Re: problems with email on the mac

2009-08-27 Thread a radix
Hello, thanks for the tip! I will try to install either eudora or firefox later today on my windows machine to see if i can get it to import and expoert my outlook settings. Greetings, Anouk, - Original Message - From: Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net To:

Re: feeling pretty disgusted with Apple at the moment

2009-08-27 Thread James Nash
The odler MacBook White model as I don't really need the power of the Pro line. I've asked for a HD upgrade to 250 GB and whill update the RAM myself at a later date when i can afford it. FYI it will cost you £160 to get your RAM upgraded because right now you have 2x1GB you need a pair so

Re: feeling pretty disgusted with Apple at the moment

2009-08-27 Thread william lomas
You have the multi touch trakpad now wish i did lol I will buy memory elsewhere --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: New Os or not?

2009-08-27 Thread James Nash
I hope the white Macbooks can do the multi tap or whatever they call it. I seem to have settings for it and I tested by setting something to 2 fingers versus one and it could tell in Leopard. I guess this Snow Leopard will end up telling me whether or not I would maybe like an IPhone

Re: Mac Box Set

2009-08-27 Thread william lomas
how about ILife though how does that stack up if I get the box set that is great value On 26 Aug 2009, at 23:51, Dane Trethowan wrote: Howdy! I use Pages here all the time, wonderful thing. I believe - but can't comment at this stage - that the accessibility of Pages has some significant

Re: New Os or not?

2009-08-27 Thread william lomas
have you got the new macbook then On 27 Aug 2009, at 09:32, James Nash wrote: I hope the white Macbooks can do the multi tap or whatever they call it. I seem to have settings for it and I tested by setting something to 2 fingers versus one and it could tell in Leopard. I guess this

RE: has anyone tried neooffice with vo?

2009-08-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Neo office is the mac version of open office. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Thursday, 27 August 2009 5:39 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: has anyone tried neooffice with vo? Hmmm. I

facebook caht

2009-08-27 Thread william lomas
hi with aidum has anyone noted the facebook plug in is not that good with voice over? It keeps repeating the conversation all the time and does not work as fluidly as say AIM or MSN WIll --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

Re: Selecting between multiple cities on the IPhone?

2009-08-27 Thread Thuy
Hi I'm in the UK, and it seems to work OK for me. Not sure how accurate the yahoo weather is though? It always seems to be a couple of degrees lower than the BBC and the actual temperatures. I might try and see if you can change the weather centre information that it uses? Ideas anyone? On

Re: Stanza EBook reader

2009-08-27 Thread Esther
Hello Dotty, This isn't Sarah, but you can get the latest iPhone manual in at least two ways. I posted to the macvisionaries list about 3 weeks ago that there were versions of some of the O'Reilly manuals being sold as iPhone apps: There's a version of Pogue's iPhone: The Missing Manual,

good news

2009-08-27 Thread william lomas
hi found this in an article However, in contrast to Microsoft - which offers a confusing array of full and upgrade versions of Windows, all of them requiring that users enter a unique serial number in order to prove they’re not pirates - Apple continues to rely

Still having problems with seeing my lables/folders in mail with gmail setup as imap.

2009-08-27 Thread matthew dyer
Good morning all. I posted yesterday about a problem with seeing gmails folders or what they call lables in the interfacde. I have rools setup to send messages from this list and a few other list to go into the lables or folders I cerated. I looked at the artical that someone posted a link

Audiobooks in Itunes.

2009-08-27 Thread Jesse Bollinger
Hi everyone, I've been searching for a while but am having no luck with this problem. I have a few books in .mp3 format and want to play them as audiobooks in Itunes. Is there a way to convert these files to the Itunes book format .m4b? Thanks, Jesse

Re: good news

2009-08-27 Thread a radix
Hello, i was in the apple store today to buy a sleeve for my mbp, they told me i had to upgrade my existing mac os x installation to 10.6 if i got the cd, and that it would be an upgrade not a full install, so basically that i could not wipe my whole hd and then install 10.6 Greetings, Anouk,

Re: good news

2009-08-27 Thread william lomas
well we shall see from toorrow On 27 Aug 2009, at 13:43, a radix wrote: Hello, i was in the apple store today to buy a sleeve for my mbp, they told me i had to upgrade my existing mac os x installation to 10.6 if i got the cd, and that it would be an upgrade not a full install, so

Re: good news

2009-08-27 Thread william lomas
we shall see from tomorrow On 27 Aug 2009, at 13:43, a radix wrote: Hello, i was in the apple store today to buy a sleeve for my mbp, they told me i had to upgrade my existing mac os x installation to 10.6 if i got the cd, and that it would be an upgrade not a full install, so

Re: Statistics packages

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Hofstader
Hi, The industry standard for statics packages is SSPS and I do not know if there is a Macintosh version. Peter Orem (probably misspelled) in the UK wrote a set of JAWS scripts and tends to keep them up to date so he and other blinks can use the program. Math in general is a very touchy

eudora for the mac?

2009-08-27 Thread a radix
Hello, i was just checking the eudora site to do the procedure that was recommended earlier, export outlook mail to eudora and then into mac mail. i then noticed that there is also an eudora version for the mac. Has anyone tried it and how does it compare to mail? Greetings, Anouk,

clean install or upgrade?

2009-08-27 Thread a radix
Hello, i am ordering sl via the phone now. I wonder, is an upgrade (so not a totally clean install) recommended? I know it is a VERY BAD IDEA on a iwndows machine but i wonder if it is ok on a mac? I would actually like it if my current settings could be used. Greetings, Anouk

Snow leopard full installer

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
Good news, or at least validation of what we thought: However, in contrast to Microsoft—which offers a confusing array of full and upgrade versions of Windows, all of them requiring that users enter a unique serial number in order to prove they’re not pirates—Apple continues to rely on the

Re: problems with email on the mac

2009-08-27 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Anouk, Don't get Eudora or Firefox. What you need is Thunderbird to do the importing. If you are a bookshare subscriber, David Pogue's book, Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual is available there, and it walks you through the whole process. Best, Anna

Re: Audiobooks in Itunes.

2009-08-27 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Jesse, If you are using default settings, you can select the MP3 files, press VO-Shift-M, and choose Create AAC version. Then rename the extensions from m4a to m4b. It would probably be simpler, though to do the following: 1. Select the files in the audiobook. 2. Press Command-I to

Re: New Os or not?

2009-08-27 Thread Brent Harding
No, I got one that was from October of 2008. - Original Message - From: william lomas lomaswill...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:48 AM Subject: Re: New Os or not? have you got the new macbook then On 27 Aug 2009, at 09:32,

Re: Audiobooks in Itunes.

2009-08-27 Thread Jesse Bollinger
Woody Anna Dresner wrote: Hi Jesse, If you are using default settings, you can select the MP3 files, press VO-Shift-M, and choose Create AAC version. Then rename the extensions from m4a to m4b. It would probably be simpler, though to do the following: 1. Select the files in the

Re: problems with email on the mac

2009-08-27 Thread a radix
Hello, i will get htunderbird then, unfortunately i cant subscribe to bookshare, although i would love to since i live outside of the usa. Greetings, Anouk, - Original Message - From: Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 27,

making sure internal mic is enabled

2009-08-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, How do I do this? I did search for Skype test Call as Anna suggested, but when I try to cvall I'm getting a message that the user is offline. I'm wondering if the problem could be that my internal mic isn't enabled? I lokked in system Preferences, but didfn't see a setting to

Re: New Os or not?

2009-08-27 Thread Marie Howarth
me too, so we're just stuck not being allowed to play with gestures lol. hope some clever person can make an app be the track pad like they have one to be a wireless mouse, so I reckon that could work like someone said yesterday. :( On Aug 27, 2009, at 3:26 PM, Brent Harding wrote: No,

Re: good news

2009-08-27 Thread James Nash
That's great news, but it's also what i would have expected from Apple. - Original Message - From: william lomas lomaswill...@googlemail.com To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind disc...@macvisionaries.com Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009

[Mac-cessibility News] NY Times Columnist David Pogue Reviews Snow Leopard with a Nod to VoiceOver

2009-08-27 Thread Maccessibility
NY Times Columnist David Pogue Reviews Snow Leopard with a Nod to VoiceOver David Pogue, a columnist for the New York Times, has posted a review of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, due for release on Friday. On page two of his article, he gives a brief nod to VoiceOver, referencing its impressive new

Re: problems with email on the mac

2009-08-27 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
HI Anouk, International content on Bookshare is increasing in quantity and quality. I would suggest having a look to see how useful it would be to you. I know, for instance, that you can get the book I mentioned because the publisher, O'REilly, has given Bookshare permission to make

Using FTP

2009-08-27 Thread Jane Jordan (GMail)
Hey., all. I am trying to access files on the family iMac using a Windows laptop. I can't seem to connect, however, even when I enter in the correct information. Likewise, I cn't seem to connect form the Mac to the Windows computer to transfer stuff. How do I do this? Jane

Re: Using FTP

2009-08-27 Thread Mark Baxter
First place to look for bugs is in the sharing and permissions of the computer you're trying to connect to. Then investigate the router through which they all connect. I'd wonder whether FTP is the best way to do this. Mark BurningHawk Baxter Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN:

Re: making sure internal mic is enabled

2009-08-27 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Donna, I use a USB mike, but all I do to turn it on is select it as my input. I would think the same would be true of a built-in mike. Weird that the Skype test call service is reported as offline. I've never seen that, even when I tried using it with no mike plugged in by mistake. I

Snow leopard's hidden malware protection

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
There were a few hints about this elsewhere but Macworld now has a whole article about this new feature in Snow Leopard: http://www.macworld.com/article/142457/2009/08/snowleopard_malware.html some of the original hints: http://blog.intego.com/2009/08/25/snow-leopard-contains-an-antivirus/

Re: good news

2009-08-27 Thread Scott Howell
Huh, they surely have no idea what they are talking about. On Aug 27, 2009, at 8:43 AM, a radix wrote: Hello, i was in the apple store today to buy a sleeve for my mbp, they told me i had to upgrade my existing mac os x installation to 10.6 if i got the cd, and that it would be an

Re: clean install or upgrade?

2009-08-27 Thread Scott Howell
You could do an upgrade and that wouldn't be an issue for you as much as perhaps others. You haven't loaded lots of stuff and so forth yet. So, go ahead and do the upgrade, it should not pose any problems for you. On Aug 27, 2009, at 10:17 AM, a radix wrote: Hello, i am ordering sl via

status menu?

2009-08-27 Thread a radix
Hello, my brother tried my mac today and apparently, to the right of the apple menu there is a status menu where you can see your airport status, the time and the battery status. Can anyone tell me where i can find it because i would like to check how long my battery can hold out. Thanks,

Re: clean install or upgrade?

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
I generally do the upgrade. Unless you're having problems with the current system you should be fine doing the upgrade. On the Mac, user files are kept in one place so changing out the system has less chance of stepping on something. CB a radix wrote: Hello, i am ordering sl via the phone

Re: status menu?

2009-08-27 Thread Mark Baxter
VO shift M twice will bring you to that menu. Mark BurningHawk Baxter Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: status menu?

2009-08-27 Thread Esther
Hello, There are shortcuts both in VoiceOver and for the Mac in general to move to the status menu bar. In VoiceOver, pressing VO-M (Control- Option-M) once takes you to the application menu bar, pressing VO-M twice takes you to the status menu bar, and pressing VO-M three times takes you

Re: making sure internal mic is enabled

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
I'm not really a Skype user but the audio input selection is in System Preferences under Sound and then go to the Input tab. From there you should be able to pick either the internal mic or line in. CB Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, How do I do this? I did search for Skype test Call as Anna

On My Mac Mailboxes

2009-08-27 Thread terrence
How do I access messages in these mailboxes? I have messages being moved to them, but I can't seem to find those folders to read the messages. Thanks, Terrence --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Using FTP

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
Might want to just turn on SMB file sharing so you can mount your Mac's hard drive on your windows box. Specific steps vary depending on what flavor of OSX you are on. In the end, from your windows box you map a network drive and use \\your_mac_ip_address\your_mac_login_shortname as the

Re: eudora for the mac?

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
Being that it hasn't been updated since 2006 I wouldn't expect good things. CB a radix wrote: Hello, i was just checking the eudora site to do the procedure that was recommended earlier, export outlook mail to eudora and then into mac mail. i then noticed that there is also an eudora

RE: Statistics packages

2009-08-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Any idea where we can get these scripts for spss? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Hofstader Sent: Friday, 28 August 2009 1:34 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Statistics packages

Re: On My Mac Mailboxes

2009-08-27 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi, try expanding the on my mac section with VO backslash, then you should see those mailboxes. HTH On Aug 27, 2009, at 1:51 PM, terre...@terrencevak.net wrote: How do I access messages in these mailboxes? I have messages being moved to them, but I can't seem to find those folders to read

Re: On My Mac Mailboxes

2009-08-27 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
It appears you need to use the VOICE Over cursor navigation commands while navigating the Mailboxes table. I Guess this is a bug. Jon --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

Re: Using FTP

2009-08-27 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay, have you gone into System Preferences on the Imac and enabled FTP Sharing? On 28/08/2009, at 1:22 AM, Jane Jordan (GMail) wrote: Hey., all. I am trying to access files on the family iMac using a Windows laptop. I can't seem to connect, however, even when I enter in the correct

Re: Accessing On My Mac mailboxes

2009-08-27 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi, All your mailboxes are listed in a table. There are hot keys for the most commonly used ones, such as Command-1 for the OUtbox, Command-3 for Drafts, and Command-6 for junk. To get to the rest, I interact with the Mailboxes table and type the first letter or two of the one I want.

Re: Using FTP

2009-08-27 Thread Dane Trethowan
It should be okay so long as Internet Sharing is disabled. I just log on to the Mac using the Network but again you have to have the various permissions and sharing options set correctly or it won't work. On 28/08/2009, at 2:38 AM, Mark Baxter wrote: First place to look for bugs is in

Fwd: Apple's Snow Leopard disc will install on Tiger Macs

2009-08-27 Thread Scott Howell
For those of you running Tiger and have considered upgrading to Snow Leopard, but are concerned you would not be able to upgrade at the $29 price will be able to do so. Of course the transition may not be as smooth with the need to possibly upgrade some of your older Tiger apps, but the

Re: Using FTP

2009-08-27 Thread Esther
Hi Jane and Others, Jonathan recently gave instructions on SMB file sharing. Here's the link to the archive post: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg06122.html You can read down the thread to his next comments with Control-N. It's been some time since I tried

Re: making sure internal mic is enabled

2009-08-27 Thread Chris G
You can also just call echo123 On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:10:37 -0500 Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net wrote: Hi Donna, I use a USB mike, but all I do to turn it on is select it as my input. I would think the same would be true of a built-in mike. Weird that the Skype test call

Re: On My Mac Mailboxes

2009-08-27 Thread Mark Baxter
Once you expand the on my mac section once, you should be able to use OS navigation and not VO. Mark BurningHawk Baxter Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You

Re: vmware fusion images?

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
You're saying you have the Windows 7 installer ISO file? Then you can just create a new virtual machine by hitting command-N in Fusion, click continue without disk, and then choose the radio button that says Use operating system installation disk image file which should then pop a file picker

Re: program to split a 6 gig dmg in to 2 dvds?

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
That doesn't break it into two pieces. A single external volume of sufficient size could hold your 6GB image. Disk utility can clone your DMG to another device (USB thumb drive, hard drive or whatever). You just can't use a DMG that's been cut into two separate volumes. CB ben mustill-rose

Re: why is openoffice accessible and neoofficeenot

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
From poking around it would appear that NeoOffice uses Java swing for the user interface and I suspect the Java swing to apple accessibility API connections are either not wired up or non-existant. I just downloaded NeoOffice and isntalled patch 7 and it was still inaccessible. It defaulted

Re: why is openoffice accessible and neoofficeenot

2009-08-27 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Hmm, in the windows world, there was a java access bridge that interfaced between Windows accessability and Java Swing. Is there anything like that for the Mac? I wonder how hard it would be to port. (I am not a good enough programmer to do this right now.) Jon On Aug 27, 2009, at 3:20 PM,

RE: Using FTP

2009-08-27 Thread Jane Jordan (GMail)
Yes, already did that. :) I thoguht it would be a snap after that. Jane -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:37 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject:

Re: Telestream Flip4Mac WMV - Overview

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
For playback all you need is the free player: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx CB Daniel Crone wrote: Here is the link to the page I was reading, and flip 4 mac seems to be a 30 dollar program now. What do you all think?

Re: my macbook pro is here, problems with internet

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
I got it a few years ago so I don't recall off the top of my head. It was just whatever BestBuy had for a reasonable price at the time. Previously I had another router and while I was away on vacation a nest of ants decided to make their home in it, eggs and all. I just put the whole thing in

Re: why is openoffice accessible and neoofficeenot

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
I'm not a Java dev so it's hard to say nad Apple's documentation makes it sound like accessibility for Java just happens automagically: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Java/Conceptual/Java14Development/04-JavaUIToolkits/JavaUIToolkits.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001901-210241-TPXREF142

Re: has anyone tried neooffice with vo?

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
Hmm, but OpenOffice.org has a Mac download that isn't NeoOffice. I think it's just two flavors of the same base openoffice code. Openoffice implements a native Mac interface and Neo implements a java/swing UI. CB Simon Fogarty wrote: Neo office is the mac version of open office. *From:*

Re: Stanza EBook reader

2009-08-27 Thread John JD Denning
Some of you are saying it's usable. I can't get it to move to another page. Buttons are not labeled, not a big problem. I can get to the contents, select a section. Read one paragraph or part of a paragraph at a time. And even then it chops words and will skip some words, especially

Take control books on Snow Leopard now available...

2009-08-27 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
From Tidbits - Adam ...Good day, everyone! Snow Leopard ships tomorrow! But you can start reading about it today with our new Take Control of Upgrading to Snow Leopard and Take Control of Exploring Customizing Snow Leopard, both available now. (Those who own an earlier edition of

Re: status menu?

2009-08-27 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Hi Anouk, Press Command-F8 to go to the status menu. Use Left and Right arrows to move to the different items on the menu, and Down Arrow for details about each one. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to

Braking up my HD to prepare for time machine backup

2009-08-27 Thread Mike
Hi all: Just took a look at time machine and I discovered that I need to brake my hard disk up in order to create a place to store my backups. I don't have an external drive or time capsle so how do I resize my drive and turn it into 2 disks? I'm thinking I have to resize in disk utilities and

accessible download manager.accelerator

2009-08-27 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi everyone, I have been looking for some download managers but so far got some inaccessible ones to place in the trash though i'm sure they are good for sighted people. Can anyone tell me of one which is easy to use and streamlined with the browser downloads if be? best

Re: making sure internal mic is enabled

2009-08-27 Thread Donna Goodin
I tried that, and was told that the user was offline. Donna On Aug 27, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Chris G wrote: You can also just call echo123 On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:10:37 -0500 Woody Anna Dresner wadres...@att.net wrote: Hi Donna, I use a USB mike, but all I do to turn it on is select it

Re: Braking up my HD to prepare for time machine backup

2009-08-27 Thread louie
Mike if your internal hard drive goes bad what good will time machine do you? Get a external hard drive for time machine. On Aug 27, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Mike wrote: Hi all: Just took a look at time machine and I discovered that I need to brake my hard disk up in order to create a place to

Re: Braking up my HD to prepare for time machine backup

2009-08-27 Thread Dan
Hello, I think he's talking about a temporary situation. Dan On Aug 27, 2009, at 2:58 PM, louie wrote: Mike if your internal hard drive goes bad what good will time machine do you? Get a external hard drive for time machine. On Aug 27, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Mike wrote: Hi all: Just took a

Re: program to split a 6 gig dmg in to 2 dvds?

2009-08-27 Thread ben mustill-rose
Since he's not going to be able to split it and he didn't like my idea of buying some dule layer dvd's, the only solution that I can think of is cloaning it to some form of usb storage. On 27/08/2009, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: That doesn't break it into two pieces. A single external

2 Questions: Dialogs and SMTP

2009-08-27 Thread terrence
Hello, all, Sometimes when an alert/dialog pops up, VO doesn't switch to it. Is there a way to move to it without using the mouse? On another note, I'm having trouble with setting up outgoing mail (SMTP) servers. I got the thing set up OK, and Connection Doctor says that the connection worked,

Re: 2 Questions: Dialogs and SMTP

2009-08-27 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
1. It depends on the kind of dialog and if you have cursor tracking on or not. Some dialogs are linked to windows and h those can be more difficult if you have cursor tracking off. I think if you route VO cursor to keyoboard you should be OK 2. What is happening when you send out e-mail?

Boxee?

2009-08-27 Thread Larry Wanger
Is anyone successfully able to use VO with Boxee? I'm considering downloading and investigating it but thought I'd ask. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Fwd: Indispensable Take Control Ebooks about Snow Leopard Now Available

2009-08-27 Thread william lomas
Begin forwarded message: From: Adam C. Engst tc-comme...@tidbits.com Date: 27 August 2009 20:57:45 BST To: tc-announceme...@emperor.tidbits.com Subject: Indispensable Take Control Ebooks about Snow Leopard Now Available Reply-To: Take Control Comments tc-comme...@tidbits.com Good day,

Re: [Mac-cessibility News] NY Times Columnist David Pogue Reviews Snow Leopard with a Nod to VoiceOver

2009-08-27 Thread william lomas
but that functionality is only available to those who have the mac book pro so i will wait until i decide in a few years to upgrade. that trackpad feature set would appeal to me, but I can't use it On 27 Aug 2009, at 17:28, Maccessibility wrote: NY Times Columnist David Pogue Reviews Snow

RE: 2 Questions: Dialogs and SMTP

2009-08-27 Thread terrence
Ah, OK, will have to check on my cursor tracking then. For the messages, I just get a dialog box that says the message couldn't be sent using the server I'd chosen, and giving me the options to choose a server, send with the selected server, try later, etc. Thanks again, Terrence

Re_time Machine

2009-08-27 Thread Mike
Yes: I'm only using the single disk split option as a temp measure. Only thing is, how do I configure tm to backup once a day or week or does it backup when there are changes to my system? Thanks: Mike PS Have all important data burned to DVD.

Re: 2 Questions: Dialogs and SMTP

2009-08-27 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
Hmm, Apple has gotten a little better in this regard, but diagnosis of sending failures is still tricky. There is a entire conversation that goes on, and the SMTP server will either say 250 OK or 4XX Error message Where the error message might be Unauthorized from address, or Message too

Re: iphone vs pac mate

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
I wonder if, like laptops, turning the screen brightness down makes the battery go longer? CB Scott Howell wrote: Well if once a day to charge or more with heavy use isn't I guess to bad. However, I guess we'd have to define normal vs. heavy use of course. :) If just checking e-mail

Re: Getting ready for Snow Leopard

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
Could you just exclude your applications folder from the Time Machine backup? System Preferences - Time Machine - Options then navigate to the Add item to Do not backup list button which will pop a file picker to add folders you don't want backed up. CB Mike wrote: Hi all: As I'm getting

Re: has anyone tried neooffice with vo?

2009-08-27 Thread hank smith
attn ben can you contact me off list? your name is ringing a bell Hank - Original Message - From: Ben King To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:32 AM Subject: Re: has anyone tried neooffice with vo? Dear Anouk, Welcome to Apple Land.

RE: 2 Questions: Dialogs and SMTP

2009-08-27 Thread terrence
Hmm, so do I go to the terminal, type snoop, then run the sending process? Thanks, Terrence Original Message Subject: Re: 2 Questions: Dialogs and SMTP From: Jonathan C. Cohn jon.c.c...@gmail.com Date: Thu, August 27, 2009 3:05 pm To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Hmm,

tactile iphone

2009-08-27 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Here's an interesting read, and how lots of other applications can have a touchy feely twist to them. All the better for the visually impaired. Until the eye comes out that is http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-08/iphones-blind best

Re: vm fusion question

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
To clarify, VMWare will boot up windows with the VMWare tools and then you choose install VMWare Tools from the Virtual Machine menu. After that it should get everything going. Unless you like narrator you might want to install Jaws/WindowEyes since the actual install is a windows app. CB

Re: feeling pretty disgusted with Apple at the moment

2009-08-27 Thread hank smith
what if you got your mac used but it came with leopard? how do you find out the purchase date? - Original Message - From: Esther mori...@mac.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:35 AM Subject: Re: feeling pretty disgusted with Apple at the moment

Fw: The Orbitcast Daily Update

2009-08-27 Thread hank smith
Orbitcast - Original Message - From: Orbitcast To: hanksmi...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:04 PM Subject: The Orbitcast Daily Update The Orbitcast Daily Update

Re: has anyone tried neooffice with vo?

2009-08-27 Thread hank smith
so what do we use? open office? - Original Message - From: Chris Blouch To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 10:39 AM Subject: Re: has anyone tried neooffice with vo? Hmmm. I thought NeoOffice and OpenOffice were different products.

Re: Braking up my HD to prepare for time machine backup

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
If you have more stuff than will fit on a 9GB DVD are you sure you want to continue without a backup? Making a second copy onto the same drive is not really a backup. If the drive fails, or you accidentally format the drive or your computer is stolen it will all be gone. You can get an

Transferring files from Icon to Mac--SSH a possibility?

2009-08-27 Thread terrence
Hello, again, I know, I'm just full of questions today...please forgive me. But one more if you'll permit me: I have a whole bunch of stuff on an Icon that I want to move to my Mac Mini in order to sell the Icon (it got ousted by my iPhone.) My question is, what would you all recommend as the

Re: Transferring files from Icon to Mac--SSH a possibility?

2009-08-27 Thread Scott Howell
Sure you can use scp (a part of the Ssh package) and copy everything over, which will take some time if your doing this wirelessly and if you can do it via a wired network, or better than all options, grab a usb drive the Icon recognizes and have at it. On Aug 27, 2009, at 8:10 PM,

Re: status menu?

2009-08-27 Thread Rich Ring
I just want to thank you for your messages. I am a very new Mac user, and I am feeling a bit overwhelmed. Thanks for your clear and helpful messages. - Original Message - From: Esther To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:35 PM Subject: Re:

RE: status menu?

2009-08-27 Thread Les Kriegler
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RE: Transferring files from Icon to Mac--SSH a possibility?

2009-08-27 Thread terrence
Thanks for that. I don't have big enough USB drives to transfor everything from the Icon that way, so will go the wired network route with my docking station. Terrence Original Message Subject: Re: Transferring files from Icon to Mac--SSH a possibility? From: Scott Howell

Re: Getting ready for Snow Leopard

2009-08-27 Thread Scott Howell
Mike, your not going to be able to back things up that way on a DVD using Time Machine. YOu'd be better off backing up the data you absolutely can't live without to DVD or getting an external drive, backing up your entire drive, and migrate your data back over. On Aug 27, 2009, at 1:09 PM,

[Mac-cessibility News] FaceBook.com Updates iPhone App, Rendering it Inaccessible for VoiceOver Users

2009-08-27 Thread Maccessibility
FaceBook.com Updates iPhone App, Rendering it Inaccessible for VoiceOver Users Today, FaceBook.com updated their iPhone application to version 3.0. Apparently, no attention to accessibility was paid, as the app has gone from being a fantastic interface for VOiceOver users, to being entirely

Re: has anyone tried neooffice with vo?

2009-08-27 Thread Ben King
Dear Hank, Your name is ringing a bell as well. Please give me your email and I will contact you. Have a wonderful day. Blessings, Ben King On Aug 27, 2009, at 4:21 PM, hank smith wrote: attn ben can you contact me off list? your name is ringing a bell Hank - Original Message -

Re: Media players on Mac OS X

2009-08-27 Thread Chris Blouch
Winamp is not really available for the mac. Last version was a beta .71 from 2001. In the winamp forums they postulated that a Mac version wasn't worth the resources to increase market share maybe 5%, and that's assuming all Mac users abandon itunes, which isn't likely. CB Dane Trethowan

Re: Media players on Mac OS X

2009-08-27 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yep as I thought, thanks for that. On 28/08/2009, at 8:01 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: Winamp is not really available for the mac. Last version was a beta . 71 from 2001. In the winamp forums they postulated that a Mac version wasn't worth the resources to increase market share maybe 5%,

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