Re: card reader issues

2014-08-19 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
just a thought but have you checked that the card isn't right protected? Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 19/08/2014 04:10, Ray Foret Jr wrote: I suspect that something's gone wrong with the card reader on my Mac book pro. It seems that, no

Re: Installing windows on my mac using bootcamp

2014-08-19 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
I have created a guide over at www.applevis.com Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 19/08/2014 00:21, Joseph wrote: Hello list, Is there any I as a totally blind person can install windows on my mac with bootcamp? Is there anything in particular

Re: card reader issues

2014-08-19 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Why of course. The little switch is in the right posission. Sincerely, the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! On Aug 19, 2014, at 1:31 AM, Christopher Hallsworth

Re: Installing windows on my mac using bootcamp

2014-08-19 Thread Phil Ewin.
How accessible is the multi-boot process - in order to select the operating system you want. Also, how accessible are the two partitions, if you want to migrate files between those two systems. Thanks, Me. - Original Message - From: Christopher Hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com To:

Re: Installing windows on my mac using bootcamp

2014-08-19 Thread Joseph
Hello, Thanks a bunch. I'll look at it later this morning. On Aug 19, 2014, at 12:53 AM, Phil Ewin. long.c...@virgin.net wrote: How accessible is the multi-boot process - in order to select the operating system you want. Also, how accessible are the two partitions, if you want to migrate

Re: card reader issues

2014-08-19 Thread David Griffith
Another pretty obvious point but have you tried another SD card in the reader? Only last night I found that I had a SD Card which could be read fine in one reader but could not in another. It seems to me that some readers have different levels of tolerance of SD Cards as they get oder and the

a curiosity regarding the desktop

2014-08-19 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I notice that when I boot my Mac, the desktop that I am taken to seems to be a sort of scaled down version of the desktop. That is to say, it only contains the aliases I have set up, I don't see the sidebar or toolbar. Why these two versions of the desktop? And if I wanted to, is

Re: a curiosity regarding the desktop

2014-08-19 Thread Devin Prater
I believe the desktop you're seeing is the full desktop. The desktop you want is the finder folder view of it. On Aug 19, 2014, at 4:53, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi all, I notice that when I boot my Mac, the desktop that I am taken to seems to be a sort of scaled down

Re: a curiosity regarding the desktop

2014-08-19 Thread Donna Goodin
Oh, that makes sense. thanks. Donna On Aug 19, 2014, at 5:19 AM, Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com wrote: I believe the desktop you're seeing is the full desktop. The desktop you want is the finder folder view of it. On Aug 19, 2014, at 4:53, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi all,

Re: card reader issues

2014-08-19 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Ditto was going to suggest the same. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 19/08/2014 09:52, David Griffith wrote: Another pretty obvious point but have you tried another SD card in the reader? Only last night I found that I had a SD Card which

Re: Installing windows on my mac using bootcamp

2014-08-19 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
The first one it is accessible if you use the startup disk method. If you use the hold the option key at startup method then you have to kind of guess the order of the boot menu. If I am correct OS X can read from but not write to NTFS partitions while Windows can read from but not write to

Re: macs and braille displays

2014-08-19 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Well you can access it but the braille support is not as great as for example in jaws or window eyes. THe best screenreader i've seen is infact cobra for windows and orca or brltty for linux. Theycan be used without speech. /A 18 aug 2014 kl. 19:24 skrev Sabahattin Gucukoglu

Re: macs and braille displays

2014-08-19 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! For me i want voiceover to have better braille support. But i don't know how to describe it so people can understand it. /A 18 aug 2014 kl. 19:59 skrev The Believer ancient.ali...@icloud.com: Are you wanting full braille access without VO involved at all? Perhaps I am pragmatic about

Re: macs and braille displays

2014-08-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I think that the best way to approach this with people who don't actually use braille is to give concrete examples of what you cannot now do with the braille and what you want to do with it. Then if possible explain something about how that would work or how it can be done. Even with people who

DVD Player for the Mac

2014-08-19 Thread Jim Fettgather
Hi to the list. I have run onto a situation where I have purchased a DVD, but the go menu will not let me properly select an episode title. No matter what I try, it keeps defaulting back to episode 1, I've tried cursor tracking on and off, routing the mouse pointer with control option F5 and

Re: Installing windows on my mac using bootcamp

2014-08-19 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hello, Here are my solutions to accessing files or folders from one OS to another. Since Dropbox is pretty much full, I installed One Drive in both the Windows bootcamp, the Mac side and on my iOS device. This Way I can have access to my work folders on all platforms. For some reason, it has

Re: DVD Player for the Mac

2014-08-19 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Have you tried vlc? Don't know if this would work but its worth a try. /A 19 aug 2014 kl. 15:46 skrev Jim Fettgather jimfettgat...@gmail.com: Hi to the list. I have run onto a situation where I have purchased a DVD, but the go menu will not let me properly select an episode title. No

Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion

2014-08-19 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Is sharp keys a mac app, or something you download once in the vm? Thanks! Cait On Aug 17, 2014, at 9:00 PM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@gmail.com wrote: That's why I prefer the sharp keys way. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or

Re: Remapping keys with VM fusion

2014-08-19 Thread Kliphton Senior
Its something you download directly in to the vm. Kliphton (iMessageEmail) m.kliph...@gmail.com (TwitterSkype) kliphton72 (Personal blog, read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2014, at 12:47 PM, Caitlyn Furness caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com

Re: DVD Player for the Mac

2014-08-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
VLC very well may work. But as far the the titles, are you going into the menus with vo-more and looking under the titles? -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy

Re: Installing windows on my mac using bootcamp

2014-08-19 Thread Rob
Hi, When I installed BootCamp, it became listed as 1 of 3. for example, when I boot, after hearing the apple startup sound, I hold the option key for about 14 seconds then release it. the choose drive screen is loaded. From left to right there are three options to choose. the first if BootCamp

Re: Installing windows on my mac using bootcamp

2014-08-19 Thread Rob
Hi, there are 2 podcasts on AppleVis.com doing a demo of installing BootCamp. and below is what I did to install windows 7 bootcamp. Things you will need. 1. USB drive to download the windows bootcamp drivers 2. windows install DVD 3. windows 7 talking PE disk from www.bryansmart.com the mega

Re: Installing windows on my mac using bootcamp

2014-08-19 Thread Phil Ewin.
Ok, thanks for all this, all. - Original Message - From: Rob musicmaker...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 7:14 PM Subject: Re: Installing windows on my mac using bootcamp Hi, there are 2 podcasts on AppleVis.com doing a demo of installing

Re: Installing windows on my mac using bootcamp

2014-08-19 Thread Joseph
Hello, Thanks so uch for the additional information. On Aug 19, 2014, at 11:14 AM, Rob musicmaker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, there are 2 podcasts on AppleVis.com doing a demo of installing BootCamp. and below is what I did to install windows 7 bootcamp. Things you will need. 1. USB drive to

Torrent client recommendation?

2014-08-19 Thread Bill Holton
Can someone recommend a torrent client for the Mac other than MicroTorrent? The interface on that one makes no sense to me at all. Thanks. Bill -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

controlling the mouse pointer help please

2014-08-19 Thread Christina C.
Hello everyone, I need to access a button on a flash based website that is just to the left of a link. VoiceOver ignores this button as if it does not exist. The only thing that I can think of is to use mouse keys to move the pointer to the left and perform a mouse click. I did get this to

Re: controlling the mouse pointer help please

2014-08-19 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, Pressing the option key 5 times quickly, toggles on/off mouse keys. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Aug 19, 2014, at 4:27 PM, Christina C. blindmaclo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, I need to access a button on

Re: Torrent client recommendation?

2014-08-19 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, Try uTorrent. It's pretty simple, as well as accessible. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Aug 19, 2014, at 4:14 PM, Bill Holton bill32...@gmail.com wrote: Can someone recommend a torrent client for the Mac other than

Dashboard and VO under Mavericks

2014-08-19 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Dear Listers, Is DAshboard at all accessible under Mavericks? I've listened to a podcast from Applevis on dashboard and it seemed quite accessible but I'm not sure from the podcast whether it was on mavericks on not. I've tried to follow the instructions from the podcast to access the menu

Transfer files via bluetooth.

2014-08-19 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! My ipad is connected to my mac via bluetooth. Can't i just transfer files from my mac to the ipad via the bluetooth transfer utility? /A -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

Re: controlling the mouse pointer help please

2014-08-19 Thread Christina C.
Thanks, but It's not working. What could I be doing wrong? I tried my left and my right option key, not at the same time of course. :) Thanks, Christina On Aug 19, 2014, at 2:54 PM, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Pressing the option key 5 times quickly, toggles on/off

Re: controlling the mouse pointer help please

2014-08-19 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello Christine, Go to system preferences/accessibility, and arrow down to Mouse and trackpad. Vo right arrow over to the option button and select that. on the next screen, make surePress the Option key five times to toggle Mouse Keys box is checked. hth. Ricardo Walker

Re: Transfer files via bluetooth.

2014-08-19 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Even though it would be an excellent fit, the answer is no, sorry. -- 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.

Re: Torrent client recommendation?

2014-08-19 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
uTorrent is the same as micro Torrent. The only other client I know about that's reasonably accessible is Transmission. You could give it a try. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Haptic Feedback Technolegy

2014-08-19 Thread Barry Hadder
Hello everybody. Just ran a cross a development in regards to the up coming iPhone6 that I found very interesting. It appears probable that it will have something called haptic feedback. This will allow a user to feel subtle vibrations on different areas of the touch screen resulting from

Re: Haptic Feedback Technolegy

2014-08-19 Thread Barry Hadder
Belay that. My apologies. I didn’t think about the fact that this has nothing to do with the Mac. I was so totally blown away by this however that I forgot my self. Anyway, it is interesting. On Aug 20, 2014, at 12:00 AM, Barry Hadder bhad...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everybody. Just