Except for the fact that I was 14 in 88, that exactly mirrors my experience to the letter.
Danny. Sent from my phone On 12/01/2013, at 3:28 PM, Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> wrote: > I only got in today, grin. As for being good at this Mac, people, if you only > knew, I found the learning curve *very difficult as I used PC since 1989 when > I was about 14 (it was dos of course) My first experience with Apple was with > an Apple 2 E in 1985 or so. > On 2013-01-11, at 8:19 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well, a warm welcome to you as well. :) I haven't seen you on here >> much, so you must be getting along pretty well, or not using the Mac >> very much. <smile> >> >> On 1/11/13, Kerri <shalo...@shaw.ca> wrote: >>> Hi, all. >>> >>> I'm new here as well, in fact I'm a relatively new Mac user, having begun >>> using the mac steadily in September after having bought it in June. >>> I'm Kerri from British Columbia Canada. >>> On 2013-01-11, at 6:44 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm glad to see you made it here (you know me from the blind-guitarist >>>> list). I use Audacity for music - export your Ampkit tracks, then >>>> import them into Audacity. I don't have the full Ampkit for Mac yet so >>>> have not tried this exact thing, but I have used Audacity and I get >>>> along with it well enough. I, too, have given up on Garageband; it is >>>> a perfect example of an app that manages to be accessible while being >>>> totally unuseable, in my opinion. >>>> >>>> On 1/11/13, Danny Noonan <da...@familynoonan.net> wrote: >>>>> I started receiving list messages today so I guess I'm approved so >>>>> thought I >>>>> would say hi to the list. >>>>> >>>>> I played with OS10 for a bit for a while but decided the only way to >>>>> learn >>>>> it properly was to get rid of windows all together and jump right in. >>>>> The >>>>> fact that my MBP kept corrupting windows boot camp partitions in all >>>>> honesty >>>>> did help my decisionn. Regardless of how I got here, I've been using >>>>> OS10, >>>>> Lion and now Mountain lion for about a year or so and yes, I got literal >>>>> headaches at first trying to unlearn the years upon years of first dos >>>>> and >>>>> then windows muscle memory but now I'm getting to where I have to work >>>>> hard >>>>> to recall Windows commands and not the other way round. Add to this the >>>>> wonderful vo to caps lock ability I recently took advantage of and the >>>>> Mac >>>>> is becoming my favourite platform. Who am I kidding, it has been for >>>>> quite a >>>>> while. I don't miss Driver issues, selling my sole to afford JFW and >>>>> wondering why I get a different adaptive experience on each different >>>>> machine I use. >>>>> >>>>> I look forward to learning from you all and helping out as much as >>>>> possible. >>>>> The more I learn, the more questions it creates. As I find answers, I >>>>> like >>>>> to share them with others. Many people gave of there time and knowledge >>>>> to >>>>> help me learn and returning the favour is a good way to help return the >>>>> favours. >>>>> >>>>> I'm a musician by trade so I'm putting a lot of effort into the musical >>>>> side >>>>> of things. AmpKit is my latest love and I'm amazed at how wonderfully >>>>> accessible it is with VoiceOver. I'm also getting into learning and >>>>> using >>>>> Amadeus Pro as I finally couldn't handle attempting to make Garage Band >>>>> in >>>>> to anything more than a buggy unstable toy. Any suggestions on music >>>>> creation apps, recording solutions or learning resources are always >>>>> greatly >>>>> appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, thanks for the list and look forward to getting to know you all. >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards, >>>>> Danny Noonan. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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