small world. Sent from my iPhone. On 2013-01-11, at 8:39 PM, Danny Noonan <da...@familynoonan.net> wrote:
> 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. > 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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