RE: updating applications

2013-01-10 Thread Mike Welty
ITunes doesn't manage updates to mac based apps, that's the job of the app store. I have gotten this before, not sure what I did to solve it though -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of william lomas Sent: Thursda

RE: New hard; drive what do I do?

2012-12-12 Thread Mike Welty
My guess is they installed OSX from scratch, and by default it hides hard discs. Open your finder preferences and check to see if hard discs are checked to be shown I believe when you first open that pane. That should solve the issue for you. -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@ma

repairing safari

2012-10-25 Thread Mike Welty
Hey all, I need pretty bad help as my safari no longer loads, I go to launch it and I get an error saying safari didn’t properly start. Is there any way to repair or reinstall safari? I need this very quickly as I might be relying on my mac fully next weekend and need web browsing. <--- Mac Acce

trouble with mudder

2012-10-23 Thread Mike Welty
Hey all, has anyone managed to get the latest version of mudder to work? When ever I try to connect it pops up an alert saying I need to enable voiceover being controlled by apple scripts for this feature to work but I do have that setting set. Any suggestions? <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot

Re: chargers for a macbook pro.

2012-09-09 Thread Mike Welty
I've heard really bad reviews about those too but I haven't had any problems with mine. -Original Message- From: Dónal Fitzpatrick Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 14:46 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: chargers for a macbook pro. Hi all, Are those Mag. safe chargers the only

Re: Backing off Apple software updates

2012-09-09 Thread Mike Welty
I personally wouldn't hold to old versions unless there is a verified reason not too, apple has been reasonably good at keeping voiceover working in their own products -Original Message- From: Phil Halton Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 11:27 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject:

Re: open office?

2012-08-06 Thread Mike Welty
d. David Griffith -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Mike Welty Sent: 06 August 2012 16:35 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: open office? That's odd as I've used it in lion with no

Re: open office?

2012-08-06 Thread Mike Welty
That's odd as I've used it in lion with no issues. -Original Message- From: josh gregory Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 08:02 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: open office? Aww, ok! thanks! On 8/6/12, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: Can confirm it is worse than useless under Mou

Re: Installing Lion or Later

2012-08-03 Thread Mike Welty
I think it pulls some information from apple's servers when it's installing lion or later, plus it links in to ICloud too, have to keep that in mind. -Original Message- From: chris hallsworth Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 14:37 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Installing Lion

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread Mike Welty
My mac which is the late 2009 model shuts down so fast it cuts voiceover off all the time, it's near instant. -Original Message- From: chris hallsworth Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 11:21 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Shut down sound Well, if that is the case, how on ea

Re: Shut down sound

2012-08-03 Thread Mike Welty
I don't see why one would be needed, from what I've seen with almost every mac I've used it shuts down almost instantly. -Original Message- From: Gordon Smith Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 09:12 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Shut down sound Hi Josh and Chris No, this c

Re: Transferring files to the Mac

2012-06-24 Thread Mike Welty
You actually get the message that the disc can't be read? The windows machine sees it fine from what I gather. What file system are the discs in? -Original Message- From: Ann Byrne Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 22:31 To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Transferring files to the Mac

Re: Male in lion.

2012-06-18 Thread Mike Welty
in the preferences of mail on the view tab I believe it is there's a checkbox to set mail to classic view. that's all I've had to do. -- From: "Ian McNamara" Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 22:25 To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Subject: Male in lio

Re: How do I set up fb with adium if jabber is gone?

2012-06-18 Thread Mike Welty
The last I saw and this was like only a few weeks ago, there's a facebook option for accounts right in adium that works perfectly. -- From: "Sarah Alawami" Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 14:16 To: "mac access list iOS Accessibility" Subject: How do

RE: running windows programs on mac

2012-04-24 Thread Mike Welty
That's exactly what it's designed for, boot windows with the vm and jaws comes up like it was it's own system. It's sharing resourses with your Mac OS so it might not react exactly the same but it's pretty much windows on it'w own with a few tweaks here and there. -Original Message- From:

RE: running windows programs on mac

2012-04-24 Thread Mike Welty
I really wouldn't put windows on your mac straight out of the gate as you will want to use it foreverything. Trust me when I say that'll only make learning th mac that much more complicated if you just plop windows in any form on the mac whenyou're learning voiceover as well. -Original Messag

RE: intro and switching from windows/jaws to mac/voice over

2012-04-24 Thread Mike Welty
for help. I'm just getting my computer today, so I'll be playing with it later this week. Did you use JAWS when you used windows? Thanks again, I really appreciate it! /grins/ Laurel and guide dog Stockard On 4/24/12, Mike Welty wrote: > My advice for you is to try and use the mac as mu

RE: intro and switching from windows/jaws to mac/voice over

2012-04-24 Thread Mike Welty
My advice for you is to try and use the mac as much as you can instead of trying to mix windows and mac especially with you trying to transfer over. Makes things a little tricker to learn. If you listen to podcasts about the mac you can catch on to voiceover very quickly, that's how I learned it an

forcing a vm to quit in fusion

2012-04-23 Thread Mike Welty
Hey all, How exactly would you force a vm to quite in VMWare fusion? it seems to me that it has frozen and i want to startit cleanly so was wondring if it's even possible to do. Thanks for any help. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message

Re: problems with growl 1.3

2012-04-13 Thread Mike Welty
the app in its thing if the app uses growl and you have it set up to do so. Take care. On Apr 13, 2012, at 7:47 PM, Mike Welty wrote: Hey all, I've been having an odd issue with growl 1.3. It worked perfectly when i first reinstalled it after redoing my mac to lion however now growl reads no

problems with growl 1.3

2012-04-13 Thread Mike Welty
Hey all, I've been having an odd issue with growl 1.3. It worked perfectly when i first reinstalled it after redoing my mac to lion however now growl reads no notifications at all from any program. My settings are set right notifications set to speech and all but i get nothing. Any suggestions

Re: seeing online status with Skype

2012-01-20 Thread Mike Welty
This is for mac OSX On 1/20/2012 11:59, chris hallsworth wrote: Skype for iOS or Skype for Mac OSX? On 20/01/2012 02:35, Mike Welty wrote: Hey all, Just made a discovery earlier today in regards to seeing a contact's online status in Skype. If the person has a mood message, voiceover

seeing online status with Skype

2012-01-19 Thread Mike Welty
Hey all, Just made a discovery earlier today in regards to seeing a contact's online status in Skype. If the person has a mood message, voiceover won't read if they have online status or what ever they are but if they don't have any mood test it seems too. Not sure if this a voiceover issue or a

Re: Switching to a Mac

2012-01-14 Thread Mike Welty
them to CD/DVD at a later date. So yes, an optical drive would be nice but if not I could always purchase an external one. On 14/01/2012 17:49, Mike Welty wrote: The Mac can do all you want with flying colors, it comes down to what exactly you want in a Mac. you said a laptop so it then comes do

Re: Switching to a Mac

2012-01-14 Thread Mike Welty
The Mac can do all you want with flying colors, it comes down to what exactly you want in a Mac. you said a laptop so it then comes down to if you want an optical drive or not really. -- From: "chris hallsworth" Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 1

Re: Fraser Speirs - Blog - Misconceptions About iOS Multitasking

2012-01-07 Thread Mike Welty
I don't know how much I agree with this, unless my phone has a massive flaw in it as I can lose battery very quickly even after restart and with noting running -- From: "Sarah Alawami" Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 16:17 To: "mac access list i

Re: Drop Box

2012-01-04 Thread Mike Welty
d the same account as on my PC and Iphone. Karen On Jan 4, 2012, at 9:51 PM, Mike Welty wrote: Did you actually set up dropbox on the Mac, or did you just copy the app and run it -- From: "1smart...@cox.net" <1smart...@cox.net&

Re: Drop Box

2012-01-04 Thread Mike Welty
Did you actually set up dropbox on the Mac, or did you just copy the app and run it -- From: "1smart...@cox.net" <1smart...@cox.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 22:47 To: Subject: Drop Box I have installed Drop Box on my PC, wich is working

voiceover on IPhone 3gs 8 gig

2012-01-03 Thread Mike Welty
Hey all, I remember once hearing that IPhone 3gs 8 gig didn't support voiceover, well I can say that's not true at all. My gf just got her's today running IOS 5 and voiceover works like a charm. Also it's very very quick unlike what others have said. Wasn't sure if anyone else realized this or n

does this app work?

2012-01-01 Thread Mike Welty
Hey all, Was wondering if anyone has tried the myWPEdit app for blogging to wordpress with voiceover? If so, how well does it work, can it be used easily? Want to know before I shell out the 10 bucks for it. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your me

Re: suggestions for a new Mac Book

2011-12-31 Thread Mike Welty
something very light and portable but not as powerful look at the Mac book air 13 inch model. JMT Bubba bubbatheg...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Mike Welty Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 2:15

Re: getting an ipod touch ready to give to someone

2011-12-29 Thread Mike Welty
Normal restore will work, just be sure to shut voiceover down and you'll be fine -- From: "Courtney Curran" Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 20:46 To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Subject: getting an ipod touch ready to give to someone Hi, Ho

suggestions for a new macBook

2011-12-25 Thread Mike Welty
hey all, I currently have a 2009 MacBook here and have been considering updating it with a trade in to apple to newer macBook model. I want faster speeds for the machine but not completely sure on what route I should go. Any suggestions as to what MacBook model you'd suggest, and the reasons for

Re: Latest version of Mac OS

2011-12-16 Thread Mike Welty
Even if you could I would not go that route. if you want a mac, go the right way and buy a mac. -- From: "Glenn" Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 14:02 To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Subject: Latest version of Mac OS Hi, My brother is thinkin

Re: Skype Accessibility

2011-12-14 Thread Mike Welty
I think what she's saying, and I've seen this too is when in a Skype call with lion you can't see your contacts or Skype call controls, at least not easily -- From: "Kevin Chao" Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 1:42 To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibi

microsim adaptors

2011-12-12 Thread Mike Welty
Hey all, Not sure if this would fit here bout would anyone have a suggestion on where to find a microsim adaptor? <--- 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 Ma

Re: an i-phone 4 problem

2011-12-11 Thread Mike Welty
First, how much data do you have on your phone in email and texts? the more stuff you have the slower it could be with trying to sort through all the data. I ask this as my IPhone 4 is running IOS 5 and isn't sluggish what so ever and I text a great deal. if anything it runs faster. --

Re: deleting empty pages from iPhone

2011-12-11 Thread Mike Welty
Not with IOS 5, I think they updated some stuff in that regard -- From: "krystal watson" Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 4:33 To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Subject: Re: deleting empty pages from iPhone its so hard to move things around on you

Re: accessible calendar

2011-12-10 Thread Mike Welty
the calender app on the mac already does this if I'm not mistaken -- From: "Lovette Yewchan" Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 0:37 To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Subject: accessible calendar Hi there. Is there a calendar one can use with voice

Re: Opening RAR files

2011-12-10 Thread Mike Welty
the best option is called the unarchiver, it's amazingly powerful, can open most archives -- From: "Margaret Booth" Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 18:58 To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Subject: Opening RAR files How can I open RAR files? I

Re: deleting empty pages from iPhone

2011-12-10 Thread Mike Welty
they should auto delete, mine have once I moved apps -- From: "Glenn" Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 17:02 To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Subject: deleting empty pages from iPhone Hi, I have 8 pages on my iPhone, and I moved some apps arou

fixing an issue with skype

2011-12-10 Thread Mike Welty
Hey all, Some time back I heard of a way to stop voiceover from skype has new window every time someone signs in or something else happens in skype. how do you do this again, or did I misread that post? <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message

Re: finding ways around

2011-12-05 Thread Mike Welty
He may have said there is no password but from what I understand you can't set up a mac without a password. I'd ask again to be sure otherwise you may be reinstalling OSX yourself -- From: "Lovette Yewchan" Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 0:17 T

Re: IPhone behavior

2011-11-20 Thread Mike Welty
ehavior Oh in that case that's odd. and you don't know what app it is? It could be facelyhd as that's been known to do that. Take care. On Nov 20, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Mike Welty wrote: I know the mail sound, this is quite different but nothing ever shows in any apps to show not

Re: IPhone behavior

2011-11-20 Thread Mike Welty
pp switcher. On Nov 20, 2011, at 8:06 AM, Mike Welty wrote: I've checked all I can find to check, from what I can tell the app I thought ws doing it is completely gone but the sound and vibration still happen at random times -- From: "

Re: IPhone behavior

2011-11-20 Thread Mike Welty
care and hope that somewhat helps. On Nov 19, 2011, at 9:49 PM, Mike Welty wrote: it's not that sound, it's not even a sound I can duplicate anyware -- From: "Sarah Alawami" Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 0:33 To: "Mac OS

Re: IPhone behavior

2011-11-19 Thread Mike Welty
ications area. or it might be yoru mail app as well. You can modify the push settings under mail in settings. Take care. On Nov 19, 2011, at 8:27 PM, Mike Welty wrote: hey all, Wondering if anyone else has this, but sometimes my IPhone will make a chiming sound and vibrate however no apps are load

IPhone behavior

2011-11-19 Thread Mike Welty
hey all, Wondering if anyone else has this, but sometimes my IPhone will make a chiming sound and vibrate however no apps are loaded and the one app that I thought caused it has been removed. Any suggestions on what this is and how to stop it? <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply

Re: VOICEMAIL AND ON SCREEN KEYBOARD DIFFICULTIES

2011-11-05 Thread Mike Welty
I used to have that problem but as of IOS 5 if I take my phone away from my face it goes to speaker and I have no trouble hearing voiceover. This comes from a hearing impaired person, so maybe your phone isn't switching as it should. -- From: "Ja

Re: loss of feedback on i-phone 4

2011-11-05 Thread Mike Welty
Check the silent mode switch above the volume buttons. if that switch is towards the back of the phone flick it so it points more towards the screen. this is a hardware thing not a software thing -- From: "michael weaver" Sent: Saturday, November

an update on my macBook's case

2011-11-03 Thread Mike Welty
Hey all, I posted a few weeks ago about how my macBook's case was starting to form a large bubble, well now it's gotten much worse. the whole left side of the case is starting to come away from the machine. Any suggestions on what do do about this would be greatful as I can't afford for somethin

Re: accessibility of time machine

2011-10-30 Thread Mike Welty
I personally wouldn't use time machine as it can only be reverted back by time machine itself. I'd look in to carbon copy cloner or something similar that does a full drive image that way you can boot to the USB drive if you have too to restore your mac. ---

Re: Checking the time whilst on a call

2011-10-26 Thread Mike Welty
people have never been able to hear vo when in a call with me even while in speaker phone so I'm not sure what you're talking about -- From: "Geoff Waaler" Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:57 To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Subject: Re: Che

Re: wireless N protocol on the iPhone 4s?

2011-10-22 Thread Mike Welty
I know the 4 supports n as my network is n only and it sees it fine. I'd think the 4s would be the same -- From: "douglas rudolph" Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 14:06 To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Subject: Re: wireless N protocol on the iP

Re: anybody else having problems upgrading to ios 5?

2011-10-12 Thread Mike Welty
I'm getting the same error -- From: "Caitlyn Furness" Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 15:44 To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Subject: Re: anybody else having problems upgrading to ios 5? Hi James, Ok, I can certainly try that. I've tried a

Re: Problems with Macbook case

2011-10-10 Thread Mike Welty
king and while it sounds like your issue might be unrelated, I think it might be worth having an Apple store take a look at it. HTH, Bryan On Oct 10, 2011, at 6:14 PM, Mike Welty wrote: Need some advice n my macBook's case. Today my gf just oticed that there's a bubble forming in the

Problems with Macbook case

2011-10-10 Thread Mike Welty
Hey all, Need some advice n my macBook's case. Today my gf just oticed that there's a bubble forming in the back left corner on the bottom of my case. I believe it's heat, but wanted to know what you guys thing it is, and what I can do to try and repair or minimize the spread. If it comes to rep

Re: iPhone and the hearing impaired

2011-10-08 Thread Mike Welty
I'm hearing impaired and don't have problems with the IPhone. it's mainly on the other end that there's issues, not the phone itself -- From: "Dane trethowan" Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 17:01 To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Subject: Re: i

Re: Canon Drivers for the Mac

2011-09-04 Thread Mike Welty
My GF found lion drivers for her cannon printer and scanner and from what she tells me they work very well. -- From: "David Griffith" Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 12:50 To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" Subject: Canon Drivers for the Mac Doe

Re: Organizing APPs in Launch Pad using VoiceOver

2011-08-27 Thread mike Welty
My launch pad has auto sorted itself by letter, but then again I don't use it too much yet -- From: "Paul Hopewell" Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 12:21 To: "mac-access" Subject: Organising APPs in Launch Pad using VoiceOver Hello, Is it possi

Re: Moving an APP from Launch Pad to Applications folder

2011-08-27 Thread mike Welty
ch Pad. Possibly relevant is that I had previously installed Audio Book Binder on Snow Leopard where it appeared in the applications folder. However it was not working properly on Lion so I deleted it from the Applications folder and re-installed the latest version from the APP store. Paul Hopewe

Re: Moving an APP from Launch Pad to Applications folder

2011-08-27 Thread mike Welty
it should be there, any apps I have gotten that show in launch pad are also in applications -- From: "Paul Hopewell" Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 08:15 To: "mac-access" Subject: Moving an APP from Launch Pad to Applications folder Hello, I r