Re: help! tables and pages

2011-11-13 Thread Gigi
Hi guys. Tables has been my most painful part of switching to the Mac. I signed up for on-to-one with Apple when I got my Mac, and I have been there three times trying to work out the difficulties with my tables. It was, by folks on this list, that told me to put the text into Numbers and then

for those who love the siri feature

2011-11-13 Thread Yuma Decaux
Check the video http://www.cultofmac.com/129575/use-speakable-items-to-bring-siris-functionality-to-your-mac-video-how-to/ Very good too -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionari

reading with voice over in text edit

2011-11-13 Thread Ahmed Alomran
Hi all when I start reading in text edit by pressing VO plus A and if I want to pose for a while, i havn't figured out how can I read from where I am, when I press VO plus A again it takes me to top of file rather than reading from where i am. is there a short cut that enables me to read from

Re: Attaching a file in apple Mail seems ridiculous

2011-11-13 Thread David Eagle
O my goodness, are we bringing our special brand of comedy to the mac list as wel. Is there no escape for the poor souls? Thanks for the tips everyone. the copy and paste thing is very welcome. On 13 Nov 2011, at 14:22, CHUCK REICHEL wrote: > Hi David, > You half to know what file is your "gar

Re: help! tables and pages

2011-11-13 Thread Kevin Shaw
Hi matthew, I understand that you can copy the table in to Numbers and work with it normally. I'm not sure what progress has been made with Voiceover and tables within Pages itself, but I do know that copying the table into Numbers does work. Hope this helps, Kevin On 2011-11-13, at 8:11 PM, M

Re: iPhone update

2011-11-13 Thread carlene knight
Hi: I had no issues when I did this, but I do have an IPhone 4S. I've had issues that others don't have too, so I think that sometimes these electronics have minds of their own. On Nov 12, 2011, at 3:59 AM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > Hi guys. > I did an update to my iPhone last night directly to

dvd player question.

2011-11-13 Thread Jessica Moss
I've started using the dvd player on the macbook pro, and can't figure out how to move back and forth between the chapters in the disc. I've looked through the control list in the menu's, and can't find a thing. Can anyone help here? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: iPod to Mac?

2011-11-13 Thread lpna...@gmail.com
What ever happend to Senuti? That was once really popular for this purpose. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. Traci wrote: Has anyone used a program to transfer content from an old iPod to their Mac? A friend has an old iPod Nano, that is Mac formatted.

iPod to Mac?

2011-11-13 Thread Traci
Has anyone used a program to transfer content from an old iPod to their Mac? A friend has an old iPod Nano, that is Mac formatted. Her old Mac is not working, but she'd like to rescue her music on the Nano. Yesterday, I looked at programs where she can basically import her music from her iPod

Re: Attaching a file in apple Mail seems ridiculous

2011-11-13 Thread CJ Daniel
Hi, For me, it's a case of creating a new email, pressing Command-Shift-A to attach a file, VO-Cursoring over to the image list view, VO-Shift-downarrow to interact with it, moving to the downloads folder, selecting with VO-spacebar & browsing to the file in question & selecting, again, with VO

Strange behavior in Finder and VoiceOver

2011-11-13 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello everyone. I took my Mac Mini to the Apple store to have my Optical DVD drive replaced. When I got it back and boots it up, mail works fine and so does VM Ware fusion. However, VO no longer comes up at login and does not shut down when I do command f5. In addition, finder is not showing my

Re: Dragon Express Introductory pricing

2011-11-13 Thread Maurice Mines
The question of God, is in this application for an IOS device, or actual computer? If it is foreign IOS device this may, or may not be usable with voiceover. If it's for the computer, half lead it will be usable by us. Hope this helps. On Nov 12, 2011, at 4:19 AM, Garth Humphreys wrote: > HI >

Re: VOICE RECOGNITION WITH VOICEOVER?

2011-11-13 Thread Maurice Mines
YouWhen discussing the use of voiceover with speech recognition, one must keep in mind that when dictating to a computer is best to not have voiceover nodding. I use Dragon on a daily basis, and so far if I keep voiceover off it seems to go significantly faster. As I've said before I think it is

Pianopub issues was: Preparing for clean lion install

2011-11-13 Thread Missy Hoppe
I'm using 1.5. It didn't work under snow leopard, though. I just kept getting the problem reporter. I've found that if I turn off voice over and turn it back on, then Piano Pub reads the way it used to, but I don't think I should have to do that. I'm going to try to get everything fully up and

RE: Preparing for clean lion install

2011-11-13 Thread Daniel Miller
Missy, What version of PianoPub do you have? A friend and I are using version 1.5, and it's working beautifully. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Missy Hoppe Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 4:00 PM To: macvision

RE: Preparing for clean lion install

2011-11-13 Thread Missy Hoppe
I am using piano pub. That's actually what prompted me to attempt the clean lion install; Piano Pub no longer supports Snow Leopard. Under Snow Leopard, it read beautifully, but for some reason, under lion, there are just images where the title and artist info should be. I'm going to keep trying

RE: Dropbox accessibility

2011-11-13 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, Read my message carefully, I said in Lion Recovery, not in the status menus when you're actually using OS X. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 3:41 PM To: macvi

Re: Dropbox accessibility

2011-11-13 Thread Ricardo Walker
Whoa! The wifi menu? All the Apple menus in the staus menu are accesible over here. Its the 3rd party apps that aren't. As far as dropbox goes, I agree its not accessible but, it is useable. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Nov 13, 2011

RE: Dropbox accessibility

2011-11-13 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, Unfortunately, dropbox has never been accessible on the mac, since it relies on a menu bar that VO can't gain access to. This just isn't the case for dropbox, however, it's an issue with all apps that use that type of interface, including the Wifi menu in Lion Recovery. I've emailed apple abou

RE: Preparing for clean lion install

2011-11-13 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi, Use PianoPub, it's more accessible than Pandora. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 2:22 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Preparing for clean lion

Re: Preparing for clean lion install

2011-11-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, In Users & Groups, Interact with the Users, Groups and Login Options List, and navigate down to Login Options. stop Interacting With the List then navigate right until you locate the "Use VoiceOver at Login" checkbox. Sorry, I can't help with Pandora, I don't use it. Later... On 2011-11-

VOICE RECOGNITION WITH VOICEOVER?

2011-11-13 Thread Chris Westbrook
JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS TRIED DRAGON WITH VOICEOVER? I THINK LION HAS SPEECH RECOGNITION BUILT IN, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN SPEAK INTO TEXT FIELDS. THANKS FOR ANY ANSWERS. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to th

RE: Preparing for clean lion install

2011-11-13 Thread Missy Hoppe
Hi! I have no idea why vo doesn't always speak it's welcome message; it almost always starts, but as I said, it's usually stuck in some weird window that doesn't exist, so I have to command tab before I can do anything; and I have no clue when it's OK to do that command tab since VO almost never

Re: Preparing for clean lion install

2011-11-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, The option you're looking for in System Preferences is Users & Groups. Lion has made this option more in line with servers and other OS's that use that terminology. I'm not sure why your computer has the "hit and miss" when it comes to VO turning on automatically, I've only experienced th

Re: Back and forward in Safari on iPad

2011-11-13 Thread Pete Nalda
On my iPad running iOS 5, the back and forward buttons are at the top left of the screen. Just keep flicking left, and you should find them. Egun. On, Lagunak! (Basque for "G' day,Mates"), Louie P. (Pete) Nalda Http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda Http://www.Facebook.com/lpnalda Http://www.linked

Dropbox accessibility

2011-11-13 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
Hi, I am guessing, since I just can't get it to sync, that the version of Dropbox, even though I downloaded and installed the Mac specific version from the dropbox.com website, isn't accessible? Is there an earlier version of dropbox which is accessible? Where might I find it? Can anyone give m

Re: Back and forward in Safari on iPad

2011-11-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
I use an IPod touch, so I'm assuming it will be similar. At the bottom of the screen are the back and forward buttons, along with a few others. HTH, Teresa "Man is matter's ability to contemplate itself."--Albert Einstein On Nov 13, 2011, at 3:39 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > Dear Listers, > >

Re: solving visual captchas with mac and safari

2011-11-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
It should be set up that way. You can double-check by going into VO Utilities/commander/keyboard commander. HTH, Teresa "On the other hand, there are different fingers." On Nov 12, 2011, at 1:48 PM, Johnny Angel! wrote: > Hi all, > > I saw this in the archives. Is set up the same in Lion? >

Re: Search in Apple Mail

2011-11-13 Thread Teresa Cochran
Thanks for the tip. Teresa "We are made of star-stuff"--Carl Sagan, Cosmos On Nov 12, 2011, at 11:13 AM, CHUCK REICHEL wrote: > Hi Teresa, > If you mark a hotspot first on the message table it becomes very quick going > from search field to messages table. :) > > Talk soon > > > Chuck > In

RE: Preparing for clean lion install

2011-11-13 Thread Missy Hoppe
Hello, all. I did the clean install of lion last night as planned, and so far, I must say that I think it was a complete waste of time. VO sspeaking at start-up is still hit or miss, and I now find myself stuck in something called T.I. switcher; basicly the exact same problem as the com.doc.apple

RE: Attaching files in apple Mail for Gavan

2011-11-13 Thread Daniel Miller
Allison, You can also turn off quick nav and press right arrow to expand the folder, or press VO plus the backslash key to expand it with quick nav on. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Allison Manzino Sent: Sund

Re: A question about Dropbox and Flash-player

2011-11-13 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
Thanks. Are there any other-accessible-programs which one can use to read Flash content then? I guess, I'll have to use Windows to read it for now. On 13 Nov 2011, at 04:44, Chris Blouch wrote: > I can at least answer the second question. Yes, Adobe has chosen to not make > Flash accessible

Attaching files in apple Mail for Gavan

2011-11-13 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Gavan, I have had the same issue with attaching files in Apple Mail. THe only way to rectify this is to press command down arrow to open the folder. Then, you can see the files in that folder and select the one you want to attach. Once you find the file, just press enter like normal. I hop

Re: SMC and EFI Updates

2011-11-13 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, definitely, if software update lists these as updates, install them. On Nov 13, 2011, at 7:27 AM, Gavin wrote: > Hi Guys, > > When checking for software updates, I'm told that I have an SMC as well as an > EFI update. I only got this MacBook Pro about a month ago, and I've updated > these

Maybe an alternative to Chrome and Safari?

2011-11-13 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hello, I was idly browsing through a blog i follow in Newsrack when i stumbled upon this article about a new kid on the web browser block. It's called Raven and since it is free i decided to take this baby for a spin. It's built on Webkit, so reading web pages is accessible. It has a bunch of un

Re: Attaching a file in apple Mail seems ridiculous

2011-11-13 Thread Larry Skutchan
Another thing to do is turn off quick nab and use right arrow to expand the folder. On Nov 13, 2011, at 7:25 AM, Gavin wrote: > Hi David, > > I've come across this behaviour as well. It seems that, on the Mac, we don't > have 2 different browser dialogs. On Windows, you have an open file dialo

Re: Attaching a file in apple Mail seems ridiculous

2011-11-13 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi David, You half to know what file is your "garget" file before attaching it! :) Chuck PS just kidding with the Eagle! PT joke that is! LOL . On Nov 13, 2011, at 7:18 AM, David Eagle wrote: > Here we go again. Just as me and the Mac start to get along, the Mac goes and > does something comple

RE: SMC and EFI Updates

2011-11-13 Thread Daniel Miller
Hi Gavven, There's nothing wrong with downloading those updates, so yes, download them when they're available. They don't get released that often, actually, and you'll be able to downgrade to SL if you ever need to. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisi

SMC and EFI Updates

2011-11-13 Thread Gavin
Hi Guys, When checking for software updates, I'm told that I have an SMC as well as an EFI update. I only got this MacBook Pro about a month ago, and I've updated these twice since then. Should I download every single EFI and SMC update that becomes available? I'm a little bit dubious about doi

Re: Attaching a file in apple Mail seems ridiculous

2011-11-13 Thread Gigi
Hi David and everyone. Somebody on this list told me an absolutely wonderful way to save attachments, which as far as I know, you can't do in Windows. I do this all the time because I have to attach a lot of files. I go to Finder and select with the files I want with shift down arrow. Then I pre

Re: Attaching a file in apple Mail seems ridiculous

2011-11-13 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, just find the file in finder, copy it. and paste it into the body of your email. Wam! it's attached. Have fun, Erik Burggraaf This month in Ebony Promos: Two new gps systems for demo. Mac OS Lion When will it be supported? Ebony Consulting at accessibility Unconference Toronto. To read m

smartsync: resetting contacts with iclaud

2011-11-13 Thread William Windels
Hello, I have installed smartsync on my iphone to have all the foto's of my facebookfriends and the birthdays aswell in my contactlist. But, I am not that happy with the result and I have removed smartsync. But now, can I restore the original contactlist from my iclaud backup? It seems I can onl

Re: Attaching a file in apple Mail seems ridiculous

2011-11-13 Thread Gavin
Hi David, I've come across this behaviour as well. It seems that, on the Mac, we don't have 2 different browser dialogs. On Windows, you have an open file dialog and a browse for folder dialog. On the Mac the normal open file dialog is shown, and whether or not entire folders will be selected d

Re: Apple Mail

2011-11-13 Thread David Eagle
you can skip to the last message in your inbox by doing the end command. On my macbook pro this is the function key, Control Option Shift right arrow. On my external keyboard I think it's control option shift end. HOpe this helps. On 13 Nov 2011, at 06:48, Rahul Bajaj wrote: > Hi all, > > I

Attaching a file in apple Mail seems ridiculous

2011-11-13 Thread David Eagle
Here we go again. Just as me and the Mac start to get along, the Mac goes and does something completely ridiculous. This time I'm trying to send a file attachment in Apple Mail. I'min list view. I like list view and use it all the time for various rings but it seems as if Apple Mail doesn't like

Back and forward in Safari on iPad

2011-11-13 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Dear Listers, Is it possible to move back and forward in Safari on iPad? I don't seem to be able to find a way to go back to the previous page, nor can I find a way to make Safari always open in, let's say, google.com. Is there any documentation which I could read to find out more about navigating