podcast on Amadeus

2010-06-01 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi all, I just wanted to let you kow I have put together a little podcaston Amadeus Pro. The definitive podcast is Erik Caron's which can be found at: http://www.blindcooltech.com It's just called Amadeus I think. My podcast is at: http://gwenna.podbean.com I hope it helps you figure out

Re: skype update on iphone

2010-06-01 Thread gladiator
They will charge in the UK an europe to :) don't worry lol we not getting off easy either. On May 31, 2010, at 8:49 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I would just wish they would not charge as we are paying for the bandwith > from at&t so this stinks! > On May 31, 2010, at 12:11 AM, gladiator wrote: >

Re: importing contacts and bookmarks from mini to laptop

2010-06-01 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, You could just make V cards of your address book contacts and import them. hth On Jun 1, 2010, at 2:31 AM, Chris Snyder wrote: > I'm curious if there's a way to import my mail and address book contacts as > well as my safari bookmarks from the mini to the laptop without Mobile Me. > Thanks

looking for DAISy player

2010-06-01 Thread Shen
Hello, What accessible DAISy player is everyone using on the Mac? I'm looking to test a few to see what is accessible. Thanks. -- Shen goalb...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to m

mail problem

2010-06-01 Thread clarence griffin
I am not getting new mail for some reason. it is still showing my newest message as being from May 28th... Is anyone else having this problem? I am using gmail, btw. thanks. Oh, and its not just this list, its email as a hole. GF -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: mail problem

2010-06-01 Thread Hai Nguyen
Good afternoon clarence, By chance, are you receiving any errors? Are you able to send mail? On Jun 1, 2010, at 12:46 PM, clarence griffin wrote: > I am not getting new mail for some reason. it is still showing my newest > message as being from May 28th... Is anyone else having this problem? I a

Re: mail problem

2010-06-01 Thread Carolyn
Clarence: I have been getting mail regularlyhere. But, I'm working with Hotmail and Apple Mail. CarolynOn Jun 1, 2010, at 11:46 AM, clarence griffin wrote: > I am not getting new mail for some reason. it is still showing my newest > message as being from May 28th... Is anyone else having this

RE: Snow Leopard dvd

2010-06-01 Thread Bryan Smart
Chris, I didn't know that you were using the install DVD that came with a computer. The OS X install DVDs that you get with a Mac will only install OS X on that specific model of Mac. If you want the full version, that can install on any Mac, you must go out and buy the retail version of OS X.

Re: mail problem

2010-06-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
No no issues here. do you see any errors when you do a command shift n? and hit command 0 to go to the activitys thing? S On Jun 1, 2010, at 10:46 AM, clarence griffin wrote: > I am not getting new mail for some reason. it is still showing my newest > message as being from May 28th... Is anyone

Re: haptic film

2010-06-01 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Ah, but could you do braille? Jon On 01/06/2010, Doug Lawlor wrote: > Speaking of this technology, I was listening to a BBC program and the > announcer indicated that a company called Immersion was or has come out with > a haptic iPhone sleeve. Has anyone else heard of this? I looked at the > c

Setting up hotkeys in Skype

2010-06-01 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi all, Does anyone know how to configure SKype with hotkeys? I can't even figure out how to answer a call in Skype. THank you for all your assistance. Have a great day! Allison -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to th

A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, What's the difference between a Macbook, a Macbook Pro, and a Macbook Air. And which one's the cheapest out of the three models? Thanks, Courtney -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisi

Re: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Courtney, I have a Macbook, they run about $1000 but you can get a refurbished one from Apple.com for about $849. That's where I purchased my Macbook from. The Pro has less disc space with 160GB, the Macbook the one I currently own has 250GB. I'm not sure about the Macbook Air, I don't know

RE: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Cameron
Hi. The mac book is the cheapest. The current imcarnation does not have a firewire port or an sd card slot. It has an intel core 2 duo 2.4ghz processor and 2 gigs of ram. it has a plastic unibody case. it goes for $999 US. The mac book pro has an aluminum unibody case and has TI firewire as w

Re: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Courtney Curran
I'll probably end up getting a regular Macbook in a few months (probably sooner knowing me). I absolutely need the Cd/dvd drive, so the Air's probably out. Thanks for all your help. Courtney On 01/06/2010, at 7:25 in the Afternoon, Cameron wrote: > Hi. The mac book is the cheapest. The current

RE: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Cameron
Hi. also, the current mac book has a 250 gig 5400 rpm hard drive. The air has either a 128 gb solid state drive, or, a 128 gig 4800 rpm hard drive. The basic pro model comes with a 160gb 5400 rpm hard drive. From there, you can go for 250, 320, 500 gb drives etc. Also, keep in mind that it is

A DVD Remaster Question

2010-06-01 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, Does DVD Remaster extract store bought Dvd's? And what tab do I select for it to extract? Thanks, Courtney -- 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 unsubscr

RE: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Cameron
Hi. yeah, if you don't need firewire, then the $999 mac book is the way to go. However, I will say that the case on the mac book pro is much more durable and scratch resistant etc. so, if you're going to be using it in some rough and tumble environments, then I'd go with the pro. It would be wo

Re: A DVD Remaster Question

2010-06-01 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Courtney, I just purchased DVD Remaster. If you want AC3 files of your audio select extract. If not, select export and set the output to wav. There is also an output for Ipod or Iphone. I believe as Annie said earlier, DVD Remaster comes with Fair Mount which breaks copy protection on encry

Re: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, What's Firewire, I use Wifi, is that affected? Courtney On 01/06/2010, at 7:37 in the Afternoon, Cameron wrote: > Hi. yeah, if you don't need firewire, then the $999 mac book is the way to > go. However, I will say that the case on the mac book pro is much more > durable and scratch resistan

Re: A DVD Remaster Question

2010-06-01 Thread Courtney Curran
Thanks so much. I'm going to go and try it in a little while. I'll probably just export it to Wav and then convert it to Mp3 with Amadeus. Courtney On 01/06/2010, at 7:40 in the Afternoon, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi Courtney, > > I just purchased DVD Remaster. If you want AC3 files of your audi

Audible content on Iphone

2010-06-01 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi all, I'm contemplating purchasing an Iphone 3GS as my Nokia keeps freezing up. I'm thinking of getting the 32 gig one. Can you play audible content on it? ALso, if you're listening to a song and you receive a phone call what happens? I mean does the music stop and the phone ring? I really wa

RE: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Cameron
Hi. no. your YFi will be the same for any model. Same for Bluetooth. And they all have USB 2.0 ports. Firewire is a transfer protocol developed by Apple. It is mainly used for professional audio and video work etc. Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.co

Re: A DVD Remaster Question

2010-06-01 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Courtney, Any time, I also have a podcast on DVD Remaster. If you'd like I can send it to you offlist as I haven't uploaded it to the Gwenna feed yet. Allison On Jun 1, 2010, at 7:47 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Thanks so much. I'm going to go and try it in a little while. I'll probably > j

Re: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
another way you can save money is if you don't plan to burn dvd's you can get a combo drive instead of a super drive. The combo drive can play cd's and dvd's but only burn cd's. the super drive can burn both. didn't see that mentioned so thought would throw it in. wish i had gotten a bi

Re: A DVD Remaster Question

2010-06-01 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, That would be great, if that's all right. Thanks, Courtney On 01/06/2010, at 7:50 in the Afternoon, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi Courtney, > Any time, I also have a podcast on DVD Remaster. If you'd like I can send it > to you offlist as I haven't uploaded it to the Gwenna feed yet. > > Allis

Re: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, As of now, I only burn Cd's. But if I ever wanted to burn a DVD, I could do that on a mini. How much less would a Macbook with a combo drive cost? Courtney On 01/06/2010, at 7:55 in the Afternoon, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: > another way you can save money is if you don't plan to burn dvd's you

RE: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Cameron
Hi. with the mac book and the mac book pro, you get the standard 8x8 superdrive. You can read and write cdrs, cdrws, single layer and dula layer dvds, dvd ram discs, etc. With the air, you can buy an external superdrive. Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups

Re: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
sorry, I don't know about the pricing. I bought mine two years ago and am still very happy with it. but there was a pretty good savings for not getting the super drive. I'm sure someone on list here can tell you. Just wish I had had the money to get a larger hard drive. only real regre

RE: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Cameron
Hi. you can buy a replacement hard drive and install it quite easily. Depending on the speed and capacity of the drive, you could get one for less than $50 US. Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Maxw

Re: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Matthew Campbell
As of now, all mac models come with a super drive. On 2010-06-01, at 8:00 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > As of now, I only burn Cd's. But if I ever wanted to burn a DVD, I could do > that on a mini. How much less would a Macbook with a combo drive cost? > Courtney > On 01/06/2010, at 7:55 in

Re: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Dean Hudson
Revision 30341 Author pyeh Date 2010-06-01 17:05:49 -0700 (Tue, 01 Jun 2010) Log Message VoiceOver cursor shouldn't be hidden by Expos?\195?\169 during show Desktop mode update from review Modified Paths Accessibility/trunk/ScreenReader/Frameworks/ScreenReader/Workspace/SCRApplicationManager.h

RE: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Cameron
Yeah, the combo drive went out the window a while ago. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Campbell Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 8:15 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A couple Macbook que

Re: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
thanks for that. you know i haven't even checked. I know I've had this one for two years. I'd like to be able to run fusion on it which would mean a bigger harddrive and more ram; so i keep putting off the hard drive hoping for a windfall that would let me replace this one. thanks again

Re: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
awe well; i said it had been two years. lol good luck, max On Jun 1, 2010, at 7:21 PM, Cameron wrote: Yeah, the combo drive went out the window a while ago. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Campbell S

RE: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Cameron
Hi. Yeah, a larger hard drive and two gb of ram would do it. although I'd shoot for four gb if you want to run a virtual box and a screen reader. Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Maxwell Ivey Jr. Se

Re: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
yep, that's what I'm after and i just have to think that a new machine including the new apple care warantee would be the way to go. but at 50 bucks i may just have to go ahead on the hard drive. thanks, Max On Jun 1, 2010, at 7:30 PM, Cameron wrote: Hi. Yeah, a larger hard drive and two g

Re: Audible content on Iphone

2010-06-01 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Allison; Yes, you can most definitely listen to Audible content on the iPhone. As for music playback, it does a quick little fade when the phone rings and then can be easily resumed when you finish the call. When not in the iPod app itself, you can do a two-finger double tap to star

Changing artist properties of an MP3 File

2010-06-01 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, Is there any way to change the artist and title properties of an Mp3 file outside of Itunes? I have some tracks that don't have tags filled in for the artist, and I want to fix it, but not in Itunes. Thanks, Courtney -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

Re: Changing artist properties of an MP3 File

2010-06-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
Thre might be but I have not found a way to do it and googling produces forums where people seem to think itunes is the only way to do everything when it is not, we just need to find a bulk soemthing like mp3tag. Take care. S On Jun 1, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > Is there

Re: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
My macbook pro has 250 gig hard drive, 4 gigs of ram and a 2.3 ghz processer. it ran me about 1400 new.The difference is the macbook air runs on a flash drive of about 100 gigs or so and has no cd drive. think of it like a netbook. The pro has more features like firewire and mini dvi adapter and

Re: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
firewire is a faster way of transfering data to some firewire drives. It is mainily used though in hooking up mixers and cameras that support it though. On Jun 1, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > What's Firewire, I use Wifi, is that affected? > Courtney > On 01/06/2010, at 7:37 in

Re: Setting up hotkeys in Skype

2010-06-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
YOu can't. the way I anwser a call is to vo shift end and then vo left twice to th eanswer button. I can answer a call in about 2 seconds. taekcare. On Jun 1, 2010, at 3:38 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone know how to configure SKype with hotkeys? I can't even figure out >

RE: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Cameron
Hi. well, keep in mind that installing a drive yourself would void any remaining apple care coverage. But, installing a new drive and dropping in more ran should not be expensive if you source your components well. Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mai

Re: haptic film

2010-06-01 Thread Doug Lawlor
That would be interesting if we could read braille with this technology. I think it is to early to say at this point. I think in theory you could do so however. Doug On 2010-06-01, at 7:31 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > Ah, but could you do braille? > > Jon > > > On 01/06/2010, Doug Lawlor wr

Re: Setting up hotkeys in Skype

2010-06-01 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi there, Thank you so much for your help. What is the equivalent of the end key on a Macbook? Thanks again. Allison On Jun 1, 2010, at 9:13 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > YOu can't. the way I anwser a call is to vo shift end and then vo left twice > to th eanswer button. I can answer a call in ab

accessing mail that was placed in junk folder by mail filter

2010-06-01 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, Is there any way to access mail that was placed in the junk folder by a mail filter. I think something important might be in there. Can I do this through Apple Mail, or do I have to perform the tedious task of going to the server and looking (smiley). Courtney -- You received this message

Re: accessing mail that was placed in junk folder by mail filter

2010-06-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
If the server was an imap folder then all you need to as far as i know is to navagate to that junk folder and move the message to the inbox if it is there. S On Jun 1, 2010, at 6:45 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > Is there any way to access mail that was placed in the junk folder by a mail >

Re: Setting up hotkeys in Skype

2010-06-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
fn key pluss right arriw is end. fn up arrow is page up, fn pluss left arrow is home and fn pluss down arrow is page down. Good uck. S On Jun 1, 2010, at 6:41 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi there, > > Thank you so much for your help. What is the equivalent of the end key on a > Macbook? Than

Re: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
Can you btring in the drive you want and have them install it for you? and can you have them image everything including your bootcamp partition on there i fyou really wanted to do that? S On Jun 1, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Cameron wrote: > Hi. well, keep in mind that installing a drive yourself would

Re: accessing mail that was placed in junk folder by mail filter

2010-06-01 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, It's a Hotmail, so is that Imap? I've heard of Imap before, but I'm pretty much clueless as to what it is. Courtney On 01/06/2010, at 10:27 in the Afternoon, Sarah Alawami wrote: > If the server was an imap folder then all you need to as far as i know is to > navagate to that junk folder and

Re: Setting up hotkeys in Skype

2010-06-01 Thread Cara Quinn
Actually you can definitely set up Skype with hot keys, however you're right in that you can't set up a key for specifically answering a call. YOu go about this in System Preferences though, and not through Skype, which is probably why you missed it. :) I would have too, so no worries! lo

Re: haptic film

2010-06-01 Thread Joel Zimba
interesting? you think it would be interesting? either my head would explode or I would cry wrote: > That would be interesting if we could read braille with this technology. I > think it is to early to say at this point. I think in theory you could do so > however. > > Doug > > On 2

Re: haptic film

2010-06-01 Thread Doug Lawlor
I think if the font could be raised high enough from the screen braille could be read. Interesting times ahead. Doug On 2010-06-02, at 12:32 AM, Joel Zimba wrote: > interesting? you think it would be interesting? > > either my head would explode or I would cry > > > wrote: > >> That

Re: Setting up hotkeys in Skype

2010-06-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hmm I'll have to play with it. I wonder if there is a way it could access the answer button in the quick answer panel that shows up. On Jun 1, 2010, at 7:39 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > Actually you can definitely set up Skype with hot keys, however you're right > in that you can't set up a key for

Re: accessing mail that was placed in junk folder by mail filter

2010-06-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
It is a pop3 server. Nos rues if you can even access the junk folder there. Maybe someone with more knoledge can help. S On Jun 1, 2010, at 7:33 PM, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > It's a Hotmail, so is that Imap? I've heard of Imap before, but I'm pretty > much clueless as to what it is. > Cour

2 Questions from Mark Regarding The Mac Mail Client in Snow Leopard

2010-06-01 Thread M. Taylor
Hello All, To my surprise, I find that I much prefer to use the Mac Mail Client to Outlook, these days for a host of reasons. 1. Currently, I use the threaded message view to read all mail. One reason I find this extremely convenient is because when I press the enter key on the message header as

Re: Audible content on Iphone

2010-06-01 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Why an iPhone 3gs? Why not wait the month and get the iPhone 4g when it comes out? On Jun 1, 2010, at 7:48 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm contemplating purchasing an Iphone 3GS as my Nokia keeps freezing up. I'm > thinking of getting the 32 gig one. Can you play audible cont

RE: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Cameron
Hi. H. I don't know if you can bring a drive you buy from another retailer into an apple store and have them do the install. You could call them and ask, but I somehow doubt it. Cameron. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroup

Thinking of creating a Mac OX 10.6 tutorial, any suggestions?

2010-06-01 Thread Alfredo
I am currently just going to college, employment is pretty bad, so I am thinking of creating a tutorial that will guide you step by step, on how to do routine and more complicated task with voice over in the mac. For example, several posters have had teh question on how to get the time on their co

Re: accessing mail that was placed in junk folder by mail filter

2010-06-01 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Courtney; If you're talking about the filter in Mail itself, yes, you can access your junk mailbox. One very reliable way to get there is to go to your Mailboxes menu in the menu bar and choose 'Go to.' This will bring up another menu of your current mailboxes. Press enter on Junk an

Re: 2 Questions from Mark Regarding The Mac Mail Client in Snow Leopard

2010-06-01 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi Mark, while I don't know a quickie way to close all those windows, you should be able to simply interact with the splitter, to solve your other issue. Once you interact, you can move the splitter around with VO arrows. Best of luck and have a wonderful night!… Smiles, Cara :) --- View

Re: 2 Questions from Mark Regarding The Mac Mail Client in Snow Leopard

2010-06-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
You actually have to interact with the splitter move it to 100 percent rought it to voice over curser with vo command f5 and double click with the mouce on the right lower corner. S On Jun 1, 2010, at 11:25 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > Hi Mark, while I don't know a quickie way to close all those wi

Re: accessing mail that was placed in junk folder by mail filter

2010-06-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh my stars! I did not know there was such an option. I've been skiping it the whole time K've been using mail! Wow! thanks for that! On Jun 1, 2010, at 11:24 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > Hi Courtney; > > If you're talking about the filter in Mail itself, yes, you can access your > junk mailbox.

Re: A couple Macbook questions, out of curiosity

2010-06-01 Thread Sarah Alawami
I will do that. It's hoped I can but if I can't then that's fine. Take care. S On Jun 1, 2010, at 9:55 PM, Cameron wrote: > Hi. H. I don't know if you can bring a drive you buy from another > retailer into an apple store and have them do the install. You could call > them and ask, but I s