Re: mac help please

2011-09-24 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Sean May I give you a little word of advice? Don't expect OSX to function like Windows. Forget that you ever used Window, and then you'll find the new environment much easier to handle during the learning process. Windows isn't like OSX, and visa versa. There are ways of doing things; but

Re: VM fusion 4.1 final

2011-09-25 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Mike If you play around with the interface you will see that you can modify the settings at any time. Press Command+E to open the settings of the VM and interact with the toolbar. If you click the "Show All" button, then stop interacting with the toolbar you'll see a section entitle "Proc

Re: VM fusion 4.1 final

2011-09-25 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
. On Sep 24, 2011, at 5:14 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello John > > No, you said: > "If you have 4GB of ram set the ram for Windows at 3GB. > Was it a typo? > > Lynne > > On 24 Sep 2011, at 22:40, John Gunn wrote: > > Lynne: > > Actual

Re: VM fusion 4.1 final

2011-09-25 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Mike We always use full screen; but be mindful of the fact that it won't stop VoiceOver from interfering sometimes with your VM. As for the second question yes. Command+Control+Enter. All of this information is available in VMWare's help within the software. I encourage you to have a rea

Re: VMWare Fusion 4.01

2011-09-25 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Paul Just for the record that's not how you're supposed to upgrade. I know it worked; but you're not supposed to simply copy files. There's an icon in the disk image which doe the upgrade properly because it has to update some preference files. Then you can just look in the email you wer

Re: Should a 4 gig Mac stick with VM Fusion 3?

2011-09-25 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Eric This has been repeatedly answered over the last few days. There is no reason why you shouldn't upgrade. V4 is significantly faster, even with smaller amounts of memory. Our MacBook (2007 vintage) has 2GB of RAM but it flies along with Fusion 4 and XP Pro SP3. I'm not going to go dow

Re: Can VM Fusion 3 and 4.1 be run on the same mac?

2011-09-25 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Eric No, you cn't do that because of preference files which are changed. Lynne On 25 Sep 2011, at 19:50, Eric Caron wrote: Dear listers, I have a solid working VM FUSion 3 machine and want to keep it going until I get VM Fusion 4.1 working correctly. I'm having trouble both on the W

Re: Not sure if off topic

2011-09-25 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Mike This is slightly off topic as you're asking Windows questions here. :) May I suggest you join our Windows group and pose your questions there? should work but if you have issues please write to the support address and I will arrange things for you should you opt to join. Lynne

Re: how to edit plist files under liion

2011-09-25 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Donnal Oddly enough we've just had to do this. Under the "files" menu in the top menu bar, select open with, then Other. Then select TextEdit as your application. Lynne On 25 Sep 2011, at 20:29, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: Hi all, Subject says it really. I'm trying to edit a plist file bu

Re: how to edit plist files under liion

2011-09-25 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
see if you find the same when you open it with textedit; with your permission of course? Thanks, Dónal On 25 Sep 2011, at 20:32, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Donnal > > Oddly enough we've just had to do this. Under the "files" menu in the top > menu bar,

Windows under Parallels

2011-09-25 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody Just to report that Windows under Parallels is now not much, if any, faster than Fusion 4. I haven't tried Windows under Parallels 7 yet, but I'm off to get it now. Lynne <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-acces

Re: VM fusion 4.1 final

2011-09-25 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello John I don't doubt you, I was just querying it because according to Apple Lion won't run with less than 2GB of RAM. Gordon is hypothesising that that check may be done only at boot time. Very interesting actually. Lynne On 25 Sep 2011, at 21:52, John Gunn wrote: Well I've been using 3G

Re: Windows under Parallels

2011-09-26 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Mike I'll let you know how it goes. Lynne On 25 Sep 2011, at 22:53, Mike Arrigo wrote: I am definitely curious how your test results go with parallels 7, of course, we can't use it anyway, the company obviously has no interest in making their product accessible, but the comparison shoul

Re: Should a 4 gig Mac stick with VM Fusion 3?

2011-09-26 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello That was just a colloquialism. Its a British description for something that isn't done properly; as in when somebody cuts corners. There's nothing malicious or vindictive in that, it's meant humorously. Lynne On 26 Sep 2011, at 04:09, Orin wrote: Out of curiosity, what is the Bodge and

Re: All Circuits Closed; Bouncing messages

2011-09-26 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Chris That I do not understand. But let's take this off list if you wish to continue the discussion Lynne On 26 Sep 2011, at 12:48, Chris G wrote: I have had messages bounce over the past week. The message was "all cerkets were closed." <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To r

Re: for UK residents, an iTunes favour.

2011-09-27 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Donal it doesn't work. I've just tried it here and I'm getting an empty playlist as well. Lynne On 27 Sep 2011, at 22:51, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: Folks, I wonder if someone living in the UK could try something. If you go to the radio section in the sources table of iTunes, there is a

Re: for UK residents, an iTunes favour.

2011-09-27 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Donal I tend to think it's a broadcaster issue. The iTunes end seems to be doing what it should. It just looks like the stream is down. Lynne On 27 Sep 2011, at 23:22, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: Thank you Lynne. I wonder to whom one could report such things? Is it an iTunes issue or the

Parallels Desktop; Here We Go!

2011-09-27 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody I just finally got around to upgrading to Parallels Desktop 7 as Gordon and I are having a dreadful night again and it's a way of occupying minds. I will report back to the group shortly, (not about Windows) but about the speed of Parallels itself, ease of setup, etc. I will rep

sArchiver from BotPerSecond software

2011-09-28 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello all As some of you may know, Gordon and I have partnered with BitPerSecond software to bring you great deals on his product. In the light of email problems, Gordon and I are now in a position to produce the license keys ourselves, rather than having to wait for the developer when a purcha

Re: Printing from my Ipad

2011-09-28 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Dane I obviously can't say much on list because of NDA. But we are testing the OS, and we actually do have an HP AirPrint compatible printer here with us now. Some of the older apps do actually let you see it, but you're quite right they won't all print properly/ Lynne On 28 Sep 2011, a

USB Recovery Thumb Drive

2011-09-30 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody Has anybody yet tried the Recovery USB thumb drive tool that Apple reputedly made available on its support site last month? I took advantage of Crucial's offer when I bought us our last RAM modules and I bought 4 of their 16GB USB thumb drives. My aim was to use them for this pu

Re: Virtual Machines On MacBook Pro

2011-10-03 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Jane Your VM will work fine. As for Windows it's off topic for this group so I'm not going to answer to that one. :) Lynne On 3 Oct 2011, at 19:07, Jane wrote: The MacBook Pro has 4 GB of RAM and almost 300 GB free. Is it worth installing a VM of, say, Windows? I only want to do this for som

Re: web design software

2011-10-04 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Travis Firstly, I believe that the original enquiry was whether there is an accessible alternative to iWeb which, sadly, it seems not. We play with Sandvox now and then, but it's problem is that it isn't interchangeable with other editors which is just plain silly as far as we're concerne

Gentle Reminder; Please do not forward messages like this; [Was Re: ChromeVox is now on the Chrome Web Store!]

2011-10-04 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
I understand why this is exciting and appealing to some. However, please do not forward messages in this way. This behaviour is covered explicitly in the list policy document. We would appreciate compliance. Yes, I know it's often easy to forget; so this is only a gentle reminder. Lynne <--- M

Disk Images

2011-10-04 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody Does anybody happen to know whether there's any way of reconstituting the contents of a ".DAA" disk image and writing it to media using OS X? I have a couple of them here but I'm not sure we can do anything with them because we currently can't get access to any alternative OS.

VMWare Fusion 4.0.2; [For The Sake Of Cinvenience]

2011-10-04 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hi all For the sake of convenience, if anybody wants to download the latest builds of Fusion quickly, you can find it on our software collection at: https://files.mac-access.net/?login=software:software both the light and full builds are here. version 4.0.2. Gordon <--- Mac Access At Mac Access

Re: web design software

2011-10-05 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
hello Travis To be absolutely and totally fair, it could very well be; in fact, it probably is the case that I'm simply not familiar enough with the concepts. But I just wonder what are the advantages in 'forcing' the dimensions of a table rather than allowing the browser to automatically rende

Re: More On iOS List

2011-10-05 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
I requested responses off, not on list. This is now a dead issue anyway. <--- 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

Steve Jobs; Let Us Never Forget!

2011-10-05 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody It was with the greatest of regret that Gordon and I learned of the passing away of Steve Jobs yesterday. Steve will long be remembered I think by each and every one of us on this list; as, without his efforts, his vision and his determination, we would none of us be in the posi

BPS Software

2011-10-05 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody Those people interested in the purchase of any of the BPS Software products, we here at Mac Access are now very pleased to tell you that we can issue your licences ourselves so you need no longer worry about missing registration data. All you need to do is buy the products using

Re: BPS Software

2011-10-05 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
ell or is there more? Thanks in advance.On Oct 5, 2011, at 10:29 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello everybody > > Those people interested in the purchase of any of the BPS Software products, > we here at Mac Access are now very pleased to tell you that we can issue your &g

BPS Software; Custom Links

2011-10-05 Thread Mrs . Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody We will add these to our blog in due course, and to the main website. In the meantime, here are the custom link details for the BPS Software products discounted for Mac Access Dot Net members: The discounted link for sArchiver, the best archiver utility for the Mac:

Creating Archives

2011-10-06 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody I'm looking for a little advice if I may. I have a lot of folders on one of our volumes whose contents I want to create an archive of. In other words, I want a separate archive using the same archive parameters for each folder. This is obviously the disadvantage of the GUI-based

Re: MS Playing Catch-Up!

2011-10-06 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Chris MS will never catch up with Apple until they: 1. Rewrite Windows from scratch, doing away with all the obsolete code and file systems. 2. Reduce their prices from the several hundred Dollars/Pounds to the several tens. I don't see it happening so Apple has nothing to worry about L

Re: MS Playing Catch-Up!

2011-10-06 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
yes, well let's not take this any further on list as it's off topic now because you're no longer referring to Apple. :) Lynne <--- 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 poste

Re: I think I already have iPhone 4S!

2011-10-08 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
That's been the case since the 3GS. Lynne On 6 Oct 2011, at 11:11, Jonathan Tyrer wrote: I just held down my home button and said, "call John Smith." The iPone replied, "John Smith, home or work?" <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to

Re: iOS5 is not up for discussion until release

2011-10-08 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
This is totally correct. So can we please avoid speculation? Lynne On 7 Oct 2011, at 17:22, James AUSTIN wrote: Those who are using the GM or the Betas are forbidden from talking about it due to their NDAs. On 7 Oct 2011, at 17:02, chris hallsworth wrote: > Can someone please confirm that the

Re: iOS5 is NOT up for dioscussion Until Release!

2011-10-08 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
William Whether you like it or not, it's not up for discussion on this list, On 7 Oct 2011, at 18:16, william lomas wrote: oh come on who cares about ndas it all over the internet people need to stop living in this shroud of secrecy called apple <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To r

Re: iCloud and privacy

2011-10-08 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Chris This is also covered by an NDA. Lynne <--- 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 archive:

Re: iPhone and the hearing impaired

2011-10-08 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Chris Tes, the iPhone does vibrate when it rings if configured. You can also set up a couple of other options in the Setup>Accessibility section. Lynne On 8 Oct 2011, at 21:59, chris hallsworth wrote: Please can I ask, what can the iPhone offer for hearing impaired people? I know Voice

Re: Hidden Files

2011-10-09 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Mike Please keep your subject lines relevant. I have changed this from "Inquiry" because it's more descriptive of what you are asking. You can unhide files using certain utilities, or the Terminal from the command line. But I strongly advise you to be very careful with this as unlike Wind

Re: podcasts

2011-10-09 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello William Yes, you can sync them just as any other content as far as I know. Lynne On 9 Oct 2011, at 16:43, william lomas wrote: no but i mean save it i transfer podcasts i want form my mac to IOS device, can iTunes download new eps? <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to

Re: Whats App

2011-10-09 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody I totally agree with you here Sarah. Unfortunately, we don't own an iPhone 4, only a 3GS at the moment, the iPhone is a marvellous phone I think. I grant you there are issues for the hearing impaired under certain circumstances but in general terms it really is a great piece of

Re: voices in iOS five

2011-10-12 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Nic Yes, this is still the case. Change regions and you get kayos here. Everything goes absolutely mental and our carrier signal goes AWOL. Lynne On 12 Oct 2011, at 21:18, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: I remember speaking with Lynne about this a few months back, and when she tried it apparent

iOS5

2011-10-12 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody I don't see that there is any cause for secrecy any longer, it's all in the public domain now. So let me just say that I think iCloud is fabulous! We signed up to a full account in August, and we've been able to sync/backup to/from it over wifi ever since. We use iCloud all the

Re: Sandvox Now Available on the Mac App Store

2011-10-12 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Sandvox is not accessible when you're building web content. Lynne On 12 Oct 2011, at 21:47, Dane Trethowan wrote: Subject line says everything that needs to be said. <简体中文 日本語 한국어> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac

Re: How to switch categories

2011-10-12 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Zack Remember that we've been using iOS5 for quite a few months. But now that you've upgraded, don't you get the Albums, Artists, Playlists, Podcasts, and More, tabs? Lynne On 12 Oct 2011, at 21:49, Zachary Kline wrote: Dear Lynn, I have never had the categories vanish off my display, t

Re: Sandvox Now Available on the Mac App Store

2011-10-12 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
If you don't believe me, try it! On 12 Oct 2011, at 21:49, Dane Trethowan wrote: Ah okay, if you say so . <--- 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-Acce

Re: Sandvox Now Available on the Mac App Store

2011-10-12 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
27;s why I bought the product . On 13/10/2011, at 7:54 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > If you don't believe me, try it! > > On 12 Oct 2011, at 21:49, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > Ah okay, if you say so . > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >

Re: How to switch categories

2011-10-12 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
? ;-) Lynne On 12 Oct 2011, at 21:56, Zachary Kline wrote: Dear Lynn, I, too, have been using iOS 5 for a few months, and yes, I do see those tabs. They seem to work properly for me, and have since the first beta. Best, Zack. On Oct 12, 2011, at 1:53 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote

Re: How to switch categories

2011-10-12 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
is different for someone who doesn't use it. I can't duplicate the issues you're having, in any case, I'm sorry to say. Best, Zack. On Oct 12, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Zack > > OK, possibly I have something configured wrongl

Another suggestion from somebody Innept

2011-10-12 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody If you're upgrading to iOS5 I would suggest that you upgrade iTunes first on your Mac. Lynne <--- 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-

Re: voices in iOS five

2011-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
hello Jonathan On 13 Oct 2011, at 00:51, Jonathan Tyrer wrote: Why not try ading US English or whatever to the language rotor and changeing it that way? I think that if you do that, there's no need to mess around with the regional settings - mine switches happily between British and US English v

Re: IOS5 kills Apple tv.

2011-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Geoff Ours has been using iOS5 (the Apple TV variant) for months now, without a hitch. But we updated it a different way so I'll try that now. Lynne On 13 Oct 2011, at 01:37, Geoff Waaler wrote: Greetings all, I have an Apple tv connected to my stereo via toslink. This afternoon I att

Re: for those updating to IOS 5

2011-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
hello Jane As far as I know you must use an email address. Is there any specific reason why you can't change your Apple ID to associate with an email address? After all, you do have an email address otherwise you wouldn't be a member of this group. :) Just a thought. Lynne On 13 Oct 2011, at

Re: voices in iOS five

2011-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Nic Where's the setting for premium voices? As you know I don't use VO most of the time but when we update Gordon's iPhone later on it would be nice if we could switch to a premium voice instead of that horrendous compact Daniel. Daniel always sound to me as though he's got his head stuck

Re: voices in iOS five

2011-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
hello Jonathan Can you tell me please, how did you switch to the premium voices and what did you change to make it work, and how? Thank you very much. Lynne On 13 Oct 2011, at 09:28, Jonathan Tyrer wrote: It seems to work as advertised for me at least. I've got the standard and premium voices

Re: My iMessage contact

2011-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Chris Is this Mac or iOS related? Lynne On 13 Oct 2011, at 09:51, chris hallsworth wrote: • Please iMessage me at challswor...@sky.com. Realy want to get this up and running! Thanks! <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-a

Re: mail archiving.

2011-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Donal First thing I would suggest is only download the headers of messages, rather than the full messages. Unless, of course, you want to view them off line. As for importing iMAP folders I have no idea about that. But we find that downloading only headers definitely does help overall. L

Re: Restoring Apps After Installation of iOS 5

2011-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Matthew If you had a backup on your computer you shouldn't need too. It's automatic. Lynne On 13 Oct 2011, at 10:43, Matthew Chao wrote: Hi, Folks! How do I restore the purchased apps after installing/upgrading to iOS 5? I backed up my phone, and transferred all purchased apps to my PC

Re: voices in iOS five

2011-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
hello Nic That's very interesting; I will check that now because either ours hasn't changed, or else they both sound the same to me. :) Ours spend most of their grime plugged into the computer unless we're actually using them. So the voices should definitely have downloaded. Many thanks. Lynn

Re: My iMessage contact

2011-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
ted and is a new feature which potentially lets you send free texts from an iPod Touch, iPad or iPhone on Wi-Fi. If you have 3G and flatrate, there is also supposed to be no charge. It's pretty slick. Regards, Nic On Oct 13, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Chr

Re: mail archiving.

2011-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
, at 12:09, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: Unfortunately Lynne I need to have most of the messages available for offline viewing. It's a shame that one can't do this on a mailbox granularity level. Dónal On 13 Oct 2011, at 12:04, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Donal > >

iCloud

2011-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody Just a guess at the moment, but it seems to be the case that iCloud doesn't yet work regarding backing up the actual media content of your iPhone/iPod/iPad. I say that because inspection of our iCloud account is showing me that only 100MB of our allocated 55GB is currently in us

Re: a slight disappointment with IOS 5

2011-10-13 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Donal In the case of your keyboard clicks, can't you turn them off by changing the typing mode to touch type? Or is it from Touch type? You know what I mean; the mode where you slide your finger along and when you lift it, it automatically adds the character. From memory; and please corre

Re: IOS5 kills Apple tv.

2011-10-15 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
.net On Oct 13, 2011, at 6:07 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Geoff > > Ours has been using iOS5 (the Apple TV variant) for months now, without a > hitch. > > But we updated it a different way so I'll try that now. > > Lynne > > On 13 Oct 2

Re: No Audio Under iOS5

2011-10-15 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello First of all, would you please keep your subject lines topical. A subject line of "for", tells absolutely nobody anything at all. This is a very sparse message but I'm assuming you're trying to make the point that no audio content will play. If so, we too have had this problem and have a

Re: iCloud versus MobileMe Web interface = Same old same old?

2011-10-15 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Bryan If you simply scroll passed those unlabelled buttons you should find labelled versions further down the page. Lynne On 14 Oct 2011, at 04:01, Bryan Jones wrote: Hi Folks, Subject line says it all, but I' hoping maybe I just missed something. Can anyone else who previously used a

Just Discovered something I didn't know About Apple Mail

2011-10-15 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody Excuse the waste of time if this information is known to you. But I just discovered by accident that, whilst in a group of messages it's possible to jump directly to a message written by a certain author if you type their name or the first few letters of their name at the keyboa

Re: Apple TV Configuration Oddities

2011-10-15 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello John it would seem that, although the irritating rapid tempo clicks have gone, you still don't appear to be able to enter a manual IP address into AppleTV under Settings>General>Network>Configure TCPIP. This, to us at least is a huge huge problem since by default our networks do not use D

Re: Is iCloud working for me or not?

2011-10-15 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Paul iCloud is, as far as I know, available in the UK. The initial launch date was brought forward so we are told. We signed up for a full iCloud account in early August, as we were lead to believe that media as well as configuration settings would be stored in the cloud. However, thus far it's

Re: Is iCloud working for me or not?

2011-10-15 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
been stored in the cloud for the past several months, ever since iTunes in the cloud became available. Best, Zack. On Oct 15, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Paul > > iCloud is, as far as I know, available in the UK. The initial launch date was > brought forwa

Re: iCloud problem.

2011-10-15 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Jim Are you checking mail on the same account as you specified for iCloud? The default for iCloud is, I believe, iCloud.com. So take the first part of your email address and put it before the "@" symbol and you might have some success. Just a guess as we were automatically given the email

Re: iCloud versus MobileMe Web interface = Same old same old?

2011-10-16 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Geoff Firstly, I have not tested this under Windows and have not the slightest interest in doing so. Not for discussion here; this is an Apple related group. Using Safari 5.1.1 I am able to navigate this using VoiceOver without difficulty. There are some unlabelled buttons at the top left

Re: iCloud versus MobileMe Web interface = Same old same old?

2011-10-16 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Zack You obviously mirroring my experience precisely here. Seems to me as though a lot of people are jumping back to Windows when they're trying these things. But under Safari 5.1.1 it works perfectly. What I will say is make sure you have 1Password disabled if you have that installed. th

Take Control Clients; New Book Available

2011-10-16 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody Just a reminder that the new book, "MacWorld Total Lion Superguide" is now available for purchase at the bargain price of just £2.11 GBP which is probably around 4 or 5 Dollars U.S. This book tells you everything you need to know about Lion, and its 133 pages packed full of usef

Re: Here's my stab at listing the items on the iCloud.com login screen

2011-10-16 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Bryan Very well done for documenting this. it explains why, to me, they look fine. Visually as you say they are just icons and they don't actually perform any function other than to make the page look pretty. However, it would have been helpful if Apple had either labelled these as icons

iCloud.com [Revisited]

2011-10-16 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody OK, this is extremely interesting and a little odd. When I tried going to the iCloud website using a different browser on a different platform., the unlabelled items which look like icons in Safari are actually clearly marked and clickable help icons/buttons. In Safari 5.1.1 I h

Re: I love IOS 5

2011-10-18 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Bryan This is really encouraging. A number of users of this list are also members of the ADN, and some of them have been approached by Apple regarding VO. I obviously can't say too much; but I'm very happy that you're happy. Lynne On 17 Oct 2011, at 22:40, Bryan Jones wrote: Yes, it's

Re: Personal Hotspot Creation

2011-10-18 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Chris No, we've checked and you need a bolt-on. So I'm afraid that info is not correct. Lynne On 18 Oct 2011, at 19:06, chris hallsworth wrote: Well maybe things have changed from when you first got it, as I was told by a friend here on this list that all UK networks allows use of perso

Re: Personal Hotspot Creation

2011-10-18 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Chris It has to do with "O2 bolt-ones", as Gordon told you yesterday I think. Possibly you included them; I'm not sure. Lynne On 18 Oct 2011, at 20:10, chris hallsworth wrote: Then maybe this bolt on is added for you when you sign up to the contract. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Ne

Re: ExpanDrive on sale as today's mupromo -- does it work with Lion?

2011-10-18 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
David if you get stuck, we can let you have a copy. Lynne On 18 Oct 2011, at 22:46, David McLean wrote: How may I ask does one go about downloading this software? I have the license but the only thing I can find on any website is download license or buy the software. I assume this so

Re: Apple TV and SKY

2011-10-19 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello No, you can't use it for that. Lynne On 19 Oct 2011, at 19:43, Niamh wrote: I now own a an apple. I am pushed for space can I get SKY on my apple monitor? Niam. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net Y

Re: Double New Member Welcome

2011-10-20 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Helo barry That's why the list exists; so feel free to ask questions and make comment. You won't be ridiculed or flamed no matter how basic your questions may be, or otherwise. This group is populated by people with more maturity than that. Once again, welcome. Lynne On 20 Oct 2011, at 13:02,

Re: haytell.

2011-10-20 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Chris Thank you for the explanation. It wasn't made very clear in the original post what it was, how it ran, or anything. :) Lynne On 20 Oct 2011, at 19:09, chris hallsworth wrote: It's a walkie talkie for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad I mean. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---

Re: is it worth upgrading to growl 1.3?

2011-10-20 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Lyn Let me try and explain what happens here. Yes, I put a new version on our machine a few days back actually. Visually the notifications from some programmes are better. But I have to say I've not noticed anything new that affects VoiceOver But maybe the old version is not fully Lion-c

Courtney's Post; [Was Re: What Link did I get?]

2011-10-20 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Courtney On 21 Oct 2011, at 04:22, Courtney Curran wrote: • also, I hope it's okay that I post this on the list, if not, I apologise. it is perfectly OK. You posted an iTunes compatible URL in relation to another member's question regarding Safari. So yes, you're perfectly on topic. I am

Re: boxee Box or Apple TV, that is the question

2011-10-21 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Dane Would it help if I were to test this and let you know what it's like? As you know I have vision but could also test for accessibility. Lynne On 21 Oct 2011, at 17:35, Dane trethowan wrote: Hi! Wondered if anyone had heard of or had tried a Boxee Box? You can use the "Boxee Box" or

Re: boxee Box or Apple TV, that is the question

2011-10-22 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
the first place. So for example you can stream your Itunes library or anything else using Airfoil. On 22/10/2011, at 4:52 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Dane > > Would it help if I were to test this and let you know what it's like? As you > know I have vision

Re: iBank in UK

2011-10-22 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
We talked to the developers a while back about this. They promised they would investigate but nothing has happened since. Lynne On 22 Oct 2011, at 16:42, Ian Harrison wrote: Hi all, does anyone have experience of using ibank in the UK. How easy is it to link to bank accounts and how v

Slingbox Safari Plugin

2011-10-22 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody Is anybody else by any chance using the Slingbox TV magic solution? We have here a Slingbox Pro and a Slingbox Pro-HD. Unfortunately we don't seem to be able to use it with Safari 5.1.1 at all; it just keeps crashing when we click on the "Watch" icon on the website when logged i

Re: Slingbox Safari Plugin

2011-10-22 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
wrote: Hi, I could get it working just fine on my mac mini running all of the latest software and a slingbox solo. Maybe try reinstalling the plugin? HTH, Courtney On 22/10/2011, at 3:22 in the Afternoon, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello everybody > > Is anybody else by any cha

Restoring iPod

2011-10-22 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody OK, please disregard my earlier message. I should have spoken to Gordon first. He just put the iPod into recovery mode and then plugged it into the Mac and it's now being restored. Obviously I still have things to learn from my other half. :) Lynne <--- Mac Access At Mac Acces

Well; If There's A Skype Beta

2011-10-23 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
I went to try the "new beta" for accessibility but unfortunately either it isn't there or I am not seeing it. When people talk about these things, it would be very helpful if they would post URLs instead of just ambiguous messages. Lynne <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to

Re: Well; If There's A Skype Beta

2011-10-23 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
hello William Thank you! Much more helpful. :) If you'd do that in the future it would help users to answer your questions perhaps. Lynne On 23 Oct 2011, at 10:04, william lomas wrote: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/macosx/beta/ <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Ne

Skype Beta 5.4.whatever for Mac

2011-10-23 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody As far as i can see this seems to be 100% accessible. But the only thing I see that's new is Facebook integration. Lynne <--- 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 me

Skype [Revisited]

2011-10-23 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello everybody I've just had a bit of a play with the Skype interface and it seems that with VoiceOver there are a couple of radio buttons and a couple of buttons which aren't accessible or at least which aren't labelled. For example, the radio button which switches the view option between con

Re: Skype [Revisited]

2011-10-23 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Hello Ian I'm not a Skype user; just an observer. But if you are running Lion I strongly suggest you upgrade. It is my understanding that there are improvements to the core application that makes it perform better under Lion. as for the shortcut key to answer calls, I could be wrong; b

Re: Skype [Revisited]

2011-10-23 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
hello Jane Auto-answer is a very *very( dangerous option as far as I'm concerned. But I'll tell you why I opted to install this version of Skype Gordon and Peter are playing around with the idea of restructuring their office staff; but I won't bore the group with that. The point here being that

Re: Skype [Revisited]

2011-10-23 Thread Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith
Mike you can either get it from them or from us. But yes; just download it and replace your existing application. Lynne On 23 Oct 2011, at 15:19, michael maslo wrote: Do I just go to the web site and download it or would software update work? <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To repl

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