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Sent from my iPhone On 23/08/2012, at 18:28, macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics > > dumb mail question [2 Updates] > a new little thing about Mountain Lion [8 Updates] > Speaking rate in Voiceover [4 Updates] > Is Facebook Now Completely Broken [1 Update] > Best GPS app for iPhone [2 Updates] > 1password accessibility [1 Update] > Anyone has a link to a working version of Stanza? [1 Update] > there's an update to Mountain Lion available [1 Update] > TextEdit question [5 Updates] > dumb mail question > Bill Holton <bill32...@gmail.com> Aug 23 03:52PM -0400 > > Hi. > What is the best voiceover command to use that will get mail to consistently > open a web URL insight email? > > > Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> Aug 23 06:10PM -0400 > > Hi, > > I would navigate by character to the url itself then press VO space. If that > fails you, do the same but instead of pressing VO space, press VO shift M to > bring up the context menu and select to open link or something like that. > > hth > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > > > a new little thing about Mountain Lion > Joseph Norton <joseph.nor...@gmail.com> Aug 23 04:15PM -0400 > > Well, they finally did it! > > Now, when downloading the BootCamp Windows Support software, they finally > give you a progress report. > > Not a big thing, but, it's a tiny improvement. > > Now to try VMWare Fusion 5 and see what it can do. > > > Ray Foret Jr <rfore...@att.net> Aug 23 03:18PM -0500 > > So, does this make it possible for a blind person to install windows using > bootcamp independantly; or, need we wait for yet more work to be done? > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! > > Skype name: > barefootedray > > > > "Christopher-Mark gilland" <clgillan...@gmail.com> Aug 23 04:30PM -0400 > > You know, that doesn't sound like that half bad of an idea. I too have vm > ware 5, but have been really hesitant to install it and set a vm of Windows > 7 up on it as I was a little scared from the horror stories I heard... but > then again, I guess that was from Boot Camp, not from Fusion, huh. > > Anyways... > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph Norton" <joseph.nor...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 4:15 PM > Subject: a new little thing about Mountain Lion > > > > > christopher hallsworth <christopher...@gmail.com> Aug 23 10:09PM +0100 > > Let us know please as I want to try Bootcamp > at some stage. Thanks!On 23 Aug 2012, at 21:18, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > > > > christopher hallsworth <christopher...@gmail.com> Aug 23 10:10PM +0100 > > Wow only downloaded Fusion 4 I think last night or the night before. > On 23 Aug 2012, at 21:15, Joseph Norton wrote: > > > > Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> Aug 23 05:19PM -0400 > > Then you should be eligible for a free upgrade. > > CB > > On 8/23/12 5:10 PM, christopher hallsworth wrote: > > > Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> Aug 23 06:04PM -0400 > > I would doubt it. Installing windows really has nothing to do with the > bootcamp set up at that point. It would be up to MS to make the installation > of windows accessible. > > Of course, as a parson who uses bootcamp, I hope I'm wrong. lol. > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > > > "Daniel Miller" <miller...@gmail.com> Aug 23 05:08PM -0500 > > You're right. It'd be up to Microsoft to make windows installs accessible, > since that progress bar is only for installing the mac side of bootcamp. > Unfortunately, Windows 8 will be the only version of windows for the first > time ever that's accessible during install. > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 5:05 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: a new little thing about Mountain Lion > > I would doubt it. Installing windows really has nothing to do with the > bootcamp set up at that point. It would be up to MS to make the > installation of windows accessible. > > Of course, as a parson who uses bootcamp, I hope I'm wrong. lol. > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Aug 23, 2012, at 5:09 PM, christopher hallsworth > > > Let us know please as I want to try Bootcamp at some stage. Thanks!On > > 23 Aug 2012, at 21:18, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > > >> So, does this make it possible for a blind person to install windows > using bootcamp independantly; or, need we wait for yet more work to be done? > > >> Skype name: > >> barefootedray > > >> On Aug 23, 2012, at 3:15 PM, Joseph Norton <joseph.nor...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >>> Well, they finally did it! > > >>> Now, when downloading the BootCamp Windows Support software, they > finally give you a progress report. > > >>> Now to try VMWare Fusion 5 and see what it can do. > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > Speaking rate in Voiceover > "Christopher-Mark gilland" <clgillan...@gmail.com> Aug 23 04:08PM -0400 > > OK, I know about using vo+command+left and right arrow then when on rate, I > can move it up or down with vo+command+up and down arrows, but here's the > thing... > > It's moving in 5% increments. I kind of remember a while back, it's been > quite a while, but I vaguely remember someone saying that there was a little > trick to actually adjust that in finer notches, where I literally could move > it just a percentage at a time. > > Can someone refresh my noggin on how to do that? LOL! > > Chris. > > > Esther <mori...@mac.com> Aug 23 10:38AM -1000 > > Hi Chris, > > It used to be that holding down the shift key as well would act as a modifier > to slow down the adjustment rate of various items such as volume, rate, etc. > This was a general Mac feature, not just for adjustments in the VO controls. > I'm not sure this works now with the plethora of shortcut key controls and > QuickNav, but somebody else may be able to tell you how to do this. It could > just be that my current setup conflicts with being able to do this, or maybe > you can still do this on a full size keyboard? It was certainly a feature in > older versions of the Mac OS X operating system. One of the gruesome details > of inadvertently pressing the Exposé key shortcuts back instead of the F key > combination you really wanted in Leopard was, that not only could you not > tell what was going on (e.g. visual windows moving for selection -- analogous > to using Window chooser menu but turning your screen into a kind of icon view > of windows) -- but if you happened to hold down the Shift key as well, this > would all happen in slow motion, and it would take even longer to recover > response. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Aug 23, 2012, at 10:08, Christopher-Mark gilland wrote: > > > > "Christopher-Mark gilland" <clgillan...@gmail.com> Aug 23 04:45PM -0400 > > ok, but if I hit say a slider on the screen, and interact with it, if I then > wanna move it up in small movements, you're saying hold the shift key down > while doing it? Wouldn't that not work? Think about that... to move the > slider, you'd use vo+up and down arrow after interacting. Well, if I wanna > move it up a little bit, then vo+up arrow, with the shift key... so... > vo+shift+...oops? I just stopped interacting with the slider. Bummer! > > What 'em I missing? > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Esther" <mori...@mac.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 4:38 PM > Subject: Re: Speaking rate in Voiceover > > > Hi Chris, > > It used to be that holding down the shift key as well would act as a > modifier to slow down the adjustment rate of various items such as volume, > rate, etc. This was a general Mac feature, not just for adjustments in the > VO controls. I'm not sure this works now with the plethora of shortcut key > controls and QuickNav, but somebody else may be able to tell you how to do > this. It could just be that my current setup conflicts with being able to > do this, or maybe you can still do this on a full size keyboard? It was > certainly a feature in older versions of the Mac OS X operating system. One > of the gruesome details of inadvertently pressing the Exposé key shortcuts > back instead of the F key combination you really wanted in Leopard was, that > not only could you not tell what was going on (e.g. visual windows moving > for selection -- analogous to using Window chooser menu but turning your > screen into a kind of icon view of windows) -- but if you happened to hold > down the Shift key as well, this would all happen in slow motion, and it > would take even longer to recover response. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Aug 23, 2012, at 10:08, Christopher-Mark gilland wrote: > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> Aug 23 06:07PM -0400 > > Hi, > > sure, this still works. The thing is, instead of pressing VO shift up/down, > you press VO shift left/right when you are interacting with the slider. I do > this many times a day to set the BPM in Garageband projects. > > hth > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > > > Is Facebook Now Completely Broken > Randy Stegall <kc4...@aol.com> Aug 23 05:35PM -0400 > > Try using the develop menu in safari. There you will find user agent. Choose > firefox and the fb mobile site should be accessible. Hth. > > Randy Stegall > kc4...@aol.com > From: Raleigh, NC > Sent from my Mac Mini > > > > Best GPS app for iPhone > Harry Hogue <harryhog...@gmail.com> Aug 23 01:49PM -0600 > > Hi guys, > > I've heard mention of a couple of different accessible GPS apps on this list > for the iPhone, and I wondered which one people prefer to use and find most > useful and why? > > Thanks for any help. Oh, how much might such an app cost? > > Thanks, guys. > > Harry > > > Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> Aug 23 10:46PM +0200 > > Hello Harry, > > The best GPS app for iPhone is a very subjective matter. It very much depends > whether you mind having a 3G connection while using it or not. > > I like Navigon because its maps reside on the phone so it doesn't download > data. The version I have works all over Europe as long as I remember to > download the appropriate maps. > > However, I also like Ariadne GPS as an add-on, because it keeps me updated as > to where I am, and alerts me to the favourites I've put in. It does need an > internet connection, however, so I can't use it outside my home country > without incurring huge charges! > > These two apps work together since Navigon happily runs in the background. > > Quite a number of people use these two apps together, but I'm sure others > will have different suggestions since there are several GPS apps that only > work in the US. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > 1password accessibility > Robert Carter <nc5rn...@gmail.com> Aug 23 03:41PM -0500 > > Hi Paul, > > I don't know for sure but am going to assume that you currently have the weak > password stored in 1password. Making that assumption, here is how I would > proceed. > > 1. Open 1password go to file menu, down arrow to "new item" and press right > arrow to expand it. > 2. Down arrow to "new password" and press enter to open the dialogue. > 3. Use VO right arrow and you will see that 1password has generated a strong > password in this dialogue. > 4. VO right arrow past the password and use VO space on the copy button to > put the password on the clipboard. > 5. Open TextEdit and paste the password in to a blank document. I do this > because 1password only keeps the generated password on the clipboard for 90 > seconds or whatever you have it set to. > 6. Highlight the password that is now in text edit and copy it to the > clipboard. This way you don't have to worry about it disappearing from the > clipboard. > 7. Open safari and go to the site where you want to change the password. Get > to the point on the site where you are being asked for the new password and > paste it in from the clipboard. > 8. Go back to 1password, to your logins and locate the login information for > the site that you just changed the password for. > 9. Interact with the scroll area in 1password and use VO right arrow to > navigate to the password field. Assuming that you have show passwords checked > in the view menu, you will see your old password for the site. Press command > e to allow you to edit this entry. Delete it and paste in the new password > that is still on the clipboard. > 10. Press command e again to tell 1password that you are finished editing. > > You now have the password changed on the site and also updated in 1password. > You can trash the text edit document and all is now right with the world. > > Robert Carter > > > > > Anyone has a link to a working version of Stanza? > "Jürgen Fleger" <apple-engl...@fleger.net> Aug 23 10:20PM +0200 > > It's a pdf to epub converter. > > Jürgen > > > > there's an update to Mountain Lion available > Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> Aug 23 03:40PM -0400 > > Check key echo under vo utility, verbosity, keyboard (I think). Also, > as basic as it sounds, did you try a restart? I know the mac reboots > for the install, but sometimes an additional reboot after the newly > installed OS is up and running can help. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > TextEdit question > Stacey Robinson <stacey...@bellsouth.net> Aug 23 08:25AM -0500 > > Hi all, > If I'm in TextEdit and I want to move to the end of a line, how do I do this? > I'm using a USB apple keyboard with my White MacBook running SL. > Thanks, > Stacey and GEB dog Chesley > > > David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> Aug 23 02:28PM +0100 > > Command right and left arrow willmove you to the beginning and end of a line. > and > On 23 Aug 2012, at 14:25, Stacey Robinson wrote: > > > > Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> Aug 23 09:28AM -0400 > > Just like anywhere, it's cmd-right. I think of cmd as the top/bottom key, > since: > cmd-left moves to the start of a line > cmd-right moves to the end of a line > cmd-up moves to the top of the text > cmd-down moves to the bottom of the text > > The option key is used with left/right to move by words. I have no > idea if control does anything, or if option with up/down does > anything... I should try that. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > Stacey Robinson <stacey...@bellsouth.net> Aug 23 09:04AM -0500 > > Great, this is wonderful, thanks. > > On Aug 23, 2012, at 8:28 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > > > erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> Aug 23 10:23AM -0400 > > Hi, that would be command right arrow. > > Best, > > Erik Burggraaf > Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at > $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. > Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 > or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2012-08-23, at 9:25 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group > macvisionaries. > You can post via email. > To unsubscribe from this group, send an empty message. > For more options, visit this group. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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