Re: Funny iPhone story
Cool! And Funny! Thanks! JG On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Gigi gigifi...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Ok guys. Here is a funny iPhone story that happened to me today. With amusement: Gigi With all due apology Sent from my iPhone -- 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.
Re: rosetta stonesand voiceover?
Don't think you need VoiceOver for Rosetta. Had it on my iMac G4, running Panther, then upgraded to Tiger; and, cannot remember needing to use VoiceOver. But that was 3 years ago when it died in a dozen rapid-fire property lightning strikes. I believe that the CDs/DVDs (?) had its own voice. When trying to learn Dutch, I turned off the visual [spelling of the words] and just listened to the Dutch … learnt it much easier that way. Surely do miss my Rosetta Languages; but, don't think I'll ever be able to buy them again. They cost me way over $400.00 back in 2003! Good luck, have fun with Rosetta; and, please let me how it is working out for you. Would love to buy the discs again for my Leopard and Snow Leopard MacBook Pros! JG On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Karen Lewellen klewel...@shellworld.netwrote: Hi all, In case you do not know what those are. Its a program for learning another language that totally submerges you into the process. Would the mac edition be voiceover compatible? Karen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.**commacvisionaries@googlegroups.com . To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscribe@* *googlegroups.com macvisionaries%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** group/macvisionaries?hl=enhttp://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.
Re: Apple Care Protection
I definitely recommend it! My iMac G4 was repaired under it in 2007 when it failed. Apple did a top-notch job and returned it to me jolly quick. in 2009 it was destroyed by a dozen lightning strikes on my property; destroying the power supply and logic board. Since it was then out of warranty, it now sits atop my stand-up stand, as I have no where to store it. Since then, I bought a MacBook Pro with Leopard and bought AppleCare for it. This year I sent it back as the warranty was about to expire; they sending a box overnight via FedEx, and the replaced the optical drive … CD/DVD ROM and SuperDrive, network card, Airport card, logic board, and Airport card [did not know it was bad], and returned it to me overnight via FedEx. I am on it now. Purchased another MacBook Pro on eBay [won the bid] for $677.00 including shipping with a 500 GB HD [my original has a 160 GB HD]. They even re-installed my third-party software back onto it! It now works better than ever! I'm a real happy camper now! I also get AppleCare for my iPods! None have failed yet; but, it surely is worth it just for the no-cost phone help! JG On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: Applecare, like insurance, is hedging your bets. Could you handle having to come up with replacement cost if your gadget were to fail? Apple is betting that more often than not you'll never need AppleCare, or at least the issues will be few enough to cover their costs. For me, for my iPhone, I don't plan to do my usual 5-6 year life cycle so I didn't do Applecare. While I wouldn't want to pay out to buy another one it is something I could probably scrape the money together for. Not so much with a laptop. CB -- 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.
Re: Apple Care Protection
Chris, Trade you iMac G4's if I could! [Wish mine were still alive!] grin JG On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: I also wonder whether the failure rate of devices with no (or few) moving parts is very high. My wife's old iPhone3G is still kicking along after more than three years and numerous drops although she is itching for the iPhone5 when it comes out. Some stuff doesn't die out, it just gets obsolete. Like my old PowerMac g4 which is soon to hit 10 years and just keeps on working. Makes a nice host for time machine hard drives and keeps my basement office toasty. CB On 9/30/11 1:28 PM, Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire wrote: I definitely recommend it! My iMac G4 was repaired under it in 2007 when it failed. Apple did a top-notch job and returned it to me jolly quick. in 2009 it was destroyed by a dozen lightning strikes on my property; destroying the power supply and logic board. Since it was then out of warranty, it now sits atop my stand-up stand, as I have no where to store it. Since then, I bought a MacBook Pro with Leopard and bought AppleCare for it. This year I sent it back as the warranty was about to expire; they sending a box overnight via FedEx, and the replaced the optical drive … CD/DVD ROM and SuperDrive, network card, Airport card, logic board, and Airport card [did not know it was bad], and returned it to me overnight via FedEx. I am on it now. Purchased another MacBook Pro on eBay [won the bid] for $677.00 including shipping with a 500 GB HD [my original has a 160 GB HD]. They even re-installed my third-party software back onto it! It now works better than ever! I'm a real happy camper now! I also get AppleCare for my iPods! None have failed yet; but, it surely is worth it just for the no-cost phone help! JG On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: Applecare, like insurance, is hedging your bets. Could you handle having to come up with replacement cost if your gadget were to fail? Apple is betting that more often than not you'll never need AppleCare, or at least the issues will be few enough to cover their costs. For me, for my iPhone, I don't plan to do my usual 5-6 year life cycle so I didn't do Applecare. While I wouldn't want to pay out to buy another one it is something I could probably scrape the money together for. Not so much with a laptop. CB -- 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.
Re: Apple Care Protection
Chris! Hooray for you! I am so pleased. Wish I could do the same with mine; but, can't see well enough and my hands are too spastic to handle/account for all the little screws at the bottom. Most I can hope for is to get help from a friend to remove the HD from its 'womb' screeching and screaming; and, to place it in an external dock which I bought for the purpose and believe it might work [if not destroyed]. My whole life is on that iMac G4 running Tiger! JG On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: It's already been through one flood and, after drying out for a while, still worked. Well, the hard drive that sits in the bottom of the case was ruined, but a new drive made it all better again. I keep expecting to turn it on and get nothing but a bad smell out of it but so far it just keeps on working. CB On 9/30/11 2:38 PM, Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire wrote: Chris, Trade you iMac G4's if I could! [Wish mine were still alive!] grin JG -- 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.
Re: Tiger or leopard?
Mein Gott im Himmel! What a RipOff! JG On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: Best I could find these days was $160 + $5.45 shipping from Megamacs: http://www.megamacs.com/index.**php?action=frameviewid=** 3723199ref=googlehttp://www.megamacs.com/index.php?action=frameviewid=3723199ref=google Everybody else seemed to be pushing over $200. CB On 9/23/11 9:35 PM, Aimee Glover wrote: Well I'll have to check it out. It was a free computer so. Aimee Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Chris Blouchcblo...@aol.com wrote: I have a powermac g4 tower that I wanted to upgrade to osx 10.5 since that was as high as I could go on non-intel hardware. I wanted to be legitimate and not just share a copy from another machine. This turned out to be non-trivial as Apple moved all references and sales to 10.6 (at the time) and all the usual web sites selling old software were apparently aware of this, jacking up the price to hundreds of dollars. I finally ended up buying one from eBay for a more sane price that was still north of $100. So just be prepared. Folks who have stocks of 10.5 in the shrink-wrap know the non-intel Mac users have nowhere else to go and will price accordingly. That cheap ppc Mac might not be such a deal if you want it somewhat current legally. CB Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Aimee Gloverawildh...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you so much. Now I gotta find it to buy. Aimee. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2011, at 6:29 PM, BlindMacManblindmacman@mac.**comblindmac...@mac.com wrote: Hello! I still have my PPC iMac G5 and it is running Leopard 10.5.8 just fine... Do *NOT* go with Tiger 10.4.x... The improvements in Leopard's VoiceOver alone make it worthwhile. HTH Lou/BlindMacMan. On Sep 22, 6:28 pm, Aimee Gloverawildh...@gmail.com wrote: It won't run anything higher than a certain version of leopard because it is pre-intel. It was kind of a freebie and I'm ok as long as it will be somewhat useable. Aimee Sent from my iPhone On Sep 22, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Mike Arrigon0...@charter.net wrote: Leppard has some voiceover improvements, even still, this operating system is 2 versions behind the current one, I would say that it's not practical to go this root. On Sep 21, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Aimee Glover wrote: My husband brought home a first generation G5 iMac. At least as far as VoiceOver, which would be better. I have had no experience with Mac pre SL, so I am truly clueless. Will open office work on it with vo? We need to upgrade the ram because it only has 512. I want to replace the windows desktop computer with this one because it is inaccessible without speech. Thanks so much for all the help. Aimee Sent from my iPhone -- 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.commacvisionaries%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/** group/macvisionaries?hl=enhttp://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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.commacvisionaries%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/** group/macvisionaries?hl=enhttp://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.**commacvisionaries@googlegroups.com . To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.commacvisionaries%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** group/macvisionaries?hl=enhttp://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.**commacvisionaries@googlegroups.com . To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.commacvisionaries%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** group/macvisionaries?hl=enhttp://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
Re: Tiger or leopard?
I have one installation disc of 10.6 Snow Leopard but am keeping it as I may need it to reinstall if my Snow Leopard MacBook Pro I bought on eBay goes haywire [came without installation disc]. It only cost me $25.00 from Apple. Still prefer my MacBook Pro with Leopard [which I refused to upgrade] as it can do the things which Snow Leopard can't do as I have no updated drivers for my peripherals which date all the way back to 2007. I feel it is a crying shame that eBay and others are charging so much for the Leopard disc! After finding out what Lion has left out, I chose not to upgrade and did not buy the Lion install disc. Also was going for $25.00, I believe. Good luck to all of you with your Power PCs. Just loved mine [iMac G4] and miss it sorely, but it was destroyed [power supply and logic board] during a dozen, rapid-fire property lightning strikes 29 November 2009. I had upgraded it to Panther so as to have VoiceOver. JG On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Aimee Glover awildh...@gmail.com wrote: Well I'll have to check it out. It was a free computer so. Aimee Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: I have a powermac g4 tower that I wanted to upgrade to osx 10.5 since that was as high as I could go on non-intel hardware. I wanted to be legitimate and not just share a copy from another machine. This turned out to be non-trivial as Apple moved all references and sales to 10.6 (at the time) and all the usual web sites selling old software were apparently aware of this, jacking up the price to hundreds of dollars. I finally ended up buying one from eBay for a more sane price that was still north of $100. So just be prepared. Folks who have stocks of 10.5 in the shrink-wrap know the non-intel Mac users have nowhere else to go and will price accordingly. That cheap ppc Mac might not be such a deal if you want it somewhat current legally. CB Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Aimee Glover awildh...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you so much. Now I gotta find it to buy. Aimee. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2011, at 6:29 PM, BlindMacMan blindmac...@mac.com wrote: Hello! I still have my PPC iMac G5 and it is running Leopard 10.5.8 just fine... Do *NOT* go with Tiger 10.4.x... The improvements in Leopard's VoiceOver alone make it worthwhile. HTH Lou/BlindMacMan. On Sep 22, 6:28 pm, Aimee Glover awildh...@gmail.com wrote: It won't run anything higher than a certain version of leopard because it is pre-intel. It was kind of a freebie and I'm ok as long as it will be somewhat useable. Aimee Sent from my iPhone On Sep 22, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net wrote: Leppard has some voiceover improvements, even still, this operating system is 2 versions behind the current one, I would say that it's not practical to go this root. On Sep 21, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Aimee Glover wrote: My husband brought home a first generation G5 iMac. At least as far as VoiceOver, which would be better. I have had no experience with Mac pre SL, so I am truly clueless. Will open office work on it with vo? We need to upgrade the ram because it only has 512. I want to replace the windows desktop computer with this one because it is inaccessible without speech. Thanks so much for all the help. Aimee Sent from my iPhone -- 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 athttp:// 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 athttp:// 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.
Re: Tiger or leopard?
Oooops! Meant I'd upgraded my iMac G4 from Panther to Tiger with VoiceOver. JG On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Aimee Glover awildh...@gmail.com wrote: Well I'll have to check it out. It was a free computer so. Aimee Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: I have a powermac g4 tower that I wanted to upgrade to osx 10.5 since that was as high as I could go on non-intel hardware. I wanted to be legitimate and not just share a copy from another machine. This turned out to be non-trivial as Apple moved all references and sales to 10.6 (at the time) and all the usual web sites selling old software were apparently aware of this, jacking up the price to hundreds of dollars. I finally ended up buying one from eBay for a more sane price that was still north of $100. So just be prepared. Folks who have stocks of 10.5 in the shrink-wrap know the non-intel Mac users have nowhere else to go and will price accordingly. That cheap ppc Mac might not be such a deal if you want it somewhat current legally. CB Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Aimee Glover awildh...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you so much. Now I gotta find it to buy. Aimee. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2011, at 6:29 PM, BlindMacMan blindmac...@mac.com wrote: Hello! I still have my PPC iMac G5 and it is running Leopard 10.5.8 just fine... Do *NOT* go with Tiger 10.4.x... The improvements in Leopard's VoiceOver alone make it worthwhile. HTH Lou/BlindMacMan. On Sep 22, 6:28 pm, Aimee Glover awildh...@gmail.com wrote: It won't run anything higher than a certain version of leopard because it is pre-intel. It was kind of a freebie and I'm ok as long as it will be somewhat useable. Aimee Sent from my iPhone On Sep 22, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Mike Arrigo n0...@charter.net wrote: Leppard has some voiceover improvements, even still, this operating system is 2 versions behind the current one, I would say that it's not practical to go this root. On Sep 21, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Aimee Glover wrote: My husband brought home a first generation G5 iMac. At least as far as VoiceOver, which would be better. I have had no experience with Mac pre SL, so I am truly clueless. Will open office work on it with vo? We need to upgrade the ram because it only has 512. I want to replace the windows desktop computer with this one because it is inaccessible without speech. Thanks so much for all the help. Aimee Sent from my iPhone -- 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 athttp:// 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 athttp:// 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. 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
Re: A jingle I recorded for a client. All done on a Mac in Pro Tools 9.
Just love it! I'm not a music composer but love music! And yours is just fantastic in my humble opinion! I'm saving the website so as to listen to it again and again. JG On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Kevin Reeves li...@kevinreeves.net wrote: Hey folks. Just got through with this jingle I wrote for a client. I was going for that late 70's early 80's Smooth Jazz feel. Besides the fact that the mastering bus is a tad over compressed, let me know what you guys think. Be aware that my strengths are in writing, arranging, lead and backing vocals, keys, drum programming, sound shaping and design. I'm not a mix or mastering engineer. I hate mixing. If I had a Preset called Late 70's bob James, I'd use it. If I had a budget for hiring a mix engineer, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Needless to say, I am extremely proud of the arrangement and performances. All was recorded and mixed in Pro Tools 9. All sounds except for the drums were stock. Some of them are less than desirable, but for now, they'll have to do. The drums I used was the free Drumcore kits. Anyway, looking forward to hearing your thoughts. http://www.kevinreeves.net/WeTalk.mp3 Enjoy. Kevin -- 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.
Re: Please welcome a new list mod!
Thank you, Cara, for all the hard work you have been and continue to provide us! Welcome aboard, Carolyn, and looking forward to your helpful presence on our Forum! JG On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Cara Quinn modelc...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All! I just wanted to send along a little note to let you all know that we have a new list moderator. -- 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.
Re: Please welcome a new list mod!
Thank you, Cara, for all the hard work you have been and continue to provide us! Welcome aboard, Carolyn, and looking forward to your helpful presence on our Forum! JG On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Cara Quinn modelc...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All! I just wanted to send along a little note to let you all know that we have a new list moderator. Carolyn Haas has agreed to assist in taking care of list business behind the scenes to keep things running smoothly for ya'll as well as post about list guidelines and such when necessary so we all can keep the awesome level of great flowing discussion going on both these lists. :) So I hope you'll join me in a nice warm reception for her! -- 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.
Re: what I think
I agree with Ray completely—my sentiments precisely! I wait it out and try to figure out things for myself. Always I appreciate it when someone admits to being wrong or to making a mistake; and, go on from there. Heavens I surely do make a lot of mistakes, admit it, and tell what work-a-rounds or other solutions I've found that do work. JG On Apr 15, 2010, at 4:47 PM, Ray Foret jr wrote: While I don't blame people here for criticizing the NFB for its initially bad review of Apple's Voice OVer, (a criticism with which I myself agree), I must say quite frankly that I do not appreciate continued criticism of the NFB after they've made a good effort in the December 2009 Braille, monitor to correct many of their initially incorrect statements. Besides, that's not why I joined this list. It appears that some of you want to criticize the NFB for an initially bad review of Voice Over; but, not acknowledge when they admit they made quite a few substantial mistakes and openly apologized for them in the Monitor. IF you make a mistake, you've got to be willing to own up that you've made it and try to make good what corrections you need to. No. The NFB is not perfect; but then again, who is? Apple? No. Microsoft? No. Me? No. You? no. Look y'all, they made a very big set of mistakes in their June review. Only a fool would deny that. but, let me remind all of y'all here that in the December update, they did correct many of their earlier statements. Okay. Maybe not all of them, but, enough of them so that I think they deserve credit for having owned up to when they were wrong. But, seems to me like some of y'all can't stand to acknowledge that they did make an effort to clean up the mess they made. If that's what this list is going to turn in to, I'm out o' here!!! But, I'd rather think, (at least for the moment), that most of the people on this list are better than that. I'm not saying y'all all have to become fans of the NFB. All I'm saying is lay off. They did wrong, and, they apologized for and made an effort to correct that wrong. To me, when you commit a wrong very publicly, (as in the June Braille Monitor), and then you just as publicly apologize for it and make efforts to correct it, (as in the December Braille Monitor), you've got to frankly acknowledge that fact; and, whether you like it or not, they did!!! Let's remember that shall we? Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray! Now A Proud Mac User!!! E-Mail: rforetjr at comcast dot net -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: NLS DTB players, usb flash drives, formating on a mac, cartrage errors Help?
Before I tried downloading an NLSdtb, The Tech person at the Talking Book Library [phoenix, Arizona] told me first how to upgrade the thumb drive [he recommends only using no more than a 2 gigabyte as it can take a 4 gigabyte max but the dtbm has to work much harder to mount it; and, he said not to use more than a 4 gigabyte. You may want to talk to the Tech person from the local Talking Book Library or the one who mails you your books for how to download the Mac Upgrade. I have forgot how to do it. I prefer the Kingston Data Traveler always but have used a Duracell 2 gigabyte without problems and Sandisk 2 gigabyte thumb drive without problems. I always delete the books from the drive, empty the Mac's trash, then remove the drive if I do not want to listen to them again. Never any problems. BTW, the dtbm is PC formatted with an older version Windows. My only problem is that if I have more than 2 books on the drive, the dtbm will not let me choose other than the first one. Any suggestions? JG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: NLS DTB players, usb flash drives, formating on a mac, cartrage errors Help?
Thanks, Guys! Will try this trick when next I'm using me nlsdtbm! JG On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Jessica and Trish the Golden Dog tehil...@samobile.net wrote: Well as some people said the library people said no more than 4 gigs. I think you can do more than that. But I would not go up to 8 gigs of content. Besides who wants to arrow left and right through a hundred plus books? To bring up the book list you press and hold down the play key till it says bookshelf. then depending on the player I don't know what you do with the standard. with the advanced you hit the previous or next buttons till you get the book you want and then hit play. I usually have to hit play twice for some reason. Maybe because I don't wait till it has finished reading the title. Hope this helps answer the questions some of you were asking. Jessica -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: adding stuff to the doc?
Thanks, Lynn! It surely does help! I'm not on Twitter yet; but if you are on Facebook, you can follow me there. My username is ArmExtenders. JG On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Lynn Schneider canepri...@gmail.comwrote: Also, you can add it while the app you want to add is running. Open up the app you want to add. Now go to the dock and find the app you want to add. For example, say you want to add mail to the dock. Arrow through the dock items until you hear it say mail running. Now, hit vo-shift-m and arrow up 3 times until you hear options. Expand this with right arrow. One of the items in that menu will be keep in dock. Press enter on this and your program will now stay in the dock. I use this method because I tend to forget that keyboard command to add an item, and it works for me every time. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: Loss of Speech
Same thing happened to me last night. Thought had my power supply plugged into my MacBook Pro but discovered it was not plugged into power. Used the computer from 0700 to 1900 hours, got alert about reserve power, and Mac went out. Got it back, speech was gone and went out again. Plugged in power supply and discovered I had only 4% charge on battery. Recharged bayyrt and shut Mac down. My, I must say—getting a tad over 12 hours use on the Mac's charge, certainly was astounding to me since I was not supposed to get more than about 5 hours per charge! JG On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 5:16 AM, Les Kriegler kriegle...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think my previous messages got through, so I'm trying again. When my battery has reached reserve battery status, I hear the message and then I lose speech.This is a recent event, within the past week. I have about 15% of battery life remaining, and I can restart and I get the same message and lose speech again. I also lost speech this week when doing a sotware update after reaching the dialog box when the update was completed. Any ideas as to what is happening and how this can be resolved? Thanks. Les -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
Re: -- installing windows media player
On my iMac G4 Desktop I installed Windows Media Player in 2005 and it still works. But, when I tried to update it a couple years later, found out that Microsoft no longer supports the Player for Macintosh. Mine still works but it won't play mpeg4 iTunes or other mpeg 4s However, it still plays mpeg3s. On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Donal Fitzpatrick dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie wrote: Thank you Lynn I'll try this. -- *From:* Lynn Schneider [mailto:canepri...@gmail.com] *Sent:* 26 November 2009 06:38 *To:* macvisionaries@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: -- installing windows media player Hi Donald. You need something called Flip For Mac. The latest version is compatible with Snow Leopard. I haven't been able to get it working yet, but this is the application you need. Try this link: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/flip4macwindowsmediacomponentsforquicktime.html On Nov 25, 2009, at 7:39 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote: Thanks David I wasn't aware that Windows Media player stopped working after 10.3. Unfortunately this particular broadcaster has chosen this format for all kinds of DRM-based reasons. I'll hassle them a bit and see what they recommend. Donal On 26 Nov 2009, at 00:27, David McLean wrote: I don't think it works with anything after about 10.3 and Microsoft hasn't maintained it for years. This according to what I read on the net. You might want to search for an alternative. On Nov 25, 2009, at 6:11 PM, Donal Fitzpatrick wrote: Hi all, Has anyone managed to install the Windows Media for Mac application? Unfortunately the Manchester United online service only broadcasts in this format so I need to install this player. However, the installer application seems to be reporting no windows. Would be grateful for any assistance, Cheers Donal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@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 macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.commacvisionaries%2bunsubscr...@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 macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.commacvisionaries%2bunsubscr...@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 macvisionar...@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.
Re: Solitaire app for the iphone?
I'd try it, Donna! Think I'll try the website: http://www.dogmelon.com.au/sol/Mac_Solitaire.shtml to see whether they have a version I can use on me iPod Touch 8 gigabyte. And, will probably buy their newest 2009 version for me MacBook Pro [late 2008 version]. Forget all the confusing info I gave you before. Methinks I'll just buy the new version for the MacBook Pro and for the iPod Touch 8 gigabyte, if available. smile JG (a.k.a., ArmExtenders) On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Donna Goodin goodi...@msu.edu wrote: Ah, too bad. Donna On Oct 30, 2009, at 5:03 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: Dunno. The app was dated October 16, 2009 and is a Universal app so no Rosetta required. I think they just didn't include any accessibility for the card game itself. CB Donna Goodin wrote: Thanks, Chris. I wonder if the reason that you couldn't interact with the cards had to do with the compatibility issues that Joan mentioned. Best, Donna On Oct 30, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: You can try a free demo version here: http://www.dogmelon.com.au/sol/Mac_Solitaire.shtml I was unable to interact with the cards so I couldn't really play the game although all the setup stuff was accessible. CB --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Solitaire app for the iphone?
Hi, Donna! Looking for Solitare game for my iPod Touch 8 gigabyte, but faired just as you did. JG On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Donna Goodin goodi...@msu.edu wrote: Hi all, Anyone know if there is such a critter? I've tried a couple of free solitaire games but neither has been accessible. TIA, Donna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Solitaire app for the iphone?
Would even like to have a paid version like I have on my iMac G4 since about 2005/6/7 or so. JG On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Donna Goodin goodi...@msu.edu wrote: That's really too bad! I can waste s much time playing solitaire! Have you tried any of the paid versions? Take care, Donna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Solitaire app for the iphone?
Don't know whether it still is available. It was put out by Demon (?), I think, and do not know whether it would work with the intel Macs or iPhone/iPod Touch. Let me know when you find it, whether it works; or, find another which does work, please. JG On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:20 PM, michael A. Babcock mbabcoc...@wou.eduwrote: there's one for the mac that works? how much? where? how good is it? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Solitaire app for the iphone?
Howdy, Donna! I got it from DogMelon Pty, Ltd. onThursday 04 August 2005 and it is called: 'Classic Solitaire version 2.0.9. I have it installed on my iMac G4 [Power PC] so you and I might have to have Rosetta installed on our Intel Desktops and MacBooks/MacBook Pros to run it as I do not believe it takes advange of 64-bit duo core processors. My iMac G4 is running Tiger OS X 4.11. … don't know the rest of it as cannot get iMac G4's 'About this Mac' to mount. Rosetta is supposed to be binary, I believe; and, is supposed to run programmes meant for G4s [Power PC] albeit much slower. Hope this helps! JG On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Donna Goodin goodi...@msu.edu wrote: Hi Joan, Where'd you get the version for your IMac? Donna On Oct 29, 2009, at 4:15 PM, Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire wrote: Would even like to have a paid version like I have on my iMac G4 since about 2005/6/7 or so. JG On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Donna Goodin goodi...@msu.edu wrote: That's really too bad! I can waste s much time playing solitaire! Have you tried any of the paid versions? Take care, Donna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Is there a Facebook application compatible on the mac patform ?
I was able to get onto Facebook via Daily Strength and on their Facebook site. Could not get onto Facebook via 'facebook.com'. I love it as Daily Strength and their combined Facebook site deals with all kinds of disabilities as well as just the ordinary Facebook stuff. Hope this helps! JG (a.k.a., ArmExtenders) On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Claude Renaud cldren...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Almost all is in the subject. I'm looking for a Syrinx-like application for the FaceBook social network. IS there such an application compatible with mac of course ? Cordialement, regards, -- Claude Renaud --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Snow leopard just arrived
I believe the voice is 'Alex. Please correct me if i'm wrong. JG On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:01 PM, James Nash james.austin1...@googlemail.com wrote: What voice was used? Just curious. Also what type of Mac do you have? Thanks Take care --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Selling my IPod classic 160 gb
I'm interested; but, I think $250 is a little steep since I paid less than that for my iPod Classic 160 gb, have tons of iTunes [especially the freebies] on it as well as audio books, including some I imported into iTunes; and, can see meself filling it up fast. Don't want to delete what I already have on mine because I listen to the music and read the books again and again when I get bored. Would also like to have the earbuds with it as I keep the earbuds with each of the ones I have as well as the USB cable and dock adaptor. JG On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 7:51 AM, erik burggraaf e...@erik-burggraaf.comwrote: Hello friends, after considerable deliboration I've decided to sell my IPod Classic 160 gb. I bought the player new. As far as I know it's the highest capasity media device on the market, and they aren't selling them any more. The control surface is very easy to use, but it doesn't talk out of the box. If you want it to talk then you need to buy an ITell talking IPod controller from Maxyaids in north america, or from cobolt systems in the UK. I carried it around with me for about a month. It's never been dropped or mistreated, but may have some minor surface scratches from riding around in my pocket. It comes with a woll sock case, and a usb docking cable. I have the original earbuds, but I'm sure you can probably live without them, smiles. I'd really like to get $250 for it. At least, I think I could get that on EBay, but I realize that the buyer will probably want to go out and get an ITel which is another expense again. So, make me an offer if your interested and I'm sure we can work something out. I have to say, I love this player. It's got great hardware in it. Looks great, stores a lot... There's only one drawback for me, and I thought I could live with it, but no, I just can't. That is ITunes. I know there are supposed to be ways around ITunes, but I've tried a couple third party software and they both sucked. Software for a player should not be this difficult. So, if you really like ITunes and you want to pick up a superb piece of hardware, then this deal is for you. Best, erik burggraaf A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Safari VS Webkit explanation
Hi, Brett and anyone else! Very interesting; but, can anyone help me out, please? Installed Safari 4.0 last night on my iMac G4 running Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger. This morning, discovered that the new Safari is much faster; but, now, cannot scroll web pages with my arrow keys and cannot see the mouse pointer. Please help. Now, have to move the mouse pointer to the Dock which causes an icon to jump. then, move the mouse pointer to the up/down arrow buttons on the right scroll bar. Only thing that works for now and it is a pain in the and terribly slow. Thanks for any imput. JG On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Brett Campbell blindinnova...@gmail.comwrote: This explanation helps. Thank you. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?
I believe it uses the voice you use on your computer; that is, if the voice is one of the VoiceOver voices JG. On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Jacob Schmude j.schm...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I suspected this, but the Shuffle page wasn't definite. Question then is, where is it getting these voices to generate the spoken menus? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: currency converter?
I just got $400 equals £283.835 using my converter on the Dashboard Widgit. JG --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
