Re: [Mac-access]: Bootcamp V. VMWare Fusion

2015-04-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
I would give amadeus pro a try, the more you can get away from Windows, the better. Original message: I would just like to thank people for their various opinions which have been very helpful. I have been thinking about this all day, and I think I am going to give the virtual machine a try, e

Re: [Mac-access]: Bootcamp V. VMWare Fusion

2015-04-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
I would use fusion for several reasons. First, you can install windows totally without sighted help, there is a quick install where you provide either the DVD or an ISO of Windows, tell it the product key and Fusion does the rest. Second, as you said, you can switch between the 2 operating syst

Re: [Mac-access]: YouTube HTML 5 or Flash Player

2014-12-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
Use html 5, no question, flash is totally inaccessible on the mac. On Dec 1, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Eleanor Martha Burke wrote: > Hi All, I don't mind which I use once I use the most accessable one. Which > is more accessable on your experiences? > > Eleanor > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Ne

Re: [Mac-access]: Anti Virus Software For Mac

2014-11-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
Personally, I don’t use any, and don’t think it is really needed. There are some available if you want to use it though, but the best way to avoid that kind of thing is to be careful what you install and the web sites you visit. On Nov 27, 2014, at 8:55 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > Hi! > > What

Re: Getting Yosemite

2014-10-16 Thread Mike Arrigo
Most likely you would get it from the app store. I plan on waiting until at least the first major update before installing it, that's my policy with any operating system, and it certainly was good advice when it came to IOS 8. I may upgrade once IOS 8.1 is released assuming the major issues are

Re: VMWare Does It Again!

2014-09-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
Fusion is also the logical choice, since parallels is inaccessible, at least it was last time I looked at it. Original message: Hello everybody As you probably know by now if you have your finger on the pulse of virtualisation technologies, the battle of the giants is really hotting up now.

Re: Should I move to Mavericks?

2014-07-19 Thread Mike Arrigo
I use mavericks with a 2009 mac mini, 2010 mac mini, and 2010 mac book, works fine. I would say go ahead and upgrade. On Jul 19, 2014, at 4:27 AM, Ian Harrison wrote: > > Hi listers > > I have a 2010 mac mini, running mountain lion. It is a little slow opening > apps but not to

I also wish to remain on the list

2014-06-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
I also would like to remain on the mac access list. <--- 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 archiv

Re: Blind Square

2014-06-05 Thread Mike Arrigo
I can't say how well it works in the U.K. since I live in the United States, but, in my opinion, it's well worth the purchase. When I am walking places, which I do a lot, it's the app I usually use to keep track of where I am. Open Street Map was started by someone in the U.K. I think, so I wou

Re: itunes has changed after updates

2014-05-16 Thread Mike Arrigo
I can also reproduce the issue of the selection no longer reading when using the arrow keys, I use this in my list of TV shows. For now, the work around is to use the voice over command to move down instead of the regular arrow keys. Original message: Hi, I have a couple answers for you. The t

Re: Virus Protection on Mac

2014-03-19 Thread Mike Arrigo
Different people have different views on this, personally I don't use it, and have never had a problem, but there are programs available for those who want them. Original message: Is anyone using virus protection on the Mac or just leaving it to Apple's security.- Original Message - Fro

Re: question about extra options in menus when pressing the option key

2014-01-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
This is one thing about the mac operating system that is annoying. If you press enter while holding the option key, it will usually perform the option menu item. The thing is, you don't always know when this is available. I think it should just list all options in the menu and not hide anythin

Re: Cocktail Maintenance Utility, Tried And Tru

2014-01-28 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, cocktail is a great app, another app that does similar things is called onyx, they are both good apps to have. Original message: Hi! I’ve been a user of the Cocktail Maintenance utility for 6 years or so though I never used it on a regular basis. I’ve been using Cocktail every day regu

Re: Old Blind Cool Tech podcasts For Mac On iBlink Radio

2014-01-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
3072.html > > For example, here's the excerpted description for "Demo 5": > Mac Demo 5 1/18/2009 Mike Arrigo continues this series about built-in > accessibility on the Mac by demonstrating running Windows on the Mac. He > discusses the reasons why you would want to r

selecting more than one item in mavericks

2013-12-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey everyone, ok, I guess something has changed with voiceover in mavericks, does anyone know what the key stroke is now to select more than one item? Previously, you would turn cursor tracking off, move the voiceover cursor to each item and press vo command space. However, this key stroke now

disabling the preview pane in mail

2013-12-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey everyone, sorry, I know it’s been posted on here a lot, but in Mavericks, I can’t get rid of the mail preview pane. Don’t I need to click on one of the splitters? Actually I think you double click one of them, but can’t remember which one. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply

Re: Tip For Apple Mail Users, Time To Trim The Trash

2013-12-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
Another way to avoid this is to simply configure the mail program to empty the trash folder when you close it. That way you never have to worry about messages building up. Original message: Hi! So your trash is getting rather large? Can do away with all those eMails you received from eMail l

Re: Mac Air v. Mac mini

2013-12-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
ike a tablet with a keyboard? > > sent from my phone > > > >> On Dec 21, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >> The biggest difference is that the mac book air is a laptop. The mac mini, >> though it is portable is a desktop because it is not battery

Re: Mac Air v. Mac mini

2013-12-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
The biggest difference is that the mac book air is a laptop. The mac mini, though it is portable is a desktop because it is not battery powered. On Dec 21, 2013, at 11:08 AM, Juanita Martin wrote: > I have the Mac air. A friend of mine just got a Mac mini. I'm just curious. > What's the diff

Re: mavericks or mountain lion?

2013-11-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
You may want to stick with mountain lion for a while yet, until the first update for 10.9 is released. There are a few issues with mavericks. Original message: I've been on vacation for the past couple of weeks, so missed a lot of the mavericks thread. I'm fairly new to using the mac, and was

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: a question about list view in finder

2013-10-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
I have not used mavericks yet, but assuming it's similar to mountain lion, here are a few hints. Press command j to open the preferences for list view, this will allow you to choose what columns are displayed. To open a folder, I usually use command o rather than using the right arrow key to ex

Re: OS X Mavricks, Wait a bit

2013-10-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
Are there any new voiceover features? Original message: Hi All, Now that OS X 10.9, AKA Mavericks, has finally entered public release, it is acceptable to mention it on this list without violating the NDA. :) That being said, I want to gently suggest that VoiceOver users wait to upgrade for

Re: Apple's response to my enquiry about flash accessibility

2013-09-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
indow Eyes - Andy On 27 Sep 2013, at 21:40, Mike Arrigo wrote: This is more of an adobe problem than a voiceover issue. Windows is a different platform, and Adobe has made flash somewhat accessible on that platform, but this has not been done on the mac. Fortunately, flash is slowly goin

Re: Apple's response to my enquiry about flash accessibility

2013-09-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
This is more of an adobe problem than a voiceover issue. Windows is a different platform, and Adobe has made flash somewhat accessible on that platform, but this has not been done on the mac. Fortunately, flash is slowly going away and being replaced by html 5 which provides all of the same fea

Re: if i get a Mac, how do we set up VoiceOver

2013-09-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
When using a windows keyboard, the windows key is command and the alt key is option. So, the voiceover keys would be control and alt. Original message: David, on a windows keyboard, what are the equivalents to things like VoiceOver and Options and Command keys? Thanks, Brenda mailto:mea

Re: Web browsing

2013-09-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
Have not seen this directly, but one thing you might try, if you have not already done so, hide your tool bars, they can sometimes draw the focus away from the main content of the page. Actually this is good advice for most applications, especially since there are usually keyboard shortcuts for

Re: Onyx

2013-08-31 Thread Mike Arrigo
You bet, it's a great app for sure. That and cocktail are the 2 best apps in this category. On Aug 31, 2013, at 12:49 PM, Chris H wrote: > Hello everyone > has anyone tried or does anyone use Onyx? I think this is a fantastic utility > for your mac. It is a maintenance and cleaning tool as well

Re: Skype on the Mac

2013-08-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
It's very accessible. The one thing I did was to set lots of the notifications to speak and you can do that in the skype preferences. This will allow the program to tell you things such as when people sign in and out and when you get messages. Original message: Hi all - New to Skype with the

Re: State of Apple Accessibility (was: Re: Logic Pro X accessibility: the view from Cupertino)

2013-07-20 Thread Mike Arrigo
I don't even have a pc at home anymore. I only use windows for one thing and that's because there is no mac version of it. Other than, it's the mac all the way for me, this is for web browsing, email, music, documents, and other things I can't think of. Anyone who says that accessibility only ha

Re: iPhone does not charge

2013-07-19 Thread Mike Arrigo
- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo Sent: 19 July 2013 21:33 To: mac-access@mac-access.net Subject: Re: iPhone does not charge When you connect the cable, does the phone make a chirp sound? This usually indicates the

Re: iPhone does not charge

2013-07-19 Thread Mike Arrigo
When you connect the cable, does the phone make a chirp sound? This usually indicates the connection. Does the battery percentage not increase at all, or does it increase and then drop off very quickly after disconnecting the cable? Original message: It is with a sinking feeling that I discove

Re: help getting voice over to read out skype chats while in the chat window

2013-07-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
You can configure skype itself to tell you when you have a chat message, once you get that message, usually you can just move your voiceover cursor to the control that voiceover calls a grid and read the message, not totally automatic but very simple. Original message: Good morning, I am new t

Re: getting there

2013-07-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
Also, you may need to make sure the option to open safe files after downloading is selected, otherwise it will just save the play list file and you will have to open it manually. Original message: Hello John, I clicked on your link and it started streaming immediately. I only have Safari on

Re: Article: Apple loses its shine

2013-06-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
es or use a single TTS engine for many Apps, and not as it was before. Take care! Daniela Rubio T  Distinguished Educator iPhone: +34662328507 El 25/06/2013, a las 16:19, Mike Arrigo escribió: Exactly. You may have 3 or 4 copies of the same TTS engine on your device, because

Re: Article: Apple loses its shine

2013-06-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
's for iOS7, so yeah, maybe speech and keyboard is among them. sent from my Mac Mini with iCloud. Devin prater email and iMessage: d.pra...@me.com or r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com Skype: devinprater msn: devinpra...@live.com On Jun 24, 2013, at 10:11 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: I don't want App

Re: Article: Apple loses its shine

2013-06-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
it's more versatile. I wish apple would >> make iOs more versatile, like mac, I'm probably one of a few that would like >> iOs to act like mac os. I thin if the device is mine, I should be able to >> install whatever app I want on it. >> Courtney >> >> Mike

Re: Article: Apple loses its shine

2013-06-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
; msn: > devinpra...@live.com > > > On Jun 24, 2013, at 2:38 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> That's certainly true about windows phone 8 and blackberry, but if you have >> not tried the newest version of android, you might be pleasantly surprised. >> The b

Re: Article: Apple loses its shine

2013-06-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
tform, while there are others out there, they are not nearly as accessible. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: An interesting article and I agree with some of what it says. In some ways, Apple has developed a standard for itself that is very high, and now

Re: Article: Apple loses its shine

2013-06-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
An interesting article and I agree with some of what it says. In some ways, Apple has developed a standard for itself that is very high, and now that some of their features are in other devices, some people could lose interest. On the other hand, the sales will tell the final story. As long as

Re: Kindle now accessible on iOS.

2013-05-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
Most likely, at least for purchasing the books, you will have to go to the site. Apple's policy is, if you want to sell something within your application, you have to go through our system so we get our 30 percent of the purchase. If you decide you don't want to do that, you cannot provide a wa

Re: Kindle now accessible on iOS.

2013-05-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
Wonder if they are working on accessibility for other platforms as well, in particular android. I hope so. Original message: As an update on my last post I did not hear the prompt for double tap for menu. It is not then necessary to go to the Home screen to get to controls. You simply double tap

Re: using google chrome

2013-05-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
Chrome will work with voiceover pretty well. There are a few outstanding issues, the main one I can think of is, if you come to an unlabeled link, voiceover does not provide the URL for the link, so there is no way to tell what it does. Also, some list boxes do not read. Original message: hi i

Re: tessa compact?

2013-02-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
The HQ voices are much higher quality, there's no reason to mess with compact voices on the mac. On Feb 10, 2013, at 2:01 AM, William Lomas wrote: > hi all can i get the compact version of tessa as i can on the iPhone and > iPad, for mac osx? > i only see the hq version > > <--- Mac Access At

Re: Is there an accessible kindle app for the mac?

2012-12-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
Unfortunately the kindle app is not accessible on the mac, or any other platform besides the limited accessibility provided by the plug in for the kindle program in windows. It's obvious Amazon has no interest in making their books accessible. Original message: I have been on the applevis site

Re: New hard; drive what do I do?

2012-12-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
Press command comma to open finder preferences, check the option to show the hard drive on your desktop. There are a few ways you can restore from a backup, you could just copy the files to the appropriate place, alternatively, you might give the migration assistant a try, it should be able to t

Re: applications key windows with vmware

2012-12-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
Try holding the shift key and pressing F10 Original message: hi, does anyone know how to bring up context menus in vmware with the apple bluetooth keyboard? or do i have to use the apple extended keyboard to do it? amy <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please

Re: labeling graphics

2012-12-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, I believe the command is control option slash. While you can do this, you should also contact the developer of the application that has the graphics in question, this responsibility is really the developers' to do, not ours. Original message: Hi list: I was wondering if there was a way

Re: Resetting a mac.

2012-11-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
I would say the best way is to reinstall. If you hold command+r before it boots up, it should boot in to the recovery. At that point, you can erase the main part of the hard drive and do a reinstall. Be sure that she has any important files backed up first of course. On Nov 25, 2012, at 7:22 PM,

Re: Has anyone found the need to consistently restart VoiceOver when loading webpages?

2012-11-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
best > GDocs experience. > > On Nov 8, 2012, at 7:29 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> I have not updated to mountain lion yet one of my mac minis will not run it, >> but the other mini and macbook will, just a matter of finding time to do it. >> Anyway, with 10.7.5

Re: Has anyone found the need to consistently restart VoiceOver when loading webpages?

2012-11-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
I have not updated to mountain lion yet one of my mac minis will not run it, but the other mini and macbook will, just a matter of finding time to do it. Anyway, with 10.7.5 and the newest safari, there are times when voiceover gets stuck in it's busy, busy loop and I do need to turn voiceover o

Re: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype

2012-11-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
ype, I use it all the time and love it! Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2012, at 10:41 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: Possibly, but why would you not want to use skype, it's accessible. On Nov 6, 2012, at 8:34 PM, Josh Gregory wrote: This will certainly be nice for some, but what about those t

Re: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype

2012-11-06 Thread Mike Arrigo
> On Nov 6, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> Ok, I've installed the newest version of skype. And yes, if you sign out of >> your skype account it will provide an option to sign in with your windows >> live messenger account and to merge the 2 together

Re: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype

2012-11-06 Thread Mike Arrigo
Ok, I've installed the newest version of skype. And yes, if you sign out of your skype account it will provide an option to sign in with your windows live messenger account and to merge the 2 together. Once you do this, you will use your windows live messenger user name and password to sign in t

Re: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Services on Skype

2012-11-06 Thread Mike Arrigo
Skype on the mac is accessible, in some ways it would make things simpler if this is true. On Nov 6, 2012, at 4:47 PM, william lomas wrote: > so this will mean no more adium usage? > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Chris >> Subject: Microsoft to Close Messenger and consolidate Im Service

Re: A More Accessible Skype interface.

2012-10-12 Thread Mike Arrigo
For me at least, the regular skype works fine, I can read my contacts, answer calls, and read and respond to chat messages without problems. Original message: Hi Folks: I don't suppose that there are any programmers on this list who have thought about creating a more accessible Skype access p

Re: the muder application

2012-10-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
from the app store > doesn't have any unknowns. In fact, the button labels are actually too > verbose in my opinion. > > Orin > orin8...@gmail.com > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/orinks > Skype: orin1112 > > > > On Oct 7, 2012, at 6:23 PM, Mike Arrigo wro

the muder application

2012-10-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey everyone, was trying to get the muder application on the mac to work for a friend of mine. I know others on this list have said it's useable. What exactly did you do to make it work? When navigating around the application, voiceover just says unknown, unknown, which indicates the application

Re: an accessible fan and tempriture monitoring app.

2012-10-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
For fan cntrol, check out smc fan control. I think there is an app called temperature monitor, doing a google search should find it. On Oct 2, 2012, at 3:57 PM, Jim Noseworthy wrote: > Hi Gang: > > The subject line says it all: is there such an animal out there? > > Thanks all over the place g

Re: My Thoughts on the Mac Accessibility was RE: Making The Most Of Your Accessible Tools; A Passionate Rant [Was "so wish apple had done this"]

2012-09-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, the numpad does make things easier, and on the laptops, you can use the trackpad commander which also makes navigating much easier. On Sep 29, 2012, at 11:18 PM, Shaun Oliver wrote: > I've also had it said to me that if you can get hold of a numpad, bluetooth > or otherwise, you can make fu

Re: My Thoughts on the Mac Accessibility was RE: Making The Most Of Your Accessible Tools; A Passionate Rant [Was "so wish apple had done this"]

2012-09-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
I love the mac, I no longer have a pc here, voiceover does things somewhat differently than the windows screen readers, but once you get usd to that, it works just as well as the windows screen readers and in many ways, it works better. On Sep 29, 2012, at 10:15 PM, Debbie April Yuille wrote: >

Re: Find next control

2012-08-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
No need to set anything up, it's already done. Control option command j and control option shift command j moves to next and previous respectively. Original message: Hello, Is there any way to set up a VoiceOver hotkey which would read the next/prior control on a web page? I want this to read t

Re: Considering Mac, questions about Voiceover/access

2012-08-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
I do most of my web browsing on the mac. It is different than windows, you generally move item by item, the mac does things differently than windows, and keeping this in mind should make things easier. Original message: I have recently switched from Windows to Mac - JAWS12 to VoiceOver. Word

Re: Roxio Toast 11 Ptro

2012-08-05 Thread Mike Arrigo
I'm very interested in this, that's one area on the mac that is lacking, a modern, optical disk creation program, I wish nero would develop for the mac, would love to know how the main application works. On Aug 5, 2012, at 4:17 PM, Gordon Smith wrote: > Hi all > > I've just bought a copy of Toa

Re: Any progress?

2012-07-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
There was nothing mentioned about these in mountain lion, personally I don't see what else could really be done, navigation works fine on the web. On Jul 26, 2012, at 2:36 PM, Christo Thiardt wrote: > Hello > > thanks to Gordon for answering my question regarding changing to Mountain > Lion. >

Re: Adobe suspends work on accessible Flash Player for the Mac.

2012-07-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
Adobe is also moving away from flash on android and other mobile platforms, hopefully web developers will get rid of flash and move to html 5, that's the real solution here. On Jul 13, 2012, at 12:04 AM, Bryan Jones wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I guess this comes as no surprise, but it seems the folk

Re: control characters in terminal

2012-07-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
I believe the contrl character does need to be there, yes On Jul 9, 2012, at 10:24 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: > Hello, > > Control d in terminal is the same as control z within windows. Control Z > within terminal or technically bash is suspend a process. > > In relation to your query, it depends

control characters in terminal

2012-07-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey everyone, for the first time I actually have a need to use terminal to flash a new rom on my android phone. In order to do this without sight, I am creating a shell script, having one issue. To end the script, you press control+d. This seems to do something different in windows command promp

Re: Apple MacBook Air SuperDrive & MacBook Pro Don't Get Along Together!

2012-06-17 Thread Mike Arrigo
I remember reading somewhere on the apple site that the super drive only works on certain computers, namely, the mini and macbook air, it does not work on others. Doesn't make much sense, but apple does not always make sense with the choices they make. On Jun 17, 2012, at 3:26 AM, Mrs. Lynnette

Re: Mac Mini And Apple Superdrive

2012-05-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
That is a shame. One thing I do not like about the external super drive is that the USB cable is hard wired in to the drive, so if the cable has problems, you can't just replace it. On May 30, 2012, at 2:27 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello everybody > > Today we finally admitted d

Re: Apple to reject Mac App Store apps using hotkeys starting June 1?

2012-05-17 Thread Mike Arrigo
I actually wonder if this is a hoax, it simply makes no sense whatsoever for Apple to do something like this. On May 17, 2012, at 2:35 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Not a very good move on apple's part. I suggest we write to > accesibil...@apple.com. i just did myself just a few minutes ago. > >

Re: Parallels Desktop; No, it isn't accessible

2012-05-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
I would suggest using fusion, even if you could use the virtual machine once it's set up, why support a company that has been told many times about the inaccessibility of their product and refuses to fix it. Fusion does everything parallels does, and it's very accessible. On May 1, 2012, at 3:09

screen reader survey

2012-05-01 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey everyone, there is a new screen reader survey available, I would suggest everyone take the survey to give voiceover as many useage stats as possible, here is the link. http://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey4/ <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please add

Re: copying music from a external NTFS drive to a Mac mini

2012-04-16 Thread Mike Arrigo
Just connect the drive, the mac will have no problems readng an ntfs drive, it just will not be able to write to it. If you're going to be sharing a drive between the mac and windows, best thing to do is format it as fat32, this works for both platforms. On Apr 16, 2012, at 5:23 PM, Diane Bomar

Re: sirius XM iPhone app

2012-03-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
This is doable, but can be difficult. At this point, you have to turn off voiceover and touch the bottom of the screen, usually this will get you back to the channel list, you can then turn voiceover back on again and select another channel. Hopefully they will fix this, they have certainly been

Re: Browser choices

2012-02-17 Thread Mike Arrigo
I use chrome at times, I think it's faster than safari though there are still a few issues with it with voiceover, apparently firefox access is also in the works. On Feb 17, 2012, at 11:45 AM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > Do any of you use a browser other than Safari? If so, do you prefer the > bro

Re: My PC died

2012-02-10 Thread Mike Arrigo
t my mimi a little over a year ago and so > it has one. I'm thinking about iMacs. Do any of you have one? > > Kristeen > > On Feb 9, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> You could get a mac mini, these are priced decently and you could install >> windows 7

Re: My PC died

2012-02-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
You could get a mac mini, these are priced decently and you could install windows 7 on it, I would not get another pc, that's for sure. On Feb 9, 2012, at 2:56 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > I'm looking for some honest advice here. My desktop PC is dead. It's four > years old, so I'm not going to

Re: Setting up the Mac mini

2012-01-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
There was an adapter for the 2008 minis that would allow you to connect a mini to a television, it does not work with new mac minis though, as far as I know, the only way to get the new minis to work properly is to connect a monitor, it doesn't need to be turned on, just connected. On Jan 9, 201

Re: mophie juice pack air

2011-11-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
In general, it doubles the iphone's battery life. On Nov 29, 2011, at 5:44 PM, william lomas wrote: > how long do you get out of it? > > On Nov 29, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Lyn & her faithful furry friends wrote: > >> i use one with my Iphone 4 and one for my Ipod touch and I must say it's >> really g

Re: iTether

2011-11-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
It's a shame that this app was pulled, if someone is already paying for data, to charge extra for tethering is ridiculous. This is one thing I don't like about IOS, apple has decided they don't want users to get this app anymore, so they pull it from the store. This is one reason why I like andr

Re: mophie juice pack air

2011-11-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
I have the iphone 3 g s version, it's great, I'm sure the iphone 4 version is awesome as well. Original message: hi has anyone used the mophie juice pack air for an iPhone 4? is it any good? how do we know how much battery is left in the case i guess it uses its own battery then

Re: Maqc equivalent of the WIndows System Tray?

2011-11-27 Thread Mike Arrigo
The closest thing is the status menus, this is what shows your volume, battery, etc. You get to it by pressing control F8 or in voiceover, press control option m twice. On Nov 27, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > Hello, > Is there a Mac OS 10.7 facility similar to the Windows System Tr

Re: new mac store requirements

2011-11-19 Thread Mike Arrigo
Certainly developers can choose not to sell their apps through the app store, although some developers feel this is similar to committing business suicide, they think that the app store is the primary place where users go for apps, and that they will not look else where, whether this is true or

Re: navigon Europe 2.

2011-11-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
day free voice > guidance trial and they currently have a year of voice guidance on sale for > US $9.99. > -Bryan > > On Nov 18, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> My favorite GPS app on the iphone is motionx gps drive, with the exception >> of some unlabeled buttons,

Re: navigon Europe 2.

2011-11-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
wrote: > Anyone tried Tomtom? > On 18 Nov 2011, at 17:47, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> My favorite GPS app on the iphone is motionx gps drive, with the exception >> of some unlabeled buttons, it's very useable. It's a shame Garmin's app does >> not provide

Re: navigon Europe 2.

2011-11-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
My favorite GPS app on the iphone is motionx gps drive, with the exception of some unlabeled buttons, it's very useable. It's a shame Garmin's app does not provide spoken walking directions, because the app itself is very accessible. Original message: I tried the update for a couple of hours ye

Re: navigon Europe 2.

2011-11-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
Haven't tried version 2 of the United States version yet, but I have heard from several people that, voice over does not see the control to stop navigation. Sounds like this app has taken some steps backward with regard to accessibility. Original message: Hello Dónal, Some people seem to lik

Re: new mac store requirements

2011-11-16 Thread Mike Arrigo
with these apps especially are >> appreciated. >> Thanks, >> Courtney >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 16 Nov 2011, at 01:57 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >>> Hey everyone, apple will soon be requiring applications to comply with very >

Re: Keystroke question

2011-11-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
Try something like control option command home, that moves you to the top most item in a window, alternatively, if your goal is to close the window, command w will do the trick. Original message: When in Finder, I find myself often on an item way to the right with the "close" button way to the

Re: Differences Between Default VO and Compact

2011-11-11 Thread Mike Arrigo
The default voice is higher quality, if that voice works for you, there's little reason to use the compact voice. Original message: Hi, Folks! On the iPhone 4, what's the difference between the default voice for VoiceOver and the Compact voice? Which is better and why? Thanks in advance. M

Re: Some concerns about Adium

2011-11-06 Thread Mike Arrigo
there are a few ways to do this, in the adium preferences, if you go to the events tab, you can set each event to speak, including new messages. If you're using lion, make sure you are using Alex as your voice though or this will not work correctly. I think you can also use growl for this but I

Re: os 5 question.

2011-11-05 Thread Mike Arrigo
The 3gs will be a bit slow with IOS5 but it should not be that extreme. For the battery issue, apple is aware of this and it should be fixed in 5.01, but you can do a few things in the mean time. If you have your phone set to sync with icloud, turn this off, also in location services, go down to

Re: Anyone got an opinion on compact voice and performance?

2011-10-17 Thread Mike Arrigo
I'm using the better quality voice on my iphone 3gs, works fine, so that's what I will stick with. Both voices do get a bit choppy at times, but it's nothing I can't deal with. On Oct 17, 2011, at 9:13 AM, Jonathan Tyrer wrote: > It feels like the compact voice responds quicker on my iPhone 4 an

Re: Siri crashed.

2011-10-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, siri, and in fact any dictation speech recognition on the iphone 4s is server based, if there is a problem with the network connection or apple's servers, it will not work. How do you enable or disable siri, I'm assuming you can do this in settings? On Oct 15, 2011, at 1:32 AM, Geoff Waaler

Re: MobileGeo replacement?

2011-10-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
I assume you're staying with Sprint, in that case, you should be able to keep your number, even if you switched carriers, the number could probably be ported. There are some nice apps for gps, a 32 GB phone is plenty, the entire United States takes about 1 GB with the iphone GPS apps. The map e

Re: is the iPhone 4s worth it?

2011-10-08 Thread Mike Arrigo
The real issue with OCR is the restrictions Apple has placed on what developers can do, I've heard that prismo works pretty well, but there are several things developers cannot do with regard to camera focus that can be done with android and Symbian. Hopefully apple will open the camera interfac

Re: iPhone 4S cases.

2011-10-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
I have heard that the cases are compatible, the thing is, the verizon version was a bit different I think, so I wonder which cases you would need to get On Oct 7, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > Greetings all, > > I read that all iPhone4 accessories are applicable for the 4S, however t

Re: iphone 4s

2011-10-05 Thread Mike Arrigo
: > But the iPhone still has something well over the android, that being > accessibility. > > On Oct 4, 2011, at 10:45 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > The big area where apple is playing catch up is by using the cloud. The > ability to sync between devices, and not having to use

Re: iphone 4s

2011-10-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
The big area where apple is playing catch up is by using the cloud. The ability to sync between devices, and not having to use itunes nearly as much. Also, speech recognition and the ability to dictate text, android has had this for quite some time. Android still provides free turn by turn direc

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