Hi Rick, Great to hear you got a mac, I really like the podcasts. I've posted a few links to help new users like you on my website www.ashleycox.co.uk Well done on the mac setup, You did better than I did! During the setup of my mac mini, I typed the password incorrectly and had to get apple tech support to put it right. Quick 5 minutes over the phone and all sorted. And yes, you're right, the mac mini is very difficult to upgrade, though you can do it. it is certanly worth getting an apple keyboard. I found personally it works much better. You can also use the mouse with VO if you wish to: just go to voiceover utility (ctrl option f8) go to verbosity, and, on the announcements tab you will find a "speak text under mouse after delay" checkbox. Check it and drop the slider next to it down to 0. Hope this helps, if you need any help feel free to contact me with either the email address on the website or ash.cox@xxxxxxxxxxxx ash Personal website: www.ashleycox.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Harmon To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 7:29 PM Subject: [macvoiceover] new member introduction Hi Everyone, Some of you here probably know me from the Windows side of town. For those of you that don't know me, my name is Rick Harmon and I run the Blind Geek Zone website where i provide lots of free tutorials for Windows and primarily Jaws. I Just purchased a mac mini a couple of weeks ago and decided to do a series of podcasts from the perspective of switching over to the mac from a windows point of view. I know litterally nothing about the mac side of town and have been curious for a while now about using one. So far reviews have been quite positive and I plan to continue to do more podcasts as I learn how to do more and more with the mac. Anyone interested in listening to them, the links will follow. mac podcast 1: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/audio/macpodcast1.mp3 mac podcast 2: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/audio/macpodcast2.mp3 mac podcast 3: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/audio/macpodcast3.mp3 Remember these podcasts are primarily geared to people curious about switching over to the mac from windows and are not really for experienced mac users, unless you want to have a laugh. Enjoy, Thanks for providing a great list for learning the mac. Rick Harmon --- Visit my webpage and podcast feed at: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net and my web Blog at: http://blind-geek-zone.blogspot.com/ Join the BGZ mailing list by sending a blank email message to: blindgeekzone-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and reply to the confirmation msg. Contact info: Email - rickharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx & rharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype - rharmon928 Twitter - RicksterTheGeek and BlindGeekZone MSN - BlindGeekZone@xxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.709 / Virus Database: 270.14.95/2546 - Release Date: 12/05/09 08:13:00