* shrug *. I guess. Since I have never suffered from these things you mentioned, especially a bunch of tangled cables being I use a 13inch MBP, they just didn't cross my mind. I do see how it could be useful to some.
Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Aug 11, 2012, at 7:28 AM, "Christopher-Mark gilland" <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes. > > You indeed are missing something. What if the hardware started failing, and > things were getting disconnecting and reconnecting, etc. wouldn't you wanna > know things were mal-functioning? Otherwise, you may be here for a while > pulling out your hair trying to figure out why things keep failing. ok, is > it the drive, is it the port, is it disc permissions on a drive, is my > charger going bad, etc. etc. > > This way, you'll know something came unplugged. > > Also what if like me you have a huge tangle of cords, and one wrong move > could mean something coming undone. Wouldn't you rather know that something > got unplugged, and even more specifically what! came uplogged than having to > crawl all the way under your desk, and middle muck with a speghetti factory > just to find the guilty cable? > > Chris. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo Walker" <rwalker...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 6:58 PM > Subject: Re: Problems with Extras Menu New Apps > > >> Maybe I'm missing something here but, what good is such an app? I mean, >> wouldn't you know if you unplugged a USB device or, turned off your wifi >> radio? >> >> JMO. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rica...@appletothecore.info >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Aug 10, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Gavin Grundlingh <g.batw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hardware Growler is an app that allows you to see Growl notifications >>> whenever you do something hardware related. For example, connecting or >>> disconnecting a USB device, turning Wi-Fi on or off, etc. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Gavin Grundlingh >>> Phone: +27 (0) 83 713-6191 >>> Secondary Phone: +27 (0) 79 157-2466 >>> Fax: +27 (0) 86 617-5792 >>> Email: g.batw...@gmail.com >>> Secondary Email: customtra...@live.co.za >>> Skype: Batworx >>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/batworx >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/baworx >>> >>> On 10 Aug 2012, at 10:01 AM, "Christopher-Mark gilland" >>> <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> What's the difference in Growl, vs. hardware growler? Now you got me >>>> curious. >>>> >>>> Chris. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Gavin Grundlingh >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 9:54 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Problems with Extras Menu New Apps >>>> >>>> Besides Dropbox, I have Growl, Hardware Growler, Soundflowerbed, and >>>> Boxcar. What does Trillian do. I could install it on my machine and test >>>> it for you, if you'd like. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Gavin Grundlingh >>>> Phone: +27 (0) 83 713-6191 >>>> Secondary Phone: +27 (0) 79 157-2466 >>>> Fax: +27 (0) 86 617-5792 >>>> Email: g.batworx@gmail.comSecondary Email: customtra...@live.co.za >>>> Skype: Batworx >>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/batworxTwitter: http://twitter.com/baworx >>>> >>>> On 10 Aug 2012, at 1:44 AM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> That is correct, no menu comes up or pops down. I even had trouble >>>>> getting Trillion to work. What have you installed on your menu extras >>>>> bar that works >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 9, 7:20 pm, Gavin Grundlingh <g.batw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Hi Brian, >>>>>> >>>>>> When you say that the menu extras don't work, do you mean that no menu >>>>>> comes up when you press VO-Space on a particular item? I've added a >>>>>> couple of things besides Dropbox to mine, and they all work perfectly. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Gavin Grundlingh >>>>>> Phone: +27 (0) 83 713-6191 >>>>>> Secondary Phone: +27 (0) 79 157-2466 >>>>>> Fax: +27 (0) 86 617-5792 >>>>>> Email: g.batw...@gmail.com >>>>>> Secondary Email: customtra...@live.co.za >>>>>> Skype: Batworx >>>>>> Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/batworx >>>>>> Twitter:http://twitter.com/baworx >>>>>> >>>>>> On 10 Aug 2012, at 1:17 AM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey all, >>>>>> >>>>>>> Been trying to add some new apps to my mac, and I have noticed that >>>>>>> anything I try and add that puts itself in the Menu Extras doesn't >>>>>>> seem to work with VO. It could be that these apps do not work with >>>>>>> Voiceover, or it could be that the Menus Extras just dones't work very >>>>>>> well with VO. My dropbox works fine, but I tried to install Menu Pages >>>>>>> for Facebook, got it successfully downloaded from the App store as it >>>>>>> is in my app folder, but when I go to launch it, it just appears in >>>>>>> the menu extras, and will tell me that Menu Pages for Facebook has no >>>>>>> windows. I have tried installing other apps that send themselves to >>>>>>> the Menus Extras all free Facebook related apps and anything that goes >>>>>>> in to the menu extras just doesn't seem to work. Has anyone put >>>>>>> anything successfully in to the menu extras outside of dropbox? 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