Re: MacBook Pro

2009-07-06 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Ben, I can only speak from experience, but my laptops tend to remain plugged in for most of the time and my husband's laptops are used on battery for more than half of the time. My batteries last much longer than his. We both only have Apple computers. However, my husband is a

Re: Macbook

2009-07-06 Thread James Nash
Hi Alex, Hmm. I can only find the MacBook White Carbonate or something. Thanks James - Original Message - From: Alex Jurgensen To: MacVisionaries Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 5:24 AM Subject: Re: Macbook Hi, James, The Macbook Aluminum I meant and the Macbook

Re: Turning off MacBook screens?

2009-07-06 Thread James Nash
Hi, Am I corect in thinking that the Linux commandline options will work under Mac OS X? If so, if I could find out how to write shell scripts or whatever they are called do you think they would work under Mac OS X? Also, do the Screen Brightness and Screen Curtain options actually turn the

Re: Turning off MacBook screens?

2009-07-06 Thread Scott Howell
Screen curtain does not turn the screen off. If you turn the brightness down as far as it will go, that will help save your battery, but I do not believe you can turn the screen off entirely-in other words cut power to it. On Jul 6, 2009, at 5:38 AM, James Nash wrote: Hi, Am I corect in

an accessible mac application, MailSteward 8.2.3

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has Spaces been fixed yet?

2009-07-06 Thread James Nash
Hi everyone, As i said, I am considering buying a new Mac and I was wondering if the old issue with Spaces has been fixed yet. For those of you who don't know - if you are new for example, Spaces creates a number of virtual desktops as in Linux. However, when I last used Spaces, I had access

Re: Macbook

2009-07-06 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, The Macbook Aluminum was replaced by the Macbook Pro 13 inch. That was my point. Regards, Alex, On 6-Jul-09, at 2:30 AM, James Nash wrote: Hi Alex, Hmm. I can only find the MacBook White Carbonate or something. Thanks James - Original Message - From: Alex Jurgensen To:

Re: has Spaces been fixed yet?

2009-07-06 Thread Alex Jurgensen
HI, That i an oppnion and valid for that reason. However, it was designed otherwise. The short answer is no, it is not fixed, but as always, E- mail accessibil...@apple.com with your ideas. I agree with your views. Regards, Alex, On 6-Jul-09, at 5:16 AM, James Nash wrote: Hi everyone,

Re: Turning off MacBook screens?

2009-07-06 Thread James Nash
Cool thanks Alex James - Original Message - From: Alex Jurgensen To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 3:42 PM Subject: Re: Turning off MacBook screens? Hi, 0% is off completely. Regards, Alex, On 6-Jul-09, at 6:04 AM, Scott

Re: Macbook

2009-07-06 Thread James Nash
Ah it's quite a bit more expensive though isn't it? Take care James - Original Message - From: Alex Jurgensen To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 3:43 PM Subject: Re: Macbook Hi, The Macbook Aluminum was replaced by the Macbook Pro 13

Re: has Spaces been fixed yet?

2009-07-06 Thread James Nash
Thanks Alex, I should have thought of that lol. i guess that's what you get for missing the Mac lol Take care James - Original Message - From: Alex Jurgensen asquare...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 3:45 PM Subject: Re: has Spaces been

Re: starting a new social list

2009-07-06 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, All, The social Apple blind mailing list is located at: http://groups.google.com/group/apple-socialize?msg=newlnk=gcis Olivia, If you wish to assist moderating, I'd be greatful. Regards, Alex, On 6-Jul-09, at 8:46 AM, Olivia Norman wrote: I don't think firefox works with VO at this

RE: starting a new social list

2009-07-06 Thread Jane Jordan (Gmail)
Can you send a subscribe by email link? Thanks, Jane -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Jurgensen Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 11:56 AM To: viph...@googlegroups.com Cc: MacVisionaries Subject: Re:

Re: Turning off MacBook screens?

2009-07-06 Thread Justin Harford
Dimming the screen down will at least completely turn off the illumination, a far cry fromm what most computers will let you do. On Jul 6, 2009, at 5:43 AM, James Nash wrote: Thanks Scott, That is a real shame I think. Take care James - Original Message - From: Scott Howell

Re: Turning off MacBook screens?

2009-07-06 Thread Justin Harford
Yes it turns off the backlighth completely, but the pixels are still showing your desktop, making it discernable if for example you are sitting out in the sun. On Jul 6, 2009, at 7:40 AM, James Nash wrote: No I don't think you are Scott. However, I did read someone that turning down the

Re: Turning off MacBook screens?

2009-07-06 Thread Scott Howell
Of course don't forget you can turn off the backlight for the keyboard on the MacBook Pro as well. There is an option in System Preferences under Keyboard for this and it is to disable keyboard backlight. Illuminate keyboard in low light conditions and unchecking as far as I know will

any telnet client compatible with voiceOver?

2009-07-06 Thread Jonathan Chacón
Hello, does anybody know a telnet client compatible with voiceOver? I need a telnet client with ansi suport and VT100 thanks and regards Jonathan Chacón --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Turning off MacBook screens?

2009-07-06 Thread Justin Harford
Not to mention these options are wonderful if you are a partial with light sensative eyes. Before I got my Macbook Pro, if I had a headache, I couldn't do homework because all my homework was on my gateway, and the bright screen of my gateway would make my headaches worse. When I got my

Re: any telnet client compatible with voiceOver?

2009-07-06 Thread Mark Baxter
Telnet from within Terminal? Mark BurningHawk Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: any telnet client compatible with voiceOver?

2009-07-06 Thread Jonathan Chacón
El 06/07/2009, a las 19:39, Mark Baxter escribió: Telnet from within Terminal? but telnet from terminal hasn't got unicode support sorry, when I said ansi support I wanted to say unicode support regards Jonathan Chacón --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

Fwd: Accounts not available in login window or accounts system preferences.

2009-07-06 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, someone had asked about a user account issue and I thought I'd share this article with everyone. It could prove useful at some point, but of course the hope is you never need it. Begin forwarded message: Date: July 2, 2009 12:20:37 PM EDT Subject: Accounts not available in login

Re: Question about mobile me and syncing

2009-07-06 Thread matthew T dyer
On Jul 5, 2009, at 10:15 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Matthew, On 5-Jul-09, at 2:35 PM, matthew T dyer wrote: You asked: I have .me account for trial and though everything syncrinized without a problem. I do nopot see the contacts in my address book nore to I see my bookmarks that I

Re: Voice Over in Snow Leopard

2009-07-06 Thread Claude Renaud
Hello James, Sunday, July 5, 2009, 12:31:19 PM, you wrote: JN Hi everyone, JN I've been reading the new VO features in Snow Leopard. Where di you read this please ? Regards, -- Claude Renaud --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you

skype : adding new contacts

2009-07-06 Thread william windels
hi all, how can I see and accept or reject new people that adds me to their contactlist? I see no popups or something like this thanx alot, best regards, William Windels --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Voice Over in Snow Leopard

2009-07-06 Thread Jenny Kennedy
Okay. So am I to understand that the macbook pro line is the only line that has this fancy mousepad thing? I got my macbook in April of 08 and it is the little white one. I adore it and have been waiting for SL to come out. Will SL even work at all on this sort of macbook? Oh I'm sure the os

Re: Voice Over in Snow Leopard

2009-07-06 Thread Scott Bresnahan
Hi, Snow Leopard will work quite nicely on any Intel Mac, including any MacBook, white or Al. And, how quickly we forget. The most powerful Macs out there are the desktop MacPros that don't have the little trackpad thingy. So yes, VO will work via the old stand by, tethered technology of

Re: Selecting multiples with VO

2009-07-06 Thread Kevin Reeves
The annoying thing about selecting multiple items in Leopard currently is that when you shift up and down arrow, it says, 2 rows selected, 3 rows selected, etc. It's really annoying as it doesn't read what you are selecting, even when you've interacted with the table. If anyone knows of

Re: Voice Over in Snow Leopard

2009-07-06 Thread Jenny Kennedy
Yay! I'm very very glad to hear this wonderful news. A little bummed I don't have a fancy trackpad. I have heard some of the iPhone demos and gestures just sound so cool and fun. I guess I'll just put up with old tech. LOL I hope to get an iPhone in the future and will be happy to wait 'til

how to add new folders in newsgator?

2009-07-06 Thread Jonathan Chacón
Hello, I'm trying netnewswire in my iPhone and I'm configuring my account in newsgator.com but I don't know how can I add new folders to my account to short my feeds. thanks and regards Jonathan Chacón --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

Adium annoyances.

2009-07-06 Thread Kevin Reeves
Hey folks. Not sure what the deal is here, but I am having problems reading messages in Adium. I have been toggling the message window type from Gone Dark to Minimal mod and sometimes I can see all the messages in a conversation, but sometimes I can't. It's real hit or miss. It's as if