promise pegasus drives.

2012-08-07 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi all, In a moment of rash madness I bought one of these things (for work not personal use I'm not that nuts) last year. It's one of the 6-bay models. From a data transfer perspective it is very good but I'm not using it to its optimum. Is anyone else using one of these things and how have

Mac and online banking

2012-08-07 Thread Chris (gmail)
I am with Lloyds TSB and use their internet banking service to manage my banking online. How well does this work with Safari or any other browsers for the mac? Thanks! --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You

Re: Unable to see my files

2012-08-07 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Kristeen, I'm just starting to play with this on my computers and find it very helpful when it works. I have not gotten everything I want to share yet. I have noticed a few things that make using the share area a little challenging. One is that if you have a share point

Re: Unable to see my files

2012-08-07 Thread Kristeen Hughes
I guess what I'm wondering is why the settings would have changed just by upgrading to ML. Everyboddy was happy to share before I did that. Kristeen Hughes khwi...@gmail.com On Aug 7, 2012, at 4:04 PM, Eric Caron eric_ca...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi Kristeen, I'm just starting to

Help with browsing the net.

2012-08-07 Thread Karen Burgess
Hi all Very new to the Mac and looking for some basic help. If I'm using safari are their basic key strokes I can use for getting around web pages? For example how do I easily find where I need to type in a web address? Also, how do I easily find an edit box to type something in and things

Re: Help with browsing the net.

2012-08-07 Thread Marcy Weinberg
Hi! To type in a web address, go into Safari and press command-l. Type in the web address then press enter. To find edit fields, buttons, links, and so on, while on any web page, press the vo keys+U, that's control-option-U. This will bring up the web rotor. Right and left arrow to the

Bluetooth missing and how to get it back

2012-08-07 Thread Eric Caron
Hi listers, On my new Mac book Pro running Mountain Lion I went to system preferences and went to find Bluetooth and got a shock. The button was not there. For a moment I thought my new computer did not have Bluetooth. I called Apple and the support person said she had just had a

RE: Help with browsing the net.

2012-08-07 Thread David Griffith
Personally I go to quick nav setting s in Voiceover and enable first letter navigation. This is only available from lion onwards I think. When this is set it is pretty easy to use Safari. With quick nav on you can jump to H for heading F for form field B for button and so on. Pressing right

RE: Help with browsing the net.

2012-08-07 Thread David Griffith
Forgot to say that command L will let you type in a web address. Also Option command F will bring up a Google search field. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Karen Burgess Sent: 07 August

Reinstalling Mac OS 10 Lion via wifi, please help!

2012-08-07 Thread Chris (gmail)
Good evening all. I am trying to help Lewis Crack install Lion after he has wiped the disk to prepare for it to be sold. How the hell, excuse the language, can he get to the wifi icon with VoiceOver? We've tried VO-M twice, VO-F2 twice, we even looked at the menus, and no where can we find the

Re: promise pegasus drives.

2012-08-07 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Donal Yes, we use one of these drives on our server. What is it you're having problems with? Gordon On 7 Aug 2012, at 15:26, Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie wrote: Hi all, In a moment of rash madness I bought one of these things (for work not personal use I'm not that nuts)

Re: promise pegasus drives.

2012-08-07 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi Gordon, I'll be honest I've only bothered to unpack it about 2 days ago. I'm trying to decide how best to configure it to facilitate backing up multiple macs, and also to enable plenty of space for data storage. Any thoughts? Thanks as ever, Dónal On 7 Aug 2012, at 22:48, Gordon Smith

Re: video to audio converter?

2012-08-07 Thread Gordon Smith
DVD Remaster or Handbrake should do what you want. Personally I prefer the former, although it isn't free. I find it more intuitive and it's faster by a mile. I reckon somebody left the Hand Break on, when they configured Handbrake! Sorry about the stupid pun. :) Gordon On 7 Aug 2012, at

Re: Reinstalling Mac OS 10 Lion via wifi, please help!

2012-08-07 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Chris, Regrettably, the Wi-Fi icon to reinstall lion isn't accessible. It is accessible under MOuntain Lion line, but that does not help in the current situation unfortunately. My only suggestion is to get cited help of some kind, or obtain a wired ethernet connection. Sorry for the bad

Re: Help with browsing the net.

2012-08-07 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello Kaz Before I go any further, I strongly encourage you to use the list archives pages. You will find a great deal of the information there. You can find the archive page at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net There's also our own archive but for the moment I think

Re: Reinstalling Mac OS 10 Lion via wifi, please help!

2012-08-07 Thread Chris (gmail)
Thanks for your help. You will be pleased to know Gary Price himself will be joining your list, or has joined already. On 07/08/2012 22:51, Zachary Kline wrote: Hi Chris, Regrettably, the Wi-Fi icon to reinstall lion isn't accessible. It is accessible under MOuntain Lion line, but that does

Re: promise pegasus drives.

2012-08-07 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Donal First, I have to say that I didn't find the Promise Raid utility particularly helpful in regards accessibility. But if you want loads of space, I suggest you leave it at its defaults but unless you feel you need additional RAID options. If yours is still the same as it was when we

Re: video to audio converter?

2012-08-07 Thread amy gilbert
haha very good pun, so with dvd remaster is it completely accessible? and i take it it converts both dvds and single video files? amy On 7 Aug 2012, at 22:51, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: DVD Remaster or Handbrake should do what you want. Personally I prefer the former,

Re: promise pegasus drives.

2012-08-07 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Gordon, I'm not even sure there is a USB on it, unless the port on the drive doubles as both thunderbolt and USB? I'd doubt this but I'm certainly no expert. I have it at raid 5 at the minute but I agree 0 is also an option. I presume you're not using time machine to back up? Dónal On 7 Aug

Re: video to audio converter?

2012-08-07 Thread amy gilbert
hi gordon i've got it now, i've added my dvd titles to the cue and when i click on run cue it says i need to keep at least one program, what does that mean? On 7 Aug 2012, at 22:51, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: DVD Remaster or Handbrake should do what you want. Personally I prefer

Re: Help with browsing the net.

2012-08-07 Thread Karen Burgess
Hi all Very new to the Mac and looking for some basic help. If I'm using safari are their basic key strokes I can use for getting around web pages? For example how do I easily find where I need to type in a web address? Also, how do I easily find an edit box to type something in and things

Re: Help with browsing the net.

2012-08-07 Thread josh gregory
Just fyi, I think you accidentally resent what you posted originally. On 8/7/12, Karen Burgess karen7...@talktalk.net wrote: Hi all Very new to the Mac and looking for some basic help. If I'm using safari are their basic key strokes I can use for getting around web pages? For example how do

Re: Help with browsing the net.

2012-08-07 Thread Karen Burgess
Oh no ideas how that happened lol. How do I access the quick nab menus? Reall appreciate all your help. Kaz. Sent from my iPhone On 8 Aug 2012, at 00:30, josh gregory joshkar...@gmail.com wrote: Just fyi, I think you accidentally resent what you posted originally. On 8/7/12, Karen

Re: Help with browsing the net.

2012-08-07 Thread Ann Byrne
How do I avoid the toolbar at the top of the page that has links to Google, Yahoo, and so on, and just get to the html content??? At 05:07 PM 8/7/2012, you wrote: Hello Kaz Before I go any further, I strongly encourage you to use the list archives pages. You will find a great deal of the

Re: promise pegasus drives.

2012-08-07 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Donal No, there's no USB on our new model, sorry about that. I mentioned that because the first one we bought does have this option. I just looked at the new one and you're right, there's no USB. Gordon On 7 Aug 2012, at 23:19, Dónal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie wrote: Gordon,

Re: video to audio converter?

2012-08-07 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Amy The version 8 interface is different from what I'm used too. Let me play with this for a little while tomorrow and get back to you. I have just upgraded to V8 so I'll be able to do that. Gordon On 7 Aug 2012, at 23:35, amy gilbert we.are.born.innoc...@googlemail.com wrote: hi

Re: Help with browsing the net.

2012-08-07 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Karen I strongly suggest you have a look at the VoiceOver Quickstart guide, by pressing the keys Control, Option, Command and F8) together. That will walk you through the process. Of course, you can request as much help as you need, that's why this list is here. Feel free, if you wish,

Re: Help with browsing the net.

2012-08-07 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Anne I strongly suggest you hide all that stuff, go to the view menu. Then, in the Bookmarks section of Safari Preferences you can also tailor the visible options to suit your needs. I personally turn them all off. Gordon On 8 Aug 2012, at 00:49, Ann Byrne ann...@sbcglobal.net wrote:

Our Blog and Our Podcast

2012-08-07 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all I'm being kept very busy at the moment by a lot of projects. But I just wanted to let the group know the status of these things. First, because of the fact that somebody nicked our domain from us which is my fault in a way for not realising it had expired, we've had to move our blog

Re: video to audio converter?

2012-08-07 Thread amy gilbert
hi gordon, i've managed to sort it now. thanks for your help. amy On 8 Aug 2012, at 02:10, Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi Amy The version 8 interface is different from what I'm used too. Let me play with this for a little while tomorrow and get back to you. I have just

RE: touch typing on iPad 3

2012-08-07 Thread Tommy Craig
Use the rotor. When you get to typing swipe up or down. Tommy -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Diane Bomar Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 9:47 PM To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: touch typing on

Re: touch typing on iPad 3

2012-08-07 Thread Esther
Hi Diane, You need to be in a text field -- somewhere you would be typing -- in order to access the typing mode with the rotor. The easiest way is to start from the home screen on the iPad and click the home button once so you are in the Spotlight search field. Then use the rotor as Tommy