Re: safely remove hard ware on mac

Isn’t there a “Force Empty trash somewhere (poss. cmd+shift+e). Also, another option is to quit whatever app is claiming ownership to that file, and then quit that app. This happen to me the other day with pages running. I then just quitted out of Pages, and, voila! was able to get rid of the

Re: safely remove hard ware on mac

Thanks, I’ll give that a try. I just tried to eject it again and got a message saying it was still being used. where do I find disc utility? On 9 Dec 2013, at 2:26 am, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Are you making sure you are on the icon for the stream in your desktop before > doing cmd-e? Also, I c

Re: focusing in Windows using Fusion?

For years I used full screen because I thought that was the logical thing. I’ve more recently learned that everything works better if you don’t use full screen mode. Depending on the task, it may be helpful to flick VO off to avoid conflicts, but I don’t even find that many conflicts. I move bac

Talking Dashboard (was Speakable Items)

Yes, but I haven't worked on it recently, and Mavericks broke my ram script. Mavericks introduced some very exciting features, and I'm thinking of making a version of Talking Dashboard for 10.9 and above only. I'll keep the list posted. On Dec 8, 2013, at 11:14 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote: > Hi. >

Re: Trouble with mail

This doesn't sound like any problem with Mail preferences or System Preferences. It is a known issue with gMail on Mavericks. Apple is working on a fix, but who knows ho long before they really fix it. If you want more information on it, a Google search is bound to bring up plenty of results. Ch

Re: Speakable Items

Hi. I was just curious if talking dashboard is still available? Thanks. On Dec 8, 2013, at 10:11 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Here's the link, but don't forget Applevis has a search form. This was the > first result I got when I searched for "speakable items". > http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episod

Re: Speakable Items

I have never gotten speakable items to work except for when an Apple representative helps me. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2013, at 10:11 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Here's the link, but don't forget Applevis has a search form. This was the > first result I got when I searched for "speakable

Re: Speakable Items

Here's the link, but don't forget Applevis has a search form. This was the first result I got when I searched for "speakable items". http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/speaking-your-mac-using-dictation-and-speakable-items-get-siri-functionality-os-x On Dec 8, 2013, at 9:34 PM, Jessica D wro

Re: Speakable Items

I cannot get this to work either. What is the podcast called? Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2013, at 8:39 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Try turning Speakable Items off and back on again, or switch the listening > method from pressing a key to always on. I made a podcast about this and > dictatio

Re: Converting Lossless WMA files on the mac

Hi, Take a look at this page: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2006111220215232 The last comment explains a way of using QuickTime along with Flip4Mac to do this. I’m not sure if it will work with the latest version of QT but it may be worth a try. Later.. Tim Kilburn Fort McMurr

Re: Speakable Items

Try turning Speakable Items off and back on again, or switch the listening method from pressing a key to always on. I made a podcast about this and dictation for www.applevis.com, but I don't know if it would be helpful or not. Also, are you running Mavericks? In older versions of OSX I found Sp

Re: Speakable Items

Hi, Are you speaking the commands to calibrate while your Escape key is pressed? The Escape key normally needs to be down in order to both calibrate and to issue commands unless you’ve set it differently in the System Preferences. There shouldn’t be anything else you need to set anywhere else

Re: Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't Staying Put

Hi, I’ve never used Radium myself, but there are some apps like Google Drive and DropBox that run more like a Service and thus don’t appear on the Dock. They can still be added to the Dock though by locating the app and pressing the cmd-ctrl-shift-t key combination. Only items that the MacOS

Re: Hi and can anyone help with finding a music clip?

Hi, That’s great. It appears that those items are placed in the local Library file not the “All Users” one. Glad it worked. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Dec 8, 2013, at 6:23 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: > Ok that did the trick! > I had already done the 1st 2 options but it was t

Re: Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't Staying Put

radium has never shown up in my dock. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2013, at 8:21 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > In order for the cmd-ctrl-shift-t command to work, you need to be in the > Finder, with the given application selected, then press the key combination. > If you are already

Re: Hi and can anyone help with finding a music clip?

Ok that did the trick! I had already done the 1st 2 options but it was the using the [Go Menu] option where they turned up! *smile* Cheers! Colin On 8 Dec 2013, at 22:45, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > If you’re seeing them when you see other sound files, then try looking in > these places: >

Re: Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't Staying Put

Hi, In order for the cmd-ctrl-shift-t command to work, you need to be in the Finder, with the given application selected, then press the key combination. If you are already in the app, then go to the Dock with VO-d, navigate to the Radium item, press VO-shift-m to bring up the Contextual menu

Speakable Items

Dear List,I can't get speakable items to work. In accessibility it says that it is turned on, all command check boxes are checked,my internal microphone is selected,the ESC key is assigned as listen key and yet it doesn't work. How long do you have to hold the escape key down for? How do you calibr

Re: Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't Staying Put

Radium won't show up in the dock at all for me. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2013, at 7:15 PM, Phil Halton wrote: > > I always use the method below to add apps to the dock, > 1) open the app > 2) find it in the dock while the app is running. > 3) from the context menu (VO shift M) go into th

Re: Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't Staying Put

The command given for, put item in dock, results in a dinging sound. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2013, at 6:57 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi Jessica, > > What do you mean that this doesn’t work for Radium? It doesn’t stay on the > Dock? Or, the Options menu does not have the “Keep in Do

Converting Lossless WMA files on the mac

I’ve spent all afternoon on this puzzle with no success. I purchased switch which I’m using to convert a variety of file types. I have some lossless wMA files I’d like to convert to AAC or MP3 or anything the Mac likes. I tried to convert them using Switch and it said I needed Flip for Mac and of

Re: Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't Staying Put

I always use the method below to add apps to the dock, 1) open the app 2) find it in the dock while the app is running. 3) from the context menu (VO shift M) go into the options submenu and select "keep in dock". . On Dec 8, 2013, at 4:12 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: > I have tried multiple t

Re: Installing apps on new macbook air

Hi, If you run the updates from the Purchased Items window of the AppStore (cmd-4), it may list older updates that aren’t necessary along with the newer ones. When running Software Update from the Apple menu or the Updates window of the AppStore (cmd-5), which by the way are actually the same

Trouble with mail

Hello all, I’m having serious trouble with mail, and I am not sure what to do at this point. The program is not downloading folders properly. It downloads some recent messages, but not others. It skips around in downloading certain messages in my main Google inbox. I may have some wrong setti

Re: Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't Staying Put

Hi Jessica, What do you mean that this doesn’t work for Radium? It doesn’t stay on the Dock? Or, the Options menu does not have the “Keep in Dock” choice? Or, something even different? Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Dec 8, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Jessica D wrote: > this does no

Re: Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't Staying Put

Hi Cheryl, No, TextEdit is not on the Dock by default. Things like the iLife apps, Mail, Contacts, Calendars and such are but TextEdit doesn’t seem to make the cut. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Dec 8, 2013, at 4:06 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > It should have been in the dock

Re: Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't Staying Put

this does not work with radium, why is this? Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2013, at 6:06 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > > It should have been in the dock by default as I rtecall but maybe not. > > -- > Cheryl > > Go beyond the Christmas story this year; > meet Immanuel (God with us), > Jesus,

Re: Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't Staying Put

Ah. Got it. Thanks much. Christine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send em

Re: Installing apps on new macbook air

Hi, Sounds like the older version of the software update isn't needed. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsub

Re: Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't Staying Put

It should have been in the dock by default as I rtecall but maybe not. -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Christ, the risen Lord. On Dec 8, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: > I have tried multiple times to

Re: Hi and can anyone help with finding a music clip?

Hi, If you’re seeing them when you see other sound files, then try looking in these places: 1. Open Macintosh HD,:Library:Sounds. 2. Open Macintosh HD,:System:Library:Sounds. 3. When in the Finder, go up to the menubar, to the Go menu, then use VO-down arrow until it says Library. Look with

Re: Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't Staying Put

Hi, If the app is running, then navigate to that item on the Dock, press VO-shift-m, arrow down to Options, right to the sub-menu and choose “Keep in Dock”. Apps that are running will appear on the Dock when running and disappear when quit unless you perform this step or if they’ve already bee

Re: Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't Staying Put

Hi, Christine In order to use that keystroke, you must be focused on the TextEdit app in the apps folder. HtH, Teresa "The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete Graham On Dec 8, 2013, at 1:12 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: > I have tried multiple times to add Text Edit to the dock,

Installing apps on new macbook air

Hi I have just started up my new macbook air and are in the process of installing updates. Went into software updates and working down the list. Installed the first one which was Garageband, Apple, 08 December 2013. I see at the bottom of the list there is a Garageband 6.0.5 05 July 2013 which

Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't Staying Put

I have tried multiple times to add Text Edit to the dock, with cmd, ctrl, shift t. It appears, but when I quit out of Text Edit, then go to the Dock to open it, it is gone. What gives? Thanks. Christine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionarie

Re: ibooks on the mac, how do you all magane this?

You can press enter or command-down-arrow when in listview to open a book. Ibooks on the Mac is not as useable as it is on iOS. I use the next chapter item in the menus and then interact with the last html content I find, which is usually the next chapter. It is useable, but not as convenient as

Re: item chooser

Hello Christina, I'm guessing that your VoiceOver preference settings for the "Menus" tab under the "Visuals" category of VoiceOver Utility somehow got changed, or perhaps the preference file associated with this setting got corrupted. If you previously used the option under VoiceOver Utility

Re: last pass

Hi, I find it accessible. I would not say it was easy to use but doable. A bit of a learning curve to start but worth it. Max On 8 Dec 2013, at 1:02 pm, wayne17a wrote: > Hello list is last pass accessable with vo and if yes is it easy to use > thanks in advance -- You received this messa

Re: Vuescan again.

Hello Annie, You can export your settings in Vuescan into a file and load them when you need them. You will find these options under file menu in Vuescan. I set Vuescan settings for instance for .tiff file and multipage and save the settings with an appropriate name. So if I need to change my

Re: moving an item to the dock

Hi Don, The command to move an application to the Dock is Command-Control-Shift-t, if you’re using Mavericks. To add an item to the Dock, open your Applications folder and locate the app you want to add. Then, just type the key combination above. VoiceOver will say something like “Add to Doc

Re: moving an item to the dock

Thanks tim, That worked perfectly. I’m a happy camper again! Don On Dec 8, 2013, at 9:48 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > It’s cmd-ctrl-shift-t, you were missing the cmd key in your sequence. > There’s no need to take anything off as you can put tons of items there if > you wish. > > La

Re: Renaming a table in the new Numbers using Mavericks

Hi Anne and thanks for your answer. As always, very helpful to me. :-) All the best Jürgen Am 08.12.2013 um 10:00 schrieb Anne Robertson : > Hello Jürgen, > > You’ll find Mouse Keys under Accessibility in System Preferences. The default > hot key to toggle Mouse keys on and off is Option 5 time

Re: Hi and can anyone help with finding a music clip?

Hi! OK one of them is named: Z NFL Play's when selected but cannot be found, also for info the Sounds folder where the Mac sounds are like Frog and glass which also show up in the list of sounds to choose from in the menu are all listed but the ones I'm looking for are not in there with them! I

Re: moving an item to the dock

Hi, It’s cmd-ctrl-shift-t, you were missing the cmd key in your sequence. There’s no need to take anything off as you can put tons of items there if you wish. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Dec 8, 2013, at 10:22 AM, don bishop wrote: > Hi I tried the control shift t and all

using iTunes U?

Hi all, I have downloaded a couple items from an iTunes U course, but I can't find them. When I go to iTunes U, I just get an HTML area with information and other items from the course, but I can't figure out how to locate any of my items. What am I missing? Thanks. Have a great day, Alex (msg

Re: moving an item to the dock

Hi I tried the control shift t and all it does is make the ding sound. I’m pretty sure I had radium selected before doing this. Also, I have all the default icons on the dock. Do I need to remove some of them to make room for the radium icon? Simply unsure as to what I’m doing wrong here. D

Re: Popup Menus in Numbers

Hi, A Checkbox seems to work. The Slider will yield a new window which allows you to Interact with the Slider but I can’t consistently change the value. I got it to change once or twice but couldn’t figure out how I did it in order to repeat. That gave me ideas so I checked the Pop-up once a

Re: Hi and can anyone help with finding a music clip?

Hi, System files and many Library files are exempt from searches so normal search methods won’t yield results. It’s also possible that these files are located within a specific package thus not usually searchable either. What is the name of one of the files you’re looking for? Later… Tim Ki

Vuescan again.

Hi again. Ok now I have been playing a little more with vuescan. I am not intirely sure, but it looks to me as if I need to set some options to auto instead of the recommended settings from Anne. I have just scanned 30 pages and got nearly perfect results. I think 1 problem with vuescan is that

Re: safely remove hard ware on mac

Are you making sure you are on the icon for the stream in your desktop before doing cmd-e? Also, I can't remember from when I had a Stream but does the Stream just mount as one item? The reason I ask is that when I attach my mp3 player the player mounts and the sd card mounts separately and I ha

Re: focusing in Windows using Fusion?

I don't know about anyone else. But I RARELY use windows and the mac side at the same time. I have windows running yes, but I don't have to do things on them at the same time. So when I am using windows, I turn voice over off. This has been working for me since fusion 4, and windows focuss's

Re: ibooks on the mac, how do you all magane this?

I cannit even open an ibook. I am in grid view. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 8, 2013, at 2:36 AM, Anouk Radix wrote: > > Hi, I hate to bring this up again, maybe I am doing something wrong but > reading ibooks on the mac (using braille) remains quite the challenge. > Next chapter command does

Hi and can anyone help with finding a music clip?

Ok! This one has me stumped, I've got a few music clips on the iMac somewhere but to find the files location seems to be impossible! The Trash is completely empty and doing a search using the correct spelling on the whole iMac brings up no results! But in things like Speakable items or even Skype

Re: Popup Menus in Numbers

Hi, I too tried everything I could think of, and was most surprised that a physical click on the trackpad didn't even seem to work. If anyone has a sighted person handy, it would be interesting to ask them what's happening. I'll do the same. IN the meantime seems like this is worth reporting to

Re: safely remove hard ware on mac

Thanks lesette and ray. much appreciated. :) On 8 Dec 2013, at 9:12 pm, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > No. No safely remove hardware option. Remember, this ain’t crashy clunky > windows. Best thing to do is press cmd+e to remove the Stream as a drive. > When it’s been ejected, then you can unplug

Re: muting voice over speech

I don't know if you have a keyboard in your Braille display but I know on my Refreshibraille I can hold down the space bar and press the letter m (dots 1, 3, 4) to toggle speech on or off. That seems to work on both Mac and iOS. On Nov 22, 2013, at 4:40 PM, Andrew Head wrote: > Hi Teresa, > T

Re: safely remove hard ware on mac

No. No safely remove hardware option. Remember, this ain’t crashy clunky windows. Best thing to do is press cmd+e to remove the Stream as a drive. When it’s been ejected, then you can unplug it. Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely,

Re: LinkedIn driving me crazy.

Yeah and I just read the other day that Linkedin had actually done some a11y work on their site some time back. Well, what's up. I think their site is absolutely horrid in its present state. On Nov 24, 2013, at 3:52 PM, eric oyen wrote: > I am still on OS X Lion here and I have never been able

Re: Renaming a table in the new Numbers using Mavericks

Hello Jürgen, You’ll find Mouse Keys under Accessibility in System Preferences. The default hot key to toggle Mouse keys on and off is Option 5 times. When Mouse Keys is on, the 9 keys with the letter ‘i’ at the centre, take control of the mouse which you click with the letter ‘i’. So, to move

Re: Renaming a table in the new Numbers using Mavericks

Hi Anne, thanks for the hint. Could you please explain what exactly means to turn on mouse keys? Thanks and all the best Jürgen Am 07.12.2013 um 21:07 schrieb Anne Robertson : > Here’s a way to rename a table in the new Numbers. > > • Navigate to cell A1. > • Bring the mouse. > • Turn on Mouse

Re: Renaming a table in the new Numbers using Mavericks

Hello Tim, Try starting further along the header row. It’s certainly temperamental and only a workaround. Apple needs to fix this. Cheers, Anne On 8 Dec 2013, at 01:06, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi Anne, > > Thanks for this. It doesn’t seem to be working for me though in Table 1. I > can chan

Re: Abbyy Fine Reader Pro

Hello Janet, FineReader Pro shows up as Finereader.app not ABBYYFineREader. Cheers, Anne On 8 Dec 2013, at 04:38, Janet Ingber wrote: > Hi Anne, > > I did the steps you mentioned. Only Abbyy Fine Reader Express is showing up > in my Applications folder. I definitely opened the disk image