[Mac-Access]: Re: [Mac-access]: Mac accessibility

2015-05-26 Thread Esther Kinsman
rector Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Apr 23, 2015, at 8:40 AM, Esther Kins

Re: [Mac-access]: moving to top or bottom of document

2015-04-25 Thread Esther kinsman
SX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > >> On Apr 23, 2015, at 9:38 AM, Esther kinsman >> wrote: >> >> Hey, it works! Now what do I do when I am in a table - for example if I am >

Re: [Mac-access]: Top Sites

2015-04-23 Thread Esther kinsman
or burke >>> wrote: >>> >>> go into bookmarks our favourites and delete them from there. >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 23 Apr 2015, at 13:42, Esther Kinsman >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> When I open safari

Re: [Mac-access]: Top Sites

2015-04-23 Thread Esther kinsman
gt;>> wrote: >>> >>> go into bookmarks our favourites and delete them from there. >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 23 Apr 2015, at 13:42, Esther Kinsman >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> When I open safari there is a numbe

Re: [Mac-access]: Mac accessibility

2015-04-23 Thread Esther kinsman
tor > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, j...@macfortheblind.com > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPP

Re: [Mac-access]: moving to top or bottom of document

2015-04-23 Thread Esther kinsman
AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > >> On Apr 23, 2015, at 9:38 AM, Esther kinsman >> wrote: >> >> Hey, it works! Now what do I do when I am in a table - for example if I am >> in the mail box how do I move up and down i

Re: [Mac-access]: moving to top or bottom of document

2015-04-23 Thread Esther kinsman
> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > >> On Apr 23, 2015, at 8:30 AM, Esther Kinsman >> wrote: >> >> This doesn't work for me! Any other suggestions? >> - Original Message - From: "Sarah k Alawami" >> To: &quo

Re: [Mac-access]: Mac accessibility

2015-04-23 Thread Esther kinsman
or the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, j...@macfortheblind.com > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >

[Mac-access]: Top Sites

2015-04-23 Thread Esther Kinsman
When I open safari there is a number of sites listed that I used previously but would like to delete now. Can anyone tell me how to delete them? --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot

[Mac-access]: Mac accessibility

2015-04-23 Thread Esther Kinsman
Somewhere along the way I was led to think the Mac with voice over was easy to work but am quickly learning differently. My key board seems to be repeating on the arrow keys? I got the keyboard replaced but it is still doing it - and I set the repeat to none on the keyboard settings. Has anyo

Re: [Mac-access]: moving to top or bottom of document

2015-04-23 Thread Esther Kinsman
down arrow move me up to the top and bottom of a list all the time. If that fails try cmd up and down arrow. Page down and and up don't and will nevr work, at least they have not for me in 5 years. On Apr 22, 2015, at 11:00 AM, Esther kinsman wrote: No this only moves the curser one lin

Re: [Mac-access]: moving to top or bottom of document

2015-04-22 Thread Esther kinsman
015, at 9:53 AM, Esther Kinsman >> wrote: >> >> Hi:\ >> >> Is there a quick way to move to the top or bottom of a document, list of >> email messages, etc? >> >> Thanks. >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and m

[Mac-access]: No, I was referring to moving several lines at a time. This command only moves one.

2015-04-21 Thread Esther kinsman
<--- 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 the list's public Mail Archive: . Subsc

[Mac-access]: moving to top or bottom of document

2015-04-21 Thread Esther Kinsman
Hi:\ Is there a quick way to move to the top or bottom of a document, list of email messages, etc? Thanks. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, plea

[Mac-access]: test

2015-04-21 Thread Esther Kinsman
Hello: I subscribed to this list, but when I post I'm informed that I'm not registered to post to this list. Can someone please help. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To

Re: [Mac-access]: Nicknames in contacts

2015-02-09 Thread Esther
(I assume you can identify the individual from either the email or phone number information on his contact page.) 6. Double tap the "Done" button in the top right corner of the Contact Info screen. You can now use the nickname in your Contacts entry to have Siri send mail or text mes

Re: [Mac-access]: trying to reinstall home brew

2015-01-13 Thread Esther
t;. I'm hoping that the trick if creating the folders will be enough, because in general the steps for forcing the update if the simple commands don't work will involve additional git commands. Also, we're now getting into specific Yosemite file structures that I can't check,

Re: [Mac-access]: trying to reinstall home brew

2015-01-13 Thread Esther
over from a Mavericks backup? The other possible way to do the update might be to issue commands in Terminal like: cd /usr/local/Library sudo git pull origin master But I'm not sure how that will play out for you. Sorry not to have more suggestions. Cheers, Esther On Jan 13, 2015, at 1:

Re: [Mac-access]: trying to reinstall home brew

2015-01-13 Thread Esther
n brew update, remove your sym link. Source URL of the fix is: http://ryantvenge.com/2014/09/ruby-homebrea-yosemite/ HTH Esther On Jan 13, 2015, at 9:12 AM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > hello all. I'm tryign to reinstall home brew. I followed the prompts but got > this when doin ghte

Re: [Mac-access]: Seeking suggestions for a more powerful OS X clipboard

2015-01-10 Thread Esther
/34273/mac-save-time-clip-menu/ Cheers, Esther On Jan 9, 2015, at 12:30 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > I used to use an app called clip menu. That should do what you want. I kind > of forgot where I got it from, but try macupdate.com >> On Jan 9, 2015, at 3:55 AM, Bryan Jones

Re: Shell Script Query

2014-09-07 Thread Esther
ribe. The alternative to running the "chmod" command to change the permissions mode of a file, if you have the file and directory on another attached disk, is to copy the file with the "cp -p" option. The "-p" switch preserves the permissions of the file you are co

Re: Accessing Oopen University Online Tutorial Recording with Mac Problem

2014-06-28 Thread Esther
is feature, I also set my VoiceOver Utility Verbosity > Announcements tab so the pop up following "Speak size and position" is set to "points" instead of "inches" or "millimeters". Then the announced coordinates are pixels on the screen. If you can figu

Re: Signing in to more than one app store

2014-05-30 Thread Esther
the two letter country code and following slash from the address. The App Stores were designed to really only work for one country. HTH. Esther On May 30, 2014, at 10:08 AM, "Eleanor Martha Burke" wrote: > Hi Sarah > That was excellent. Now can you answer this one for me perh

Re: Eric's Steps

2014-05-26 Thread Esther
yboardHack apps. The two later blog posts were additional tips for working in the Windows VM. The links were active July of last year. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 26, 2014, at 3:41 AM, Geoff Stephens wrote: > Hmm. I did not see any steps for installation in Eric’s description. Maybe >

Re: How to delete photos from my iPhone

2014-05-23 Thread Esther
nt with a separate iTunes. Sorry not to have a better answer for you. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 22, 2014, at 11:23 PM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > Hi Esther, > If I use the add button to create a new empty photo album I can then delete > that new album as you describe. However the de

Re: Daisy files on the Mac

2014-05-22 Thread Esther
7 with smil files, so someone would have to check this. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 22, 2014, at 6:33 AM, Andy Collins wrote: > I just tried to open a smil file on this Mac, but it reported that it didn't > recognise the file type; this is under Mountain Lion - > > Andy >

Re: How to delete photos from my iPhone

2014-05-22 Thread Esther
't transfer photos, so I had to create an album on the iPhone in order to delete it. HTH. Cheers, Esther > On May 22, 2014, at 8:33 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > > Hi Esther, > I tried this and it does not work for me. I have 3 albums: camera roll, photo > library, and choir. I

Re: How to delete photos from my iPhone

2014-05-22 Thread Esther
on my iPhone using the "add" button and then tried to delete it. This seems to work. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 22, 2014, at 7:21 AM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > I don't trust photos in itunes so I disabled that option a while back. Try > swiping up on the album on the phone

Re: Olearia Daisy Book Reader

2014-05-22 Thread Esther
, Esther On May 22, 2014, at 6:31 AM, Andy Collins wrote: > Hi David and all - > > David, I downloaded Olearia again just now, from code.google.com; even though > it said it was a zipped download, when I looked for Olearia in my downloads > folder, it was just there as an application,

Re: Numpad commander.

2014-05-21 Thread Esther
Hi Gary, If you're asking about the location of the "equals" key on the NumPad portion of a full size desktop Mac keyboard, it is just below the "F17" key. The NumPad keys fall in the four columns below the keys from F16 through F19. Apple has a chart of the NumPad Commander Default Assignments

Re: Mail forwarding, Can we avoid the unneeded info?

2014-05-21 Thread Esther
eople should continue to post questions to this list about outstanding issues, even if earlier queries didn’t turn up a good answer. Cheers, Esther On May 20, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Eric Caron wrote: > Hi Esther and others, > > This worked! I changed the setting to default and now just

Re: Mail forwarding, Can we avoid the unneeded info?

2014-05-20 Thread Esther
his level of information as the default behavior for their forwarded emails. I hope this fixes the problem, because otherwise this seems like something that would originate from the mail servers or Internet Service being used. Cheers, Esther On May 20, 2014, at 5:42 AM, Laurie Mehta wrote:

Re: Mail forwarding, Can we avoid the unneeded info?

2014-05-20 Thread Esther
", all those fields are left off, and only the content of the message is forwarded. Selecting "All" includes all the header information in forwarded mail. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 20, 2014, at 3:16 AM, Laurie Mehta wrote: > > If anyone on this list does kn

Re: Updating HP Wireless Printer Software for Mavericks [was Re: Printing wireless with Mac]

2014-03-17 Thread Esther
into the printer's hardware control panel to set the new network. (This is the part that is not accessible, with no spoken feed back on the device control panel or indication where the control buttons are located.) Good luck. Best, Esther On Mar 17, 2014, at 9:45 AM, Juanita Martin wrote:

Updating HP Wireless Printer Software for Mavericks [was Re: Printing wireless with Mac]

2014-03-17 Thread Esther
e accessed from the printer's control panel. That process is not accessible, but your daughter should be able to run this, if necessary. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Mar 17, 2014, at 7:35 AM, alberto wrote: > Hi, if she tells you where you are on the computer that may help. If you are > so

Re: TextDetective iPhone OCR app is currently free (13 March 2014)

2014-03-13 Thread Esther
scape mode. The button will either say "Switch to full screen mode" or "Switch to normal mode.") And you should check lighting conditions with the light detector app. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Mar 13, 2014, at 7:53 PM, "Marybeth Metzger" wrote: > Does this softwar

TextDetective iPhone OCR app is currently free (13 March 2014)

2014-03-13 Thread Esther
94875?mt=8 Note that this version runs under iOS 7. If your iPhone is running an older version of iOS, you can purchase the app under iTunes on your computer, and then download the latest version of TextDetective that is compatible with the version of iOS on your iPhone. HTH. Cheers, Esthe

Re: Giraffe Reader

2014-03-13 Thread Esther
to France, and said she would report back. They have a web sign-up page for more information, but they're not really set up to do more than take email addresses: http://giraffereader.launchrock.com/ HTH. Cheers, Esther On Mar 13, 2014, at 8:25 AM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > I'm a bit

iOS User Guides on the Home Screen [was Re: Bookmarks on iPad]

2014-03-11 Thread Esther
lish) http://help.apple.com/iphone/7/en.lproj/ • Accessible iPod Touch User Guide, iOS 7 (HTML format, English) http://help.apple.com/ipodtouch/7/en.lproj/ For iOS 6 change the "7" after the slash following the device name to "6". Follow the same instructions to change the

Re: Giraffe Stand for Use with iPhone and OCR UK Supplier

2014-03-06 Thread Esther
well The currently minimal product web page for sign-up is: http://giraffereader.launchrock.com/ HTH. Cheers, Esther On Mar 6, 2014, at 6:36 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Eleanor, > > I don’t see a price for this product. Have you any further information? > > Cheers,

Re: Is there a way to stop voice over not to turn down the sound volume while you are listening to streaming radio??

2014-02-03 Thread Esther
re not already running it. Cheers, Esther On Feb 3, 2014, at 2:52 PM, Jessica Benzing wrote: >> That's weird. I just bought it brand-new from the Apple store and they said >> it had Mavericks. What should I do? I've upgraded everything. > <--- Mac Access At M

Re: How can I accomplish this editing feat in amadeus

2014-02-02 Thread Esther
e program. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Feb 1, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > Hello to all. running amadeus 1.5, I have what sounds like a 4 track tape but > I"m not sure. I could split the track but what ever I did I could not get one > in the left and 1 in the right channel

Re: male voice in VoiceOver

2014-01-28 Thread Esther
Hi Glenn, Are you sure you weren't hearing one of the paid Voice Dream Reader voices like NeoSpeech James? I can't imagine that you were thinking about Daniel (the male British English voice) in iOS 7. He sounds decidedly worse in iOS 7 than in iOS 6, in my opinion. Cheers, Esth

Re: ITunes and Column Browser

2014-01-25 Thread Esther
a separate earlier post. You can still access all the other features from this view. If you don't want to be able to check information on total playing time and number of items in your playlists, you leave off step 3 for enabling display of the status bar. Cheers, Esther On Jan 25, 20

Re: ITunes and Column Browser

2014-01-25 Thread Esther
ss@mac-access.net/msg13935.html HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jan 25, 2014, at 4:08 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello David, > > You need to have the side bar visible. Cmd-Option-s is the toggle to show or > hide the side bar. > If you select Music in the side bar, then navigate ri

Re: Really odd Issue With Mac And Spacebar

2014-01-23 Thread Esther
e that you could have text expansion or text substitution software like TextExpander or Typinator running. again, that would probably only affect your account HTH? Cheers, Esther > On Jan 23, 2014, at 8:30 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: > > Hi John > Yes, I'm sure it is a preference p

Re: looking for a good mp3 tag remover

2014-01-20 Thread Esther
s list who are using this, I think, and may be able to report on Mavericks support, HTH. Cheers, Esther > On Jan 20, 2014, at 2:38 PM, Michael Marshall > wrote: > > hey all, > in my windows days i had a program called mp3 tag. with this program i could > remove tags from

Re: How to make a bootable Mavericks install drive | Macworld

2014-01-20 Thread Esther
-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive.html> HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jan 20, 2014, at 8:13 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: > You missunderstand me I think. This has nothing to do with Disk Usility at > all. It simply creates a bootable disk with the currently installed > operating syst

Re: Cleaner Pro iOS app for Contacts is free today

2014-01-18 Thread Esther
Hi Sarah, You're welcome to use any tips I post about the way apps work in your podcasts. Cheers, Esther On Jan 18, 2014, at 4:41 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > Yeah I did a mini podcast on the app. would you mind if I put some of your > tips on the show notes? I ask

Re: Cleaner Pro iOS app for Contacts is free today

2014-01-18 Thread Esther
e Contacts for Addressbook, iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo & Outlook (free today, usually $0.99) by Yoni Tserruya https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cleaner-pro-remove-duplicate/id519077149?mt=8 And I'm happy I sorted the mail setup on my iOS device. (The account description filed was duplicate

Re: Moving windows

2014-01-16 Thread Esther
Sorry, you wanted to move up, so use VO-Up arrow after you use VO-accent to move up, and press escape when you're done. Esther On Jan 16, 2014, at 10:47 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi George, > > I don't usually move windows, but can't you just bring up VoiceOver help >

Re: Moving windows

2014-01-16 Thread Esther
ing, then VO-Down arrow to the position you want, and press escape to leave moving mode. There are also shortcuts to resize, or to move by smaller amounts. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jan 16, 2014, at 10:33 AM, George Cham wrote: > Hi , > I am wanting to re position a window, > fo

Re: Phonetic symbols in dictionaries under iOS 7 [was Re: entering IPA symbols on osx]

2014-01-14 Thread Esther
ognized by VoiceOver. Pronunciation symbols for phonetic characters have been read out under dictionary entries. Cheers, Esther On Jan 14, 2014, at 6:53 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Sarah and Others, > > As a side effect of checking out Sarah's question about IPA symbols for > phonet

Phonetic symbols in dictionaries under iOS 7 [was Re: entering IPA symbols on osx]

2014-01-14 Thread Esther
Hi Sarah and Others, As a side effect of checking out Sarah's question about IPA symbols for phonetic representation, I notice that under iOS 7 the individual phonetic characters for pronouncing words in dictionary entries can now be read out by VoiceOver. For example, if you have downloaded

Re: Canadian Holiday Calendar in Mavericks.

2014-01-13 Thread Esther
re them on line. That works all the way back to Snow Leopard. The URL is: http://www.icalshare.com Apple also has a set of downloadable iCal calendars at: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/calendars HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jan 13, 2014, at 3:08 PM, Leo Bissonnette wrote: > Hello, &g

Re: Mac App Deal: MacGourmet Deluxe has dropped in price:

2014-01-13 Thread Esther
at the policy here is, unless Dane remembers? Cheers, Esther On Jan 13, 2014, at 5:17 AM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: > Hi Esther, > > When going through all these posts, I am just getting to this one. My > question to you before I seriously think about purchasing Mac Gourmet is if

Re: Mac App Deal: MacGourmet Deluxe has dropped in price:

2014-01-13 Thread Esther
27;t know what that's like. (The old forum web site is still around.) I have no additional insights about the iOS app. (It does strike me that if you get the recipes database for $9.99 and can get the serial number for version 4 at the developer's web site, that could be a good deal, an

Re: Mac App Deal: MacGourmet Deluxe has dropped in price:

2014-01-13 Thread Esther
version 4. (I didn't realize this at the time I posted -- just saw this now). This seems less than honest to me. Version 4 is the new version that is finally supposed to support cloud syncing with iOS. Their iOS app will only work with version 4. Cheers, Esther On Jan 13, 2014

Re: Another OCR Question About the iPad this time

2014-01-06 Thread Esther
o the StandScan Pro, but I don't know if these will come with the same built-in lighting. Cheers, Esther On 6 Jan 2014, at 09:27, Martin G. McCormick wrote: > I bought my iPad last February and it has the Lightning > connector so it is a newer design. It has the FaceTime camera on &g

Scanner Pro iOS app by Readdle is free today

2014-01-02 Thread Esther
27;s app, since there are many apps named "Scanner Pro". Also, . Here's the App Store link: • Scanner Pro (free today, usually $6.99) by Readdle https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scanner-pro-by-readdle/id333710667?mt=8 HTH. Cheers, Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---&g

Re: Suggestions for scanning printed books with an iPhone

2013-12-31 Thread Esther
er, you can export to a downloading app as an intermediary to Dropbox and get more content transferred than if you simply export to Dropbox directly. Cheers, Esther On Dec 31, 2013, at 7:50 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello James, > > The best OCR apps for iPhone are TextGrabber and

Re: can we get our iPhone5 to read buttons on equipment such as CD-Recorders

2013-12-30 Thread Esther
se freehand than OCR apps like Prizmo or TextGrabber, even if they cannot get it to read an entire page , or even control well the part of the page that is recognized. HTH. Sorry not to have a more optimistic answer. Cheers, Esther On Dec 30, 2013, at 4:02 PM, "meadowlark77" wrote:

Re: iTunes library

2013-12-30 Thread Esther
use your Mac about whether you want to separately press the Option key when launching iTunes. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 30, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Andy Collins wrote: > Hi all - > > Quite regularly, when I open iTunes, a message comes up asking me to "choose > an iTunes library

Re: Lewie Braille Translator for OS X

2013-12-26 Thread Esther
Hello Gordon and Others, As far as I know, this project has not been under active development for some time, but I know people continued to use it under Snow Leopard and Lion, so it's possible if you have an older machine you can dedicate for this purpose. You may remember that Greg Kearney wo

Where To? iOS GPS App on Sale for $0.99

2013-12-21 Thread Esther
our-next/id314785156?mt=8 Cheers, Esther <--- 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 arch

Voice Dream Reader iOS app is on sale for $4.99

2013-12-21 Thread Esther
d to using the U.S. English voices that come with this app, so you don't have options to use a voice with a different language or regional accent. You also can't read Microsoft Office or Pages documents, plain text, HTML, ePub, etc. HTH. Cheers, Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Ac

Re: Nisus Writer with a special offer today

2013-12-19 Thread Esther
site. Check the "more purchasing options" link: http://nisus.com/pro/buyMore.php HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 19, 2013, at 4:08 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > I've been using this software for as long as I've had my Mac, very well > recommended. > > > On

Re: cost of updates

2013-12-19 Thread Esther
filling in forms, can only be sold outside the Mac App Store. There was a MacWorld article last year in June titled "TextExpander 4 adds new features, but must leave the Mac App Store." On Dec 19, 2013, at 10:55 AM, Esther wrote: > The advantages of checking a developer's web

Re: cost of updates

2013-12-19 Thread Esther
ode to use when you do the purchase. Please note that I haven't done all these transactions myself -- I simple read the information that is available at the web sites in question! HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 19, 2013, at 10:16 AM, Rodney Haynie wrote: > It is my understanding t

Re: The "second page" problem :-(

2013-12-18 Thread Esther
the User Guide.: • Re: Formatting in Nisus Writer pro http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/msg18017.html HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 18, 2013, at 9:55 AM, Christian Schoepplein wrote: > Thanks Zack, that worked *yeah*! > > Chris > > > Am 18.12.2013 um 20:

Re: accessible Keyboard editor for the mack.

2013-12-17 Thread Esther
le of documentation that Linux users will recognize. So my archived post gives some details about the most efficient ways I found of navigating the options with VoiceOver. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 17, 2013, at 8:09 AM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: >> I believe someone did a podcast on some

AmpKit+ iOS app is on sale for $8.99

2013-12-16 Thread Esther
log.com/ampkit-app-review/ • AmpKit+: Better Than the Real Thing? June 21, 2012 AppStorm Review: http://ipad.appstorm.net/reviews/music/put-your-guitar-rig-on-your-ipad-with-ampkit/ HTH. Cheers, Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your messa

Re: Time machine backup

2013-12-16 Thread Esther
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3275 I think there's probably more information in the Take Control of Backing Up You Mac eBook guide, if you have this (one of the perquisites of being a list member is the 80% discount in buying any of the Take Control Guides). HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 16

MacUpdate Holiday Bundle Sale ($39.99 for 10 apps)

2013-12-16 Thread Esther
Hi All, I'm posting details about a MacUpdate Bundle that is on sale for the next day and a bit. This might be of particular interest to users who want to read Windows formatted hard drives from their Macs. Some of the interesting apps in the bundle are Cocktail, a very good maintenance app

Re: More On The iDatabase App

2013-12-16 Thread Esther
ubmitted a major update to the Mac App Store. This may not be of use to you, since you already have iDatabase. There are recent MacWorld reviews of both iDatabase and Tap Forms, if anyone wants to read up more about these apps. Cheers, Esther On Dec 16, 2013, at 7:28 AM, Georgina Joyce wrote

Re: Tweetlist

2013-12-15 Thread Esther
3 weeks. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 15, 2013, at 10:11 AM, George Cham wrote: > Hi, > All updates are showing on the iPad and iPhone , regardless of weather they > are iPhone or iPad apps. > Tweetlist has not showen up . > Can someone please post the blog post that they posted o

Re: Anyone Using Tweetlist

2013-12-14 Thread Esther
t)? https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tweetlist-for-twitter/id426026150?mt=8 Cheers, Esther On Dec 14, 2013, at 5:14 PM, George Cham wrote: > Well if they have, I have not seen it. > I've got it on the ipad. > I've just checked my version, Ive got version, 3. 55. > This has no

Re: Anyone Using Tweetlist

2013-12-14 Thread Esther
, Esther On Dec 14, 2013, at 3:39 PM, George Cham wrote: > The only thing is , they have not updated it for ios 7. > I’m using twitterrific 5 for ios . > George Cham > george.c...@mac-access.net > > > > On 15 Dec 2013, at 8:26 am, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> Ah

Re: trouble with bt and my iPhone 5

2013-12-14 Thread Esther
had to read someone's blog post about how he initially se up pairing.). I read that a few users who were having difficulty using Type2Phone under iOS 7, so I wasn't sure if that was why you had difficulties. Good to know you got this working. Cheers, Esther On Dec 14, 2013, at 9:4

Re: Vowels with Umlauts

2013-12-14 Thread Esther
ch I might use in typing Danish or Scandinavian names. For anyone who wants to try figuring out Option key combinations, bring up a TextEdit window, hold down the Option key, and start typing key combinations. Then try using Option-key+Shift combinations, or even Option-key+Command-key combi

Re: Vowels with Umlauts

2013-12-14 Thread Esther
ght you have a different input language keyboard selected? See, for example, on of my archived posts on typing accented characters with the Option key: http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/msg03788.html Cheers, Esther On Dec 14, 2013, at 1:49 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > H

Re: voicestream versus read 2 go

2013-12-13 Thread Esther
eader that might help you: • Voice Dream Reader, Truly a Dream App http://mosen.org/index.php/voice-dream-reader-truly-a-dream-app/ Hope that link doesn't wrap. Cheers, Esther On Dec 13, 2013, at 7:23 AM, Ian Harrison wrote: > > Dear listers, > > I am sorry for comin

Re: Explanation of the difference between a smart group and creating a new group

2013-12-12 Thread Esther
gular groups by selecting all, and then creating a new group from your selection. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 12, 2013, at 10:36 AM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: > Hi, > > thanks Isaac. The subject line says it all. Is there an advantage in creating > a smart group or just c

Re: Removing Mac specific files from a USB memory stick

2013-12-12 Thread Esther
elete, change, or hide those folders. This is something that your vendor would have to implement. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 12, 2013, at 8:20 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > Hello Esther, > Many thanks for your help on this subject. I have installed the lite version > of BlueHarvest f

Re: using iBook on IOS

2013-12-11 Thread Esther
n chapter 4.3" or "on page 54", and the actual reference to chapter or page will contain links that will, if double tapped, jump you to that page or chapter section. This is not usually the case, but it is may be a feature of some eBooks. You can also use the page chooser at

Re: using iBook on IOS

2013-12-11 Thread Esther
I'll touch the screen in the center and then do a two finger flick to start reading from the start of the page. And you can always try VoiceDream Reader if you really can't get along in iBooks. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 11, 2013, at 5:36 PM, Glenn wrote: > Hi, > So far, I&

Re: Removing Mac specific files from a USB memory stick

2013-12-11 Thread Esther
ntation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/dot_clean.1.html HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 11, 2013, at 12:30 PM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > Hello, > I recall recently reading on this forum information about a Mac OS App which > deleted all those Mac OS specific files which Mac OS creates whe

Re: ABBYY FineReader-Advice on Purchasing From The Website or App Store

2013-12-11 Thread Esther
press version. I'm impressed that the labeling in Safari on an iPad under iOS 7 showed me these links, when they weren't available to VoiceOver running iOS 6. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 11, 2013, at 6:43 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > I purchased FineReader Pro from the website

Re: ABBYY FineReader Pro now available for the Mac

2013-12-10 Thread Esther
results is Dónal's post with the link I copied above. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 10, 2013, at 12:16 PM, Deb Lewis wrote: > The Pro version is fine with the Hovercam. > I think the main pro of Docuscan is that the interface is the same in Windows > and the Mac. But if you’re

Re: unzip utility for the iPhone and iPad

2013-12-09 Thread Esther
ant https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iunarchive-lite-archive-file/id380663019?mt=8 I've used this on occasion, but not recently. Here's a link to an old review from 2011 (use the Safari Reader option): • Manage All Your Archives with iUnarchive http://theapplebites.com/manage-archives-iunarchive

Re: unzip utility for the iPhone and iPad

2013-12-09 Thread Esther
Hian Zin Jong > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/downloads-for-ipad-download/id380641055?mt=8 > • Downloads Lite for iPad - Download Manager (free) by Hian Zin Jong > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/downloads-lite-for-ipad-download/id383846063?mt=8 Cheers, Esther <--- Mac Access At Ma

Re: unzip utility for the iPhone and iPad

2013-12-09 Thread Esther
wnload Manager (free) by Hian Zin Jong http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/downloads-lite-for-ipad-download/id383846063?mt=8 HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 8, 2013, at 1:53 PM, "David Griffith" wrote: > I would suggest that the method you are using is inefficient in the long > run. >

Re: opening attachments on your iDevices

2013-12-08 Thread Esther
ere sent as attachments or downloads to "open in" their app. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 8, 2013, at 5:52 AM, "meadowlark77" wrote: > How do we open attachments and save them on your iPhone or iPad or iPod? > > Thanks in advance, > > Brenda <--- Mac

Re: unzip utility for the iPhone and iPad

2013-12-08 Thread Esther
ll, structured attachment file first, or else try transferring content from a Dropbox account. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 8, 2013, at 5:43 AM, "meadowlark77" wrote: > Hello y'all, > >Is there an unzip utility for the iPhone and iPad? > >Another q

Re: Podcasts and the latest itunes update.

2013-12-08 Thread Esther
ay to determine the name. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 8, 2013, at 2:29 AM, Jim Noseworthy wrote: > Hi Gang: > > Using Mavericks: I am unable to read the names of downloaded podcasts now. > Is there a way to resolve this issue? > > Thanks all over the place gang. > &g

Re: GigBabyFree

2013-12-07 Thread Esther
Hi Chris, If you want to return to the metronome beat in the GigBabyFree! app I would just select "Count in 4/4" on the Rhythms tab. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 7, 2013, at 11:32 AM, Chris Goodwin wrote: > Hi Esther, > > Thanks for the app GigBabyFree. It might well be

Re: A cautionary tale of an ios upgrade

2013-12-07 Thread Esther
Sorry, left out the link to the MacWorld article on upgrading to iOS 7: http://www.macworld.com/article/2048720/how-to-upgrade-to-ios-7.html HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 7, 2013, at 11:58 AM, Esther wrote: > Hi Chris, > > Glenn is correct that major system updates in iOS can take quit

Re: A cautionary tale of an ios upgrade

2013-12-07 Thread Esther
tomatically update my iOS apps because I like to ensure that the versions I use continue to work well with VoiceOver. When you use Cloud backups, you always get the latest version of an app that is available from the app store, which is not necessarily still accessible. HTH. Cheers, Esther On

Re: jaw bone updater not deleting

2013-12-07 Thread Esther
e System Preferences sound preferences pane, too. So I would both check the Activity Monitor utility to kill the process, and make sure that the headset is deleted from your Bluetooth devices, since you no longer have it. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 7, 2013, at 10:59 AM, Sarah k Alawami wrote:

Re: mavricks

2013-12-07 Thread Esther
Hello Linda, Do you use Finder in column view? You might want to change to list view (Command-2) to avoid the Finder busy announcements in Mavericks, Cheers, Esther On Dec 7, 2013, at 7:12 AM, "Linda C. Knight" wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I

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