Re: Frustrating accessibility day

2014-01-27 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Taxact was bad last year? I did it last year and the only major problem I had was the captcha at the end. That crash of safari as I remember maybe had to do with some dialog that might show up in your window chooser but I am afraid I don't remember. I did it on the Mac not the iPhone. But I

Re: Frustrating accessibility day

2014-01-27 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Oh yes, also if i remember correctly, I finally called the IRS helpdesk about the braille not being up and shortly thereafter it appeared. I have no idea whether it actually had anything to do with my call or not but you might try that if you haven't already. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to

Re: setting top posting seems to have gone away

2014-01-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Well, but you can arrow down and put your message anywhere you want. -- 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 Jan 28, 2014, at 8:45 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote: Yep,

Re: how to manage VLC as my default video player?

2014-01-31 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, this is exactly ow it works. I have vlc as my default player for just about everything now so that I only use iTunes when it is my deliberate choice. -- 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

My experience so far this year with taxact; was: Frustrating accessibility day

2014-01-31 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Today I sat down to work on my taxes using Taxact just as I did last year. Because of Eugenia's report I did so with some trepidation. I was working om my iMac. I chose to use importing but I don't think this in and of itself affected possible accessibility issues since I still had to go

Getting an iPad set up for a sighted friend

2014-02-01 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Hi all. I want to start a sighted friend up with a new iPad Air. She does not live in my area so communication must be done over the phone or by email. She is definitely not tech savvy! In fact, with the linux system she is now running, I had to give her step-by-step instructions in writing

A Leopard question: deleting an admin account

2014-02-08 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I'm playing around with an old Leopard computer I gave to a friend a long time ago and got back when she got a Macbook Air. I have created a user for myself and the user has admin status. I have restarted the computer with my user logged in. But in System Preferences Accounts, even though

Re: A Leopard question: deleting an admin account

2014-02-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
prior to navigating to the Delete button. Yes, you are correct in that you cannot delete the user account that you are logged in as. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 8, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: I'm playing around

Re: since upgrading to Mavericks I'm being prompted for a password for an inactive Apple ID

2014-02-12 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Hi John: The link in your message below brings up can't find the server. -- 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

Re: Oh No I HATE Gmail

2014-02-14 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Well, please explain how you changed yhour settings though if it has been a couple of years that may not be helpful. I used to be able to go to the website and get into settings with no problem. Now I am totally unable to do this and I've literally spent hours trying! -- Cheryl I tried and

Re: program for mac for typing in braille

2014-02-16 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I believe it is still in beta. -- 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 I have hope: The

Re: Changing from Gmail to iCloud

2014-02-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I have a couple of questions about this. 1. I could leave my gmail account open if I do this and use forwarding through icloud and keep my gmail address as my Apple ID. If I really wanted to eventually get rid of gmail, is there a way to change Apple ID that then would put all of my purchases

Re: Changing from Gmail to iCloud

2014-02-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
folders of stuff. You then can save the messages the same way you did in gmail but it will be saving to your iCloud account. Hope this helps. On Feb 20, 2014, at 3:05 PM, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: I have a couple of questions about this. 1. I could leave my gmail account

Re: Changing from Gmail to iCloud

2014-02-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 20, 2014, at 1:05 PM, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: I have a couple of questions about this. 1. I could leave my gmail account open if I do this and use forwarding through icloud and keep my gmail address as my Apple ID

Re: Changing from Gmail to iCloud

2014-02-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
being that it can't be an iCloud account as the iCloud account is actually already an Apple ID. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 20, 2014, at 1:05 PM, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: I have a couple of questions about this. 1. I could leave my gmail

checking frequency setting on airport extreme

2014-02-21 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I am pretty sure that when I first set up my airport extreme there was a place for coices re: handling frequency. But now I can't find this anywhere in airport utility. Can anybody tell me how to find this? Thanks. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of

Re: checking frequency setting on airport extreme

2014-02-21 Thread Cheryl Homiak
: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Feb 21, 2014, at 12:17 PM, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: I am pretty sure that when I first set up my airport extreme

Re: checking frequency setting on airport extreme

2014-02-21 Thread Cheryl Homiak
: Hi, When in Airport Utility, go to the Wireless tab, then press on the Wireless Options button. That should give you the info you want. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 21, 2014, at 11:17 AM, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: I am pretty sure that when I

Re: checking frequency setting on airport extreme

2014-02-21 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Canada On Feb 21, 2014, at 11:56 AM, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote: Never mind. I bought mine in April 2013 so I think it's the newest airport extreme which has simultaneous frequencies. But I could have sworn I saw some kind of setting for that in airport utility at the time

Re: + ATTENTION: Immediately install patch for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices. )

2014-02-24 Thread Cheryl Homiak
If I understand correctly, it's not a matter of being infected. It's a programming mistake that leaves your device vunerable and needs to be patched but it isn't an infection per se unless somebody has capitalized on it and hacked your device. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new

Re: + ATTENTION: Immediately install patch for iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices. )

2014-02-24 Thread Cheryl Homiak
From what I read, the problem with a fix for Mac OS is that the browser isn't the only app made vulnerable by the programming problem. So the fix would have to involve maybe the whole OS or at least a particular component across apps if I understood it rightly. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to

Re: showing downloads

2014-03-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
When a download is in progress, you either find the downloads button in safari's toolbar or do commandd-option-l in safari or go to show downloads in the menus under view in safari. Any of these methods does the same thing: shows your downloads that are in progress. What were you downloading

Re: Removing an item from the dock

2014-03-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
It seems to me that if keep in dock is an option, you haven't actually put it in the dock. The way apps usually work is that they go into the dock when you open them and leave the dock when you quit them. But if you either add the application or item to the dock or check keep in dock then the

Re: Removing an item from the dock

2014-03-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
know how or when it was loaded, but it is now gone. I don't know what to do with Terminal so I must have clicked on the wrong App at sometime. Thanks to everybody. Max On 3 Mar 2014, at 1:13 pm, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: It seems to me that if keep in dock is an option, you

Issue with logitech k811 bluetooth keyboard

2014-03-03 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I have kind of a strange situation with the Logitech 811 keyboard with my iMac. It switches between devices fine and I find it very comfortable to type on. However, first of all, when pairing I got the unable to identify keyboard dialog one gets with some keyboards and I had to touch the keys

Re: Issue with logitech k811 bluetooth keyboard

2014-03-03 Thread Cheryl Homiak
keyboards have the option and the windows key switched over so that causes an issue. I believe there's a setting within the keyboard settings to rearrange the keys back now they should be. Best wishes. Jonathan Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com

Logitech Preferences Manager Solves Function keys Problem: was Re: Issue with logitech k811 bluetooth keyboard

2014-03-03 Thread Cheryl Homiak
, 2014, at 5:43 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: No, that isn't the problem; at least I don't think so. Voiceover works fine and that wouldn't be the case if option were switched and I don't think it would cause the function keys to be switched but to work fine with the fn key

Re: Serious issue with finder and opening apps

2014-03-04 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I don't think this would cause the problem you describe, but is cursor tracking possibly turned off? Ctrl-option-shift-3 toggles this. Or have you changed any setings in voiceover utility? -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown

braille edge and iPad Air

2014-03-10 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Hi all. Even though my braille edge pairs via bluetooth with my iphone and Mac running Mountain Lion, it won't pair with my iPad; in fact, in braille, it just says searching and won't find the braille edge. Has anybody had this problem and if so is there a solution? -- Cheryl I tried and

Re: braille edge and iPad Air

2014-03-11 Thread Cheryl Homiak
On Mar 10, 2014, at 8:36 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: Hi all. Even though my braille edge pairs via bluetooth with my iphone and Mac running Mountain Lion, it won't pair with my iPad; in fact, in braille, it just says searching and won't find the braille edge. Has anybody had

Re: The bug for Messaging on the I phone.

2014-03-13 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, I was wondering why this was such a big deal as well. It hadn't even occurred to me to think about it; I just touch the screen! -- 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 Mar 13,

Re: copying a url to the clipboard

2014-03-13 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Do cmd-l to bring up the address bar and it should say the url and contents selected. Do cmd-c to copy and then paste it where you want it by doing cmd-v. -- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm

Re: free software for solving capchas on mac

2014-03-14 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, it works fine for me too. Just used it yesterday; have been using it for a little over a year. Once in a while there is a site where it doesn't come up and once I had a site where it was trying to put a captcha solution in where the blank actually wasn't a captcha entry but 99 per cent of

Re: free software for solving capchas on mac

2014-03-15 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Well, I'm not sure how much they see. I know that one day there was a field to put in a coupon and rumola attempted to solve it as a captcha; I would think that if they saw everything is would have been obvious that this wasn't a captcha. We each have to draw our own lines when it comes to

Re: more on the accounts problem with mac air

2014-04-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Were the keychain messages errors or were they just asking for permission? If the latter, you would just do vo-space on allow or always allow or whatever is there. You change your login method in System Preferences in Users and Accounts. First you will have to do vo-space on click the lock to

Re: Opening Safari Pages from other Apps

2014-04-04 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I am not having this behavior but something very annoying is happening here. I can quit safari with cmd-quite with no problem. But if I try to just close a window, most of the time Safari crashes or quits unexpectedly as the message I receive tells me. This does not happen on my other computer

Re: Opening Safari Pages from other Apps

2014-04-04 Thread Cheryl Homiak
:19 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I am not having this behavior but something very annoying is happening here. I can quit safari with cmd-quite with no problem. But if I try to just close a window, most of the time Safari crashes or quits unexpectedly as the message I receive

Re: Listening to APH Interview on the Mac

2014-04-05 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I haven't really been following this thread. However, just to make it clear: flash player can indeed be downloaded to your Mac and when I clicked the link with the player already installed the interview began to play immediately. It is true that it isn't an Apple product and Apple doesn't

Is there a way to print braille from the iPad?

2014-04-07 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Hi all. While neither my print printer or braille printer are wireless, I am able to use printer pro to get my print printer to work from the iPad. So while I didn't think it would work, I decided to try the same with the braille index printer. The connection apparently is actually made and

safely switching away f bluetooth audio on ,mac

2014-04-12 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I believe there has been discussion of this on this list. Could somebody please refresh my memory as to what one has to do to safely go from bluetooth audio for listening back to the built-in speakers on the Mac. I would rather not accidentally end up with no sound. Thanks. -- Cheryl

Re: Can't Find the Location of a Converted Calibre eBook

2014-04-15 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Have you tried opening that directory in finder from terminal, as in: open books Tilde still books really just means it's in your home directory which is what the tilde / stands for. The other possibility is that it isnT tilde books but tilde / dot books which would make it a directory that

Re: Text Editor in Terminal Macports?

2014-04-15 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I use emacs; not sure if you have to install it with macports or if it is actually already there. But I know people use other editors; emacs just happens to be what I am most comfortable with. -- Cheryl Go beyond the Easter story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the

Re: How do I get a list of signatures instead of it saying none when doing a message in mail

2014-04-26 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Did you make sure you made the signatures with your account selected? If they are under all signatures they won't work. -- 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

finereader pro

2014-04-29 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I was quite happy with abbyy finereader express but decided to buy pro. Only I am having problems. First of all, I don't see an option to scan to text which is what I often do. Secondly, my scanner runs but I get no pages when it's done and also I notice my scanner is dimmed in the actual scan

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I don't see a show all button. But it is helpful to know that I have to press scan; I assummed that when the scanner ran it was scanning. Will try this but wonder where the show all is. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Okay, if I do cmd-so after scanning, then I get more choices for formats, including txt. And yes, I am now getting results (sigh of relief for having spent $99). It seems a bit more complicated than using vuescan and Finereader Express but the scan results are definitely good. -- Cheryl

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Cheryl, Show all is the third item on the first screen, just after QUICK CONVERSION. Cheers, Anne On 30 Apr 2014, at 14:13, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I don't see a show all button. But it is helpful to know that I have

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
on the first screen, just after QUICK CONVERSION. Cheers, Anne On 30 Apr 2014, at 14:13, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I don't see a show all button. But it is helpful to know that I have to press scan; I assummed that when the scanner ran it was scanning. Will try

Re: finereader pro

2014-04-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Apr 30, 2014, at 7:23 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Cheryl, Show all is the third item on the first screen, just after QUICK CONVERSION. Cheers, Anne On 30 Apr 2014, at 14:13, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I don't see

Re: Best scanners for text scanning

2014-04-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Actually I don't have the 9000F but the canon canoscan 110. It's lightweight and portable but seems slower than my lide60 that died. I was wondering about the 9000F myself. Really, although I like portability, there are two other things I would like if I were to buy a new scanner. (1) I would

Re: Best scanners for text scanning

2014-04-30 Thread Cheryl Homiak
have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Apr 30, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: Actually I don't have the 9000F but the canon

Re: Best scanners for text scanning

2014-05-01 Thread Cheryl Homiak
. Best wishes, Cheryl Andrew On 30 Apr 2014, at 19:07, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: Actually I don't have the 9000F but the canon canoscan 110. It's lightweight and portable but seems slower than my lide60 that died. I was wondering about the 9000F myself. Really, although I

Re: Best scanners for text scanning

2014-05-01 Thread Cheryl Homiak
- totally unreachable - is to have an a3 scanner so that I can scan books which have pages larger than a4 scanner can handle. Best wishes, Cheryl Andrew On 30 Apr 2014, at 19:07, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: Actually I don't have the 9000F but the canon canoscan 110. It's

iSSH or other ssh app for iPad

2014-05-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I would like to be able to ssh into my MAC computers from my iPad. I found iSSH but don't know if it is accessible and will allow me to ssh to my computers. Has anybody used this or another ssh app, without jailbreaking, and found it accessible? I want to ssh from my iPad to my computer NOT

Re: iSSH or other ssh app for iPad

2014-05-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
, 2014, at 9:52 AM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I would like to be able to ssh into my MAC computers from my iPad. I found iSSH but don't know if it is accessible and will allow me to ssh to my computers. Has anybody used this or another ssh app, without jailbreaking, and found

Re: iSSH or other ssh app for iPad

2014-05-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On May 2, 2014, at 11:50 AM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: iSsh does appear to work. It connects with no problems and I can read what

Re: iSSH or other ssh app for iPad

2014-05-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On May 2, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: Okay, this is exciting! I sshed with iSSH on to my computer in terminal. Then I started screen-4.0.1 and brailletty

solution to finding bluetooth device address in mavericks

2014-05-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I know there was a thread about this a while back and I have been trying to figure it out ever since. I just found it in case nobody has yet discovered this and posted it. Make sure that you have checked the box in system Preferences bluetooth to show bluetooth in menu bar. Then go into menu

Re: solution to finding bluetooth device address in mavericks

2014-05-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
everything slowly. Teresa Slow down; you’ll get there faster. On May 2, 2014, at 1:32 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I know there was a thread about this a while back and I have been trying to figure it out ever since. I just found it in case nobody has yet discovered

Re: iSSH or other ssh app for iPad

2014-05-04 Thread Cheryl Homiak
! My question is do you have instructions for building screen and bratillety on the mac? I don’t think the stock version of screen supports shared memory which is required for bratillety. ‘ Chris On May 2, 2014, at 1:27 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: Oh yes! I can use

Re: capchas on osx?

2014-05-23 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I have used this captcha solution with rumola for over year and have had no problems. I also had no major problem setting it up and it has maintained the setup through upgrades but since I did it that longgo maybe it is more difficult now. I am not discounting the problems people have with it,

Re: Serial communication in Terminal?

2014-05-27 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I use the commands from the lrzsz sackage from the command line, installed via macports. As for the cable, as the end that goes into the braillelite is the non-standard part of the serial cable, the last time I checked Freedom Scientific still had them but that was a while ago. For the usb

Re: Yosemite worth it or not?

2014-06-03 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I upgraded one of my computers to Mavericks and left one on Mountain Lion, partly because brltty still isn't fully functional for me in Mavericks. But after listening to the keynote, I am sure I will have to upgrade everything to Yosemite when it is released. -- Cheryl I tried and tried

Re: embossing from a Mac?

2014-06-10 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I use an Index printer and Index has an application and driver. I use liblouis and liblouisutdml for translation but I also do a lot of editing along with that; there is also a louis program for the Mac but at least for the Spanish there were problems with it last time I tried it but the

Re: embossing from a Mac?

2014-06-10 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: thanks, Cheryl. I’m actually asking for someone who is fairly new to the Mac, and is currently in the process of selecting and embosser. I’ll check this out. Cheers, Donna On Jun 10, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I use

Re: embossing from a Mac?

2014-06-10 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I thought about replying within the message but decided that might not work so well for people who are trying to read fast. So I'll address each point here at the top. 1. My cable came with the Index basic and I didn't have to go find a prolific driver and cable. Maybe that is part of what the

Re: VO won't shut up when downloading files if Downloads folder is open

2014-06-14 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Well, it is usual behavior if your downloads folder is open for you to hear this once as the new file is added. As for the constant repetition while downloading, I wonder if it could be something in your voiceover settings, perhaps in verbosity somewhere. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to

Re: VO won't shut up when downloading files if Downloads folder is open

2014-06-16 Thread Cheryl Homiak
. Sometimes it can be good but sometimes not. /A 14 jun 2014 kl. 23:01 skrev Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com: Well, it is usual behavior if your downloads folder is open for you to hear this once as the new file is added. As for the constant repetition while downloading, I wonder

Re: Pairing More Than One Braille Display

2014-06-17 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I will have to experiment with this; I am not running ML any more but I am sure I had two displays paired at once. Also, you say you know you can't use them both at the same time. I'm not sure why this would be the case as you can have more than one bluetooth keyboard, etc running at the same

Re: Vulnerability of running Windows on a Mac

2014-06-18 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, of course! Windows is still Windows wherever it is! However, if you have good Windows protection it is not inevitable that you have viruses; you just have to be vigilant and keep up-to-date. Also remember that one can not afford to be unprotected on the Mac opperating system either. --

Re: Using Finder to discover the contents of a CD or DVD

2014-06-18 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, there is a pane in System Preferences that gives you options for what happens when you insert various types of cds and dvds. However, at least in Mavericks, unless you still have a built-in cd/dvd drive, that pane only appears when you attach an external cd/dvd player/burner, which I just

Re: Using Finder to discover the contents of a CD or DVD

2014-06-18 Thread Cheryl Homiak
instructions. Do you know if there is any command, such as holding down a specific key while inserting a CD or DVD for just the occasional CD or DVD perusal? Thanks so much. Mike On 18,Jun,2014, at 15:47, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: Yes, there is a pane in System

Urgent! Dropbox selective sync with voiceover

2014-06-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak
My dropbox is going to be too big for one of my computers and I want to exclude some folders. However, when I use menu extras and go to Selective Sync, I am told only checked folders will be included. But all I see is a browser with my list of files. I have found no check boxes and no way to

Re: Using a signature in mail from the all signatures table. Is this possible?

2014-06-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I've tried unsuccessfully to do this on many occasions! However, I have been able to copy the text from the signature in all signatures, add signature in the account I wanted the signature in and paste the text. When all done I just get rid of the duplicates. Not ideal, I realize, but it works.

Re: Urgent! Dropbox selective sync with voiceover

2014-06-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak
of the folder name. But, voiceover is for all the way over to the right end of the line and you need to bring the cursor over to the left to get to the check box. Good luck Sent from my IPhone On Jun 28, 2014, at 6:29 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: My dropbox is going to be too

Re: (Solved) Urgent! Dropbox selective sync with voiceover

2014-06-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak
, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jun 28, 2014, at 6:31 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: Well that's just too bad

Re: (Solved) Urgent! Dropbox selective sync with voiceover

2014-06-29 Thread Cheryl Homiak
it just don't work. Using latest osx and i guess latest dropbox but am not sure. /A 29 jun 2014 kl. 02:31 skrev Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com: You have to do this blind, but then what else is new - grin! First, if you haven't used selective sync, I think you assume all boxes are checked

Re: (Solved) Urgent! Dropbox selective sync with voiceover

2014-06-29 Thread Cheryl Homiak
latest dropbox but am not sure. /A 29 jun 2014 kl. 02:31 skrev Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com: You have to do this blind, but then what else is new - grin! First, if you haven't used selective sync, I think you assume all boxes are checked by default. First, open dropbox on the computer you

Re: (Solved) Urgent! Dropbox selective sync with voiceover

2014-06-29 Thread Cheryl Homiak
. On Jun 28, 2014, at 8:31 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: You have to do this blind, but then what else is new - grin! First, if you haven't used selective sync, I think you assume all boxes are checked by default. First, open dropbox on the computer you want to change

iTunes Match question

2014-07-12 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I've been organizing my iTunes library and adding some albums with the idea of subscribing to iTunes Match when I have everything organized. I have some albums that are showing their album name and artist correctly in iTunes and the names of the tracks are correct but track numbers apparently

Re: Partitioning MBA Disk Not Going Well

2014-07-26 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I have to comment here that partitioning with voiceover is most certainly NOT useless. I do it all the time with external drives and have done it with my internal drive on occasion. I don't have time right now to write more, but it involves how you interact and tab; it might be a bit

Re: Partitioning MBA Disk Not Going Well

2014-07-26 Thread Cheryl Homiak
What I think you may not be understanding is that by writing in an amount instead of just working the resizer you usually aren't going to get the exact fraction needed for resizing so you are going to get an error and/or a different size than you thought you requested. This isn't a matter of DU

Re: Partitioning MBA Disk Not Going Well

2014-07-26 Thread Cheryl Homiak
use the resize control? I interact with it, but can't do anything past that. Is there a special command to use this? On Jul 26, 2014, at 5:33 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: What I think you may not be understanding is that by writing in an amount instead of just working

Re: Partitioning MBA Disk Not Going Well

2014-07-26 Thread Cheryl Homiak
with nothing on it. I want to somehow get that 900 GB back to the first partition but can’t make it happen. On 27 Jul 2014, at 7:33 am, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: What I think you may not be understanding is that by writing in an amount instead of just working the resizer you usually

Re: Playing flash on the mac in maverick

2014-07-27 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Can you post the link to what you were trying to access? -- 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

Re: brlty was:Re: using voiceover in terminal?

2014-08-01 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Hmmm! It's been a while since I used a virtual linux build but I'm quite sure I used it with a usb-serial cable when I did use it. I don't remember if I had to install the driver for the usb-serial converter. And at least when I was using vmware, it wasn't difficult to change between the vm and

Re: Key Remap not working

2014-08-11 Thread Cheryl Homiak
By saying you disabled the key in System Preferences, I assume you mean you changed it to no action. are you aware that the keyboard hack app is now Seil.app instead? In Seil, Did you make sure that change caps lock is checked and did you make sure the keycode is changed to 110? 51 should

Re: Key Remap not working

2014-08-11 Thread Cheryl Homiak
keys back there! On Aug 11, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: By saying you disabled the key in System Preferences, I assume you mean you changed it to no action. are you aware that the keyboard hack app is now Seil.app instead? In Seil, Did you make sure

Re: Creating the Section Symbol on a Mac

2014-08-13 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I did a google search and what came up was to use option plus 6 with a US keyboard layout. I tried that and it was announced by voiceover as a section symbol. Here it is; see if this is what you need. § Is the symbol right before this sentence what you need? -- Cheryl I tried and tried to

Re: Airmail for Mac a great replacement for Apple Mail

2014-08-15 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I don't now remember all the details, but it wasn't accessible enough for me to use last time I tried 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!

Re: macs and braille displays

2014-08-15 Thread Cheryl Homiak
What Erik has written is much more thorough and clear than what I have written below but since there are a few things he didn't say and I don't want to take the time to edit, I will send this as is. If in doubt, defer to what Erik has written. Others have also perhaps posted while I was

key assignments table for braille display

2014-08-15 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Is there a way to copy and paste or in some other way make a file of one's key assignment table in braille displays key assignments. I'd like to be able to keep a list independent of having to open the table, especially when I've changed assignments. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn

Reading braille in text edit: asking again

2014-08-15 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I just thought I would check this in case somebody has come up with a solution and I hadn't heard about it. I really would like to read braille files in text edit and also edit them there. I can read the files fine for the most part and can do editing as long as I remember to use the

Re: Reading braille in text edit: asking again

2014-08-15 Thread Cheryl Homiak
, 2014, at 11:28 AM, Jane juanitatig...@gmail.com wrote: No way that I've found to not see them, unless you edit on an iDevice. Then I think you can't see them. I have the opposite problem. Jane On Aug 15, 2014, at 12:24 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I just thought I

Re: Need help! Very frustrated with mail on the Mac!

2014-08-15 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Well, if this is gmail, it might have something to do with your settings up on the gmail website rather than with a problem on your mac. But in order for any of us to help you, you are going to have to give more information about your setup for your mail on iphone and Mac i.e.: are they both

Re: macs and braille displays

2014-08-16 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Well, not all of us in the US have that speech preference. Having worked with brltty in linux and in terminal on the Mac for years, admittedly mostly command-line as I never got much into Orca or other linux guy screenreader, I would rather the braille didn't just echo the speech. I frankly

Re: macs and braille displays

2014-08-16 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I would rather be able to use the braille display only but this isn't always possible. for instance, there is no double-tap-and-hold equivalent for the braille display as far as I know. Also, sometimes if I lose my place as to where my cursor is, doing a quick arrow with my bluetooth keyboard

Re: macs and braille displays

2014-08-16 Thread Cheryl Homiak
d.pra...@me.com wrote: Oh, you can use brailletty in the terminal? How can that be done? On Aug 16, 2014, at 17:52, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: Well, not all of us in the US have that speech preference. Having worked with brltty in linux and in terminal on the Mac for years

Re: macs and braille displays

2014-08-18 Thread Cheryl Homiak
While I realize that braille on the Mac still has plenty of room for improvement, i am still glad to have it. For one thing, to say that it is behind even compared to other graphical screenreaders fails to acknowledge that most of the other screenreaders have been under development for years

Re: macs and braille displays

2014-08-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I think that the best way to approach this with people who don't actually use braille is to give concrete examples of what you cannot now do with the braille and what you want to do with it. Then if possible explain something about how that would work or how it can be done. Even with people who

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