Re: switch crashing when converting ma files

2010-04-29 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Sarah, if you don't have it installed, maybe installing flip4mac WMV will help and allow you to convert these files? On Apr 30, 2010, at 1:51 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hello to all. Have you noticed that switch crashes upon trying to convert wma > files? I get an error which I report bu

switch crashing when converting ma files

2010-04-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello to all. Have you noticed that switch crashes upon trying to convert wma files? I get an error which I report but I don't know what causes the crash. Take care. Take care. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this

RE: iPad and bluetooth refreshable braille

2010-04-29 Thread Bryan Smart
Would really be cool if one of the display companies made their own keyboard dock with integrated display. The iPad battery would support running it for a long time. I suppose that the Bluetooth model is better for them, though, as one model can be used with lots of different devices. In genera

Re: parelells a complete waist of my time

2010-04-29 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, As far as I know, this isn't possible. I wish it was, though. IF someone has somehow found out how, I'd love to know. It doesn't look possible though. Sorry to burst your bubble. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yaho

Re: Happy fifth birthday VoiceOver

2010-04-29 Thread olivia norman
This is really great information! Thanks for sharing, and happy birthday, Voiceover! :) Olivia On Apr 29, 2010, at 9:04 PM, Darcy Burnard wrote: > April 29th 2005 saw the release of Mac OS 10.4 Tiger. This was the first > version of the Mac OS to include VoiceOver. We've come a long way in the

Re: parelells a complete waist of my time

2010-04-29 Thread Brent Harding
Can I go the other way, buy fusion, install Windows, and dump that to a boot camp partition some how? This Macbook is resisting all attempts, even with sighted help, to even boot the windows disk, and I have two different ones. One of them I know says it contains service pack 2, and they say not

Re: -- Question on Autostarting a VM under Fusion

2010-04-29 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, You can change this by doing the following. 1. Find the virtual machine you want in the VIrtual machine Library. Hit COmmand-Shift-L to bring this to the foreground. 2. If the Mouse is not currently focussed on the machine you want when using the VoiceOver keys to locate the virtual machine

synch problem

2010-04-29 Thread denise avant
Hello all, This is an update to the problem I was having earlier. What I've seen is that the iphone will not sync at all using itunes. It says its synching but simply sits there never installing anything to my phone. Can anyone tell me how to troubleshoot this problem? Thanks. Things were working

Happy fifth birthday VoiceOver

2010-04-29 Thread Darcy Burnard
April 29th 2005 saw the release of Mac OS 10.4 Tiger. This was the first version of the Mac OS to include VoiceOver. We've come a long way in these past five years, and if you're interested in taking a look back, there are a couple of things you might want to check out. First, we did a retro

Re: -- Question on Autostarting a VM under Fusion

2010-04-29 Thread Scott Howell
Thanks, but what I was trying to find out is this and it's to help a friend. He installed windows as a VM and whenever he launches Fusion, windows starts automatically and this is not the behavior he wants. He just wants Fusion to open and then select the VM he wishes to launch. On Apr 29, 2010

Re: iPad and bluetooth refreshable braille

2010-04-29 Thread Rob Lambert
If they do make it I'd be surprised. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > OH they still make the alva? I was looking at that for a braille desplay > and have started to save for it.? > > Take care. > On Apr 28, 2010, at 2:26 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > > > Hi sean, your stud

Re: parelells a complete waist of my time

2010-04-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
I tried running 7 u8nder 512 mb of ram and it hurt totally. jaws studered and it sounded owful. Here it is under 2 gigs. Sorry about the bad quality. I had to plug in another osund card just to here the thing. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1672188/vmware%20fudge%20up.mp3 I ran 32 gigs and had about 2

Re: iPad and bluetooth refreshable braille

2010-04-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
OH they still make the alva? I was looking at that for a braille desplay and have started to save for it.? Take care. On Apr 28, 2010, at 2:26 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi sean, your student is going to be brailleless for a little while longer > yet. When braille arrives in IPhone OS4, the

Re: replying to messages on facebook?

2010-04-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
I use facebook mobile at http://m.facebook.com and the send button is right after the message a. a bit to the right I believe. Take care. On Apr 29, 2010, at 3:24 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Hi list, > > ive got tons of mails waiting on my facebook and i cant find the freaking > send butt

Re: booting taking forever?

2010-04-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
Good luck and keep us posted. I also might try that app. My system is running fine but I like to try and keep it maintained. Tc.. s On Apr 29, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Thanks, Sarah. I'm swamped today, but I'll check it out. And I agree, > that's a cool site. :) > Donna > On A

-- Question on Autostarting a VM under Fusion

2010-04-29 Thread David McLean
I've found the easiest way is to go to the Vmware image and just open it. Fusion will start automatically. Not sure if this answers your question or not. On Apr 29, 2010, at 7:26 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Folks, how can I change the behavior of a VM under fusion. If I wanted let's > say Linux

Re: resetting password when I forgot my main admin password?urgent:

2010-04-29 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi there, This depends on the version of OS X you are running. This link should help you though: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1274 I needed to do this for a friend about 6 months ago and kept the article handy. Cheers Dónal On 30 Apr 2010, at 01:05, hank smith wrote: > hello I need info on

resetting password when I forgot my main admin password?urgent:

2010-04-29 Thread hank smith
hello I need info on how to reset my password fore installing applications and fore all other stuff I forgot my admin password and I didn't set a hent question shame on me I don't want to format to fix this how can I reset my password fore my account? I can't install apps or anything until I get

Question on Autostarting a VM under Fusion

2010-04-29 Thread Scott Howell
Folks, how can I change the behavior of a VM under fusion. If I wanted let's say Linux or whatever OS to start when I launch Fusion, where do I find this setting? I used to know, but I sure can't find it. ANy help appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl

latest version of itunes and synching

2010-04-29 Thread denise avant
Hello all, When I connect my iphone to my windows 7 computer, I receive a message saying sync in progress on the phone. I also see on the computer a synch alert, and a message saying that there will be more than 25 changes. And I hear some additional options. But I don't know if am suppose to do s

iBooks quirk.

2010-04-29 Thread Jesse Bollinger
Hi all, Not sure if it's me or a quirk in iBooks. Sometimes when I'm finished with a page and I do the flick to the next page it starts reading but doesn't seem like it kept the place. For instance if the page ends in a middle of a sentense and goes to the next page it doesn't continue with t

Re: Thoughts on Flash

2010-04-29 Thread DJ Nezumi
hi guys i think its awesome the reasons that steve gave for not giving in to flashes demands. lol and it just shows you how backwards flash are. i hope that soon websites that rely on flash will become more accessible due to html 5 Liam Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > I'll have to read it. I did

Re: booting taking forever?

2010-04-29 Thread Donna Goodin
Thanks, Sarah. I'm swamped today, but I'll check it out. And I agree, that's a cool site. :) Donna On Apr 29, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > or try entering it at www.download.com, my favorite site to search for stuff. > > Tc > > S > On Apr 28, 2010, at 12:41 PM, marie Howarth wrot

RE: Syncing a Braillenote mPower bt32 with a mac.

2010-04-29 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Never thought of the CF card. I'm so used to not having one on my machine that I forget about it Thanks much. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris G Sent: 29 April 2010 19:08 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.

Re: Thoughts on Flash

2010-04-29 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, I'll have to read it. I did see it on my News, I just didn't have time. This looks interesting. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 29, 2010, at 7:58 PM, Chris

Re: Thoughts on Flash

2010-04-29 Thread marie Howarth
I read it and I totally love what he said. Very very awesome dude. everyone's gotta love steve. On 29 Apr 2010, at 18:58, Chris Blouch wrote: > Apparently nobody noticed this yet but Steve Jobs posted an open letter > addressing why they don't support Flash on the iPad, iPod and iPhone. > Inte

Re: Syncing a Braillenote mPower bt32 with a mac.

2010-04-29 Thread Chris G
Hi, Just download your maps and using a card reader unzip the maps to your compact flash card in a folder called maps. Just a simple unzip/copy paste within finder. No PC required. On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:04:00 +0100 Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > Hi there, > Well the subject says it all really.

Syncing a Braillenote mPower bt32 with a mac.

2010-04-29 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Hi there, Well the subject says it all really. For various reasons, I need to travel this weekend and I'm taking my old BT32 out of mothballs. However, oddly enough for the first time since I binned my PC, I need to sync some files (map data actually) with it. Is there a way to do this using my

Thoughts on Flash

2010-04-29 Thread Chris Blouch
Apparently nobody noticed this yet but Steve Jobs posted an open letter addressing why they don't support Flash on the iPad, iPod and iPhone. Interesting read which reiterates a few points I had guessed at earlier. That Jobs guy must be pretty smart http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-fl

Re: What torrent is used

2010-04-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
I use utorrent. works really good. Take care. S On Apr 28, 2010, at 3:24 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Folks, what Torrent are folks using on the Mac and this is for Snow Leopard. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To pos

Re: booting taking forever?

2010-04-29 Thread Sarah Alawami
or try entering it at www.download.com, my favorite site to search for stuff. Tc S On Apr 28, 2010, at 12:41 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > I'm afraid I don't have the link any more but I'm sure if you enter onyx mac > OSX in google it should come up. it's free and very usable with voice over. > >

Apple Buys Intrinsity, a Maker of Fast Chips

2010-04-29 Thread Shen
For those of you who still think Apple might one day switch to AMD, here is an article from the New York Times that should put to rest any speculations. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/technology/28apple.html?partner=rss&emc=rss -- Shen goalb...@gmail.com -- You received this message becaus

Re: Download link for the Unarchiver

2010-04-29 Thread Carolyn
William: If I'm not mistaken, the Unarchiver for the mac can handle almost anything. Here is part of a previous post giving the link, and below that is a link for the Stuffit expander. HTH Carolyn ...Unarchiver is free and accessible with vo. not to say that stuffit is not but that's anoth

Re: booting taking forever?

2010-04-29 Thread Donna Goodin
Wow, Søren, thanks for all these suggestions! I'll try them out and see what works. I did try a Repair Permissions again yesterday, but that didn't help. So, really appreciate all this, it gives me someplace to go next. Take care, Donna On Apr 28, 2010, at 4:16 PM, Søren Jensen wrote: > Hi. >

Re: booting taking forever?

2010-04-29 Thread Donna Goodin
I'll try it. Thanks! Donna On Apr 28, 2010, at 3:41 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > I'm afraid I don't have the link any more but I'm sure if you enter onyx mac > OSX in google it should come up. it's free and very usable with voice over. > > On 28 Apr 2010, at 20:46, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> Thanks

Re: replying to messages on facebook?

2010-04-29 Thread olivia norman
I find the facebook main page to be hard to navigate. The mobile site generally works better for things like this. http://m.facebook.com If you have an iPhone there's also an app there which works well. It's just called facebook. HTH, Olivia On Apr 29, 2010, at 8:02 AM, Rob wrote: > Should be

Re: replying to messages on facebook?

2010-04-29 Thread Rob
Should be in the upper right corner of the screen. Sent from my iPod On Apr 29, 2010, at 3:24 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: Hi list, ive got tons of mails waiting on my facebook and i cant find the freaking send button. Do you know how to do this? i've looked into the items list, web

replying to messages on facebook?

2010-04-29 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi list, ive got tons of mails waiting on my facebook and i cant find the freaking send button. Do you know how to do this? i've looked into the items list, web list, even sighted assistance who cant find the button :( Best regards, Yuma Decaux Light has no value without darkness Skype: sh

RE: text elements and clickable

2010-04-29 Thread Simon Fogarty
Thanks Carolyn, and yes, I would expect that you would make sure it's ok with apple before allowing others to utilise it. Cheers Simon f From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Sent: Thursday, 29 April 2010 2:53 a.m. To: ma

Re: Download link for the Unarchiver

2010-04-29 Thread William Windels
Hello listers, Thx for the hint and download information. I would also ask if there is any program to unpack different formats? On windows, I have a free program called powerarchiver that can unpack : zip, gz, rar, tar, bzip2 and some other formats. Can I have such program on the mac (for free)?

Re: What torrent is used

2010-04-29 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, I'm using utorrent and Transmission. Transmission is good, but i can't seem to see the time left until transfer is completed, that's my only objection about that client. /Krister 29 apr 2010 kl. 00.24 skrev Scott Howell: > Folks, what Torrent are folks using on the Mac and this is for Snow