Re: IOS8 issue already

2014-09-17 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, people have been posting about audible issues. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: "This I call to mind, and therefore

Re: location of saved attachments in mail

2014-09-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
A dialog comes up and you choose to put it. By default, I suppose it might be in Documents or iCloud but I'm not sure. You could always go to save it again and look at where the dialog has it being saved. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained

Re: iPad and iPhone won't connect to each other via Bluetooth anymore

2014-09-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
It isn't necessary to do anything to bluetooth, as I understand it, to do handoff. They have to be signed in to the same iCloud account and they have to be connected to the same wifi network but there is no bluetooth pairing requirement. Beyond that, why they may sometimes work together and some

Re: Library folder access

2014-09-26 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I believe your home directory Library folder is hidden by default. Here's how to make it visible. This started with Lion. In Mavericks there's a setting to toggle this folder's visibility but in Mountain Lion it's a bit more challenging. If you just need to access it once in a while, maybe the e

Bose update application

2014-09-27 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Hi all. I have bose ae2w bluetooth headphones; I am not sure if they are the latest ones as I have had them for several months. While looking online I discovered that there is an update for these headphones. Unfortunately when I downloaded and opened this update I briefly saw something about un

Re: Is there a new command in Mavericks for Add to iTunes Library?

2014-10-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
cmd-o when in iTunes does add to library by presenting you with a dialog to locate the file. Cmd-o on a file actually is "open" which should also add it to your library unless you have things set up to open audio files in a different player. You probably already knew all this but just covering t

Re: to the user having issues with their Drop box and sharing files

2014-10-03 Thread Cheryl Homiak
There wouldn't be a "dropbox" menu under vo-shift-m. If you go into your dropbox directory and do vo-shift-m on one of the items, there is a whole menu of items as you arrow down or do vo-down-arrow, and in there you will find a share link as well as a share folder and a share that has email, me

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

2014-10-03 Thread Cheryl Homiak
No, it isn't just a visual window. It's an actual dialog that says it can't be found and you have to do cancel or goto folder or hit escape; in other words you have to do something to get out of the dialog. At least, that's how it is on my iMac running up-to-date Mavericks. But unless the file i

Re: Sending Messages in iOS 8.0.2

2014-10-06 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, the same thing happens if you have a text message that you have to send to activate an app. An example of this is the Verizon account verification for NFL Mobile. I had trouble tapping the send button once voiceover was turned off, so I actually double-tapped and held with one hand, turned

Re: query regarding Iworm

2014-10-06 Thread Cheryl Homiak
No, do not erase your Java j a v a folder. This has a letter W on the end that you didn't notice. The folder of concern is J a v a W (I have written it with space between letters so you can hear it better). -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-staine

Re: hot to download youtube videos on mac?

2014-10-08 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I realy like MacTubes. Unfortunately there do seem to be a growing number of undownloadable videos and I even went searching a few weeks ago to see if a new version of MacTubes was out; as I recall there wasn't. But I haven't found anything better and searching and accessing is incredibly easy.

Re: It’s official, Apple confirms October 16th special event: ‘It’s been way too long’

2014-10-08 Thread Cheryl Homiak
No, the bugs aren't all ironed out but I for one wasn't expecting that this soon. As for never wanting to own a 6+ and not being crazy about the 6, that's opinion to which we are al entitled. I am enjoying my 6+, with iOS8 despite the bugs, imensely and the reason many different phones are avail

Re: It’s official, Apple confirms October 16th special event: ‘It’s been way too long’

2014-10-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
to upgrade my phone for some time and did choose the >> 6plus. The phone isn't here yet, but feels like a mini, mini in my hand. I >> did test to see if it would fit in my pocket -- and it did. >> I have not upgraded my current phone to IOS 8 due to multiple bug warnin

Re: It’s official, Apple confirms October 16th special event: ‘It’s been way too long’

2014-10-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
g > to get one of those forever. I still haven't done it. I'm trying to talk my > husband into getting one for his birthday which is coming up in November, but > he says he's not ready yet. > Gigi > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 9, 2014, at 8:16 AM, Che

Re: Need help with amazon.com

2014-10-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I noticed on my iPad this morning that I had to tap the button and refocus a couple of times before the "add to cart" worked. You know that on Amazon because a new page loads. But on the Mac I just do return or vo-space and I have had no problem. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new

Re: It’s official, Apple confirms October 16th special event: ‘It’s been way too long’

2014-10-12 Thread Cheryl Homiak
08:07, Christopher Hallsworth >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all >>>> >>>> I know we use our devices whatever ways suit us, but I struggle to >>>> understand just why people won't update until bugs are fixed, with no >&g

Re: Braille keyboard input

2014-10-15 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I wonder if there are really defaults or if it depends on how you place your fingers. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: "

Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8

2014-10-16 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Usually, if you immediately press the sticking button again, the tone will stop and you should be able to continue. But it has to be the tone that initially started the tone. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! The

Re: starting to get irritated by IOS 8

2014-10-16 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I actually am having fun with both of my phones. One of them has come with iOS8 and one of them I upgraded. But I do sympathize with those experiencing problems. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me

Re: Apple presentation seemed to offer nothing

2014-10-16 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Well, actually, with my 2008 mac mini, which I can't upgrade past Lion, this is still possible. It works fine with an adapter hanging out where a monitor would be connected. But I think somewhere after that, it may have stopped being possible to do that at least from what I hear. I also still ha

Re: Apple presentation seemed to offer nothing

2014-10-16 Thread Cheryl Homiak
You are right: each to their own! My first couple of Macs and one I used for my daughter for her music for years were minis and I loved them. I still have an old ppc mini and a 2008 intel; the ppc one won't go beyond Leopard so I have it running linux; the 2008 one won't go beyond Lion but I can

Re: Apple presentation seemed to offer nothing

2014-10-16 Thread Cheryl Homiak
That's because you are blind, just like I am! We are not the majority, remember? Visual improvements and "eye candy" matter to a lot of people who can see. What do you think some of them would say if there was a whole lot about voiceover, other than the fact that some might find it interesting?

Re: Apple presentation seemed to offer nothing

2014-10-16 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I don't frankly think the "mever mind whether it works well or not" is justified though to each their own! Almost every iphone or ipad or computer of any kind I've bought from Apple keeps on working faithfully and meets my needs or I wouldn't continue to buy them. An anything I had that didn't w

Re: Apple presentation seemed to offer nothing

2014-10-17 Thread Cheryl Homiak
gt; Phone: (716) 803-8528 > web: www.mysticaccess.com > > Accessible Gadgets mailing list: > > > http://lists.mysticaccess.com/listinfo.cgi/accessiblegadgets-mysticaccess.com > Podcast: www.mysticaccesspodcast.com > Twitter: MysticAccess > Twitter: JediKent > > > On T

Re: Yosemity & Itunes

2014-10-17 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Interesting how one blind person says the iOS is garbage and Yosemite is close to that too while another blind person is enjoying the new features and using both while acknowledging some bugs and changes. What this tells me is that while there are real accessibility issues, at least some of what

Re: Yosemity & Itunes

2014-10-17 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, this is what I found too. It's true you can't really do the sidebar with "sources" like you used to but while that has been available, it hasn't been the default for quite a while. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the

Re: Downloaded Yosemite

2014-10-17 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I didn't even do cmd-q. I just went to applications and copied and pasted it elsewhere and went right back to the installer to continue. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His

Re: answering calls on the mac?

2014-10-17 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I wouldn't think that would be too old; it's working fine for me on my late 2012 iMac and my 11inch macbook air. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing

Re: About making calls from my Mac using my Iphone

2014-10-18 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Did you make sure after connecting wifi on both devices that bluetooth is turned on and that you are still signed into iCloud on both? -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His j

Re: About making calls from my Mac using my Iphone

2014-10-18 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I don't vo-space on it; I hit enter. Not sure if that matters or not. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: "This I call to mi

Re: About making calls from my Mac using my Iphone

2014-10-18 Thread Cheryl Homiak
. I have to say that the quality wasn’t > spectacular though so I’ll probably only use it when really helpful. My phone > usually sounds terrific but my Mac sounds like an old cell phone, LOL. > >> On Oct 18, 2014, at 3:12 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: >> >> I don't

Re: iTunes not opening under Yosemite

2014-10-18 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Hmmm, there must be another factor involved here. I am having no problem quitting iTunes. Are you sure it didn't have any other processes running: downloads, updating your library, etc. No dialogs. This probably doesn't make sense because you would expect to get the same from the dock but it nev

Re: yosemite mail removing address in mail from the suggested list as you type

2014-10-18 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I just keep typing until only the one I want is left. Doesn't this work for you? -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: "This I

New souund for volume change in Yosemite

2014-10-18 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I just went into System Preferences > Sound and checked the box so that there will be a sound effect when the volume is being changed. It’s quite a different sound then before, but I think I like it. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper

Re: yosemite mail removing address in mail from the suggested list as you type

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I'm not sure about the mouse click but you can arrow up and down to choose other addresses. Of course the recipients list is a permanent fix but I didn't think that was what was being asked. Vo-shift-m also does still work for some options but these are I think mostly editing options. -- Cher

Re: osx 10.10

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I don't agree with that. I did the public beta and I upgraded on my other computer immediately when Yosemite came out. Yes, there are some bugs and some changes so that you will have to be flexible enough to relearn some things. If you don't want to do that, don't upgrade for a while. If you are

Re: osx 10.10

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Handoff is the biggest thing I like about Yosemite. There isn't really anything I don't like at this point except that sometimes I am having a problem with voiceover but haven't tracked down the specifics so won't post that at this point. It seems to me to be early to adamantly declare I don't l

Re: Another strange issue

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I think you will have audio for volume change if you go to System Preferences > Sound and select the sound effects tab. Then go to the right and you will eventually find the appropriate checkbox and it is unchecked by default. Probably you did the same thing I did at first and looked for this in

Re: osx 10.10

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
ry morning; great is your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) > On Oct 19, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > By the way. > Have you had time to test brltty on the new yosemite? > /A >> 19 okt 2014 kl. 20:06 skrev Cheryl Homiak : >> >&g

Re: osx 10.10

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
rote: >> >> The only complaint I have with Yosemite is that I am having issues >> connecting my iPhone to my Mac via Bluetooth so I can answer calls with my >> Mac! >> >> Jose Lomeli >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 19, 2014, at 11:

Re: voice commands on yosemite

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Isn’t that the domain of speakable items or has that changed or been eliminated? As far as I know, issuing commands to your computer hasn’t been a part of dictation but maybe I missed out on this. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper

The letter to Accessibility: was voice commands on yosemite

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
While I would always support people freely expressing their opinions, I see some problems with the content of this letter. Because you have submitted this to this email list, while I will never write anything insulting or derogatory of anybody here, I do think it is appropriate to express my con

Re: osx 10.10

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Apparently all you know is that vo isn't talking. Have you been able to get sighted help to figure out what is wrong. Yes, I too don't have a lot of sighted help and hate being told that, but sometimes there's no other recourse when you run out of ideas. Usually it's kind of hard to know who to

Re: osx 10.10

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Okay, let me ask you a couple more questions. Did you enable file vault or is there any possibility of that? What keyboard are you using? It might be that your keyboard and the Mac aren't working together, especially if it's bluetooth. If you are using a bluetooth keyboard, can you try a differ

Re: osx 10.10

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
hey are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) > On Oct 19, 2014, at 8:45 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > > I've never enabled file vault. Also, I'm on a USb keyboard > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Oct 19, 2014, at 8:4

Re: osx 10.10

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
rtition. > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Oct 19, 2014, at 9:05 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: >> >> Okay, if recovery mode works I would think we can say your hard drive hasn't >> gone dead because it would be a different partition on the same drive. Can I &g

Re: osx 10.10

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I don't recall people saying that complaining to Apple would ruin accessibility. It is how you complain and your perspective that are being debated as far as I know. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gav

Re: osx 10.10

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I had all of those you mention specifically - lol! Still have the talking clock, a bit dented from being dropped and I lost the cover to the battery compartment but still works! Isn't that just hysterically funny? Not the point I know but it gives me a great laugh! -- Cheryl I tried and trie

Re: osx 10.10

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
ve a fn >>> key. It is a Logitech keyboard, and worked fine under the recovery >>> partition. >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On Oct 19, 2014, at 9:05 PM, Cheryl Homiak >>> <mailto:cah4...@icloud.com>> wrote: >>

Re: osx 10.10

2014-10-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
en sitting there for quite a while. My keyboard doasome not have a fn >>> key. It is a Logitech keyboard, and worked fine under the recovery >>> partition. >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>>> On Oct 19, 2014, at 9:05 PM, Cheryl Homiak &

Re: mail in 10.10

2014-10-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Thanks for the confirmation that the order has changed. I noticed that but yes, it still works just as well for me as it did in Mavericks. And it did work for me in Mavericks :-) I use this app constantly throughout my day as I am sure many of you do. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over

Re: osx 10.10

2014-10-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
You know, I was thinking about that and realized that, in the interests of not berating a sighted world for this, another corollary should be added. While most of us can't see or have some limits on our vision, it is indeed an extremely visual world and universe. Not that it isn't a world and un

Re: my own feedback about Mac OS 10.10 Yosemite

2014-10-21 Thread Cheryl Homiak
For one thing, not all keyboards appear to be supported by file vault. If you get stuck, that'seven a choice you will be given. I know hindsight is always 20/20 but if you had rebooted your computer when the password wasn'taccepted, if that is what happened, one of the choices would have been to

Re: my own feedback about Mac OS 10.10 Yosemite

2014-10-21 Thread Cheryl Homiak
too much security for me because > my computer will secure itself against me. > > Gigi > >> On Oct 21, 2014, at 9:49 AM, Cheryl Homiak > <mailto:cah4...@icloud.com>> wrote: >> >> For one thing, not all keyboards appear to be supported by file vault. If >

Re: Yosemite: Continuing Curiosities in Spotlight Search

2014-10-21 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I would be really surprised if the differences in what people are finding in their spotlight searches is a function of the model of computer they have, though I suppose it's possible. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the t

Re: Can't connect to iMac via bluetooth

2014-10-23 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Why are you trying to connect your Mac and iPhone by bluetooth? If you think this is necessary in order to do phone calls on your Mac via your iPhone, it isn't a step you need to do. But perhaps you have a different reason for wanting to do this. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new

Re: question about downloading audible books

2014-10-24 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I don't know what would be more reliable and faster about using Google Chrome for Audible instead of safari, but to each his/her own! You can even tab to the download button once you find the book or if you know it's the top one just do a vo-f to find download or use the rotor. Lots of options!

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Does Not Work with TextEdit in Portrait Layout

2014-10-24 Thread Cheryl Homiak
There are several things you need to think about and check here. Did you try changing file > page setup. There's a specific landscape/portrait setting there which is by default on portrait. Also, right in the print window when you use cmd-p or do file > Print there's a place to choose between la

Re: question about downloading audible books

2014-10-24 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I use it with dom order and without grouping and i don't have this problem or at least I didn't last time I downloaded from Audible. When something stops working for you it might be that something has changed on the website but it's always a good idea to check your safari settings to see if anyt

Re: Yosemite Bugs | Selecting Text in Preview

2014-10-24 Thread Cheryl Homiak
This is what I usually do too. And this morning when I opened something in Preview and it said "static text" I could still select all and copy it into text edit. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me

Workaround for opening pdfs in preview

2014-10-24 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I just wanted to mention that the work-around for opening pdfs in Preview and getting them to read - selecting the file in finder, turning off voiceover, opening the file, turning vo back on, interacting twice with the content - does work. However, I also want to note that the same problem appea

Re: unlabelled buttons in yosemti mail

2014-10-24 Thread Cheryl Homiak
When you get an email message, press enter on it in the index. Interact where it says embedded and arrow right and you will find four unlabeled buttons. They are between where it says message headers and where it says text; they have no help tags. I haven’t been paying attention either because i

Re: unlabelled buttons in yosemti mail

2014-10-25 Thread Cheryl Homiak
e buttons, but > it doesn’t and likely won’t affect me considering the style of navigation > within Mail that I’m accustomed to. Thanks for the info Cheryl. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Oct 24, 2014, at 4:22 PM, Cheryl Homiak > <

Re: I love Yosemite so far but:

2014-10-25 Thread Cheryl Homiak
If it takes a long time, you may want to repair permissions more than once. And if it gives you an error or still is sluggish after repairing permissions, maybe do it from another drive or from within your recovery partition. I didn't go that far but I did repair permissions two or three times a

Re: I love Yosemite so far but:

2014-10-25 Thread Cheryl Homiak
gt; built-in and fully protected by ClamXav Antivirus! > >> On Oct 25, 2014, at 9:59 AM, Cheryl Homiak > <mailto:cah4...@icloud.com>> wrote: >> >> If it takes a long time, you may want to repair permissions more than once. >> And if it gives you an error or st

Re: “Fetching” delay when selecting “Open in” from the context menu

2014-10-25 Thread Cheryl Homiak
It happens to me fairly often but I haven't specifically and systematically tested it. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day:

Re: Deleting audible books in iTunes for Donna

2012-12-03 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Okay, maybe I'm missing something here; maybe you want to do something more than I am thinking but I'm having no problems deleting audible books from iTunes. I did this on a Mac so if you are talking about iTunes in Windows maybe this won't help. i chose books from the pop-up. At first I then c

Re: Deleting audible books in iTunes for Donna

2012-12-03 Thread Cheryl Homiak
alking about a Mac. and I've tried it several times, > tried restarting the computer, etc. > Best, > Donna > On Dec 3, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > >> Okay, maybe I'm missing something here; maybe you want to do something more >> than I am thinking

Re: Deleting audible books in iTunes for Donna

2012-12-03 Thread Cheryl Homiak
ok from the mac. > Before, I would just open the book I wish to delete, do cmd + A to > select all, then tap the backspace key to delete. > Doing the same steps, all books are sent to the trash. :( > I'm also experencing other weird iTunes11 issues though. > > On 12/3/12, C

Re: iTunes 11: iCloud button and other issues.

2012-12-03 Thread Cheryl Homiak
What do you have selected in the view menu and in view optins: command-j and do you have a particular radio button selected? I'm assuming your library popup is on music probably. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redee

Re: Deleting audible books in iTunes for Donna

2012-12-04 Thread Cheryl Homiak
ptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 4, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Cheryl, > > There's no list radio button in my iTunes, what are you talking about? > Cheers, > Donna > > On Dec 3, 2012, at 6:34 PM, Cheryl Homiak wro

Re: Deleting audible books in iTunes for Donna

2012-12-04 Thread Cheryl Homiak
oks. thanks for drawing my > attention to it. > Cheers, > Donna > On Dec 3, 2012, at 5:20 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > >> Can you explain specifically what happens when you do vo-shift-m? And I know >> this is going to sound obvious, but are you interacting with the b

Re: Itunes oddity

2012-12-04 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I don't think it's erroneous. As i recall, the repeat button has traditionally worked like this. The button shows what will happen if you press it, not what did happen the last time you pressed it. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, m

Re: SHipment Number Detected

2012-12-05 Thread Cheryl Homiak
It it says url detected you do vo-space on it. I'm not sure if i've ever jst had it say "shipment number detected" but if it's without a link I would think it would actually be unable to access any information. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to

Re: windows 64 bit and bootcamp.

2012-12-05 Thread Cheryl Homiak
That's interesting. My windows 7 came with two different discs: one for 32-bit and one for 64-bit. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 5, 2012, at 10:33 PM, "Phil Halton" wrote: >

Re: Itunes 11 and sorting (NOT)

2012-12-06 Thread Cheryl Homiak
This isn't just with iTunes 11; the same thing has always happened in iTunes when the id tags are not the kind that iTunes recognizes or are in some way messed up. This is why I tend to use iTunes for purchased files and vlc for other files by dragging my folders into the vlc media library. You

Re: Itunes 11 and sorting (NOT)

2012-12-08 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Okay, this doesn't solve your id tag problem but it will make your songs play in the right order. 1. Make a playlist from the folders on your hard drive or wherever they are that are in the right order. You can make one big play list or a bunch of small ones. I've done this by opening the folde

Re: How to change the tags in multiple aac files.

2012-12-08 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Actually, it may not be that big a mess in iTunes but it depends on what is in the other fields. If you go ahead and import them into the iTunes library and then select all of them and do a cmd-i on them, you can change the composer on all of them at once if the composer is the same for all of t

Re: How to change the tags in multiple aac files.

2012-12-08 Thread Cheryl Homiak
That's right; you don't uncheck the box to keep your files organized. Either you have to find another editor to do this or you select groups of tracks and apply the composer change to all of them at once; you get a prompt from iTunes wanting to know if you really want to work on multiple tracks

Re: iTunes Library location?

2012-12-08 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I'm pasting in instructions for moving your iTunes Media folder; as I recall, I got them from iLounge or Apple; I know that when I wanted to change from iTunes Music to iTunes Media a long time ago there was a detailed iLounge article that I read. . These instructions don't talk about moving the

Re: Toast titanium

2012-12-08 Thread Cheryl Homiak
You are using a version for intel macs, correct? And do menus, using vo-m, not work either? -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 8, 2012, at 9:16 PM, BlindBikeTrials wrote: > Chris,

Dropbox podcast

2012-12-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Has anybody done a pretty thorough podcast or tutorial on dropbox? I'm thinking of paying for storage space there because of the variety of files I can store and access vs iCloud. I'm already paying something for sendspace so I'm thinking of dropping that and paying for dropbox. This is a beginn

Accessible wifi scanner

2012-12-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Does anybody know if there's a wifi-enabled scanner somewhere that is accessible for setting up the wifi connection or that can be controlled for this by software on the computer? I imagine that if one has to have sighted help to set up the wifi connection, it should be able to continue connecti

Re: Latest Dropbox on Mountin Lion causes an odd issue with show desktop notifications?

2012-12-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Okay, I guess the first question is: how do I know if I have the latest version of dropbox? Would I get an update notification? I do have desktop notifications checked and I do get notified of changes on my Mac running Mountain Lion but the notification is just announced and doesn't interfere w

Re: please can some one recommend an accessible alternative to iTunes that will allow me to mannege my current iTunes libary and iPod?

2012-12-12 Thread Cheryl Homiak
That is because your tracks are not correctly identified as far as iTunes is concerned. Yu can fix this by doing cmd-i in iTunes on each track and changing the track number but if you have a lot of misidentified or not-identified albums like I do, that is easier said than done. I think I would w

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-12 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Adobe Digital Editions works on the Mac but it still doesn't automatically scroll pages which does slow things down some. If one really hates that, it is possible to copy and paste each page into an editor like Text Edit and then either turn it into audio or read with the editor. Just remember t

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-12 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, this is correct; I apologize if you were asking about iBooks. IBooks with an "i" and ebooks with an e don't sound the same on my computer but the one with an i does sound like ebooks with an e should sound. Guess i'll have to fix that in pronunciation. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth

Re: EBook reader for Mac?

2012-12-12 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Adobe Digital Editions is free. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 12, 2012, at 11:49 AM, Brianna Snyder wrote: > Hi, > > I'm sorry, I should have clarified. I didn't mean IBooks

Re: mail refuses to get new messages?

2012-12-17 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Okay, when I set up two-step verification I had to set up some application-specific passwords for things like Apple mail and my linux installation etc. that didn't support two-step verification. Maybe you already did it but here's the link to check out. http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer

Re: Wireless mini Bluetooth keyboard with a difference.

2012-12-18 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Can you explain specifically what you mean by the option and command keys not working like the option and command key on the wireless keyboard? They may be in a different place, but isn't option still option and command still command? -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of

Re: Wireless mini Bluetooth keyboard with a difference.

2012-12-18 Thread Cheryl Homiak
hope this makes sense, as it's the same for the option keys so you can't do > traditional vo commands unless you have the proper Apple Wireless Bluetooth > keyboard. The Apple keyboard is excellent but it will not fit in a hand bag. > > Kawal. > > On 19 Dec 2012, at 1

Re: Wireless mini Bluetooth keyboard with a difference.

2012-12-18 Thread Cheryl Homiak
o You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Dec 18, 2012, at 8:43 PM, Jessica Moss wrote: > How well spaced are the keys on yours compared to something like the apple > wireless keyboard? > On Dec 18, 2012, at 9:20 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > >> Well, it does se

Re: Hard Drive Space Question

2012-12-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I use superduper just fine with Mountain lion and I intend to continue to use it, especially after one incident where my Time machine backup couldn't be used; I think the more options you have, the better off you are. But I need you to clarify some things. 1. You are backing up from your hard dr

Re: Parallels or Fusion for running virtualized OSX with Voiceover?

2012-12-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Why not just have a separate user account created for yourself instead of a vm? I suppose it could even be an account without administrative permissions though that might create some problems. It seems to me that if you want to get an experience using Mac OS and you have a Mac to use, you are ju

Re: Problem With MacTubes

2012-12-22 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I don't think it's a problem with MacTubes itself; it is still working fine here. But unfortunately I can't think wat the problem might be. I suppose you could try uninstalling and reinstalling it but I tend to think it's something else on your system. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and

booting into Windows

2012-12-24 Thread Cheryl Homiak
What is the easiest way to boot into Windows when restarting the Mac if you don't want to change the startup disk to Windows in preferences? I just installed a bootcamp partition with Windows. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my r

Re: mac mini

2012-12-27 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Did you solve this yet? I can tell you how to keep it from happening in the future if you are able to log in. Go into System Preferences > Bluetooth. In Advanced are two checkboxes: one opens bluetooth setup assistant if no keybopard is detected; the other opens it if no mouse or trackpad is det

Re: mac mini

2012-12-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak
g with it > yesterday I'm afraid, but again, I learned something. Thanks for your > response. > > Paul. > On Dec 28, 2012, at 12:35 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > >> Did you solve this yet? I can tell you how to keep it from happening in the >> future if you are ab

Re: super-duper, or time machine and why?

2012-12-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Not only that, but super duper saved me when for some reason, on two different Time Machine backup choices, it churned around for a couple of hours and then announced that it couldn't restore from this backup! I still haven't researched why but I can tel you that if I keep using Time Machine I a

Re: Tax web sites

2012-12-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Well, as far as the captcha is concerned, I just started using http://www.skipinput.com in Safari on my Mac. So far it is working fine. So if it continues to work and will work on the website, it won't matter that the captcha is still there. But of course it is somewhat worrisome not to know un

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