
Hi, Can anyone point me to where I might find any podcasts on using 1 password with VoiceOver? I looked on applevis and to my surprise couldn't find any. Kind regards Graham Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Nest 2nd gen thermostat

2013-10-27 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys: Does anyone know if the Nest 2nd gen thermostat is accessible? I just saw it in the apple store. Looks neet. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an

Re: Pages for Mavericks, problems

2013-10-27 Thread Daniela Rubio
Hi all: About merging cells, they are still there, fortunately. To complete the process, one needs to Control Click to get an onscreen menu. If we select the cells we want to merge and Control click, the context menu shows up and we can navigate down to the Merge Cells option. About the hot keys

Re: Pages for Mavericks, problems

2013-10-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Daniela, I think what you’re referring to are merge cells in tables. What’s bothering me is the lack of merge fields in normal text. There’s now no apparent way to bring addresses in from Contacts, for instance. The fields in my existing templates have now become placeholder text which

Re: Some useful Mac keyboard shortcuts

2013-10-27 Thread Anne Robertson
Have you switched the FN key from the default? If not, press FN-Ctrl-F2. Cheers, Anne On 27 Oct 2013, at 23:28, BBS bigbigshawn@gmail.com wrote: Hi Chris. I don’t know why, but my system bonks every time I try using the control+F2 command. Shawn Sent From My White Mac Book On

Some Experimentation.

2013-10-27 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello All. While you’ve all been writing your messages, I’ve been playing with mail. I actually have tried all of your suggestions about Mail and thus far, I don’t know what I like or dislike. At the moment, I have mail in full mode, command control F and when I land on a table, I interact,

Re: New Voices in Mavericks (was, Re: os 10.9, is it worth it?)

2013-10-27 Thread BBS
Nick, what I’ve done for all the voices, including Alex and the Vocalizer Expressive voices, instead of having it change pitch for capital letters, I have it beep for capital letters. I prefer this behavior because the pitch changes are freaky. Shawn Sent From My White Mac Book On Oct 27,

Re: Pandora, edit station details

2013-10-27 Thread Greg Aikens
Hi Traci, You can delete a station from within Piano Pub. Select the station by double clicking with the track pad like you would do to play it. Then, stop interacting with the stations table and VO+right arrow until you hear Dash button. This lets you delete the station. Hope this helps.

I think vertical splitter is gone.

2013-10-27 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. I think I got rid of the splitter by doing the following. 1. vo command f5 on the vertical splitter. 2. vo, shift spacebar and I heard the mouse go click. I also have classic view unchecked. So what is my mail in now? Kawal. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Another way of reading mail.

2013-10-27 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I’ve just discovered something else which I think is cool. Interact with the message table, find the message you want to read, interact with the message again without opening it and Voice over starts reading the message automatically. Any one found that yet? Kawal. -- You received this

Re: Some useful Mac keyboard shortcuts

2013-10-27 Thread BBS
Hi Ann. Yes I have. Shawn Sent From My White Mac Book On Oct 27, 2013, at 5:39 PM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Have you switched the FN key from the default? If not, press FN-Ctrl-F2. Cheers, Anne On 27 Oct 2013, at 23:28, BBS bigbigshawn@gmail.com wrote: Hi

Re: Nest 2nd gen thermostat

2013-10-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Sarai, My husband and I have the nest second Gen. It's kind of accessible via the iPhone app, but it's got some pretty significant limitations. Using the App, you can change the temperature, and take it off Away mode. But you cannot turn it on and off, you cannot switch it from heat to

Re: upgrading, downgrading, choices oh my!

2013-10-27 Thread BBS
Hi John. That depends. Have you made a bootable copy of Lion? If not, and if you upgrade to Mavericks, you’re pretty much screwed because Lion isn’t in the App Store anymore. Shawn Sent From My White Mac Book On Oct 27, 2013, at 9:13 AM, John D. Lipsey johnl1...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all:

Re: Another way of reading mail.

2013-10-27 Thread Ray Foret Jr
No, and I still cannot tell whether my messages are read or unread. How the hell to fix this? Done everything evybody said to do and no good at all. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very

Re: Nest 2nd gen thermostat

2013-10-27 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: So how do you switch from heat to cool? On Oct 27, 2013, at 6:13 PM, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi Sarai, My husband and I have the nest second Gen. It's kind of accessible via the iPhone app, but it's got some pretty significant limitations. Using the App, you can change

Taptap C Question.

2013-10-27 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hello, I have a Taptap C question. As you all know, there is a bleep when you focus on something. What I'd like toknow, canyou use Taptap C to take mainstream pictures rather than the camera? If not, how do you get Voice Over to tell you for instance, how many people in focus and how does

Re: Taptap C Question.

2013-10-27 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: Yes you can. On Oct 27, 2013, at 6:29 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu kawa...@me.com wrote: Hello, I have a Taptap C question. As you all know, there is a bleep when you focus on something. What I'd like toknow, canyou use Taptap C to take mainstream pictures rather than the camera? If not,

Re: Another way of reading mail.

2013-10-27 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi Ray! Ok I've heard your post's and I think from what I gather the part your missing is you have to put the mouse on the splitter not below it! I'm sorry if that is what you've been doing but from what you've been saying it sounds like you have not! And if that is the case sit on the splitter

Re: Pages for Mavericks, problems

2013-10-27 Thread Barry Hadder
Anne, You can just interact with the button to read the button title. That is the currently selected style. I guess you have to dumb down like me to figure things like that out. :) What is happening is that voiceover isn’t reading the title of the button at all. For some reason a developer

Re: Nest 2nd gen thermostat

2013-10-27 Thread Donna Goodin
The only way you can is if it has been turned off. then you can go into the app, and tell it which one you want. Otherwise you can't. Donna On Oct 27, 2013, at 6:23 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com wrote: Hi: So how do you switch from heat to cool? On Oct 27, 2013, at 6:13

Re: Really need help here, folks, and have gotten not a single response all weekend

2013-10-27 Thread Christine Grassman
OK. It appears that the problem is resolved as far as moving the documents over: I isolated and unhighlighted the back-up file, then copied over, and it seems to have worked. Now, though, my second big problem: my bookshare books are showing empty html when I open the xml files. I tried using

Re: Discmaker X for creating OS X bootable drives.

2013-10-27 Thread Daniel C
I too have issues with DiskMaker x. It creates the disk, but my disk doesn't show up in start up disk to be booted off of. Though, amazingly, it creates the disk just fine. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from

Yet another pain in the neck trying to set up my MacBook after reinstallation

2013-10-27 Thread Christine Grassman
I am trying to have VoiceOver start at log-in. I went into Users and Groups and selected Log-in options. VoiceOver is nowhere to be found. The only thing I am seeing is Speech Synthesis Server. Is this what VO is called now -- when I set this up over two years ago, I am pretty darn sure

Re: Logos progrm on Mac or iPad

2013-10-27 Thread Vinny Pedulla
Hi Mike and Helena, I just tried Logos 5 on my iPad and it's slightly more accessible than the iPhone app. Both let you read the text of each book. It's just a little tricky bringing up the resource area. Once you are on it though, you can do a two finger swipe down and VO will read each

Re: Yet another pain in the neck trying to set up my MacBook after reinstallation

2013-10-27 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, When in the Users Groups pane, Interact with the Users, Groups Login Options List area. Navigate to the bottom item which is Login Options. Stop Interacting with the List area, then navigate right a number of times to the checkbox for using VoiceOver in the Login Screen. Later… Tim

Re: cannot use the same user account and other upgrade issues

2013-10-27 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, If you are using the Migration Assistant when setting up your machine, it will not allow you to create a new User account with the same name, especially the same Short Name, as an existing user on the original system. It will normally allow you past this either by you giving it a

Re: Google Drive and Mavericks

2013-10-27 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I haven’t found any other method. I usually use the web interface for this. If you go to the Drive link from your Google Home page, then locate the list of items in your Google Drive. Arrow down through the list so that VO announces the various items, when you land on your folder, press

Re: Yet another pain in the neck trying to set up my MacBook after reinstallation

2013-10-27 Thread Christine Grassman
Tim, absolutely everything there is saying dimmed -- use VoiceOver at login is saying dimmed unchecked check box and any attempt to change it is doing nothing. On Oct 27, 2013, at 11:03 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbur...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, When in the Users Groups pane, Interact with the Users,

Use iOS shortcuts in Mavericks

2013-10-27 Thread Mike
Hey everyone, In case you didn’t know yet, if you have an iOS device and a mac you can now use the shortcuts you set up on iOS in Mavericks. You can set up the shortcuts in Settings/General/Keyboard/Shortcuts, and once you have them set up they will work on your device and your Mac. This

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