Re: What does the search edit field inside the toolbar in system preferences window do?

2010-07-05 Thread Chris Moore
The preferences search box was introduced with spotlight years ago and was of great benefit to switchers from Windows to the Mac. For example if you type in Wallpaper, the appropriate icon within preferences will be highlighted just like shining a spotlight on an item. The sighted user would

RE: web kit

2010-07-05 Thread Kliphton.A.M
What does the web kitt do? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2010 10:55 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: web kit Hi: Ok, think I have the file as a zip file. How do

Re: Iwork?

2010-07-05 Thread Scott Howell
IWork is accessible, but some of this will depend upon what you want to accomplish. I know others have had great success and have learned more than I have, so perhaps they can share their experiences. As far as the cost, it depends where you purchase your copy, but if you are a student, you can

MOVEADDICT

2010-07-05 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi list, There's this nice little program called moveaddict which enabls you to cut and paste in the finder and system wide which i use now that the devver has made it accessible. He has though asked to wait a few days as he wishes to make the preferences pane for preferences, as his

Re: web kit

2010-07-05 Thread Scott Howell
Carolyn, OPen the zip file (use command-o) and copy the unzipped application into your Applications folder. hth, On Jul 5, 2010, at 3:38 AM, Kliphton.A.M wrote: What does the web kitt do? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Pages09

2010-07-05 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Paul, On Jul 3, 2010, at 7:11 PM, Paul wrote: I went to the Apple Store and we tried the different outlining types. My instructor was able to see the numbering but we couldn't get Voice Over to speak them. Have you been able to get this working? No, I can't get VO to read the

Re: magic jack or alternative

2010-07-05 Thread Matthew Campbell
Thats wonderfull to hear. I'd buy a skype in number but it's not available hear in Canada so it's good to hear that something like the magicjack is accessible. On 2010-06-22, at 8:38 PM, Nicholas Abrahamson wrote: Mathew, I've used the magic jack with the mac. It's a little buggy, but

Re: Iwork?

2010-07-05 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Courtney, I have used Iwork, I use it every day just to write pages documents. I purchased my copy of Iwork from Amazon and it was about $59. I'm unsure if there is a demo of Iwork. I looked on the web but couldn't find one. I really like it though, you just have to interact with the page

Re: Iwork?

2010-07-05 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, Thanks for your help, after I heard that it is accessible, I went and bought it on Amazon, it was about $40. I'll let you know if I need help. Courtney On Jul 5, 2010, at 9:54 AM, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi Courtney, I have used Iwork, I use it every day just to write pages documents. I

Re: Iwork?

2010-07-05 Thread Chris Moore
There is a 30 day free trial of iWork on Apple's website. There is usually a copy of Iwork in the application folder with new Macs. Check to see if it is there first. On 5 Jul 2010, at 14:54, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi Courtney, I have used Iwork, I use it every day just to write pages

Re: Iwork?

2010-07-05 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Courtney, I hope the version of iWork you bought was iWork09 as it is the only one that is accessible. Cheers, Anne On Jul 5, 2010, at 3:56 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: Hi, Thanks for your help, after I heard that it is accessible, I went and bought it on Amazon, it was about $40.

Re: Iwork?

2010-07-05 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, Yes, I bought Iwork 09. I can't wait to try it. Courtney On Jul 5, 2010, at 12:18 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Courtney, I hope the version of iWork you bought was iWork09 as it is the only one that is accessible. Cheers, Anne On Jul 5, 2010, at 3:56 PM, Courtney Curran

Re: Iwork?

2010-07-05 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, Just adding something, when I bought it on Amazon, it said it comes on a CD rom. Anyone who bought it on Amazon, is this right, should it be a disc or download. But it did say it was Iwork 09, so it's the right program at least. Courtney On Jul 5, 2010, at 12:18 PM, Anne Robertson wrote:

Re: Iwork?

2010-07-05 Thread Pete Nalda
Hi, When you buy it at Apple it's also a cd in a box. I've never heard iWork as a download. On Jul 5, 2010, at 11:24 AM, Courtney Curran wrote: Hi, Just adding something, when I bought it on Amazon, it said it comes on a CD rom. Anyone who bought it on Amazon, is this right, should it be a

Re: renaming files

2010-07-05 Thread Cody Hurst
in the finder when you are ona file you press enter on it type the name and the extention and press enter again On Jul 5, 2010, at 11:37 AM, joseph wrote: hi listers, how can i rename a file and change its extension please? thank you -- You received this message because you are

Re: Getting Mail to behave the way it used to

2010-07-05 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello everyone, and thanks so much to all of you for giving me excellent help and feedback on my question. The solution described below works for me. If you ever need to read the long header for a specific message, just press Shift-Cmd-H. When you're done looking at the header, just invoke

Re: Getting Mail to behave the way it used to

2010-07-05 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello Anne, I find myself delightfully concurring with your assessment of Rhonda's awesome brain power; she is indeed brilliant! Isn't it great to discover how just one little tweak can make all the difference in the world? Cheers, Mike On 30,Jun,2010, at 10:39 PM, Anne Robertson wrote:

Re: Getting Mail to behave the way it used to

2010-07-05 Thread Michael Busboom
Hello Anne, Obviously, I am just now getting to a backlog of private e-mail. As I said in an earlier note, if you need to quickly and temporarily get to the header information, just do a Shift-Cmd-H. You don;'t need to go into the Preferences to change this each time. Best regards, Mike On

RE: Getting Mail to behave the way it used to

2010-07-05 Thread Kliphton.A.M
please forgive my ignorance, but I'm new to the mack OS, what program are you using to read email? Right now I'm using windows, and microsoft outlook, but will be getting a mack soon and want to know as much as I can before I receive it. Thanks. -Original Message- From:

Re: Getting Mail to behave the way it used to

2010-07-05 Thread Michael Busboom
Hi dan, While the Tab / Shift-Tab procedure works, the drawback is that you always have to Re-interact with the message list window, and this is time-consuming. Otherwise, it works very nicely. Cheers, Mike On 1,Jul,2010, at 12:19 AM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: Hi mIke, this happened since

Re: apple mail question

2010-07-05 Thread Kimberly thurman
If you delete a message and immediately realize you want that message back, you can hit control Z. You can do this several times and every time an E-mail message you have deleted will be added back to your inbox. I don't know how far back this will go, but it's handy for those instances where

putting macintosh hd on the desktop?

2010-07-05 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi I tried dragging the macintosh hd icon from the sidebar in finder to the desktop and it didn't work. I tried soe other things. So how do you guys put the macintosh hd icon onto the desktop? currently my desktop is empty. Josh Josh Kennedy jkenn...@gmail.com -- You received this message

Re: putting macintosh hd on the desktop?

2010-07-05 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Look in the finder preferences. The choice is pretty obvious. It's called Hard disks. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk Yahoo! Messenger: cin368 AIM: cincinster On Jul 5, 2010, at

Re: Webkit

2010-07-05 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Carolyn, I have had a look at the http://www.webkit.org site. To download the version of Webkit that is compatible with Mac OS10 go to the Wekbkit.org site and then go to download nightly 1. That will bring you to the correct place to download the correct version. If you are still having

Re: apple mail question

2010-07-05 Thread Carolyn
Hi: First, thanks for this. I've accidentally hit delete a few times and took the long way of getting it back. Second, if you look down below this message to Josh's original quiery, it is dated dec 31, 1999. Made me look twice and check my own mental calendar:) CarolynOn Jul 5, 2010, at 12:25

Re: Webkit

2010-07-05 Thread Carolyn
Allison: Thanks for the info. I downladed a version, and explored the read me file, and it seems to be a bunch of technical stuff. I added it to my applications, but still haven't figured out just what to do to enlist it's help.:) I'll probably take it up at my training session on Thursday,

iTunes Questions

2010-07-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys: I have to manually sync my iPhone due to the limited hard drive space. If I want to sync the Michael W Smith Freedom album, and some of the tracks from the freedom album are interspersed with other tracks from other albums in my table, how can I copy just the tracks from the particular

Genealogy-software on the Mac

2010-07-05 Thread David Hole
Hi folks. A short little question here. Does anyone here know of any good genealogy-software for the Mac? Something that's just easy to use, and saves to/or export to Gedcon-files, so it can be used in other software? Kind regards David -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Journaling software that is compatible with Leo?

2010-07-05 Thread Maurice Mines
I have a question, if there any journaling software that is real compatible that I can use to write down ideas for articles, some thoughts, some frustrations I have, also since I'm doing this on the computer I also need one that I can password protect, and/or encrypt. Under any good suggestions

Re: Genealogy-software on the Mac

2010-07-05 Thread clarence griffin
I wouldn't mind this either. My mother does this and is also interested in getting a mac, so this would be kind of cool to find her something to use. GF On Jul 5, 2010, at 2:59 PM, David Hole wrote: Hi folks. A short little question here. Does anyone here know of any good

Re: apple mail question

2010-07-05 Thread Cody Hurst
I found if you do that, which by the way the command is command z not control z, it only restored messages if you've only just immediately deleted them and if you close the inbox window and come back to it they will not undo On Jul 5, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: If you delete a

Re: putting macintosh hd on the desktop?

2010-07-05 Thread Cody Hurst
finder prefs On Jul 5, 2010, at 2:36 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi I tried dragging the macintosh hd icon from the sidebar in finder to the desktop and it didn't work. I tried soe other things. So how do you guys put the macintosh hd icon onto the desktop? currently my desktop is empty.

Seeing shared folders on other computers?

2010-07-05 Thread Kevin Mattingly
Can I look at shared folders on a windows machine on my mac and if so, where would I look at that? Kev -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from

Re: Getting Mail to behave the way it used to

2010-07-05 Thread Anne Robertson
On the Mac, the only accessible Mail application is Apple Mail which comes with your Mac. It works very well and integrates with Safari (the Web browser), Address Book, and iCal (the calendar program). Cheers, Anne On Jul 5, 2010, at 7:48 PM, Kliphton.A.M wrote: please forgive my

networking and voiceover and the mac?

2010-07-05 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi How do I use the mac to get my default gateway, IP address of my wifi router and other advanced information like that? Also if I gotta take my macbook over to the router, plug it in via ethernet to fix it, is it easy to tell the mac that I'm connecting through ethernet rather than wifi? and

Re: Getting Mail to behave the way it used to

2010-07-05 Thread Rhonda Hornbacher
Hi Everyone, I am glad that this works for you! I am guessing that the default before the update was show no headers but I could be wrong. It was very frustrating for me so I am glad I could pass this tip along! Hope everyone has a wonderful week, RJ On Jul 5, 2010, at 1:37 PM, Michael Busboom

iTunes

2010-07-05 Thread Jeff Berwick
Hi All, Is there a fast way to get to the bottom of a list of songs in iTunes? I have about 2600 songs and the songs at the bottom of the list are not properly tagged. As a result, everytime I open iTunes to work with these songs, I have to curser down through the first 2000 songs or so. Is

Re: apple mail question

2010-07-05 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi. If you just want to delete messages in your box but not trash once the messages have been read, can someone tell me how to delete from inbox only? Kawal. On Jul 5, 2010, at 7:25 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: If you delete a message and immediately realize you want that message back, you

RE: Getting Mail to behave the way it used to

2010-07-05 Thread Kliphton.A.M
Are you able to use your other email addresses? Like hotmail, Comcast, and Gmail and yahoo? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 3:09 PM To:

Re: networking and voiceover and the mac?

2010-07-05 Thread Kevin Mattingly
You can use the network utility application to see your network settings. I believe you can make some changes using this tool as well. It is in the utilities folder. When I hooked up my mac to the ethernet, I turned off the airport mode for network. It is easy to turn on or turn off. Kev On

Re: iTunes

2010-07-05 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Jeff, try VO-shift-fn-right arrow. THis should do what you want. Dan Eickmeier, Brantford Ontario Canada. MSN and email: va3ets2...@me.com, skype:va3ets. Follow me on twitter at http://twitter.com/va3ets On Jul 5, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote: Hi All, Is there a fast way to

Re: Getting Mail to behave the way it used to

2010-07-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi Kliphton, It's nice to see you on here. Yes. Apple mail supports all those e-mail addresses and more. On Jul 5, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Kliphton.A.M wrote: Are you able to use your other email addresses? Like hotmail, Comcast, and Gmail and yahoo? -Original Message- From:

Re: apple mail question

2010-07-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi Kawal, I believe just pressing backspace should do it. hth On Jul 5, 2010, at 4:26 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hi. If you just want to delete messages in your box but not trash once the messages have been read, can someone tell me how to delete from inbox only? Kawal. On Jul 5,

Re: iTunes

2010-07-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
Yes, You must first interact with the songs table. Then press VO shift FN right arrow. hth On Jul 5, 2010, at 4:25 PM, Jeff Berwick wrote: Hi All, Is there a fast way to get to the bottom of a list of songs in iTunes? I have about 2600 songs and the songs at the bottom of the list are

Re: networking and voiceover and the mac?

2010-07-05 Thread Cody Hurst
these questions really have nothing to do with accessibility for OSX Josh and probably if you searched you'd find the majority of your answers...home modems/routers usually have the default gateway of 192.168.x.x On Jul 5, 2010, at 4:12 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi How do I use the mac to

RE: Getting Mail to behave the way it used to

2010-07-05 Thread Kliphton.A.M
Thanks, nice to see you also. Will be testing the mack soon. Is it true everything has to be done with 2 or three keys? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 4:17 PM To:

ftp clients

2010-07-05 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I know there've been some discussions about this, so my apologies if I'm going over old territory. I've been playing around with FTP. A friend recommended that I use a program called Cyberduck. Just wondering if anyone has used this app, and if so, how accessible is it? TIA, Donna

Re: apple mail question

2010-07-05 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
IfI do that Ricardo, the mails do not get off the server. How to get around that? On Jul 5, 2010, at 10:17 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi Kawal, I believe just pressing backspace should do it. hth On Jul 5, 2010, at 4:26 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: Hi. If you just want to delete

Re: Getting Mail to behave the way it used to

2010-07-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
Yeah, But there are some ways around this. To move around you press control option and one of the arrows. There is a mode called quick nav that allows you to do most of your navigating with just the arrow keys. You can also assign commands to the num pad if you choose to use the num pad

Re: ftp clients

2010-07-05 Thread Cody Hurst
Yes, cyber duck does work fine, but when you connect to the server and expand the tree and go beyond the first level of the tree, it seems that only the file sizes are read and not the aactual file names ] Cody On Jul 5, 2010, at 6:08 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, I know there've been

Re: apple mail question

2010-07-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hmm, Have you gone to settings in Mail, and under accounts and the mail box behaviors tab see if store deleted messages on the server is uncheck? This is the only thing I can think of. On Jul 5, 2010, at 5:51 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: IfI do that Ricardo, the mails do not get off the

syrinx question

2010-07-05 Thread Chris Westbrook
I just downloaded syrinx for reading tweets, and I like it a lot, but I'm curious how to get to the top of the tweets table to see the newest tweets? I tried home, I think, and vo command home, but that doesn't seem to work. Using a macbook pro. Thanks. -- You received this message because

Re: syrinx question

2010-07-05 Thread Jessica and Goldina
hey Chris, try command b. that should bring you to the top of your tweets. it bookmarks your most recent tweet. peace and positivity Jessica and Goldina follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 2010-07-05, at 3:20 PM, Chris Westbrook wrote: I just downloaded syrinx for

Re: syrinx question

2010-07-05 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: Interact with the table, then press vo function shift left arrow to move to the top. Sarai Bucciarelli Personal Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia On Jul 5, 2010, at 5:20 PM, Chris Westbrook wrote: I just downloaded syrinx for reading tweets, and I like it a lot, but I'm

Re: syrinx question

2010-07-05 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, You press cmd-b. HTH, Courtney On Jul 5, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Chris Westbrook wrote: I just downloaded syrinx for reading tweets, and I like it a lot, but I'm curious how to get to the top of the tweets table to see the newest tweets? I tried home, I think, and vo command home, but that

setting the home page in webkit

2010-07-05 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi How do you change your homepage in the webkit web browser? I tried typing in a different home page in preferences, but it does not seem to want to change. Josh Josh Kennedy jkenn...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: setting the home page in webkit

2010-07-05 Thread Kevin Mattingly
It won't change for webkit as it launches. If you change it and then once you've opened the website for webkit, you can hit command-shift-H and you'll be taken to your home page. Thats just a feature of webkit to insure you're considering testing the latest versions. Kev On Jul 5, 2010, at

the mac and networking

2010-07-05 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi I went into network utility and maybe I missed it, but if I remember correctly the ip address of my router is 192.168..1 or .2.1 or something like that. In windows this address was listed under the default gateway. Where do I go in the utility to get the mac to give me that information?

Re: the mac and networking

2010-07-05 Thread Kevin Mattingly
Josh, It will be the same on windows or on the Mac. Go with 192.168.1.1 for the gateway. I suspect you can't go wrong with that one. Kev On Jul 5, 2010, at 8:05 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi I went into network utility and maybe I missed it, but if I remember correctly the ip address of my

Re: apple mail question

2010-07-05 Thread Kimberly thurman
Oops, I mean command Z. Sorry, old habits die hard. That was a throw back to windows. On Jul 5, 2010, at 2:50 PM, Carolyn wrote: Hi: First, thanks for this. I've accidentally hit delete a few times and took the long way of getting it back. Second, if you look down below this message to

Re: ftp clients

2010-07-05 Thread Donna Goodin
Hmm. That's a rather significant minus. Is there a demo? TIA, Donna On Jul 5, 2010, at 5:57 PM, Cody Hurst wrote: Yes, cyber duck does work fine, but when you connect to the server and expand the tree and go beyond the first level of the tree, it seems that only the file sizes are read and

Re: syrinx question

2010-07-05 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Interact with the table and then use VO command home or shift command left arrow to get to the top, then down-arrow to read down from there. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

No sound when tapping on IPhone

2010-07-05 Thread Frank Ventura
Hi all I must have done something foolish with my IPhone 4 and not even known it. The phone is functioning fine and Voice Over is speaking but when I tap on the screen I do not get the blip noise I used to get, and also when I press the volume up or down keys they don't beep with each touch. Other

Re: the mac and networking

2010-07-05 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
You're router is your default gaitway. Like I said in another message, you're worrying way too much about it. On 06/07/2010, Kevin Mattingly kdmattin...@gmail.com wrote: Josh, It will be the same on windows or on the Mac. Go with 192.168.1.1 for the gateway. I suspect you can't go wrong with

Re: iTunes

2010-07-05 Thread Chris Moore
Hmmm I could not get this to work either. Pressing VO + End just moves the cursor to the last year entry on the screen. Even tried to interact with scroll bar etc. The only thing I can suggest is change the sort order so the untagged songs appear first in the list. On 5 Jul 2010, at 21:25,

songs from cd's i burn compleatly dissapearing from itunes?

2010-07-05 Thread trahern culver
hey all i have a very strainge problem with itunes, some songs from cd's that i have burnt to itunes have compleatly dissapeared from itunes leaving these albums parshuly intact does any boddy know why this happens? and how to stop it from happening? your help with this problem would be most

Re: ftp clients

2010-07-05 Thread Cody Hurst
my bad, I use quick nav, so I should have told you to interact with the table, and then turn off quicknav if you use it then you'll be able to expand and collapse the tree table. Otherwise if you keep quicknav on you'll just cycle through the headers of the table like name, file size etc. Sorry

Re: No sound when tapping on IPhone

2010-07-05 Thread Cody Hurst
You probably hit the vibrate switch by accident it should be switched towards the screen and not the back of the phone On Jul 5, 2010, at 9:44 PM, Frank Ventura wrote: Hi all I must have done something foolish with my IPhone 4 and not even known it. The phone is functioning fine and Voice

Re: No sound when tapping on IPhone

2010-07-05 Thread Chris Moore
Have you accidentally flicked the silent / vibrate switch on the side of the phone next to the volume keys? On 6 Jul 2010, at 02:44, Frank Ventura wrote: Hi all I must have done something foolish with my IPhone 4 and not even known it. The phone is functioning fine and Voice Over is speaking

RE: cut, copy, and paste files

2010-07-05 Thread Bryan Smart
I'll have a better way to do this stuff in about a week. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Mattingly Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2010 5:55 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: cut, copy,

RE: Keyboard issues with fusion, suggestions?

2010-07-05 Thread Bryan Smart
I do something like this, but I map the right command key on the Mac to the caps lock key in Windows. Then, the caps lock becomes the Jaws keys when in Jaws laptop layout. And, throwing your VM in to full screen, and turning off VoiceOver will get your keyboard focus in to the VM. VMware is a

Move addict now completely accessible

2010-07-05 Thread Yuma Antoine Decaux
Hi list, After a few back and forth mails, the developer of move addict has made his application completely accessible. Move addict allows the user to cut and paste system wide and in finder, as an add-on. Here is the link: http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/563803/review/moveaddict.html

Re: Move addict now completely accessible

2010-07-05 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, That's a great utility, I just downloaded it. Thanks, Courtney On Jul 6, 2010, at 12:14 AM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: Hi list, After a few back and forth mails, the developer of move addict has made his application completely accessible. Move addict allows the user to cut and paste

Re: Move addict now completely accessible

2010-07-05 Thread Chris Moore
Fantastic On 6 Jul 2010, at 05:14, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: Hi list, After a few back and forth mails, the developer of move addict has made his application completely accessible. Move addict allows the user to cut and paste system wide and in finder, as an add-on. Here is the