cool tool for GUI scripters

2010-01-01 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
http://prefabsoftware.com/uibrowser/ This is apparently better than the accessibility inspector, formerly the uielement inspector. For those who are not sure what GUI scripting does, it is mostly used for accessing areas on an application which is not by default or registered in the script sui

Re: Mac Troubles Again

2010-01-01 Thread Tiffany D
Yes, and that's when the troubles with youtube and ebay started. I'd pretty much figured the first site would give me trouble but not the second. How do I change the preferences in this plug-in? I couldn't find anything about it in the Safari preferences and it's not showing up as a separate app

Re: Mac Troubles Again

2010-01-01 Thread carlene knight
HI: The item chooser simply allows you to select something on a screen. For instance if you are using Safari and you have chosen a news story link, you could start typing the name of the story once you have brought the item chooser up with VO/i and it would find it for you. it may show a li

getting older episodes of podcasts using Itunes

2010-01-01 Thread Mary Otten
Hello all, and I hope the New Year has started off well for you all. I have subscribed to a few free podcasts in the Itunes store, and I see that there appear to be back episodes available in the table that lists all episodes for each podcast. These are undownloaded, and I would like to downloa

RE: Mac Troubles Again

2010-01-01 Thread Portia
Did you install that Flash program that was recommended? I think it was a Flash Input application or something like that. From what I understand, it stops sites from playing Flash content, but am not sure if I understood that correctly. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.

Re: Mac Troubles Again

2010-01-01 Thread Tiffany D
Now, when I visit ebay, it just quits on me. It doesn't show the site or anything, just sends me back to Finder, Text Edit or whatever other program is open. Youtube, of course, doesn't play videos. What a swell system this is. It'll hopefully be downgraded tomorrow. If I have to spend hours r

misc: about a flightsim for blind people and espeak

2010-01-01 Thread sandi sørensen
hi. First of all happy new year everyone. For about 2 years ago i started playing alittle with a flight simulator called flightgear, it have been beyond fun and thrilling, and we have come along way. -To begin with it was things piped on a continually basis over too first say, th

latest anao?

2010-01-01 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, Is anyone using this? I got it for Christmas, and it appears to be less accessible than the earlier incarnation of this device. Voice labels for all my tracks have been created. While a track is playing, I can press the center button and hear the name of the current track. But

RE: Mac Troubles Again

2010-01-01 Thread Portia
Ok, then you've got Snow Leopard. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tiffany D Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 5:27 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Mac Troubles Again Well, I installed the plug-

Re: Mac Troubles Again

2010-01-01 Thread Tiffany D
I forgot to ask this, sorry. How do I use the item chooser and does it work like the links list? Does the find command finally work on pages so that I can just look for something without having to go through complicated nonsense? On 01/01/2010, Tiffany D wrote: > Well, I installed the plug-in.

Re: Mac Troubles Again

2010-01-01 Thread Tiffany D
Well, I installed the plug-in. Hopefully, that'll fix the problem and it'll also let youtube videos load without me having to do anything. I had no idea what they meant by clicking on the gear menu but I guess I'll find it in the program's preferences if I need it. Btw, it says I have 10.6. On 0

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2010-01-01 Thread David McLean
I certainly find it strange also. The reason I went down this path though is a comparison of my relatively new Imac, less than a month, to my three month old Mini. Also there are some hardware related issues since in the case of the mini at least a monitor is required in order to prevent perfo

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2010-01-01 Thread Portia
Ok, I know I shouldn't be even writing reguarding this since I am new to the mac, but that is odd. In my opinion, all these issues should not be happening if this is a fresh installation. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On B

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2010-01-01 Thread Tiffany D
But I didn't install anything yet, not even VLC or Adium. It's a brand new installation, done at Apple, and I did the regular update. On 01/01/2010, Portia wrote: > Hmmm. Strange. I haven't heard of anyone with MacBook Pros having those > issues regularly either. Hope all issues get resolved for

RE: - Re: - Leaving Soon

2010-01-01 Thread Portia
Hmmm. Strange. I haven't heard of anyone with MacBook Pros having those issues regularly either. Hope all issues get resolved for all of you having the Safari issue or any similar issues. Rock on and keep smiling!! Smiles, Portia. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

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2010-01-01 Thread Cameron
Hi. yeah, I would find it odd that this would be a hardware issue. I second the suggestion of doing a reinstall and testing it before installing third party apps. also, be sure to update to the latest version of 10.5 available. Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googl

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2010-01-01 Thread Scott Howell
Anne I agree, it sounds more like there are other issues that have nothing to do with the machine. perhaps if the issues are that severe, a complete reinstall and test prior to loading any other apps on the machine is in order. THis will help narrow things down as well in diagnosing issues. On J

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2010-01-01 Thread Anne Robertson
I have two MacBooks, one from 2006 and one from 2007, and neither of them has this problem. Oh, yes. They're both plastic cases. I don't think this has anything to do with the type of machine, just the apps people run on them. Cheers, Anne On Jan 1, 2010, at 11:21 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote:

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2010-01-01 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I've got a Mac notebook, but that's one of the aluminum ones. I'm not sure if that makes a difference, but possible. I never had issues with Safari under Leopard. SOme strange quirks, sure, but those have been fixed for the most part in Snowy. I've never heard of someone having this many is

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2010-01-01 Thread David McLean
Looks like the mac notebook products and Imac are especially prone to having this problem. I haven't heard from anyone with a mini or a mac pro so far that has the problem on a regular basis. On Jan 1, 2010, at 2:51 PM, Tiffany D wrote: > It's a Macbook from 2007 with a plastic case. That's

Re: using Facebook on the Mac?

2010-01-01 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Joe, thanks for posting this link, I love this site. I wish you could access the apps from there, but then again, that's probably one reason it's so much easier to use. Cheers, Donna On Dec 28, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Joe Plummer wrote: > Hi, try this link out it is much better than the Face Bo

Re: - Leaving Soon

2010-01-01 Thread Tiffany D
It's a Macbook from 2007 with a plastic case. That's all I know. On 01/01/2010, David McLean wrote: > Which of the macs are you using? > On Dec 31, 2009, at 11:44 PM, Eleni Vamvakari wrote: > >> This Safari busy thing is pushing me farther and farther away from >> Leopard. I've only had my Mac

Re: converting Flac to Apple Lossless and AAC

2010-01-01 Thread Scott Howell
Thanks Erik, that is at least another to keep in mind. Tried xld and that seems to do a good job as well. Nothing like choices. On Jan 1, 2010, at 1:52 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > That would be Max from www.sbooth.org. > > Best, > > erik burggraaf > A+ certified technician and user support consu

Re: converting Flac to Apple Lossless and AAC

2010-01-01 Thread erik burggraaf
That would be Max from www.sbooth.org. Best, erik burggraaf A+ certified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-12-31, at 3:49 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > What is the best method and/or utility for converting flac files to Apple > lossl

Re: Mac Troubles Again

2010-01-01 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Ester, Thanks for this useful app. I installed it, and although I was not having many difficulties with Safari, I like the fact that many sports team pages I frequent no longer play the flash content that comes up. The app was simple to install and instructions were given on the installati

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2010-01-01 Thread David McLean
Which of the macs are you using? On Dec 31, 2009, at 11:44 PM, Eleni Vamvakari wrote: > This Safari busy thing is pushing me farther and farther away from > Leopard. I've only had my Macbook back for a day and it's happened > too many times to count. Not only does it lock up Safari but it makes