Re: the unix shell and mac terminal

Even easier, use script. First run script typescript.tmp enter. Next run your job. Next type exit enter. Next type col -bx typescript.tmp typescript enter next type rm typescript.tmp enter finally type less typescript enter and find out what happened in your job. I usually just interact

Re: the unix shell and mac terminal

Hi Josh, Dave, Karen, Scott, and Others, If you want a good place to start learning about using the terminal and types of commands that you might issue from Terminal, I'd recommend Take Control of the Mac Command Line with Terminal by Joe Kissell:

Re: Droids and Macs

It does, with two major drawbacks. there is no way to read text line by line, and there is no way to arrow around in your message if you need to correct a typo. You can move around, but Talkback won't tell you where you are. Donna On Aug 29, 2010, at 12:53 AM, Pete Nalda wrote: Hi, Question

Re: Multiple recipients in to: field?

Hi Michael, I simply press the return key after either entering the complete address (if new) or after the voiced address if it's known to Mail. Pressing return automatically lets Mail know that you wish to enter a new recipient without the need of a comma or semi-colon. This will work in

Re: the unix shell and mac terminal

Did you have to recompile the kernel to install Speakup? For some reason, I thought that Speakup wasn't available as Debian packages. On Aug 29, 2010, at 8:52 AM, Keith Watson wrote: Actually I just googled debian vmware and appliance. I can't remember the name of the image, but that should

Re: Keyboard issues with fusion, suggestions?

I have a Mac Book Pro. No USB keyboard. Follow the instructions in the post if you can, start the sharp key program in your virtual machine. Remember to unzip it first. Then there is the first list where you select the key to change. i.e. the grave key. Then in the next column which you

Pandora buffering problem

Hi, I am attempting to use the free version of Pandora on the iPhone 4. When I first install it, it will play about 8 or 10 songs just fine and then stop buffering. At that point, there will be a pause in the music every few seconds. This only seems to happen over my wireless network. When

Renaming Folders?

Strange as it seems, I haven't had a reason to do this on the Mac yet but I noticed today there doesn't seem to be any way to rename a folder. This seems strange to me but does anyone know how to do this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Renaming Folders?

In Snow Leopard, I just press return on the folder name, type the new name and press return again, just like renaming a file. John On Aug 29, 2010, at 11:54 AM, David McLean wrote: Strange as it seems, I haven't had a reason to do this on the Mac yet but I noticed today there doesn't seem

Re: -- SPAM -- Re: Renaming Folders?

Thanks. I thought that was the case but for some reason the particular folder I'm trying to rename doesn't seem to allow that whereas normally it works. I think that is because I copied the folder from a cd volume. So I'm thinking the folder is read-only or something similar. I'll have to

How to put items in the doc

Hi I am trying to put items in the doc but I am not finding the keep in doc menu item. I am trying to add webkit this is on a new install of snow leopard on a mac minny. Thanks, Corey -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to

Re: Description of the Finder and how to best understand VO method of navigating on the screen

Jude DaShiell wrote: What aApple refers to as elements or items are referred to as controls in Windows, but usually only the more technical descriptions of windows interfaces ever mention that term. Everyone both Microsoft and Apple used the set of controls from universal computer interface

Re: How to put items in the doc

Hi Corey! All you have to do is open webkit so it appears in the doc! Then when it is there scroll to it and press vo - shift - m to bring up that menu and then scroll to keep in doc and vo space bar from then on webkit will stay in the doc! hth Colin Skype focus_66 On 29 Aug 2010, at 19:07,

Re: Renaming Folders?

Hello just whack enter on the folder name, type what you want and hit enter. Same goes for file names. It will only highlight the file name not the extension in the file renaming case. Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gmail.com: website: http://music.marrie.org youtube:

Re: -- SPAM -- Re: Renaming Folders?

That's odd. I rename folders I copy from dvd volumes and cd volumes all the time. I wonder if somehow you can change the state from read only to normal? Sarah Alawami MSN: marri...@gmail.com aim: marri...@gmail.com: website: http://music.marrie.org youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 Podcast:

audio source button in airfoil has become nonresponsive

Hi all, My subject line pretty much says it all. I hadn't used this app in a while, but it is up to date; I just checked. I wanted to use it with Safari just now, something I've done a lot in the past. And I can't activate the audio source button. I vo space on it or use the magic track pad to

Re: -- SPAM -- Re: -- SPAM -- Re: Renaming Folders?

permissions from read only to read/write. That allowed me to use the normal rename procedure, press enter and enter the new name. Strange problem.Ok what I determined for those who run into this problem, you need to go into the get info menu and open up the more information section and go down

further to the airfoil problem

I should note that airfoil still works if I use it with Itunes. I just tried that. Itunes must be set as the current audio source, and my inability to access the menuy of sources means I can't change it. I wonder if perhaps something is messed up with permissions in some way, such that airfoil

Re: -- SPAM -- Re: -- SPAM -- Re: Renaming Folders?

Sorry for the garbled message folks. What I mean to say so below: For those who run into the problem in which a folder rename doesn't work, go to the get info menu, then arrow to the more info item and expand it, and go down to the permissions table, interact on it and change the permission to

RE: How to put items in the doc

Hi thanks that worked perfectly. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of focus Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 2:51 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: focus Subject: Re: How to put items in the doc Hi Corey! All

RE: windows screen readers

That's good to know. Thanks. Rafael From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados [scott.grana...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 12:58 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re:

Re: audio source button in airfoil has become nonresponsive

Hi Mary. You need to do VO shift space on the sources button. This is the VO context menu command. It brings up a menu where you choose your source. If the app you want isn't listed, you can select other applications, which presents a dialog where you can choose from any app. HTH Darcy On

Going back a page and searching for text using Safari.

Hi All. Been doing a bit of browsing today using You Tube. Before, I swear, I could use command left arrow or command right arrow to move forward or back a page. Is that so? If so, it's not working. Also you should be able to do command F to search for text on a web page (just like control

Re: audio source button in airfoil has become nonresponsive

Hi Darcy, vo shift space brings up the apple menu, not the audio source menu for me. audio source is a button, just like effects. Muscle memory wants to do vo space but its didn't work, so I did try vo shift space and it definitely brings up the apple manu, not the audio source menu that has my

Re: Going back a page and searching for text using Safari.

Kawal, In Safari, use Command+left bracket to go back. Or, use the delte key. To search with VO, use VO+F on the web page. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Going back a page and searching for text using Safari.

Thanks Kevin, much obliged. On 29 Aug 2010, at 23:17, Kevin Shaw wrote: Kawal, In Safari, use Command+left bracket to go back. Or, use the delte key. To search with VO, use VO+F on the web page. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Rss app for ipad

Hi, Does anyone know a good rss reader for the ipad Sent from my iPad -- 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 this group, send email to

Re: bookshare books

Hi Rafaela, My name is Merlinda, and I am a sighted software developer located in Ottawa, Canada. I am also part of the InDaisy Reader software development team. I see that some of you are discussing how to use InDaisy Reader to read books from Bookshare. Here is just a short description on how

Pandora on the Mac

Hi, I was wondering if there is any way that is accessible to use Pandora on the Mac? I can use it on my iPod and iPhone just fine, but I didn't know if there were any accessible ways of using it on the Mac side. Thanks for any help, Jeffrey -- You received this message because you are

Re: Pandora on the Mac

Hi Mary, I was able to get sighted assistance to login and get it to work on my mac. Now I just go to the sight and it begins to play. This is not much help, however it does answer the question that it does work on the mac. Later, Scott On Aug 29, 2010, at 9:28 PM, Mary Otten

Re: audio source button in airfoil has become nonresponsive

Hi Mary. Sorry that was my fault. I meant to say vo shift m. Not sure why I said space there. Darcy On 2010-08-29, at 5:16 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Hi Darcy, vo shift space brings up the apple menu, not the audio source menu for me. audio source is a button, just like effects. Muscle memory

Re: Pandora on the Mac

Hi Scott, When you go to the Pandora site on your Mac, and something starts playing, can you make new stations etc? Or do you just have whatever station your sighted friend set up? I have this station link that opens and plays in pandora, but I haven't been able to do anything else once I'm in

downloading/reading bookshare books

Hi all, I just tried to grab a book from bookshare.org using webkit. The zip file downloaded just fine, but I can't seem to get a password prompt when I go to unzip the file. It just tells me that it failed to extract. Also, when I used windows I would just open the .xml file from daisy

Re: downloading/reading bookshare books

Hi John, I don't know if this has to do with it, but I unzip my files using unarchiver, a free software that unzips any kind of file. when I unzip the bookshare book it does give me the prompt for the password. and yes, you can open the xml file and you can read the book with safari. Hth,

disregard my last: re bookshare stuff

I figured it out. I had to extract the book using stuffit expander. All is good, now. -- 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 this group, send

Re: bookshare books

Hi Merlinda, thanks for your help. I actually figured this out yesterday. But I seem to be having a problem. sometimes when I use the voiceover gesture to read all, to read the book continuously, it does OK. but sometimes it takes me back to the content window and I can't read it like that. do

RE: New Pages (iWork '09) support for creation of ePub documents

Hi esther, Thanks for that. I plugged my ipad in lastnight and ran the updates. So it should now be up to date with with both apps and os. Now I'm just waiting on my blueant q1 to arrive and I'll be able to use the ipad for skype. Chers -Original Message- From: