Re: average ram for a blind user?

2011-06-25 Thread Ashley Cox
it all depends on your needs. If you're a power user, you'll want more ram. if you want super fast performance and smooth multi-tasking, you need more ram. but if you check your eMails, web surf, and do a few office documents with music on in the background, you probably don't need to max out t

Re: boiceover since last update.. grrrr

2011-06-27 Thread Ashley Cox
Yes! same here! it's been crashing loads. strange thing is it does it with no busy's or warnings just disappears. ash On 27/06/2011 12:31, Eric Oyen wrote: ok, this is getting frustrating. it seems that voiceover is crashing on me every time I turn around. all this started happening since

Porting qwitter to mac?

2011-07-09 Thread Ashley Cox
Hi all, For those of you who don't know, qwitter is a free twitter client, written in python. It's an accessible twitter client, but is only written for windows. http://www.qwitter-client.net Now to my question. For those of you who are experienced programmers, would anybody be willing to wor

Re: Porting qwitter to mac?

2011-07-10 Thread Ashley Cox
I see what you're saying. The only reason I wanted to see a port of qwitter was simply because it provides features that most of the other twitter clients do not, or if they provide those features they are either more hidden away or in the wrong place. It would be great if someone would write

Re: Porting qwitter to mac?

2011-07-10 Thread Ashley Cox
of sense. Missy -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ashley Cox Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 5:46 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Porting qwitter to mac? I see what you're saying. The only re

Screenreader for old mac

2011-07-15 Thread Ashley Cox
Hi all, Am looking for a screenreader for an old iMac g3 (first gen bondi blue). I know of outspoken, but can't find anywhere to download it, not even a demo I know these machines can run 10.4, but have tried and it's slow on this one, as it's only 233 mhz with 160mb ram does anybody know of a s

Re: Screenreader for old mac

2011-07-15 Thread Ashley Cox
ience with it, so I do hope it helps. Teresa On Jul 15, 2011, at 8:58 AM, Ashley Cox wrote: Hi all, Am looking for a screenreader for an old iMac g3 (first gen bondi blue). I know of outspoken, but can't find anywhere to download it, not even a demo I know these machines can run 10.4, but

Spotlight searching in lion?

2011-07-21 Thread Ashley Cox
Hey all, just tried to do a spotlight search in lion. I hit cmd space, and it told me something about spotlight helping me find files on my computer, but there is no search box. anybody have any idea how to search in lion? ash -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo

Re: Spotlight searching in lion?

2011-07-21 Thread Ashley Cox
's started working by now then there you go. On Jul 21, 2011, at 12:45 PM, Ashley Cox wrote: Hey all, just tried to do a spotlight search in lion. I hit cmd space, and it told me something about spotlight helping me find files on my computer, but there is no search box. anybody have any ide

Re: Where is the restore partition?

2011-07-22 Thread Ashley Cox
You can also hold down cmd+R to enter recovery mode. On 22/07/2011 02:22, Daniel Miller wrote: Hi, The recovery partition isn't visible to the OS at all, it's only visible when you hold down the option key when you start the computer. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegro

Re: using older charger on my MB pro?

2011-03-16 Thread Ashley Cox
No, don't do it. As katy perry says... boom, boom, boom. ash On 16/03/2011 10:41, Zachary Kline wrote: Hi Donna, The cautious side of me would say that it probably isn't a good idea to use a charger with a machine it wasn't designed for. I don't know much about variations in those components

Re: Looking for feedback regarding accessibility of the apps in today's MacUpdate Promo bundle

2011-03-16 Thread Ashley Cox
from what I recall, Mac DVD ripper pro is niehter accessible, nore a godo piece of software. parallels isn't accessible Not sure about the others though. On 16/03/2011 14:02, Bryan Jones wrote: All, Today's MacUpdate Promo appears to be a bundle of decent Apps for US $49. I've listed them bel

Possibly OT: imac restore disks?

2011-03-18 Thread Ashley Cox
Hey all, I have an imac g3 (slot-loader, 600 MHZ...). I'm looking for the mac OS9.2.2 restore disks... probably a long-shot, but if anybody has them or a disk image they're willing to send, I'd be really grateful! I only need mac OS9 to upgrade the firmware so I can install tiger... I have a ma

Re: Adobe at CSUN -- Did anybody talk to them?

2011-03-19 Thread Ashley Cox
what's the control in system prefs used for? On 19/03/2011 01:18, Bryan Jones wrote: I'm wondering if anybody here who attended CSUN heard any promising news from Adobe regarding the accessibility of Flash on the Mac. It's now been one year since Adobe announced they were, "...planning major

Re: Making the switch soon, but first, a few preliminary questions.

2011-03-20 Thread Ashley Cox
On 20/03/2011 18:26, ShamelessFanGirl wrote: hello all, After hanging back, and watching from the sidelines for the last little while, I've decided to at last go ahead, and become a switcher. Awesome! good for you! I've had little but a few cursory plays with a Mac at the Apple store, but t

Re: One more question.

2011-03-20 Thread Ashley Cox
No, you can use mac fuse or paragon NTFS for mac to read and write to NTFS drives. On 20/03/2011 18:35, ShamelessFanGirl wrote: Regarding external drives, is it still necessary for one to format in phat32 if sharing between the Mac and PC are the overall aim? I'd read that once, but it was a

Re: One more question.

2011-03-21 Thread Ashley Cox
On Mar 20, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Ashley Cox wrote: No, you can use mac fuse or paragon NTFS for mac to read and write to NTFS drives. On 20/03/2011 18:35, ShamelessFanGirl wrote: Regarding external drives, is it still necessary for one to format in phat32 if sharing between the Mac and PC are t

Re: Outspoken VS. VoiceOver

2011-03-21 Thread Ashley Cox
I'd love to use outspoken. Been looking for it everywhere. ash On 21/03/2011 20:32, Zachary Kline wrote: Hi, I'd also be quite interested in the answer to this question. I never did have the chance to use Outspoken, though I recall having an old copy of it at school at one point. I don't thi

Re: voice over list?

2011-03-22 Thread Ashley Cox
try the macvoiceover mailinglist, search for it on freelists.org ash On 22/03/2011 00:07, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: Hello, is there a list out there strictly for the voice over screen reader? Just asking since I don't see much on here about the key strokes and such. -- You received this message

Re: couple questions

2011-03-24 Thread Ashley Cox
Hi, No, Yes, No. DOn't buy office, it's the bigest... well i'll leave it up to your imagination apple mail has a feed reader and you don't have to use the trackpad, though voiceover does have a trackpad commander that can allow you to navigate using the trackpad. ash On 24/03/2011 19:11,

Re: Importing song into iTunes and removing it from desktop

2011-03-24 Thread Ashley Cox
put it in your iTunes folder and import it. to have it do it automatically in future, go to itunes prefs, then into advanced and check the box to copy files to iTunes media folder. ash On 24/03/2011 19:17, Kevin Gibbs wrote: Guys, I received an mp3 of "Stormy Weather" from a singer who wants

Re: couple hard ware questions

2011-03-25 Thread Ashley Cox
Mac software uses around the same amount of hdd space, when you take into acount the registry and temp files etc. I'd still max out the harddrive and get the highest spec you can afford. ash On 24/03/2011 21:32, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: So, getting a new macbook pro pretty soon. Want to know if

Re: repairing permissions

2011-03-25 Thread Ashley Cox
go into the finder, into applications>utilities. Open the 'disk utility'. Find your hard drive in the table of disks. Move to the right and select the first aid tab. Then navigate to the repair permissions button. press that, wait for it to complete and all done. ash On 24/03/2011 22:07, Chris

Re: Are two drives alike?

2011-03-28 Thread Ashley Cox
both drives will work fine. it's just the essential one spins at a faster spead. you see this a lot, for example, if you search for sd ram on amazon. You see some cheap SD ram, at about 11.99 each, then you see for "iMac g3 g4 eMac..." advertised ram for about 22.99 each. People seam to think t

Re: Any VO limitations or concerns? Praises?

2011-03-28 Thread Ashley Cox
Go on blind cool tech ( www.blindcooltech.com and look at mikes podcasts on the mac. I think it's a 12 or 13 part series, and that series was what persuaded me to get a mac. I use a macbook all the time for school stuff and it works great. ash On 28/03/2011 02:51, Johchi wrote: Hi folks, I'm n

Re: Introducing myself, and a couple of questions

2011-03-28 Thread Ashley Cox
I can answer the last 2 questions. It is possible to upgrade the ram and the hdd; they are both laptop components. The harddrive is a 5400 rpm sata laptop harddrive. how to get inside? depends what mac mini you have. If you have the 2007-2009 mac mini (or a power pc mac mini), not one of the a

Re: Introducing myself, and a couple of questions

2011-03-30 Thread Ashley Cox
that's the one i was thinking of! ALso, OWC is a great site, so is http://www.ebuyer.com though I think they may only be in the UK ash On 30/03/2011 00:18, Bryan Jones wrote: Hi Gail, Ashley's response regarding the older Mac Mini should work for you as far as opening it up. I think the tool s

Re: speed of bootcamp vs vmware vs native windows?

2011-04-03 Thread Ashley Cox
Hey, In my experience, the latest vmware fusion is pretty fast! I run a few apps on it, and they all work great. I would say to have more than 2GB or ram, so that you can give enough to windows and enough to OSX and it'll fly. As far as bootcamp and running windows natively, they're both the sa

Re: cleaning out mac hard drive?

2011-04-03 Thread Ashley Cox
there is little to know defragmenting needed, and the mac doesn't use a registry. Repair permissions and check the disk using disc utility. Then under applications in utilities, go into terminal. In the terminal, type this: sudo periodic daily weekly monthly press enter, type your password, and

Audio software recommendations?

2011-04-03 Thread Ashley Cox
Hey All, I'm looking for some audio software recommendations. i know about the usual audacity, sound studio, audio hyjack, gb and logic, etc. programs i'm looking for: a basic audio recorder an audio mixer a simple audio editor If anybody could recommend any of these programs, it'd be much ap

Re: cleaning out mac hard drive?

2011-04-03 Thread Ashley Cox
from my iPad On Apr 3, 2011, at 5:04, Ashley Cox wrote: there is little to know defragmenting needed, and the mac doesn't use a registry. Repair permissions and check the disk using disc utility. Then under applications in utilities, go into terminal. In the terminal, type this: sudo per

Re: Transfering mail and address book from outlook express to mac mail

2011-04-03 Thread Ashley Cox
just sinc it from outlook express to the iPhone, then transfer it You could also open address book, export the addresses as a CSV, then import them to addressbook on the mac. ash On 03/04/2011 14:55, Dean Adams wrote: Hey All, A friend of mine is soon to be getting himself a macbook pro and I

Re: Audio software recommendations?

2011-04-03 Thread Ashley Cox
#x27;m terrible with things like this, but it was a breeze for me to use.:) Think you can find it if you google Vinyl Studio. On Apr 3, 2011, at 4:10 AM, Ashley Cox wrote: Hey All, I'm looking for some audio software recommendations. i know about the usual audacity, sound studio, audio hyjac

Re: mac question?

2011-04-04 Thread Ashley Cox
snow leopard (mac os 10.6) is the version of the mac operating system the mac currently runs. Lion (os 10.7) is the latest version, soon to be released. ash On 04/04/2011 16:41, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: Please for give the ignorance. But what's snow leperd, and what is this lion everyone is ta

Re: windows on macs?

2011-04-04 Thread Ashley Cox
just buy a general purpose copy of windows. the cost will vary depending on whihc you buy; 2k, xp, vista or 7. ash On 04/04/2011 16:42, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: Where do I get a copy of windows to run on my macbook pro, and what is the cost? -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-05 Thread Ashley Cox
Just to clarify, what you were referring too, apples top desktop, was the mac pro, not hte powermac. the powermac is the old mac pro, using the ppc processor. you probably already know this, but just to be sure... ash On 05/04/2011 01:58, Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi On Apr 4, 2011, at 3:42 PM,

Re: VMWare fusion and Windows 7 64 byt

2011-04-06 Thread Ashley Cox
yes, you can. split it evenly, 2 GB iether side. i'd turn off all the unwanted stuff in win7 if you're going to run it in vmware. Especially the gadgets. ash On 06/04/2011 00:39, Cam wrote: Dear all, I have the latest MacBook Air, with a 2.1ghz processor and 4gb of ram. Apple tells me that is

Re: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-06 Thread Ashley Cox
the upgrade will probably be very cheap. the upgrade to snow leopard was £25 here. just keep checking apples site; you'll see when they appear. ash On 06/04/2011 03:13, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: Speaking of lion, and the new sandy bridge macs that are supposed to be released soon. Is there a twitte

Re: accessible install of snow leopard in VMWare Player

2011-04-06 Thread Ashley Cox
Firstly, you do realise this violates the apple license. secondly, if you do wish to go ahead, I can tell you that the vmware emulated sound device (a soundblaster ess1371) isn't supported under mac OSX. The best choice would be virtualbox, as it can emulate AC97. but it's not fully accessible,

Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc

2011-04-06 Thread Ashley Cox
Any usb drive should do. ash On 06/04/2011 18:52, Sarah May wrote: Hi List, I download a lot of books, movies, and music. I want to keep them all in one place besides my hard drive on the Mac or PC. I have been using compact flash cards and junk drives, known as memory sticks, but they d

Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc

2011-04-06 Thread Ashley Cox
usb port... Ashley Cox wrote: Any usb drive should do. ash On 06/04/2011 18:52, Sarah May wrote: Hi List, I download a lot of books, movies, and music. I want to keep them all in one place besides my hard drive on the Mac or PC. I have been using compact flash cards and junk drives, known as

Re: VMWare fusion and Windows 7 64 byt

2011-04-07 Thread ashley cox
no, not particularly. if you have 4 gb, sl will run fine in 2 gb, and windows 7 loves ram. On 4/7/11, Kevin Shaw wrote: > I was under the impression that Windows 7 functioned optimally with 4 GB of > RAM, even though its spec called for a 2 GB minimum. I've always been in the > habit of doubling

Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc

2011-04-07 Thread Ashley Cox
firewire drive if your mac, pc and other devices have firewire ports. If not you also get hard drive enclosures which have both a firewire and usb port... Ashley Cox wrote: Any usb drive should do. ash On 06/04/2011 18:52, Sarah May wrote: Hi List, I download a lot of books, movies, and music.

Re: VO and tables in Lion

2011-04-07 Thread Ashley Cox
I just sent one. I too can confirm that they're not accessible in lion. It would really be great to see this fixed. ash On 06/04/2011 21:40, Jürgen Fleger wrote: Hi All, a friend told me VO still doesn't work with tables in text documents in Lion beta 2 what came out these days. As you all su

Re: General questions on mac mini

2011-04-07 Thread Ashley Cox
i-proceoor support but did not make significant changes to the standard suite. On the other hand there is some speculation that Lion will be distributed via the App Store and that would reduce distribution costs. Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 6, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Ashley Cox wrote: t

Re: accessible install of snow leopard in VMWare Player

2011-04-07 Thread Ashley Cox
it will run on that machine. jestures won't though. ash On 07/04/2011 08:44, Dickson Tan wrote: Hi Hmm seems that an accessible install of snow leopard under VMWare isn't a viable way for me to try out snow leopard and voice over. I'll give virtualbox a try and hope that I get better results.

Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc

2011-04-08 Thread Ashley Cox
ty sure my wife's iMac has a WD. On Apr 7, 2011, at 12:02 PM, ashley cox wrote: get one of the wd elements drives. avoid hitatchi or whaterver it's called. i've not had good luck with seagate iether, though other will probably argue that one. samsung seams relyable also. On 06

Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc

2011-04-08 Thread Ashley Cox
, at 12:02 PM, ashley cox wrote: get one of the wd elements drives. avoid Hitachi or whaterver it's called. i've not had good luck with seagate iether, though other will probably argue that one. samsung seams reliable also. On 06/04/2011 21:35, Sarah May wrote: Hi Big Boy, My PC, Ma

Re: looking for an external hard drive compatible for both mac and pc

2011-04-08 Thread Ashley Cox
It will erase all data, and you cannot store files larger than 2 GB on fat32 ash On 08/04/2011 08:15, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: So is it safe to assume that it will erase all data, and does this take away from the drives capacity? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mai

Re: VO and tables in Lion

2011-04-08 Thread Ashley Cox
Yeah, I got that too. I sent one back stating that I was commenting on snow leopard, not lion I said that it woudl be nice to see it fixed in lion. that's also word for word the response I got. ash On 08/04/2011 08:44, William Windels wrote: Hello Jürgen and others, I have mailed to accessibil

Re: Volume of iTunes and voiceover

2011-04-08 Thread Ashley Cox
command +up/down arrows when in iTunes. ash On 08/04/2011 11:04, Charlie Bates wrote: Hello list I am wondering whether it is possible to control the volume in itunes but not touch the volume at which voiceover is heard? I would like to be able listen to music whilst i am on the internet but i

Re: looking for an external hard drive compatable for both mac and pc

2011-04-08 Thread Ashley Cox
yeah. don't know if that woudl work, having upgraded the mbp the optical drive slot is completely difference, and so are the posissions of th econnectors. I'd get a hybrid drive, one of the seagate ones. ash -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisio

Re: Two Incredibly bazaar problems with my Finder

2011-04-08 Thread Ashley Cox
your fist problem... yes. i've noticed this too. It's a issue, that Is fixed in lion. the fix for your second problem: go into the macintosh HD, and se the view you wish to use. It should then work on all folders ash On 08/04/2011 11:52, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: OK, we got two really

Re: Two Incredibly bazaar problems with my Finder

2011-04-08 Thread Ashley Cox
summer 2011 some time. ash On 08/04/2011 13:21, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: OK, I'll give that a try. Any word on when Lion's supposed to be released? Chris. - Original Message - *From:* Ashley Cox <mailto:ashleycox...@googlemail.com> *To:

Re: twitter clients

2011-04-09 Thread Ashley Cox
It would be awesome if somebody could port qwitter to the mac. after all, it's written in python. On 09/04/2011 16:39, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: Syrinx works wonderfully! The only reason I'm not using the one you are, which I'm not even gonna attempt! to spell, is because even after te

Re: Can't hear audio in Safari on my iPad

2011-04-09 Thread Ashley Cox
is it flash? On 09/04/2011 19:22, Simon Cavendish wrote: Dear Listers, Why can't I hear audio streaming in Safari on my iPad? The page has loaded, I can find the singer's name who's actually singing but I can't hear the audio. What have I done wrong? I can hear Voiceover, obviously but not t

Mac OS9 accessibility questions...

2011-04-09 Thread Ashley Cox
Hi List, I've got 2 old iMac g3 computers, both running mac OS9. One is the summer 2001 slot-loading g3, and the other a bondi blue iMac g3. The summer 2001 iMac will probably get an upgrade to OS10.4, but I'm strugling to come up with something to do with the old bondi blue iMac. I was wonder

Re: word documents on mac's?

2011-04-11 Thread Ashley Cox
Hi, Text edit (comes witht eh mac), pages, open office, and pretty much any of the other editors will open and save in word format. I use a macbook for school and use word files constantly. ash On 11/04/2011 08:41, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: Well, I've got an awful lot of documents in word format

Re: word documents on mac's?

2011-04-11 Thread Ashley Cox
roups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Ashley Cox *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2011 3:55 AM *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: word documents on mac's? Hi, Text edit (comes witht eh mac), pages, open office, and pretty much any of the other editors will open an

Re: word documents on mac's?

2011-04-11 Thread Ashley Cox
also supports MS Word, and there is also Nisus Writer Pro. Chris On 11 Apr 2011, at 14:48, Ashley Cox wrote: the mac will let you open them up and have no issues. On 11/04/2011 13:46, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: So break it down for me like I’m a 2 year old. Will I have to convert them first, o

Re: word documents on mac's?

2011-04-11 Thread Ashley Cox
use Pages on the mac instead? *From:*macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Ashley Cox *Sent:* Monday, April 11, 2011 8:48 AM *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: word documents on mac's? the mac will let you open them up and hav

Re: Voiceover improvements when updating OS

2011-04-12 Thread Ashley Cox
wait for lion, get a mac. yes, there are significant improvements. as for your other questions, http://www.macfortheblind.com http://www.icanworkthisthing.com just to name a few tutorial sites, and and yes, you can save the prefs to a file using the vo utility. ash On 12/04/2011 21:31, bigboy529 w

Re: PCI cards on mac books or imacs

2011-04-13 Thread Ashley Cox
I've been wanting something like this for ages. I hate the mac's built in "intel HD audio". if somebody coudl link to this thing, it would be appreeciated. ash On 13/04/2011 21:21, bigboy529 wrote: Hi list, a while back I heard something of being able to buy some kind of extention card which all

Re: Parallels or Fusion

2011-04-13 Thread Ashley Cox
yeah. 1 works with vo, one doesn't. get fusion ash On 13/04/2011 21:23, Ronald McEwan wrote: I have herd discussion of Fusion on the list but not parallels. Can people comment on the difference between the two and if one is better with VO than the other. In the Journey, Ron -- You recei

Re: Part 1 of Pro Tools Tutorial Now available.

2011-04-14 Thread Ashley Cox
This is awesome! I never new you could use core audio with pro tools... ash On 14/04/2011 05:13, Kevin Reeves wrote: Hey folks. I'm proud to announce that Part 1 of the Pro Tools Tutorial is available for your consumption. Read all about it and grab it here at http://www.kevinreeves.net/PT1. T

Re: macbook pro specks?

2011-04-15 Thread Ashley Cox
Depends what you use them for. For day-today tasks like email, web, word processing, etc, the duel core will be fine. For heavier work such as video editing, editing with large audio files, etc, the quad core is best. ash On 14/04/2011 18:01, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: So, shopping around a little b

Re: PCI cards on mac books or imacs

2011-04-15 Thread Ashley Cox
Yeah, when I eventually switch fully to the mac looks like that's what i'll have to do. It just annoys me a bit how, if you want a machine that's expandable, you have to go all the way up to a mac pro. On 14/04/2011 20:30, bigboy529 wrote: Hi Ashley you can solve your sound card problem by ge

Re: ExFat.

2011-04-15 Thread Ashley Cox
it's the format used on the xbox drives. On 15/04/2011 18:32, Dickson Tan wrote: Yup; it allows file sizes of 1 exbibyte, which is 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes (that'll be more storage than we ever need). There are downsides to it though; for all the techy details for those who are so inclin

Re: Who is Secure? OS X Security

2011-04-16 Thread Ashley Cox
My macbook goes to school with me, and people are constantly picking it up and trying to get into it. I turned on every security feature, as well as using a plugin (i'll have to find the name) for the log-in system that can enable facial recognition, and will lock the user out and ask for a 30

Re: word documents on mac's?

2011-04-16 Thread Ashley Cox
you can read the menus ribbons etc, but the text area itself is inaccessible. ash On 16/04/2011 07:13, Melody wrote: Does VO not work at all with word for Mac? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send em

Re: hd not showing up on desktop

2011-04-21 Thread Ashley Cox
go into finders prefs (cmd comma when in the finder), check the box for had discs, and then press cmd W. ash On 21/04/2011 18:14, Tony Hernandez wrote: HI all. I have been looking around for a way to put the hd on the desktop, but I can't find it. Would someone please tell me how to do this?

Re: Advice on opening Imac

2011-04-26 Thread Ashley Cox
for the sd card, it's a trpi to apple. I wouldn't mess with it if you can avoide it, as I think the sd card reader is on the logic board (though I may be wrong having never owned an iMac) On 25/04/2011 23:49, Colin M wrote: Hi All! OK my first really iffy thing for me to do! I've never opene

Re: debating whether or not to extend my warrantee on the macbook pro

2011-04-28 Thread Ashley Cox
I wouldn't bother with it. If it does break down, which is pretty unlikely (though it can obviously happen) you can fix it yourself if you're good at that sort of thing. ash On 28/04/2011 04:17, Priscilla Garces wrote: Hey folks, How are yo? I have a few questions about the mackbook pro since

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Ashley Cox
O yeah! another piece of software with better free alternatives, priced much to high. SOrry; i think i'll be spending the money on final cut pro 10 when that comes out instead. On 29/04/2011 03:05, Matthew Campbell wrote: Hello Listers. DocuScan is now mac compatible and can be found on the m

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Ashley Cox
is there a scanner solution out there that can use the mac's webcam? On 29/04/2011 12:02, Scott Howell wrote: Hey Chris, I was only kidding about the camera. I had not heard her demo, so is the demo for the Mac? THe camera from what I gather is $200 additional? I wonder if that camera could b

Re: Docuscan Plus not quite ready for primetime

2011-04-29 Thread Ashley Cox
Yes, I agree with you. Having tested it, it's a little better than what i thought it would be, but why can't programs scan on my local computer? why is it, these days, everything has to be done in the cloud? ash On 29/04/2011 16:00, Ronald McEwan wrote: AFter playing with this for a while, my

Re: For those who can actually afford this, DocuScan Plus is now on the mac app store.

2011-04-29 Thread Ashley Cox
I would pay for a product like this, if they removed the cloud features and just had 1 simple program, that could perform everything on the local computer. I would buy this straight away for college, but my macbook isn't always connected to the internet. The cloud is OK for some things, but ser

iMovie

2011-04-30 Thread Ashley Cox
Hey all, For those of you who have used iMovie 11 with vo, I have some questions: what is your prefered method for editing a clip? like, for example, if I wanted to cut the middle out of a clip. How do you edit the text of titles with vo? is there any ways to make vo read the timeline any better

Re: Docuscan scanning quality

2011-04-30 Thread Ashley Cox
well, i today tried it scanning with my mac's built in iSight camera. I was surprised at how good it was. In fact, better than my deskjet f2200 scanner. KW1000, imho, does have better accuracy though. ash On 30/04/2011 16:10, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hello: For those using this program, how i

Re: Docuscan scanning quality

2011-04-30 Thread Ashley Cox
awesome. Now I have a reason to consider picking it up. Thanks for the tip. On Apr 30, 2011, at 1:19 PM, Ashley Cox wrote: well, i today tried it scanning with my mac's built in iSight camera. I was surprised at how good it was. In fact, better than my deskjet f2200 scanner. KW1000, im

Porting a python app to mac.

2011-05-03 Thread Ashley Cox
Hey all, As many of you out there may know, there is a twitter client for windows called Qwitter, found at http://www.qwitter-client.net Now, as this application is written in python, i was wondering how long programmers on the list think it would take to port the application to mac? The app i

Re: Campaign to get an accessible Microsoft Office for the Mac

2011-05-03 Thread Ashley Cox
Great idea; just done it! Ash On 03/05/2011 19:28, Chris Moore wrote: hi, Maybe we should start a campaign to get Office on the Mac accessible. Anyone up for it? If you know anyone who is willing to send an email requesting that Microsoft make their Office Suite accessible then point them to

Re: iMovie

2011-05-05 Thread Ashley Cox
no not really. the only way to edit clips is to interact and use your arrows, skimming through the clip while holding down shift. but not found what I was looking for. ashOn 05/05/2011 09:34, Jørgen Skov Nielsen wrote: Hello Ash Have you found a solution? I is also very interested in Imovie, bu

Re: More on iMovie 11

2011-05-13 Thread Ashley Cox
That's awesome! you should definetly try writing a guide of some kind, or a podcast or something. It would help out a lot of people... ash On 13/05/2011 06:53, M. Taylor wrote: Hello, Well, sometimes the bear gets you and sometimes you get the bear. Today was my turn. I am absolutely delig

Re: New text-to-speech voices in Lion

2011-05-17 Thread Ashley Cox
Yes, i agree. I've never been a fan of the nuance voices. now if they could come to some agreement, and include iVox... On 17/05/2011 17:55, carolyn Haas wrote: Hi Erik: I like Samantha ok if she's fancied up enough. But, I agree. Wonder who has the patent on eloquence? Even the old Dectalk

Re: accessible web page maker

2011-05-18 Thread Ashley Cox
Depends what you want. Text edit can generate pages for static sites. The major blogging solutions are accessible, like blogspot and wordpress. I'm in the process of writing my own cms, and should have it done pretty soon; although it's not specifically designed for the visually impaired, it's

Re: My Itunes question

2011-05-20 Thread Ashley Cox
1. is any of it in WMA? 2. Instead of copy and pasting it, do the following: Delete the itunes folders form your music and/or home folder, so there are no libraries left. startup iTunes, follow the prompts to create a new empty library when iTunes is running, go to file>add to library... find th

Re: Percentage of CPU for VoiceOver?

2011-05-22 Thread Ashley Cox
If you're talking about the number at the start of the table (like 106, 160, 240, etc) it's no the cpu usage. It's the id of the process Nothing can use 106% of your cpu. ash On 22/05/2011 19:35, Jon Cohn wrote: I would expect that Voice Over is very sluggish for you. Usually when something i

Re: Percentage of CPU for VoiceOver?

2011-05-22 Thread Ashley Cox
divide a task into distinct tasks. Voice Over probably has one thread for speech output one thread for receiving keyboard input , one thread for understanding a windows elements. On May 22, 2011, at 3:01 PM, Ashley Cox wrote: If you're talking about the number at the start of the table (lik

Re: Hot Macbook Pro & Controlling Fan

2011-05-24 Thread Ashley Cox
try putting it on a table for a start. if it's getting that hot, send it in for repair, or maybe you've got something wrong with your OS; do a hardware check (you'll need sighted help), if all else fails reinstall the OS, and if not you've a hardware problem that you really need to get sorted.

Re: Adding titles in iMovie

2011-05-29 Thread Ashley Cox
yeah. Open the titles window (cmd 3 i think), interact with the various areas until you find the title you want. then simple copy and paste it into the timeline like you would any other clip. A screen will appear, asking you to select a background; use the vo keys left/right to select a backgro

Re: Adding titles in iMovie

2011-05-30 Thread Ashley Cox
y produces beep and no title is pasted. Isn't the timeline located inside the "events panel"? Thanks, Vic On May 29, 2:06 pm, Ashley Cox wrote: yeah. Open the titles window (cmd 3 i think), interact with the various areas until you find the title you want. then simple copy and p

Re: Adding titles in iMovie

2011-05-30 Thread Ashley Cox
titles on the timeline. The included help page only refers to dragging blue bar or whatever. Any help would be much appreciated. Vic On May 30, 1:37 am, Ashley Cox wrote: No, the timeline is in the project browser group. On 30/05/2011 03:42, Vic wrote: Hi Ash, So, I was able to copy the ti

For those of you concerned about lion's new app store approach: here's the solution.

2011-06-07 Thread Ashley Cox
Hey all, I've noticed a lot of discussion about apple's new approach to releasing lion through the app store. A lot of people don't like this approach (myself included), so here's how to overcome it: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/06/07/how-to-burn-a-lion-boot-disc/ Hope this helps out some people! A

Re: Fwd: [M-A] For our U.K members...

2011-06-11 Thread Ashley Cox
you'd have thought, that being appple, they would've sorted this before they announced the service. Though it doesn't bother me really as i'll not be using iCloud, I find it pretty stupid how companies (especially big companies) release products and then start signing the appropriate deals with

Re: Recording a video of a running application?

2011-06-12 Thread Ashley Cox
quick time will do this, simply use the screen recording option in the file menu. ash On 12/06/2011 12:10, Doug Lawlor wrote: I found something on the app store called Screen Recorder for $8.99. I haven't tried this out yet. I may give it a try later today. Doug On 2011-06-12, at 8:24 AM, Ri

Re: Windows VM slowing to a crawl

2011-06-13 Thread Ashley Cox
welcome back to windows! :) how many processor cores do you have? if you have 4 cores, give windows 7 2 cores; it'll speed it up nicely. also, with only 2GB ram dedicated to the vm, I'd use 32 bit windows 7. other than that, not sure what to suggest; it works fine here. unless you have some re

Re: HELP!!! My Mac won't turn on!

2011-06-20 Thread Ashley Cox
I prefer CCC, as it's free and I've heard it works better and is sometimes more relyable than super duper. On 20/06/2011 01:37, Christopher Peppel wrote: I have not tried CarboncopyCloner, but SuperDuper is completely accessible. I use it all the time with great results. Chris On Jun 19, 201

Re: opening HTML documents in text edit for editing purposes

2011-06-20 Thread Ashley Cox
press command shift T to make the document plain text. btw, as a side-note, try usign an app called HTMchen for your code editing. I don't have the link to hand right now but if you do a google search for it it's an awesome application. ash On 20/06/2011 21:50, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote:

Re: How many installs do I get with a purchase of Windows 7?

2011-06-20 Thread Ashley Cox
too much. it's about £80 over hear for home premium x64. ultimate is about 300. In answer to the question though, microsoft officially only allow you to install on 1 machine, whether physical or virtual. however, this limitation has never stopped me activating (i've had to reinstall several ti

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