Re: updating dropbox and dictating in mountain lion.

2012-08-01 Thread william lomas
go to system preferences in to speech i think it is and turn it on and set the key you want. make sure the input is your mike to be honest the results are extremely bad On 1 Aug 2012, at 07:32, Ian McNamara ianandri...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi all, how do I update my dropbox application to

Re: updating dropbox and dictating in mountain lion.

2012-08-01 Thread Dean Adams
Hi Ian, Go to system preferences and users and groups and the login items interact with the table stop when your on the drop box app stop interacting vo right arrow to remove login item reboot your mac if you haven't already down load the current version which is 1.4.12 open the dmg

Re: updating dropbox and dictating in mountain lion.

2012-08-01 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Ian You might want to check the archives for this mailing list as both of these topics have been covered extensively in recent times. You can find the archives at either of the following destinations: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net or:

Improvements in Mountain Lion

2012-08-01 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello everyone, Is there anything in Mountain Lion that would make it worthwhile for me to upgrade since I have no intention of using iCloud and dictation is of no interest to me. I have no real problems with Safari and I can drag and drop perfectly well in Lion. Does ML change anything with

Re: Keyboard shortcuts

2012-08-01 Thread chris hallsworth
Will do, so long I can start VoiceOver then all is well smiles. - Original Message - From: josh gregory joshkar...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 11:02 AM Subject: Re: Keyboard shortcuts Originally it's cmd+fn+f5

Re: Improvements in Mountain Lion

2012-08-01 Thread John Gunn
Hello Ann: Like you I don't use all the fluff meaning iCloud ETC however the menu bar is more accessible. I think the performance has improved and Safari is a little better. Your call but if the menu bar isn't that big of a deal for you probably not but of course only my opinion. John On

Re: Mac air vs macbook pro

2012-08-01 Thread Mike Maslo
Thank you all Sent from my iPhone On Aug 1, 2012, at 2:33 AM, Dean Adams breezepa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ian, Yes you are right to a point the newer mac's are very powerful with the quad core processors and a nice amount of ram and having ssd hard drives that respond very quickly it

Re: Mac air vs macbook pro

2012-08-01 Thread william lomas
i don't think the imacs will b around for much longer really to be honest as dean said more powerful solutions in portable forms are now available. the advantage of course of a desktop is taht one doesn't need to charge it On 1 Aug 2012, at 12:14, Mike Maslo mmaslo1...@swbell.net wrote:

Re: Improvements in Mountain Lion

2012-08-01 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Anne If you want the honest answer, which I'm sure you do, no! There are only 7 new VoiceOver related functions and, to be honest, everything else works more or less as it did under Lion. So, I'd say that if you have access to the upgrade free or cheaply, go for it. Otherwise, to be

siri not work as advertised?

2012-08-01 Thread william lomas
hi all how do we please get siri to work as advertised? on the adverts you hear such things as text my wif end tell her i'll be 30 minutes late. i would expect the resultant text to go to my wife in this example and state i will be 30 minutes late, instead when i try this or similar i

Re: siri not work as advertised?

2012-08-01 Thread josh gregory
And in the adverts it's a lot faster too. I k whatcha mean though I have a lot of the same results as you. On 8/1/12, william lomas will.d.lo...@gmail.com wrote: hi all how do we please get siri to work as advertised? on the adverts you hear such things as text my wif end tell her i'll

Emergency Outage, PLEASE READE!

2012-08-01 Thread Gordon, Lynne Tracy
Hello everybody We very much regret that we have to inform you of an emergency outage which will occur at approximately 14:30 (UTC), 15:30 (BST), 16:30 (CET), 12:30 (EST) today, 1 August 2012. This is because of emergency repairs to cabling which has to be done in our location. What's

Re: Improvements in Mountain Lion

2012-08-01 Thread Timothy J. Meloy
I like how Mountain lion behaves more like an iOS device. I'm a big fan of iMessage in the notification Center. Definitely worth the upgrade for me. On Aug 1, 2012, at 7:11 AM, John Gunn g...@tznet.com wrote: Hello Ann: Like you I don't use all the fluff meaning iCloud ETC however the menu

Re: iCloud

2012-08-01 Thread Kristeen Hughes
If I have two macs, can they both ue iCloud, and if they can, how does that work with an iPhone? Which of them does it sync with. Can they all be synced? I should probably know this, but syncing has been a problem for me in the past. Kristeen Hughes khwi...@gmail.com Skype: lostonsylvane On

We Are Back!

2012-08-01 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all Just a note to say we're back. As always happens the repair took much longer than they anticipated because of the degree of damage. We all heard the explosion as they cut through the cables. Anyway, we are up again now. Gordon ] --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to

Re: Mac air vs macbook pro

2012-08-01 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I chose the MacBook Air for portability reasons. I didn't want a MacBook pro because of its weight, and I didn't really need the noise. My MacBook Air has the 2.0GHZ processor which is turbo boosted to 3.2 GHZ, 8GB of RAM and only 128GB of disk space. However, I could've picked a 512GB SSD

Re: updating dropbox and dictating in mountain lion.

2012-08-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually I had very good results in the diction podcast I did on saturday. it is not up as of yet O I cant' give you a link, but i managed to with one try to dictate a passage front he tale of 2 cities in to twitter. just remember to speak a bit slower then you would when speaking normally and

Re: Improvements in Mountain Lion

2012-08-01 Thread Amber H
I personally think it wood be worth it if you like the idea of the VIP mail box. I think also that the ability to set certain things to show in the notification center is cool. If none of these things interest you, then I don't know if you should do it. HTH, Amber On Aug 1, 2012, at

can not burn ml

2012-08-01 Thread Mark Furness
I followed most if not all the messages regarding how to burn the dmg file for m l. when I use disc utility it tells me my 4.7 gb dvd does not have enough memory. however, he file is only 4.35 gb large. I did read that one can not use a dvd, but others say you can. I can not figure out how to

Re: Improvements in Mountain Lion

2012-08-01 Thread Ian McNamara
Hello, think mountain lion is great, Love the notifications centre and IMessageing. I reckon as people have said safari is better. Drop box seems more accessible but will have to work out how to see what is set up in notifications as I want dropbox to notify me of things. Ian McNamara --- Mac

Re: Improvements in Mountain Lion

2012-08-01 Thread Anne Robertson
Thank you, everyone, for your input. I have an iPhone so I don't need the Notification Centre and I have no use for VIP mailboxes as I can get to any of my hundred or so mailboxes quickly using the first letter or two of the name. I don't want my computer to be an IOS device. My computer is a

Mac air vs macbook pro

2012-08-01 Thread David Griffith
I disagree with this view. I will never buy an MBP or MBA but was happy to buy an IMAC. 1. Vastly superior extended keyboard available. For me VO becomes transformed with proper access to numpad commander. 2. Better drive capacity. I have a combination of fast 256 gb solid state drive for

Re: iPhone calendar question

2012-08-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
The month view is actually easier. as it is shaped like a calendar. Jut tough where eyou think the day is and move your finger accordingly. then tap the day and at the bottom is the events if any. If no events it will tell you so. The today button will present the events at the bottom in a

Re: can not burn ml

2012-08-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
There sis a nice utility called lion disk maker you can use to burn the dvd to a usb flash drive. this life hacker article explains how. Reader is not available but you'll see a heading that indicates where the article stats. Just hit cmd vo h to go by heading. How to Burn OS X Mountain Lion

iCloud and safari bookmarks.

2012-08-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. Yesterday I noticed that none of my bookmark folders are syncing to my phone via iCloud I thought this was supposed to happen. Safari is turn don on my mac and my phone but they are not cooperating. Any advice? I might respond slowly as my internet is about as slow as dial up right now

Re: Mac air vs macbook pro

2012-08-01 Thread Mike Maslo
Hi David I agree with what you say unless you are mobile or not wanting to be tied down at a desk. I have a laptop and only want a laptop for mobility reasons Sent from my iPhone On Aug 1, 2012, at 2:07 PM, David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com wrote: I disagree with this view. I will

Re: can not burn ml

2012-08-01 Thread John Panarese
Yes, this is the best way. You cna't burn the DMG onto a DVD disk unless it is the larger ones. It won't fit onto a single layer disk. Lion disk maker is easy to use and works great. I made a bootable installation disk on a USB 8 GB thumb drive that has worked like a charm. Take

Track Pad, how to assign a key stroke to a gesture?

2012-08-01 Thread Eric Caron
Hello Listers, I've been using my track pad more lately. i would like a gesture that either presses the space bar or presses enter. This would be helpful in iTunes. I looked tour the help documentation and through Voice Over utility but did not find a way to assign this to a