Re: vmware fusion eating the caps lock key

2014-12-13 Thread Kliph
YOu gotta use sharp keys, or remap the keys within fusion settings. On Dec 13, 2014, at 2:19 AM, deedra waters dee...@the-brannons.com wrote: I need to free up the caps lock key os that i can use the apple keyboard in the vm rather then juggling 2 keyboards…. Does anyone know why and how to

custom headers?

2014-12-13 Thread Kliph
Now this was easy to do on maverricks. But when I go to select my custom headers in mail preferences, there is nothing in the table to choose from. What is the best way to create your custom headers in mail on yosemite? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: no rrs reader is installed

2014-12-13 Thread John Panarese
If install is dimmed, it has been installed. It will be found in your applications folder. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7

Latest Safari update breaks something

2014-12-13 Thread Phil Halton
A website for an organization I belong to, which has its accessibility problems, has been made even worse by the latest Safari V8 update from V7. I’ve tried using/reverting to Safari 7.1 from the developer/user agent menu, but still no luck. It doesn’t seem to make any difference. I can

Re: Observations

2014-12-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Regarding iPhone backups. The process is as follows. If you have your iDevice set to use iCloud Backups, then it will automatically backup to iCloud when your iDevice is plugged in to power and connected to WiFi. this is regardless of whether you have Mavericks, Yosemite, Windows or

Re: Frustrated not able to read documents on work web site

2014-12-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I think that there’s a bit of semantics confusion going on in this thread. It looks like you’re talking about reading these documents from within the browser as opposed to reading them using an assigned app. If you’re opening these work documents from within Safari or another browser,

Re: calendar program

2014-12-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, The Calendar app native to the MacOS is totally accessible. It’s accessibility within Mountain Lion, Mavericks and Yosemite has been vastly improved over versions in earlier releases of the MacOS. People may have differing opinions on it’s ease of use, but I don’t believe that you’ll

Re: Frustrated not able to read documents on work web site

2014-12-13 Thread Christine Grassman
Ah, mystery solved. I will try this to see if I can download independently. I could not do so a few days ago, but perhaps this will work. Thanks, Tim. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and

Re: a horrible frustrating evening in vmware land

2014-12-13 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I'm not running vmware right now but I have in the past. It really isn't that annoying once you get used to it. All new things can be a pain, some more so than others. What did you install for your linux vm? -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us),

Re: Face time problems

2014-12-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Probably the easiest thing to do would be to go into the Preferences for FaceTime and Messages on your Mac, in the Accounts pane, sign out then sign back in with your Apple ID. If your phone numbers are already associated with your Apple ID this will fix it right away. If, when you got

Handoff between MBP and iOS

2014-12-13 Thread Jenine Stanley
OK, I’m obviously missing something here. I thought I set everything up so that I could start a message on one device and finish it on another. I have an MBP mid 2012 and an iPhone 5S, both running the most recent versions of OS. I have Handoff on for both devices and have both recognized,

Re: Should I upgrad? Cannot restore my iPhone 5c: was My day with Yosemite

2014-12-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Cheryl is correct in that using your computer as a phone in Yosemite requires a working iPhone as well as both the computer and iPhone being on the same WiFi network. When you’re having extreme problems like this one appears to sound like, do not rely on doing things via a WiFi or

Re: iTunes 12 importing media slow?

2014-12-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Kliph, I would suggest that with large imports like you’re doing, that the iTunes Database is possibly the issue. The number of files tends to be as big of an issue as the size of the files. Because iTunes copies your media into the iTunes Media folder, moves it around accordingly

Hiding the Gmail all folder

2014-12-13 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hello: Is there a way to hide the gmail’s all folder using Yosemite and the Mail app? -- 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: iTunes 12 importing media slow?

2014-12-13 Thread Kliph
I would have to say this time Tim you are wrong. When I am running mavericks on my other macmini, it imports the media like it use to, in no time at all. 10 thousand songs only took a couple of hours, 3 tops. It would import my 3500 movies, in lless than an hour. I know I have a lot of

Re: Handoff between MBP and iOS

2014-12-13 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Jenine, It's not going to be much comfort to you, but I have not got hand off to work on anything yet. I can receive calls phone calls on my mac, I can send text messages from my mac via my phone, but I can't start a message on one device and finish it off on another. Everything is on the

Very odd mail behaviour.

2014-12-13 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I have a strange problem when deleting a bunch of mail at the same time. I use to use the option command shift up arrow when selecting mails from where i am to the top. Now for example voiceover can say that 76 items are selected. When i press the delete button voiceover says that i am about

Re: Daisy Player for Mac Suggestions.

2014-12-13 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Yes and i saw that it was last updated 2009. /A 11 dec 2014 kl. 19:42 skrev David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com: I have heard that Read Here is a fully featured player but it is very expensive. https://www.gh-accessibility.com/software/readhear-mac-instant-download

Re: Changing email address

2014-12-13 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Angus, I think you might need to do the following to fix your problem: 1. From within mail, go to the menu bar with vo m, and choose the window menu. Go down there and choose previous recipients. 2. From there, you will see a table with all the people to whom you have sent emails. Interact

Re: iTunes 12 importing media slow?

2014-12-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Kliph, I very well could be incorrect, but, I’m understanding from your note below that it is your use of iTunes 12 where the extreme slowness occurs. I emphasized that the database management in iTunes 12 appears to really slow things down, even more than the other file movement

Re: virtualbox and osx 10.10

2014-12-13 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Have you tried qemu for osx? It works but i didn’t understand how. /A 12 dec 2014 kl. 08:28 skrev deedra waters dee...@the-brannons.com: Seems apple-gcc can’t build on this version of OS X So for now i guess for now i’m either going to have to wait till it is supported to install

Re: Handoff between MBP and iOS

2014-12-13 Thread Jenine Stanley
Whew, glad it’s not just me. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Dec 13, 2014, at 3:16 PM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jenine, It's not going to be much comfort to you, but I have not got hand off to work on anything yet. I can receive calls phone

Re: my day with yosemite

2014-12-13 Thread matthew dyer
Hi, I am using the latest yossemity version here with no problems here. I know that some reports of wifi have been going on but IH. Matthew On 12/11/14, 10:59 PM, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: The vast majority of people are not having trouble with the upgrade. I do recommend

Re: my day with yosemite

2014-12-13 Thread Joe Paton
Hi Ray, ou can stop crossing things, we're here. How was the technology show? Who was exhibiting? Hope you can stay till the end. Regards, Joe On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 16:09:35 -0500 matthew dyer ilovecountrymusic...@outlook.com wrote: Hi, I am using the latest yossemity version here with no

Re: Latest Safari update breaks something

2014-12-13 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Please remember to report these things to accessibil...@apple.com they need to know if things get broken so that they can fix them. On 13 Dec 2014, at 16:29, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote: A website for an organization I belong to, which has its accessibility problems, has been made

Re: Very odd mail behaviour.

2014-12-13 Thread Alex Hall
I suspect threading is the confusion. If you highlight five conversations, and each has two messages in it, you are deleting ten items total. My first thought is that your 74 messages are a mix of single messages and threads, and the threads are adding to the total. On Dec 13, 2014, at 3:20

Safari 8.2 crashes

2014-12-13 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hello all: It appears Safari 8.2 crashes when I try to submit a bill payment on Regions web site. Has anyone else had issues? -- 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: a horrible frustrating evening in vmware land

2014-12-13 Thread deedra waters
I installed arch because it was quickest and easier then anything else. Yes it is easier to get used to once you get used to it. I think my problem last night was i was tired and annoyed to begin with. I still need to know why my capslock doesn’t work in the vm though deedra waters

Re: How To Get iWork Apps On OS X Yosemite For Free On Older Macs

2014-12-13 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
how did you get the free version of the Aperture? Il giorno 13/dic/2014, alle ore 08:04 AM, Kliph kliphzkor...@icloud.com ha scritto: Here’s how to download iWork apps Pages, Keynote and Numbers absolutely free from Apple on your old Mac running OS X Yosemite. Head past the jump for

Re: iTunes 12 importing media slow?

2014-12-13 Thread Kliph
What changed in the way media is handled in iTunes 12? I know the layout is different, but why would it slow it down that much? On Dec 13, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Tim Kilburn kilbu...@me.com wrote: Hi Kliph, I very well could be incorrect, but, I’m understanding from your note below that it

Re: a horrible frustrating evening in vmware land

2014-12-13 Thread Chris Moore
You may want to tweak some of the vmware setting for keyboard and mouse. If you’re running arch with speakup, you may want to consider plugging in an external usb keyboard with a num pad. This would allow you to interact with speakup as you would on a conventional desktop PC. Chris On Dec

Re: Handoff between MBP and iOS

2014-12-13 Thread Deb Lewis
In the example you gave, the message you started on the I device should appear in the doc of your Mac. The messages app must be open. It was confusing for me because I thought I could be in the messages app and would see the message. You don’t. When it’s working correctly it shows up in the

Re: a horrible frustrating evening in vmware land

2014-12-13 Thread deedra waters
I was going to use the mac keyboard for both. I dont reqlly want to carry 2 keyboards to portland but i might have to at this point. I didn’t see anything in the vmware settings about anything pertaining to the capslock key so no idea what i’m missing. Speakup has a nice laptop layout perfect

Re: iTunes 12 importing media slow?

2014-12-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Not really sure, but you’re certainly not alone. After reading your response, I did some research on the Net. A number of things came up as factors such as iTunes getting hung-up searching for linked devices, locations of media etc. None of them should really, on their own, have

Re: Handoff between MBP and iOS

2014-12-13 Thread Jenine Stanley
I need to try this now as I’m sure I had it confused too. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Dec 13, 2014, at 5:11 PM, Deb Lewis deblewi...@gmail.com wrote: In the example you gave, the message you started on the I device should appear in the doc of your Mac. The messages app

help with navigating shrookRE: no rrs reader is installed

2014-12-13 Thread Zoe Fiogkos
Ok now how do I navigate this shrook? I go to the website I click on the recent recipes and shrook pops up I see a list of recipes I interact with the table, I go to the one I want I spacebar on it with vo but no cigar, what am I doing wrong. Also I see three buttons at the bottom web desk

Pages Formatting

2014-12-13 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hello: I’m having issues with formatting and Pages. A friend sent me a Docx file with a lot of formatting. I opened in Pages, corrected, saved as Word format. None of the formatting stayed the same. All the spacing is gone. How can we preserve document formatting? -- You received this message

Re: Changing email address

2014-12-13 Thread Angus MacKinnon
Lisette Thank you very much. Just curious is their a way to clear out the entire Previous Receipients? Angus MacKinnon -- 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

RE: Handoff between MBP and iOS

2014-12-13 Thread Faisal ali
Hi, I have messages already in my dock along with 23 other apps. How can I differentiate between the messages app and the messages instance that I have started on another device? This aspect of handoff has always been confusing to me. I can get it to work from my mac on to my iPhone and iPad,

RE: newbie any help from members with a little vision

2014-12-13 Thread Zoe Fiogkos
this looks interesting thank you so much. Also zoomtext might do the trick, when I can afford it I may get it because I’ll get it at a discount because I have zoomtext for windows. Zoomtext is useless for me on windows but the 27 inch imac even with the colors inverted is letting me see

Re: a horrible frustrating evening in vmware land

2014-12-13 Thread Chris Moore
I think it is a problem with spekup not recognizing the caps lock key. Try the external keyboard with a numpad and let us know how it goes. Chris On Dec 13, 2014, at 5:22 PM, deedra waters dee...@the-brannons.com wrote: I was going to use the mac keyboard for both. I dont reqlly want to

RE: a horrible frustrating evening in vmware land

2014-12-13 Thread Scott Erichsen
Use keyremap for macbook and siel to make the capslock do what you want. Instructions are on applevis. Instructions refer to PCKeyboardHack but that has been renamed to siel. You won't need two keyboards. It's nothing to do with the VMWare settings, those utilities will solve your capslock

Saga trying to reinstall Yosemtie

2014-12-13 Thread David Griffith
I report this as a cautionary tale. Tonight I suddenly lost sound output from my 3.5 inch output from my iMac. Several reboots did not solve the problem. I went into recovery console to reinstall OS but was dismayed to find that only the option to re-install Mavericks was present. . As I had

Re: a horrible frustrating evening in vmware land

2014-12-13 Thread deedra waters
I’ve been using the external keyboard in the vm i just hate carting 2 of the things across oregon.:P deedra waters dee...@the-brannons.com On Dec 13, 2014, at 4:23 PM, Chris Moore chris.w...@gmail.com wrote: I think it is a problem with spekup not recognizing the caps lock key. Try the

Re: Observations

2014-12-13 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
The downside of iCloud backups is (I suspect) most folks have the free 5GB of storage while most phones have a lot more than this to backup. I imagine very few people can use iCloud backup without either paying for more storage or stripping down what gets backed up to a bare minimum. CB On

Re: Changing email address

2014-12-13 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Angus, I haven't a clue. It's like any other table so perhaps you could select all and then do remove. I'm not going to try it on my system as I don't want to delete them all. But play around. What have you got to lose? Lisette On 14/12/2014, at 12:36 pm, Angus MacKinnon floda...@gmx.com

Re: Changing email address

2014-12-13 Thread Angus MacKinnon
Lisette Thank you for all your help to remove unwanted email addresses. Angus MacKinnon -- 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: Hiding the Gmail all folder

2014-12-13 Thread John Panarese
I think the only way you can do this is by logging into your gmail account through the web interface and going into settings to disable that folder. I don't think it can be done on the Mac or PC. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email,

Re: help with navigating shrookRE: no rrs reader is installed

2014-12-13 Thread John Panarese
When you choose something from the table, stop interacting and navigate right. Interact with the HTML content. That should be the text of the article. If that is not the case, you might have to do a command-o to open the website and read it there. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac