Re: read receipt

2014-09-03 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
At the risk of boiling this over, to be honest I don't believe Mail.app is a very competent email client. It's really Outlook Express for the Mac. Once upon a time Apple may have cared--signs of Eudora were written all over it--but they don't now; for them, the metaphor of email is shattered

Re: Mac mail problems and frustrations.

2014-09-03 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
This may appear obvious, but be aware that when you start a note to a person by simply selecting an email address, you are not replying, even if you copy or construct an appropriate subject line. Therefore extract the address from the headers (select the address character and then do VO space

PDF Pen Pro

2014-09-03 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Hi all I am trying this seemingly cool app, it's a PDF editor for OS X hence me writing to this list. Question is how exactly do I use one of these PDF editors? I see no way of inserting text into the document. So do I use an app like TextEdit, copy the text then paste it into the PDF

RE: read receipt

2014-09-03 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Saba, Everyone is entitled to his opinion and I certainly respect yours but I couldn't disagree with you more. I use Outlook on a daily basis with both Jaws and/or Zoomtext. When it comes to reading mass amounts of messages, I think the Mac Mail application is a thousand times more

Re: Permanently erase mail (bypassing the trash)

2014-09-03 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Unfortunately, there's no direct way to selectively expunge mail from a mailbox without affecting other mail, that I can see; it's all or nothing. However, if under Preferences, Accounts, your account, Mailbox Behaviours, you choose not to move deleted messages to the Trash mailbox, you could

Re: reading without pause

2014-09-03 Thread Sandi Jazmin Kruse
hey, Anne got a point, however it don't make much of a difference. It will still make a simulated pause with , and .'s If you want to read fast, set up your speech speed, i know it is not what you are asking about, but it might be the best that can be done right this moment. At least it is the

VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi everyone. I started my VM this evening to be greeted with a message that VMWare Fusion 7 is now available, complete with Yosemite support. I'm not sure when I'll get to installing this, but would be interested to hear how people get on if they purchase the upgrade. Jonathan Mosen Mosen

Re: A Question About App Delete

2014-09-03 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Clean My Mac does more than delete apps it can reset them for you by removing everything but the app file so it behaves as new. It cleans other things as well. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 02/09/2014 21:42, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi,

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Yes, got it this morning. Interface doesn't seem to have changed one bit and am currently using the 30 days evaluation mode before I consider upgrading. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 03/09/2014 10:36, Jonathan Mosen wrote: Hi everyone. I

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Can you tell us Christopher of your impressions once you have had the time to test drive it? What operating systems are you running in vmware fusion? Is it Windows or Linux or both? Many thanks Andrew On 3 Sep 2014, at 11:00, Christopher Hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com wrote: Yes, got

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Jonathan Mosen
I have it up and running now too. It seems identical from a screen reader perspective, even though visually it's supposed to be different. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 4/09/2014, at 12:04 am, Andrew Lamanche

RE: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Bill Holton
And How much is it? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Lamanche Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 8:05 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out Can you tell us

does any one know how i can get rid of a new voice over voice i installed on my mack boook air?

2014-09-03 Thread adrian
does any one know of a way i can get rid of a voice i uninstalled from my mack boook air 11 inch i went to the voice over utalatity and i could not find the option to get rid of one of them ```Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: does any one know how i can get rid of a new voice over voice i installed on my mack boook air?

2014-09-03 Thread Pamela Francis
Hi, There may be those who have another suggestion, however if you go into the voices tab under accessibility, correct me if I'm wrong, you'll see a list of voices. If you uncheck it, It should go away. Pam Francis On Sep 3, 2014, at 8:41 AM, adrian adrianle...@rocketmail.com wrote: does

Re: does any one know how i can get rid of a new voice over voice i installed on my mack boook air?

2014-09-03 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Even ifit's on your computer, you don't ever have to use it. I have several voices that I never use. You are only going to hear the voices you pick. -- 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

Re: reading without pause

2014-09-03 Thread Cheryl Homiak
What Ann says is exactly right. If you don't have extra new line characters in what you are reading, the pauses between sentences should be no more than you would hear in normal speech and shouldn't be annoying. But no matter how fast you set the speed, the new line characters are going to

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Jonathan Mosen
If you have 5.x or 6.x, there's a $49 upgrade offer. Buying it new costs $69. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 4/09/2014, at 1:37 am, Bill Holton bill32...@gmail.com wrote: And How much is it? -Original Message-

how to collapse a folder

2014-09-03 Thread Scott Berry
How does one collapse a folder? -- 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 email

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Kliphton Senior
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Re: how to collapse a folder

2014-09-03 Thread Kliphton Senior
command up arrow, On Sep 3, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Scott Berry sb356...@gmail.com wrote: How does one collapse a folder? -- 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,

Re: how to collapse a folder

2014-09-03 Thread Kliphton Senior
gotta remove that footer. My fault CB On Sep 3, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@icloud.com wrote: command up arrow, On Sep 3, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Scott Berry sb356...@gmail.com wrote: How does one collapse a folder? -- You received this message because you are

time machine question

2014-09-03 Thread Jean
Hello All: What does it mean when it says that time machine backup was delayed? Jean -- 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

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Good to know and thanks for sharing. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 03/09/2014 16:02, Kliphton Senior wrote: 6 works with yosimiete just fine Questions, concerns, suggestions? Contact us, list owners Email:

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Alex Hall
From a relatively new/infrequent VMWare Fusion user: do I need 7? That is, if I don't virtualize Windows 8.1, can I still run Fusion 6 on Yosemite? On Sep 3, 2014, at 11:29 AM, Christopher Hallsworth challswor...@icloud.com wrote: Good to know and thanks for sharing. Christopher Hallsworth

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Phil Halton
What might be the advantages or reasons for wanting to upgrade to seven if five or six is working just fine under Mavericks. Is it necessary for Yosemite? Sent from my IPhone On Sep 3, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: If you have 5.x or 6.x, there's a $49 upgrade

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Joshua Tubbs
I’m pretty sure that it’ll be necessary for Yosemite. On Sep 3, 2014, at 11:55 AM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: What might be the advantages or reasons for wanting to upgrade to seven if five or six is working just fine under Mavericks. Is it necessary for Yosemite? Sent from

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Well I will be using Windows for my VMs. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 03/09/2014 13:04, Andrew Lamanche wrote: Can you tell us Christopher of your impressions once you have had the time to test drive it? What operating systems are you

need some help

2014-09-03 Thread becky sabo
Hi all, I posted yesterday here and did not get any response back so I am asking again. I am doing a internship and have to write some documents on my mack because my internship did not set up a computer for me and everyone else is using word. I found a app yesterday call quick word but some

Re: time machine question

2014-09-03 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
If you select the Time Machine menu item, it will give you a more complete explanation. Normally though it just means that your disk has been made inaccessible for some reason; either it's not connected, or if it's on the network, it has become disconnected from your network (or your computer

Re: need some help

2014-09-03 Thread Pamela Francis
Hello Becky, My daughter had a similar issue while in college. If I'm not mistaken, pages has a means to export a file into Word format for your supervisor. HTH Pam Francis On Sep 3, 2014, at 10:50 AM, becky sabo beckyas...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I posted yesterday here and did not get any

Re: need some help

2014-09-03 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, As Pamela mentioned, Pages will do that for you. Pages can open Word documents and will also export a Pages document into Word format so that others can open it. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 3, 2014, at 9:50 AM, becky sabo beckyas...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I

Re: need some help

2014-09-03 Thread becky sabo
Hi Pamma, Some reason she can not open a page document . I do not no for sure if I am not saving it correctly. I decently need some help with this asap. You can email me off list at beckyas...@gmail.com Thanks again Becky Sabo On Sep 3, 2014, at 10:21 AM, Pamela Francis

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
You can google around but here is one review that actually talks about the changes: http://www.tuaw.com/2014/09/03/vmware-fusion-fusion-pro-7-ready-for-os-x-yosemite/ Sounds to me like there is some performance bump, ability to have more resources dedicated to the VM, ability to use the

Re: need some help

2014-09-03 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, No, she will not be able to open a Pages document. After you have your document the way you want it, save it in Pages then go under the File menu to Export, select Word from the sub-menu and follow the prompts. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 3, 2014, at 10:48 AM,

Re: need some help

2014-09-03 Thread Alex Hall
You can't just save it in Pages; as you discovered, that makes a Pages file. Instead, go to the file menu and choose Export, then the Word format you want. Send the exported Word file, not the original Pages file. On Sep 3, 2014, at 12:48 PM, becky sabo beckyas...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Pamma,

Re: how to collapse a folder

2014-09-03 Thread jeff `greene
Hi Use VO+\ and the folder will either collapse or expand. Hope this helps, Jeff On 9/3/14, Scott Berry sb356...@gmail.com wrote: How does one collapse a folder? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this

Re: A few issues with Boot Camp, and a heads-up for users of JAWS

2014-09-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Interesting. Can you dig up the model number? If you go to Utilities and open System Information. Row 1 is Hardware and if you VO-right twice to the Hardware Overview and interact you should find the model identifier. Mine is MacBookPro 9,1. That little bit of text is the exact model and you

Re: need some help

2014-09-03 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Becky I do this all the time. As several people have said, you want Pages. It may e listed under iWorks these days, since it is part of the iWorks package you can get for your Mac. IWorks has Pages, Numbers, and Key Note. Numbers does spreadsheets, and I like it better than Excel. Pages

Re: Never Underestimate the Power of Ethernet

2014-09-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Odd, whatever works over ethernet should work over wifi, albeit more slowly. Most Macs can do Gigabit ethernet which means they can transfer up to 100MB/second. Even a perfect connection on the latest 802.11N wifi peaks at 300Megabit (.3 Gigabit). I have my laptop and an old Mac tower

Re: Louis Braille translator version 3

2014-09-03 Thread 'Jim Fettgather' via MacVisionaries
So, I sure would like to know if there would be a way to use a BRF file generated by this software and somehow use this to create a Braille file using a Tiger printer? Thanks for any insight or suggestions. -Original Message- From: Greg Kearney Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Re: Louis Braille translator version 3

2014-09-03 Thread Tim Emmons
Greg, can you tell me how to set up a Romeo embosser to work with Louis if we have the proper serial to Usb connecter, and know it communicates with the mac? Trying to figure a better way out than trying to get duxbury and running windows and all that fun. Tahnks. On Sep 3, 2014, at 1:51 PM,

Re: need some help

2014-09-03 Thread becky sabo
Hi , Thank you for the suggestion for using pages. Where do I fine these courses to learn more about pages? Thanks again Becky On Sep 3, 2014, at 11:47 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi Becky I do this all the time. As several people have said, you want Pages. It may e listed

Re: need some help

2014-09-03 Thread becky sabo
Hi When I try to save the file to a word document through exporting it will not do it for some reason. Becky On Sep 3, 2014, at 11:05 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: You can't just save it in Pages; as you discovered, that makes a Pages file. Instead, go to the file menu and choose

Re: need some help

2014-09-03 Thread becky sabo
Hi I just responding to this last message . Some reason it will not let me export the file for some reason. Help please. Becky On Sep 3, 2014, at 11:04 AM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi, No, she will not be able to open a Pages document. After you have your document the way

Re: need some help

2014-09-03 Thread Grant Hardy
Hi Becky, what happens when you try to export the document? Do you receive an error message, or are you having trouble navigating the interface? Note that there is no guarantee Pages will automatically save the document in the folder you are expecting. To be sure, you can navigate with VO+LEFT

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
If I read it right, the price to go from pro version 6 to pro version 7 is $79, that seems a bit high. Think I will wait until I upgrade to the next mac operating system first. Original message: You can google around but here is one review that actually talks about the changes:

Settings in Mac

2014-09-03 Thread The Believer
Had some more training with the Mac today and found some things I want to look at. One, are all the verbosity related settings in the same place in VO Utilities? I ask because at least in Mail, I am getting way too much feedback when typing text. Every letter gets the font and color

Re: how to collapse a folder

2014-09-03 Thread Anne Robertson
Left arrow alone will normally collapse a folder. Cheers, Anne On 3 Sep 2014, at 19:15, jeff `greene greenebo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Use VO+\ and the folder will either collapse or expand. Hope this helps, Jeff On 9/3/14, Scott Berry sb356...@gmail.com wrote: How does one collapse a

Voiceover Randomly Stops Talking

2014-09-03 Thread Brandon A. Olivares
Hello, I just got a new computer about two months ago. Lately I've been noticing that Voiceover will randomly stop talking, and I have to restart the computer to get it back on. I'll just be in the middle of something, generally editing text in textedit or working in Terminal. I don't think

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
This is VMWare so the high price shouldn't really be much of a surprise to anyone, least of all Mac users. :) Anybody who now has it tell me what the state of serial port emulation is? Let me guess: you only have the option of writing to a disk file, yes? -- You received this message because

Re: Settings in Mac

2014-09-03 Thread Anne Robertson
In the Verbosity category in VoiceOver Utility, there are five tabs. The Text tab covers most of what you're talking about. I also turn Hints off as I can get the hint for any item by pressing VO-Shift-n. Remember that all the VO commands can be found by doing VO-h-h and VO-k will allow you to

Re: Settings in Mac

2014-09-03 Thread Alex Hall
For quick settings changes, you can also use vo-v. Use left/right arrows to move through the items, and up or down to select your preference. Enter will close the window. Remember that these settings are not temporary or specific to the current app, they persist across the entire OS. VO-v is

strange situation after i cloned my 1tb harddrive please help kind regards trey.

2014-09-03 Thread trahern culver
hey all i managed to clone my 1tb hard drive to a new 2tb hard drive, i used carbon copy cloner. during the cloning process i got an error message saying that the first hard drive had a physical problem no data would be corrupted but that things may take longer. I stopped the cloning

starting VO at log in screen

2014-09-03 Thread Gabe Griffith
Hi all, I'm almost embarrassed to ask this question but I can't seem to figure out how to get VO to start automatically at my log in screen. Currently I'm waiting until I'm sure the mac is at the log in screen and then start VO with command f5. I'm then able to navigate to my password field

Re: starting VO at log in screen

2014-09-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Go to System Preferences and then Users Groups. At the very bottom of that you'll find the click the lock to make changes button which will ask for your username and password. Once authenticated you'll be able to make changes to Login Options. In the Login Options you should find a checkbox

Re: how to collapse a folder

2014-09-03 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
navigate off then left arrow On 03 Sep 2014, at 05:00 pm, Scott Berry sb356...@gmail.com wrote: How does one collapse a folder? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails

Re: Louis Braille translator version 3

2014-09-03 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Greg. Will louis for mac come to support more languages. I am danish and I know, that danish braille 8 dots contracted and uncontracted and 6 dots contracted and uncontracted is fully supported in liblouis. As I understand it, there will soon be a version out, that fixes the last problems

Re: A few issues with Boot Camp, and a heads-up for users of JAWS

2014-09-03 Thread The Believer
Goodness, so much information there. :) Came up with mdoel 9.2. From The Believer. . . What if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 9/3/2014 10:38 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: Interesting. Can you dig up the model number? If you go to Utilities and open System

Re: Settings in Mac

2014-09-03 Thread The Believer
Anne and Alex, Very good ideas that I will sure put to use, especially turning off hints for there are times... LOL And the shortcut to verbosity will be perfect. Activitiies I will explore down the road as I learn the basic stuff first. Its important to learn the ropes and then start

Re: need some help

2014-09-03 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi Becky First, after you have chosen Export, you have to press the right arrow key. Then comes up another menu, and the first choice is pdf. Go down arrow once and it should say Word, and I forgot which type of Word file is the first one. Go through with the up and down arrows until you have

Re: starting VO at log in screen

2014-09-03 Thread Kevin Barry
An inexcusable defect as far as I am concerned. At 05:35 PM 9/3/2014, you wrote: Go to System Preferences and then Users Groups. At the very bottom of that you'll find the click the lock to make changes button which will ask for your username and password. Once authenticated you'll be able

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Kliphton Senior
yes you can. Kliphton Sent from my iPhone On Sep 3, 2014, at 11:34 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: From a relatively new/infrequent VMWare Fusion user: do I need 7? That is, if I don't virtualize Windows 8.1, can I still run Fusion 6 on Yosemite? On Sep 3, 2014, at 11:29 AM,

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Kliphton Senior
It is not necessary for yosemite I am using fusion 6 with no issues Kliphton Sent from my iPhone On Sep 3, 2014, at 11:57 AM, Joshua Tubbs ori...@icloud.com wrote: I’m pretty sure that it’ll be necessary for Yosemite. On Sep 3, 2014, at 11:55 AM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Louis Braille translator version 3

2014-09-03 Thread Devin Prater
Thank you so much for this update! Does this include the latest liblouis? On 9/2/2014 5:01 PM, Greg Kearney wrote: A new version of the Louis Braille translator for MacOS X has been released and can be downloaded from the following URL: http://www.cbtbc.org/louis/index.php This version now

Re: Braille display and VO on the Mac

2014-09-03 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Well, i could say a lot about braille on the mac. Most of it is really negative. Tbut i can make a summary. Don't expect it to be like using jaws with windows or any linux based screenreader. They have a lot to improve which i've tried to tell them. Hopfully they will listen. /A 1 sep 2014

Re: Louis Braille translator version 3

2014-09-03 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! What does this app? Can you emboss with it or just translate into braille? /A 4 sep 2014 kl. 03:53 skrev Devin Prater d.pra...@me.com: Thank you so much for this update! Does this include the latest liblouis? On 9/2/2014 5:01 PM, Greg Kearney wrote: A new version of the Louis Braille

Re: starting VO at log in screen

2014-09-03 Thread Grant Hardy
Hi Kevin, to which defect are you referring? VO can indeed be configured to speak at the login screen, as per the message posted by Chris. Even if you have FileVault enabled, a full disk encryption system, there is audible feedback as you are unlocking your drive. I don’t think there’s a defect

Re: starting VO at log in screen

2014-09-03 Thread Gabe Griffith
Thanks Chris I fumbled around a bit before finding the right list item to select and then the check box but it is now set. Gabe On Sep 3, 2014, at 2:35 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: Go to System Preferences and then Users Groups. At the very

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Jonathan Mosen
That's interesting, because if you Google, everything you'll find indicates Fusion 6 does not support Yosemite, and bad things have happened to many people who've tried. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 4/09/2014, at 12:32

fs:unopened ram for 8 and 12 core mac pros...

2014-09-03 Thread Cameron Strife
Hi. I bought this but never ended up installing it. It's still new in it's packaging. Please write off list if interested. Lifetime Memory PC3 10600 ECC Dimms (8GB unregistered) thanks, Cameron. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: VMWare Fusion 7 is Out

2014-09-03 Thread Kliphton Senior
That was true up through beta 2, but beta 3 and above, I have no issues. Running it every day with no crashes or problems at all. Kliphton Sent from my iPhone On Sep 3, 2014, at 11:34 PM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: That's interesting, because if you Google, everything you'll

Re: fs:unopened ram for 8 and 12 core mac pros...

2014-09-03 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
to bad it won't work for mac mini On 9/3/2014 8:47 PM, Cameron Strife wrote: Hi. I bought this but never ended up installing it. It's still new in it's packaging. Please write off list if interested. Lifetime Memory PC3 10600 ECC Dimms (8GB unregistered) thanks, Cameron. -- You received