Re: Confused about bootcamp drivers for windows7 installation on mac

2016-01-13 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi, Ah, how strange! When I was researching what version of Windows I could run on my late 2010 macbook air, the highest version I found was windows 7. I understood that I just could not run windows 10. Otherwise I would have gone for windows 10. Thanks for this Andrew > On 13 Jan 2016, a

RE: Adding items not running to the dock?

2016-01-13 Thread Anatoliy Popko
Keith, Control+Command+t is the shortcut (press when the focus is in Finder on the application you need). Sidenote: I also haven't really figured out a place for the Doc in my user experience. Seems like not much key combinations to save: Command+Shift+a + first letter navigation or VO+d + fir

Adding items not running to the dock?

2016-01-13 Thread Keith Hinton
Hi folks, I'm curious, but how does somebody go about adding an application that might not currently be running to the dock? The dock is a feature of OS Ten despite having used OS Ten for over two years now that I've never really used. Usually, I've always gone in to the applications area and laun

issue from a friend

2016-01-13 Thread Denise Barajas
Hello all, I recently was talking to a friend of mine who claims to be having issues when trying to copy and paste text from the Internet fromhis Mac onto a different location. I heard him try and mess with the command, but Voiceover kept repeating the first thing he was selecting all the time,

Re: mac and firefox?

2016-01-13 Thread E.T.
Mozilla is the developer of Firefox and Thunderbird, two of their projects. A shame if they do not think Apple is a major player worth developing for. 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 1/13/2016

Re: mac and firefox?

2016-01-13 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, i spoke to the blind developer that works for firefox and he told me around a year ago that firefox were not as interested in mac accessibility because there Focus is predominately windows and smart phones. I need hardly ad that i think this is a load of rubbish. > On 14 Jan 2016, at 11:18 A

problems with shared folders between mac and linux sold

2016-01-13 Thread Michael Marshall
hey all, just wanting to let the list know that i have at last got my folders between mac and ubuntu working on VM Fusion. even the instructions from VM were wrong on this. i had to remove open VM tools because it would not mount the HGFS directory and install the VM tools that came with Fusion.

Re: Mailboxes

2016-01-13 Thread E.T.
Alex, Ok I will get into that area and try the suggestions. I might just be making ot harder than it is. 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 1/13/2016 6:29 PM, Alex Hall wrote: ET and Anatoliy, To

Re: mac and firefox?

2016-01-13 Thread E.T.
Well I loaded Firefox again tonight. When I installed it a couple days ago, Voiceover had no idea it was there. I do not know what happened but VO was speaking. I did not do much with it as I need to work on another project but may go back to it at a kater date. I did .look at Preference

Re: Mailboxes

2016-01-13 Thread Alex Hall
ET and Anatoliy, To drag items, if vo commands don't work, use the mouse. ET, this is used to "hide" folders--just drag them off the favorites bar. To drag, move to the folder, put the mouse on it with vo-cmd-f5, then lock the mouse down with vo-shift-cmd-space. Move to (or from) the favorites b

Re: Low power mode?

2016-01-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Aa. OK. Thanks bro. For some reason, I was thinking it was either in the notification center, or the control center. Oopsy doodles. Chris. - Original Message - From: Daniel Miller To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 9:16 PM Subject: Re:

Re: Low power mode?

2016-01-13 Thread Daniel Miller
Settings>battery. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 13, 2016, at 9:14 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > I've accidentally turned on low power mode on my IPhone. How do I disable it? > > Chris. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list.

Low power mode?

2016-01-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I've accidentally turned on low power mode on my IPhone. How do I disable it? Chris. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropria

Re: mac and firefox?

2016-01-13 Thread Devin Prater
Yeah. Firefox is okay, but for such a great blind developer on the team, it can't even display page-loading progress bars on Windows. So don't expect the great Firefox to become accessible any time soon. Yes, you can use Webvisum still, but with the added security risks associated with enabling

Re: mac and firefox?

2016-01-13 Thread Ray Foret Jr
I'm backing Chris entirely. 1. Firefox on the Mac is still not accessible; disreputable claims to the contrary not withstanding. 2. Webvisum is dead for both Mac and windows versions of Firefox. Not even windows users can use it now. For captchas, Rumola: www.skipinput.com is where you ca

Re: mac and firefox?

2016-01-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
1. Webvisum is dead. It's not even certified anymore for Firefox. I think they did that at the beginning of this month. Don't even get me started on that rant! 2. It never worked on the IPhone as far as I know. 3. Apparently Singing Sparrow clames to have gotten Firefox to work successf

mac and firefox?

2016-01-13 Thread Maria Chapman
HI. Just downloaded the latest version of firefox. Anyone have any accessibility tips? or is it still not that accessible? Is anyone able to use web Visum successfully? If so can someone explain how to install it? I can get to the install page but when I click install nothing happens. ps: does

Keyboard shortcuts broken after VMware's remote support

2016-01-13 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Hi Once Again, In my other two messages about my saga with my upgrade to VMware 8, I've explained how I successfully got past the problems with VMware's reliance on Cisco Webex for remote access. I've also described the partial success VMware Tech Support had fixing my issue. Windows works, Linux

Re: No sound in vm's after upgrading to VMware 8

2016-01-13 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Hi, My second update on my problem with of no sound in my virtual machines after upgrading to VMware 8. After getting through the issues of allowing VMware support remote access to my Airbook, the problem for Windows 7 was solved fairly easily. There was apparently a screen popup that I had never

Re: Unresponsive text input field [Was: No sound in vm's after upgrading to VMware 8]

2016-01-13 Thread 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries
Hi, I have an update on my VMware 8 problem. I'll respond on this thread about the problem allowing VMware Support to remotely access my machine ... It turned out Firefox wasn't of help anymore than Safari or Google-Chrome. We resolved the problem by having the VMware tech email me a complete URI

Re: Confused about bootcamp drivers for windows7 installation on mac

2016-01-13 Thread E.T.
Andrew, You might need to call Apple to verify this. Information I found indicates that El Capitan on your model Mac will only support Windows 8 or newer IF you already had Windows 7 installed under Bootcamp, then this would work. So this means that as a NEW installation, Windows 7 is n

Re: Confused about bootcamp drivers for windows7 installation on mac

2016-01-13 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi Sabahattin, Thanks for this. I'd better not attempt anything as ambitious as you hinted at: I have far too little knowhow in programming. you mentioned that the bootcamp partition onto which Windows 7 should have been installed should have been partitioned prior as ntf. I kind of assumed t

Re: Confused about bootcamp drivers for windows7 installation on mac

2016-01-13 Thread Andrew Lamanche
That was exactly part of the confusion: I did put the iso file on the desktop as I had read something to that effect in some of the support pages. But bootcamp 6 on my late 2010 macbook air would not even recognise it and there was no option to point it to the iso file. It insisted on having a

Re: Confused about bootcamp drivers for windows7 installation on mac

2016-01-13 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
BootCamp Assistant shows different checkboxes depending on whether or not your Mac has a built-in (or formerly had a built-in) optical drive. If you have, you don’t get the chance to use an ISO. Typically USB boot (from MBR) is not supported on these models, so you will need the optical drive,

Re: Airplay drives me nuts.

2016-01-13 Thread Vaughn Brown
I am sorry to hear this and do not have an answer. But I have a question of my own. How do I turn off airplay? Everytime I play a song in iTunes is keeps saying that the airplay is not connected to my airport express. I already have a setup to play my music through speakers and thus do not need air

Re: Cutting the cable

2016-01-13 Thread Scott Granados
Just to ad to that, if you have T-Mobile you’re automatically opted in to a service that gives free streaming to certain locations like Netflix. This being said, they also massively manipulate your data stream to these sites and you’re not getting the rate you think. So if you want true uninter

Cutting the cable

2016-01-13 Thread Nora
I did away with my cable 2 years ago and only have Internet at my house via iPhone hotspot (T-Mobile) . I have been happy but I do not do much streaming. I think if my tmobile signal was stronger I would stream more video; FYI if T-mobile is your provider, you can do Netflix streaming that wi

Re: Checking app availability

2016-01-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Interesting. I'll definitely have to look more into that. Chris. - Original Message - From: Jeff Berwick To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 1:59 PM Subject: Re: Checking app availability I have looked into this briefly, and I think that

Re: Checking app availability

2016-01-13 Thread Jeff Berwick
I have looked into this briefly, and I think that you can use WhatsApp through their website--if you authorize it with your phone. I believe you have to scan a bar code on their website to allow you to use the browser to access your WhatsApp chats. Jeff > On Jan 13, 2016, at 1:38 PM, Christop

Checking app availability

2016-01-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
This might sound like a dumb question, but, is Whatsapp only available on I O S, or can I get a version as well for my mac? Chris. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if

Re: Confused about bootcamp drivers for windows7 installation on mac

2016-01-13 Thread E.T.
Where did you put the ISO file? Desktop would be a good place. Bootcamp partition is the one that you want. 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 1/13/2016 12:54 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: Hi, Thank

Looking for some Whatsapp contacts

2016-01-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
If anyone up here is using Whatsapp, and would like to give me their contact info privately, that would be cool. I'm looking to gain more contacts so I can effectively try out the app. You can e-mail me privately, so as not to put your info out there publicly. My address is: clgillan...@gmail

Re: I'll be incredibly terse, I promise! Sweetspots are not working.

2016-01-13 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I agree. And remember, we're talking two different things here. Hotspots are not the same as webspots. I mean, they kind of are, in a sense, but not exactly. Chris. - Original Message - From: "Ricardo Walker" To: "Macvisionaries" Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 8:39 AM Subject

Re: I'll be incredibly terse, I promise! Sweetspots are not working.

2016-01-13 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Hotspots work pretty consistently for me in 10.11. Yes, there has been times where hotspots have been lost but, its been a rare thing for me. maybe 2 or 3 times that I can recall. > On Jan 12, 2016, at 4:16 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > Just to add, hotspots don't work for me in El Capita

SV: Confused about bootcamp drivers for windows7 installation on mac

2016-01-13 Thread mattias jonsson
No you must have a install cd to install windows -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] För Pablo Sandoval Skickat: den 12 januari 2016 17:37 Till: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Ämne: Re: Confused about bootcamp drivers f

Re: Confused about bootcamp drivers for windows7 installation on mac

2016-01-13 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi, Thanks first of all for replying. I've failed miserable to install Windows 7 under bootcamp in El Capitan. I think that part of the problem is Bootcamp in El Capitan which seems to work differently to all the descriptions I have seen here on the list and on Apple's pages. When I start th