Re: getting mail to stop saying "Thread."

2010-09-27 Thread Scott Ford
Hi, Can you provide a step by step for this. I went to vo prpreferances, then verbosity, general, I have the main verbosity set to medium, then went over to details and chose the discoloser symbol. The only option I see is low, med, default. Can you set me right? Thank you. Scott t O

Safari frusterations!

2010-10-02 Thread Scott Ford
Hello everyone, I am working on a Mac book pro in win 7. Unfortunately I keep finding myself having to do this. Part is my inability to completely grasp voice over in a really efficient way. However I feel to a larger part I cannot get the functionality that I find necearry to complete m

Re: Pondering the switch to a Mac (blind but with residual vision)

2010-10-08 Thread Scott Ford
Hello David, I have traveled the same road as you. I still have some vision, however my vision is in themore advanced stages than you. I must use a screen reader in order to effectively navigate my computer. I am also an Adaptive Technology specialist. This thread has been incred

Re: VMWare Fusion and JFW

2010-10-08 Thread Scott Ford
Hello, I have a dongle and that works just fine. Scott On Oct 8, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > I can't see why you can't put your jaws dongle in a USB port when in windows > if you have fusion installed along with your operating system and jaws? > On 8 Oct 2010, at 18:30, Mi

Re: Pondering the switch to a Mac (blind but with residual vision)

2010-10-08 Thread Scott Ford
7;t useful any more and > then just jumping in with both feet. I guess I learn well under pressure.:) > > On Oct 8, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Scott Ford wrote: > >> Hello David, >> I have traveled the same road as you. I still have some vision, >> however my vision is

Re: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

2010-10-10 Thread Scott Ford
Hi John, I was just mentioning on the list the other day, that I frequently find myself needing to boot into windows on my Mac to complete work because the application does not exist or thedoes not work as well as on the PC. I truly feel that the Mac software is making leaps and great s

RE: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

2010-10-11 Thread Scott Ford
lto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Ford Sent: 10 October 2010 21:35 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Can keyboard only navigation ever be... Hi John, I was just mentioning on the list the other day, that I frequently find myself needing to boot into windo

RE: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

2010-10-11 Thread Scott Ford
more productive when so many examples of productive users exists. Can you further define what you mean? On Oct 10, 2010, at 4:35 PM, Scott Ford wrote: Hi John, I was just mentioning on the list the other day, that I frequently find myself needing to boot into windows on my Mac t

Re: VMWare Fusion and JFW

2010-10-11 Thread Scott Ford
now with the dongle... >> >> Have a nice WE, >> Pierre >> >> Am 09.10.2010 um 01:51 schrieb Scott Ford: >> >>> Hello, >>> I have a dongle and that works just fine. >>> Scott >>> >>> On Oct 8, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Kawa

Mail has changed on me!

2010-10-12 Thread Scott Ford
Hello everyone, I really love the mail app. on the Mac. When I went in this morning I cannot seem to access my sub folders in my Gmail account. I can only see the inbox, drafts, sent, and trash. Can anyone tell me what may have happened. I usually have my all mail, spam, and around 6

Re: Mail has changed on me!

2010-10-12 Thread Scott Ford
VO-Command is control-opt-. >> >> There are a couple other ways: >> 1. Left arrow when gmail is highlighted. >> 2. Interact with Gmail and then activate control-opt- the >> colapassed toggle. >> >> Jon >> >> >> On 12/10/2010, Scott Ford

Re: removing bootcamp partitions

2010-10-13 Thread Scott Ford
Hello, It is extreemly simple to do. Just start the bootcamp wizard and one of the first things that it askes is do you want to remove the bootcamp partition. What is really scarry is how fast it does it. Later, Scott On Oct 13, 2010, at 4:10 PM, Damon Fibraio wrote: > > > Is it

growler helper app?

2010-10-14 Thread Scott Ford
Hello everyone, I have downloaded the adium last night and installed it easly. Now I am wondering why and what does the growler helper app do and why? Where can I download it from? Thank you. Scott On Oct 13, 2010, at 11:16 PM, Kevin Shaw wrote: > For mobile content, you'll be fine wi

RE: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-24 Thread Scott Ford
If that is the case how do you get it to install in the 64bit version? Scott -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Braille Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 12:16 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: 64 b

RE: Microsoft Office 2011 period

2010-10-26 Thread Scott Ford
Hello, May I as where you live? Scott -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Haas Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 6:38 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: Carolyn Haas Subject: Re: Microsoft O

Magic jack configurations

2010-11-02 Thread Scott Ford
Hello yall, I have just gotten a Mac mini, I will be using it as my tivo replacement, Magic jackhost, and eye-tv host/ media hub. So with all this in mind, I do not want my Magic Jack poping up in the middle of a program. I would like it to sit silently in the background and not displa

RE: moving to a computer-based entertainment system

2010-11-13 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Donna, I would suggest that you google the podcast for the HT guys. They really have some really good ideas and they include using a Mac to keep track of your video collection. I infact just purchased a Mac mini for that purpose. I have coupled it with a eye tv. Good luck. Scott --

RE: moving to a computer-based entertainment system

2010-11-14 Thread Scott Ford
Hello everyone, I am using an eye tv and the primary parts of the application are more than 100 times more accessible than a TiVo. The program guide and the preferences are not accessible, however all of the controls for manipulating the TV is. I can use the Bluetooth keyboard as my remot

sharing and permissions in SN?

2010-11-19 Thread Scott Ford
Hello Everyone, I am trying to set up sharing and permissions on my mac mini. I have devided a 1TB usb drive into four partitions. I am using partition four for the use of my family members who use both mac's and pc's. I have created accounts for each of them and created folders for each

creating new users on the mac

2010-11-19 Thread Scott Ford
Hello everyone, I have created new users on my mini and when I log into them I cannot get voice over to speak. I can see that a dialog box pops up, then if I his escape it goes away then the voiceover line appears. I do not get sound, however I can use the keyboard to log back out of the

RE: creating new users on the mac

2010-11-19 Thread Scott Ford
ria and so on and at different speeds and so on! hth Colin On 19 Nov 2010, at 17:38, Scott Ford wrote: > Hello everyone, > I have created new users on my mini and when I log into them I > cannot get voice over to speak. I can see that a dialog box pops up, then > if I his escape

RE: voiceover randomly freezing

2010-11-22 Thread Scott Ford
Hello everyone, This may not be an answer, however I found it to be the problem for me. Since I did the update on my mini, the mac had chose to make my magic Jack the primary output device. I had to get my daughter to switch it to the digital out which is what I use. Then all th

RE: confirming apple tv has vo support

2010-11-22 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Mark, You are describing the Eye tv. I am doing just that with a mac mini. Not only that I access the net and itunes, and every other kind of media you could ever want. Scott -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On

RE: confirming apple tv has vo support

2010-11-22 Thread Scott Ford
I do not believe that that is true. There is a free service that you can gain access to by just going to www.titantv.com. Then you turn the service on on the eye tv and it checks to see if you have updated your schedule every hour if you would like. So you can be at the office and set your sche

RE: confirming apple tv has vo support

2010-11-22 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Mark, I have the HD version, and it uses a s-video, composit, and High-def analog imputs, right and left audio in. There is one called the hybred and it has a tuner and also composit along with right and left, maybe s-video I am not positive. The both plug in via usb. The hybrid uses

RE: confirming apple tv has vo support

2010-11-22 Thread Scott Ford
I believe that that is what can connect to the hybrid model, however I would certainly verifiy that before you purchase one. Scott -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark BurningHawk Baxter Sent: Monday, November 2

Using a standard mac keyboard on my mac book pro

2009-03-09 Thread Scott Ford
Hello Everyone, I purchased a full size keyboard for my macbook pro. I went into keyboard learn mode, however their are a lot of keys that are not spoken. Would anyone know where I could find information about what these keys are used for? I also need to know where and if the fn k

Re: Using a standard mac keyboard on my mac book pro

2009-03-09 Thread Scott Ford
in a previous message. Thank you for any help. Scott On Mar 9, 2009, at 6:06 PM, Ryan Dour wrote: > > Hello, > > What brand is your keyboard? > > > On Mar 9, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Scott Ford wrote: > >> >> Hello Everyone, >> I purchased a full size

Removing office 2008

2009-04-14 Thread Scott Ford
Hello everyone, I need to remove office 2008 From my Mac. How do I do this and restore the system to the oem state so that I can read things. I cannot read anything including pdf's or files. The system tells me the file name or I can go full screen. This sucks. I can open and

RE: Drop box on iPhone and text editors

2011-03-13 Thread Scott Ford
Good morning E., I like to use the text editor elements, because it integrates right into drop box. Scott From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of E.J. Zufelt Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 9:29 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups

Re: A growl tip

2011-04-11 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Chris, I would like to mention that this is one of those cases the I must have missed, because I did not know that bit of information. I realize that the one liners are not saposto happen, however I occasionally like to see basic information. I am not calling for a clutter of inform

RE: Accessible Weather Radio App for iOS devices

2011-04-27 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Thank you for the heads up. This sounds great, however the 9.95 seems just a bit high to me compaired to other apps. I was able to listen to my weather station using the tuneup app. This certainly does not compare to the feather set that imap provides thanks again. Scott -Original Messa

RE: IPad II thoughts

2011-05-05 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Kevin, Can you send a link to the cover that you got. My wife hates the apple cover that she got. She does not want to scratch her presious ipad. Yes I am a bit frustrated, she will not let me touch the damn thing except for little fragments of time when I can add apps or fix something

Re: help! speech is off, but..

2011-05-23 Thread Scott Ford
Hi aitlyn, You can do a vo+ a rotate to turn thetrackpad commander on, then do a three finger dubble tap and this will unmute the voiceover Later, Scott On May 23, 2011, at 9:23 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: > Hi, > > I hope somebody here can help with this problem. > > I am trying to get

RE: partitioning a hard drive

2010-11-30 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Sarah, I have a 1TB that I split into four partitions. I created two osx on the first two partitions and then created two fat32 partitions on the last two. I did all of this on the Mac mini. Now I am using this for a network storage. Later, Scott -Original Message- From: macv

Re: Can keyboard only navigation ever be...

2010-12-02 Thread Scott Ford
Hi John,I was just mentioning on the list the other day, that I frequently find myself needing to bootinto windows on my Mac to complete work because the application does not exist or thedoes not work as well as on the PC.  I truly feel that the Mac software is making leaps and great strides with e

Re: New I phone owners, was, Re: differences between I pad and I pod touch?

2010-12-18 Thread Scott Ford
Hello everyone, Can anyone tell me if the I products can do Imap mail? Thank you Scott On Dec 17, 2010, at 4:19 PM, Caitlyn and Nicky wrote: > Lol, we just got I phones today! Mark's n 95 is in the process of dying and > that's why we were thinking of upgrading this soon, anyway, but i

Re: New I phone owners, was, Re: differences between I pad and I pod touch?

2010-12-18 Thread Scott Ford
I actually ment the iphone/ipod touch/ipad. Thank you. Scott On Dec 18, 2010, at 8:47 AM, Colin M wrote: > Hi Scott! > Yes! > I'm running Imap on my Imac! > Colin > On 18 Dec 2010, at 13:43, Scott Ford wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> Can anyone tell me

Re: New I phone owners, was, Re: differences between I pad and I pod touch?

2010-12-18 Thread Scott Ford
iDevices seems to handle Gmail, Yahoo, AOL with > no additional tweaking. You can set up others like ComCast or Earthlink or > whatever under the 'Other' setting. I simply have to switch ComCast to iMap > later. > > Jane > > > On Dec 18, 2010, at 8:43 AM,

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-23 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Brianna, Great questions! I use my MBP exclusively. On the 26th I will have used it for two years. About a month ago my power supply quit working. This was caused by this little plastic clip that is on the computer charging side of the cord. While in my computer bag the plastic

Re: Finding out Battery status

2010-12-23 Thread Scott Ford
I would like to learn the step by step proceedure as well. Please post it, because it would be a great recource to have in the archives. Sincerely, Scott On Dec 23, 2010, at 7:52 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Could somebody talk me through doing this off list? I hate to clog the list > but hav

Re: Finding out Battery status

2010-12-24 Thread Scott Ford
; the key to use in the Voiceover Utilities program in the Commanders section. > > > On Dec 23, 2010, at 9:15 PM, Scott Ford wrote: > >> I would like to learn the step by step proceedure as well. Please post it, >> because it would be a great recource to have in the archiv

Re: apple TV and choppy speech

2010-12-30 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Mary, HDMI has several versions, depending on how old your receiver is it will not carry the audio signals. I just purchased a new dennon that is HDMI V 1.42 or 3a and it not only will support dolby trueHD, blue ray 3D, and audio that can be used to back feed over the air signals fro

RE: app store

2011-01-07 Thread Scott Ford
Hi the Pages app in the app store, is it new or the old one? Scott -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 2:01 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: app store

Re: queztion about Optical drives in the MacBook Pro

2011-01-11 Thread Scott Ford
Hello, I had that same problem, the solution was to take it to the apple store and have the drive replaced. Hope that this helps. Scott On Jan 11, 2011, at 9:44 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > Hi all, > > Well I encountered a rather odd problem that a total reinstall resolved once > before,

Re: Apple to add Wi-Fi hotspot to GSM iPhone with iOS 4.3 - rumor

2011-01-11 Thread Scott Ford
Hello, I just received a new Iphon from the VA yesterday and I saw that it had tethering in one of the menus. Does this mean that if I started to use it I would be charged an extra 30 a month? Am I correct in believing that since the VA purchased the phone straight from apple without a

Re: Apple REmote Desktop

2011-01-11 Thread Scott Ford
Hello Scott, I have not used that version, however I have used the version that is intigrated in the MBP. I found that it worked fine, however the voiceover was on the controlled machine. I did not get any audio on the computer that I was accessing the controlled machinmachine. Jan 11,

New to the iphon intrested in opinions and have a question or two.

2011-01-12 Thread Scott Ford
Hello everyone, I have been learning my iphone for the last day or two. I am using the keyboard in the touch and then tap with another finger to choose an item. Is this the best way that people have found to type? Or have people found that the drag and release method to be better? If

Re: link in e-mail

2011-01-14 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Ann, When I would like a right click, I place two fingers on the touch pad and press down with my right finger, then I get the menu that the right click produces in windows. I appreciate you posting the control click, I am assuming that does the same thing? I cannot tell you all how

Re: varifying my payment info on ITouch?

2011-01-16 Thread Scott Ford
That is what I had to do as well. I would get to the same point that you got, with the same resaults. Scott On Jan 16, 2011, at 9:47 AM, brandt wrote: > Go do it on the mac, then go back to the touch. I had to do it a while back, > and that's the easyest way to go. > > Regards, > > Brandt S

RE: Apple "screwing" iPhone users to block them from opening the hardware they paid for.

2011-01-21 Thread Scott Ford
Hello Everyone, I have read the previous messages on this topic, I would like to respectfully object. I would like to begin by saying that I feel the topic is certainly news worthy. Furthermore I am quite disturbed at how readily folks on this list are willing to just bow to the "omnipote

RE: Apple "screwing" iPhone users to block them from opening the hardware they paid for.

2011-01-21 Thread Scott Ford
products were also a lot more tolerant to the novice hand. Not so much in the digital age. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Jan 21, 2011, at 9:49 AM, Scott Ford wrote: > Hello Everyone, > I have read the previous

RE: Apple "screwing" iPhone users to block them from opening the hardware they paid for.

2011-01-21 Thread Scott Ford
op boards and would be interested in speaking with people who can replace dc jacks, usb ports, capacitors and people who are able to reflow the nvidia gpu's that suffered from cracked solder due to overheating. On 21/01/2011, Scott Ford wrote: > Hello Everyone, > I have read the pr

RE: Apple "screwing" iPhone users to block them from opening the hardware they paid for.

2011-01-21 Thread Scott Ford
Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Jan 21, 2011, at 11:40 AM, Scott Ford wrote: > Hello Ricardo, > I would like to respectfully disagree with your assertion that > things "broke down more frequently, back then." T

RE: Switching to Mac the missing manual

2011-01-23 Thread Scott Ford
I have been told that the folks from the mac store can refund purchases for you if they are not accessable. Scott -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Haas Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 5:03 PM To: macvisi

Re: Apple "screwing" iPhone users to block them from opening the hardware they paid for.

2011-01-25 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Scott G, I feel the same way as you, and for many of the same reasons. Have a wonderful everyone. Scott Ford On Jan 23, 2011, at 6:06 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > Wow, this is one of the most short sited and close minded responses I've ever > seen. > > That's

Re: iWOrk: VoiceOver Falls Short

2011-01-31 Thread Scott Ford
Hello yall, I had heard some time back that the new version was going to be out any day. That was at least three months ago. I know that apple is really tight lipped but is there any new info on a release date. Scott On Jan 31, 2011, at 3:54 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Kevin

Ical help!

2011-02-07 Thread Scott Ford
Hello Everyone, I am intrested in starting to use Ical, however when I start the application I get voiceover telling me that Ical has no windows. I tried to do a command 1 like in mail. Nothing happened. I attempted to bring up the menu and nothing happens, I get no menu. if I do a s

Re: Ical help!

2011-02-08 Thread Scott Ford
l, but if you start > ICal and it says ICal has no Windows, press command-0 and you should hear > "ICal, checked." > You cannot reinstall the application as it's built-in to Mac OS X. > HTH > Let me know if it does. > Jes > > On Feb 7, 2011, at 8:34 PM, Scot

RE: Ical help!

2011-02-08 Thread Scott Ford
n't look good. > > > On Feb 8, 2011, at 10:25 AM, Scott Ford wrote: > >> Darn, that did not work. I only got a cord sound when I press command 0. >> Any help is greatfully requested. Where would this leave me if I cannote even reinstall? >> Scott >> >>

RE: Ical help!

2011-02-08 Thread Scott Ford
ion of OSX, but it doesn't look good. On Feb 8, 2011, at 10:25 AM, Scott Ford wrote: > Darn, that did not work. I only got a cord sound when I press command 0. > Any help is greatfully requested. Where would this leave me if I cannote even reinstall? > Scott > > On Feb 8