Re: El Capitan Is Here

Hi. the bug with the reader is happening to me in Yosemite Maria > On 2 Oct 2015, at 8:01 am, Alex Hall wrote: > > Hi all, > I wanted to hit a few points I've seen raised in this thread. > > First, I want to address George's comment suggesting that I would do a > podcast/blog post like th

Re: Snappy iPhone 6s, do any other Ios devices compare?

Hi! I will answer that one when i get my iphone in a couple of weeks. /A > 30 sep. 2015 kl. 23:26 skrev Mary Otten : > > I have been quite impressed with the snappiness of my new 6s as compared > with my 5S. Indeed, when I use my iPad mini to, I can really tell the > difference between it and m

Re: OS X El Capitan Available as Free Update Tomorrow

im on a beta too but i installed the stand alone copy of el capitan. > On 02 Oct 2015, at 7:29 AM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > > If you're running the beta of 10.11.1, the logical question is why would you > want to downgrade to 10.11.0? > > Shawn > Sent From My White MacBook > Facebook Username: S

Re: How do you open an attachment?

you should download the attachment first. then go to your download folder. > On 02 Oct 2015, at 4:25 AM, Marie Lyons wrote: > > I’ve gone through the menu in mail on myIMAC. I can’t find a selection for > opening an attachment. I have also checked the v/o help menu but don’t find > anything.

Re: what

because itis faster than yosemite > On 01 Oct 2015, at 8:36 PM, Adrian Leong wrote: > > what does what does every one enjoy about alcapatonevery one like about al > captain > Adrian Leong > adrianle...@rocketmail.com > > > > -- > You received this message because

Re: OS X El Capitan Available as Free Update Tomorrow

If you're running the beta of 10.11.1, the logical question is why would you want to downgrade to 10.11.0? Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > On Oct 1, 2015, at 3:06 A

Re: wwhen

What new voices? I didn't see any new voices besides the ones we already had in Yosemite. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com > On Oct 1, 2015, at 3:27 AM, adrian wrote:

Re: El Capitan and caps lock

Grant, I’m guessing you’d still only be able to have both, since the way apple implemented that in 10.11 means the key would still perform it’s normal function, regardless of whether or not you have it set as your VO modifier. You’d still need to find a way to pass the key straight to fusion wi

Re: Latest garage band and automation

how much is garage band anyway? On 10/1/2015 11:10 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Hey, no problem. Glad that I could help. Chris. - Original Message - *From:* Michael Babcock *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: El Capitan and caps lock

Hi Chris, Thank you for the reply, however this doesn’t address my specific question. The process which many of us have been using to pass the CAPS LOCK KEY through to Windows for use with VMWare Fusion renders the CAPS LOCK KEY inoperable in the rest of OS X (e.g. outside of Windows and VMWare

Re: Latest garage band and automation

Hey, no problem. Glad that I could help. Chris. - Original Message - From: Michael Babcock To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 12:09 AM Subject: Re: Latest garage band and automation thanks Christopher; found some good guides on making du

Re: Latest garage band and automation

thanks Christopher; found some good guides on making dubstep music on youtube with this, and it’s what i wanted (though it’s not dubstep i’m making :D) Now time to figure out how to do it with vo. Michael Babcock Your Blind Digital Marketing Partner. @payown on periscope and twitter. http://youro

Re: app store

Hi Chris and all, Can’t seem to reproduce this on my machine running Yosemite. That leads me to conclude it’s a bug with El Capitin. Not sure if they’ve addressed it in the beta currently doing the rounds. Anyhow think I’ll hold off from upgrading at this point. I do have the installer in

Re: Latest garage band and automation

OK Mike, the name of the feature you're talking about, I'm not sure what GB called it, but in audio terminology at least, the official word for the term you're asking about is called "Sidechaining." Chris. - Original Message - From: "Michael" To: Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 11

Latest garage band and automation

I'm doing some podcast work for myself and a client of mine, and for both of the podcasts I'm doing, the material is brought in from other sources such as recording in the field from an iOS device, or other MP3 files on my computer. I remember several years ago, like five years ago, there was a h

Heart Rate Monitor on Apple Watch

Hi, On tv there was a test of several smart watches. Aplle Watch Heart Beat Monitor was the only one that showed the correct pulse with only the clock armband attached. The Garmin sport watch needed a belt around the belly. Nice to know that the heart beat monitor works correct. Gives an impres

Re: El Capitan and caps lock

Wait... you can have both. Look in the general category of the Voiceover utility. there's a popup menu that lets you select ctrl+Option, capslock, or both. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Grant" To: "MacVisionaries List" Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 10:42 PM Subject: El Ca

Re: interesting observation with safari 9

Actually, Safari 9 came down just fine for me on my Yosemite machine. Chris. - Original Message - From: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" To: Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 10:40 PM Subject: Re: interesting observation with safari 9 Safari 9 under osx 10.10? I'm on 10.10 and my

Re: interesting observation with safari 9

I updated to Safari 9 yesterday, still under Yosemite. I was not looking for it but it showed up anyway. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 10/1/2015 7:40 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrot

Re: Apple ID and password requested to open iBooks on Mac

Thanks for your confirmation. I just didn't want to get caught up in something I shouldn't have press the button on. Maybe I'm somewhat dubious, but I have gotten stung on the PC side a little over a year ago. Thanks again. Eileen Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1, 2015, at 2:49 PM, John Panarese

El Capitan and caps lock

For months now I’ve been using Seil to pass my CAPS LOCK KEY through to Windows when using VMWare Fusion. This effectively disabled the CAPS LOCK KEY when using OS X, but that was worth the price for me since it allowed me to use Windows based screen readers with an appropriate “screen reading k

Re: interesting observation with safari 9

Safari 9 under osx 10.10? I'm on 10.10 and my Safari is still 8.x while checking the App Store for updates shows everything is current other than not having installed 10.11. Is this something I need to manually install or should the automatic updated be picking this up? CB On 10/1/15 6:21 PM,

How do you open an attachment?

I’ve gone through the menu in mail on myIMAC. I can’t find a selection for opening an attachment. I have also checked the v/o help menu but don’t find anything. Appreciate the help. Marie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. T

Re: app store

The only problem that I really see in El Capitan with regards to the App Store is often times, when using the Alex voice, which is primarily what I use, voiceover gets incredibly sluggish. Sometimes to the point where it will not speak at all when trying to navigate around the screen. The only w

Re: app store

Hi, This is definitely a bug with 10.11. I noticed it during the beta cycle, and it’s still occurring in the final shipping version. I believe it has something with how VO sees the page, because I have the same issues in the iTunes store as well. > On Oct 1, 2015, at 8:29 PM, Christopher-Mark G

Re: java run time environment

You should look at your start up items under the users system preferences and see what's there. Jonathan Cohn > On Oct 1, 2015, at 8:25 PM, Jim Gatteys wrote: > > It is happening on startup and everything is running fine without it. That's > the weird part. > >> On Oct 1, 2015, at 1:38 PM

Re: app store

Actually, I'm not sure if this would be a bugt or not. With the very little vision that I have, I can tell you that Voiceover is reporting correctly. Often times, I am finding that the page literally isn't loading, so even if you weren't using Voiceover, this still would be an issue. Chris.

Re: app store

I've been noticing this as well in Yosemite over the past day or so. I still go back to my initial statement that their servers are probably still highly overloaded. Just be patient. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Faisal ali" To: Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 8:08 PM Subje

Re: java run time environment

It is happening on startup and everything is running fine without it. That's the weird part. > On Oct 1, 2015, at 1:38 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > > This message pops up because something you’re running requires Java. The > only way to stop this that I know if is not run that software or ins

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Hi all, I just want to second Mary's comments. thanks Alex for doing the work and taking the time to post the bugs list. None of us can say what will matter to the next person, or even if the next person will experience all the same bugs. But I personally would rather be informed about poten

Re: app store

This appears to be a bug. Restarting VO seems to alleviate this somewhat. Yours truly, Sadam Ahmed Sent from my iPhone -- > On 2 Oct 2015, at 10:08 AM, Faisal ali wrote: > > Hello everyone, > I’ve noticed that after updating to 10.10.11, my app store doesn’t load as it > should.

app store

Hello everyone, I’ve noticed that after updating to 10.10.11, my app store doesn’t load as it should. What I mean by that is when I try bringing up the app store, it opens with an empty window. I quit the app and reload it with the same results. Has anyone else noticed this? I should add that th

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Hi Alex, I for one appreciate the work you went through to post your report in a very timely manner. Comments like what George did our typical for some people and in my view most unhelpful. I say again most definitely not helpful. So I'm glad that you are continuing to do the good work that you

Re: interesting observation with safari 9

That seems to be a bug when running Safari 9 under Yosemite. I’m running El Capitan with Safari 9, and VO announces clickable for me. > On Oct 1, 2015, at 3:54 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > > Hey everyone, still using version 10.10 of the operating system, but I did > install the safari 9 update, a

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Hi all, I wanted to hit a few points I've seen raised in this thread. First, I want to address George's comment suggesting that I would do a podcast/blog post like this on a beta. I didn't, and I wouldn't, plain and simple. I was running the GM, which is the final version in all but name. It's

Re: Apple ID and password requested to open iBooks on Mac

I had to sign in to the iBooks store as well, so it seems that is part of the process now. > On Oct 1, 2015, at 5:35 PM, eileen.misr...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi List, > > First time encountering this. Just opened iBooks today. My MacBook Air is > requesting my Apple ID and password. I haven't

Apple ID and password requested to open iBooks on Mac

Hi List, First time encountering this. Just opened iBooks today. My MacBook Air is requesting my Apple ID and password. I haven't had to do this last night or other subsequent times in the past. Just want to know if this does occur from time-to time or should I be weary about having this pop up

Re: Alex choppiness, has any fix been found?

Sure, but of course, if one's AV receiver is turned on and the HDMI input to which the Mac Mini is connected, that still would not work? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user! Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full

Re: El Capitan Is Here

I know this is crazy, but I do a lot more on mx phone now. Sure, I use the Mac for big things, like long documents, and playing Windows games, but besides that, El Cap has kind of turn me off from browsing the web or emailing because of all the little bugs turning into a big sour experience.

Re: Major data breach at Experian impacting T-Mobile customers

Thanks, Scott. I hope people have better luck with t-mo then I did. They were clue free when I called them just now. I mean totally clue free. Mary Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1, 2015, at 1:46 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Thought this was important enough to bring up here in case anyone acti

Re: El Capitan Is Here

I figured that was the case. I just wanted to confirm. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Alex Hall" To: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 3:28 PM Subject: Re: El Capitan Is Here This is all in the final release, the betas don't even enter into i

interesting observation with safari 9

Hey everyone, still using version 10.10 of the operating system, but I did install the safari 9 update, and noticed something interesting. Not sure if this is a bug or by design, but, in many cases, the "clickable" attribute is no longer announced. These are elements that function as links or b

Major data breach at Experian impacting T-Mobile customers

Thought this was important enough to bring up here in case anyone activated service on T-Mobile recently. Hi, it’s breaking on the wires now, CNBC is reporting that Experian, one of the large credit bureaus has experienced a data breach. While the consumer division of Experian is claimed to be

Guide, How to install WordPress using voice over

> New post on Michael Babcock > > > How to install WordPress using voice over > by Michael > > How to install WordPress using voice over This is the first vi

Re: OSX 10.11

Hi, Just for clarity: audio book builder takes an audio book made up of multiple mp3's and zips it into 1 or 2 .m4b files that itunesrecognizes as an audio book. Cocktail is a OSX utility. Jeff p.s. How do I go back to Yosemite from El Capitan, do I have to wipe the drive and re-install everything?

Re: Running windows programs on the mac.

WINE would be just the thing for audiogames, if anybody has figured out how to actually do it. I’ve never got it to work. There are tools such as WineBottler and WineSkin that can help you wrap Windows binaries plus dependencies inside an app package. In theory they should work for such appli

Re: El Capitan Is Here

This is all in the final release, the betas don't even enter into it. I saw the severity and frequency of this problem fluctuate through the different El Cap betas, but I'm referring here only to the final version. > On Oct 1, 2015, at 15:01, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Is that in th

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Is that in the beta though, or the official release? Sorry for asking. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Alex Hall" To: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 2:54 PM Subject: Re: El Capitan Is Here Just to address the mail problem. Yes, this was a b

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

Apple uses Akamai to distribute developer downloads. Perhaps the real reason for all the slowness (which happens every single year) is simply that Apple’s own servers are the chokepoint. It makes sense that Apple would need the use of its own servers for App Store downloads because each downlo

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Just to address the mail problem. Yes, this was a bug in Yosemite as well, and yes, it's random. What I meant to say in my bug, and what I don't think I made clear, is that El Cap has made it worse. For instance, I used to sometimes get the sender's name and the text in a scroll area. Now, in El

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Scott, In El Capitan, it might be fixed. I honestly haven't done a lot with Mail over there on 10.11, not even during the beta cycles, guilty as charged. I admit I got so tired of this behavior in Yosemite, that I basically just said screw it. If you're not seeing this in El Capitan, then t

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Just wanted to throw in my two cents worth to say that ever since Yosemite, I have also had that intermittant issue with e-mail messages not reading when you open them. Yeah, you can hit vo+J from the message list table, but I'm old school. I prefer literally openning the message with the retu

Re: OSX 10.11

Chris, thank you for this reminder. I totally forgot that there were ways to do that with different commands. I seriously should look into this. Chris. - Original Message - From: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" To: Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 12:22 PM Subject: Re: OSX 10.

Re: OSX 10.11

No. For something like that, you'd almost need a full fledged audio editter that would let you merge things together. That's not the purpose of what Audio Book Builder nor the adding as a spoken track do. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Singing Sparrow" To: Sent: Thursday, Oct

Re: java run time environment

This message pops up because something you’re running requires Java. The only way to stop this that I know if is not run that software or install a java run time environment. Download one from Oracle that fits your needs. Good luck > On Oct 1, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Jim Gatteys wrote: > > Hi all

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Hey if Hillary can break the law and share classified information and if our fearless leader can target people with the IRS or Secret Service than why should a poor shmuck like me follow the laws if the people who right them don’t? (I’m kidding you don’t need to respond that’s for yucks I’m not

what

what does what does every one enjoy about alcapatonevery one like about al captain Adrian Leong adrianle...@rocketmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Syncing ringtones in the new iTunes?

Hi all, For some reason my ringtones haven't synced onto my iPhone 6S. Can someone tell me where in the current iteration of iTunes I go to tell it to sync my ringtones? I was looking for it this morning, but couldn't seem to find it. TIA, Donna -- You received this message because you are

Re: El Capitan Is Here

I don't know. It seems like others on this list were complaining about it a long time before I started experiencing it, though. Seems like it's been around for a while. In fact, I could be wrong about this, but I could swear I read someone's post on this list where they said that issue was fi

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Well, this is now really going to be off-topic, so just a couple of comments. We also have a new car, and I know what you mean about all the gadgets. But it does come with a manual, and for those who actually read it, my husband not being one of them, apparently it's really helpful. Smile. As fo

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Hi Dona, I wonder what the cause of this is. I haven’t had any issues with mail and I didn’t do anything special on the install side, not even a fresh install. > On Oct 1, 2015, at 1:03 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi Mary, > > The one that bugs me the most on a day-to-day basis is the one pe

Re: El Capitan Is Here

So I think there is some validity to the complaints. Apple under Steve was a much more thorough company when it came to QA. Under Tim Cook things have gotten sloppy. The Apple maps issue is one of the big indicators of this. Secondly, Microsoft has n o screen reader because the folks a

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Hi Mary, I also use classic View, but I almost always prefer accomplishing an action with a single key-press, rather than a command that requires multiple keys, so I prefer the Enter method. It used to work great, up until Yosemite. Cheers, Donna > On Oct 1, 2015, at 12:09 PM, Mary Otten wrote

Re: opening files in messages on Mac

Hi Alex, When you are in the finder, bring up the contextual menu for the file that you want to send, choose, share, messages. That is how you can message a file to someone. :) I checked my downloads folder and I could not find it. However, I figured out that you have to do an actual double mou

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Hi Donna, and thanks for your reply. I am a big fan of the preview pane, the classic view, and using vo Jay to jump between the message list and the text. So the one where you hit enter to open the message and read is not something that would be a huge deal for me. I have done it on occasion, us

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Hi Mary, The one that bugs me the most on a day-to-day basis is the one pertaining to mail messages. It's very rare that I open a message and just get to read it. I very often have to open and close it several times. there were others I noticed, I think pertaining to the Safari busy. and havi

java run time environment

Hi all! I'm still running Yosemite and recently I've been getting this message telling me that I need to download and install the java run time environment to view this web content. This happens even when safari is not open. Any ideas on how to stop this? I don't really use anything that requ

Wireless inventory software for the Mac

Hello there I need a piece of software that will take inventory of all things wireless on my computer does anyone have any ideas for software that will do that that works on the Mac and work with voiceover Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Googl

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Hi Donna, I would be curious which of Alex's bugs you experienced in Yosemite. Some of the ones I recall reading on his list I am certainly not experiencing, and those are some of the more serious ones. Audio ducking doesn't much concern me. But the web stuff, getting stuck on webpages, the prob

Re: El Capitan Is Here

To the person who said they don't remember negativity when new releases of screen readers came along, I can only say, I don't know where you were. But I used to be a regular on the window eyes list. And let me say, there were tons and tons and tons of complaints every time new releases came out.

Re: OSX 10.11

You could use the Say command as chris explained in a previous email, or make some relationships with people on Fiverr to record the voices for your books for you. Use THIS LINK

Re: OSX 10.11

If you go the "say" route you can embed commands in the text to change the speech. For example say "Hello [[pbas 60]]World" -o test.aac adjusts the base pitch up for World and writes it all out to a file called test.aac. Say doesn't appear to support directly writing mp3 but you can convert y

Re: OSX 10.11

Well, for what i want to do i need it a bit more felxable, Meaning to do multi voices, so that parts can be merged into the same file that each particular part can interact with the other. e.g so if i am writing something that has a father talking to their child that the father comes first, then

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Reminds me of Sheldon’s spot. (for the Big Bang Theory TV show fans) > On Oct 1, 2015, at 11:50 AM, E.T. wrote: > > Its called the Goldilocks principle. Most people cannot find that perfect > bed to lie in or the perfect chair to sit in. > > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud

Re: El Capitan Is Here

I have to agree with George here, honestly. O, K. I've seen a couple of the bugs, but not very severe. Not at least to the point where I can't work around them. Chris. - Original Message - From: "george b" To: Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 11:17 AM Subject: RE: El Capitan Is

Re: El Capitan Is Here

Its called the Goldilocks principle. Most people cannot find that perfect bed to lie in or the perfect chair to sit in. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 10/1/2015 1:13 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote:

Re: Running windows programs on the mac.

Toldja. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Alex Hall" To: "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 10:46 AM Subject: Re: Running windows programs on the mac. An app called Wineskin is what I used to run an audio game on the Mac. Thing is, that game was

Re: OSX 10.11

No, and I already told you before about 10 times how to do that, and even made you an audio demo on how to do it. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Singing Sparrow" To: Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 10:22 AM Subject: Re: OSX 10.11 will audio bookbuilder take text files and tur

Re: Running windows programs on the mac.

OK then, let someone else chime in and correct me wrong. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Singing Sparrow" To: Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 10:21 AM Subject: Re: Running windows programs on the mac. strange but thought from what i was reading it was accessible? at least tha

Re: Alex choppiness, has any fix been found?

I have a VGA monitor atached. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1, 2015, at 8:42 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > > I had an idea on this one. > > If he’s using a Mini is there a monitor attached? This problem happens when > there isn’t a monitor attached. If there is then obviously that’s not it bu

Re: Alex choppiness, has any fix been found?

That's what I did, I redownloaded the os from the Internet recovery thing, after reformatting. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1, 2015, at 8:40 AM, Jeffrey Shockley wrote: > > Hi, > There are many variations of Mac Many out there. > Have you ever considered maybe backing up your data and reforma

Re: Alex choppiness, has any fix been found?

No, HDMI needs to have data returned by the end device as well. Unlike old TV connections, HDMI is a 2 way street. So a real monitor and or adapter needs to be attached. There is a monitor adapter that’s active that did the trick but I haven’t used this personally, only a real monitor on this

Re: OSX 10.11

Hi Anne Yes, this was exactly what I was referring to. I didn't mention Terminal because some people aren't comfortable with it because it requires extremely accurate instructions. Nicolai > On Oct 1, 2015, at 11:19 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > > Hello, > > The service Nicolai was referring t

Re: Alex choppiness, has any fix been found?

Or better yet, just plug the mini straight in to one's AV receiver via HDMI and go that way. Would that work? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user! Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind

Re: OSX 10.11

Hello, The service Nicolai was referring to, I believe, is Add to iTunes as a spoken track. It’s easy to use and you can select the voice you want. I always advise people to activate this service and set a short cut for it in System Preferences. Cheers, Anne > On 1 Oct 2015, at 17:09, 'Chri

Re: Alex choppiness, has any fix been found?

Yes, if you check the mailing list archives there were quite a few threads about this. Up until recently if you didn't have a monitor attached the Mini would would probe endlessly for attributes of that non-existant hardware, causing all kinds of performance issues. If this mini is of that vint

RE: El Capitan Is Here

Well scott here is the issue, People red his bug list, but I also listened to his pod cast on 10.11, and it was all done one day before he even has 10.11 installed he did all this on the last beta of 10.11 So I get a kick out of how people read things and not follow through. I do not see any o

Re: OSX 10.11

In terminal, do a "man say" find out all about the say command. You can just type "say bob" and it will speak "bob" with the default voice. The man page has options to have say take input from a text file and output to an audio file. CB On 10/1/15 10:29 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi, You c

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

That’s easily addressed. All you would need to know is the checksum for the official release and insure that the file you downloaded has the same value. Been done for years and years with unix distributions. > On Oct 1, 2015, at 10:59 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I wou

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

I wouldn't trust installing my OS from bittorrent. How can you be sure it's not just legit but unmodified? I think Apple is taking the right approach. Sure things bog down once a year for a bit when a new release comes out but I wouldn't re architect the distribution model for that one anomaly

Re: Running windows programs on the mac.

You could also try Crossover which tries to run Windows apps without Windows by mapping all the Windows APIs to Mac APIs. It's built on Wine. I don't know how accessible it is but they have a free trial so you could give it a whirl. https://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover-mac/ A bit ab

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

So Apple has a pretty interesting infrastructure. They have their own CDN (content distribution network) as well as several geographically diverse data centers and a ton of private and public peering. Torrents might distribute the load but remember a lot of carriers also block torrents or more

Re: Running windows programs on the mac.

An app called Wineskin is what I used to run an audio game on the Mac. Thing is, that game was self-voicing. I don't think there's a way to use Wine to emulate both your program *and* a screen reader, which is where the problem is. Sighted users can do this because they don't need a screen reade

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

apple could take a page from bittirrent on this. ftp/http is fine under most circumstances but gets bogged down when too many users (like 35 million of us) try to retrieve data. with torrent, users can start to share the load. this will make transfers faster. -eric On Oct 1, 2015, at 12:47 AM,

Re: PDF bug from Mavericks?

Thanks, that's all I was looking for. If anyone has seen this bug in later versions of Yosemite, or now in El Cap, please let me know. Thanks. > On Oct 1, 2015, at 08:01, venky...@gmail.com wrote: > > From what I've experienced, the "static text "bug has been fixed in one of > the Yosemite updat

Re: OSX 10.11

Hi, You can already do this with a service that's in OS X, actually. You technically don't need apps for this. As far as I have seen, though, Audiobook Builder only works with audio files to turn them into books. Still, you could use the OS X service in conjunction with the app to merge the fil

Re: OSX 10.11

will audio bookbuilder take text files and turn them into synthic speech files? On 10/1/2015 9:18 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: Hi! Cocktail is a general-purpose utility that assists with cleaning, repairing and optimizing your Mac. It has a bunch of tweaks, and can also be scheduled to perfor

Re: Running windows programs on the mac.

strange but thought from what i was reading it was accessible? at least that is what i read on the program. On 10/1/2015 8:56 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Not accessible. Trust me, I've tried, and it was a disaster. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Singing Sparrow" To: S

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Hi! Cocktail is a general-purpose utility that assists with cleaning, repairing and optimizing your Mac. It has a bunch of tweaks, and can also be scheduled to perform various tasks like cleaning up caches. Audiobook Builder is exactly what it sounds. It lets you take files and make them into

Re: Running windows programs on the mac.

I was going to say. You're not going to really get anything good out of this. The best solution honestly is a virtual environment. Getting it to work with Wine might be doable, but finding out whether an application will work with Wine, then tweaking it to work correctly is incredibly tedious. I

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