Re: doing subtracting in Numbers

2014-12-30 Thread BobH.
Does this not work? =b1-b11 - Original Message - From: Scott Berry sb356...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 11:08 PM Subject: doing subtracting in Numbers Hello there, I need to subtract b1 minus b11 in Numbers. How is this

Re: Cannot find list of backups on MacBook Air in iTunes any more

2014-12-30 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hello, If I go to iTunes, itunes preferences with command+comma, and then interact with the toolbar and choose devices button, and then stop interacting with the toolbar, I can find a list of my backups in a table with which you need to interact again. That's where your backups are located.

Re: Audio Book Purchase Not Showing UP Anywhere

2014-12-30 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Also, it might be worth your while checking in recently purchased playlist and recently added playlist too. I know it is frustrating but that's how i managed to find one of my purchases because as Cheryl says sometimes they are given unusual categories like spoken worrd and therefore are

Re: Audio Book Purchase Not Showing UP Anywhere

2014-12-30 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Alex, You said you had purchased this audiobook on your iPhone? Therefore, have you synced your iphone with the computer? Also, when you connect your iphone to your mac, and open itunes, under file menu/devices you have a choice of transferring yourp your purchases to your itunes library on

Re: Cannot find list of backups on MacBook Air in iTunes any more

2014-12-30 Thread Colin Matthews
Hi! Another option if needed is to go to the menu [VO+m or Control+f2] and go to the file heading and arrow down to the Devices sub menu and arrow right into that and you should find all the options in there including restore from back up! HTH Colin On 30 Dec 2014, at 09:56, Andrew Lamanche

links in email

2014-12-30 Thread Lorie McCloud
a friend sent me a dropbox link. in the menu the 2 choices were “copy link” and “quick look”. I had to follow the link in order to download it. my question is: what does “copy link” mean? does it copy the link to your clipboard or to somewhere else or does it mean “save link as” as in firefox?

Re: links in email

2014-12-30 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Your first guess is correct. Copy link will copy the link to the clip board. With most current Drop box links, when you click on the link, a special page should open up from which you can download the linked file. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless

Re: links in email

2014-12-30 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi Lorie, Copy link item copies the link to your clipboard. I then open Safari or any other browser for that matter and paste the link into the address box. It's a useful feature. Andrew On 30 Dec 2014, at 10:22, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com wrote: a friend sent me a dropbox link.

Re: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-30 Thread Caitlyn Furness
Hi, I use fusion. The key combination for grabbing control is control command return. sorry, can’t help about boot camp as I don’t use it, don’t have sighted help to install the thing! Cait On Dec 29, 2014, at 3:13 PM, Marianne Denning maria...@denningweb.com wrote: I asked this question

RE: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-30 Thread dooie13
Hi Hank, I would appreciate a copy of this for future use, if possible. Thank you, Dooie13 -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 15:50 To:

Re: Copy text from terminal.

2014-12-30 Thread DD
On Mon, 29 Dec 2014, Gabriele Battaglia wrote: Hello all. How can I copy text lines from the terminal? If there is no simple way, it would be ok also to redirect the stderr file on a .txt but how? It is not clear what you are trying to do. If you want the output from a command that appears

Re: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-30 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Hank, As the last person posted, It would be great for you to post where one could obtain a talking installer that would work on a 64 bit Mac machine. Thanks. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Dec 30, 2014, at 5:22 AM, dooie13 dooi...@frontier.com wrote: Hi Hank, I would appreciate

Re: getting periodic messages about not being able to connect to iCloud

2014-12-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I get this too and so far I've just ignored it becaus the couple of times I went to System Prefs I was signed in etc. -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Christ, the risen LORD!!! On Dec 29, 2014, at 7:32 PM, Scott

Re: getting periodic messages about not being able to connect to iCloud

2014-12-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Mine isn't related to iPhoto as far as I know. I just get a periodic message about icloud on my Mac not connecting; don't remember the exact wording at the moment. -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Christ, the risen

Re: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-30 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
Hello I got the link from the blind tech list the person who posted it used drop box to host it. let me email the list and see if I can get the direct links On 12/30/2014 8:05 AM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: Hi Hank, As the last person posted, It would be great for you to post where one could

Re: using it without a printer

2014-12-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
No. If you are talking about the Index print application, that has nothing to do with creating braille files; it just sends your file to the embosser for printing. If you want to turn files to braille, you either have to have another program to do that, such as louis or Duxbury (though I think

Re: using it without a printer

2014-12-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Okay, I see you are talking about Index Direct rather than Index print. But I don't think Index Direct actually installs Louis on your computer or anything. You install the driver upgrade on your Mac and then use your embosser with the upgraded firmware. I think if you want to use Louis

Re: using it without a printer

2014-12-30 Thread Tim Emmons
How do I get hold of the new version. And, will it work with an embosser running Usb to Serial or whatever? I'm running an enabling technologies romeo pro 50 and trying to get it to work. Thanks and talk to you guys soon. sorry for hijacking the thread but this just jogged my memory. Thanks and

Re: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-30 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
here are the links in the below message: [BlindTech] Re: updated win pe talking installer fore 64 bit systems? I will paste the download links below, but be aware that after the new year they may suddenly stop working since Wuala (the file host I am using), will be retiring their free service.

Re: using it without a printer

2014-12-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I don't think you can use Index Print and Index Direct with non-Index printers. I could be wrong of course. -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Christ, the risen LORD!!! On Dec 30, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Tim Emmons

a strange finger issue

2014-12-30 Thread Faisal ali
Hi all, I’m having a strange issue. When I hit cmd a to go to my applications window in finder, VO says 100 items selected as if I invoked a control a to select all. I tried restarting VO but this behaviour persists. Has anyone seen this before and know how to fix it? Its quite aggravating to

finder issue resolved

2014-12-30 Thread Faisal ali
Hi all, Please disregard last message. Somehow and not sure how, my finder seems to have fixed itself. -- 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: a strange finger issue

2014-12-30 Thread BobH.
No no, cmd-A is select all on a Mac. I think it might be VO-A for the other thing. - Original Message - From: Faisal ali faisal.a...@icloud.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 4:55 PM Subject: a strange finger issue Hi all, I’m having a strange

Re: a strange finger issue

2014-12-30 Thread Faisal ali
Hi, Yes, wrote that wrong :). As it turned out, my shift key wasn’t registering for some reason. Its seems to be better now so will pretend like it never happened . On Dec 30, 2014, at 9:05 AM, BobH. long.c...@virgin.net wrote: No no, cmd-A is select all on a Mac. I think it might be VO-A

How to block ads and malicious websites using the host file in OS10

2014-12-30 Thread DD
If you have gotten tired of the ads in youtube and elsewhere here is a way to block them. I have tried out this method for a number of days and in youtube have not seen one ad. Because I do most things in terminal except for youtube I don't encounter ads ormalicious websites so I have no

Re: VM Fusion vs Bootcamp

2014-12-30 Thread Eileen Misrahi
Hi Hank, Thanks for posting the links so quickly. I will take a look at them when I have some quiet time later on today. I'm hoping that this will do the trick. As I stated before, I do have a USB sound card. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Dec 30,

Re: Audio restoration of old cassettes

2014-12-30 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
If you don't mind playing with open source stuff in the terminal, sox has some noise reduction functions. You can find details here: http://sox.sourceforge.net/sox.html by searching for 'hiss' on that page. Basically you run a bit of your recording which should be silent (other than the hiss)

Re: Cannot find list of backups on MacBook Air in iTunes any more

2014-12-30 Thread Christine Grassman
Preferences and the menu devices submenu do indeed work; thank you, but for the life of me, I cannot find the info around the sync button. Everything but. I don’t understand it. *Sigh*. Christine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Moving VMWare Virtual Machine

2014-12-30 Thread Jeff Berwick
Hi there, I got a new hard drive for Christmas, so I am going through and rebuilding my installation of Yosemite. I am now up to the point of moving my VMWare Fusion virtual machine and I am having difficulty. I copied the VMWare file over and, upon loading Windows, all the paths are off.

Accessing the recipient options in messages

2014-12-30 Thread Janine Smith
Hi Can anyone enlighten me on how I can move through the options presented to me when I type in a recipient's name? When I begin to type it presents the various contacts, once I have the one I want, if that one has more than one contact option it is displayed below in a table. The first option

Re: Moving VMWare Virtual Machine

2014-12-30 Thread Kliph
Just copying the vm folder from 1 location to another should do it. Or just grab the vm out of the folder, either has worked for me in the past. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute?

Re: Moving VMWare Virtual Machine

2014-12-30 Thread Jeff Berwick
That is what I thought. However, this is not the case for me. Still struggling through this, but no solution yet. Jeff On Dec 30, 2014, at 3:21 PM, Kliph kliphzkor...@icloud.com wrote: Just copying the vm folder from 1 location to another should do it. Or just grab the vm out of the

Re: program for the mac that will audo-split/tag mp3 files.

2014-12-30 Thread Scott Berry
Hey Jessica, Do you know if you have the queue files? If so, you could use XLD which works really well and very accessible there is a bit of a learning curve but it’s not bad. On Dec 29, 2014, at 7:36 PM, Jessica Moss junglebookfa...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, think the subject says it all

Re: RadiologikDJ help with voice over

2014-12-30 Thread Scott Berry
doesn’t look too bad at all. Actually the first thing that comes up is a list of keyboard commands so that will definitely be helpful. On Dec 29, 2014, at 4:43 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona hank.smith...@gmail.com wrote: thanks for letting me know this, it was driving me nuts

Re: Cannot find list of backups on MacBook Air in iTunes any more

2014-12-30 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi, Once you connect your device to your mac, it should appear under devices menu button in the main window. Look around for the item that voiceover reads as devices button. Activate it with vo+spacebar. You should then see your devices there, It's a popup window. Choose the device you

Re: links in email

2014-12-30 Thread Lorie McCloud
I used to be able to download whatever was at the dropbox link right from my email. not that I expect everything to be exactly the same. I liked being able to do that but I can download it if I go up to it and that works also. On Dec 30, 2014, at 4:49 AM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net

Re: How to block ads and malicious websites using the host file in OS10

2014-12-30 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi, This is a very interesting post. I've downloaded the hosts.zip file but I find in the zipped folder only files that I would consider to be windows files only. In the private/etc folder, there's no equivalent host file that I could replace. The downloaded zipped file only has a unix

Re: Accessing the recipient options in messages

2014-12-30 Thread Alex Hall
I find that I can just down arrow, then press enter when the one I want is spoken. Be sure Quick Nav is off or this won't work. On Dec 30, 2014, at 2:59 PM, Janine Smith janinej...@icloud.com wrote: Hi Can anyone enlighten me on how I can move through the options presented to me when I

Re: program for the mac that will audo-split/tag mp3 files.

2014-12-30 Thread Jessica Moss
No I don't have those anymore, I deleted most of them not knowing what they were. What are cue files? I don't know what on earth this person creating them did, but when I downloaded them, they were in some format called .ape, which I've never heard of, but had to convert to mp3 format, then

Re: Hand off

2014-12-30 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Thanks John. Got Handoff working on the Mac and Mac Mini. Kawal. On 29 Dec 2014, at 10:58 pm, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: If you command-tab with one of the Macs, do you find the hand off application? For example, I started reading an email on my iPhone and then went

Re: Cannot find list of backups on MacBook Air in iTunes any more

2014-12-30 Thread Christine Grassman
Sorry; perhaps I was not clear. The devices submenu works great, as does locating backups in Preferences, as described. But I cannot locate the scroll area which permits choosing backup near the sync button when interfacing with iTunes without utilizing Preferences or the Devices submenu, as I

A question about messaging on the Mac

2014-12-30 Thread Mary-Jo Lord
Hi, I have messages synched with my phone, and can read them and locate the various fields. When I go to the field to type a reply message however, anything that I type does not show up. I have interacted with the edit field, and attempted to write with quick nav on and off. Is there something

Re: links in email

2014-12-30 Thread Gabe Griffith
Hi, I think if the file is a zip file it will download. However, if it's an mp3 file or something like that then it takes you to safari then it just starts playing like Ray said. What I do in this case is use VO+right arrow to get to the stop button and activate that. You should then be able

RE: A question about messaging on the Mac

2014-12-30 Thread kliphzkorner
Hit enter after your done writing, and it should send the message. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always

Vlc Player

2014-12-30 Thread Lorie McCloud
is there a way to get the vlc player to random or shuffle? I couldn’t find any such thing in there and I was unable to bring up a context menu. what I’m trying to do is random a music folder that has a bunch of different formats in it. thanks. Lorie -- You received this message because you

RE: A question about messaging on the Mac

2014-12-30 Thread Mary-Jo Lord
Thanks, The problem I was having though is that my writing wasn't showing up. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of kliphzkor...@icloud.com Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 6:27 PM To:

Re: A question about messaging on the Mac

2014-12-30 Thread Faisal ali
I’ve definitely had this problem as well along with others. It sounds like a bug. On Dec 30, 2014, at 3:40 PM, Mary-Jo Lord maryjo.lord...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, The problem I was having though is that my writing wasn't showing up. -Original Message- From:

Re: Vlc Player

2014-12-30 Thread 'Maxwell Ivey' via MacVisionaries
once i have files playing i can pause it with the space bar and then go into the menu and find the setting for random shuffle. however, once you set it to random it stays random even if you close the app and reopen it. it stays that way until you reset it to play sequentially. good luck, max

iTunes playlist question

2014-12-30 Thread Kristeen Hughes
Hello, I hope this query makes sense. I have made an iTunes playlist with songs from my library. They are not protected in any way. I want to put this playlist, contents and play order onto a thumb drive and then play it on another computer running iTunes. Is there a way to do this? Thanks.

headphones

2014-12-30 Thread wayne coles
Hello,list i need some advice about ,headphones as my headphone jack has stopped working , so i need recommendations for wireless headphones that use a usb dongle, so i have the range if needed so , any help please and if possable the link to view them . thanks in advance -- You received this

Re: iTunes playlist question

2014-12-30 Thread Kliph
Of course there is. You can do it 2 ways. You can find the playlist in iTunes and just choose to export it. Or, you could go to your music folder, iTunes, iTunes media, music, and then find the play list, and copy it to the thumb drive. HTH Sent from my MobileOffice On Dec 30, 2014, at

RE: A question about messaging on the Mac

2014-12-30 Thread Mary-Jo Lord
Okay then. I'll wait for the next update and try again. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Faisal ali Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 6:43 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A question about

Re: Vlc Player

2014-12-30 Thread Jessica Moss
You can set the option to have that button in the foreground if you don't want to constantly have to keep going into the menu's. I can't remember exactly how I did it, but it wasn't there when I first downloaded it, and I looked for it in the menu's when for some off-the-wall reason, several

Netflics site verses iPhone app verses Apple tV

2014-12-30 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Just started my free month of Netflics. Seems like a keeper so far. Thing is, the site seems a bit jumpy because the page where you're supposed to be able to search for stuff keeps refreshing. Anybody got any ideas about the best way to navigate the site on the Mac? So far, Apple TV seems

Re: Netflics site verses iPhone app verses Apple tV

2014-12-30 Thread Mary Otten
I have given up on all means of accessing Netflix except AppleTV, which works wonderfully. I know some say they have good luck with the iOS app. But I can't get off first base. I can't even get to the search field anymore. As for the Mac, since mine has been dead now for a little while, out for

Re: iTunes playlist question

2014-12-30 Thread Kristeen Hughes
When I choose the playlist and exported it shows up on my thumb drive is a very small text file giving information for where each song can be found. If I am on another computer in someone else's home, how will I ever get those songs to play? Also, under my music folder I do not see playlists.

RE: iTunes playlist question

2014-12-30 Thread kliphzkorner
There should be a folder called playlists with in that folder where your artists are. Unless they have changed this in iTunes 12. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come

Re: iTunes playlist question

2014-12-30 Thread Phil Halton
As you found out, exporting the playlist will only export the text file containing the names and locations of the songs, not the actual songs themselves. And, there are no playlists stored in the media folder. If you want to copy the actual songs contained in the playlist onto another drive,

external hard drive

2014-12-30 Thread Lorie McCloud
I’m trying to access my external hard drive. it’s a phantom. I’ve been in it before but I can’t seem to get in there now. I turn it on and although I heard “Phantom hd volume” I can’t get it to open. quick look and preview opened at different times but that’s not what I want. should it be in my

Re: external hard drive

2014-12-30 Thread Alex Hall
Are you using the Computer Finder item? In Finder, hit command-shift-c; that will open a list of all connected drives. Find yours there and open it like any folder. On Dec 30, 2014, at 10:11 PM, Lorie McCloud lorice...@gmail.com wrote: I’m trying to access my external hard drive. it’s a

Re: external hard drive

2014-12-30 Thread Lorie McCloud
well, I thought I was but maybe not. I’ll try that. thanks. On Dec 30, 2014, at 9:17 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: Are you using the Computer Finder item? In Finder, hit command-shift-c; that will open a list of all connected drives. Find yours there and open it like any folder.

Re: Netflics site verses iPhone app verses Apple tV

2014-12-30 Thread Faisal ali
Working fine on the website on the Mac. Not to mention, loving the html5 access. On Dec 30, 2014, at 5:09 PM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: I have given up on all means of accessing Netflix except AppleTV, which works wonderfully. I know some say they have good luck with the iOS app.

having 2 windows open when moving files

2014-12-30 Thread Lorie McCloud
I have my view set to list because it’s easier to tell where I am. this requires me to back out of a drive closing windows as I go. is it possible to have a window open in the drive I’m copying from as well as in the one I’m copying to? several times I’ve thought I picked up a file and when I

Re: headphones

2014-12-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I can't help you with this but have you investigated why your headphone jack is not working? -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Christ, the risen LORD!!! On Dec 30, 2014, at 6:33 PM, wayne coles wayne...@gmail.com

Re: having 2 windows open when moving files

2014-12-30 Thread Gabe Griffith
Hi, If I'm in one drive or folder I use command+n to open a new window. You can then either open another folder on the same drive or another drive. I then use command+` to switch back and forth between the two open folders. You should be able to copy and paste back and forth using the normal

Mac IOS For Blind Users Podcast

2014-12-30 Thread Rob
Dear List, I have started a new podcast. It is called MacIOSForBlindUsers If you have a Apple related podcast and would like for me to host it for you, please email me at maciosforblindus...@outlook.com the Podcast subscription feed is https://kiwi6.com/artists/MacIOSForBlindUsers/feed.rss