RE: Configuring Spanish Braille on a Mac

Hi all, I have a Braillino. I just figured out I can configure each voice to have a different Braille setting in VoiceOver. How neat! The Monica voice works well with the Braillino, and the Braille is displayed in grade 1 which is correct for Spain. Thanks to everyone for all your help. alliso

Which Braille display to get

Hi Aimee, I know this wasn't on your list, and it's smaller, but I love the Handytech products. I have a 20-cell display called a Braillino. They have 40-cell ones as well that also function as notetakers. I have had no problems pairing with my Iphone 5 and the Macbook, and Mac Mini. I usually

Spanish Braille on a Mac

Hi all, Can anyone tell me how I you can configure Braille from Spain on a Mac? Braille from the U.S. is in grade 2, and Spanish Braille here in Spain is grade 1. Does anyone have any ideas? Thank you for any help you can provide. The only solution I can think of is to keep changing the config

RE: Lost my Mail Sounds

Hi Ed, Thank you for the suggestion. Yes I checked my mail sounds in preferences/general. I can select a sound, but it just doesn't play. If anyone has any thoughts, pleas let me know. Musically, Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! -- You received this message because

Mac Mini whithout a Monitor

Hi Richard, The Mac Mini I have is the latest one. My husband and I bought it a few months ago. The only problem I have sometimes is that VoiceOver says busy a lot when in Itunes or when trying to record with Amadeus Pro. I have to turn VoiceOver on and off in Itunes, and with Amadeus I usually

Lost my mail sounds

Hi all, Does anyone have any ideas why this would happen? I lost my mail sounds. I am running the latest updates to Mountain Lion, and can't figure out where my mail sounds went. When I try to add a sound it says no sounds in library/sounds folder. I put two mail sounds there, but it still does

strange problem with VoiceOver

Hi all, I have been experiencing a strange problem with VoiceOver. It refuses to say puntuations when I type. Mind you this is on the Iphone, but I am not sure where else to ask this question. If I am off topic, feel free to post my question in the appropriate place. All updates have been insta

Dropbox on the Mac

Hi all, I have a question about Dropbox. I know that since the release of Mountain Lion, it does now work with VoiceOver again. A perplexing thing happened when I installed it this morning. I can see the Dropbox folder just fine, but when I add files to it, they are not showing up on the Dropbo

Running slow with Mountain Lion

Hi all, I just upgrading to Mountain Lion. VoiceOver is very sluggish even after updating the sofware, and my cursor tracking is not correct. I have to hit space instead of VO space to open apps like Safari, Mail and Skype. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? I installed over Lion, didn

All Recipes app

Hi Alex and all, Thank you for the suggestion of Pepperplate. I've never heard of that app before. I will check out your podcast on Applevis. All Recipes.com is a website too which is why I don't really understand why my favorites keep disappearing. Thanks again. Allison Life is not measured

Favorites in All Recipes

Hi all, I have a perplexing problem. My husband bought me an Iphone 5 for Christmas. I tried to restore my Iphone from a previous backup. Everything restored beautifully except my favorites from the app All Recipes. It seems that every time I restore, I have this problem and I have to try and

SKype and Itunes for Kawal

Hi Kawal, I find the new version of Itunes a little dififcult at first. The only way I can get the podcasts to show, is to press command option S this hides or shows the sidebar. I think the ring tones have been renamed to just tones. Usually the podcasts and ring tones folders are in Itunes/me

Excluding a folder from Icloud

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a joyous holiday season. Happy New Year to all. I discovered the other day my folder with al my music projects got backed up to Icloud. Is there a way to exclude this folder? I'm not interested in listening to things i'm working on with my Iphone. Thank you for an

Skype questions

Hi All, I am wondering if anyone knows the answer to the following. How do you delete voicemails with the latest version of Skype? Also, do you know if any Skype Phone is accessible with either VoiceOver or it's own built-in speech? THank you for any help. I live in Spain and use my SKype numb

How to find podcasts in Itunes 11

Hi All, I was wondering, does anyone know how I can find my podcasts in Itunes 11? I used to have the sources table with the podcasts right there. But now, no matter whic option I click I can't seem to find it. Any thoughts? Thank you to Max for suggesting David Woodbridge's podcast on Applevis

Silverlight for Donna

Hi Donna, I have installed Silver Light. I forget why I had to. I think I had something that was telling me i needed it. I'm not even sure why I need it, but I was looking through my apps the other day and found it. It was very accessible. I hope this helps. Have a great day. Allison Life is

using trackpad on Macbook

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has some tips on using the trackpad. I shop at a chain store here in Spain. TO add things to the basket, you have to click it with the trackpad not the keyboard. So, never having used the trackpad, I am unsure how to accomplish clicks and focusing it where I need

Deleting audible books in iTunes for Donna

Hi Donna, I'm sure you have tried this already, but how about going to the audio books folder under home/music/itunes/media/audiobooks? Just a thought. I was able to successfully delete audible books this way. I hope this helps. I havne't tried the way you have with Itunes yet. Have a great da

Blueray drive suggestions for Marc

Hi Marc, I'm sorry I can't be of more help. I once had a DVD/CD reader/writer. I can't remember the name of it. But it wasn't blueray. My best advice is to try a site called: http://www.newegg.com Here is the page with the blueray drives on Newegg.com: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList

syncing with Icloud

Hi everyone, I hope you are having a wonderful day. Thank you for all the responses to my FTP query last week. I really appreciate it. I'm having trouble figuring out how to sync my music library with Icloud. At one time, I knew how to do this, but I have since forgotten. Can anyone help? Itune

Labelling buttons for Shawn

Hi Shawn and all, I have heard of Mactubes but never tried it. In response to your question, Shawn about labelling buttons, VoiceOver has a keystroke for that. To label a button just press VO with the slash key and you will be able to enter a description for that button. I love this feature, o

Re: Recording from tapes

Hello, I think you might need something called the Imike available from amazon.com for $24. . It's the only way I can record from tapes. It has both an audio in and out jack. You can plug a patch cord from your tape deck to the mac, and then connect a pair of headphones. If you change the sound

VoiceOver and YOutube

Hi everyone, Sorry for two posts today. I have been bugged by this one for a long time now. Sometimes when I play videos from youtuube, VoiceOver will read out how much of the video is downloaded or something. like 9 out of 13 percent. This occurs while the video is playing and I have to quit V

accessible ftp backup clients

Hi all, I want to backup my website and started to look for accessible ftp clients that will make a backup of my site. Is this even possible? I currently have Transmit just newly updated and I just downloaded some of my Wordpress folders to my Macbook. My webhost has a backup service, but I wan

antivirus scanners

Hi all, I use virus Barrier Express. It's free and does a good job. I scan with it on occasion, so far, I'm clean :)! Have a great day. Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" gr

RE: Hosting with Wordpress.orgq

Hi all, Thank you for your helpful replies. I do know about Marsedit and use it to edit my blog with google apps. But what I want to do with wordpress.org is a little more in the way of pages, and static text. I want to be able to upload audio, post a link to a video on youtube, or maybe use Vi

hosting a blog with Wordpress.org

Hi all, I am thinking of moving my podcast to wordpress.org. Now I have a temporary blog/podcast hosted on wordpress.com. How easy is it to transfer from wordpress.com to wordpress.org? Also, is the wordpress software and configuration of plugins easy with the Mac? I've also heard of Westhost a

Skype Phone for Mac

Hi everyone, Does anyone know of a phone that works with Skype on the Mac? Either a USB phone or a dual phone with speech? I justt got an offer from Skype to purchase a cordless phone for only $9, but I don't know whether I'd be able to configure Skype myself or not. Any thoughts or suggestions

Accessible video editor for Mac

Hi all, I was wondering do you know an accessible video editor for Mac? I used to use Video Redo on my Windows machine, but it has not been developed for the Mac yet. It's a shame, such a great program. I don't have Ilfie 11 and I'm wondering if anyone here does. If so, have you tried it with

Accessible blogging client for Eric

Hi Eric, As Robert said, use marsedit. I love it and use it for my blog at: http://www.allisonabroad.com Well worth the price in my opinion. Have a great weekend. Allison Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away -- You received this message be

Amadeus Podcast

Hi all, I hope you are all doing well. I wanted to let you know that my podcast on Amadeus is up for listening and downloading at: http://gwenna.podbean.com It's called Amadeus 101. I hope you enjoy it. Please feel free to comment on the messageboard or e-mail me directly. Thanks to Garth and

Podcast on amadeus pro

Hi all, Due to popular demand, I would love to do a podcast on Amadeus Pro. I'm thinking about recording it tomorrow or maybe later today. I wanted to ask you if you could send suggestions to me privately offlist. I want to make this podcast helpful to all, and I have some ideas in mind. But if

Amadeus Pro accessibility for Mike

Hi Mike, Firstly, I want to thank you for your service to our country. Thank you for your sacrifices as well, it truly touches my heart. Now I will try my very best to help you with Amadeus. I love it and use it on a regular basis to record and edit my podcasts as well as professional recordin

virus scanners for Eric

Hi Eric, I use a scanning program called Virus Barrier Express. I think I got it from the ap store. I believe this version is free. But I know it's accessible with VoiceOver. I cn'at say if it's similar to Spybot Search and Destroy or Addaware, but I like it very much. I'm familiar with those

reading PDFs

Hi all, THe only way I can read PDFs is to press control option and colon which locks the VO keys. This way you can just use down arrow to read the document or just press A for all. I believe you can also interact with the toolbar and go page by page. But it's not intuitive. I hope this helps.

Bookmarks

Hi all, I remember someone asked about bookmarks on this list a while ago. To see the bookmark folders press VO B. To enable the folders to show up, you have to interact with the horizontal splitter and set it to above zero. Safari wile say busy, the only way to get out of this busy dialog is

Amadeus for Marlaina

Hi Marlaina, I love Amadeus and use it exclusively for all my recording needs. It's not as professional as Pro Tools, but it works well for my needs. I basically just record acoustic instruments and then track vocals, harmonies etc on top. There are others on this list that are much more expier

deleting bookmarks

Hi everyone, Does anyone know how to delete a bookmark in safari? I have no idea, I can see all my individual bookmarks, but want to delete some individual ones. Just pressing delete on the bookmark does not work. When I press show all bookmarks, I can see the bookmarks bar and menu, but I can'

Changing language on Mac

Hi everyone, I hope you are doing well. I was wondering if anyone knew the procedure for changing the language on the Mac to Spanish. I want to practice my spanish and thought it would be fun to have Monica or some other voice in Spanish. WHen I tried this with my Iphone Karen is still the defa

VoiceOver roter for Joanne

Hi Joanne, If your friend has Lion I know what she is talking about. In Snow Leopard, you could change the voices quickly by pressing VO which is option control along with command and the down arrow. In Lion this has changed a bit. In order to switch between voices, you must create an activity

For Clifton burning DVDs

Hi all, I have had success with a program called Burn. Burn just lets you burn a DVD with the Mac. It's great and accessible with VoiceOver. If you want to copy commercial DVDs I'd say DVD Remaster is the best. I have it and have used it extensively. Fairmount works well for copying DVDs. Alli

iCloud storage question

Hi all, I just received my new Iphone and purchased more storage via Icloud on the iphone itself. The Iphone now reports I have 10 more gigs of storage, but Itunes refuses to recognize this. It continues to say I cannot sync anything because I have reached the maximum capicity. What am I doing

accessible banking for Karen

Hi Karen, I used to use Chase which was horrible. I now switched to Capital One. There website is accessible and they really care about their customers. I switched to them for their no foreign transaction fees at ATMs since I'm moving from the states to Spain to marry my fiancé in the near fut

Attaching files in apple Mail for Gavan

Hi Gavan, I have had the same issue with attaching files in Apple Mail. THe only way to rectify this is to press command down arrow to open the folder. Then, you can see the files in that folder and select the one you want to attach. Once you find the file, just press enter like normal. I hop

Email help for Kirsten

Hi kirsten, Welcome to the world of Apple and the Mac. I was where you are now about a year ago. I'm Allison. I don't have all your questions abut mail in front of me, but the ones I remember the most are the following. Is thee a way to create new folders? Yes, I believe you press command, shift

adium crashing

Hi all, I just launched adium today and it crashes on me. This didn't happen before so I'm thinking it's due to the new update to Lion. Any way to fix this? I looked on google and all the threads say this has been fixed, but I can't seem to figure out where or how to fix it. Is there a new dow

Copying text in Safari

Hi everyone, Does anyone know how to copy text in Safari? I tried the regular way and it no longer works. I did several things to try and accomplish this, but nothing has worked so far short of copying the entire page. Here is what I have tried: routing voiceover cursor to mouse pointer by pres

Mail navigation in Lion

Hi Ray, I have noticed this as well. Thought I was going crazy, but remembered I downloaded the new update and that is hwen the problem started. I find if I press the right arrow on a conversation it will expand the thread and I can see all the messages contained in it. I hope this helps. Mus

THank you, Esther

Hi Esther, Thank you for your helpful post about my query with Itunes. I really appreciate all your help and instructions. It worked like a charm. Have a great day. Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

setting iTunes as default player

Hi all, I hope you are doing well. I've been reading the posts for a while, but everyone knows so much more than I do. I don't feel worthy to chime in :)! Does anyone know how to make Itunes the default player for m4a files? Somehow when I upgraded to Lion, Amadeus Pro is set as the default pla

Should I switch to Lion reply for Nancy

Hi Nancy, You have the same name as my Mom :)! I wnated to reply to your quiestion about switching to Lion. I had Snow Leopard before I switched to lion. At first, the upgrade was slow and getting used to things was hard. BUt I like the switch. I think Safari works better in Lion. THe item

Accessible DVD ripper for Paul

Hi Paul, I also use the program DVD Remaster that Doug spoke of earlier. I have used it to successfully create m4v files to place on my Iphone. I can break the copyright encription with Fairmount a program included with DVD Remaster. Note this is only done for my own personal use to transfer th

instructions on moving mail

Hi all, Does anyone have instructions on moving mailboxes to the favorites bar? I have tried what ricardo suggested in his podcast. But every time I do this, it either says item is not in view, or item cannot be moved. I have zoom expanded, and full screen enabled. What am I doing wrong? Any h

Voice Memos and Lion

Hi all, I have tried to sync my Voice memos from my Iphone to my Mac. This might be better suited to the Viphone list. If it is, I apologize. The reason I think it is relevant here, is that I was able to sync my memos in Snow Leopard, now that I've updated to Lion they don't seem to be syncin

Keynote error

Hi all, I just tried to oepn Keynote and received the following error. Does anyone know what this means? I'm stumped. I will try to restart and see if this helps. I've been able to launch Pages, and I'm not sure about Numbers, I have to check. If anyone could help, I'd grately appreciate it. Ha

Resolved strange problem with folders

Hi Carolyn, Thank you for that, I am able to expand the folders by hitting right arrow. i didn't know that was possible. I'm so used to using command O. Thank you, Carolyn. Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to t

Re: Infovox fix for Lion

Hi all, To the person who asked how much Hether costs, I believe it is $90. I'd suggest writing to Origin or demoing before you purchase. I have not been able to get these voices to work on my system since upgrading to Lion at all. You have to buy Heather, Laura and Ryan before you can purchase

Strange thing with folders

Hi all, Every time i try to open a folder in documents the strangest thing happens. I open the folder with command O, but I have to hit shift VO M and go down to the view submenu and enter on list to get the items in the folder to be displayed. Why is this? I just used to hit command O and it

Thank you aUstin

Hi austin, Thank you for taking the time to reply to me. I really appreciate it. I copied the instructions in to a Pages file. Now if I could just figure out the reading list :)! Allison My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! -- You received this message because you are subscribe

Keyboard shortcuts and activities

Hi everyone, Well, I have come pretty far in terms of trying to set up an activity under VoiceOver. I created the activity and specified which voice I want to use. I'm now trying to set up a keyboard command that would allow me to switch it on and off. I only want to use Monica the Spanish voic

creating different voiceOver activities

Hi all, How do you create a VoiceOver actvity? I want to set up Monica the Spanish voice I believe from Spain to read my E-mails from my finacé. How do I do this? I have no idea how to go about this, but I have heard people talk about how it can be done. Can anyone give me a step by step guide?

Adding voices

Hi everyone, I just tried to add voices and it worked. I'm downloading the Spanish voice Monica since the AAcapela voices have gone on the blink. To add more voices just follow these steps. I cannot take credit for this. I read this on this list from someone. 1. Open System Preferences and tab

Acapela voices

Hi all, I don't believe that Acapela is available in the App Store. I purchased it from Origin Instruments. I have had to reinstall Acapela multiple times due to my Mac crashing. I hope I won't have to do that again. I'm not even sure how to do that. Any ideas? Thank you for any assistance you

Acapela voices and Lion

Hi all, I have taken the plunge and purchased Lion. I have a question for you though. Does anyone know the answer? I have purchased the Acapela voices. Antonio and Maria, Heather, Ryan and Laura and Graham, Rachel, Lucy and other UK voices. I am able to get Lucy, Ryan, Laura and Heather to work

How do I create a hot spot?

Hi Eric, Thank you so much for your helpful information. Wow hot spots sound really amazing! How do I create one? I have been looking on Google for any sort of documentation, and also in the VO Utility and I can't find anything. Could you tell me how to do this please? THank you for any help yo

hot spots

Hi all, I was just listening to VoiceOver On and creating hot spots in Lion. Well, I must confess, I don't know what a hot spot is in Snow Leopard. How do you create one? What is the purpose of a hot spot? I'm just curious. THank you for any help you can provide. I'm debating on whether to purc

Docuscan versus Voscan

Hi all, I know this has been discussedp previously. But I was wondering could anyone give me a comparison between Docuscan and Voscan? I know people on this list use both. I have the Intel Reader made by Humanware which I love, but it doesn't always recognize the document I'm scanning. For picu

Weird Macbook charger problem for Chris

Hi Chris and all, I'm so sorry to hear about your problem with your Macbook. I had this happen to me a few months ago. At first, what you described happened. It did it only a little at first, and then a lot, then a whole lot and then ... it stopped working altogether. The Macbook would not tu

Pages for Ernest

Hi Ernest and all, I have had some requests for a file on Pages. I did a podcast a while back and wanted to give you teh direct link. This will take you to the page where you can listen to it or download it. The link is: http://gwenna.podbean.com/2010/11/15/pages-tour/ I would also be happy to

Pages for shannon

Hi SHannon, I had been previously using Microsoft Word and migrated to Pages. I love it, it does the same things that MS word does, just in a different way. Beweare of the header and footer in Pages. When you have a Pages document opened, you might have to interact with what is called the layo

Click to Flash plug in for Robert

Hi Robert, I'm a fan of your podcasts by the way. I think you have done a few on Blindcooltech if I'm not mistaken. The click to flash settings are in Safari menu before the file menu. It's in the one that says private browsing. You see a submenu that says click to flash settings. When I'm on a

RE: Macbook Pro Running very hot

Hi John, It sounds to me like you rectified the problem. I hope so, I wouldn't wish what happened to my Macbook on anyone. THe podcast Chris was referring to is mine. It can be found at this link. THis is the link to all my podcasts and not the one specific to the chillmat. I have purchased one

amadeus pro and editing video

Hi all, Just wanted to share a discovery I made less than half an hour ago. Much to my pleasant surprise, the new update to Amadeus Pro now allows you to edit video files. I was trying and failing to use Imovie. My fiancé uses it, but it is not accessible with VoiceOver. We discovered this when

my chill mat review

Hi all, I had promised I'd do a little review of my chill mat. Since this is made specifically for Macbooks I thought this might be a worthy Mac related topic. The purpose of this mat is to keep your Mac from getting too warm. In essence from overheating, according to many Apple forums like ma

respoinse to my Mac won't turn on

Hi Ezzie, WHen you turn your Mac on, is the startup sound coming on? If you have tried turning the volume up and still nothing, I wonder if like DOug suggested VoiceOver somehow is muted. The only way I know if fixing that is to create another account. THis happened to me shortly after I had my

Flashdrive for Christine

Hi Christine, I had this problem once before too. BUt it wasn't with music, it was with any file. THe only way I resolved the issue was to format the drive. YOu can accomplish this in Disc Utilities. Open your applications folder and then type U T for utilities and hit command O on it. THen typ

VoiceOver at log on screen

Hi Doug, I don't know which OS you are running of Snow Leopard. I have or should I say had the latest version on my Macbook. In order to get VO to start on log on, I had to go to VoiceOver settings which is done by pressing VO which are the control and option keys with F8. Arrow down to general

Numbers podcast

Hi all, I apologize for not giving the feed for my podcast earlier. I just gave the website for the podcast. I think you might have to search for the numbers cast in the archives, I'm sorry about that. I did it a while back, once the Mac is back, I can point you to the exact podcast if you lik

Hi all,Numbers and VO

Hi Jess, I have tried Numbers and even have a podcast on it. i keep all my banking and credit charges in Numbers. It's pretty accessible. there are some bugs with VO but nothing major that would stop me from using it. I forget where exactly my podcast is on the link I'm about to give you, you

Thank you to Joanne for the wonderful post on Quicknav

Hi Joanne, I wanted to thank you so much for the hlelpful post on Quicknav. I know about the Item Chooser and like you, this has to be one of my favorite features in VoiceOver. But I have encountered problems with Quicknav. I have accidentally turned it on, cannot for the life of me figure out

Chill mats?

Hi all, I hope everyone is doing well. My apologies for my absence as my Macbook has been sent for repair to Apple. It is now back, and I have a question. I don't know if any of you have ever experienced the heat factor. My MB was overheating and losing a charge, this is why it has was sent bac

Chess with Gameknot

Hi all, I'm trying to play chess online. I read several forums and came across one that said http://www.gameknot.com is accessible to the blind'visually impaired. THis was posted by a blind gamer from Italy in 2008. I don't know if the site has changed. I can register for an account, invite so

Youtube to MP3 converter

Hi Lynn, Try this link: http://www.keepvid.com They recently added the ability to convert Youtube to mp3. THere is a link after you put in the url of the video on youtube to convert to mp3. It's pretty self explanatory. I hope that helps. Have a wonderful day. If you need any assistance please

Burn for Mac update

Hi all, I wanted to answer Ray and Courtney's inquieries. It records audio CDs, MP3 CDs and DVD audio as well. You can find it at: http://www.macupdate.com If you can't find it, just E-mail me offlist and I'd be happy to provide you a copy. Have a great day. Musically, Allison My birds are win

BUrn for Mac

Hi again all, I'm sorry for the multiple posts, but they are about different topics. I wanted to tell you about a great program I found called Burn. I think it is the same as Burn For Mac. I used it last night to burn DVD of video files. It worked perfectly. I cannot get IDVD to work at all. So

Troubl with AUdio Hijack

Hi all, I'm having a bit of a problem with the new update to Audio Hijack. I can't get it to record my system audio and mic at the same time in the same file. I used to be able to hit record on system audio and hijack on the default system input and it used to record both together just fine. Now

Burning a DVd

Imovie to no avail. Thank you for any assistance you can provide. AllisonUi all, I know I asked this recently but have received no responses. Does anyone know of an easy way to burn a dvd on a Mac? I have tried Idvd and My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar! -- You received this m

Creating a DVD with IDVD

Hi everyone, Has anyone tried to use IDVD to create a DVD? I can't quite figure out how to accomplish this. I can open IDVD, but when I go to add the movies nothing happens. I follow all the steps provided in the instructions, but I still don't see the movies I have selected being added to the

Preview documents for Denise

Hi Denise, I had the same thing happen to me. I downloaded a document telling my flight info and I opened it in Preview. THe only way that I've found to get these to read is to hit command up arrow, which will place you at the top of the document. THen press option control A which will read

Acapela voices

Hi Kevin and all, I wanted to chime in on the Acaepla voices thread. Kevin, you can get acapela voices from Origin Instruments. I think the link is: http://www.nextup.com/acapela.html I think the company I purchased them from was Origin Instruments. I have the British ENglish and U.S. voices

Cloud app

Hi all, I just downloaded Cloud App and I'm having trouble uploading files without using the web interface. I'm looking in to this as an alternatives to Dropbox. Has anyone used this app? Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide. Have a great day. Musically, Allison My birds a

Alternatives to Dropbox?

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has tried Wuala, SugarCync, or Cyncplicity. THese are alternatives to Dropbox. My Dropbox has stopped working. I know there has been discussion on this list about how the new version of Dropbox is not accessible. Would anyone be able to give me alternatives to

Trouble with Click to Flash

Hi all, I won't bore you with my most recent Mac woes, but ever since I restored all my files, Click to Flash is not working at all. I can't see any YOutube videos, or anything from Wordpress which I previously could interact with the toolbar just fine. Is this because of the new update to Saf

Time Machine backup update!

Hi all, I wanted to thank you for your assistance with my Time Machine backup dilemma. Thank you to Sarah, and Mike, for all your help. I am happy to say all my files are back! I just had to reboot and try migration assistant again. Once I did this, it took an hour and all my files are back. T

Help with restoring from Time Machine backups please!

Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the Mac life style smile. My Mac was repaired, and all my stuff on the hard drive was wiped clean. I have a Time Machine backup, but I'm having problems with the drive I did the backup on. Some of the files are unusable saying the disc cou

restoring Time Machine backups to a new mac

Hi all, I'm macless at the moment. THis message is being written on my Ihphone courtesy of my bluetooth keyboard. TO make a really long story short, the Mac's charger got too hot and I had to take it in for repair. The cost of the repair is similar to getting a new Mac. So this looks like the r

Hi all,Problem with Audio Hijack

Hi all, I was reading the thread about problems with the new Audio Hijack. I had this problem too. My mic was set to soundflower, and didn't record. I installed instant hijack and this didn't fix the problem for me. I had to go over to the input tab on the default system input setting and from

FOrmatting backup disc

Hi Sarah, Thank you for the helpful hint. I don't see the HSF format you spoke of though. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. Hmm, I went under disc utilities and then saw format mac os extended jurnaled, mac journaled. I erased all my data on the disc and I'm now backing up again. It seems t

formatting backup disc

Hi all, I hope you are having a wonderful day. I hope someone can help me. I'm trying to format a disc to do TIme Machine backups on. THe hard drive I had the backups on died. I'm thinking I need to reformat it and do the backup again. I have to take my Macbook to Apple as it will not hold a ch

Numbers still speaking last column

Hi all, Is there any way to get Numbers to stop speaking the first column every time i'm attempting to read the spread sheet? I did what Ann suggested, and it still reads the balance in the first column along with the rest of the information. I also set the verbosity to low and this didn't help

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