Bluetooth 4.1 to offer improved connections, will be available on existing iOS devices | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

2013-12-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
I use Bluetooth 4.0 devices here and thought that might be the end of the road but apparently not, Bluetooth 4.0 is good but 4.1 promises to be even better. http://www.tuaw.com/2013/12/05/bluetooth-4-1-to-offer-improved-connections-will-be-available-o/ ** Dane Trethowan Skype:

deleting individual files from trash

2013-12-06 Thread Kristeen Hughes
Hello, Is there a way to sellect a file or files/folders from the trash and simply delete them without having to totally empty the entire trash? I can't find a way to do this, bur was hoping I am missing something. Kristeen --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this

Re: deleting individual files from trash

2013-12-06 Thread isaac
You can press shift delete to delete multiple files and you can use shift down arrow to select files. -Original Message- From: Kristeen Hughes Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 8:22 AM To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: deleting individual files from trash Hello, Is there a way to

Re: deleting individual files from trash

2013-12-06 Thread Kristeen Hughes
When I do that, I just get the default sound and nothing happens. Is there a setting I have wrong? Kristeen On Dec 6, 2013, at 9:30 AM, isaac isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote: You can press shift delete to delete multiple files and you can use shift down arrow to select files. -Original

Re: deleting individual files from trash

2013-12-06 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Actually 1 step was omitted. 1. go to the doc. 2. go to the very end with vo shift end (vo shift fn end on the laptop) and look for trash. 2. hit enter. 3. search for what items you want to remove and right click and hit remove. If you hit cmd delete you will restore the files back to their

Re: deleting individual files from trash

2013-12-06 Thread Sarah k Alawami
vo shift m. Sorry I should have stated that. I can’t remember if I went over that in my basic training materials. Someoen who bought them please let me know if I did or did not, off list of corse or through the contact link. lol! but it’s vo shift m or a control click with the track pad. Take

Re: Java Preferences Configuration accessibility issues for Educational web sites [was Re: Snowleopard How does one Clear the Java Runtime Environment?]

2013-12-06 Thread Martin G. McCormick
Thank you very much. I appreciate your answer as several of us as in me and my coworkers have been beating our collective heads over this issue. This probably also means that other platforms are having issues, also. Since java is not an Apple product, I thoroughly understand the situation

Re: deleting individual files from trash

2013-12-06 Thread Kristeen Hughes
This is most helpful, but I have one more question. Is right click the same as shift+vo+m? When I do that, I don't see a remove option. Kristeen On Dec 6, 2013, at 1:14 PM, Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Actually 1 step was omitted. 1. go to the doc. 2. go to the very end

Re: ABBYY FineReader Pro now available for the Mac

2013-12-06 Thread Mary Otten
For those still running Lion who have an opticbook 4800, there is a beta driver on the plustek site that supposedly works with that os. Unfortunately, they don't list 10.8 or 10.9 as supported, so if you have those, you are apparently out of luck. It would be interesting to know if the version

Re: deleting individual files from trash

2013-12-06 Thread Sarah k Alawami
You won’t. You can restore the file back to its original location and in looking at the menu I don’t either. so I guess there is no way to delete individual files unless you restore them back to their original location. I can’t remember if there is a way to bypass the trash for a file, but I

pages on iPad and printing

2013-12-06 Thread Linda C. Knight
Hi all, I figured I'd ask this again. LOL! If I put pages for IOS on my iPad, what is the best way to send to printer on the mac. Thank you, Hugs and 73 Linda C. Knight shirley CallSign: kk4hrg Please note email: l...@tampabay.rr.com --- Mac Access At Mac Access

Re: pages on iPad and printing

2013-12-06 Thread Sarah k Alawami
If you have an air play compatible printer that might be your best option. Sonce I don’t print from my phone as my printer has been broken for close to 2 years thats about all the advice I can give. Take care. On Dec 6, 2013, at 1:13 PM, Linda C. Knight l...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Hi

Re: Java Preferences Configuration accessibility issues for Educational web sites [was Re: Snowleopard How does one Clear the Java Runtime Environment?]

2013-12-06 Thread Esther
Hi Martin, Apple has handed Java support back to Oracle. So I suppose the question is what version of Java you need to run in order to support BlackBoard and other educational content. I'm not sure whether your question is about the accessibility issues of using Java Preferences as a

RE: pages on iPad and printing

2013-12-06 Thread David Griffith
I think if you save to iCloud then the documents will be available for printing on the Mac but I have not personally investigated this. A fool proof way of printing content from your phone on the Mac would be to email your pages document as an email to yourself and then just print the attachment

Voiceover on Apple TV

2013-12-06 Thread Martin G. McCormick
We are thinking about possibly getting Apple TV. I am familiar with Voiceover on the Mac and iPad. Is the Voiceover on Apple TV similar and useful? Thank you. Martin McCormick --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: Java Preferences Configuration accessibility issues for Educational web sites [was Re: Snowleopard How does one Clear the Java Runtime Environment?]

2013-12-06 Thread Martin G. McCormick
Thanks for the thorough explanation. I will save this message in hopes of getting things to work in the near future. I don't know what it is about the education world that makes the planners and doers so in love with problematic technology. I am a tech lover, myself, but there is one

Re: Voiceover on Apple TV

2013-12-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
I have an Apple TV and I find Voiceover useful though I've had to get used to the U.S. voice as that's the only choice available as far as I know. I personally wouldn't recommend the Apple TV now however if you want freedom of choice for your media and so on, there are other alternatives which

Reset NVRAM on Mac OS startup

2013-12-06 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello,, I recall recently reading in this forum that it is a good idea to reset NVRAM from time to time by pressing Option + Command + P + R during Mac OS startup. What does this actually do? Is it at all a risky thing to do? I have upgraded my 2009 iMac through each level of Mac OS from

Re: Reset NVRAM on Mac OS startup

2013-12-06 Thread Zachary Kline
Paul, This process isn’t going to help with VoiceOVer bugs. It isn’t something recommended for general use, it’s more a troubleshooting step. It wipes some values in computer memory, but nothing we average users need to worry about. DOn’t bother doing it :) Best, Zack. On Dec 6, 2013, at 2:40

odd key board issues with switching of software key boards

2013-12-06 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Hello I use an ipa keyboard and all was fine, but now for some reason I have it switching to my ipa lay out when I want my us layout, and I don’t know why. I cannot in mavericks find a way to disable the cmd space key as it is happening only in safari as far as I can tell. I do have the switch

Logitech Media Server

2013-12-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! I'm very happy to say that Logitech Media Server has been updated for OSX Mavericks, if you use a Logitech Squeezebox product or Logitech Squeezebox U.E. radio then this update will be necessary if you're using OSX Mavericks and you wish to continue running the server to allow access to

Re: pages on iPad and printing

2013-12-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
Another idea which may help, you can Share your document so that obviously means eMail it to another person or even eMail it to yourself so you can retrieve the document then from your eMail on another computer and print it out there but yes, certainly the best solution would be an airPrint

Re: Update On Installing The Plustek 3600 On The Mac

2013-12-06 Thread Esther
Hello Mary, Eileen, and Others, As far as I can tell from my reading of sites like the reader reports section of macintouch.com, Plustek support of scanner drivers for the Mac peaked around 2010 when they released those beta versions for Lion, and nothing has happened since. This is also

Re: pages on iPad and printing

2013-12-06 Thread Sarah k Alawami
That’s what I’m thinking as well until you get a better answer, or an app that will do air printing. I’m not really versed in these things as I don’t have an up to date printer for my mac as of yet. Take care. On Dec 6, 2013, at 2:03 PM, David Griffith d.griff...@btinternet.com wrote: I

Re: Update On Installing The Plustek 3600 On The Mac

2013-12-06 Thread Mary Otten
Hi Esther and others, When I was on the plustek site today, I noted that the driver for Mac for the 3800 had a November date. November of this year that is. That gave me some hope that perhaps they were still working on it. But then it doesn't make sense that it supports only lion. So who

Re: ABBYY FineReader Pro now available for the Mac

2013-12-06 Thread Brian Fischler
What are the benefits of the pro version over the express? Do you not have to hit scan twice to scan a document? I assume the reason in the express version I have to hit it twice is to scan once and then OCR it. Thanks. On Dec 6, 2013, at 2:47 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote:

Re: iPad

2013-12-06 Thread Glenn
An extra battery pack on the phone is still much smaller than lugging an iPad. Glenn - Original Message - From: Chris H christopher...@gmail.com To: OS X iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 11:43 PM Subject: Re: iPad Not Phil but ok, I

Re: iPad

2013-12-06 Thread Glenn
I used it on an iPod, which has the same camera specs as an iPad, and it was slow when it did recognize the bills. My wife is sighted and even pointing her camera directly at a barcode does not get recognized, but it works well with her iPhone. I haven't tried an iPad with TapTapSee, I only

Re: odd key board issues with switching of software key boards

2013-12-06 Thread Esther
Hi Sarah, Some obvious questions: Did you repair permissions after installing your software updates? This only restores the permissions of your native Apple software to the expected defaults, but in most cases it will also fix other software issues. If you're using an IPA keyboard, then I'm

Vintage Radio Wherever You Go

2013-12-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! Now you can enjoy all those great radio serials etc with the Vintage Radio App for IOS, note that a subscription is required for some radio serials and this is a flat $05.00 per month. Most shows are of pretty good quality and the App is well laid out. For example you can choose by

keychain

2013-12-06 Thread don bishop
Hi, I’m trying to figure out what I need to do to properly use keychain. I have it turned on and have entered the access code on my phone, but not just sure what I need to do on the mac. I have the checkbox for keychane checked in system preferences. Do I need to do anything else?

Re: odd key board issues with switching of software key boards

2013-12-06 Thread Sarah k Alawami
It seems to be working now, dunk what happened. I rebooted the system, but Yeah I really want to disable the key board short cut as this will be the last semester I’ll be doing ipa, thanks goodness! Unless my masters degree will require it. Anyway, I’ll take a look and do another permission