RE: Looking for grocery store apps in California

2015-10-29 Thread george b
Joe here is a start for them A list of stores from google below https://www.google.com/search?site=

RE: Curious About Checkbook/Checkbook Pro

2015-10-29 Thread george b
Can I inport my quicken account into checkbook pro? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sarai Bucciarelli Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 05:58 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Curious About

Re: Curious About Checkbook/Checkbook Pro

2015-10-29 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I use Checkbook Pro. I love it! The software is completely accessible. Splasm customer service is awesome. I’ve beta tested some for thim in regards to Voiceover. > On Oct 29, 2015, at 3:00 AM, Bill Gallik wrote: > > I’ve been looking for an OSX app that is generally

RE: VM Fusion 8.1 user experience comments

2015-10-29 Thread george b
Scott email me off list I removed v m from my m b p 13 and wish to pick your brain what is left of it. Thqanks Go 49er's beat those rams -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Thursday,

Re: Looking for grocery store apps in California

2015-10-29 Thread Scott Granados
Pea Pod is also an option and I’m not sure but I believe that area may be covered by the Amazon expansion in to groceries and same day delivery. Definitely worth checking out. Also, I can’t speak highly enough of the Safeway service. I used to order entirely online from the train and

VM Fusion 8.1 user experience comments

2015-10-29 Thread Scott Granados
It just dawned on me while working with fusion that it really has gotten very good from an accessibility and over all stability stand point. I know some on list have commented it’s over priced and the upgrade methods have a lot to be desired and there are strong points to be made but as

Re: VM Fusion 8.1 user experience comments

2015-10-29 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! I very much agree. The only issue I sometimes have is that keys in the VM are sometimes held down, especially when in conjunction with shift, although this is actually because of VoiceOVer's quick nav issue. Aside from that unrelated Fusion bug that causes the VM to act weird, it's very

Re: Calibrating The iPhone Battery

2015-10-29 Thread Scott Granados
That was a separate suggestion. Along with celebrating the battery I suggested a reboot after upgrading using that method. They are not done together or mutually exclusive in anyway two independent things. If you don’t reboot it’s not a problem. Think of that move as a soft reset. > On Oct

Re: Some Information for A T & T Wireless Customers Who Recently Enabled WiFi Calling or Who Were Recently Switched to HD Voicemail

2015-10-29 Thread Scott Granados
So what I’ve learned from this is people still use voicemail. Really? :) I can’t remember the last time I left a VM. Text sure and emails but voicemail I’m really not sure. It’s funny how habits like this change over time. I remember when I used to use voicemail all the time and had all

Re: Curious About Checkbook/Checkbook Pro

2015-10-29 Thread E.T.
I chose Checkbook and will do the import/export this week from MoneyTalks. Splasm offers wonderful support. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 10/29/2015 1:00 AM, Bill Gallik wrote: I’ve been

Re: [Bulk] [Bulk] [Bulk] still no new message sound in Mail

2015-10-29 Thread Katie Zodrow
Hi, John its Katie. I tried using the glass sound effect when I checked for new mail 2 days ago, and nothing happened. Then I went back to the new mail sound and when I check for new messages, I still don’t hear anything. I’m having no luck at this. In mail preferences in the general tab, I

Re: Calibrating The iPhone Battery

2015-10-29 Thread Grant
Hi Scott, The following is a direct quotation taken from the section of Apple’s website that you linked to: "Charge your Apple lithium-ion battery whenever you want. There’s no need to let it discharge 100% before recharging. Apple lithium-ion batteries work in charge cycles. You complete one

RE: Mail in EL Captain

2015-10-29 Thread george b
Yes it has changed, but I can not tell you at the moment the keystroke I am not at my mac -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of denise avant Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:45 To:

Re: Calibrating The iPhone Battery

2015-10-29 Thread Blee Blat
I'll look at that. I didn't know they serviced batteries. I thought they just meant you had to get a new phone. It seems to be behaving normally, this happened awhile ago but it seems to have resolved itself but I'll check the diagnostics and see if it shows up anything. -- The following

Re: Calibrating The iPhone Battery

2015-10-29 Thread Grant
I’d agree that the most likely result of a battery calibration would be a possible, small improvement in the battery gauge's accuracy. But I don’t think it should be huge. If folks are getting really bizarre battery readings such as the gauge being stuck at 100% as you described, I’d wonder

Apple TV (2015) cNet Review

2015-10-29 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, Here is the text of the cNet review of the new Apple TV. The link to the original article is located at the end of the text. Enjoy, Mark Apple TV (2015) cNet Review The smoothest streaming TV today, powerful potential tomorrow The Good The new Apple TV delivers the most

Re: Mail in EL Captain

2015-10-29 Thread Andrew Lamanche
You no longer have to press shift button to move to the top of the lists or tables. It's just vo+fn+left or aright arrow. > On 29 Oct 2015, at 18:50, george b wrote: > > Yes it has changed, but I can not tell you at the moment the keystroke I am > not at my mac > >

Re: Calibrating The iPhone Battery

2015-10-29 Thread Blee Blat
Yeah, I'm not a scholar of batteries either but over time if you don't run the battery down to 0% periodically you may find that the fuel gauge gets out of sync. So you can have a situation for example when your battery charge says 0% but the phone is still working, or you can have 30% charge

Re: Mail in EL Captain

2015-10-29 Thread denise avant
Thanks. Too many keys on my part. > On Oct 29, 2015, at 1:51 PM, Matthew Dierckens wrote: > > The command is still command option up arrow. > > God bless. > Matthew Dierckens > Certified Assistive Technology Specialist > Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer > U.S. number:

Mail in EL Captain

2015-10-29 Thread denise avant
Hello all, I am running the latest version of El Capitan I am wondering if the command for moving to the top of the mail messages has changed. When I interact with the mail messages, and press function_vo-shift left arrow, I only move up about five messages instead to the very top. hav I

Re: Mail in EL Captain

2015-10-29 Thread Matthew Dierckens
The command is still command option up arrow. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer U.S. number: 573-401-1018 Personal Email: matt.dierck...@me.com > On Oct 29, 2015, at 14:50, george b wrote: > > Yes it

WTB: Looking for a mac book pro, iMac, iPhone, and iPad...

2015-10-29 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi everybody. I'm in the market for a mac book pro with ssd, iMac with ssd, iPhone, and iPad mini or air. I'm only interested in items in very good to mint condition with no repairs. Warranty or AppleCare would be great but are not necessary. If you have all or any of the products listed, please

Am I hearing Things?

2015-10-29 Thread Eileen Scrivani
Hi All, This is probably really minor, but when I do a VO Shift D to go to the desktop, I swear I am hearing the Alex voice say “Maintosh HD Volume.” Has anyone else heard this? I know the list has discussed problems with the Samantha voice, but I’ve always kept the voice set to Alex. I

Re: I messages not working properly.

2015-10-29 Thread joseph hudson
No slowness hear everything is working fine. Joseph Hudson Email jhud7...@gmail.com I device support Telephone 2543007667 Skype joseph.hudson89 facebook https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404 Twitter

Re: [Bulk] [Bulk] [Bulk] still no new message sound in Mail

2015-10-29 Thread John Panarese
Do you have a custom sound you can copy into your user library/sounds folder? If so, I would try using that one just to see if that works. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE

RE: [Bulk] [Bulk] [Bulk] still no new message sound in Mail

2015-10-29 Thread george b
Tell me what to do to make a custom sound please thanks -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Panarese Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 13:57 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Bulk] [Bulk]

I messages not working properly.

2015-10-29 Thread Kjsc Radio
Hello all. Is anybody having a problem with i messages sending slow when signing into iCloud? I am also having a problem or if I receive a text from the contact, the contact card is not showing up in my messages app on my mac. I have tried both re signing into iCloud and iMessage, but still I

Re: More on hotspots.

2015-10-29 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hopefully you are right. > Am 29.10.2015 um 11:10 schrieb David Chittenden : > > I seriously doubt the contention that there are no blind users on Apple's > accessibility team. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >

Re: Calibrating The iPhone Battery

2015-10-29 Thread Scott Granados
Grant, I find this interesting. I’m skeptical but if it’s on an apple resource then they would know. Good find. > On Oct 29, 2015, at 1:46 PM, Grant wrote: > > Hi Scott, > > The following is a direct quotation taken from the section of Apple’s website > that you

Re: Am I hearing Things?

2015-10-29 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
The only thing I can think of is you may have pressed the enter/return key to edit the name rather than open it one time and you somehow deleted the C and the K. If that's the case, press enter/return and edit it the way it's supposed to be. My Alex says Mackintosh HD here correctly so can't

Re: Looking for grocery store apps in California

2015-10-29 Thread joseph hudson
George thanks and thanks to the other individual that gave me a nice suggestion I will definitely put your suggestion to her head. And to George, I will have to tell you that you give me a really long link. And Linstedt wrap over I just sometimes not good. Joseph Hudson Email

Re: Some Information for A T & T Wireless Customers Who Recently Enabled WiFi Calling or Who Were Recently Switched to HD Voicemail

2015-10-29 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi Scott. I’ve not used Voice Mail for years. If people can’t get me, I encourage them to leave me a text message or I just forward my calls to another phone such as my work number. I also have got the phone provider that I’m with to switch off the mailbox so no messages can be left. > On 29

Re: clean my mac on El Capitan

2015-10-29 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
So could it explode? Just be careful when using it and if you can use the machine without the battery then that would be preferable. > On 29 Oct 2015, at 00:46, Eric Oyen wrote: > > basically, it aged. most Lithium Ion batteries start to swell a little with > age. It

Re: VM Fusion 8.1 user experience comments

2015-10-29 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I have the latest VMFusion but no windows. I need to get Windows 10 just to try it. > On 29 Oct 2015, at 13:52, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > > Hi! > > I very much agree. The only issue I sometimes have is that keys in the VM are > sometimes held down, especially when in

RE: Looking for grocery store apps in California

2015-10-29 Thread george b
Well oe somedays you just are not happy that was straight from the address bar in i.e. didn’t know I had to edit for you From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of joseph hudson Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 15:02 To:

Curious About Checkbook/Checkbook Pro

2015-10-29 Thread Bill Gallik
I’ve been looking for an OSX app that is generally similar to the Windows “Talking Checkbook” and have found “Checkbook” and “Checkbook Pro” so far. After reading the descriptions for these apps that the “Pro” version is probably more than I need. I do have several questions about both or

Re: More on hotspots.

2015-10-29 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Anders, If you do VO-k, does VoiceOver announce the hotspots correctly? If so, then something very strange is happening. Cheers, Anne > On 28 Oct 2015, at 19:52, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I use swedish keyboard here. > Maybe this is the case here to. > I

Re: Hotspots not working properly.

2015-10-29 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Yes, Anne, I did do the clean install. I initially installed over Yosemite but had issues many more issues than now. So I took the plunge, researched it carefully and performed clean install. Hotspots and Safari holding onto VO focus although not every time nor consistently are the major

Some Information for A T & T Wireless Customers Who Recently Enabled WiFi Calling or Who Were Recently Switched to HD Voicemail

2015-10-29 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone, As the following is extremely important to my enjoyment of iPhone and in so much as I think it an important tool for many of us, I am going to post this to both the Mac Visionaries and V iPhone mailing lists. Please note that I can only verify the following on the A T & T

Re: More on hotspots.

2015-10-29 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hello Anne and Anders, the same issues occur on my german keyboard layout. Regarding the answers of the accessibility team: I don’t think they let blind VO users work in their team and so, if someone’s not using VO on a daily base, a lot of issues do not occur because they show up randomly. I

Re: More on hotspots.

2015-10-29 Thread David Chittenden
I seriously doubt the contention that there are no blind users on Apple's accessibility team. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 29 Oct 2015, at 22:26, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > > Hello Anne and

Re: clean my mac on El Capitan

2015-10-29 Thread Eric Oyen
well, given its current condition, if I try to charge it, there might be n explosive situation develop real fast. I have been debating whether or not to get a new battery or save what I can and hope to get a new macbook. given my bills of late, saving is out of the question. -eric On Oct 29,

safari problem and question

2015-10-29 Thread Singing Sparrow
I have tried about five or six times already to go to any web sites using safari and nothing is going anywhere, no matter what web site i try. I have already deleted my history, and undid all auto filling in the preferences. what can i do is there a way to reinstall safari? or will i end up

Re: Curious About Checkbook/Checkbook Pro

2015-10-29 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
You sure can! > On Oct 29, 2015, at 8:00 AM, george b wrote: > > Can I inport my quicken account into checkbook pro? > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sarai Bucciarelli > Sent:

Re: still no new message sound in Mail

2015-10-29 Thread Craig Werner
I was one of the first people to report this problem to the VoiceOver community. All sound preferences were set properly, and no amount of mail sound to tweaking restored the new mail sound. I reported the problem to Apple and was told by a rep that he had run into the problem with some users, but