Re: Just re-introducing myself with more questions.

2011-04-21 Thread Pete Nalda
Johnny about the Calendar and Contacts, OSX already comes with very nice apps for Personal information management. I find both iCal and Address book to work well with VoiceOver, and easy to use at that. I believe the Database program people have referred to is called Bento, and I've heard it

mail starting up automatically

2011-04-21 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi gentlebeings, For some reason, when I restart my Mac Mini, mail comes up automatically. I haven't been able to find a way to turn off that...feature. I've looked in preferences, in the menus and even system prefs. No joy. Any ideas? Friendly, Chris -- You received this message because you

Re: Reminder for how to set a mail rule

2011-04-21 Thread Christine Grassman
I'm sorry if this is a completely ridiculous question, but what would constitute a rule -- what is this used for? Christine On Apr 20, 2011, at 5:38 PM, carolyn Haas wrote: Hi Marlaina: Press cmd-comma to get to mail preferences. Interact with the toolbar and vo-arrow right to rules. Stop

Re: mail starting up automatically

2011-04-21 Thread Colin M
Hi Chris! If you go to the doc, and go to mail in the doc, open vo+shift+m and in there under options sub menu you should find you've got open at log in checked just uncheck it and [maybe ] check keep in doc instead! Colin Qapla! Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak On 21 Apr 2011, at 07:16, Chris

Re: mail starting up automatically

2011-04-21 Thread Scott Howell
Well it would seem you have enabled this perhaps in the DOck. :) If you go to Mail in the Dock, perform a control click (right click) for VO this would be a VO-keys-shift-m and look for the options submenu, open that menu and press return on the option to launch Mail at login. I believe that is

Re: mail starting up automatically

2011-04-21 Thread Scott Howell
Huh, good job I missed your note in this thread. EIther way we'll get him sorted out. Scott On Apr 21, 2011, at 6:37 AM, Colin M wrote: Hi Chris! If you go to the doc, and go to mail in the doc, open vo+shift+m and in there under options sub menu you should find you've got open at log in

Re: mail starting up automatically

2011-04-21 Thread Colin M
Hi Scott! I just posted just before you :] We were both typing at the same time! After I sent mine I saw that someone else had also answered! Colin! I'm far too bad for Heaven! The Devil is afraid I'll take his place! On 21 Apr 2011, at 11:39, Scott Howell wrote: Huh, good job I missed your

A question about kindle.

2011-04-21 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi all. I know that kindle app is not accessible, but can we do something to the kindle books, so we can read them on IPhone or IPad. I know it is offtopic on this list, but if anyone can help, I would be glad, if you will send me a private email. I need a lot of books, Which I can not buy

Re: A question about kindle.

2011-04-21 Thread Kimberly
I'd like to hear the answer to this question too. Kimber On 4/21/11, Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. I know that kindle app is not accessible, but can we do something to the kindle books, so we can read them on IPhone or IPad. I know it is offtopic on this

Re: Reminder for how to set a mail rule

2011-04-21 Thread carolyn Haas
Hi Christine: The mail rules area way to control how mail takes care of messages. For example, Let's say I want to have every message from my students go to a particular mailbox. I can set a rule so that when a message has a particular clue , such as the word lesson it goes into a folder or

a few questions about my new Mac

2011-04-21 Thread Tony Hernandez
HI all. Well, it's here, and I'm having a blast, but I do have a couple of questions. Fis is regarding mail. How do I get rid of the preview pane? I don't want my emails to be marked as read just because I select them in the table. The other question is about Skype. How can I get the incoming

Re: A question about kindle.

2011-04-21 Thread Christine Grassman
This actually does bring up something pertinent, for any Apple devices: I read yesterday that Amazon is going to make it possible for Kindle owners to download library e-books. Apparently, there are something like eleven thousand libraries which provide e-downloads of books. I was completely

Re: a few questions about my new Mac

2011-04-21 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Tony, On 21 Apr 2011, at 15:20, Tony Hernandez wrote: Fis is regarding mail. How do I get rid of the preview pane? I don't want my emails to be marked as read just because I select them in the table. To get rid of the preview pane, navigate to the horizontal splitter, make sure that the

Cookies in safari

2011-04-21 Thread .dan.
How does one empty whatever file holds the cookies for safari? XB IC|XC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Reading Order in Preview?

2011-04-21 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, folk, I have a one-page pdf document with a schedule for a festival in it. Voiceover seems to be reading from left to right, top to bottom. Tables aren't indicated, so I'm not sure if I can somehow convert this into a table. Anyhow, the document is spoken with all the days first, then the

Re: Cookies in safari

2011-04-21 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Dan, When in Safari, go to the Safari menu beside the Apple menu, choose reset Safari. A new dialog will appear where you can check which items you wish to clear such as History, Empty Cache, Clear cookies and much more. Later... On 2011-04-21, at 10:23 AM, .dan. wrote: How does one

RE: a few questions about my new Mac

2011-04-21 Thread Tony Hernandez
Hi Anne. Oh thank you! That was driving me bonkers. Voice Over is wonderful. Tony Hernandez http://dutyofman.net/ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every

hd not showing up on desktop

2011-04-21 Thread Tony Hernandez
HI all. I have been looking around for a way to put the hd on the desktop, but I can't find it. Would someone please tell me how to do this? Thank you in advance. Tony -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group,

Re: hd not showing up on desktop

2011-04-21 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Tony, Check Finder Preferences, which you can get into via command-comma. The General tab has what you're looking for. Best, Zack. On Apr 21, 2011, at 10:14 AM, Tony Hernandez wrote: HI all. I have been looking around for a way to put the hd on the desktop, but I can't find it. Would

ITunes Store seems to be down

2011-04-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Anybody else here getting the We could not complete your request. The Itunes store is temporarily down. Please try again later. With the Okay button on the right. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook:

Re: hd not showing up on desktop

2011-04-21 Thread Ashley Cox
go into finders prefs (cmd comma when in the finder), check the box for had discs, and then press cmd W. ash On 21/04/2011 18:14, Tony Hernandez wrote: HI all. I have been looking around for a way to put the hd on the desktop, but I can't find it. Would someone please tell me how to do

How to rout system audio through an application

2011-04-21 Thread Thomas Byskov Dalgaard
Hi! How can I rout the system audio through an application such as Skype? I have tried wired tab but found it inaccessible at first. Does anyone know of a better way to do this? Best regards THomas Mail MSN: t...@coolfortheblind.dk website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ blog:

Re: A question about kindle.

2011-04-21 Thread Esther
Hi Christine, Amazon is planning to work with OverDrive to implement library ebook downloads. There is an OverDrive app for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad that will let you download audiobooks and ebooks from libraries, and other independently purchased sources. I know you're already

List of files in Pages and Textedit no longer appearing alphabetically

2011-04-21 Thread Israel
Greetings listers, I'm so use to my list of files in Pages and TextEdit appearing in alphabetical order that I am a bit concerned what I may have done that as of today, I noticed files, while still in list view, are not in alphabetical order. The alphabetical order enables me to move through

Facebook app now even more accessible

2011-04-21 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, After the long wait the facebook app is now at least as far as i have looked fully accessible. The long standing bug where the comment and like buttons weren't available is now gone. Next to the posts in the latest facebook app posted April 20th are first an image that says photo and then

RE: Facebook app now even more accessible

2011-04-21 Thread KliphSharrie
What is the exact name of the face book ap? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 4:58 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Facebook app now even more

Update on Safari and Tables

2011-04-21 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi guys: Remember me asking for help with survey tables in Safari? Well, I had to do another survey. Carolyn and recardo were right, you have to interact with the blank looking cell to see the check box. You interact, vo space to check, stop interacting, and vo down to the next row. Thanks for

Re: hd not showing up on desktop

2011-04-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
In finder, press command comma to open the finder preferences. You will find some options here to set what drives show on the desktop, check the ones you want, including hard drives. On Apr 21, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Tony Hernandez wrote: HI all. I have been looking around for a way to put the

working with terminal apps

2011-04-21 Thread Joseph Norton
Hi list: I just got frotz compiled on the Mac here so I can play some of my old Infocom games. I wonder if there are any tricks to make terminal talk more smoothly. I miss a few lines of text when the game prints more than a few lines. Not tooo big of a deal since I can interact with the

Re: be ware the new click to flash. Can't even watch youtube now

2011-04-21 Thread Buddy Brannan
Hi guys, Now all the videos on a page are playing by themselves, and I can't figure how to get to ClickToFlash's settings page. It isn't in the usual place anymore, i.e. extension info. I just found it once by accident when it updated I guess. Anyone know how to get at the preferences for this

Re: working with terminal apps

2011-04-21 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Joseph, If I may suggest an alternative, while I haven't used frotz on the Mac, I do love ZOom. That will play not only zCode games, but Tads and Adrift and Glulx as well. It speaks game text. I imagine it would have issues with Bureaucracys forms, sadly, but at least you won't be losing

Re: mail starting up automatically

2011-04-21 Thread Chris Snyder
Hi Scott, It worked perfectly. I had no idea that there were options like that in the dock. I generally don't use my dock as it is actually easier to set up a script to activate mail, safari, Amadeus Pro etc. Thanks a lot for the help. Friendly, Chris On Apr 21, 2011, at 3:39 AM, Scott Howell

Re: be ware the new click to flash. Can't even watch youtube now

2011-04-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Yep. the thing you need to do is open up the short cut menu and at the bottom of this menu you will find the Click to Flash prefs. In the player tab, which you get to by pressing VO+space on the tab and then VO+right till you get to the controls, you want HTML 5 as the default player. YOu

Re: be ware the new click to flash. Can't even watch youtube now

2011-04-21 Thread Buddy Brannan
There's only one problem. Where is the shortcut menu? -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Apr 21, 2011, at 10:06 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Yep. the thing you need to do is open up the short cut menu and at the bottom of this menu you will find the

Re: be ware the new click to flash. Can't even watch youtube now

2011-04-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Surely I thought you knew. VO+shift+m. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Apr 21, 2011, at 9:35 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: There's only one problem. Where is the shortcut menu?

Re: how do you create folders on an iphone...

2011-04-21 Thread carlene knight
Hi: I found out how to do that the hard way when my phone icon disappeared and I had inadvertently created a business folder and it was in there. Oops. :) On Apr 17, 2011, at 9:34 AM, Doug Lawlor wrote: On 4/17/2011 4:11 PM, Ed Worrell wrote: My question is pretty simple. How do you create

Re: be ware the new click to flash. Can't even watch youtube now

2011-04-21 Thread Buddy Brannan
I was wondering if that's what you meant, but I sure can't find anything useful there. I VO+shift+M on the flash or on the video element controller but not a useful clicktoflash thingy do I find. So, I was hoping you meant something else that I had overlooked. I even tried uninstalling the

Re: be ware the new click to flash. Can't even watch youtube now

2011-04-21 Thread Buddy Brannan
Oh. Wow. Helps to read the fine manual, or in this case, web page. Option+comma does the trick. Super. Sorry for the panic. I didn't read down far enough before. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Apr 21, 2011, at 11:02 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: I

Re: be ware the new click to flash. Can't even watch youtube now

2011-04-21 Thread Ray Foret Jr
First, you need to press space on the Click to flash prefs option off the short cut menu. There's a scrole area on the very right that you may need to interact with. Once you do, you should see the prefs window. Go to the short cut tab off the main prefs window and make sure that show flash

Re: Help with Safari locking up constantly please

2011-04-21 Thread carlene knight
I use Dom and have problems. I have had to turn off navigate all images in the VO prefferences to even use Safari, but wouldn't recommend that unless you are having major problemns. I have to just turn VO off and back on, sometimes twice while loading the comments page in Facebook. . Very

Re: a few questions about my new Mac

2011-04-21 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi TOny, As far as Skype is concerned, look into Growl, which you can download from www.growl.info. It supports Skype and many other Mac programs, and will let you configure its notifications in a preference pane. Hope this helps, Zack. On Apr 21, 2011, at 7:47 AM, Tony Hernandez wrote: Hi