Re: another strange issue

2014-10-23 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Faisal. I had this problem too. It was after I upgraded to Yosemite. Just had to reboot a couple days ago because it was getting stuck in the messages app trying to retrieve the code to forward texts to my Mac and that solved both issues. So short answer, try to reboot and see what happens.

Re: another strange issue

2014-10-23 Thread Faisal
rebooting it seems to fix it but doing that is a tremendous inconvenience. I wonder if there is a setting I could change or something which can prevent this from happening. If I’m in the middle of editing some important documents or in class taking notes. I also discovered that it seem to be do

Re: another strange issue

2014-10-23 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Faisal. I only had to reboot my computer once for the problem to go away. Also I have it set to never put the hard drive to sleep when plugged in, just the display. As for a setting, I don't think there is one. Perhaps Apple will fix this in an update if you or anyone else is using battery po

Sms via ipad and mac does not work.

2014-10-23 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Yesterday i was trying to setup the sms feature for my ipad and mac but i was a bit stressed so i pressed cancel on my iphone. Now today when i have the time to play with it it does not work for me. I have turned off wifi both on my mac and iphone and it still does not work when i turn wifi o

Re: Braille screen input

2014-10-23 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! To be honest i can't read contracted braille. At least not english. /A > 22 okt 2014 kl. 07:30 skrev David Chittenden : > > Yes, contracted braille works as well as 6 dot braille. > > I always use 6 dot braille because I am now philosophically apposed to > contracted braille being the defaul

Yosemite opinions?

2014-10-23 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi, I've been away for a while and thus not able to monitor the exchanges on the list. Yosemite has been released and i'm wondering whether those of you who have installed it already have come across any major issues. How are the apps performing under Yosemite? Many thanks for any feedback.

Re: Yosemite opinions?

2014-10-23 Thread Ray Foret Jr
For me, the only issue is a slight slugishness. That, I must say, is quite anoying but does not make Yosemite unusable. Mail has undergone much improvement and is alone worth the upgrade. Voices have gotten some under the hood treatment and things tend to pronounce better. So, is it worth it?

Showing sources list view in latest itunes

2014-10-23 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi, I've just updated my itunes in Mavericks to the latest 12.01. My sources list view has disappeared after this update and I can't remember now how to get it back. I don't like this new layout prefer the old layout with the sources list view. I've looked through preferences and menus but I

Re: Yosemite opinions?

2014-10-23 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi there I am having no trouble with the sluggishness people are talking about, except when waking up the computer VO is a little slow to start talking. That's not a big deal because once it does, it works fine. Finder, oh happy, happy, works better than under Mavericks. Under Mavericks, Finder

Re: Showing sources list view in latest itunes

2014-10-23 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andrew, The Sources list has completely gone. The command that used to make it appear no longer works. Try pressing VO-Space on the More button and you'll find some of the things you had in Sources. I find I have to bring the mouse and do VO-Shift-Space to select an option after clicking

Re: Sms via ipad and mac does not work.

2014-10-23 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I was having issues with this as well at one point. I tried most of the things I could find around the Net that occasionally worked for folks in the sighted community who were having the same problem. No luck. I decided to restore my iPhone, then restoring from my latest iCloud backup.

Re: Showing sources list view in latest itunes

2014-10-23 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Just to the left of the Scroll area for whatever Songs view you're in, there should be a pop-menu where you can change appearances back into Song List mode which I've found easier to navigate than Grid views. Your choice though. As Anne mentioned though, the Source List Sidebar is not ava

RE: Showing sources list view in latest itunes

2014-10-23 Thread Debbie April Yuille
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Mac help in HTML

2014-10-23 Thread Joe Quinn
is there a way to get Mac help in an HTML format? Maybe I want to learn about the features of my mac on the road, and I'm not near my mac. :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving e

Re: Newer Isn't Always Better: Multicore Mac Mini Performance

2014-10-23 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
The current lineup just widens the gulf between the mini and the pro. You either get a very low-end box or you have to jump to the rocketship, nothing inbetween. That chasm is readily apparent when the minimum config on the MacPro is $3000 while the max CPU config on the mini is $1200 (3GHz dua

Re: Showing sources list view in latest itunes

2014-10-23 Thread Tim Kilburn
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RE: ibooks

2014-10-23 Thread wayne17a
Hello I tried vo a and all it was read the page twice and then stop and I had to use the next page to move on so any help in what I am doing wrong From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Malver Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 2:58

Re: Showing sources list view in latest itunes

2014-10-23 Thread Mary Otten
As long as you don't have trouble storing all those commands in your organic RAM, as a friend of mine called memory, then wonderful. Otherwise, since there are many many sighted people who are very upset with this loss, when they hope that Apple will bring back the sidebar in the future issue of

Problems since installing Yosemite

2014-10-23 Thread Kristeen Hughes
I am having problems with applications going busy upon opening them. This is not true for iTunes or finder, but anything else I open is immediately busy. Has anyone else had problems with this, and is there a resolution? Kristeen Hughes -- You received this message because you are subscribed t

Re: Problems since installing Yosemite

2014-10-23 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Christine. Have you tried rebooting your computer? When I did that the first time it did the trick. Hope that helps. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 23, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > > I am having problems with applications going busy upon opening them. This is > not true for iT

Re: Problems since installing Yosemite

2014-10-23 Thread Christine Grassman
If rebooting doesn't help, try repairing permissions. This has worked for me in the past. Also resetting PRAM (don't have the instructions for doing the latter with me right now, but you can google them). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "M

extremely slow download rate of Yosemite update?

2014-10-23 Thread Mark Baxter
I have a cable connection, 60 MBPS. Why is my Yosemite update downloading as if I was running an Apple 2E with 64K and a 2400-baud modem? is this me, or Appstore? • Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gro

RE: Yosemite opinions?

2014-10-23 Thread Juan Hernandez
I agree. It seems that more ram is better. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eugenia Firth Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 5:27 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Yosemite opinions? Hi there I am having no troubl

Re: Problems since installing Yosemite

2014-10-23 Thread Mark Baxter
I have an issue with documents not opening at all when I press command O, and my TextEdit VO shortcut key is not working. Oddly, when I manually open Textedit from the apps folder, my document is there. Also, my Macbook Pro15 seems to keep losing my network and thus not being connected to the

Re: Problems since installing Yosemite

2014-10-23 Thread Kristeen Hughes
Yes, I have rebooted the computer a couple of times. Also, I have a Mac mini from 2011. It has 16 gigs of RAM. Kristeen Hughes > On Oct 23, 2014, at 11:27 AM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hi Christine. Have you tried rebooting your computer? When I did that the > first time it did the trick. Hop

Re: Showing sources list view in latest itunes

2014-10-23 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Organic RAM is a matter of practice in many situations. Once one becomes accustomed with the "different" method of doing things, it becomes more natural and less of a chore. Mindset is part of the battle. Not trying to be argumentative in any way and I apologize if this wrinkles anyones'

Re: extremely slow download rate of Yosemite update?

2014-10-23 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
While I haven't downloaded Yosemite myself yet, in the past I sometimes got stuck on a slow server or something such that it crawled along. The fix was to just cancel the download and try again. Usually I ended up on a faster server and was able to get faster throughput. CB On 10/23/14, 10:52

keyboard shortcut to expand thread in messages table in mail

2014-10-23 Thread Christina C.
Hi, since upgrading to the latest Mac OS, the arrow key is no longer working to expand a thread of messages in mail. I can VO over to the conversation column in mail and vo spacebar on it. However, I Used to know a keyboard shortcut but I for the life of me just cannot remember it. :) I’d appr

Mactubes with Lion

2014-10-23 Thread Stacey Robinson
Hi, How do I use mactubes running lion on my white macbook? Have a blessed day. Stacey and GEB dog Kirk mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails fr

Re: extremely slow download rate of Yosemite update?

2014-10-23 Thread Mark Baxter
I stuck it out and got it, but when I tried to relaunch Mail, it wouldn’t send, nor would Safari open a page; I had to choose the modem’s wireless port, rather than the router’s, to re-establish my net connection. Seems to be better now. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter http://MarkBurningHawk.net/

Re: Showing sources list view in latest itunes

2014-10-23 Thread Anne Robertson
I love keyboard short cuts! I'm also getting used to the new iTunes and prefer the way I access podcasts now. It's much easier to see a lot of information about each episode of a podcast. I've been exploring the new iTunes in the past couple of days and have managed to find all my music and hav

Re: keyboard shortcut to expand thread in messages table in mail

2014-10-23 Thread Christina C.
Well, I finally remembered it but darn, it does not work the way I would like it to. I still have to be in the conversation column. To make matters worse, If I want to contract/collapse the conversation thread, I have to arrow over to the first row of messages in that conversation and also over

Re: keyboard shortcut to expand thread in messages table in mail

2014-10-23 Thread Alex Hall
I haven't seen this at all. Maybe try the old trick used when the arrows would stop working? That is, turn VO off while focused on a conversation, then hit right arrow twice, then turn VO back on. That always clears up the problem for me. > On Oct 23, 2014, at 12:50 PM, Christina C. wrote: > >

Still having problems with Busy mail

2014-10-23 Thread Kristeen Hughes
I have repaired permissions. I have reset PRAM. I am writing an E-mail on this machine, but I can’t look at the mail in the inbox. That makes it go busy. Any more ideas? Kristeen Hughes khwi...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisio

Re: Problems since installing Yosemite

2014-10-23 Thread Andrew Lamanche
It's also a good thing to repair permissions via disk utilities after upgrading to Yosemite. > On 23 Oct 2014, at 16:27, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > Hi Christine. Have you tried rebooting your computer? When I did that the > first time it did the trick. Hope that helps. > > Sent from my iPhone >

Re: Problems since installing Yosemite

2014-10-23 Thread Eugenia Firth
No, I have little problems with busy. I recommend also checking your memory. Gigi > On Oct 23, 2014, at 10:18 AM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > > I am having problems with applications going busy upon opening them. This is > not true for iTunes or finder, but anything else I open is immediately bu

Re: Showing sources list view in latest itunes

2014-10-23 Thread Pamela Francis
I think they did away with that feature. On Oct 23, 2014 5:35 AM, "Andrew Lamanche" wrote: > Hi, > > I've just updated my itunes in Mavericks to the latest 12.01. My sources > list view has disappeared after this update and I can't remember now how to > get it back. I don't like this new layout

Re: Yosemite opinions?

2014-10-23 Thread christopher hallsworth
Personally, Yosemite is well worth the upgrade especially if coming from Mavericks. Apart from a slight lag things are working very well here and that says something for a first release of a major operating system. So, should you upgrade? A definite yes from me. > On 23 Oct 2014, at 09:50, Andre

Re: Problems since installing Yosemite

2014-10-23 Thread Alex Hall
A disk permissions repair is my first thought, as this problem is not universal and strikes me as a something such a repair will fix. > On Oct 23, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > > Yes, I have rebooted the computer a couple of times. Also, I have a Mac mini > from 2011. It has 16 gi

Re: Yosemite opinions?

2014-10-23 Thread Pete Nalda
I'm not sure, but I think that some of the lag that VO users are experiencing might be due to the fact that Yosemite is using a bit more ram than previous os's used. I'm actually a Zoom user, and I see a little lag when dragging around the window (using picture-in-picture zooming). And a little

Re: Problems since installing Yosemite

2014-10-23 Thread Kevin Cussick
Hi, I get this as well mostly with mail! any fix most welcome using mac mini 4 gb of ram if this helps. > On 23 Oct 2014, at 16:18, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > > I am having problems with applications going busy upon opening them. This is > not true for iTunes or finder, but anything else I ope

Re: keyboard shortcut to expand thread in messages table in mail

2014-10-23 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hello, I’ve just upgraded to Yosemite on late 2010 Macbook air with 4GB RAM only. I’m pleased to say that since I had upgraded a few hours ago, I had no trouble. Specifically to your problem, I still am able to use right and left arrow keys to expand and collapse conversations in Mail. I inte

Re: Yosemite opinions?

2014-10-23 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hello, Thank you for the generous responses. I have upgraded and at present I'm not disappointed. My macbook air is late 2010 and has only 4GB RAM but Yosemite is working well on it. I did take great care - having researched things carefully - to prepare my macbook air for update carefully.

Re: Showing sources list view in latest itunes

2014-10-23 Thread Pete Nalda
If you click on the music button, the devices bar should show. At least it did for me. > On Oct 23, 2014, at 1:32 PM, Pamela Francis wrote: > > I think they did away with that feature. > > On Oct 23, 2014 5:35 AM, "Andrew Lamanche" wrote: > Hi, > > I've just updated my itunes in Mavericks to

Re: How to play chess on mac?

2014-10-23 Thread Dionipher Herrera
no the chess goes back to there places when i pause ahead of time. now my problems was time limit. > Il giorno 22/ott/2014, alle ore 18:31, Alex Hall ha > scritto: > > The pieces can't move back unless you issue the command to take back your > last move. You can tell the computer to wait longe

Re: Problems since installing Yosemite

2014-10-23 Thread Rob
Hi, I too have upgraded to Yosemite and have a few problems. I'm running a 2009 MacBook with 4GB of ram. I have not had a problem with lag, But when I press command cama to open finder preferences, it says finder has no windows. I get the same thing if I choose preferences from the finder menu.

Re: Problems since installing Yosemite

2014-10-23 Thread Kliphton
A clean install may be in order. And disk makerX makes this real easy to do. > On Oct 23, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > > Yes, I have rebooted the computer a couple of times. Also, I have a Mac mini > from 2011. It has 16 gigs of RAM. > > Kristeen Hughes > >> On Oct 23, 2014, at

Re: Problems since installing Yosemite

2014-10-23 Thread Daniel
Actually, Diskmaker X won't create a Yocimity boot media correctly at this time. The beta tries to, but it fails. I've tried an it failed, so I resorted to Yosemite's Create install media thing. For reference the instructions can be found at this URL >From Mac World http://www.macworld.com/article

Re: Sms via ipad and mac does not work.

2014-10-23 Thread Pete Nalda
Ok. I got this from another list. I'm still not sure how to answer phone calls on my Mac yet. They're not showing up on the Mac for some reason, but here goes for messaging. Text (SMS/MMS) On the iPhone, go to Settings-Messages-Text Message Forwarding If you are on the same wifi netwo

Safari Podcast 6 Searching

2014-10-23 Thread David Griffith
Podcast List Using Safari on the Mac Part 6 -- Searching Basics, Google Search and Google Snapback. https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/1ur8fz Previous Podcasts UsingSafari on the Mac Part 5. Strategies for using and customising the Reading List. https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/wmbw5w Usin

Re: Mactubes with Lion

2014-10-23 Thread David Griffith
The first thing I did was label the unlabelled buttons. Press shift Vo H on each button to hear the help tag for each button, most will have one, then Copy what is said to the clipboard with shift VO C and then bring up the Voiceover Labeller by pressing VO / and then pasting in the contents o

Re: another strange issue

2014-10-23 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Yes sometimes this happens to me. Yesterday i couldn’t close mail so i closed my mac instead and started over. /A > 23 okt 2014 kl. 08:30 skrev Faisal : > > I’m also having strange issues closing apps. this strange behaviour is not > the same every time but I find that apps such as safari a

Re: Mactubes with Lion

2014-10-23 Thread Stacey Robinson
David, Thanks. I'll start working on this tomorrow. Have a blessed day. Stacey and GEB dog Kirk mailto:stacey...@bellsouth.net On Oct 23, 2014, at 4:30 PM, David Griffith wrote: > The first thing I did was label the unlabelled buttons. > Press shift Vo H on each button to hear the help tag for e

Re: Problems since installing Yosemite

2014-10-23 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi. That's why I choose to wait until Disk Maker X is no longer a beta. Yes, I know that it's been covered many times about making a bootable copy of Yosemite using Terminal, but I'm not comfortable using terminal. I'd rather be in a Skype call with someone that can walk me through the process t

Re: Sms via ipad and mac does not work.

2014-10-23 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Well there is a code one has to enter which is shown on the ipad if you forward to the ipad. But i can't find the code. Where is it? /A > 23 okt 2014 kl. 22:55 skrev Pete Nalda : > > Ok. I got this from another list. I'm still not sure how to answer phone > calls on my Mac yet. They're n

Re: Sms via ipad and mac does not work.

2014-10-23 Thread Pete Nalda
I *think* it wants your security code. It seems I had to put in my iPhone's security code on my Mac to get those two to see each other. Though like I said, I couldn't get phone handoff going yet on my Macbook. > On Oct 23, 2014, at 4:57 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Well there is a cod

Re: Sms via ipad and mac does not work.

2014-10-23 Thread Jed Barton
hey guys, Where do you find these security codes? I tried to get the ipad and iphone teting, and i couldn't find the code anywhere. Any ideas? On 10/23/2014 6:01 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: I *think* it wants your security code. It seems I had to put in my iPhone's security code on my Mac to get

Re: Sms via ipad and mac does not work.

2014-10-23 Thread Daniel
Usually, both devices generate their own codes. So, you’d either need to turn off, then back on, text forwarding or somehow see if a sighted person can figure it out. Or I suppose if you had, AppleCare, you could ask them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gr

Two questions

2014-10-23 Thread Rich Ring
I have two unrelated questions. First, since installing Yosemite, I can no longer see my downloads window while using Safari to download files. Previously, I was able to do this by pressing command option l. Is this function no longer available, or, is there a new command? My second question has

Re: One More iTunes Library Question

2014-10-23 Thread Grant Hardy
Sounds correct to me. The files in the Mobile Applications folder are simply iOS apps that you can sync to an iDevice rather than having to re-download from the App Store all the time. iTunes treats apps like any other kind of media. So, for example, you could do the following: 1. Open iTunes a

Re: Sms via ipad and mac does not work.

2014-10-23 Thread Faisal
Well, for the mac, the code will be in your messages app. > On Oct 23, 2014, at 3:11 PM, Daniel wrote: > > Usually, both devices generate their own codes. So, you’d either need to turn > off, then back on, text forwarding or somehow see if a sighted person can > figure it out. > Or I suppose if

Re: Sms via ipad and mac does not work.

2014-10-23 Thread Jed Barton
where would it be on the ipad. Her is what i am doing. I'm leaving the ipad unlocked. I go to mssages, and text messages forward, there i see the option on the phone where i add it, but there is nothing that pops up showing a code Any ideas? On 10/23/2014 7:07 PM, Faisal wrote: Well, for t

Re: Sms via ipad and mac does not work.

2014-10-23 Thread Faisal
Mine was in my messages app on iPad > On Oct 23, 2014, at 4:10 PM, Jed Barton wrote: > > where would it be on the ipad. Her is what i am doing. I'm leaving the ipad > unlocked. > I go to mssages, and text messages forward, there i see the option on the > phone where i add it, but there is not

Re: Two questions

2014-10-23 Thread Alex Hall
Another user reported the same problem. Going to the View Menu in Safari and enabling the toolbar put things right again. As to links, they are still working fine here. be sure you are interacting with the text of the email, or focus will not be on the link. > On Oct 23, 2014, at 6:16 PM, Rich R

Mouse Pointer moves Voice Over marker

2014-10-23 Thread Terje Strømberg
Hi, Is there a Voice Over command that change Voice Over marker behavior so that Mouse Pointer moves Voice Over marker. Can find the setting in Voice Over utility, but it would be faster with a keyboard command. To change on the fly. Back and forth. I need to move the Voice Over marker with the

regarding hand off.

2014-10-23 Thread KJSC radio
Hello all. I’m running a mac book pro mid 2009 and I’m having a question. Even though Blue tooth low energy isn’t supported and hand off isn’t supported, then, how can I still make and receive phone calls but not do any of the other hand off features? Just a question. Thanks all. -- You receiv

Re: regarding hand off.

2014-10-23 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi, because phone calls aren't a handoff feature, they are a continuity feature. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org > On 24/10/2014, at 12:34 pm, KJSC radio wrote: > > Hello all. I’m running a mac book pro mid 2009 and I’m having

Re: Incorrect reporting of position of insertion point in Yosemite (and other Pages issues)

2014-10-23 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Anne, Sigh. What is it with changing those menu buttons all the time. Thanks for letting us know the new/old trick! I’ve found that navigating in the body area in Pages seems more reliable. Previously, VoiceOver would sometimes get stuck in the header or footer areas when switching between

Re: regarding hand off.

2014-10-23 Thread Kjsc Radio
Ah i see Jonnyboy! Iphones rock! > On Oct 23, 2014, at 17:11, Jonathan Mosen wrote: > > Hi, because phone calls aren't a handoff feature, they are a continuity > feature. > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > >> On 24/10

Re: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs

2014-10-23 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks all. I’ll try the work around next time I come across the issue, and will definitely report to Apple. I’d like a bit more information, however, before reporting, so that I can give them exact steps to reproduce the bug. I think others may have gotten there before me anyway. -- You recei

Clean Install of Yosemite (was: Preview on Yosemite | Unable to Read some PDFs)

2014-10-23 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Anne, I've been tempted to do a clean install for that reason. I didn't do it this time as they don't make it so easy anymore and I didn't want too much distraction while I'm finishing my thesis. Once I've submitted it, however, I might just give it a go. What do you think is the best way of

Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Announcements in AppleScript Dialog Boxes

2014-10-23 Thread Nicholas Parsons
I’ve noticed a couple of bugs with VoiceOver and AppleScript dialog boxes since upgrading to Yosemite, and am interested whether anyone else has noticed the same thing. First, VoiceOver sometimes does not announce that the dialog box has appeared. It used to be that a system sound would indicat

another bug

2014-10-23 Thread Faisal
So, the issue with my keyboard persists. Given the magnitude of this bug is forcing me to downgrade back to mavericks. To sum up, after a time, I have issues not only closing apps with command q, but some keyboard navigation isn't working and text input doesn't work either. Anyone know hot I can d

Re: Braille screen input

2014-10-23 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Contracted braille has been working quite well for me too. It's still not good enough for me to use it in favour of mBraille, but I use it all the time on the home screen to search for apps. Just type the first few characters and when you hear the app you want, just swipe right with two fingers.

Re: unlabelled buttons in yosemti mail

2014-10-23 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Excellent, thank you! On 22 Jan 2014, at 8:10 pm, Dean Adams wrote: Hi All, Here is what the buttons are that are unlabelled in yosemti mail you can lable them with V O Slash . Unlabelled Buttons in Yosemeti mail There are four unlabled buttons in yoesemit mail once you open an email

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Announcements in AppleScript Dialog Boxes

2014-10-23 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I too am noticing exactly the same behavior that you are describing Tim. With me, it's absoutely consistant. 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 and fully protected b

Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Does Not Work with TextEdit in Portrait Layout

2014-10-23 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi all, Can someone please confirm they can reproduce this bug? It seems as if TextEdit is now in landscape (or horizontal) layout by default. I only noticed this when a sighted colleague mentioned it after I printed something. Open a document in TextEdit which has at least two lines of text. G

Re: Two questions

2014-10-23 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Rich. I can't answer your question about showing downloads in Safari because I haven't had to download anything. As for opening up links in mail, I find that once interacted with the text, I have to press VO+Space at least twice before it launches Safari to view the contents of the link. Sha

Re: another bug

2014-10-23 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi Faisal. Unless you created a bootable version of Mavericks on a USB drive, I'm afraid you're SOL. I just checked in the Mac App Store and Mavericks is no longer there. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook > On Oct 23, 2014, at 8:10 PM, Faisal wrote: > > So, the issue with my keyboard persists.

Re: another bug

2014-10-23 Thread Faisal
Hi all, the loss of navigation was too much of a deal killer for me so I ended up downgrading back to mavericks. I luckily had a time machine backup so I was able to do it successfully. right now, I’m just extremely thankful that I have time machine machine backups otherwise I’d be stuck. On Oct

Re: another bug

2014-10-23 Thread Alex Hall
Mavericks should be available from your Purchases tab, even if you can't find it by searching the App Store. As to the keyboard problem, I saw an article today that said many Yosemite users are encountering problems with assorted bluetooth devices - trackpads, keyboards, speakers, and so on. So

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Does Not Work with TextEdit in Portrait Layout

2014-10-23 Thread Alex Hall
For what it's worth, I can confirm this. Have you noticed any other apps that exhibit this behavior? > On Oct 23, 2014, at 9:23 PM, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Can someone please confirm they can reproduce this bug? > > It seems as if TextEdit is now in landscape (or horizontal)

Re: another bug

2014-10-23 Thread Juan Hernandez
I wonder if there is a trend behind this bug. Is your computer older? could it have an older bluetooth protocol chipset? Best, > On Oct 23, 2014, at 7:18 PM, Faisal wrote: > > Hi all, > the loss of navigation was too much of a deal killer for me so I ended up > downgrading back to mavericks.

Re: another bug

2014-10-23 Thread Faisal
My computer is a macbook pro late 2013 so it is not all that old. On Oct 23, 2014, at 7:39 PM, Juan Hernandez wrote: > I wonder if there is a trend behind this bug. Is your computer older? could > it have an older bluetooth protocol chipset? > > Best, >> On Oct 23, 2014, at 7:18 PM, Faisal w

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Announcements in AppleScript Dialog Boxes

2014-10-23 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Okay, thanks, Ray. Given that it doesn’t seem to be some problem unique to my scripts, I’ll report it to Apple Accessibility. For the record, I should note that I have been experiencing this on my 2011 iMac 16GB RAM quad core i5 and my 2011 MacBook Air 4GB RAM with 1.7GHz i5 processor. -- You

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Does Not Work with TextEdit in Portrait Layout

2014-10-23 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Thanks for confirming. It’s always good to know it’s not just me with some unique combination of weird settings enabled or that I’m just missing something obvious. And no, I haven’t noticed this in any other apps. I just tested Pages and the layout is still portrate by default, and I’m unable to

RE: Showing sources list view in latest itunes

2014-10-23 Thread Debbie April Yuille
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Yosemite Bugs | Selecting Text in Preview

2014-10-23 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi list, Am I right that selecting text in Preview no longer works, or no longer works as well, in Yosemite? I was just getting used to doing it in Mavericks with VO-return, and now it seems to be broken. Open a text-based PDF in Preview; Press VO-return to start selection; Use VO keys to navig

Can't connect to iMac via bluetooth

2014-10-23 Thread Agent086b
Hello all, Does anybody know why I can’t connect to my iMac from my iPhone 5 via bluetooth? The iMac can see my phone but they don’t show the necessary code to pear. I am also not able to get the code on the Mac to receive text messages on it either. I do receive iMessages on the Mac, iPhone & iPa

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Does Not Work with TextEdit in Portrait Layout

2014-10-23 Thread Barry Hadder
Nic, I believe that the option you are referring to here is for entering vertical text. It does not control the page orientation. I think that you would control that from printing preferences, but you could also go into Textedit preferences and reverse the window dimensions. Hope that helps.

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Does Not Work with TextEdit in Portrait Layout

2014-10-23 Thread David Griffith
Thanks I have emailed accessibil...@apple.com about this as well. Occasionally you can read by line by using VO down arrowbut this appears inconsistent. David Griffith > On 24 Oct 2014, at 02:23, Nicholas Parsons > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Can someone please confirm they can reproduce this

Re: Can't connect to iMac via bluetooth

2014-10-23 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Why are you trying to connect your Mac and iPhone by bluetooth? If you think this is necessary in order to do phone calls on your Mac via your iPhone, it isn't a step you need to do. But perhaps you have a different reason for wanting to do this. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new

Re: Mouse Pointer moves Voice Over marker

2014-10-23 Thread David Griffith
If I understand you correctly I think shift VO F5 does what you want. This moves the Voiceover cursor to the item under the mouse. > On 24 Oct 2014, at 00:31, Terje Strømberg wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there a Voice Over command that change Voice Over marker behavior so that > Mouse Pointer moves

Re: Can't connect to iMac via bluetooth

2014-10-23 Thread Agent086b
Hi, just thought I may be able to transfer things from the phone easier to the mac. Max Î > On 24 Oct 2014, at 3:55 pm, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > > Why are you trying to connect your Mac and iPhone by bluetooth? If you think > this is necessary in order to do phone calls on your Mac via your iPhone

Re: Two questions

2014-10-23 Thread David Griffith
I am seeing the downloads window fine. It may be hat you need to have your toolbar visible? David Griffith > On 23 Oct 2014, at 23:16, Rich Ring wrote: > > I have two unrelated questions. First, since installing Yosemite, I can no > longer see my downloads window while using Safari to download

Strange problem where VO would

2014-10-23 Thread Grant Hardy
Hello all, To make a long story short, there is a website and discussion forum which I must routinely use for a distance education course. When navigating to the page where I can post new discussion topics, VO would crash and restart whenever I navigated to the region where I could enter the to

Re: Can't connect to iMac via bluetooth

2014-10-23 Thread christopher hallsworth
I can tell you you do not need bluetooth to use text message forwarding or to make and receive phone calls from an iPad or Mac. So long as they're all connected to the same wifi network and signed into the same iCloud account it should just work. > On 24 Oct 2014, at 05:17, Agent086b wrote: >

iBooks and Yosemite

2014-10-23 Thread christopher hallsworth
Hi all I tried iBooks last night by opening an Epub document from my iCloud Drive. Sure enough, VoiceOver read the book, or at least sporadically anyway, but how do I actually navigate the text? Is this even possible? Great to see iBooks fully accessible under Yosemite though. Any help greatly

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Does Not Work with TextEdit in Portrait Layout

2014-10-23 Thread Nicholas Parsons
Hi Barry, I don’t think it is. For one, it says vertical layout, not vertical text. Secondly, I was told when I printer with horizontal layout that my page was in landscape layout. When I then printed in vertical layout, I was told that I had fixed the problem and my page was in portrait layout