RE: France now has an Apple Store

Anne I'm jealous that you have acquired an Apple Store in France. We don't have one here, so the only way one can be sure of getting the latest equipment is online. I happened to be in a retailer on Saturday, and discovered that they were selling old iMac 20 and 24 at more or less the same

Re: I've done it.

Hi The home/end keys on the Mac have different functions than they do on Windows. To move to the beginning or end of a line on the Mac, use command+left arrow and command+right arrow respectively. Also, for top and bottom of a document or text field, it's command+up and command +down. Daniel

Re: France now has an Apple Store

Hello Dónal, On Nov 9, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: I'm jealous that you have acquired an Apple Store in France. We don't have one here, so the only way one can be sure of getting the latest equipment is online. No Apple Store in Ireland? But that's where Apple's European

RE: France now has an Apple Store

Hi Anne, You wrote: No Apple Store in Ireland? But that's where Apple's European headquarters is located. The world is even madder than I thought it was. They have one up North (Belfast) but we are still deprived... *smile* I'm really curious. What does the 64Gb iTouch cost in Paris?

Re: France now has an Apple Store

Hello again Dónal, On Nov 9, 2009, at 11:49 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: I'm really curious. What does the 64Gb iTouch cost in Paris? €369 over here. I'd wager it's cheaper. You've lost your wager! €379 over here. Our VAT is 19.6% which probably explains the difference. Cheers, Anne

Re: sony sued by visually impaired gamer

I don't think the government has decided which method to make it accessible yet. I think the legislation has a deadline but I can't recall when it is. On Nov 8, 2009, at 4:22 PM, hank smith wrote: speaking of witch where is all this accessible money? has any one heard? - Original

Re: sony sued by visually impaired gamer

An advocacy group that I'd never heard of filed suits against Southwest and American Airlines for having inaccessible web sites. American settled and said they would fix their site (I haven't checked it) but Southwest went to court and, on the grounds that a web site is not an actual

Re: sony sued by visually impaired gamer

Sarcasm: We cannot change our money in any way because American legal tender is a religious totem which we admire and praise. We went so far as putting the Lord followed by most of our founding father's name on the money. We love the notion that, In God we trust, all others pay cash.

Re: I've done it.

Hi Dannie, Congratulations on buying your first Mac. Very happy that you like it. Apple really have done a fantastic job with Voice Over and accessibility in general. Which Mail provider do you use? I had a similar problem with GMail. If I can help with your E Mail issue please drop me a

RE: France now has an Apple Store

Hi James, Nope their main headquarters is here (Cork) but no stores. As I mentioned in a previous post, there is an Apple store in Belfast all right but none in the Republic. Thanks, Dónal -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

help with second life help

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RE: I've done it.

Good advice here, what other uses can be had with keyboard commander? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Mann Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 7:07 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I've

Re: help with second life help

It's supposed to, but I've never gotten it to work successfully with it, unfortunately. Mark BurningHawk Baxter Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

Re: I've done it.

Hello. You can use option+s to Open Safari and option+m to open Mail. If you want, you can assign commands for other applications. For example, I've assigned option+e to open TextEdit. On Nov 9, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Frank Ventura wrote: Good advice here, what other uses can be had with

RE: sony sued by visually impaired gamer

Hi. actually, American paper currency is modified on a regular basis and has been since the beginning, usually to try to stay ahead of counterfeiters. Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris

Staying in a menu when you have selected something in that menu - can this be done?

Hi everyone Let's say that I am in the View menu of an application, and I want to change or select a number of options in that menu. Is there a way to do all of this without having to constantly return to that particular menu please? I have noticed that this is possible under Linux with

Voice Over intermittently restarting in Safari

Hi everyone, I know I E-Mailed about this previously, but has anyone else noticed this occurring with any frequency please? Basically, this happens mostly when I first open Safari Voice Over will restart, but today within the last hour, I've noticed that this has happened at least twice.

Re: Voice Over intermittently restarting in Safari

I haven't had it happen in other programs, but in Safari I do get it quite often. On 2009-11-09, at 1:46 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi everyone, I know I E-Mailed about this previously, but has anyone else noticed this occurring with any frequency please? Basically, this happens mostly when

Re: Voice Over intermittently restarting in Safari

Hi May, Thanks for the confirmation. I'm just sending this from here as I'm just updating my Mac with the 10.6.2 update. I wonder why VO does this? Perhaps it will be fixed now or perhaps Mozilla will soon release a VO friendly FireFox so that we can have the choice and use that wonderful

Spaces and Mac OS X 10.6.2

Hi everyone This might be just my own personal view, but I've just tried the Spaces option in Mac OS X 10.6.2 having just updated and I am sad and disappointed to report that Spaces is still broken - at least in my humble opinion. I have not had enough time with the new update to determine

Re: Voice Over intermittently restarting in Safari

Everyone may want to update to 10.6.2, which is now available. This may address some of your issues if not all. On Nov 9, 2009, at 5:17 PM, May McDonald wrote: I haven't had it happen in other programs, but in Safari I do get it quite often. On 2009-11-09, at 1:46 PM, James Nash wrote:

Re: Spaces and Mac OS X 10.6.2

Don't count on it, but please keep hammering the folks at accessibil...@apple.com . Eventually we'll get some action. :) On Nov 9, 2009, at 5:55 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi everyone This might be just my own personal view, but I've just tried the Spaces option in Mac OS X 10.6.2 having

Re: Voice Over intermittently restarting in Safari

Hi Scott Everyone may want to update to 10.6.2, which is now available. This may address some of your issues if not all. Well having updated to the latest update, it seems to have fixed this particular issue so that's cool. I am going to E-Mail Apple tomorrow and tell them thanks. TC

Re: Spaces and Mac OS X 10.6.2

Hi Scott, Don't count on it, but please keep hammering the folks at accessibil...@apple.com . Eventually we'll get some action. :) I have been doing this smile for a long time sigh. I am not sure that they are that interested or that they even agree with my assertion. I have explained to

Re: Voice Over intermittently restarting in Safari

For those canadians who use the cnib's visunet services, I notice this just after login, and it is intermitant. On 2009-11-09, at 5:17 PM, May McDonald wrote: I haven't had it happen in other programs, but in Safari I do get it quite often. On 2009-11-09, at 1:46 PM, James Nash wrote:

Decent Torrent Client?

Remember guies, regretfully I'm a po little dude. LOL! I only have the growling Tiger. NOt cool, I know, it sucks, but what can I do being I can't afford a Mac. Anyway, does anyone know a torrent client that'll run on Tiger, or, at least, that most likely? will run? Just installed

Re: Voice Over intermittently restarting in Safari

Hi Kaare, For those canadians who use the cnib's visunet services, I notice this just after login, and it is intermitant. I cannot tell you if this has been fixed in the latest update (10.6.2), but it has at least for the moment stopped misbehaving in Safari. Perhaps updating will help

Re: Spaces and Mac OS X 10.6.2

You are absolutely correct and that is how many of us have explained it to Apple. Apparently even sighted users have wanted this fix as well. I don't know if Apple just feels this isn't something they are really that interested in after all or what. Maybe they don't feel Spaces is quite

Re: Spaces and Mac OS X 10.6.2

Hi Scott, Thanks for the confirmation. I'm glad I'm not the only blind user who would use this function. If Apple aren't interested then why don't they just remove it? TC James On 10 Nov 2009, at 00:38, Scott Howell wrote: You are absolutely correct and that is how many of us have

Re: Decent Torrent Client?

You said: Does it appear in the System Activity Monitor or whatever Apple calls it - that's what i call it. If so, It might be stuck? Are your sure that Twitter Pod works with Tiger? NOt sure, how would I get to it to find out, and yeah, according to the web site, it does work with Tiger,

is the busy, ready, busy, ready, bug gone?

Hi listers, I have just installed the latest mac update on my system. One thing I have noticed immediately is that safari seems much more stable. I have not been getting the safari busy nonsense as I navigate through web pages. Can anybody else confirm that this bug has been squashed? Or have

Re: is the busy, ready, busy, ready, bug gone?

Hi John, I have just installed the latest mac update on my system. One thing I have noticed immediately is that safari seems much more stable. I have not been getting the safari busy nonsense as I navigate through web pages. Can anybody else confirm that this bug has been squashed? Or

Time capsule configuration

Hi all, cleaning house I found a 512Gb time capsule. Does anyone know how to configure it? Can it be done through a web interface or does it require a special utility? Thanks --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Importing podcasts into ITunes

Hi James, Try using Command-O (shortcut for Add to Library under the iTunes File Menu), and then selecting your OPML file in the resulting dialog window. iTunes 9 has removed some options in the File menu -- I assume in attempts to simplify things since most people seemed to be confused

Re: Decent Torrent Client?

ok, but once I find it, then what do I do with it? I mean, what will the monitor show me etc. Chris. ? ? t?? Te?? µe sa?. - Original Message - From: James Nash james.austin1...@googlemail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 8:11 PM Subject:

Re: Time capsule configuration

Hi Frank, time capsules, or any airport base station for that matter, are configured through the airport utility application, which you'll find in /applications/utilities. Hope this helps. THis is what I like about them, as I've found some routers' web interfaces to be accessibility

RE: Time capsule configuration

Thanks that is good information.Is there a configuration utility that can be run a PC as well? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan Eickmeier Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 9:01 PM To:

This is down right annoying! Problem with Twitterrific

Does anyone know how to clear the tweets out of the tweets table? This list is becoming very populated, and is getting more and more annoying and harder to manage by the minute. Command+K is supposed! to mark all as red, which it did do, btw, but then when I refreshed, those tweets were

about the 10.6.2 update

Hi List, I've just dled the update manually to deploy over all my macs, and found something interesting to note, for those who want detail on what has been updated. I use x-slimer to reduce filesizes and rid myself of non64 bit code. It saves me about 2 GB of space in all, which is an even

a brief word of introduction

Hi, To come directly to the point, my name is Ray. Perhaps some of y'all may have seen me on other lists. Anyhow, I'm thinking that I'm going to get a Mac very soon; perhaps by March or April or something. I've been studying Mike's podcasts on: www.blindcooltech.com and have learned a lot

RE: Spaces and Mac OS X 10.6.2

What is Spaces? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 5:19 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Spaces and Mac OS X 10.6.2 Don't count on it, but please

Re: Voice Over intermittently restarting in Safari

Hi, I'm pretty sure that WebVisum is only a Windows add-on, though. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Nov 9, 2009, at 11:35 PM, James Nash wrote: Hi May, Thanks for the confirmation.

hello

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Re: Staying in a menu when you have selected something in that menu - can this be done?

Hello James, On Nov 9, 2009, at 10:14 PM, James Nash wrote: Let's say that I am in the View menu of an application, and I want to change or select a number of options in that menu. Is there a way to do all of this without having to constantly return to that particular menu please?