how can I best set up a server?

2014-09-06 Thread Paul Erkens
Dear listers, I have a great number of Dutch radio plays, that I collected over the last 25 years, that I'd like to share over the internet with a small group of very interested people. I once had an ftp server under windows, but that software is hopelessly outdated now, and I'd like not to

Cleaning a apple keyboard.

2014-09-06 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I have a mac mini and i have noticed that during the 2 latest weeks i have had problems with navigating with the keyboard. This mostly happens on the internet but i have noticed it in mail and other applications too. I can press one of the arrow keys and release it but it seems that the

how to capture my screen without sending it to others? i know option x will but i don't want to send it.

2014-09-06 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
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Re: Truly bizarre problems; can't figure out if it's my MacBook, my iPhone, or Both

2014-09-06 Thread Christine Grassman
An update: Quick synopsis: After some truly strange issues, Apple had me restore my iPhone to default settings and restore from back-up, but the back-up went all wrong, with multiple odd messages, no syncing of media content, and so on. This morning, on a whim, I tried using a different cable

Keystroke needed to check progress of download

2014-09-06 Thread Gene Baroni
What is the keystroke for finding out the progress of a download? -- 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: Buying VMFusion 7 Pro.

2014-09-06 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. Another thing is as I understand it that you need the pro version if you e.g. wants to run linux. I can really recommend vmware fusion pro it is much faster here than version 6. I also got the server error the first two times I tried to buy vmware fusion. My brother helped me to buy it

Re: spelling checker in Nisus Writer

2014-09-06 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Scot. I use the spell checker in nisus writer pro really much. You can use the shift+option + . and use it the normal way. I prefer to use command+shift+comma and when you have different options you can learn by using command+option+l and ignor using command+option+i you can also see a list

Re: Keystroke needed to check progress of download

2014-09-06 Thread Alex Hall
There' no single keystroke for this, probably in case you have multiple downloads at once. Hit cmd-option-l, interact with the table at the end of the window, interact with the row of the download you're interested in, and you can find the progress/status. Escape will close this window. On Sep

Household iMac

2014-09-06 Thread Traci Duncan
Hi all, I'm looking for tips on a household sharing a Mac. My guess is having 2 user accounts may be the easiest way to do this. Am I correct? There would be 2 primary users, then a guest account. I know for sure we would want separate iTunes libraries separate iCloud accounts. We don't

Re: Household iMac

2014-09-06 Thread Alex Hall
Yes, user accounts are your friend here. You can have each account set up with its own settings, iCloud login, iTunes library, home folder for storing files, app settings, and so on. Just be sure to have VO come on at logon, or you will be stuck trying to log in. On Sep 6, 2014, at 10:18 AM,

Re: Truly bizarre problems; can't figure out if it's my MacBook, my iPhone, or Both

2014-09-06 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, The 0.5 metre cable should be fine. I'm fairly sure that is the one that comes with your iPhone anyway. The fibres within your old cable may have been kinked at some point, there could be something amiss with either the lightning or USB end that may cause this as well. When you're

Re: how to capture my screen without sending it to others? i know option x will but i don't want to send it.

2014-09-06 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Use cmd-shift-3 to take a screenshot, cmd-shift-4 to have that screenshot placed in the clipboard and use QuickTime to capture a screencast. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 6, 2014, at 4:48 AM, Dionipher Presas Herrera dionip...@gmail.com wrote: -- You received

Re: Adobe Acrobat Reader and Safari

2014-09-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Thanks, and I did that. It worked fine, certainly better than having that awful Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe has a lot of nerve putting an accessibility option in their menu on our Mac version that I guess is basically useless, at least I have not yet been able to get it to work. In Windows it

Re: Buying VMFusion 7 Pro.

2014-09-06 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Yeah, but even if you don't actually run OS X Server, the Server Mini is the only one with two identical SSDs inside. That's the ideal machine for using either OS X or bootcamped/virtualised Windows in simultaneously. It works very well, though I'm now using mine for RAID 0 Linux. :) -- You

2 outputs volume

2014-09-06 Thread Traci Duncan
Hi all, I'm currently enjoying listening to Pandora on my bluetooth speaker, and keeping VoiceOver system sounds in my headset. I have a question... Is there a way I can adjust the separate volumes? I needed my VoiceOver a bit louder, but the volume keys adjusted the bluetooth speaker.

Re: Truly bizarre problems; can't figure out if it's my MacBook, my iPhone, or Both

2014-09-06 Thread BobH.
0.5M is plenty short enough and well worth changing. Rh. - Original Message - From: Christine Grassman cgrassman1...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2014 12:49 PM Subject: Re: Truly bizarre problems; can't figure out if it's my MacBook, my

Re: Household iMac

2014-09-06 Thread BobH.
I remember the users and groups section deals with this pretty well like any business used computer. So yes, a good a solution as any. I don't know if it can be switched off like on Windows, but my Just Used mMini still asks for my password, so typing alternative id as well as password would

Re: Household iMac

2014-09-06 Thread Cheryl Homiak
If you are talking about logging in, there is an autologin that can be enabled though it would be considered a security risk. You would have to choose which user gets the autologin though. You may have to enable this in Security before you can change it in Users and Groups. You also can have

Re: Household iMac

2014-09-06 Thread BobH.
Oh, very neat; I've a lot to learn, and to think I was tech support, for Windows NT4... anybody remember that? Win2k? Rh. - Original Message - From: Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2014 5:47 PM Subject: Re: Household

mp3 to text?

2014-09-06 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi folks, anyone know of a site or application with this ability? I only need to do this once, and am far less concerned about accessibility from a voice over standpoint then I am about getting the job done. If not this way then by paying a transcriber fast. Thanks, Karen -- You received this

Blue-tooth speaker recommendations

2014-09-06 Thread Phil Halton
I have a very specific task requiring a speaker for my iPhone. I wish to play home-recordings of my instrumental playing loud and clear enough to accompany myself as if I were playing along with another live player. I want to be able to play my pre-recorded banjo through a speaker and accompany

having problems removing items from the trash

2014-09-06 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Hello I am running in to a odd issue, when I go to empty the trash I have a choice to remove unlocked items how ever when I go to do that it can't remove it and claims its being used by another program when it isn't how do I force these items out of the trash? Hank -- You received this

Re: Blue-tooth speaker recommendations

2014-09-06 Thread BobH.
Those portable, rechargeable public pa speakers you can buy, they'll play mp3 and do bluetooth connect and everything. Don't know where you are, but Maplins and good music shops do them from around £145 upwards. - Original Message - From: Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com To:

Re: having problems removing items from the trash

2014-09-06 Thread Alex Hall
It seems basic, but have you restarted the Mac yet? Something similar happened to me, and a simple restart cleared it right up. On Sep 6, 2014, at 2:27 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com wrote: Hello I am running in to a odd issue, when I go to empty the trash I

Re: having problems removing items from the trash

2014-09-06 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
yep that was one of the first things I tried On 9/6/2014 11:36 AM, Alex Hall wrote: It seems basic, but have you restarted the Mac yet? Something similar happened to me, and a simple restart cleared it right up. On Sep 6, 2014, at 2:27 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona

Re: Blue-tooth speaker recommendations

2014-09-06 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Don't know if I can help but seen a Bose Soundlink advertised on the QVC network in the U.K. Good luck in whatever you decide. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 06/09/2014 18:51, Phil Halton wrote: I have a very specific task requiring a

How To Enter Multiple Lines in the Messages App

2014-09-06 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, In the iOS Messages app, one can tap the Return key to enter a multi-line SMS message. In the OS X messages application, pressing the enter key, on the keyboard, will actually send the iMessage. Is there a way to enter a multi-line iMessage in the OS X Messages application? Mark

Re: Buying VMFusion 7 Pro.

2014-09-06 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Oh dear. Its much more expensive and i really would like to run linux on my mac. Of course i can set up a dual boot but i don't want to do that. Qemu might be the best way to go then then. 6 sep 2014 kl. 14:04 skrev Annie Skov Nielsen annieskovniel...@gmail.com: Hi. Another thing is as I

Re: How To Enter Multiple Lines in the Messages App

2014-09-06 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Can I ask the same question as well? Would love to do multiline messages so that VoiceOver pauses appropriately. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the Blind www.hadley.edu On 06/09/2014 20:58, M. Taylor wrote: Hello All, In the iOS Messages app, one can tap the Return

Re: Buying VMFusion 7 Pro.

2014-09-06 Thread BobH.
Anyone used the Parallels? meant to be good and cheaper; but what price for us trying to use it? Thanks, RobH. - Original Message - From: Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2014 9:04 PM Subject: Re: Buying VMFusion 7

Problems with BRF files in Text Edit, Nisus

2014-09-06 Thread Daniel Smith
Hello fellow visionaries, I’m having some issues reading a textbook on my braille display, and would appreciate some feedback. I’m on a Macbook pro with Mavericks, and using a brand new Focus 40 Blue. Additionally, I’m attempting to read the file on either Nisus Writer Pro or Text Edit. THe

Re: Buying VMFusion 7 Pro.

2014-09-06 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I got my 7 Pro last night so I'm waiting for the next version Yousemity (I can't even spell it) but you all know what I mean as I'm going to do a clean install as I always do and this time I can't use Terminal. As Sabahattin says you get two hard discs in a Mac mini server as I'll be putting

Answer to How To Enter Multiple Lines in the Messages App

2014-09-06 Thread M. Taylor
Hello, When composing a message, to enter a new line in the Mac OS X messages application, simply hold down the Option key in combination with the Enter key. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: Buying VMFusion 7 Pro.

2014-09-06 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Totally inaccessible. I couldn't believe my ears no pung intended when I navigated around the app. unknown everywhere. Parallels should be ashamed of themselves especially if Vmware go out of their way to make Fusion accessible. Christopher Hallsworth Student at the Hadley School for the

Re: how can I best set up a server?

2014-09-06 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
The short answer here is that OS X is an excellent platform for running services, but really lousy for graphical user interfaces for said services. This ought to be regarded for the failure that it is by some Mac users, but seemingly isn't, for some reason ... Depending on your needs, and if

Google profile?

2014-09-06 Thread Kliphton Senior
Does anyone know how to change or add there email address in there google profile so there is a pop up menu, or combo b ox when you subscribe to a google group, or want to change the address you get email at? I have added a new email to my profile, but it is not showing up when I go to edit my

Re: Problems with BRF files in Text Edit, Nisus

2014-09-06 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there You need to change 8 dot braille and see what that does. It is handled differently by VoiceOver than some other screen readers. So, turn 8 dot braille on. Then you do the following thing in TextEdit, making sure you make a copy of your file first in case you mess this up. Select all

Own a Mac? This retooled Windows virus could cripple it

2014-09-06 Thread skhleirpehctcoens
The following is from Kim Komando. Own a Mac? This retooled Windows virus could cripple it http://www.komando.com/happening-now/270391?utm_medium=nlutm_source=notdu tm_content=2014-09-06-article_1-title Hackers want to infiltrate large companies. Apple computers might just be their ticket

Re: Own a Mac? This retooled Windows virus could cripple it

2014-09-06 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
While the backdoor does seem to be real, not sure how often it really appears in the wild. Wasn't able to turn up any good analysis of the impact. Here is the source technical article about the back door software everyone is quoting from: