just to add to what Alex has said, you don't have to add cards to a group
individually. You can interact with the table of contacts and use the select
method. Use vo+up or down arrow to go through the list of your contacts. Once
you've found the one you want to add to group, press
I am not sure how old your iMac is or whether or not this would be a factor,
but if I use cmd-r at restart and take the steps to reinstall, it is Yosemite
that is indeed shown as the install that will be done, not Mavericks. So I
don't think the problem is that Apple has failed to allow a
Hello Sarai,
If you need to use Pages seriously, you should take a course in how to use it.
I don’t know whether anyone else offers this, but my husband and I teach a
five-part course on Pages via Skype and TeamViewer. It costs €25 per unit
making the whole course cost €125.
If you’re
thanks much!
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again!
Cait
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Hello Jeff,
During the installation process, depending upon many factors, VoiceOver may not
place focus at the top/beginning of some dialog boxes. Take your time and read
each dialog box carefully.
One dialog box that you will definitely want to pay particular attention to is
the one that
Hello Jessica, et al:
Without getting into the specifics, which would take a novella to fully
explain, in my opinion, I strongly, strongly urge you not to hide the gMail All
Mail folder. Doing so may, and most likely will, cause Yosemite Mail problems.
Having the All Mail folder being
Hello!
I am using fine reader pro and after I import pages from my scanner, I can not
see the converted document, do you know what I am doing wrong? Where do the
converted document go?
Thanks!
Daniela Rubio T
Distinguished Educator
Macneticos, Apple y accesibilidad a tu alcance.
Productos
There is some discussion of this problem on
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6638906
where people running Yosemite 2013 machines are still getting Mavericks
Recovery Console.
There is no official resolution except that someone at the bottom of the
page says that donwloading Yosemite again
My iMac shows as a late 2012.
I also may have a theory/solution re: the headphone jack. The other day I
couldn't get bluetooth sound with my jam xt bluetooth speaker though it would
control iTunes so I knew it was paired. I thought nothing of it since I saw
other posts of people saying they
Hi all, Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
I left my ntfs file server tower in storage for a few months. It was working
fine when I packed it up,. Not so much now. Windows will see the drives in a
virtual machine, but the mac won't mount them. They are tuexera ntfs drives on
hi i’m currently running mavericks 10.9.5 and was wondering of any good apps to
listen radio and tv
thanks
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I doubt the problem is related to the machine being turned off for an
extended period of time. I suspect the problems are the result of the
Windows machine being rebooted or that there were changes in your
network during the interim.
On 12/15/2014 08:50 AM, erik burggraaf wrote:
Hi all,
Not anymore. I just looked.
On Dec 15, 2014, at 1:50 AM, Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com wrote:
Yes, you have to do it via gmail website interface, in setting and I think in
labels tab where you uncheck the all mail folder. That's how it used to work.
Andrew
On 15 Dec 2014, at 00:37,
Hi y'all
I finally had to take off the alias that worked, but caused my computer to go
into fits. I think the problem was that the Windows computer is not always
awake when I want to access the network and I have to go and wake it up. That
would be ok except that even when I didn't want it
Hi there
Another thing you can do is do most of your work on a resume in TextEdit. I
always get a reader to look at a resume, even though I know how to do the
formatting things you mentioned. This is because it just helps to get a good
reader to evaluate the looks of something that important
I don’t believe AFP has a built-in reader. I have AFP setup to automatically
export the scanned results to textedit and I read it there.
After completing a scan, you’ll need to poke around to find the export facility
(probably in the menus somewhere). I forget how I did it long ago, but it can’t
just a note about exporting from word into rtf format for textedit, it’s not
necessary as textedit opens and reads .docx files just fine. I use textedit to
read docx files regularly.
On Dec 15, 2014, at 10:41 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote:
Hi there
Another thing you can do is
I recently upgraded two machines to Yosemite and I did opt to go with iCloud
Drive, and also, I steered clear of file vaulting my hard drive. It adds
another level of complexity to the system that I felt was totally unnecessary
for my needs.
On Dec 15, 2014, at 4:09 AM, M. Taylor
I'd like to know this as well. I go on a website to watch ESPN 2 and the site
has proven to be unreliable due to the stream going down frequently. Also, I'm
having problems with Adobe Flash Player, but I'll save that for a different
post.
Shawn
Sent From My White MacBook
On Dec 15, 2014, at
Hi all. I'm posting this on two different lists to get a little more feedback
from people. This morning I went on a site to watch TV, time4tv.com
http://time4tv.com/ to be exact, and it's saying that I need to update my
Adobe Flash Player. Ok, no problem, I download the dmg for the update,
Hi,
I thought flashplayer file is pkg file which you have to run, not an app you
copy to the application folder. Can some more knowledgeable person correct me
if I'm wrong?
Andrew
On 15 Dec 2014, at 16:17, Shawn Krasniuk bbssh...@icloud.com wrote:
Hi all. I'm posting this on two different
Hi,
I found an ESPN radio stream on Radium. you can try doing it that way. Just for
ESPN. As for watching TV, I know on the windows side there is a program called
U TV (I believe) but not sure if one exists on the mac. I generally stick to
netflics and Hulu plus for any extensive television
What happens in my case was that it was an installer.app file. So yes
you have to run the installer.
However there are two windows to the installer.
There is a window with an html element with which you have to interact
to read, and there is also another second monitoring window. If the
Hey all,
Do not ever recall this being discussed, and have read a lot about people
reading the Apple forums lately. I have noticed that whenever I need to browse
a forum site on the web doing it with VO can take forever. On most forum sites
there are no headings listed, so what I typically do
David,
your problem sounds very serious and a real headache. What would your
recommendation be for those who do not have a yosemite installer handy? I’m
afraid of this happening to me and as of now, I do not have an installer of
yosemite.
On Dec 15, 2014, at 5:17 AM, David Griffith
Almost all major networks have their own website and offer streaming of their
shows a day or two after they air. The accessibility of these sites seems to
constantly be changing so it is more of a trial by error thing. I have had
issues playing most videos in safari as I do not like videos
You may not have the problem . It is unclear why some of us are
retaining Mavericks on our Recovery Console, even after installing
Yosemite but clearly this problem is not affecting everybody. Some
people are in fact getting the correct Yosemite Recovery Console.
I suggest you simply have a
Hi all,
so I purchased current but having problems with it. When I try loading the app,
the application stays busy. I’ve had it sitting for a few minutes and the app
continues to be busy. What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks
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Very interesting, I checked and I have 10.10 on my recovery console. I’m
wondering if this problem only affects machines before 2012. Have you tried
contacting applecare to see if they have an explanation?
On Dec 15, 2014, at 8:52 AM, David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com wrote:
You may not
I have no idea what might be going on with yours. I just loged in, and I am
having no issues.On Dec 15, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Faisal ali
faisal.a...@icloud.com wrote:
Hi all,
so I purchased current but having problems with it. When I try loading the
app, the application stays busy. I’ve had
Hello,
I figured it out. As it turns out, current and me u tab do not get along at all
so I had to quit menu tab and current was fine after that. I guess that makes
sense.
Also, when sorting news feed, I select most recent but cannot seem to get out
of that menu. Hitting return seems to do
Hmmm, for me that window just opened and was there but maybe it varies from
time to time. Also when I did this yesterday to get the buttons to work I had
to use vo-shift-space instead of just vo-space so if you seem to be stuck with
it saying you have to close safari when it's already closed,
Can anyone explain what this app offers that the mobile site does not? I'm not
much into Facebook, but if it lets me chat, manage groups, and review my feed
easily, it might be worth a look. Thanks.
On Dec 15, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Faisal ali faisal.a...@icloud.com wrote:
Hello,
I figured it
So this os not my day today when it comes to technology. I’m having trouble
expanding and collapsing conversation threads in mail. I have it set to sort by
conversation but when ever I hit right arrow to expand a conversation, nothing
seems to happen. However, when I hit the left arrow,
Thank you very much!
And can somebody help me to set things up, that after finisting a
digitalization, it exports it to Text edit?
After I digitalize pages, I get a button that says something like warnings, an
other that puts pages, etc.
I really don’t know where is that result.
This is the
The fix that works for me is to simply turn VO off, hit right arrow a couple
times while on the conversation, then turn VO back on. This should expand the
conversation and return everything to normal.
On Dec 15, 2014, at 12:20 PM, Faisal ali faisal.a...@icloud.com wrote:
So this os not my
Ahh, that seems to have fixed it. Thank you. Any ideas why this happens? would
this be a VO issue? I don’t ever recall this happening under Mavericks.
On Dec 15, 2014, at 9:26 AM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote:
The fix that works for me is to simply turn VO off, hit right arrow a couple
Hi,
My other question is, is it possible to set the view to mobile? I know this was
done in Menu tab and I would like to have this for current. Frankly, I find the
regular Facebook layout to be cluttered and not very simple to navigate around.
On Dec 15, 2014, at 9:17 AM, Alex Hall
What is the differences between Current VS. MenuTab? Seems like they both use
the same web interface and thus, by habit I open Safari and go to FB that way.
On Dec 15, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Faisal ali faisal.a...@icloud.com wrote:
Hello,
I figured it out. As it turns out, current and me u tab
Interesting. While I do have a good number of apps I think the bulk of
my iPhone content is media. While it's great that iCloud backs up
pointers to media stored on my computer, that means the iCloud backup
isn't really a full backup. If something goes kerfluey on my laptop the
copies on my
One thing that might speed up gmail syncing and save space on your computer
would be to reduce the number of messages that Google iMAP allows to be
downloaded. My memory is that there is a checkbox with a default of 2000
messages. So supposedly if you checked this you would only have the 2K
Hi,
This is what I understand. If you primarily use iCloud as your backup solution
for your iDevice, then your Mac really isn’t in the picture, at least according
to Apples’ expectations. All apps are purchased through the iTunes Store, all
music is either streamed or downloaded from the
They do, however MenuTab for Facebook is ad-sponsored.
On 15 Dec 2014, at 17:47, Joshua Tubbs ori...@icloud.com wrote:
What is the differences between Current VS. MenuTab? Seems like they both use
the same web interface and thus, by habit I open Safari and go to FB that way.
On Dec 15,
the only problem with backing up your apps to your mac is that you lose all
your folders that you so painstakingly created on your iDevice. This is why I
prefer using iCloud as it preserves all your folders.
Another issue I noticed when using your mac is apps that get restored onto your
phone
According to the description on their web site, you should be able to have
Current in the background and be notified when something of importance happens,
but all i see is the hide feature that’s in the OS and that doesn’t hide the
app entirely. Wondering if there’s a way of doing like what you
I don't know why it happens, no. Oddly, I found it to happen a lot under
Mavericks, and far less in Yosemite.
On Dec 15, 2014, at 12:28 PM, Faisal ali faisal.a...@icloud.com wrote:
Ahh, that seems to have fixed it. Thank you. Any ideas why this happens?
would this be a VO issue? I don’t
Hi guys I had safari, notes, shrook open, got tired of messing around with
trying to copy paste things and decided to close all. And now voiceover
says you are currently on a zip file, when I press escape nothing happends,
command q does nothing how do I get out of this thing? By the way the zip
I'm assuming you are on the desktop. That's probably a VoiceOver audio log
file. Just command-backspace on it to delete it. You can open apps from the
Dock or open a Finder window from there with command-n.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email,
Hello:
I have recently switched to using a MacBook Pro running Yosemite OS X. I have
always used windows in the past with jaws. I would like to know if there are
any good podcast or written resources that I can use to learn how to best work
with this newoperating system. It seems to be a bit
Yes that’s exactly what it is, I am clicking command backspace and a here a
ding. Is the backspace key the last one on the keyboard under the top row of
keys? When I hit keyboard help it tells me that key is called delete, so if
I'm hitting the correct keys why is it dinging?
-Original
Have you visited www.applevis.com yet? They have a page specifically for those
new to the Mac, with podcasts and written articles on everything from VoiceOver
basics to using Finder to Safari and more.
On Dec 15, 2014, at 3:58 PM, Bobby Druesedow bo...@druesedow.com wrote:
Hello:
I have
Ok guys now I'm in trouble no matter what keys I click no matter if I flick
on the trackpad all I hear is a ding and nothing else, when I say nothing
else I don't mean voiceover is not speaking I mean I hit vo d and instead of
hearing doc safari for example I hear just a ding what's going on now?
Daniela, this is how I scan documents using AFP.
1, in the “new task” screen, I select my scanner from the source table.
2, I check the “go right” checkbox to the left of the source table. That brings
up a scroll area to the right of the source table which contains buttons for
all the
In these circumstances it is worth checking Window Chooser to make sure that
there is not an alert window somewhere which is demanding your attention.
Unfortunatley not every window announces itself when it opens on the Mac.
Hit VO F2 twice to bring Window Chooser up.
Alternatively you may just
daniela,
I think I have found the procedure for getting AFP to automatically open the
scanned pages in textedit.
You must select “scan to rtf” in step #3. Then, when you press the “finish
import” button in step#6, AFP will automatically bring up the save dialog where
you export the scanned doc
If it's a laptop, it's the second key down on the right side, a big thick
key. Try doing command-tab and making sure the focus is on that file before
you delete it.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, j...@macfortheblind.com
Website,
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2014/01/16/10-best-word-processing-apps-mac/
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Hello,
That also works for txt files as well.
On Dec 15, 2014, at 2:05 PM, Phil Halton philh...@gmail.com wrote:
daniela,
I think I have found the procedure for getting AFP to automatically open the
scanned pages in textedit.
You must select “scan to rtf” in step #3. Then, when you press
Hi,
You may also like to try cmd-tab to move between open applications and/or
VO-f2-f2 to bring up the Window Chooser menu to see what windows are available.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Dec 15, 2014, at 13:46, Zoe Fiogkos fiog...@rogers.com wrote:
Hi guys I had
Another possibility is to set up a smart folder.
You can set up a smart folder that has the rules folder: retail Age 2 weeks
ago.
Then you would be able to just select all and delete every once in a while. I
certainly do this for the MacVisionaries since otherwise my system gets slow
In vmware preferences reached by pressing command + comma, select Keyboard and
mouse from the toolbar, then select the key remappings tab.
Press “add” to create a new key remap. in the first combo box press the accent
key, then vo right arrow over to the next combo box.
Here’s where it gets a
This is a feature that I had forgotten about. It lets you know where on the
Macintosh screen the VoiceOVer cursor is currently located. This can be turned
off in VoiceOver Utility under the Sounds area there is a checkbox called
Enable Positional audio
Best wishes,
Jonathan
On Dec 11,
Hi there
It is not an easy switch for blind users, and it took me about two weeks to get
used to my computer. But then, I have been using computers for years. I was
using computers long before they really had people to do any training with
them. So good luck to you on learning your new
Hello:
When I hit the VO keys and F2 to access window chooser, I hear a percentage of
brightness. Nothing happens when I do this except for brightness 38% or
whatever percentage it is set on. Is there something I am doing wrong or a
setting that I do not have correctly set? Any help would be
Okay, a follow up to my previous instructions. At the point where you need to
mouse click the word caps lock in the combo box, There are two things you can
do to get past this little glitchy part.
First, instead of routing the mouse to the VO cursor with VO command F5, I have
found here as in
Hi,
you are not hitting VO f2 then. the VO keys are option command held down
together. I believe you are hitting the function key by mistake.
On Dec 15, 2014, at 3:47 PM, Bobby Druesedow w5...@druesedow.com wrote:
Hello:
When I hit the VO keys and F2 to access window chooser, I hear a
If you have not set your FKeys to act as software function keys in system
preferences, then you’ll also need to hold down the function key along with the
F2 and VO keys.
This is done in system preferences/Keyboard/keyboard tab. Arrow right to the
button that says “use all f1, f2 etc keys as
Hello:
This will be the last question I asked today. I think everyone for their quick
responses and being patient with my learning curve.
It seems that I can navigate okay using the tav key sometime and then I lose
the tav key functionality. This seems to happen the most when I am trying to
Hi all,
I was wondering if there is a accessible scanning software like open book or
kurzweil for the mack ? If so where do I fine that app or software ? Any help
would be great.
Sincerely
Becky Sabo
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Hi,
I assume you mean the Tab key? you wrote Tav but think that might've been a
dictation error.
Its a little difficult to diagnose your issue as there sin’t much information
to work with but I should probably mention that the tab key by default will
interact with tables and other intractable
Hi david, vo f2 did nothing so I tried the command option escape, the 2 items
in the table were shrook and finder. I selected shrook and it gave me a force
quit and I did it. Still the same thing no matter what key I clicked I would
hear a ding, so I went back and now selected finder but for
Hi,
In the future, when using the Force Quit dialog, don’t do anything with the
Finder, it will likely just get you into an unwanted problem. For now, to get
you back up and running, press and hold down the power button for about 10
seconds. This will force shutdown your Mac. Wait 10 to 20
I’m enjoying the voiceover book in the iBooks store. It’s free.
On Dec 15, 2014, at 3:02 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote:
Have you visited www.applevis.com http://www.applevis.com/ yet? They have a
page specifically for those new to the Mac, with podcasts and written
articles on
Hello All:
I want to put captions and titles on photos, maps and/or other files that are
currently in jpg format. What is the best way to do this? I thought about
doing it in keynote then exporting them as pdf although I really want them to
end up as jpg files. What other ways are there to
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