Re: Researcher looking for iPhone users

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
I don't think that will be included in the research but yeah not much you or I could do about it so I guess we just have to deal. S On Nov 12, 2010, at 11:36 PM, Michael Thurman wrote: > ok how about solving the problem if the I hone data and voice costing way > TOO much money lol that is an

Re: speakers for the i-phone/mb pro.

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
I used a pair of jbl on tour speakers and I loved them. nice and loud for there size. S On Nov 12, 2010, at 10:03 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: > Oh I have the set from Bose, they work great. There about 6 years old and I > have never had any problems with them god willing, they will last another

Re: Researcher looking for iPhone users

2010-11-13 Thread Scott Granados
What the IPhone and Data does not cost to much. It's the same price for us as a sited ser. If you want a cheap phone get one you don't need it to read anything to you. If you're that backwards get a jitterbug.:) On Nov 13, 2010, at 12:07 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I don't think that will be

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread Scott Granados
The air has an internal SSD drive but no external cd rom. You can do that over the network though or use an exteranal CD. On Nov 12, 2010, at 7:07 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Sonnia and Marlaina: > I'm finding something a little different and am interested in your comments. > What I find is

Re: iPad WiFi issues delaying iPhone/iPad update:

2010-11-13 Thread Scott Granados
Anyone suprised Apple is having radio issues? :) On Nov 12, 2010, at 4:08 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Is this a bug that is really delaying the expected update today? will it > really be delayed for a few weeks? read more: http://j.mp/bArWhi > > -- > You received this message because you are s

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread Ricardo Walker
In my opinion its a good trade off less size and weight for no optical drive. Those things are going the way of the cassette tape and 3.5 floppy. :). I mean. People are streaming video, downloading music and applications so what purpose will the CD-Rom drive have in say 3 years? I think Appl

Re: Cmd+Tab with Zoom on Annoyance in 10.6.5

2010-11-13 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Pete, Archie tried it again with VO running and Mail running but Cmd-Tab still works fine for him. However, he can't get magnification to go up to 24, it only goes as far as 20 on his MBP. Cheers, Anne On 13 Nov 2010, at 03:31, Pete Nalda wrote: > Hi, > Well I couldn't get this to wor

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread Doug Lawlor
I just bought a MacBook last February and now I want one of the 11 inch MacBook airs. Getting back to the cd rom drive, I hardly use mine. When I get my pogoplug and drobo next week all of the stuff I have on hard drives and CDs laying around is getting put over on the drobo. When I get this set

Radioshift.

2010-11-13 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi all. Has anybody noticed some problems with radioshift after updating the mac. My danish programs will not play, they need flip4mac, has anybody any a suggestion for what to do. Best regards Annie. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionarie

Re: speakers for the i-phone/mb pro.

2010-11-13 Thread Ryan Mann
The store section of Apple's web site has a section for speakers. I baught the iHome iHM79 rechargeable Mini Speakers. I've had them for a few weeks and so far, they work great. On Nov 13, 2010, at 3:09 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I used a pair of jbl on tour speakers and I loved them. nice

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Yeah, but how will you install software, I.E. iLife upgrade. It comes on CD. Sarai Bucciarelli Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia On Nov 13, 2010, at 4:01 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > In my opinion its a good trade off less size and

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread Ricardo Walker
For now it does. Soon it will come on USB thumb drives. Its already happening. The Macbook air comes with Snow Leopard on a thumb drive rather than a DVD. I'm not sure but, iLife 2011 might ship with the air the same way. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker29

Re: speakers for the i-phone/mb pro.

2010-11-13 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: Bose has a nice set. Sarai Bucciarelli Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia On Nov 13, 2010, at 2:09 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I used a pair of jbl on tour speakers and I loved them. nice and loud for > there size. > > S > On N

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
What is a pogo? Sarai Bucciarelli Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia On Nov 13, 2010, at 5:00 AM, Doug Lawlor wrote: > I just bought a MacBook last February and now I want one of the 11 inch > MacBook airs. Getting back to the cd r

iTunes 10.1

2010-11-13 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
All: iTunes 10.1 is available. Sarai Bucciarelli Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisi

Re: AppleScript to move files [was Re: problem moving files to another folder]

2010-11-13 Thread Eric Caron
Dear list, I'm new at using scripts. This is my first attempt. I retrieved the Move script and I thought followed the directions correctly but when I press the command for the short cut nothing happens. Is there a place where I can find a step by step guide to installing a script suc

Exporting an Itunes library

2010-11-13 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Ok, this is one of a couple stupid questions that i am going to ask. I will ask them in 2 separate emails so as to not mix things up for those interested in one subject and not in the other. I'm planning on using my external 1 TB hard drive as home for my music and sound, so it can be accessed f

Been away too long from Yurufukuru - a couple of stupid questions

2010-11-13 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hello. Here comes the second stupid question. This time, it's about the Twitter client Yurufukuru. I was playing with it a while a couple days ago and i had a hard time, or rather a struggle to make it do what i wanted. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to follow a user. No matter whe

Re: Exporting an Itunes library

2010-11-13 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, It is just a 2 step process. First you will want to go into the settings in iTunes and under advance, change the default iTunes music library to the folder on your external that contains all your music. Then copy and paste the iTunes .xml and other iTunes file onto your external. These s

Re: iTunes 10.1

2010-11-13 Thread Rafaela Freundt
Hi, I just saw that in the new itunes when you vo arrow to the search box when you've selected something on the sources list it will say search, for example search music or store. I think that is cool. Rafaela El 13/11/2010, a las 09:38, Sarai Bucciarelli escribió: > All: > iTunes 10.1 is availa

Re: iTunes 10.1

2010-11-13 Thread Ruud Bemelmans
I'm grabbing it right now, though I had to go to Apple menu, then software updates to make it work. From within Itunes it told me there was a file it couldn't find. Good thing there are multiple ways to get it working. -- Ruud -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Goo

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread Kimberly thurman
If I may ask, what is a Pogo Plug and Drobo? Thanks! :) On Nov 13, 2010, at 6:00 AM, Doug Lawlor wrote: > I just bought a MacBook last February and now I want one of the 11 inch > MacBook airs. Getting back to the cd rom drive, I hardly use mine. When I get > my pogoplug and drobo next week al

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread heather kd5cbl
I agree, all my apps, media and books are downloaded no cds! I actually ripped all my cds to my external and gave the cds to someone else who is not in this century who still has a tape player woe! I have not used a tape player for five years or so! And at that, I had to check one out from th

inffo/directory assistance/goog411

2010-11-13 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi everyone: Please excuse a cross-post. Just a note that goog-411 has gone away. But, Microsoft is now offering free bing-411 that provides free directory assistance as well as news, sports and weather. The number, if interested is 1-800246-4411 Carolyn- -- You received this message becau

re: accessable cell phones:

2010-11-13 Thread Chenelle Hancock
hi sara, scott and other list member I have to say that being someone who is visually impaired and that has used cell phones within the past that were not accessible. I find using the i-phone 3 gs to be a great help to me in the long run due to its high level of accessibility features within

Re: Cmd+Tab with Zoom on Annoyance in 10.6.5

2010-11-13 Thread Pete Nalda
Oh, yeah if I said 24 I meant 20 for maximum. And yeah it does this even when mail *wasn't* running. I seems to just stick on whatever application is up front and won't let you see the others to switch to them. I've tried also trashing the Finder plist as well as the one for universal access.

Re: Exporting an Itunes library

2010-11-13 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi and thanks for the tip. The thing is, i have the music folder in my Itunes library so i haven't moved anything yet. One would think it's only a matter of firstly moving the library folder onto the hard drive and then telling Itunes where it is, only thing is, i'm afraid it'll be all confused

Re: Does anyone have experience with a product called radio shark

2010-11-13 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I got my radioshark today, and the software that comes with it is quite accessible. You have more control with it if you use the software then if you use Audiohijack pro. There a few unlabelled buttons, one's to switch from AM to FM, another one is to set the equalizer. HTH, Courtney Listen

Re: Exporting an Itunes library

2010-11-13 Thread Colin M
Hi Krister! The way I understand how Itunes works when you tell it to use the library on your external drive it will not be looking anywhere else so you can just delete the one on your hd or leave it as a back up! I'm sure someone will tell you if I've got that wrong :] Colin On 13 Nov 2010, at

Re: speakers for the i-phone/mb pro.

2010-11-13 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Chenell, I am also looking for speakers for my Iphone as I take it in the kitchen a lot and listen to music. DOes any one know how the JBL Duet speakers are powered? THey said they use mains power. Is that a wall outlet? Thank you in advance. Cheerfully, Allison My birds are winged blessing

Re: speakers for the i-phone/mb pro.

2010-11-13 Thread Ryan Mann
If you're looking for speakers for your IPhone, I would recommend the iHome iHM79 rechargeable Mini. They are battery operated. If I need to recharge them, all I have to do is hook them up to the USB port on my computer. On Nov 13, 2010, at 2:43 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi Chenell, > > I

Re: speakers for the i-phone/mb pro.

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
the jbl on tour speakers use 4 tripple a batteries to power but the power last for about 2 or 3 weeks and the power they put out is amazing! and these fit in a small purse. S On Nov 13, 2010, at 11:50 AM, Ryan Mann wrote: > If you're looking for speakers for your IPhone, I would recommend the i

Re: accessable cell phones:

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeah exactaly I'm willing to pay higher rates for bandwith to help subsitize the phone any time. it's better then paying a flat out 4 or 600 in total for a windows or android phone or what ever and the screen reader. Take care all. On Nov 13, 2010, at 8:55 AM, Chenelle Hancock wrote: > > > h

Re: inffo/directory assistance/goog411

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
Why not just use 18005558355. it is sponsered by bing. Take care. S On Nov 13, 2010, at 8:52 AM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi everyone: > Please excuse a cross-post. Just a note that goog-411 has gone away. But, > Microsoft is now offering free bing-411 that provides free directory > assistance

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
but, I still need to burn cds for church when I sing there or what not. they will not have a flash drive thing for there machine. they expect cds so in a way cds won't be going out the window just yet. S On Nov 13, 2010, at 2:01 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > In my opinion its a good trade off les

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
OhI use cds all the time but it's the field I'm in. See my prior post. S On Nov 13, 2010, at 3:00 AM, Doug Lawlor wrote: > I just bought a MacBook last February and now I want one of the 11 inch > MacBook airs. Getting back to the cd rom drive, I hardly use mine. When I get > my pogoplug and dr

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread Eric Oyen
there is always re-writable c.d.'s. they are just as good and you can reuse them. :) -Eric On Nov 13, 2010, at 12:56 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > but, I still need to burn cds for church when I sing there or what not. they > will not have a flash drive thing for there machine. they expect cds so

Re: Been away too long from Yurufukuru - a couple of stupid questions

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. contact the dev about the auto complete issue. As far as your first question I hit cmd n and hit follow @username. Oh and I turn auto complete off btw. I also can't get that sucker to work. lol! S On Nov 13, 2010, at 7:00 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hello. > Here comes the second stupid

Re: inffo/directory assistance/goog411

2010-11-13 Thread heather kd5cbl
Just remember to push some buttons so you don't have to listen to that add before you get to the news or weather! Heather -- 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.

Re: iPad WiFi issues delaying iPhone/iPad update:

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
I have never had radio issues with apple so in my mine yeah I am a bit surprised but as i said on this or another list, I'd rather have a woring update not one with a major bug like that. S On Nov 13, 2010, at 12:30 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > Anyone suprised Apple is having radio issues? :) >

Re: accessable cell phones:

2010-11-13 Thread heather kd5cbl
Yes, I wish sprint would get an iphone, my q9c is dying but I keep giving it pet talks to make it work, smiles! Heather -- 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. T

Re: Researcher looking for iPhone users

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
I have to agree. 100 a month really is not that bad for unlimited talk and data. Now if text would go down I'd be happy but yeah. I have to agree 110 percent. S On Nov 13, 2010, at 12:25 AM, Scott Granados wrote: > What the IPhone and Data does not cost to much. > > It's the same price for us

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread Ryan Mann
Rewriteable CD's won't work in CD players, so if you need to burn music that will play in all CD players, you better not use rewriteable CD's for that. On Nov 13, 2010, at 2:58 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > there is always re-writable c.d.'s. they are just as good and you can reuse > them. :) > > -Er

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread Eric Oyen
hmmm. thats weird. I have a cd player here that handles rewritables just fine. and its over 7 years old. of course, its a phillips (which may explain things). -Eric On Nov 13, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Ryan Mann wrote: > Rewriteable CD's won't work in CD players, so if you need to burn music that > wi

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread Ryan Mann
I guess some do and some don't. Somebody I knew burned music to a rewriteable CD and it wouldn't play in their CD player. CD-r disks worked fine. On Nov 13, 2010, at 3:33 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > hmmm. > thats weird. I have a cd player here that handles rewritables just fine. and > its over 7 y

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread heather kd5cbl
I know my stereo place mp3s and rewritable cds. It is like almost 20 years old. So I was surprised at this! Heather -- 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 u

cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-13 Thread Chenelle Hancock
hi, heather, eric, sara and everyone on the list I have to say that for over eighteen years or so i have been using cd's as my mode of music choice. however, it has only been the past eight months or so that i have getting my music through itunes and transferring my music library of over 500

where do you go to get international voices for your mb pro?

2010-11-13 Thread Chenelle Hancock
hi all: i wanted to know where would i go to be able to get international voices such an austraillian voice, an e brittish english voice, etc for my mb pro? chenelle Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To po

Re: Jumping to a specific time in itunes

2010-11-13 Thread Eric Caron
Hello List, I am new at this script thing! I am having trouble getting this to work. I'm wondering if it works with Itunes 10.1? I have placed the script in my scripts folder and I have gone to keyboard commander and assigned a key. I then went to itunes and tried my key to

Re: accessibility of MacBook Air

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh yeah I know that from experience. lol/! and the work I do in a studio yeah it must be cdr. but how easy is it to use an external cd/dvd writter/reader in a macbook air? I've never seen or used one. s On Nov 13, 2010, at 12:26 PM, Ryan Mann wrote: > Rewriteable CD's won't work in CD players,

Re: Jumping to a specific time in itunes

2010-11-13 Thread Colin M
Hi Eric! Just in case have you got allow vo to be controlled by script checked in vo+f8 in the general settings I had a look at the web page and there seamed there was no installing instructions! hth Colin On 13 Nov 2010, at 22:18, Eric Caron wrote: > Hello List, > > I am new at this scri

New Claim of iOS 4.2 Launch on November 24th as Revised iPad Build Surfaces

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
Will apple release the day before thanks giving? will the wireless bug in the ipad be fixed? read more: http://bit.ly/bPULUF -- 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.

Fwd: Jumping to a specific time in itunes

2010-11-13 Thread Colin M
Hi Eric! Me again :] I've looked again at that site and was wondering he says to put the script in the app's script folder, so I know theres a scripts folder on its own! So if you have put it in there it might be in the wrong place! You'll have to open Itunes in your app's and see if there is a sc

Re: cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-13 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I hope they won't go out, if so, what will we listen to in the family car that doesn't have a line-in cable or a USB port thingy? I like stereo systems with CD players. I also agree with the point of having a backup of a backup. Although I do listen to most of my music on my Ipod, I still u

Purchasing music from iTunes

2010-11-13 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
All: I've never purchased music from iTunes. I have some questions. 1. Where is the music downloaded? Will it be in your music folder, along with your ripped cd's? 2. If your purchased music gets deleted, can you redownload it like you can iphone apps? 3. How do you backup your downloaded music?

Re: cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-13 Thread heather kd5cbl
Well, perhaps the knew cars will have usb plugs for your media. I hope apple corners this market so it will have voiceover too! Heather -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@goo

Re: where do you go to get international voices for your mb pro?

2010-11-13 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Chenelle, I have the British ENglish voices and the SPanish voices for my Mac. You go to http://www.originistruments.com I don't know if they have Australian voices, but they do have British English. You have to purchase the AMerican voices from the Infovox platform before you can add more. I

Re: cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-13 Thread louie
Some of the new cars already have USB and SD card slots. Check out Ford. On Nov 13, 2010, at 3:33 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: > Well, perhaps the knew cars will have usb plugs for your media. I hope apple > corners this market so it will have voiceover too! Heather > -- > You received this mes

Re: where do you go to get international voices for your mb pro?

2010-11-13 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Sorry to tell you, but, the link you provided is no good. CAn't open the page. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray On Nov 13, 2010, at 5:39 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > Hi Chenelle, > I have the British ENglish vo

Re: iTunes 10.1

2010-11-13 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
I grabbed it last night. Will try it out soon! On Nov 13, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > All: > iTunes 10.1 is available. > > > Sarai Bucciarelli > Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on > www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia > > -- > You received this me

Re: cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
Oh yeah mine has an ipod doc. bad thing is vo would probably come over it if I put my iphone there. Take care all. S On Nov 13, 2010, at 4:08 PM, louie wrote: > Some of the new cars already have USB and SD card slots. > Check out Ford. > > On Nov 13, 2010, at 3:33 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: >

Re: cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-13 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: They do. Dad just bought a new truck. He has two usb ports. One port syncs his iPhone to his stario. The other will charge USB devices. Sarai Bucciarelli Personal to win Amazon and other free gift cards, Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia On Nov 13, 2010, at 5:33 PM, heather kd

tip: disable track pad temporarily

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. Here is a tip I found and it really works to disable the track pad. Read more. http://www.macworld.com/article/136275/2008/10/trackpadoff.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvis

Re: Purchasing music from iTunes

2010-11-13 Thread Scott Howell
Sarai, The music is downloaded to the same location as your ripped CDs. You are given the opportunity to back your purchases up to a CD or DVD. Finally unless things have changed, you delete something, you have to repurchase it-this is not like the apps. hth, Scott On Nov 13, 2010, at 6:26 P

Re: where do you go to get international voices for your mb pro?

2010-11-13 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Chenelle Ray and all, I apologize for the link, I purchased these from Origin instruments but obviously can't remember the link. Here is where you can download a demo: http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php I know this link works because I just checked it. Have a wonderful evening. Ha

Re: where do you go to get international voices for your mb pro?

2010-11-13 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Ah yes, I've just now installed the US and British voices. If I wanted to purchase just the US and British voices, how can you be sure you're not paying for voices you're not going to use? When I went to the infovox app, I saw the button where it says "purchase online". From what I could tel

Re: where do you go to get international voices for your mb pro?

2010-11-13 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Ray and all, Well, the only thing I can think of is that the licenses for the voices are purchased sepearately. You can see the contents of your shopping cart before you check out. Yes, you are correct, you have to purchase the U.S. vvoices and then the British English voices. I hope that h

Music Notation software

2010-11-13 Thread Joshua Loya
Hello my fellow Mac loving musicians, What options, if any, are there for music notation software on the Mac? I know a lot of sighted people who use Finale, but I haven't messed with it, and I haven't touched music notation since I lost my sight, with the exception of a very basic primer in brai

Re: Music Notation software

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
I would also like ot know that. I want to get writing choir music again. I've got so much in my head I want to get out there. S On Nov 13, 2010, at 6:49 PM, Joshua Loya wrote: > Hello my fellow Mac loving musicians, > What options, if any, are there for music notation software on the Mac? I > k

Re: Purchasing music from iTunes

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
OO that sucks! I would hope the music would remain the same as the apps. Ah well. Take care. S On Nov 13, 2010, at 4:50 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > Sarai, > > The music is downloaded to the same location as your ripped CDs. You are > given the opportunity to back your purchases up to a CD or DV

moving to a computer-based entertainment system

2010-11-13 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, tonight my husband and i have been talking about moving to a computer-based entertainment system. I of course said I want our media computer to be a Mac. Here's the question. What do we do with our DVD collection? Can this be imported into iTunes?I'm very curious to know what ot

A question regarding itunes store

2010-11-13 Thread James Malone
Hi all. Is there a way to set the bitrate of files that you buy from the iTunes store? Not only that, but the format. I'm also wanting to know this in regards to ripping CD's as well, because I have a bunch of CD's that I want to rip. I haven't had much of a chance to play with all that sorta stu

RE: moving to a computer-based entertainment system

2010-11-13 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Donna, I would suggest that you google the podcast for the HT guys. They really have some really good ideas and they include using a Mac to keep track of your video collection. I infact just purchased a Mac mini for that purpose. I have coupled it with a eye tv. Good luck. Scott --

Re: A question regarding itunes store

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
I'll answer your second question. go to prefs and go to import settings on the general section. After doing so set yoru format and bitrate. Take care. S On Nov 13, 2010, at 7:36 PM, James Malone wrote: > Hi all. Is there a way to set the bitrate of files that you buy from the > iTunes store? N

Re: tip: disable track pad temporarily

2010-11-13 Thread Martin Kirchner
Hello, I use that nice on/off turning gesture to turn trackpad on or off, that's simply easier and mor flexible than any other switch procedure I know. Martin On 14.11.2010, at 01:36, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hello. Here is a tip I found and it really works to disable the track pad. > Read more.

Re: A question regarding itunes store

2010-11-13 Thread James Malone
Oh ok, thanks. Didn't realise it was so simple. I'll have a play with that and see how that goes. On 14/11/2010, at 3:14 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I'll answer your second question. go to prefs and go to import settings on > the general section. After doing so set yoru format and bitrate. > > T

Re: moving to a computer-based entertainment system

2010-11-13 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, Also, How would you watch standard TV like news and weather and shows you like all on a Mac if the entertainment center was all computer based? Courtney Listen to The Wonderful World of Doo-wop with me, Moopie Curran on Fridays at 08:00 UTC on http://www.theglobalvoice.info On Nov 13, 2010,

Re: disable track pad temporarily

2010-11-13 Thread heather kd5cbl
Oh, thank you so much! I knew there had to be a way. Heather -- 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

Re: disable track pad temporarily

2010-11-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
I wish it would not disable vo keys but that might be operator error on my part. Take care. S On Nov 13, 2010, at 9:27 PM, heather kd5cbl wrote: > Oh, thank you so much! I knew there had to be a way. Heather > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >

Re: Exporting an Itunes library

2010-11-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, the easiest way to accomplish this is to simply copy the complete iTunes folder from your Music folder onto the external drive. Then, startup iTunes while holding down the Option key which will force iTunes to ask about choosing a Library. Press cmd-shift-c to access all devices connected

Re: Jumping to a specific time in itunes

2010-11-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, The script does work in itunes 10.1 as I just verified it. Make sure you do the following with first quitting iTunes: 1. Download the Restart At script. 2. Locate the downloaded script in your Downloads folder and copy it with cmd-c. 3. Press cmd-shift-h to bring up your Home folder. 4.

Re: moving to a computer-based entertainment system

2010-11-13 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Yes you can import your DVDs using Handbrake. It is accessible and works great. Some DVDs have copy protection that causes the scenes to get all mixed up but there is a trick on the Handbrake web-site that gets around that issue, you'll just need sighted assistance for that one. Later...

Re: moving to a computer-based entertainment system

2010-11-13 Thread Vaughn Bennison
In my opinion getting dvds into itunes on the mac is easier than under windows. The only down-side to using a mac as your entertainment hub is that TV is very difficult, if not impossible to access. There seems to be only one aplication for tv watching on the mac, EyeTV, and it's absolutely us

Re: where do you go to get international voices for your mb pro?

2010-11-13 Thread Vaughn Bennison
My understanding is that if you buy the british voices, you get Heather in the bundle. Vaughn. On 14/11/2010, at 11:20 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Ah yes, I've just now installed the US and British voices. If I wanted to > purchase just the US and British voices, how can you be sure you're not

Re: where do you go to get international voices for your mb pro?

2010-11-13 Thread Allison Manzino
Yes you are correct, but you still have to buy the American voices if you do not have them already installed. Heather does come in the bundle, but unless you have the American voices installed, the British ones will not work. I learned this from experience. Happily, Allison My birds are winge

Re: cd drives going out of style:

2010-11-13 Thread Ricardo Walker
Its all ready changing. People aren't buying CDs anymore. I dare you to find a record store. lol. 15 years ago, they were everywhere. The majority of people download music. By next year, music albums downloaded, will pass albums sold in stores. the change is coming. People will cling to