Re: Safari 6.1 bug?

2013-11-02 Thread Brian Fischler
Yes, I am having the same exact problem, and encounter this header bug when using the voiceover rotor but once I exit the rotor and use quick nag I can navigate down through the headers. This is yet another very pathetic bug on Apple's part and either Voiceover gets little to no testing before a

Safari 6.1 bug?

2013-11-02 Thread Fred Smith
I've just upgraded to Safari 6.1 and I wonder if anyone else has struck the same problem I'm encountering. Now, when I open a web page and ask for headings, Safari only announces one or two headings, even though I know there are more. For example, a Google search results page now announces onl

some help navigating a table on a website please?

2013-11-02 Thread peter greco
When I go to www.tomwaterhouse.com I go to the link "Melbourne Cup". When this page loads there's a table with the Melbourne Cup field and the prices of each horse. I cannot work out how to find it, let alone read it. I have a Macbook Pro, running whatever is before Maverick. Any help would be fa

Re: XLD under Mavericks

2013-11-02 Thread Georgina Joyce
Hello Gordon, I'm not sure if I understand you right. But a virtual drive is across a network. Is this wireless or hard wired? Or have you effectively ripped the CD to a virtual drive. Either way you have data activity that the is bottle necking somewhere. If wireless, hardwire it. If you are t

XLD under Mavericks

2013-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi all Now that things have settled down under Mavericks, I thought I’d share one more observation with the group. As many here do, I prefer to use XLD even though it does not have an ideal user interface, to rip my Cd’s. This is because it does a much much better job at ripping disks than iTu

Re: Security Of Docuscan+

2013-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Only to thing to add here is that the developers need our feedback so problems may be fixed. On 3 Nov 2013, at 5:05 am, Gordon Smith wrote: > This is a very valid point as well. To be honest the entire concept worries > me. As you rightly say who is to know who may or may not have access to

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
I echo the below. On 3 Nov 2013, at 4:56 am, Gordon Smith wrote: > Hello Josh > > I sincerely hope this isn’t an issue of “Sides”. It is not a personal > battleground, it’s just intended to be a fair discussion with both sides > hearing the other out. If we’re going to start arguing about t

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
I hope that in time more is done on the security of the software, some sort of encryption would be nice for example which touches on some of the points you're making below. I detailed a security flaw in an earlier message which I hope is fixed. Another thing I found when playing more with the D

Re: Security Of Docuscan+

2013-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
This is a very valid point as well. To be honest the entire concept worries me. As you rightly say who is to know who may or may not have access to your computer with or without your knowledge. Kind regards <--- Gordon Smith ---> Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Providing H

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello Dane But you’re still missing the crux issue here. The OCR is done in the cloud and, therefore, who is to know where your document goes before it reaches your computer? I acknowledge what you’re saying, this is not a battle. Maybe, and I sincerely hope, I am being over-cautious. But I

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello Josh I sincerely hope this isn’t an issue of “Sides”. It is not a personal battleground, it’s just intended to be a fair discussion with both sides hearing the other out. If we’re going to start arguing about things like this rather than discussing, we may as well give it up as a bad jo

Re: Is there a way to make 2 boot disks via partitions?

2013-11-02 Thread Christopher Gilland
oh, ok, sorry, I misunderstood. Chris. On Nov 2, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Not exactly. I don't want to install to the drive. I want to clone like I can > with carbon copy clonerthe installest.dmg to make the bootable installer in > the first place. > >> On Nov 2, 2013, at 6:

Re: Is there a way to make 2 boot disks via partitions?

2013-11-02 Thread Sarah Alawami
Not exactly. I don't want to install to the drive. I want to clone like I can with carbon copy clonerthe installest.dmg to make the bootable installer in the first place. > On Nov 2, 2013, at 6:58, Christopher Gilland wrote: > > Keep in mind that if you want to do this, Sarah, you’re actually

Re: Is there a way to make 2 boot disks via partitions?

2013-11-02 Thread Christopher Gilland
Keep in mind that if you want to do this, Sarah, you’re actually going to need a 4 partition scheme. 1 for Mountain Lion, one for Mavericks, one for ML Recovery, and one for Mavericks recovery. That’s partly why disk utility made things look really strange. Chris. On Nov 2, 2013, at 1:07 AM,

Re: Security Of Docuscan+

2013-11-02 Thread Josh Gregory
That's… Definitely a potential problem as you say. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2, 2013, at 9:17 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > There's one thing I don't particularly like about Docuscan+ and I think this > could compremise security a little, once you've logged into your account > Docuscan+ re

Security Of Docuscan+

2013-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
There's one thing I don't particularly like about Docuscan+ and I think this could compremise security a little, once you've logged into your account Docuscan+ remembers your password etc, I think this should be optional as this method allows anyone who is using your computer to just run the app

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Josh Gregory
I see, a little different than I initially imagined. But still good though. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2, 2013, at 8:59 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > Okay, here's the procedure I use and perhaps this will illustrate the point > I'm making. > > After you've finished your scan you will see a

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Nothing is full proof, we all know that and Docuscan+ can be reasonably secure, for example you need your account number and password to access the service in the first place so regular changing of the password is a good idea. On 2 Nov 2013, at 11:58 pm, Josh Gregory wrote: > Which, while it m

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Its a discussion, I've outlined the procedure I use in a previous message to clarify things and have read the other contributions on the thread. On 2 Nov 2013, at 11:57 pm, Josh Gregory wrote: > I don't mean to take sides, but I have to agree, I personally think this is > one of the issues wi

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay, here's the procedure I use and perhaps this will illustrate the point I'm making. After you've finished your scan you will see a "Save To Computer" button below the HTML content, use this to save your scan to the computer and then if you close the window with command-W this will close the

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Josh Gregory
Which, while it may seem like a good thing, can also be a security risk as you rightly point out especially when dealing with sensitive documents, one example here that is starting to become an issue is the new health care law. But that's getting way off topic. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2,

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Josh Gregory
I don't mean to take sides, but I have to agree, I personally think this is one of the issues with the iCloud Keychain service. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2, 2013, at 8:52 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: > > Hello Dane > > I’m not nit-picking at all. And clearly you haven’t figured out how the >

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Josh This is exactly how it works. Your document is sent to the cloud as an image and the OCR is done in the cloud. Kind regards <--- Gordon Smith ---> Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Providing Help & Support To Young People With Visual Impairment, plus Braille Transcript

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Josh Gregory
Okay… I assume this would either be accomplished through a save dialogue or in the preferences somewhere? Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2, 2013, at 8:45 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > Yes, you're right about the Cloud however, you can save to your computer thus > the document doesn't stay in th

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello Dane I’m not nit-picking at all. And clearly you haven’t figured out how the programme works yet. When you scan a document, it is automatically saved to the cloud first. You have no option there. Yes, you can save it locally and you can apply a delete command to the cloud version. Bu

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yes, you're right about the Cloud however, you can save to your computer thus the document doesn't stay in the cloud, when you save to your computer and then close the document window then the document disappears. On 2 Nov 2013, at 11:41 pm, Josh Gregory wrote: > Dane, I have to agree with Go

Re: Sound recording, music, vocal tracks

2013-11-02 Thread Christopher Gilland
Gordon, I don’t mean to pry into your personal shebang, but if you don’t mind me asking, why are you so much in objection to a physical boxed copy of ProTools? HOnestly, that would probably be the way you’d wanna go anyway, as then you’d get your ILok included in the price of the software, plu

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Josh Gregory
Dane, I have to agree with Gordon here, I don't have this program but I think how it works is when you scan a document, it is initially sent to the cloud to be converted to text. If this is indeed the case, I can see where he is coming from. If not, my apologies, I'm not exactly well-versed in

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Nit picking. I'm using Docuscan+ now so you're worried about security? Then you save your scanned documents to your computer and not in the cloud. On 2 Nov 2013, at 11:20 pm, Gordon Smith wrote: > I must point out here that if you use DocuScan Plus, you have no alternative > but to use the c

Re: DocuScan Plus And The Cloud

2013-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
I must point out here that if you use DocuScan Plus, you have no alternative but to use the cloud technologies. There are some, including us, who are a little unsettled regarding security if you’re scanning sensitive material. That is why I have retained, and will still retain, localised solut

DocuScan Plus For Mac

2013-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Not sure how to fix this actually because I get a trial timeout error and the software won’t allow me to go any further. Kind regards <--- Gordon Smith ---> Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Providing Help & Support To Young People With Visual Impairment, plus Braille Transcri

Re: Sound recording, music, vocal tracks

2013-11-02 Thread Josh Gregory
See, this is why this stuff has always been beyond me, I'm more of the how does it work, how do you fix it person? The fact that you and other people like you know how to do this stuff is amazing to me, not that I'm taking on the blind people are totally amazing mantra, but just that I could nev

Re: Sound recording, music, vocal tracks

2013-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
I happen to agree with this. An FX processor, no matter how good, will never accurately emulate the sound of a human voice even assuming you can get the pitch changes spot on. Dane’s Yamaha unit may not even be an FX processor, I don’t know. I too have an FX processor but it can only do so mu

Re: Sound recording, music, vocal tracks

2013-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Chris This has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with believing or not believing. I am simply throwing forward ideas and looking for the best way to accomplish them. Please don’t start reading things into messages which are not written there. :) At no time did I ever say “I don’t believe y

Re: Sound recording, music, vocal tracks

2013-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Chris No, it sounds like given the circumstances I’m going to have to do separate vocal tracks. The harmonisation issue doesn’t exist, as I have perfect pitch, after a fashion these days, but I do still have it. As I said, there are two issues here regarding ProTools. Lynne tells me that

Re: Sound recording, music, vocal tracks

2013-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Sarah I too have some musical training and experience in harmonising and chord structures come naturally to me. I was aware of course, as Danny pointed out, that you’d need to do the vocal tracks separately to the instrumentation because if you applied pitch bending you’d then screw up all

Itunes and podcasts .

2013-11-02 Thread George Cham
Just an update on my itunes and podcast download. The videos are downloading without problems, and when I restart itunes, they are not re downloading. When a podcast is synced from itunes to a I device, they can be found in the apple podcast app. typed with Fleksy reply://george.c...@mac-acces

Re: mavericks or mountain lion?

2013-11-02 Thread Chris H
I agree with you. Gmail via pop works beautifully under Maverix and I actually prefer this configuration as I can then read all my mail even without an internet connection unlike Imap. Plus I am not bothered about syncing anything anyway. I'm just interested in managing my mail locally and that

Forwarded Messages

2013-11-02 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello all As members will be aware if they've either bothered to rlead the policy document for this group or if they've remembered our previous reminders on this subject, forwarded messages to the group are expressedly against list policy except under certain circumstances. These circumstan