Re: very peculiar behavior change with audible.com

Sorry, I have no idea, it works for me here! On Jan 2, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: No; I see no toolbar, just the word sample. On Jan 1, 2011, at 10:52 PM, Dan Roy wrote: Are you finding the toolbar next to each audio book, it is usually right after the title. If so, you

Re: 1password for Mac is now even more accessible

Hey that's great. I'd gotten this app before, and not really made any use out of it due to the issues it had, and couldn't really understand how to put stuff into it. So took it off and haven't installed it since. wanted to wait until accessibility improved. And from your email here

Re: mountain lion impressions

Yes, that's to bad! when I first purchased my Mac, preview made me vary happy. It loaded PDF files fast and read them immediately and easily. something definitely went wrong in the later versions. I haven't yet found anything I like nearly as well as the earlier versions of preview. On

Re: itunes 11 is out

I like it too, granted, the album grid is a little weird, but, I usually use song view anyway, I think this interface is much less cluttered than the old 1 and I can get to things a little bit faster. On Dec 1, 2012, at 3:44 PM, Richard Ring richr...@gmail.com wrote: I actually like the new

Re: another problem in iTunes 11

I just went and tested this out. When you select books, you then have to check audio books. then, go over to the grid, interact with it. when you found the book or books you want to delete, use VO-shift-M to bring up the context menu and arrow down to delete, that should do it. On Dec 2,

Re: Tax web sites

TaxAct will take you through the entire process without you having to do anything with PDF files. Even with the schedule C, it treats your return like an interview, if a schedule C is needed, it will generate it on it's own. The only time you will have PDF files is when you actually save your

Re: Tax web sites

Electronic filing works just fine. At the end of your return, it will run through some checks to make sure everything is ready for electronic filing, then,it will happen. Just follow the insructions, you should do just fine. TaxAct does, I believe have downloadable software which you can use

Re: iCloud and iTunes 11?

From what I read, with the new itunes, anything you purchase from iTunes directly is automatically put in the cloud now. The matching service comes in to play when your trying to use content not purchased on iTunes directly. At least, that's my understanding of the situation. On Dec 9,

Re: Tax web sites

I wasn't aware that taxact had an app for the iPhone, will investigate this. On Dec 8, 2012, at 11:57 PM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi Dan Thanks for the information. I also downloadedi the app for the iPhone, and got myself registered owner. I had no trouble with the iPhone app

Media Streaming Devices and IOS

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Re: Tax web sites

with that damnable CAPTCHA again. On Dec 10, 2012, at 6:31 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com wrote: Hi Dan So far as I can see right now, it works great with VoiceOver on the iPhone. I'm thinking about trying it when I put in data. I don't know yet because I have discovered that using the paste

Re: dvd ripping software

Hi May, I'd say Handbrake would probably be the best choice to go with. It's available from handbrake.fr On 2013-01-04, at 10:28 AM, May and Noah mcdonald@gmail.com wrote: Hi. Sorry if this thread was talked about before. What is the best dvd ripping software that works with

Re: Braille Display Questions

I have a Brailliant BI 40, and it works nicely on the MAc, and iOS as well. On 2013-01-03, at 2:35 PM, Chris Bruinenberg cbrui...@gmail.com wrote: I have a Braille conect and it works great with iOS windows and Mac. Best of luck deciding on one! Sent from my iPhone On Jan 3, 2013, at

Ipod Touch 4G Question

Hello, Is there a way to connect an audio cassette player to an Ipod Touch 4G and record the content as an MP3? I have a bunch of non-commercial cassettes that I would like to preserve as MP3's. Thanks, Dan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Ipod 4 and App store problem

in any category. I would appreciate any suggestions. Regards, Dan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com

Point Finder equivalent for IOS

. Is there such a critter? Thanks, Dan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group

Re: BusyCal Support

Good that you’d emailed busy cal support. Hopefully they’ll respond, and implement better accessibility. I’d tried the app a couple years ago, and I found the same thing, the actual calendar area wasn’t visible to VO at all. And when I went to switch back to what was iCal at the time,

iPod Touch 3G and Email from att.net

Touch. I get an error message that the servers are not responding. ATT technical support was not any help. Is anyone else having this problem? Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, Dan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group

Camfind app for IOS

Hello, There has been some buzz about an Android app similar to Tap-tap-see called Camfind. It turns out that there is an IOS version available as well. I've tried it with my Ipod Touch 3G with very good results. It's free so give it a try. Regards, Dan -- You received this message

Re: Experience Switching to Mac

I've been using a Mac here since February of 2008, and have not had any reason to switch back to Windows. Like a lot of people on this thread, , I got tired of having to pay to keep a JAWS SMA updated, and I also had it with their system of ILM authorizations. I too, had to have my

Re: Alternative to Skype

Teamtalk which is widely used, has a Mac client, but the Mac client is unfortunately not all that accessible. The best one of those apps like that, where people can just connect to a server, has to be Ventrilo. If you want a server with a lot of slots, darkstarllc, at

Re: Alternative to Skype

Absolutely it is. There's even an iOS app called Ventrilode that people can get if they want to connect on iOS devices. On Jun 28, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Brandon A. Olivares programmer2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dan, Thanks. Is this option convenient? Is it easy for people to install

Re: does any one know if whats app is on the i pad minnni? can any one suggust a app that wil allow me to talk to my cousins?that is free and accesssible.I am running ios 702 on a i pad minni first ge

Hello, You might try the free version of the Magicjack app. It's a bit clunky but I've used it on my iPod Touch successfully on my WIFI at home. It's only works in the U.S. and Canada. HTH, Dan -- From: Joanne Chua shuang.an...@gmail.com

Re: switching from mac to windows 7 bootcamp faster?

I upgraded, in fact, I completely reformatted my mac partition and installed from scratch. I am still able to boot up in windows 8.1 with no problems. The bootcamp partition wasn’t altered in any way. On Oct 20, 2014, at 11:13 AM, Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com wrote: This book champ

Re: Easiest Printers for the Mac

inches wide and 8 inches deep. There are no inkjet cartridges to dry out and no nozzles to keep clean. Amazon has them for $61.00 USD. HTH, Dan From: Brian Fischler Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 4:59 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Easiest Printers for the Mac

Re: Easiest Printers for the Mac

It's only 13 by 8 inches and less than 9 pounds. Since it's wireless and you have WIFI, you can put it where you want. I don't own this printer so I can't vouch for it's accessibility. HTH, Dan From: Kawal Gucukoglu Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 2:58 PM To: macvisionaries

Re: Maybe a stupid question, but does a web site service like this exist?

Chris, You might check out www.letterstream.com for what you want. HTH, Dan From: Christopher-Mark Gilland Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 10:56 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Maybe a stupid question, but does a web site service like this exist? Guys, Even if I have

Help witth apple script please

part is still beyond my current level of knowledge. I hope to use this example to learn how to use apple script. Thanks for any help, Dan XB -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running

Re: Help witth apple script

if this is unclear. Thanks again. Dan On Dec 5, 2015, at 12:39 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: I can try. What three steps? On Dec 4, 2015, at 6:16 PM, - <dandun...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, Is there anyone who could help me do a very simple apple script of three step

Persistence of hot spots

Hi, Am I correct in recalling that hot spots are saved? By that I mean for a given application they persist each time it is opened? Is there a hot spot preference file that could be saved and reused or some other method to prevent manual setting each time an application is opened?

VLC for Apple TV review: Goodbye format woes

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Re: How Do You Use iOS?

), *Camfind, *iNote, *iBlink Radio,*Nasa TV, *NOAA-Free, *Seeing Assistant Home Lite, *Tap-Tap-See, ViaOptaDaily, Choxi, *Be My Eyes, *Knfb Reader, *Realtor.com, *Flying Ruler, *Radio.com, and *Facebook The apps marked with a star are the ones I use the most. HTH, Dan

Re: How Do You Use iOS?

measurements. HTH, Dan From: Kawal Gucukoglu Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2016 4:07 PM To: Macvisionaries Subject: Re: How Do You Use iOS? Please tell me what Flying Ruler is? Just interested to know if it’s a game? On 30 Apr 2016, at 18:40, Dan Rathburn <rathburnda...@comcast.net>

Re: iPhone 7 specs confirmed from a leaked schematic, includes 2 cameras and no iPhone jack

Personally, I don’t think the headphone jack will come back ever again. It will take some getting used too, but, I understand why it is being done. The more important thing to me is that the new iPhone hopefully, will be water proofed or, at least a lot more water resistant. > On Apr 28,

Re: Question: How To Disable Auto-Complete in Safari in El Capitan?

Often when some feature or function disappears from os10 it is still available to change in terminal. This is often covered in articles soon after a new os10 comes out and those in the know of how the innards of the os works because they don't like some choice apple has made. Almost all

Nanny os, was"Question: How To Disable Auto-Complete in Safari in El Capitan?"

When choices appear and disappear with no user control, this kind of thing is what I call a nanny os. It means the os developer decides how the user is to encounter applications. This is a product of the graphical user interface. The most obvious form of it is determining for the user the

Re: Is there a keyboard command to bring the mouse?

In vo utility navigation you can have combinations of cursors track each other, or all doing so as one. On Fri, 29 Jul 2016, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi all, I know that may be a dumb question, but I'm thinking there is one and I can't remember what it is. I'm trying to force the mouse to

RE: accessible app recommendation needed please

Hi, To do what you mention in your post below use this. To hear the address of a link, while on it use shft-vo + u to have it spoken. To copy the address just spoken use shft-vo + c and it will be saved to the clipboard and voiceover will say "last phrase copied to pasteboard". Pasteboard

Re: accessible app recommendation needed please

That and many other applications and other kinds of software are available by useing macports or home brew. On Fri, 12 Aug 2016, Scott Granados wrote: Anders, well done, sox it is. Not included but I?m sure you could compile a copy locally. On Aug 12, 2016, at 4:08 PM, Anders Holmberg

Re: Mac OS warning when in Upper Case

A keyboard shortcut to adjust this and other speech parameters when working with tex : vo + v The "capitols" item has choices for what you want. Escape to leave the speech choice menu. On Tue, 9 Aug 2016, Paul Hopewell wrote: Hello, I am running the latest El Capitan under VoiceOver on

Ten tricks to speed up your laptop's performance

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Re: Installing a softrware on another HD

I creat this? Thanks On 1/30/17, Dan D. <dandun...@gmail.com> wrote: One possible solution is in terminal. One can create a symbolic link for an application or folder to another which resides at another location. This is done using the "ln" command in terminal. When the lin

Re: Installing a softrware on another HD

One possible solution is in terminal. One can create a symbolic link for an application or folder to another which resides at another location. This is done using the "ln" command in terminal. When the link is established the name of an app will appear in the applications folder but point

Re: Naming Your Personal Digital Assistant

Currently the only choices for each individual ecco type device trigger is: alexa ecco amazon On Sun, 29 Jan 2017, Chris G wrote: Yes, you would change it per device if you have say 2 dots, one could be called Alexa and the other can be called computer. Chris Grabowski Mystic Access

Re: Naming Your Personal Digital Assistant

Hal. On Sat, 28 Jan 2017, M. Taylor wrote: Hello Everyone, As some of you know, there are plans in the works to allow some popular digital assistants to respond to custom named prompts. While, as far as I know anyway, Apple as not yet disclosed plans to allow for this, it is my hope that

When (and How) to Enable Safari Reader View

For reading purposes, removes much clutter leaving mostly text only on many web pages. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/technology/personaltech/safari-reader.html XB -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

Re: Editing PDFs?

Why not convert it to text. Any editing would be eassy and audio output with the say command a breeze. With the pdf , cmd + a to choose all and cmd + c to copy will put the text into the clipboard from which it can be pasted into a text file. Chopping it into chapters and annotation should

Re: iPhone glucose meter recommendation

A google with: iphone glucose meter will get a ton of responses. They work by sending the result to the iphone/ipad where the app can voice and/or store the result. Make sure the app is voice accessable. One from the above google appears to be an apple product. One factor is the cost of

Looking for big iPhone changes? Wait till next year

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Apple's iOS 10 update goes wrong on some iPhones

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Re: thinking about getting a GoogleVoice number

Hi Scott, What do you know about the obi device used with google voice described here? https://www.obitalk.com/info/googlevoice Thanks. On Mon, 12 Sep 2016, Scott Granados wrote: Hi Donna, 1. The apps on both platforms are very accessible. Android and IOS both support google voice

Re: the G Drive Mobile Thunderbolt is not working on mac mini but working on macbook pro

Does that drive have an external power supply or does it get its power from the port of the mac? I'm asking because I read a review of a drive that also had thunderbolt and usb 3. Because it used the power from the port the performance for the usb 3 was superior to the thunderbolt in

Re: So what do we all think good or bad about the new home button?

I was sceptical at first too about the new home button, but I really like it in the 2 days I've had the phone. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 18, 2016, at 12:12 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > > You know, I was skeptical, too, but I really like it. In fact, like you, > Scott, I

iPhone 7 scratch test raises serious durability concerns

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Got an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus? Do these 10 things first

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Teardowns Reveal Apple's Thinking on iPhone 7 Design

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Secret Hack To Get Headphone Jack on the iPhone 7

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Re: Apple kills my little mini with Sierra

No, it is the apple gravy train at work with built in obsolescence as a marketing approach. Pushing bloatware out each year is no excuse and no favor for the end user. On Wed, 28 Sep 2016, Alex Hall wrote: You're not considering the resource needs of the OS itself. New operating

Re: Is Sierra Stable Concerning VoiceOver

Just curious, why install it if what you have works? On Mon, 3 Oct 2016, Bill Gallik wrote: All, I?d like to upgrade from Yosemite to Sierra but do have concerns regarding ?Show Stopper? issues with VoiceOver. Has there been any such serious VoiceOver issues? - Bill &

Start-up creates iPhone 7 analog headphone adapter, charger

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How to use Caps Locks in macOS Sierra to switch between keyboards that use different characters

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You can now use an iPhone to log into a Windows 10 PC,

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Re: Global Warming

They don't output carbon inherently. Carbon sources are almost all living or fozzel past living sources. They do output other material that do have an effect, in particular blocking of sunlight. And to the question in particular, yes such things are well known and plugged into prediction

Re: Mac OS safe mode

I don't know if it is possible, but if somehow you could start a linux session from a flash drive from the mac commandline, you could use speakup to get the mack work done. On Sat, 26 Nov 2016, Simon Fogarty wrote: Hi List, I've recently done a mac training course with a certification

Apple offers free iPhone 6S battery replacement

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RIP AirPort? Apple may abandon wireless routers and Time Capsule

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Re: Accessible ftp client for the mac.

Terminal has ftp and sftp. On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Nektarios Mallas wrote: Hi guys. Well, the subject says it all. I need an FTP client that will work well with voice over. In windows many years ago, I used to use filezella and it was working very well with jaws. Any help is very much

Re: Accessible ftp client for the mac.

If experienced in unix you know a simple alias will perform the entire ftp or sftp process. You can have as many as you wish for as many remote sources you want. On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Nektarios Mallas wrote: Hi Scott. Well, i? d rather not. As much as I used to work with Unix in the past,

Re: Accessible ftp client for the mac.

All the things you do now in that remote shell are just a command away on your local mac's shell . On Thu, 17 Nov 2016, Karen Lewellen wrote: very much Scott, thanks for providing that information. Shellworld is a Linux /UNIX shell service. Currently I can log in here not from windows,

Re: Installing SSD

Diskutil has different secure erase choices, A reformat is the fastest. . Others involve over writting the entire disk with random info. which takes longer. On Thu, 10 Nov 2016, E.T. wrote: Maybe what I will do is rename this drive with (_ ___) then beat it to pieces. (smiles)

Re: Removing Characters from file names

It can be done in terminal where such tasks are common. Using one command an entire folder with titles having a character in common can be changed Here is the first title of multiple google returns: how can I rename multiple files by removing a character or string

Re: VoiceOver Verbosity Problems

You might try vo+v which brings up a speech control menu. Verbosity is among the items. The changes persist in my experience. On Mon, 10 Oct 2016, Brian Hansen wrote: Hi Anne, Well, no luck on this end. I even tried restoring the VO default settings, and reset the PRAM a second time.

Apple answers MacBook Pro battery gripes -- by yanking time-remaining estimate

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Re: changing voices

Make sure with the voice attributes menu, ctrl-opt-cmd + left or right arrow; tom is chosen. I very much prefer tom to alex on many levels too. On Fri, 13 Jan 2017, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Hi: I have switched voices to Tom. The problem is Alex will read when I type, and read some other

Re: My Macbook Pro 2010 battery and HD

Why only a couple of years more? It is highly improbable that anything you do now on a computer will change in future. The keepping up with the os update rat race usually has little impact on the majority of what one does in reality on a computer. In principle unless some hardware problem

MacBook Pro is the first Apple laptop to lack a recommendation from Consumer Reports

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MacBook Pro buyers freaking out about battery life may want to try this tip

In short, dump safari for chrome. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/12/23/macbook-pro-buyers-freaking-out-about-battery-life-may-want-to-try-this-tip/ XB -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or

Deal, free or paid vpn that works with Voiceover on Mac and iOS?

Current deal, $29 lifetime membership. ScienceAlert deal: TigerVPN can help protect your browsing history from ISPs http://www.sciencealert.com/sciencealert-deal-tigervpn-can-help-protect-your-browsing-history-from-internet-service-providers XB -- The following information is important for

Silently toggle voiceover

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Re: Accessible web conferencing: zoom.us

Cara, is this zoom.us thing, a web, browser based thing? Or is it an app? > On Apr 20, 2017, at 9:00 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > > Karen and All, > > I have also been using Zoom with a corporate account pretty much every day > for about a year now but unlike everyone

Re: And here's an example of why Apple is losing the digital assistant game

Alexa works in the uk and ireland also. On Sun, 23 Apr 2017, David Chittenden wrote: Step outside the US, and Alexa falls apart. Unlike Siri and Google, Alexa does not support anything outside it's limited geographical area. This is why it is able to be so much better there, it is limited in

Re: Resources for Adaptive TechnologyRe: Refreshable Braille devices?

Compiled by a government web site and shamelessly plaguerized. They'll get over it. (Smile) Dan The nice thing about science is that it's true whether you believe in it or not. From: Les Kriegler Sent: Monday, July 24, 2017 4:21 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re

Resources for Adaptive TechnologyRe: Refreshable Braille devices?

A list of grant and loan programs. Dan 1. Members of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) & Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU) Members of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) can join the Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU) to take advan

Re: mac HTML editor suggestion?

If that is all you want to change a simple text editor is the perfect tool. A html editor would be overkill. Html coding is plain text encased within a set of text characters to render function and format when a browser encounters them. On Sun, 23 Jul 2017, Karen Lewellen wrote: To the

Re: How to use terminal?

Grep is a text search utility. If one has a person's name for example in a text file it can spot it, the result appears just above the command line. So for example: grep williams file This would return any line with "williams in the file. It is very powerful and can do much more then simple

Re: How to use terminal?

. /A 29 juni 2017 kl. 15:52 skrev -dan d. <dandun...@gmail.com>: I use terminal almost exclusively. The gui destop runs terminal based programs under the hood. For example finder runs mdfind to perform its functions. One can just use mdfind in terminal or one of the other file search pr

Re: How to use terminal?

The say command alone plus a word will be spoken using the voice one uses in vo.Using the -v with a voice name uses that voice. If more then one word enclose them in quoatation marks. Using -f plus the name of a text file will speak the contents of the file. The -v plus voice works if

Re: How to use terminal?

I use terminal almost exclusively. The gui destop runs terminal based programs under the hood. For example finder runs mdfind to perform its functions. One can just use mdfind in terminal or one of the other file search programs of unix/linux. present in the terminal. The terminal allows one

Re: Dragon Dictate for the Mac and VoiceOver

At least in the early days the dictation in the mac os10 was a flavor of this software. Depending on your goals the current dictation is quite good. It can serve for text input. It can also trigger apple script, prform commands, and do just about any task you might want using it. You might

Just for kicks

Try each of these terminal commands in turn. Cut and paste when in terminal and hit enter. say -v daniel $(date +"%A %m-%d") say -v daniel $(date +"%I:%M %p") Change "daniel" to a voice of your choice and do it again. XB XB -- The following information is important for all

Re: Network and kernel tuning parameters for OSX Sierra

Would these work for older os10 versions? On Mon, 12 Jun 2017, Scott Granados wrote: The following are some sysctl values that can be set to improve network and system performance. I have pulled these from various sites. Apply these either individually using the sysctl command or

Do key commanders have a seperate preference file

When setting up key commanders is there a seperate preference file in the library preference folder which storess them? If so which file is it please? Or are they kept in the main voiceover preference file? I'm trying to restore some old key commanders, having them in a file of their own

Re: Circumventing reading PDFs on the Mac?

Otten wrote: If you don't want to make it and text file, thereby losing formatting I assume, does this app deal with tables and voiceover, such that you can do rows and columns in a table mode? If not, bummer. Mary Sent from my iPhone On Oct 5, 2017, at 12:44 PM, -dan d. <dandun...@gmail.

Not happy with the latest? Here's how to downgrade from iOS 11 to iOS 10

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How worried should you be about the security flaw in Apple's new macOS?

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Microsoft tells some Mac Office users to pass on Apple's High Sierra

https://www.macworld.com/article/3221612/office-software/did-you-know-mac-office-2011-support-conks-out-on-oct-10.html#tk.rss_all XB -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or

Re: Strange happenings when trying to install VOCR

What is vocr and where can one find it? Google doesn't bring it up by that spelling. On Mon, 28 Aug 2017, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hello and sorry for the cross posting to many lists, so those who have seen this before don?t need to read it again. I?m trying to install the VOCR macros and

Mod request, was "how to fix control+F3 so it opens the dock again"

Hmm, why would the mods allow this particular theology rant also, given the nature of the request of what to "allow"? On Wed, 30 Aug 2017, Scott Granados wrote: You know the Mods really need to get these tag lines under control. I don?t know why I have to read this religious garbage on a

Re: Circumventing reading PDFs on the Mac?

In place of preview I use skim which is a free open source pdf reading app. It is being actively developed and updated. It is smaller in size and faster and does a better pdf presentation in my experience then does preview. Once the pdf file is loaded into it; one can use the cmd-a and

How to unlock your iPhone on Verizon, AT, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Virgin Mobile

https://www.macworld.com/article/3201885/apple-phone/unlock-your-iphone-verizon-att-sprint-t-mobile-virgin-mobile.html#tk.rss_all -- XB -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this

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