Re: changing Audible format on the Mac?

2010-12-14 Thread Donna Goodin
Hey Ricardo, Thanks! this was really bugging me. :) Donna On Dec 14, 2010, at 12:45 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi Donna and Ray, To change the format, go to the my library section. Now Press VO Command H to go down 1 heading to the my library heading. VO right arrow once and you will

Syncing Question

2010-12-14 Thread Jane
How do I tell iTunes to take all Played episodes of a podcast off the iPad? It just leaves them there when I do a sync; the only way I have seen to fix this so far is to delete them in iTunes before I sync, but there ought to be a better way; maybe I am missing it? Jane -- You received this

Re: default to plain text e-mails questions

2010-12-14 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello; I don't know where the setting is for sure but I imagine it is under the compose tab in mail settings where you can put the default mail to plain text. then if yo send one that is rich text or has attachments it will just prompt you to either stay in plain text or convert to rich

RE: VoiceOver before login?

2010-12-14 Thread Jon Squally
Mark, Thank you very much, this worked perfectly. Regards, Jon. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark BurningHawk Baxter Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 06-17 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject:

Virtual Box

2010-12-14 Thread Kevin Mattingly
It may have been discussed on here before but I figure, what the heck, I'll ask again. Is Virtual Box accessible on the Mac? Kev -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: default to plain text e-mails questions

2010-12-14 Thread Colin M
Hi there! I do not know if this will work! But could you set up a rule to do this! So you do not have to mess around with settings all the time! I do not know what you can [or not] do with rules but it says if this criteria is met do the following action! And if it works when you've set up your

setup apple TV

2010-12-14 Thread Chris G
Hello, Is there a way to get the apple TV setup without any sighted assistance? -- Chris G cgrabowsk...@gmail.com -- 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

Re: setup apple TV

2010-12-14 Thread Kevin Mattingly
Maybe there is. Try this... once you have it up and running, you can possible get it going with voice over by using the remote to more the the furthest menu on the right. The top choice is general. Press the enter button on the remote (press it in the middle). Arrow down to the bottom of the

Re: accessible internet speed test sites

2010-12-14 Thread Patrick Neazer
Hello Chad and all: Give this one a try: http://ispgeeks.com/wild/modules.php?name=Bandwidth_Meter_DSL This was recommended to me when I was having trouble with my comcast service. While on the phone with the rep I let him know that the other sites were not readable by me. He informed me that

Can't eject cd

2010-12-14 Thread cougar1...@gmail.com
Hello, I have a cd in my Mac Mini that won't eject. I have turned the computer off and back on again and I hear the computer trying to access the cd but it still won't eject. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Can't eject cd

2010-12-14 Thread Ray Foret Jr
My guess is that there's usually some kind of emergency ejection feature. Try looking for a paper clip type button, (you know the kind I mean) and press it. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray On Dec 14, 2010,

Re: Can't eject cd

2010-12-14 Thread louie
When powering on the puter hold down the left mouse button. This will eject the stuck disk. If it does not eject time to go to the Apple store. On Dec 14, 2010, at 9:46 AM, cougar1...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have a cd in my Mac Mini that won't eject. I have turned the computer off and

Re: Can't eject cd

2010-12-14 Thread Chris Moore
Turn your Mac mini on and after you hear the mac startup sound, hold down the mouse button. This will perform a forced CD eject after a few seconds. Chris PS The paperclip thing does not work on slot loading drives On 14 Dec 2010, at 17:50, Ray Foret Jr wrote: My guess is that there's

Re: My Eyepal demo is here.

2010-12-14 Thread Eric Oyen
heh. ok, I get confused when the full name is not used. anyway, at least you are trying to bring some light into the lives that would otherwise have none. -Eric On Dec 13, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: Hi Eric Oyen, No worries, i wasn't addressing myself to you :) -- You

Re: Virtual Box

2010-12-14 Thread Eric Oyen
short answer: no longer answer, some of the controls and not intractable with voiceover. I can tab between some of the unknown buttons and get a machine running, but setting one up? forget it. -Eric On Dec 14, 2010, at 9:25 AM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: It may have been discussed on here before

Re: Can't eject cd

2010-12-14 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, Just out of curiosity, where's the left mouse button? Courtney On Dec 14, 2010, at 12:54 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Turn your Mac mini on and after you hear the mac startup sound, hold down the mouse button. This will perform a forced CD eject after a few seconds. Chris PS The paperclip

Re: Can't eject cd

2010-12-14 Thread louie
That depends what mouse you have. If you have a Mac mouse there is only one way to click the mouse just push it down. The left mouse button is on the left. Hehe On Dec 14, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Courtney Curran wrote: Hi, Just out of curiosity, where's the left mouse button? Courtney On Dec 14,

Re: Virtual Box

2010-12-14 Thread Sarah Alawami
Can't you run it via the terminal or am I thinking parelells? On Dec 14, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: short answer: no longer answer, some of the controls and not intractable with voiceover. I can tab between some of the unknown buttons and get a machine running, but setting one up?

Re: Can't eject cd

2010-12-14 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, With my mac mini, I don't even have a mouse, since I'm the only one who uses it? But with a macbook, I see what you mean, (Smiley). Courtney On Dec 14, 2010, at 1:50 PM, louie wrote: That depends what mouse you have. If you have a Mac mouse there is only one way to click the mouse just

Re: Can't eject cd

2010-12-14 Thread Colin M
Hi there! In that case would a vo+shift+space mouse click do it! Colin On 14 Dec 2010, at 19:22, Courtney Curran wrote: Hi, With my mac mini, I don't even have a mouse, since I'm the only one who uses it? But with a macbook, I see what you mean, (Smiley). Courtney On Dec 14, 2010, at 1:50

itunes oddness

2010-12-14 Thread Sarah Alawami
Ok I cannot explain this well but I'll try by getting to the point. my podcasts when I want to uncheck one not to sync it with my phone are dimmed. Not all of them though. Here is a recording I put together. Sorry it wounds scattered but i had to take care of something in the middle of it.

Solving CAPTCHAS

2010-12-14 Thread Ezzy Bueno
Hi all, Is there a program that will solve CAPTCHAS on the Macs? Thanks, Ezzy Bueno Sent from my BrailleNote Apex (512) 553-8553 Skype: sillyezFacebook: www.facebook.com/sillyez -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Re: Can't eject cd

2010-12-14 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yep I had someone with a similar problem and they had to go to the apple store. This is common in the older 2007 macbooks. Take care. S On Dec 14, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Courtney Curran wrote: Hi, With my mac mini, I don't even have a mouse, since I'm the only one who uses it? But with a

Re: default to plain text e-mails questions

2010-12-14 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh I didn't think of a rule. I've just been doing the keystroke. I'll have to look in to that one. S On Dec 14, 2010, at 8:50 AM, Colin M wrote: Hi there! I do not know if this will work! But could you set up a rule to do this! So you do not have to mess around with settings all the time!

Re: Solving CAPTCHAS

2010-12-14 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Ezzy: You can get capchias solved by going to Salona.net I've never done this, but I'm told it works well. (Personally I'd like to wring the neck of the brain who came up with that way of screening out 'bots.:) Carolyn Haas On Dec 14, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Ezzy Bueno wrote: Hi all, Is

Re: Virtual Box

2010-12-14 Thread Eric Oyen
I have never used parallels so I cannot exactly comment on that one. -Eric On Dec 14, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Can't you run it via the terminal or am I thinking parelells? On Dec 14, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: short answer: no longer answer, some of the controls

Using the iPhone as a track pad on the Mac

2010-12-14 Thread Marc Workman
Hi, I was thinking it might be nice to use my iPhone to control navigation on my Mac mini. I've looked through the archives to see if anyone has tried this successfuly, but I couldn't find anything conclusive. There are several apps that are suppose to turn the iPhone into a track pad. I've

Re: Solving CAPTCHAS

2010-12-14 Thread Ezzy Bueno
Hi Carolyn, I used Solona for Qwitter. LOL. Thanks. I'll give it a try! Ezzy - Original Message - From: Carolyn Haas chaas0...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:45:18 -0700 Subject: Re: Solving CAPTCHAS Hi Ezzy: You can get capchias solved

Re: Using the iPhone as a track pad on the Mac

2010-12-14 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Marc, Unfortunately, there is no app that allows you to use the iPhone as a trackpad that works for trackpad commander. This is a hardware limitation and nothing to do with the apps. Cheers, Anne On 14 Dec 2010, at 23:11, Marc Workman wrote: Hi, I was thinking it might be nice to

Re: Text navigation and selection was Re: macbook pro command

2010-12-14 Thread Andre Nuno Soares
Hi Marlaina, There seems to be a slight difference between editing mode and read-only mode. When reading a mail or browsing a Webpage, only command left or right arrow works. When editing text, both control and command work. Oh well... André PS: Oh, and thanks Erik for the original info,

Re: Solving CAPTCHAS

2010-12-14 Thread Sarah Alawami
it works, except when they are not online to do it. it all works through volunteers who solve the captchas andI think they are usually online at night. lol! S On Dec 14, 2010, at 12:45 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: Hi Ezzy: You can get capchias solved by going to Salona.net I've never done this,

Re: iPhone headset

2010-12-14 Thread Scott Granados
It's very small. One side is a curved pice that fits to the ear with a removable stabilizer. It's long and slides in two sections that are attached as a boom mic. You can simply extend it open to answer a call or press a button with out opening fully. There are a few buttons mostly call

Re: Solving CAPTCHAS

2010-12-14 Thread Ezzy Bueno
Hi Sarah, OK, so how exactly do I tell it to solve a CAPTCHA? I've only used it on my PC on Qwitter. LUL! Ezzy - Original Message - From: Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:42:19 -0800 Subject: Re: Solving CAPTCHAS

Re: VoiceOver before login?

2010-12-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, this is done in the accounts and log in options scren in system preferences. On Dec 13, 2010, at 7:10 PM, Jon Squally wrote: Hello all, Is it possible to enable VoiceOver before login automatically as you can with windows screen readers? I know that you can press command+f5, but

Re: Using the iPhone as a track pad on the Mac

2010-12-14 Thread Mike Arrigo
There is no way to do this, but if you purchase the magic track pad, it does work with voice over. On Dec 14, 2010, at 4:11 PM, Marc Workman wrote: Hi, I was thinking it might be nice to use my iPhone to control navigation on my Mac mini. I've looked through the archives to see if anyone

safari questions

2010-12-14 Thread denise avant
hello all, after being an internet explorer user for years and years, i am trying to learn to use safari. what question i have is what the command is for jumping to text on a page once you have landed on the page you need. i'm not finding safari with vo as intuitive as ie is with windoweyes or

Re: Can't eject cd

2010-12-14 Thread Chris Moore
No COlin, you need a physical mouse connected to the computer to perform this action on startup as VO is not available on startup. On 14 Dec 2010, at 19:27, Colin M wrote: Hi there! In that case would a vo+shift+space mouse click do it! Colin On 14 Dec 2010, at 19:22, Courtney Curran wrote:

Re: Virtual Box

2010-12-14 Thread Chris Moore
What is it? Is it like Fusion, or Drop Box or something? On 14 Dec 2010, at 16:25, Kevin Mattingly wrote: It may have been discussed on here before but I figure, what the heck, I'll ask again. Is Virtual Box accessible on the Mac? Kev -- You received this message because you are

Re: safari questions

2010-12-14 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Deniese: Probably the quickest way I've found is to invoke the web roter with VO-u, and look for headers or links. Or, do Vo-f and look for the first couple words in your title. Beyond this, I'm still trying to find a better answer. A third thing you can try is Vo-i for item chooser.

Two questions:printing labels and keyboard commander

2010-12-14 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi listers: I am trying to figure out how to print labels with the Macbook Pro. I downloaded the template for the avery 8160 labels I have, but can't figure out how to accomplish getting them to print. I finally had to break down and use the pc to put my jerky order out.:) Then Alex was not

Re: Can't eject cd

2010-12-14 Thread Chris Moore
By default on a mac there is no left or right button as Macs come with a one button mouse. However if you plug in a two button mouse then you would have to use the left mouse button to perform this action. On 14 Dec 2010, at 18:44, Courtney Curran wrote: Hi, Just out of curiosity, where's

anyone using skype 5 beta with os10 having this issue

2010-12-14 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello to all. When a chat comes in sometimes the chat html frame won't refresh. I've made sure dom mode is on and the only way to do this that is refresh the window is to restart skype. I cannot consistently reproduce this. but I sent feedback about this. I don't know if this is a voice over

Re: Can't eject cd

2010-12-14 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Chris, Actually, you are misinformed. The Mac does come with a two button mouse and has shipped with such since the introduction of the Mighty Mouse a number of years ago. The Mighty Mouse and Magic Mouse are touch sensitive in multiple areas. So, in the case of the Mighty Mouse, if you

Re: Virtual Box

2010-12-14 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yep it is another virtual machine. Good luck. On Dec 14, 2010, at 8:30 AM, Chris Moore wrote: What is it? Is it like Fusion, or Drop Box or something? On 14 Dec 2010, at 16:25, Kevin Mattingly wrote: It may have been discussed on here before but I figure, what the heck, I'll ask again.

Re: Solving CAPTCHAS

2010-12-14 Thread Sarah Alawami
You submit a screenshot to there site with cmd shift 3 and submit it. by default it will save to the desktop. submit the png file and they should be able to solve the captcha in 90 seconds or less. On Dec 14, 2010, at 5:51 PM, Ezzy Bueno wrote: Hi Sarah, OK, so how exactly do I tell it to

Re: safari questions

2010-12-14 Thread Teresa Cochran
You can use VO-command-n to move to the next web spot or use the web rotor and find web spots. Teresa On Dec 14, 2010, at 8:04 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: Hi Deniese: Probably the quickest way I've found is to invoke the web roter with VO-u, and look for headers or links. Or, do Vo-f and look

Re: anyone using skype 5 beta with os10 having this issue

2010-12-14 Thread Dan Eickmeier
Hi Sarah, i'm experiencing this as well, and I find it happens after i've cleared my recent conversations, and I get a chat after that. I've found that going back and forth a bit between that conversation, and the next item above or below that, and then stoping interaction with the sources

Re: Solving CAPTCHAS

2010-12-14 Thread Ezzy Bueno
Thanks Sarah! Ezzy - Original Message - From: Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date sent: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:03:02 -0800 Subject: Re: Solving CAPTCHAS You submit a screenshot to there site with cmd shift 3 and submit it. by default it will save to