Access to system Events

2018-11-11 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I updated to Mohave and I am geting a message asking me whether to allow scrod to access system events. Does anyone know what scrod is and whether it needs access to system events. Many Thanks, Lee -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries li

Notification Centre on Mac

2018-09-09 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I wondered if anyone had any advice about how to use the notification centre on mac. I use it on Ios, but find the mac version completely unusable. What am I missing. Many Thanks, Lee -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you h

Third Party firewall for mac

2018-04-25 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I wondered if there was an accessible third party firewall for mac. I’ve been using the built in one, but I have been having a few malware like behaviours in safari, even though malware bites doesn’t find anything. I keep being offered mackeeper, and have to close the page down. Mi

Carbon Copy Cloner

2017-11-06 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I have been having issues with time machine. It just wiped my capsule for no apparent reason. I have heard good things about carbon copy cloner in the past. Is it still accessible? How does the functionality differ from time machine? Many Thanks, Lee -- The following informatio

Clean Install

2017-10-14 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List I want to do a clean install of High Sierra. I have never done one before, which is embarrassing as I have been using a mac for years. Can you do a clean install direct from the recovery partition without an external drive. On apple support it gives instructions for how to wipe your

Virus

2017-09-09 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List I am running Sophos home and malware bites on my mac. I use a time capsule plugged into my ISPs router, and then my mac uses the time capsule for wifi. Sophos is saying that it has detected a virus either on my time capsule or in a time capsule backup, I don’t no which. Sophos says

Two Factor Authentication on Mac

2017-05-15 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, has anyone had any success signing into a mac with two factor authentication independently. On the one occasion I tried to do it when my icloud music library session timed out, I found it impossible to get the numbers entered in time, and the focus seemed to be moving all over the pla

Turning Off Up next in Itunes

2017-01-28 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, is it possible to turn off up next in itunes. I just want it to play what I tell it to play, and don’t want it to keep playing what it thinks I want it to play. Many Thanks,Lee -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any

Alternative Browsers for Mac

2016-01-10 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I have been using sleipnir browser on my mac for a long time, but recently there has been a major reduction in performance. I wondered if anyone knew of another voice over accessible safari alternative. I know that chrome works, but I hate google, and firefox just keeps saying busy,

Airdrop From Mac to Idevice

2015-12-13 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I want to airdrop a file from my mac to an Ios device. I can see my mac as an airdrop recipient under share on my phone, but when I open the airdrop folder in finder it just gives me a grid with my name in it, and no phone. Could some kind soul run me through the steps when airdroppi

Airdrop from Mac to Ios Device

2015-12-11 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I want to airdrop a file from my mac to an Ios device. I can see my mac as an airdrop recipient under share on my phone, but when I open the airdrop folder in finder it just gives me a grid with my name in it, and no phone. Could some kind soul run me through the steps when airdroppi

Big Wifi Problem with macbook air

2015-11-27 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I wanted to use the migration assistant to move stuff from one mac to another, but I have recently changed wifi networks and the assistant started searching my old network, instead of my new one. So I went into network preferences, to try and delete the old network, by hitting delete

Problem with latest Itunes

2015-07-02 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I have just updated my mac to the latest Itunes. I am disturbed by the fact that turn on and off itunes match is no longer in the store menu. Does this mean I have lost all my matched music in Icloud? They only recently charged me for this years subscription. Also when I try to ac

Updating Problem

2015-06-26 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I hadn’t used my mac in a while and so had updates to install. I did an update all, but after the computer restarted 10.10.3 was down as being installed in the app store, but when I go to about this mac it tells me I’m still running 10.10.2. Sometimes the 10.10.3 update is in both th

Big Problem Updating my Mac

2015-06-26 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I hadn’t used my mac in a while and so had updates to install. I did an update all, but after the computer restarted 10.10.3 was down as being installed in the app store, but when I go to about this mac it tells me I’m still running 10.10.2. Sometimes the 10.10.3 update is in both th

Magic Trackpad problems

2015-01-29 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, in the past I have always used macbooks, , , which obviously have trackpads built in, but I acquired a desktop mac, and I can’t get anything out of the magic trackpad. I have checked blue tooth in system preferences and it is showing as connected, I have trackpad commander turned

Can't find the voice dream reader file sharing table in latest itunes on mavericks

2014-11-09 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I can no longer find the voice dream file sharing documents table with latest itunes on mavericks. My idevice is running 8.1 and I assume the latest voice dream reader as I have autoupdate turned on. I would be grateful for any assistance. Kind Regards, Lee -- You received this

Re: Safari Podcast 5 - Strategies for the Reading List

2014-10-15 Thread Lee Jones
Dear David, your podcasts sound really good is it possible to subscribe to them with a podcatcher? Many Thanks, Lee? On 14 Oct 2014, at 19:05, David Griffith wrote: > Podcast List > Using Safari on the Mac Part 5. Strategies for using and customising the > Reading List. > > https://www.sen

query regarding Iworm

2014-10-06 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I looked in the library application support folder on my mac and I do have a java folder with two folders inside extensions which has nothing inside, and java virtual machines. . I have java turned on in sleipnir browser because there are some websites I need that use java. Where is

Turning on voice over on the login screen

2014-09-21 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I have forgotten how you turn on voice over on the mavericks login screen. I thought it was in voice over utility but it isn't and then I had a dim recollection of it being in users and groups but I can't find it anywhere. Many Thanks, Lee -- You received this message because you a

Re: synching content from my mac to somone elses idevice

2014-09-19 Thread Lee Jones
will do just what you need. > I downloaded it from > www.macupdate.com > This is just my 2 cents! > On 9/19/2014 2:33 PM, Lee Jones wrote: >> Dear List I need to synch some non drm mp3 files to someone else's idevice. >> I know I can sign out of itunes and sign in

synching content from my mac to somone elses idevice

2014-09-19 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List I need to synch some non drm mp3 files to someone else's idevice. I know I can sign out of itunes and sign in with there apple id, but I don't want to do this because I don't want to mess up my itunes match and would like to keep their library separate from mine. Is it possible to

installing yosemeti over the top of mavericks

2014-09-10 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, when the time comes to upgrade my mac, to yosemeti, I wonder how you go about installing one version of osx over another. I know that a clean install is the best option, but it seems to be extremely complicated. When the new os arrives am I right in thinking it is downloaded from th

One Password Query

2014-07-31 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I thought I would try one password on mavericks. I have successfully added identities, and cards but I can't figure out how to get it to put the information into form fields on a website. When I opened safari it asked me whether I wanted to install the one password extension and I s

Re: Itunes Match Query

2014-06-27 Thread Lee Jones
Hi, thanks for the info for some reason I didn't receive Tim's e-mail. Do I understand correctly that idevices automatically use matched versions when they are available, but the mac versions have to be deleted and re-downloaded? Also I can't find an icloud download button on the idevice. I

Itunes Match Query

2014-06-26 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, if you add lower quality mp3s to your itunes library on a mac, with itunes match turned on and the files appear on an idevice on the same apple id with itunes match also turned on, are the files automatically matched or do they still have to be deleted on the mac and re-downloaded fir

Re: Getting the higher quality files from Itunes Match

2014-06-08 Thread Lee Jones
matchable will be upgraded, those that are not will be > re-populated as the same as before. > > HTH. > > Later... > > * > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jun 8, 2014, at 5:50 PM, Lee Jones wrote: > >> Dear List, after many tries I got all th

Getting the higher quality files from Itunes Match

2014-06-08 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, after many tries I got all the way through the itunes match setup. It told me that my music had been uploaded to icloud and that I was done. However my files are still the low quality ones. How do I upgrade them. Also when I add new music to my library how do I upgrade this as wel

Skype for Mac

2014-06-06 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I have installed skype on my mac, but I can't figure out how to accept a contact request. I can't find my list of contacts. I've been through all the menus and I can't find a shortcut to answer a call. How do you do this? Many Thanks, Lee -- You received this message because you

Itunes Match not working on Mac

2014-06-06 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I subscribed to itunes match, and am trying to get my library matched, but I keep getting told that itunes match encountered a problem and that I need to sign out and sign back in before trying again. After lots of tries I'm getting frustrated. Has anyone got this to work, and is th

Re: Request for Explanation of synching with itunes

2014-06-04 Thread Lee Jones
You may wish to make sure that you have "Show iTunes in the > Cloud Purchases" checked in the Store pane of your iTunes Prefs on your Mac. > > Hope this helps clarify some. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jun 3, 2014, at 7:32 P

Request for Explanation of synching with itunes

2014-06-03 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List when you plug an idevice into a mac and synch it what exactly is happening. Say I have some music on the idevice, and a different set of music on the mac, and I then synch them, does this mean that now both mac and idevice have all the combined music, or that the phone now has what wa

Itunes Help needed

2014-06-02 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I copied an mp3 album folder into the music section of the itunes media folder, but when I select music from the pop up in itunes itself it does not show up. The only tracks that show up are those that I played with itunes from finder. Itunes shows lots of past played files unde

Changing the cycle through windows command from command accent

2014-05-31 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List I want to change the cycle through different windows in the same application from command accent to something else as I keep hitting command z by mistake and undoing things. I can't find this keystroke in keyboard preferences to change it. Can this keystroke be changed as it is drivi

OT does anyone no of a blind linux or Orca List

2014-05-31 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I wondered if anyone knows of a list for blind linux users. I am interested in finding out how dooable orca is but I can't find any information on the web. There is no applevis for vinux. Many Thanks, Lee -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

adding specific app shortcuts in keybaord preferences

2014-05-28 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I want to change some shortcuts used by specific applications in keyboard preferences to make them more user friendly I can do this for generalised shortcuts such as those under services, dock and launchpad etc, but whenever I select app shortcuts in the shortcuts categories table I

booting from an external drive

2014-05-16 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List I wondered if anyone knows of a podcast or tutorial on how to create a bootable drive and then get the mac to boot from the external either a clone or set up from scratch. Many Thanks Lee -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries"

Spotlight in Mavericks

2014-03-25 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, when I bring up spotlight search with command space and then enter my terms I can't seem to get to the results to look through them. If I press enter after entering my search string then it takes me to the best result, but I can't find any list to scroll through. What am I doing wro

My Account in mavericks itunes

2014-03-11 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I am trying to view my account in mavericks iTunes. I select my account from the store menu and it asks for my password which I enter and then activate the view account button and then it asks me to sign in with my password again which I do even though I am already signed into iTunes

An explanation of interaction required

2014-02-27 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List I wondered if some kind soul could explain the concept of interaction on the mac. On podcasts you get taught how to use it but not what the underlying premise is behind it. What are the benefits of setting up a screen reader this way. I find interaction an irritation. On windows in

Re: Managing multiple accounts in mavericks mail

2014-02-25 Thread Lee Jones
space to open the >> menu and choose the account you want to send from. If the iCloud account is >> not appearing in the from menu you probably didn't set up iCloud when you >> first set up you're mac. >> On Feb 25, 2014, at 5:55 AM, Lee Jones wrote: >> >

Managing multiple accounts in mavericks mail

2014-02-25 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List I have added an icloud account to mavericks mail to supplement my main account. It is there in the accounts tab of preferences, and I can send outgoing mail from it by changing the from field,but I don't know how to navigate to it and access it's in box drafts sent items etc. I can't

Deleting files in Itunes on Mavericks

2014-02-13 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List after playing some mp3s through iTunes on the mac I found that they had been automatically copied into my iTunes music folder even though I had deleted them in their original location. I have consolidate files turned off in preferences. I have tried pressing delete and command delete

iTunes Audio books on the mac

2014-02-06 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, I have noticed when searching the iTunes store on mavericks audio books show up to purchase. If you buy these and play them in iTunes is your place saved. I have heard that the music app on IOS does not save your place in audio books, but what about iTunes on the mac. Also if I imp

Mavericks Desktop

2014-02-05 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List I am curious about what people have on their mac desktops and how they got it there. I had an empty desktop when I got my mac. On David Woodbridge's podcasts he had macintosh hd on his desktop. I have made an alias for automator and copied it into the desktop folder and it does show

Macbook Sound

2014-01-26 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List I have noticed that my macbook air doesn’t sound very good when listening to podcasts or youtube videos . System volume is at 60 percent and balance is at fifty percent in sounds system preferences. It sounds very unimpressive. Any ideas?The voice over

Keyboard Focus / Voice Over Cursor / Mouse Pointer

2014-01-24 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List I don't understand the difference between keyboard focus and voice over cursor. What can you do with one that you can't do withthe the other? Do people find mouse keys useful? There are shortcuts for mouse up mouse down, double click etc but I am not sure what they would be used for. In s

Moving through tabs and Closing them in Mavericks Safari

2014-01-12 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, how do you cycle through tabs in mavericks safari and close them. In the menus it says command w same as closing a window, but how does it know whether you want the windows closing or the tab within the window closing? Command W always brings up mission control for me. Many Thanks,

Searching in Mabericks Mail

2014-01-12 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List using Outlook and jaws I can search for specific text and it will bring up all the mail that contains the search string in the to field subject or message body. I have tried command f in mavericks mail but it seems to bring up messages that are unrelated to my terms. I have also tried

RE: Installing Google Chrome on Mavericks

2014-01-11 Thread Lee Jones
ose the disk image, eject it and delete it. Many apps are packaged inside disk images rather than sent just as .app files. Cheers Dave On 11 Jan 2014, at 07:19 pm, Lee Jones wrote: Dear List I downloaded chrome for mac and copied the disk image into the applications folder as previousl

Installing Google Chrome on Mavericks

2014-01-11 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List I downloaded chrome for mac and copied the disk image into the applications folder as previously advised. It is there in the applications folder with all the other aps but it is identified as a disk image, while all the others around it are identified as applications. It is not available

Mavericks Safari

2014-01-10 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, the first few times I searched ggoogle with safari on mavericks I searched directly from the browser tool bar. It was slow but it did get to the google results. I then assigned google as my home page and dset safari to open all new tabs with my homepage,but when a new page opens I am lo

InstallingApplications not in the Ap Store on Mavericks

2014-01-04 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List if I try to install an application not in the ap store on mavericks what will happen and what do I have to do. On windows you just start the executable and it brings up a wizard and it is automatically seen as an application. I have heard that you have to move it into the applications

Macupdate

2013-12-23 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List after hearing mac update being discussed on list, I checked it out and I think it may be what I am looking for. I wondered is Mac update desktop accessible with voice over to allow one click downloading? A lot of the aps I would want to download from them are freeware, do you have to r

Opera on Mavericks

2013-12-23 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List has anybody had success with opera browser with voice over on mavericks? I downloaded it to try out the ap store,but it makes weird clicking noises and doesn't seem to work that well. I am a novice so it would be good to no whether it is supposed to work or not, so I can delete it if

Java on the Mac

2013-12-20 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List there is one particular website that I need to access which uses java. I know it has a terrible reputation regarding security and so wondered what the safest way is to get java on a mac, ideally without just searching on google as I know there are fake plugins that have caused problems i

Mavericks Safari

2013-12-20 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List I have safari set to open pages in new tabs not new windows in preferences, and yet whenever I click a link on a website it opens it in an untitled window ,it doesn't say new tab. Is there a shortcut for cycling through tabs in safari and closing them? I struggle with closing windows comm

Turning off Conversations in Mavericks Mail

2013-12-14 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List conversation view in mavericks mail is driving me insane. I changed to classic layout in preferences and turned off show related messages but now I can't access the messages at all it just says conversation blank disclosure triangle or something to that effect. I thought classic layout t

Applications Folder / Uninstalling Aps on mavericks

2013-12-13 Thread Lee Jones
Dear list I cannot access my applications folder It is not on the dock with trash and downloads. I have tried option command a and shift command a with no joy. I cannot find it in mission control or launchpad either. Any suggestions? How do you remove an application in mavericks? I cannot

Security Software

2013-12-11 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List I can't find full spectrum security software in the aps store. I know that the consensus is that you don't need any,but I have heard that the apple in built firewall is actually less strong than the windows firewall, and on windows they still suggest you don't rely on it. Is everyone us

Alternative Browsers

2013-12-11 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List wwhy are chrome and firefox not in the Mac aps store when Opera is. I can understand companies not wanting to pay apple commission but both firefox and chrome are free anyway. Surely by making you download from third party sites security is reduced. Many Thanks Lee -- You

Escape Key was Speakable Items

2013-12-10 Thread Lee Jones
7;t know if it would be helpful or not. Also, are you running Mavericks? In older versions of OSX I found Speakable Items to be a bit unreliable, but in 10.9 I have only had one small problem so far. On Dec 8, 2013, at 8:12 PM, Lee Jones < <mailto:leejones...@sky.com> leejones...@sky.com> w

Speakable Items

2013-12-08 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List,I can't get speakable items to work. In accessibility it says that it is turned on, all command check boxes are checked,my internal microphone is selected,the ESC key is assigned as listen key and yet it doesn't work. How long do you have to hold the escape key down for? How do you calibr

Macbook Air Help

2013-12-06 Thread Lee Jones
Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Dec 5, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Lee Jones wrote: Dear Tim thanks for the info. I activated the OK default button for Karen and when software update didn’t come upI went back to the voice list. Abovecompact Daniel was downloading Karen dimmed,I waited for a

RE: MBA Help

2013-12-05 Thread Lee Jones
trackpad to bring focus to the authentication window where you can enter your password. Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Dec 5, 2013, at 8:31 AM, Lee Jones wrote: Dear List, thanks for the helpI have made some slight progress. setting my function keys to software control,and

RE: MBA Help

2013-12-05 Thread Lee Jones
eys and then press F8 and let go. HTH Gena On 4 Dec 2013, at 21:55, Lee Jones wrote: > Dear List,I got my macbook air today. I hav found it a very tough learning > curve. I can't get control option f8 to bring up the voice over utility no > matter how many times I try,, a sighte

MBA Help

2013-12-04 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List,I got my macbook air today. I hav found it a very tough learning curve. I can't get control option f8 to bring up the voice over utility no matter how many times I try,, a sighted person has also tried and it does not work. Does the focus have to be somewhere special to make this work

Microsoft Office for Mac

2013-11-30 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List, Does Microsoft Office for Mac work with voice over? On the apple website there is a list of applications that have been coded for accessibility. Does this mean that applications that are not on the list will not work. Does apple have to specifically code applications to work with voice

Virtual Machine/ Bootcamp advice

2013-11-30 Thread Lee Jones
Dear List,I am new to the macworld. How easy is it to set up a windows virtual machine using fusion. How do you get windows installed. Load the CD? When you first install windows how do you interact with it without a screen reader in order to get jaws or nvda installed? Is linux easier in this rega