Re: Dr. Phil, and More. I swear this *is!* on topic entirely.

2016-06-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
A good antenna shouldn't cost that much but a lot of it also depends on where you put it. I put a ChannelMaster CM2016 in my attic and it worked quite well. Cost me $44 on Amazon. My wife is a sports nut so she had to have her (US) football and Olympics. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0018

Re: Web testing and development software.

2016-06-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Are you testing a lot of pages? If so you might want to check into the various commercial products like WorldSpace from DeQueue Systems or AMP from SSB Bart Group. I've used both and they work well. I'm currently scanning about 200 web sites with AMP each week. For individual pages you can try

Re: This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22

2016-07-11 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Interesting stats they mention about correlation between braille literacy and employment. I just had an iOS developer reach out to me who said WWDC had a heavy emphasis on accessibility this year. I've never been so I can't compare. I hope that's true. Nothing but good can come from more develo

Re: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini

2016-07-11 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Nothing new here, Apple is just better at keeping consumers out of their widgets now then back in the Mac Plus days. They figured out that most people could pick up a long T15 Torx screwdriver without much trouble but getting things unsoldered without burning the board is a different thing. The

Re: mac book pro, mac book air, or iPad pro?

2016-07-12 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
That's why Apple went to the RISC PowerPC in the not too distant past as it could crank out more work than its Intel brethern. Unfortunatly it eventually lost its lead and Apple had to make another migration to the Intel platform. In some ways, that made things easier with virtual machines and

Re: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini

2016-07-15 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Bay 2 and knocked it up to 16 GB of RAM. It runs quite well with El Capitan now. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 11, 2016, at 15:21, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: Nothing new here, Apple is just better at keeping consumers out of their widgets now

Apple Design Award goes to djay Pro, accessible djay app

2016-07-20 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Not sure if this was mentioned before. Found a link to a page showing the Apple Design Awards at the 2016 WWDC. I couldn't figure out how to control the video with voiceover other than stop/start but at around the 54 minute mark they give out the last of the 10 awards to djay Pro. While each aw

A bit off topic - DOJ public comments until October 7th

2016-08-02 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
This is a bit off topic, but for those interested the US Department of Justice is asking for public comment on their "supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking" around accessibility for public sector web sites. This set of regulations has had many setbacks and delays since it first was announc

Re: splitting large files in to smaller sections

2014-10-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
If you have sox installed you can do this from terminal: sox filename.flac part1.flac trim 0 05:00 sox filename.flac part2.flac trim 05:00 10:25 This would generate two files from the source FLAC file. The first would contain audio from the beginning to the 5 minute mark. The second would go f

Re: Google Docs

2014-10-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: Noticed some press about improved accessibility and wondered if anyone had tried it. I tried reading a Google Docs Spreadsheet and ran into an issue where the file had the first couple rows locked (headings for the columns) and I couldn&

Re: Equalizer for the mac.

2014-10-06 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Don't know if this is accessible but Boom sounds like what you are looking for. They have a free trial so you can give it a whirl. http://www.globaldelight.com/boom/ CB On 10/6/14, 6:28 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! This might be a dum or odd question but is there an equalizer for the mac th

Re: New Mac malware discovered; how to check your Mac for ‘iWorm’ malware

2014-10-06 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Close, spaces in terminal commands imply separate commands unless you tell it that you really meant a space by putting a backslash "\" in front. So the test would be: ls -a /Library/Application\ Support/JavaW The -l also isn't needed. The L means to display the listing in long format so it sh

Re: Fusion problems and a question

2014-10-09 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
How much memory and how many CPUs did you allocate to your Win7 Fusion setup? At a minimum I would do 1GB RAM and 2CPU but more will go faster. I haven't used Fusion 7 but under previous version when you insert a USB device Fusion would ask if you want it connected to the Mac or Windows side.

Re: Fusion problems and a question

2014-10-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
. It just seems kind of disappointing, the last time i used fusion it was version 3 on a dual-core i7 with 4gb of ram to share and it seemed faster. Also, my macintosh hd is an ssd, so it really disappoints me. Regards, Jeff On 10/9/14, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: How much

Re: Fusion problems and a question

2014-10-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
ings available when windows isn't running. It just seems kind of disappointing, the last time i used fusion it was version 3 on a dual-core i7 with 4gb of ram to share and it seemed faster. Also, my macintosh hd is an ssd, so it really disappoints me. Regards, Jeff On 10/9/14, 'Chris

Re: Bookmarks on desktop

2014-10-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
The only way I could figure out how to make Web locations without using drag and drop was to create one in a text editor. I just open TextEdit, make sure I'm in plain text mode and then paste in the following text: "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";> URL http://www.aol.com

Re: Fusion problems and a question

2014-10-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
`greene wrote: Hi Chris, I believe I set the disc space to 80gb. But if i look in the virtual machines library folder it says like 20gb. Tonight I'll take a look at fusion preferences. Thanks, Jeff On 10/10/14, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: Ok, just wanted to

Re: this is the mac email list right? for blind users?

2014-10-16 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I checked you account and it was set to "No Mail" as opposed to "Digest", "Abridged" or "All Mail". I changed it back to "All Mail" so hopefully that gets things resolved. CB On 10/16/14, 8:33 AM, Jen Wilgus wrote: I am asking, cause I am not receiving any email pertaining to this email lis

Re: Apple presentation seemed to offer nothing

2014-10-17 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I thought the mini bogging down without a display (or adapter to trick it) had been fixed in more recent models? CB On 10/16/14, 3:57 PM, John Panarese wrote: Actually, there is. I've been using an adaptor since 2011 successfully. I can send the info to anyone who wants it. Take Care

Re: Apple presentation seemed to offer nothing

2014-10-17 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
The tricky bit Apple is approaching is that hardware is about at the limit. Long ago the audio reached a point where any improvement would not be discernible by most people's ears (192k fanbois noted). Now the retina display has reached the same point where any more improvement won't be detecta

Re: not getting emails

2014-10-17 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I checked you account and for some reason it was set to "No Mail". I changed it back to the usual "All Mail". Hope that fixes it. CB On 10/17/14, 1:31 PM, Juan Hernandez wrote: Hi All, I am subscribed and I saw a few days ago through the google groups interface that my email was received.

Re: osx 10.10

2014-10-20 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
There are a number of apps that do this although I haven't tried any of them. Here is a free one so give it a whirl: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/remote-mouse-mobile-trackpad/id385894596 Here is another free one: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mobile-mouse-remote-mouse/id356395556 Any yet

Re: Newer Isn't Always Better: Multicore Mac Mini Performance

2014-10-22 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
That's rather disappointing. So the basic issue is that Apple no longer ships a mini with quad-core, only dual core. If you want quad for, say, running vmware you'll have to find something used. According to the article the new Intel Haswell processors require two sockets for a quad while the p

iOS 8.1 VO bug fixes

2014-10-22 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
There's been a lot of traffic so maybe I missed this but when I upgraded there were a number of bug fixes listed including the following: Fixes an issue that prevented Guided Access from working properly Fixes a bug where VoiceOver would not work with 3rd party keyboards Improves stability and a

Re: Newer Isn't Always Better: Multicore Mac Mini Performance

2014-10-23 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
The current lineup just widens the gulf between the mini and the pro. You either get a very low-end box or you have to jump to the rocketship, nothing inbetween. That chasm is readily apparent when the minimum config on the MacPro is $3000 while the max CPU config on the mini is $1200 (3GHz dua

Re: extremely slow download rate of Yosemite update?

2014-10-23 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
While I haven't downloaded Yosemite myself yet, in the past I sometimes got stuck on a slow server or something such that it crawled along. The fix was to just cancel the download and try again. Usually I ended up on a faster server and was able to get faster throughput. CB On 10/23/14, 10:52

Re: VoiceOver and tables on the web

2014-10-24 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Probably depends on how it's being used. Your example didn't come through. CB On 10/24/14, 9:22 AM, David Hole wrote: Hi. Does anyone here know if VoiceOver (both on Mac and iOS) are able to read tables on the web that uses the aria-describedby tag? Here is an example, though in norwegian (jus

Re: Recommendation for an external sound card for the mac needed.

2014-10-24 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Do you need a 'card' or just an interface? For my little bit of recording I use the Art USB Dual Pre which takes two XLR or 1/4" mic or line level inputs and appears as a USB audio device which you can then record with whatever you like. It's 16-bit 44Khz resolution so if you're into the 192K t

Re: iOs 8.1 performance on iPhone 4S

2014-10-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
To paraphrase, iOS 8.1 is the most inextricably inaccessible OS on the market today, except for all the other ones. CB On 10/25/14, 6:32 PM, Jose Lomeli wrote: Drops in performance should not be rewarded, especially when they have done better in earlier IOS releases. Sent from my IPhone 4S

Re: Recommendation for an external sound card for the mac needed.

2014-10-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
You should be able to change this yourself. Go to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/macvisionaries and find the My Settings Popup button. When you action that you can pick "Membership and email Settings". That pops up a dialog and four tab stops down you'll find a settings popup which fo

Re: Recommendation for an external sound card for the mac needed.

2014-10-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
So you need more than two channels? CB On 10/24/14, 5:57 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi. I need an interface. Best regards Annie.a Den 24/10/2014 kl. 23.35 skrev 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries : Do you need a 'card' or just an interface? For my little bit of reco

Re: fusion upgrade for yosemite

2014-10-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I haven't upgraded yet but the Fusion forums say the 6.0.4 update fixed things for Yosemite and I just had 6.0.5 pop up so maybe there were still some lingering issues that are now resolved. CB On 10/27/14, 3:00 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: Hi Daniel. Actually, you are wrong. I have fusion 6 and

Re: Need to go no-mail for a while.

2014-10-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
You should be able to change this yourself. Go to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/macvisionaries and find the My Settings Popup button. When you action that you can pick "Membership and email Settings". That pops up a dialog and four tab stops down you'll find a settings popup which fo

Re: Recommendation for an external sound card for the mac needed.

2014-10-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
skrev 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries : So you need more than two channels? CB On 10/24/14, 5:57 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: Hi. I need an interface. Best regards Annie.a Den 24/10/2014 kl. 23.35 skrev 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries : Do you need a 'card'

Re: Continuity Phone Calls

2014-10-27 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Maybe they are still both on the same network if your wired Ethernet is connected to your wifi router. At the same time, I wonder why they would have that requirement. CB On 10/27/14, 4:12 PM, David Griffith wrote: I can confirm this. My iMac is connected by ethernet only but after my phone w

Re: fusion upgrade for yosemite

2014-10-28 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Fusion 6 supports Windows 8 so you shouldn't have to upgrade just for that. Actually, after reading through Fusion 7 improvements, the only one interesting to me is power savings for laptops, but that hasn't really been an issue for me. http://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2014/09/vmware-fusion-

Re: Ejecting flash drive

2014-11-03 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
That should be it but if there are applications which have files from that drive open it won't eject. Usually closing those docs is all it takes but sometimes you have to quit the app itself. CB On 11/3/14, 7:17 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: go to the desk top on the mac and highlight the flash d

Re: very very new mac user

2014-11-05 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Just tried it with a Samsung Galaxy S5 and it did not show up on my desktop. A little googling around and it seems like you have to install something called Android File Transfer but I haven't tried this myself yet. https://www.android.com/filetransfer/ CB On 11/5/14, 3:57 AM, Michael Malver

Re: very very new mac user

2014-11-05 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Years ago I remember hearing that Colloquy was accessible but I think it relied on Growl to speak incoming messages. It's an OSX (not terminal) app and free so might be worth giving it a try. http://colloquy.info CB On 11/5/14, 2:30 PM, Janina Sajka wrote: Hi, Deedra: I'm not so sure it's a

Re: Recommendation for an external sound card for the mac needed.

2014-11-05 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Den 27/10/2014 kl. 22.05 skrev 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries : Does your receiver have fiber optic hookups? If so you can just run a fiber optic cable from your headphone jack to your receiver. All digital and no HDMI needed. My receiver is going on 15 years old and it has those

Re: Fingerprint reader

2014-11-05 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
I think you would need some drivers and such to make that work. My understanding is that there is some big key stored in the fingerprint scanner itself and that key is only output when the associated fingerprint matches "close enough". It's not like a fingerprint creates the key. So you would n

Re: very very new mac user

2014-11-06 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
k. However, he did indicate there were still issues. Also, when I tried to find it on iTunes, I came up empty. Janina 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries writes: Years ago I remember hearing that Colloquy was accessible but I think it relied on Growl to speak incoming messages. It's

Re: Burned by Yosemite

2014-11-06 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
or /Library/Application Support/colloquy Does it matter? I know I've done this once or twice before, but don't recall the specifics, so appreciate any guidance. tia Janina 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries writes: Not all apps are in the iTunes store. Some don't want

Re: Big news for all Microsoft Office and or iOS fans!

2014-11-07 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
This article goes over what you get and what you don't with the free version: http://www.macworld.com/article/2844476/office-goes-free-on-phones-and-tablets-what-you-get-and-what-you-dont.html They seem to have realized a read-only office app wasn't all that useful. CB On 11/7/14, 8:16 PM, Ni

Re: a few questions

2014-11-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
It's listed in step three: https://www.macports.org/install.php Seems to work fine although I did have to uninstall and re-install my port library. Apparently there is a change in the compiler tool chain that makes some packages no longer function and the easiest way to fix it is to start ove

Re: blu-rays and mac osX

2014-11-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
BluRay discs are encrypted so you'll first have to get the file off there otherwise no other tools can touch the files. Makemkv seems to be one of the tools folks use to do that but I don't know how accessible it is or what you do to process the files to strip out the audio once you've ripped t

Re: blu-rays and mac osX

2014-11-10 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
is not accessible but I've been able to use it in conjunction with handbrake. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 10, 2014, at 2:13 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: BluRay discs are encrypted so you'll first have to get the file off there otherwise no other tools

Re: Masque Attack: All Your iOS Apps Belong to Us

2014-11-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
The attack assume jumping one fairly substantial hurdle and that is you must jailbreak your phone to install apps that don't come from the Apple app store. I don't know what percent of people actually do this but I suspect it's small, which makes the attack surface small and the injury somewhat

Re: Getting your Macbook to wake up when the lid is closed

2014-11-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
Last I heard the only way on current MacBooks was to have an external monitor hooked up. Maybe some of the tricks from the MacMini external monitor bug would work here as well. CB On 11/13/14, 6:47 PM, Grant Hardy wrote: Hi all, I’d really love for my Macbook Pro to do a bit of work for me w

Re: Masque Attack: All Your iOS Apps Belong to Us

2014-11-14 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
On Nov 14, 2014, at 9:18 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> wrote: The attack assume jumping one fairly substantial hurdle and that is you must jailbreak your phone to install apps that don't come from the Apple app store. I d

Re: vmware fusion an oops

2014-11-24 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
The terminology can get a bit confusing at times. Generally they call the overall machine's operating system the "host OS". So in your case your host is OSX. The virtual machine is called the "guest OS" which could be Windows, Linux or anything else that runs on an Intel chip. I think you can e

Re: OT: looking for recommendations for good headphones

2014-11-25 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Another thing to consider is longer-term investment. About 15 years ago I bought some nice high-end Sennheiser studio headphones after years of going through cheapie sets. They sound great and are super comfortable with a hard outer shell which blocks a lot of noise. I guess you could find that

Re: mac mini transport?

2014-11-26 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Probably treat it just like any laptop. Pretty much the same components and the most delicate one is the hard drive. So no banging it around if you can help it. Otherwise it's pretty durable. CB On 11/26/14, 3:18 PM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona wrote: Hello I have a mac mini 2012 also

Re: Problems using macports

2014-11-26 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
I know with the my update to 10.10 and xCode a bunch of packages failed due to some kind of clang update and one of the forums said to pretty much remove and reinstall all the packages. I guess the scorched earth approach always works but it depends on what kind of errors you are getting. CB

Re: making macport created applications accessible?

2014-11-26 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
In some ways, once you get outside text-based terminal apps, you're in a whole other environment in the X11 world. I'm not nearly as familiar with how accessibility is done there but I'm pretty sure voiceover will not help you there. From the XWindow Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik

Re: how to remove user profile and all content on the mac?

2014-11-27 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Depends on how safe you require. Usually just formatting the drive and reinstalling the OS should get you there. Sure, it's possible that with the right forensics software somebody could revive your files but is that really a concern? CB On 11/27/14, 3:38 PM, Joanne Chua wrote: Hi all, I'm

Re: Uninstalling an application on the Mac

2014-11-27 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Generally you just go to the apps folder, find the app you don't want and throw it in the trash (command-delete). There could be preferences files still hanging around but those are tiny and intert so most folks don't worry much about them. CB On 11/27/14, 9:05 PM, denise avant wrote: Hello

Re: how to remove user profile and all content on the mac?

2014-11-27 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
de of Inclusion is Exclusion. Leaders For Tomorrow 2013 Candidate Send from my iPad On 28 Nov 2014, at 7:55, "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" wrote: Depends on how safe you require. Usually just formatting the drive and reinstalling the OS should get you there. Sure,

Re: Apple TV and files not purchased

2014-11-27 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
You'll find lots of discussion in the archives on this but generally, in the states, it's not legal to rip copyrighted videos from DVD because it requires breaking the encryption to do so. While technically it's easy enough to do with tools like RipIt but the mere act of breaking the encryption

Re: making macport created applications accessible?

2014-11-28 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
;t have a port to macports. it also has a lot of dependencies that aren't there either. building stuff that strictly uses a console (or terminal) window is easy and those programs just work. its anything that requires X which is being the pain. -eric On Nov 26, 2014, at 9:13 PM, 'Chri

Re: after the last Yosemite and iCloud update

2014-12-01 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
I can reproduce it here. Sounds like voiceover focus is cycling between two locations. Might be an OSX 10.10 bug as 10.9 didn't do this. CB On 12/1/14, 12:56 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: I have the standard 5G of storage in iCloud, and see this information as well. Then, just to the right of that, i

Re: terminal suggestions

2014-12-02 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
There should be a file in your root directory called .profile (note it starts with a period). Usually files with periods are hidden unless you add the "all" parameter to the ls command ls -a The .profile script is run each time you start a terminal session. In that file you can add a line whi

Re: MAMP

2014-12-02 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Just curious why you need MAMP when OSX already has Apache and PHP installed? Seems like it would be less work to just install MySQL on top of the existing stuff. CB On 11/30/14, 4:07 AM, BobH. wrote: This sounds like a browser setting that prepends, by assumption, that all links start with w

Re: MAMP

2014-12-03 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Presas Herrera wrote: what? is php available on my mac? where can i find it? Il giorno 02/dic/2014, alle ore 05:47 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries ha scritto: Just curious why you need MAMP when OSX already has Apache and PHP installed? Seems like it would be less work to ju

Re: MAMP

2014-12-03 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
ere can i find it? Il giorno 02/dic/2014, alle ore 05:47 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries ha scritto: Just curious why you need MAMP when OSX already has Apache and PHP installed? Seems like it would be less work to just install MySQL on top of the existing stuff. CB On 11/30/1

DropBox for iOS more accessible

2014-12-05 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Just found this article where DropBox paired up with folks from AppleVis to make the iOS app more accessible: https://blog.dropbox.com/2014/11/making-dropbox-for-ios-more-accessible/ CB -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries"

Re: sleep machine lite for iOS...

2014-12-05 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
If you want to do something similar on the Mac there is Noisy: https://code.google.com/p/noisy/downloads/detail?name=Noisy.zip CB On 12/4/14, 6:01 PM, Cameron Strife wrote: Hi all. This may be useful for others who need a white noise generator... After trying a few iOS white noise generator a

Re: VMFusion V5.05 with Yosemite?

2014-12-08 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Version 6 works on OSX 10.10. So maybe you can find a discount place to buy an old copy of Fusion 6 and save a little bit. That said, it also means you might be right back at the same place when OSX 10.11 comes out. I can't totally blame VMWare when their stuff works fine and then Apple changes

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

2014-12-10 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Word on the Mac is not accessible with voiceover. They even say so in their support documentation: https://support.office.com/client/Turn-on-Accessibility-options-7458afa1-4a92-41ee-a1f4-2e2b57cdca9b You'll have better luck opening the word doc in Pages. CB On 12/10/14, 9:15 AM, Christine Gra

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

2014-12-10 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Interesting. Maybe something changed in the very latest version. Mine is not very new (version 14.4.6) and I can access the basic menus such as the document gallery to create a new document but once I'm there I can't access any of the text inside the document. All that said, maybe you're just

Re: How to name my Mac

2014-12-10 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Should be a text input called Computer Name in Sharing under Preferences. You might have to stop/start file sharing and such after you change the name but I don't recall for sure. CB On 12/10/14, 4:42 PM, Agent086b wrote: Hi, how do I give my iMac a name? I wish to give it a name so I can fin

Re: accessible apps for creating videos

2014-12-10 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
So are you saying you want to record a streaming video that is already somewhere on your screen? CB On 12/10/14, 9:57 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: No, I didn't know you could record with that; will that tell you when there's a face in view? I've only been successful at audio recording with that,

Re: iOS and Mac safari history

2014-12-10 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
After using the beta did you wipe everything out to install the official release or install it over top of the beta? CB On 12/10/14, 9:20 PM, joe quinn wrote: Well my safari on my iCloud prefs in both the mac and IOS devices are set to on. Funny thing is, it worked in the beta! *From:*macv

Re: accessible apps for creating videos

2014-12-11 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
t audio recording, was to do it via the computer's onboard microphone, and do mmy best to eliminate background noise, so would have to do it at night when everybody else was asleep, and just sit with it and try not to make any sound. On Dec 10, 2014, at 10:03 PM, 'Chris Blouch' vi

Re: iOS and Mac safari history

2014-12-11 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Hmmm. Wonder if there was some formatting change to the settings and such that is causing iCloud to be confused. Stranger things have happened. CB On 12/10/14, 11:33 PM, Joe Quinn wrote: Installed over the top of it. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 10, 2014, at 9:04 PM, 'Chris Blouch

Re: first impression experiences from a former linux user

2014-12-11 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
As Genna mentioned previously in this thread, virtualbox does the same thing as vmware and is free. The downside is that the GUI is not very accessible, but you don't really need the GUI as it's all configurable from terminal. In other words you would use terminal to get virtualbox up and runni

Re: first impression experiences from a former linux user

2014-12-11 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
ual box a pita to use from the command line…. as well, I need the vm to talk using speak or y a s r. So, how does running the vm in a command line help me when i need it’s command line to talk? deedra waters dee...@the-brannons.com On Dec 11, 2014, at 1:42 PM, 'Chris Blouch

Re: virtualbox and osx 10.10

2014-12-12 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
From what I've read, Clang is slowly replacing GCC so Apple is just jumping in with both feet (as is BSD). An interesting discussion of that is here: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/49906/why-is-freebsd-deprecating-gcc-in-favor-of-clang-llvm CB On 12/12/14, 2:28 AM, deedra waters wrot

Re: Physical layout of ports on macbook pro retina

2014-12-12 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
On the left side starting at the hinge is the new style (thinner) MagSafe power connector followed by two thunderbolt 2 connectors, a USB 3 connector and a headphone jack. On the other side, starting at the hinge is another USB3 connector, and HDMI video out and an SDXC card slot. While I reali

Re: first impression experiences from a former linux user

2014-12-12 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
PM, deedra waters wrote: from what i gather isn’t virtual box a pita to use from the command line…. as well, I need the vm to talk using speak or y a s r. So, how does running the vm in a command line help me when i need it’s command line to talk? deedra waters dee...@the-brannons.

Re: Physical layout of ports on macbook pro retina

2014-12-12 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
I just received one of these machines for my church's secretary and it did not include the dongle. I did buy that for another $26. While there is wifi there, it does not provide access to financial systems and such so she has to plug into the wired network. I think the dongle came up as a sugge

Re: first impression experiences from a former linux user

2014-12-12 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
’t go the virtual box route because it requires apple-gcc which isn’t available on my version of OS X deedra waters dee...@the-brannons.com On Dec 12, 2014, at 6:48 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: If you Google "virtualbox command line" you'll fi

Re: A VM Fusion question about disks

2014-12-12 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Probably your virtual drive. When you first set up the virtual machine you tell it how much of your Mac's disk space you will allow it to use. In any case, you can quickly verify this by doing Get Info (command-I) from the finder on your Mac's drive to find out how much is left. If you really a

Re: A VM Fusion question about disks

2014-12-12 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Right, but there is a limit to the expansion. So if you set up a Windows VM with a 40GB automatically expanding drive Windows will say it's a 40GB drive but on the Mac it might initially only use 10GB. As you add apps and such it will grow but only up to 40GB. I've never run into this but I ass

Re: A VM Fusion question about disks

2014-12-12 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Right. If you map a drive letter to a folder on the Mac side then it's just a folder that can store up to the available space on your physical hard drive. I don't usually do that as I'm usually running Windows in my VM and don't want it infecting my Mac with whatever it might have picked up fro

Re: newbie any help from members with a little vision

2014-12-12 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
I'm not sure about window colors and such but in preferences under desktop & screensaver under the desktop tab is where you can pick a desktop picture. In that list of folders under Apple is also one item called "Solid Colors" which you can use to set your desktop color to anything you want.

Re: Observations

2014-12-13 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; 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 12

Re: Observations

2014-12-15 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
up, just a database of the songs, playlists and such that you can restore either from iTunes Match or your computer. Thus, it is feasible to keep multiple backups of multiple iDevices in iCloud simultaneously. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Dec 13, 2014, at 20:25, 'Ch

Re: Request for resources

2014-12-16 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Yup, they are all there. You can use the man pages to get back up to speed. With a few greps and cuts piped together I've managed to finagle all kinds of text files. CB On 12/16/14, 11:40 AM, BobH. wrote: I like the sound of it, so need to find where this terminal is next; and maybe try rem

Re: CyberDuck FTP Questions

2014-12-18 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
That is rather bizarre. So I can go to https://cyberduck.io/changelog/ and get the latest 4.6.1 version for free as it's open source or I can go to the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cyberduck/id409222199?mt=12 and pay $24 for the same thing. Granted I'm all for giving money to

Re: Audio restoration of old cassettes

2014-12-30 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; 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: Syncing files

2014-12-31 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
In terminal you can do this with rsync. Maclife wrote up an article on how to do this here: http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/using_rsync_keep_your_files_sync_0 basically it comes down to doing a command like this: rsync –ra SourceDirectory DestinationDirectory All the volumes you mount o

Re: XiphQT

2015-01-01 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Dunno if I would trust this, at least the installers I found were from 2009: https://xiph.org/quicktime/ That said, I checked my Library/Components and found the Xiph install I did years ago is still there after umpteen upgrades so I guess it doesn't hurt anything. Assuming it works at all, in

Re: the graphicsless paradigm

2015-01-01 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
The tricky part is you give up the economy of scale by adapting a mainstream interface. Sure, somebody could make a one-off version of a GUI OS without the GUI but then every time some new product or other comes out, how well would it function under the special OS? For those who have read much

Re: playing a folder of music

2015-01-01 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Spacebar on any file invokes the OSX quick look, which isn't really an app. It's meant to quickly preview files without waiting for the usual app launch process. CB On 1/1/15 7:01 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote: what player opens when you do it that way? I’d like to be able to choose vlc. I tried g

Re: converting iso video files

2015-01-01 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
ISO is a disk image, so it depends on what is inside that disk image. Is it a DVD image or just some random data files? CB On 1/1/15 6:40 PM, jeffrey greene wrote: Hi, Was just wondering if anybody knew of an app to convert iso video files to m4v. i’m thinking the newest version of IMovie cou

Re: applescript or command line which should I us

2015-01-01 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
The open-source Sox package can convert audio files to ogg. If you need to convert a whole pile of them then you can just make a loop in a shell script. Googling around I found this: for i in *.wav; do sox "$i" "`echo $i|sed 's/wav$/ogg/'`";done In the above example the source files are assum

Re: converting iso video files

2015-01-01 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries wrote: ISO is a disk image, so it depends on what is inside that disk image. Is it a DVD image or just some random data files? CB On 1/1/15 6:40 PM, jeffrey greene wrote: Hi, Was just wondering if anybody knew of an app to convert iso video files to

Re: needing an ssh client

2015-01-08 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Is terminal in the utilities folder not working for you? With terminal launched you can just do ssh hostname and get connected or sftp if you need to fling files. CB On 1/8/15 9:11 AM, Scott Berry wrote: Does anyone have any ideas as to what a good ssh client with a GUI is for the Mac? -

Re: projecting media to smart tv

2015-01-08 Thread &#x27;Chris Blouch&#x27; via MacVisionaries
Sounds like you need to set up a DLNA server on your Mac assuming your TV supports DLNA wifi video streaming. There are a couple apps out there to play media via DLNA. Found this article which does a nice roundup: http://mashable.com/2011/02/16/media-streaming-how-to/ another list of players i

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