[macvoiceover] Re: Mavericks is a coming,,,

  • From: Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Macvoiceover list list <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:10:47 -0400

Yup,

Totally agree.  I would hold off on upgrading to mountain lion, and just get 
Mavericks in a month or so when its released.

Ricardo Walker
ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info

On Sep 18, 2013, at 4:05 PM, Laura <laura.mcg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> And, even without an iPhone, there's the ability to message people with 
> Idevices from the mac, and twitter and Facebook integration, for those who 
> care about that. The new OS also includes iBooks, among other things. 
> Obviously upgrading won't be right for everyone, but my preference would 
> always be for rather than against. There's generally good stuff, above and 
> beyond what might happen with VoiceOver. 
> 
> On 18 Sep 2013, at 19:48, Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Yes.
>> 
>> The difference between mountain lion and snow leopard is like night and day 
>> in my opinion.  Especially if you have an iPhone or, any other IOS device.  
>> For example, Voiceover users can select text with just the arrow keys and 
>> shift in Safari. voiceover users now have access to 3rd party icons in the 
>> status menu.  This makes using apps like dropbox much, much, easier.  Their 
>> are a bunch of new premium voices.  There is also Activities.  This allows 
>> Voiceover users to set up specific profiles for individual applications.  
>> For example, I have an activity set up for text edit and pages where  my 
>> speech rate is lowered, punctuation verbosity is set higher, etc.
>> 
>> Ricardo Walker
>> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Twitter:@apple2thecore
>> www.appletothecore.info
>> 
>> On Sep 18, 2013, at 2:36 PM, Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Don't feel bad. I'm still using Snow Leopard, does that make me old-school? 
>>> Is there a real need for me to upgrade to even mountain lion? I have no 
>>> problem doing so if there is a real difference.
>>> 
>>> Nicole
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Sep 18, 2013, at 12:55 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter 
>>> <markbaxter38@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> From what I just read at maccessability, iOS 7 looks pretty spiffy indeed. 
>>>> Although, as an aside, I have never been able to slide to unlock my iOS 
>>>> 6.3 device, an iPhone 5. Also, I will need to remove some music from my 
>>>> iPhone, as I have currently about 540 MB of 32 GB available… I did not 
>>>> think this through.
>>>> 
>>>> I just did the 10.8.5 update to Mountain lion yesterday, everything seems 
>>>> to be fine here. I don't know that Mavericks, a name which I really do not 
>>>> like or understand, would make any real difference in my life.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>> Messengers and Skype: BurningHawk1969
>>>> My home page: http://MarkBurningHawk.net
>>>> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/markburninghawk.baxter
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 18, 2013, at 8:50 AM, Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>> 
>>>>> As you may know the new IOS7 for the iPhone and the iPad should be out 
>>>>> today.  Check out your apps the ones that you use most often to make sure 
>>>>> that they will work with IOS7.  This is a good time to think about the 
>>>>> new operating system for the mac, due out in October, Mavericks.  I know 
>>>>> that some of you will want to download it as soon as it hits the App 
>>>>> store, but, not so fast.  I just downloaded Mountain Lion 8.5 and for the 
>>>>> first time I am pretty happy with Mountain Lion.  If you just must update 
>>>>> when the new OS is released, there are some things you must know.
>>>>> First of all, check out all of the apps you use to make sure that they 
>>>>> have been updated for Mavericks.
>>>>> Then, ask your self after you have looked at the new spects for Mavericks 
>>>>> if it really has anything that you really can't live with out.  Some 
>>>>> times, updating to a new operating system is a good thing, but, if you do 
>>>>> not choose to do your home work, it can be a huge pain in the fanny!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just a word to the wise,,,.
>>>>> We are Braille Bible printers,
>>>>> http://biblesfortheblind.org
>>>>> Keith Reedy
>>>>> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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