Typically Topical; Get The Joke?

2012-08-29 Thread Gordon, Lynne & Tracy
Hello everybody I am so so sorry to bore those who have heard this kind of thing before. But recent support activity would seem to indicate that we need another gentle reminder. You might remember the 1976 song "Barbados", by Typically Tropical? Well, it just so happens that the song was on th

Re: Command R start up options

2012-08-29 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hi Phil, I only Have a single external disk drive which both time machine and SuperDuper! share. There is only a single partition on that external disk. In smart update mode SuperDuper! uses the time machine backup to minimise the SuperDuper! update activity. In my case SuperDuper! takes about

Re: mac trouble

2012-08-29 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Josh I could provide you with the DVD image that you could burn from Windows if you need that. Let me know, (off list). But before you do, make sure you meet these requirements. 1. You have wired internet, not wireless. 2. You've tried both Command+R and Option+R (this is only because

music in IOS behaving oddly.

2012-08-29 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Folks, I have 15GB of audiobooks on my Iphone 4S. When I do a spotlight search, the books come up and I can play them. However "audiobooks" isn't appearing under the "more" tab of Music. Has anyone seen this? I'm going to try a backup and restore just to see what happens. Dónal Dónal Fitzpa

Re: Command R start up options

2012-08-29 Thread Phil Halton
Thanks Paul, and That's not much of a snag in my opinion either. - Original Message - From: "Paul Hopewell" To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 4:30 AM Subject: Re: Command R start up options Hi Phil, I only Have a single external disk drive which both

Re: music in IOS behaving oddly.

2012-08-29 Thread Gordon Smith
This can sometimes happen if the format of your books does not conform with what the OS defines as an audiobook or an eBook. -- This Message Was Written Using One Hundred Percent Recycled Electrons; On Gordon's iPhone 4S: +447907823971

Re: Backup Strategies

2012-08-29 Thread Gordon Smith
This kind of backup strategy can work very effectively, as Paul has demonstrated. However, you're still laying yourself open to the possibility of hardware failure killing your backup. Multi-location backups have a lot to be said for them. -- This Message Was Writ

Re: mac trouble

2012-08-29 Thread josh gregory
Gordon: I've written you offlist but will explain here: I called Apple yesterday and they said we'll have to take it in to an Apple Store, which I'll be doing here in a bit. Second, we have wifi, no wired internet (would an Ethernet cable fix that)? Third, I booted from recovery partition and did

Re: music in IOS behaving oddly.

2012-08-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
Let me add that the format should be *.m4b There does not have to be chapter markers. There are none in thrones I convert. Let me also add I have never played an mp3 book on my iPhone. I know it can be done how ever I prefer m4b as I can keep my place and it just sounds better to me. Be blesse

Re: music in IOS behaving oddly.

2012-08-29 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
These are audible titles and they play just fine, they're just not showing up. They were fine and played/displayed perfectly, however in the last day seem to have disappeared. Dónal On 29 Aug 2012, at 16:10, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Let me add that the format should be *.m4b There does not have

Re: music in IOS behaving oddly.

2012-08-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh oopsy doodle. In that case I don't know. You said you looked at the more tab and books was not there? Or am I thinking of another message sent a few hours ago? if the audio files are not there, try unchecking synch books and then start over. That's the only suggestion I can offer at the mom

Re: music in IOS behaving oddly.

2012-08-29 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Nope you're quite correct. Will try the "re-sync" method. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages postedto the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web a

Re: VoiceOver friendly RSS reader

2012-08-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
> Try Vienna. I use it and love it. You can export all of your feeds to a file > and import them back let's say if you have to reinstall it. YOu can read the > article in an internal browser but I much prefer safari I'll be doing a > podcast on it when school settles down as it is a very very g

Re: mac trouble

2012-08-29 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Josh That explains a lot. If you booted from the recovery partition but don't have a wired Internet, that is most likely why you cannot see anything. On 29 Aug 2012, at 15:38, josh gregory wrote: Gordon: I've written you offlist but will explain here: I called Apple yesterday and they s

Re: mac trouble

2012-08-29 Thread josh gregory
I see... now if they'd just told me that yesterday... On 8/29/12, Gordon Smith wrote: > Hi Josh > > That explains a lot. If you booted from the recovery partition but don't > have a wired Internet, that is most likely why you cannot see anything. > > > On 29 Aug 2012, at 15:38, josh gregory wro

A Dilemma

2012-08-29 Thread Desi Noller
Hi All, I find myself with something of a dilemma before me and I thought I'd pose it here because though I understand the decision is ultimately mine, I'd love to know your opinions. If this is too far off topic for this list, I apoloogize in advance and would ask anyone wishing to reply, to

Re: A Dilemma

2012-08-29 Thread Chris G
Hi, All the tech shows I listen to are saying September 12 is the announcement date and shipping 9 days later. If it were me, I'd wait 3 weeks if you can. - Original Message - From: Desi Noller To: mac-access@mac-access.net Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:56:55 -0700 Subject: A Dilemma > Hi

Re: A Dilemma

2012-08-29 Thread Robert Carter
Hi, If you are happy with the capabilities of the 4s today, it will likely retain those capabilities for the next two years. If, however, you think that you would really like to be able to take advantage of whatever capabilities the new phone might have that the 4s doesn't have, you should wait

Re: A Dilemma

2012-08-29 Thread josh gregory
I'm the same, Robert. Crap, if only I wasn't stuck in a 2-year contract and upgrade was sooner, lol. On 8/29/12, Robert Carter wrote: > Hi, > > If you are happy with the capabilities of the 4s today, it will likely > retain those capabilities for the next two years. If, however, you think > that

Re: Caps Lock to VO Keys

2012-08-29 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Sara and others, Here is the applevis.com link to the podcast on how to change your caps lock key to the VO keys Control Option. This is a permanent link and will work better then the dropbox link I previously posted. I hope interested listers were able to follow the podcast and are

option clicking a button with VO

2012-08-29 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi all, I need to perform an "option click" on the "restore iPhone" button in iTunes. Unless my memory is gone, this brings up a dialog which allows me to open an update file for IOS. Anyways, how does one achieve this with voiceover? Can't for the life of me remember. Dónal Dónal Fitzpatri

Re: option clicking a button with VO

2012-08-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. you need to after you route to the button using vo cmd f5. then turn off vo and then option click the button and start vo. You should now be presented with said dialogue. Hope that helps. On Aug 29, 2012, at 3:27 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > Hi all, > > I need to perform an "option

Re: option clicking a button with VO

2012-08-29 Thread william lomas
it very rare that works never does for me even though I do the said steps On 30 Aug 2012, at 04:11, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hello. you need to after you route to the button using vo cmd f5. then turn > off vo and then option click the button and start vo. You should now be > presented with sa