Re: slow keystroke echo on a mac book pro?

2013-10-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I never noticed a delay in ml. that might be due to your specs of your computer, maybe. It is there in os10.9 though and it’s driving me up the tech wall. Take care. On Oct 24, 2013, at 12:39 AM, Henry Miller wrote: > > > Hi Brian > > Many thanks for your advice. > I am slowly starting to

Re: Important info for Gmail users to read before updating to Mavericks

2013-10-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Actually I did the change and it worked out fine. It is now resyncng my message and it took about 12 ro 18 hours to redownload and synch and take away dups of about 60 thousand messages. Take care. On Oct 23, 2013, at 10:28 PM, Ian McNamara wrote: > Well, just as I was thinking of doing the up

Re: Important info for Gmail users to read before updating to Mavericks

2013-10-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
It won’t work in basic html. you need to do this in standard view. At least it worked very well in standard view for me. Ok here we go. 1. go to standard view if you are not there already. 2. once you land on the inbox, go to the first check box by hitting c if you have quick keys enabled usin

IPhone 5C review.

2013-10-24 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Hi all, After spending some time with my sisters iPhone 5c I have written a rather lengthy blog post on the device. The review can be found at: http://sadamahmed.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/iphone-5c-review/. Any feedback welcome. Enjoy. Kind regards, Sadam Skype: Sadamahmed1992 Tw

Re: test - please ignore

2013-10-24 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
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Re: OS X Mavricks, Wait a bit

2013-10-24 Thread Josh Gregory
Yes, you should always, always perform backups. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 24, 2013, at 4:35 PM, Laurel And Stockard > wrote: > > Is it necessary to back the computer up to the Time Machine in case the > Mavericks assistant does not work first before you start the install? > > Laurel and S

Re: How to stop Maverick installer incorrectly thinking the target disk is used for time machine backups

2013-10-24 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello, I'm sorry, you are having this trouble. You are following the advice of backing up. If you have confidence in your backups. I would proceed to do a clean install of Mavericks. So you know you will be starting from a clean system. I found this post that might be useful I am not sure how t

Re: a question about finder

2013-10-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
Using VO home only goes to the first item on the screen. Try using VO shift home, this moves to the top of the item, scrolling if necessary. Original message: hey listers, i have a problem with finder and getting to the top or bottom of a folder list. even if i interact in list view and hit VO h

Re: Having problems installing Maverick

2013-10-24 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello, Didn't I read that the installer is removed after the installation. So I don't see why you should need to redownload. Incidentally, When I do a cmd i on the installer, the properties report that the Installation.app folder is 5.31Gigabytes. You are getting the hole file? It wouldn't mak

Re: iTunes Problem

2013-10-24 Thread George Cham
Hi, I've checked the download queue, after completion, butt its empty. Where else could a download be waiting to be downloaded? And I'm not going to delete itunes. George Sent from my iPhone > On 25 Oct 2013, at 7:44 am, Esther wrote: > > Hello George, > > It is a very bad idea to try up

Re: OS X Mavricks, Wait a bit

2013-10-24 Thread Laurel And Stockard
Is it necessary to back the computer up to the Time Machine in case the Mavericks assistant does not work first before you start the install? Laurel and Stockard > On Oct 24, 2013, at 14:15, Josh Gregory wrote: > > First off,it is worth noting that unlike previous updates, this update is > fr

Re: iTunes Problem

2013-10-24 Thread Esther
Hello George, It is a very bad idea to try upgrading your operating system when you have existing problems in your applications. Not only will you have problems under the new operating system, but they can be a nightmare to fix. As for deleting iTunes as a way of dealing with your problems, d

Re: OS X Mavricks, Wait a bit

2013-10-24 Thread Josh Gregory
First off,it is worth noting that unlike previous updates, this update is free. It took me about… Perhaps an hour and a half once I downloaded and installed everything, it's not hard, it downloads an application that will walk you through it. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 24, 2013, at 2:56 PM,

iTunes Problem

2013-10-24 Thread George Cham
I am trying to download a video podcast through iTunes. The download finishes , i close iTunes and reopen it . The download starts again. Before I upgrade to mavericks , can I delete the app and install the app again? George Cham, george.c...@mac-access.net <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot N

please disregard this message a question about finder

2013-10-24 Thread Michael Marshall
hey listers, i have worked out my own answer to this question. i figured out that if option up and down worked in mail it could work in finder. i tried the command and yes! it worked. thanks all Michael On 25 Oct 2013, at 6:31 am, Michael Marshall wrote: > hey listers, > i have a problem with

Re: a question about finder

2013-10-24 Thread Parham Doustdar
Hi Michael, As far as I know, VO + home will go to the visible beginning, meaning that if you have too many items in one folder, it won’t go to the very first item. Try pressing VO + shift + home? HTH. On Oct 24, 2013, at 11:01 PM, Michael Marshall wrote: > hey listers, > i have a problem wi

Re: a question about finder

2013-10-24 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Michael, This is weird. What view are you actually using? Icon has never worked well, so I prefer list or column. I’ve never had problems getting to the top and bottom of folders, though… Best, Zack. On Oct 24, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Michael Marshall wrote: > hey listers, > i have a problem wit

a question about finder

2013-10-24 Thread Michael Marshall
hey listers, i have a problem with finder and getting to the top or bottom of a folder list. even if i interact in list view and hit VO home or end i can not get to the top or bottom of my folders. in column view i had no problem but i have had to ditch it. any help on this problem would be fanta

Re: OS X Mavricks, Wait a bit

2013-10-24 Thread Laurel and Stockard
Hey guys, is updating to the Mavericks OS 10.9 hard? How long on average did it take you. I'm just curious before I actually do it. Thanks Laurel On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:49 AM, Bryan Jones wrote: > Hi Zach, > > Yes, I too have adjusted to using the VO+Shift+Home/End keystroke to move to > top or

Re: Learning Mac Podcast

2013-10-24 Thread Andy Collins
You might also like to download the iblink radio app, where you'll find some old podcasts for accomplishing things on the Mac - Andy On 24 Oct 2013, at 18:50, Parham Doustdar wrote: > Hi Andy, > > Thanks a lot for the suggestions. I'll check them out. > > I have been listening to the "Mac Bas

Re: iPhone 4s updating software

2013-10-24 Thread Glenn
I wonder if that can be done if it has never been activated? Glenn - Original Message - From: "Tommy Craig" To: "'Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility'" Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 12:15 PM Subject: RE: iPhone 4s updating software Under IOS 7 you can now tell Siri to turn on VoiceOver. To

Re: Learning Mac Podcast

2013-10-24 Thread Parham Doustdar
Hi Andy, Thanks a lot for the suggestions. I'll check them out. I have been listening to the "Mac Basics" series since I sent out my e-mail, which exists, I'm guessing, both on Vision Australia and Applevis. On Oct 24, 2013, at 8:55 PM, Andy Collins wrote: > Three resources I found very useful

changes to internet radio.

2013-10-24 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi folks, Just playing around with iTunes under Mavericks. I wonder if people could check under the News section and confirm for me whether BBC radio4 and BBC 5Live are gone? Thanks much, Dónal Dr. Dónal Fitzpatrick, School of Computing, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland

Re: Learning Mac Podcast

2013-10-24 Thread Andy Collins
Three resources I found very useful when getting started, and advancing a little are: the macfortheblind website, the vision austrailia website, and the applevis website - Andy On 24 Oct 2013, at 15:58, Parham Doustdar wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm learning Mac as I go. However, I'm curious to se

Re: Fixed!: How to stop Maverick installer incorrectly thinking the target diskis used for time machine backups

2013-10-24 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Paul, For future reference, you can in fact have speech feedback during the install. Hit either command-f5 or function-command-f5, I believe the former, after your first restart. VoiceOver will come up talking and read you the progress bar. Best, Zack. On Oct 24, 2013, at 10:12 AM, Paul Hopewe

RE: iPhone 4s updating software

2013-10-24 Thread Tommy Craig
Under IOS 7 you can now tell Siri to turn on VoiceOver. Tommy -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Glenn Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 11:27 AM To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: iPhone 4s updatin

Fixed!: How to stop Maverick installer incorrectly thinking the target diskis used for time machine backups

2013-10-24 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, This problem was caused by Mac HD containing an empty folder called Backup. This folder had been there for some time and I have no idea how it got there. However deleting this folder fixed the problem. Maverick is now successfully installed!! I must say that the Maverick install was pre

Re: iPhone 4s updating software

2013-10-24 Thread Glenn
With this episode in mind, for future reference, I think it would be a good idea for low-vision users to invoke VoiceOver, and set it to the triple-click of the home key, so if there is an incident where you cannot see the screen, you will at least be able to call up the voice and make the nec

RE: How to stop Maverick installer incorrectly thinking the target diskis used for time machine backups

2013-10-24 Thread g...@tznet.com
Original email: - From: Paul Hopewell hopew...@hopewell.org.uk Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:50:39 +0100 To: mac-access@mac-access.net Subject: How to stop Maverick installer incorrectly thinking the target diskis used for time machine backups Hello, As per prior posts I am having

iPhone 4s updating software

2013-10-24 Thread Patricia Taylor
Hi folks, What happned to me being visually impaired , when a moment lack of thought I pressed a download on my 4s iPhone I found I was unabled to use my 4s iPhone .The new software was extremely difficult to see the colour system, together with the icons.. My dearest husband was unable to he

Re: VO + shift + M not always working in Safari

2013-10-24 Thread Parham Doustdar
Hi Zack, Thanks. I sent them a mail. On Oct 24, 2013, at 7:44 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi, > he address is accessibil...@apple.com. You can call them as well, but I don’t > remember the number off hand. > Best, > Zack > On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:11 AM, Parham Doustdar wrote: > >> Hi Zack, >> >

Re: VO + shift + M not always working in Safari

2013-10-24 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi, he address is accessibil...@apple.com. You can call them as well, but I don’t remember the number off hand. Best, Zack On Oct 24, 2013, at 9:11 AM, Parham Doustdar wrote: > Hi Zack, > > How can I contact the Apple accessibility team? Is there a direct mail > address, or do I have to go thr

Re: VO + shift + M not always working in Safari

2013-10-24 Thread Parham Doustdar
Hi Zack, How can I contact the Apple accessibility team? Is there a direct mail address, or do I have to go through the Apple website? Thanks. On Oct 24, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi, > No, you aren’t. This isn’t as consistent as it should be. I’d report it to > the accessibili

Re: VO + shift + M not always working in Safari

2013-10-24 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi, No, you aren’t. This isn’t as consistent as it should be. I’d report it to the accessibility team. Best, Zack. On Oct 24, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Parham Doustdar wrote: > Hi, > > When trying to bring up the context menu on a link in Safari, pressing VO + > shift + m on it brings up the context m

VO + shift + M not always working in Safari

2013-10-24 Thread Parham Doustdar
Hi, When trying to bring up the context menu on a link in Safari, pressing VO + shift + m on it brings up the context menu for the page (I.E. it has options like back, forward, save, and so forth). Am I doing something wrong? Thanks. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this

Using the scrub in Safari when playing MP3 files

2013-10-24 Thread Parham Doustdar
Hi all, I'm playing mp3 files using Safari. When I move to the scrubber and interact with it, pressing VO + arrow keys just tells me a time, but doesn't actually fast forward or rewind. Also, when I press VO + space bar, VO says "increment", but the file keeps on playing. Any ideas on how I

How to stop Maverick installer incorrectly thinking the target disk is used for time machine backups

2013-10-24 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, As per prior posts I am having problems installing Maverick because the Maverick installer thinks that the target disk (Mac HD) is being used for time machine backups. Yesterday Mac HD did somehow get marked as the time machine target disk. I think this happened because before installi

Re: How to retry installing Maverick without having to redo the download?

2013-10-24 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, Many thanks to John Gunn who pointed out that the Maverick installer is added to my applications folder. So that problem is solved. Paul Hopewell On 24 Oct 2013, at 16:28, Paul Hopewell wrote: > Hello, > As per a prior post I am having problems installing Maverick as the installer >

How to retry installing Maverick without having to redo the download?

2013-10-24 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, As per a prior post I am having problems installing Maverick as the installer incorrectly thinks the target disk is for time machine backups. I thus have to force quit the Maverick install. I am playing with time machine settings to try and overcome this problem. Is there any way I can

Re: Having problems installing Maverick

2013-10-24 Thread g...@tznet.com
Paul, You shouldn't have to download, the file is downloaded to your Applications folder. John Gunn Original email: - From: Paul Hopewell hopew...@hopewell.org.uk Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:08:13 +0100 To: mac-access@mac-access.net Subject: Re: Having problems installing Maveric

Re: Having problems installing Maverick

2013-10-24 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, I have checked my time machine preferences and they show that Mac Backup is the time machine backup disk. I will now try turning off time machine completely and see if that does any good. the really annoying thing is that I have to kill the Maverick install by force quit. If I then res

Learning Mac Podcast

2013-10-24 Thread Parham Doustdar
Hi all, I'm learning Mac as I go. However, I'm curious to see how an advanced Mac user uses their Mac. To that end, I'm looking for podcasts that help one learn to use a Mac. Are there any podcasts that are usually recommended by the members on this list? Thanks! <--- Mac Access At Mac Access

Re: Facetime not working

2013-10-24 Thread Parham Doustdar
Hi, Thanks a lot. It does seem like I need to get this display issue sorted out :-) On Oct 24, 2013, at 5:35 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi, > I would suspect the lack of display is to blame for this. Certainly when I > open FaceTime I can access all the controls. > I think that the accepted w

Re: "Authentication has no window" When Installing an app

2013-10-24 Thread Parham Doustdar
Hi Bryan, Thanks for the article. It was helpful in that it allowed me to know my options :-) I'm using Mac Mini MD388. It was released in late 2012. Thanks again. On Oct 24, 2013, at 5:48 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: > Hi Parham, > > Yes, some models of the Mac Mini have been reported by many Use

Re: OS X Mavricks, Wait a bit

2013-10-24 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Zach, Yes, I too have adjusted to using the VO+Shift+Home/End keystroke to move to top or bottom row ever since Apple removed the Option+up/down keystroke when they released Lion Mail. The Option+up/down arrow keystroke has remained available in Finder but has been missing in both Lion & ML

Re: "Authentication has no window" When Installing an app

2013-10-24 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Parham, Yes, some models of the Mac Mini have been reported by many Users to have these problems when run without a monitor, AKA “headless.” John Panarese, a member of this list, has a good article about this subject on his website. He gives some details of an inexpensive way to work around

Re: Having problems installing Maverick

2013-10-24 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello, Look at your time machine backup settings. If that is what the installer is telling you. Gena On 24 Oct 2013, at 11:48, Paul Hopewell wrote: > Hello, > I am having problems installing Maverick on my 2009 iMac model. > > I went to App store and pressed the free upgrade button. That d

Re: Facetime not working

2013-10-24 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi, I would suspect the lack of display is to blame for this. Certainly when I open FaceTime I can access all the controls. I think that the accepted wisdom nowadays is to connect a display, even on a Mac Mini. Best, Zack. On Oct 24, 2013, at 6:08 AM, Parham Doustdar wrote: > Hi all, > > When

Re: "Authentication has no window" When Installing an app

2013-10-24 Thread Chris Moore
I have noticed a similar issue when you have a screen saver and password set. If you wake your Mac from a sleep, you will hear voice over announce “1 system dialog displayed”. You sometimes also hear “authentication busy”. It would be more useful if voice over actually told you what the system

Facetime not working

2013-10-24 Thread Parham Doustdar
Hi all, When trying to use FaceTime, I can only view the close, minimize and maximize buttons. Also, when trying to access the preferences, the preferences item gets dimmed along with 99% of other menu options. Is this because I have no displays, or am I doing something wrong here? Thanks. <--

Re: "Authentication has no window" When Installing an app

2013-10-24 Thread Parham Doustdar
Hi, Yes. Typing the password quickly before the window hangs is the way to solve it. However, I was wondering if others were also experiencing this. Having thrown my problems around with this whole "busy" announcement, I have found that apparently, Mac Minis seem to have a problem when you hav

Re: Important info for Gmail users to read before updating to Mavericks

2013-10-24 Thread Robert Hill
Hi all, It has been awhile since I made the changes to gmail, and now I am having difficulty getting through the interface to make the midifications to the "all mail" item so gmail and Mavericks will play nice. Any refreshers on how to get the basic html interface for gmail, so I can find the c

Test Messages; This Has To Stop!!

2013-10-24 Thread Gordon, Lynne & Tracy
Hello everybody Would those members sending “Test, Please Ignore” please refrain from doing so. The list is currently seeing rather too many of these, and they have to stop as they have nothing whatever useful to contribute. Those who continue posting such messages as of now may be moderated.

Having problems installing Maverick

2013-10-24 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, I am having problems installing Maverick on my 2009 iMac model. I went to App store and pressed the free upgrade button. That downloaded about 5 GB. On download completion I was asked to agree the licence which I did. I was then asked to select the disk on which to install Maverick. I

Recently Received Support Requests

2013-10-24 Thread Gordon, Lynne & Tracy
Hello all I just thought I’d post to the group to apologise for our recent delays in responding to your support requests. These have been due to a lot of activity here at Mac Access home base regarding work commitments and contract discussions. We are aware of the requests, and we ask you to

Re: test - please ignore

2013-10-24 Thread William Lomas
why do these test messages keep occurring? On 24 Oct 2013, at 10:00, Paul Hopewell wrote: > Sent from hopewell on 24 October at 10:00 after updating mac-access option to > receive notification of inbound message > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please ad

test - please ignore

2013-10-24 Thread Paul Hopewell
Sent from hopewell on 24 October at 10:00 after updating mac-access option to receive notification of inbound message <--- 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 t

RE: slow keystroke echo on a mac book pro?

2013-10-24 Thread Henry Miller
Hi Brian Many thanks for your advice. I am slowly starting to learn to create files etc in Pages and have noticed the slowness of the echo of the keystrokes when either typing the name of a file or within the edit area of a created document. It also happens in Safari when typing within the e