Re: Mac Mini firmware update.

2011-09-17 Thread Mike Arrigo
Which model of mac mini? On Sep 17, 2011, at 6:52 PM, Jim Noseworthy wrote: Hi Folks: There is a firmware update for the MAC MINI. Does anyone know what issues are addressed? Thanks all over the place. The triune God created human kind to participate, through the Holy Spirit, in

Re: VMWare Fusion 4.01

2011-09-16 Thread Mike Arrigo
I wonder if it's now as fast as parallels. I remember you said that you thought parallels was faster than fusion, they have just released version 7, and it's just as inaccessible as previous versions, it's obvious that company has no interest in fixing this, but I wonder if their speeds are

Re: VMware Fusion 4

2011-09-15 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, it works well, there is probably no discount for upgrades because the purchase price is actually discounted until the end of the year I think. On Sep 15, 2011, at 2:45 PM, Jim Noseworthy wrote: Hi Folks: VMware Fusion 4 has been released. Has anyone had any experience with the

Re: Important information, please read

2011-09-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
I send my thoughts and prayers as well, hope everything is ok. On Sep 13, 2011, at 6:21 AM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: I wish them both the very best. Kristeen -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Julie

Re: Does VM fusion work with Lyon?

2011-09-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, it works fine with lion, running windows 7 with it here. On Sep 4, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Eric Caron wrote: dear List, I just took the plunge and purchased VM Fusion. I would love some help from some VM Fusion users. My first big concern is that I purchased VM Fusion 3.1 and as I

Re: macbook pro

2011-09-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
Couldn't hurt to do that, especially if it's still under warranty. On Sep 4, 2011, at 5:26 PM, Julie Vaughan wrote: that's cool would it be worth taking it in to n apple store and getting it looked at? jules smiley. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please

Re: unatteneded windows installations

2011-09-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
You might be able to do it if you memorize the keystrokes, bt that's risky. A much better option is to use vmware fusion, this will allow you to install windows without sighted help. I did this with windows 7 a few weeks ago and it works great. On Sep 3, 2011, at 9:55 AM, joe quinn wrote:

Re: unatteneded windows installations

2011-09-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
Windows 7 installation disk? Eric Caron On Sep 3, 2011, at 1:01 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: You might be able to do it if you memorize the keystrokes, bt that's risky. A much better option is to use vmware fusion, this will allow you to install windows without sighted help. I did

Re: Boot camp OS installation

2011-08-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
You will needed sighted help, partitioning the drive is easy using the boot camp utility, but once the mac boots from the windows disk, you will have no speech. Some people have memorized the key strokes but this is risky. A much better approach is to use vmware fusion, this will allow you to

Re: Folder Navigation

2011-08-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
Perhaps I should try this, I always use list view since that seemed to be the easiest. On Aug 25, 2011, at 9:12 AM, David Griffith wrote: Thanks for all the help with this. Column navigation in particular is a revelation. With this setting the Mac has become far superior to the Windows file

Re: Secure Edit Boxes

2011-08-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
be a security breech if they were spoken. Lynne On 21 Aug 2011, at 15:09, Mike Arrigo wrote: At this time, it does not echo the contents of these, if you have sound turned on, it will click for each character entered. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net --- To reply to this post, please address

Re: Secure Edit Boxes

2011-08-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
At this time, it does not echo the contents of these, if you have sound turned on, it will click for each character entered. On Aug 21, 2011, at 5:33 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: Hello All, Is there a way to get VoiceOver to speak the contents of a secure edit box? I primarily need this in a

Re: Moving a Character at a time

2011-08-18 Thread Mike Arrigo
You can just use the arrow keys to move by caracter. To move by word, hold the option key while using the left and right arrow keys. Note that voiceover reads things here a bit differently than how windows screen readers read. When you press right arrow, then press left, you will hear the same

Re: lion question

2011-08-16 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, just command tab and you will see the finder. On Aug 16, 2011, at 2:05 AM, Michael Fridey wrote: Hi guys has anyone since installing os 10 lion wen your first boot up I get voiceover say apple . com exktra's. Not sure why and I was playing a podcast and voiceover lost all focus and did

Re: Installing Updates over the Original Application

2011-08-07 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, usually the app will update itself, or you can download it, and just copy it to your applications folder replacing what is already there. On Aug 7, 2011, at 5:53 PM, mike wrote: how are you getting the update, downloading it yourself? you can let it get it on it's own, it works

Re: The New Mac Mini

2011-08-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
I think it comes with 2 GB, the biggest problem I have with the new minis is the removal of the DVD drive, I think that was a big mistake on apple's part. On Aug 4, 2011, at 1:06 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: Hi all I see that Apple has now done away totally with the Intel Core 2 Duo processors

Re: Accessing the library folder on Lion

2011-08-02 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, I'm not sure why Apple chose to hide that folder, I could understand perhaps hiding the system library folder but not the user one. On Aug 2, 2011, at 2:52 PM, Paul Hopewell wrote: Hi Zack, Many thanks for that. Yes it did the trick. I must read up more about these Terminal commands...

disabling preview pane in lion mail

2011-07-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hey everyone, got lion installed and I've switched to the classic view for now, is there a way to disable the preview pane? Double clicking on the splitters does not seem to work, I did it using mouse keys since the voiceover click mouse command never seemed to work to do this. --- Mac Access

Re: disabling preview pane in lion mail

2011-07-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
and then quit Mail. Lynne On 30 Jul 2011, at 15:19, Mike Arrigo wrote: Hey everyone, got lion installed and I've switched to the classic view for now, is there a way to disable the preview pane? Double clicking on the splitters does not seem to work, I did it using mouse keys since

Re: shame on you apple

2011-07-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
I don't think any printer drivers were installed, it will download them if t needs to. On Jul 30, 2011, at 10:56 AM, william lomas wrote: hi all Why was it please when I ran install of lion was I given no options to set anything? no language choices, printer drivers, it just ran install

Re: shame on you apple

2011-07-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
A clean instal can definitely be done, several of us have done it, myself included. What is interesting, during the install, there is a customize button, but it's disabled. On Jul 30, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote: That is correct. In fact, when I asked an apple rep about doing a clean

Re: shame on you apple

2011-07-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
I can understand somewhat not including a DVD drive with themacbook air, many computers of that size do not include these. But I think removing the DVD drive from the mac mini is going too far. There will probably come a time when disks will no longer be used, but we are not there yet. I still

Re: Can I rename files on a mac?

2011-07-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
Sure, highlight the file, and press enter, change the file name, then press enter again. On Jul 25, 2011, at 11:00 AM, Tracy Duffy wrote: Is there a way to rename files on my imac? I don't find an option for doing that in the regular menus, is there a way that I'm missing? Thanks. Blessed

Re: bootcamp with Lion?

2011-07-25 Thread Mike Arrigo
The boot camp downloads the drivers now, and I think saves them to a place you specify, so a disk is no longer needed. On Jul 25, 2011, at 6:54 PM, Kevin Barry wrote: I am considering buying a new Mini which will, of course, have Lion on it. I am

Re: battery usage

2011-07-24 Thread Mike Arrigo
The best way to find this is to go to the status menus, it's shown there, you can usually see the time remaining as well as the percentage. On Jul 24, 2011, at 1:48 AM, william lomas wrote: hi all where with a magic trackpad can i find the remaining battery percentage please? Thanks, WIll

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