Switching Windows iTunes Library to Mac?

2010-12-22 Thread Brianna Snyder
Hi, I was just wondering if it was possible to somehow transfer my iTunes Windows library to my Mac. I have an iPod Touch, and I would love to be able to sync it with my MacBook Pro, as opposed to having to turn on the Windows machine every time I need to recharge my iPod, or sync new music.

Re: Switching Windows iTunes Library to Mac?

2010-12-22 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Brianna: Guess I get to be the bearer of good news today!:) You can very easily transfer your pc itunes library to your mac. There are actually several ways. Probably the simplest would be to plug your touch into the Mac. Itunes should open, or if not, open it. It should tell you that

Re: Switching Windows iTunes Library to Mac?

2010-12-22 Thread Jane
I am doing the import method; I'm still doing so, it's not quick for me, but it's working nicely. I love Home Sharing! Jane On Dec 22, 2010, at 11:26 AM, Carolyn Haas wrote: Hi Brianna: Guess I get to be the bearer of good news today!:) You can very easily transfer your pc itunes

[Mac-cessibility News] DanKam Tackles Helping Users with Color Blindness

2010-12-22 Thread Maccessibility
DanKam Tackles Helping Users with Color Blindness A new iPhone app, DanKam, is an experimental new way of filtering input from the iPhone's camera or from previously taken photographs to make the colors more discernible to users who are color blind. The app provides a variety of experimental

Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Hi all. I have a USB drive connected to my MBA. I want to make a new folder on that drive, which BTW is named Arthur after my canary, but every time I try, the only new folder type option I see is new smart folder. I opened that dialog box and saw something about search something. First,

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread John Sanfilippo
I look forward to this discussion because I have been at this since November of 2008 and still need to know these things. Thanks for asking. js On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Hi all. I have a USB drive connected to my MBA. I want to make a new folder on that drive,

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Massimo
In data Mercoledì 22 Dicembre 2010 19.06.05, Marlaina Lieberg 1guide...@gmail.com ha scritto: Second, what is a smart folder and why do I want one? A smart folder... can be defined as a dynamic folder. When creating one, you have to specify search parameters. The smart folder will contain

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread John Panarese
The simplest way I have found to create a new folder is just to use command shift and the letter n on the place where you want the folder. In other words, if I want to create a new folder on my external drive in a folder called, John's Documents, I'd just have John's Documents

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
John, That does not work for me. I am trying to create folders at the root of arthur and when I do command shift n, the smart folder dialogue pops up. I then went to my side bar, but every time I vo down after interacting with it, I pop into the file table area. I have something on here

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
H, astounding! I'll try to digest this. Thanks so much. Marlaina On Dec 22, 2010, at 10:19 AM, Massimo wrote: In data Mercoledì 22 Dicembre 2010 19.06.05, Marlaina Lieberg 1guide...@gmail.com ha scritto: Second, what is a smart folder and why do I want one? A smart folder... can be

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
John, That made my day! Let's learn together from these wonderful folks! Marlaina On Dec 22, 2010, at 10:17 AM, John Sanfilippo wrote: I look forward to this discussion because I have been at this since November of 2008 and still need to know these things. Thanks for asking. js On Dec

Re: SEE Finance, There's Hope for Us

2010-12-22 Thread Greg Aikens
Yes, definitely keep us updated on this. Greg On Dec 20, 2010, at 7:36 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: Hi Marlaina, I received an e-mail last Friday indicating there would be a delay in the next release until early this week. Nothing yet, I'm thinking after Christmas, but we'll see. Les

problem creating signature in apple mail

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I am trying to create a multi-line signature in apple mail. I go to preferences, select the signatures tab, select new signature and start typing. As soon as I press return, or even shift return, it thinks that is the end of my signature. How do I get around this? Marlaina -- You received

Re: problem creating signature in apple mail

2010-12-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
You need to type int eh name of your sig then hit enter. then tab to the edit field if you can find it and type. be careful as mail crashes a lot when doing this. I gave my crash report to apple regarding this about 6 months ago. lol! On Dec 22, 2010, at 11:04 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: I am

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. hit cmd shift n to create a new folder and start typing inthe name. I do this all the time on my external drive. S On Dec 22, 2010, at 10:17 AM, John Sanfilippo wrote: I look forward to this discussion because I have been at this since November of 2008 and still need to know these

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Nope, it brings up smart folders, sorry about that, it just doesn't work for me. On Dec 22, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Hello. hit cmd shift n to create a new folder and start typing inthe name. I do this all the time on my external drive. S On Dec 22, 2010, at 10:17 AM, John

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread John Panarese
This is strange. I just opened one of my external hard drives with command o from my desktop, then I immediately hit shift-command-n and got the create new folder area. I typed, test folder, and hit enter. A new folder appeared in my root directory called, test folder. I'm not sure why

Re: problem creating signature in apple mail

2010-12-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
Did you put the sig in your specific account? if not you might need to start all over. Sorry. On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:11 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Hi Sarah. Ok I did that; I created a signature called general and I typed in what I wanted. However, the choose signature button is dimmed.

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
Is there a way they could have changed a shortcut? I'm a bit stumpped now. S On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:37 PM, John Panarese wrote: This is strange. I just opened one of my external hard drives with command o from my desktop, then I immediately hit shift-command-n and got the create new

Google Chrome and Mac

2010-12-22 Thread Richie Gardenhire
Hi All, I came across an interesting application called Google Chrome, which from what I understand in reading the overview, is a type of web browser; however, it didn't seem to be really accessible, in my opinion. Looking at the instructions, it said you have to drag the Disk Image to

Re: Google Chrome and Mac

2010-12-22 Thread Larry Skutchan
It is actually very accessible although there is no table support yet. It is fast, accessible, and reliable, however and hardly ever gives the busy message as Saffari does. On Dec 22, 2010, at 3:58 PM, Richie Gardenhire wrote: Hi All, I came across an interesting application called Google

Re: problem creating signature in apple mail

2010-12-22 Thread Colin M
Hi Marlaina! Sarah is right I had the same prob! Where it says all signatures interact and change to the other in there if you have any in all sigs just delete and put them in the other ! hth Colin On 22 Dec 2010, at 20:40, Sarah Alawami wrote: Did you put the sig in your specific account? if

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Thanks John. I'll keep at it for sure. Marlaina On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:37 PM, John Panarese wrote: This is strange. I just opened one of my external hard drives with command o from my desktop, then I immediately hit shift-command-n and got the create new folder area. I typed, test

Re: problem creating signature in apple mail

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
I have only one mail account on this computer. I told it to select all but I guess I can go try gmail and see what happens. Thanks. Marlaina On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Did you put the sig in your specific account? if not you might need to start all over. Sorry. On

Re: problem creating signature in apple mail

2010-12-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
In the manual it says you have to drag and drop if you do that but since we cannot do it we have to recreate them. Oh well. Take care. S On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Colin M wrote: Hi Marlaina! Sarah is right I had the same prob! Where it says all signatures interact and change to the other

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Ok, I rebooted and now cmd shift n is working. Sheesh. On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Is there a way they could have changed a shortcut? I'm a bit stumpped now. S On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:37 PM, John Panarese wrote: This is strange. I just opened one of my external hard

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
Well maybe that computer needed a scaring and that's what it got when you rebooted. Glad your problem is fixed. S On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:12 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Ok, I rebooted and now cmd shift n is working. Sheesh. On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Is there

Re: problem creating signature in apple mail

2010-12-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
Ype that's what you have to do or it won't work. Good luck. On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:12 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: I have only one mail account on this computer. I told it to select all but I guess I can go try gmail and see what happens. Thanks. Marlaina On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:40

return receipt request in apple mail

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Is it possible to send a msg with a return receipt as it is in Windows? I just tried and could not find it anywhere on any menu. I see how to change the priority of the msg, but not to request a return receipt. Thanks. Marlaina -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [Bulk] Re: problem creating signature in apple mail

2010-12-22 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Signatures does tend to be very nasty bug wise. When I switched over from Comcast to ATT, I had to manually rewrite all my signatures. I really hoep Apple corrects the signatures issue. I find that just about every single time I fool around in there, Mail crashes. Sincerely, The

Re: [Bulk] return receipt request in apple mail

2010-12-22 Thread Ray Foret Jr
In a word, Nope. Not in this release anyhow. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray On Dec 22, 2010, at 3:29 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Is it possible to send a msg with a return receipt as it is in Windows? I

Re: problem creating signature in apple mail

2010-12-22 Thread Esther
Hi Ray, Marlaina, and Others, I created signatures with VoiceOver drag and drop some time ago, so I haven't experimented with this, but I've pulled up an old post from the archives from nearly a year ago on this topic: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg16253.html

Re: return receipt request in apple mail

2010-12-22 Thread Jon Cohn
I believe that if you create a new header return-receipt-requested with a value of your e-mail address, then this will do the same function. I believe that RFC822 does not however directly define this header and that the results are not predictable. JOn On Dec 22, 2010, at 4:29 PM, Marlaina

Re: [Bulk] Re: problem creating signature in apple mail

2010-12-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yep I hope they fix this in another update, or in lion. s On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:31 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Signatures does tend to be very nasty bug wise. When I switched over from Comcast to ATT, I had to manually rewrite all my signatures. I really hoep Apple corrects the signatures

Re: amadeus pro basics. help!

2010-12-22 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Nektarios, After working hard to master Amadeus Pro I did a podcast designed to show a blind Mac user how to record and edit a vynal record to digital. I believe it is still available on blindcooltech.com. I think I called it Amadeus Pro vynal to CD. It does cover some of the

Re: [Bulk] Re: problem creating signature in apple mail

2010-12-22 Thread Jon Cohn
How b about creating the signature in TextEdit, and then cutting it into the signature pane. THis might be good also since then you could save the sigs independently if you need them in a new account. JOn On Dec 22, 2010, at 5:38 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Yep I hope they fix this in another

Re: [Bulk] Re: problem creating signature in apple mail

2010-12-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
I've tried to do that butmail will crash when you land int eh edit field. s On Dec 22, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Jon Cohn wrote: How b about creating the signature in TextEdit, and then cutting it into the signature pane. THis might be good also since then you could save the sigs independently if

Macbook Pro Feet

2010-12-22 Thread Buddy Brannan
Hi, So I just called Apple support, which was something less than helpful. (I don't think he had this in his database, so he wasn't sure what to do with me.) For the past couple weeks, the left front foot on my Macbook Pro (just 26 days out of warranty) started feeling a little mushy, for

Re: Macbook Pro Feet

2010-12-22 Thread Scott Granados
Eastman 110. That's the best glue I've found. It's a two part deal but you can hold a submarine together with it (literally). On Dec 22, 2010, at 7:46 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: Hi, So I just called Apple support, which was something less than helpful. (I don't think he had this in his

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
To make a new folder, first open the drive and then open the folder where the new one will be created, if you don't want it on the root folder. Press command shift n, this will place you in a text box where you can give the folder a name, untitled is already there, just erase that and type the

Re: Macbook Pro Feet

2010-12-22 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I've used araldite on electronics before; It's actually been able to reinforse some pretty rubbishy soldering on some no name ebay electronics. On 23/12/2010, Scott Granados scott.grana...@gmail.com wrote: Eastman 110. That's the best glue I've found. It's a two part deal but you can hold a

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
Ok, if you open the file menu, do you have a new folder option? On Dec 22, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Nope, it brings up smart folders, sorry about that, it just doesn't work for me. On Dec 22, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Hello. hit cmd shift n to create a new

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
I wonder if having the side bar shown or hiden makes a difference, it shouldn't, but you never know. On Dec 22, 2010, at 2:37 PM, John Panarese wrote: This is strange. I just opened one of my external hard drives with command o from my desktop, then I immediately hit shift-command-n and

Re: Google Chrome and Mac

2010-12-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
After ejecting the image, highlight it and press command backspace to move it to the trash. The newest beta of the browser is accessible. On Dec 22, 2010, at 2:58 PM, Richie Gardenhire wrote: Hi All, I came across an interesting application called Google Chrome, which from what I understand

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
It shouldn't but glad the reboot fixed it. Take care. On Dec 22, 2010, at 5:41 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: I wonder if having the side bar shown or hiden makes a difference, it shouldn't, but you never know. On Dec 22, 2010, at 2:37 PM, John Panarese wrote: This is strange. I just opened

iTunes/iPhone sorting music help

2010-12-22 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
G! Help before I scream! Okay, I have an iPhone 4, and a Macbook Pro, latest version of iTunes. I've reripped all music in to iTunes. When using the iTunes program, all music is sorted perfectly, I can find all albums and artists grouped together without any problem. The issue is when the

Fixing an annoying mail problem

2010-12-22 Thread Tom Frank
Hello all, My Mail has been sluggish for me for months. I finally, I hope, found the problem and fixed it. each time I used the Command Option N command to go to the inbox, mail opened the inbox in a new window. I checked the Windows menu item and found out that I had over thirty inbox windows

Re: Google Chrome and Mac

2010-12-22 Thread Kimberly thurman
I just downloaded and installed Chrome. All I see is a search box and a place to enter a URL, but every time I try to type in either of these, I get the bonk sound. What am I doing wrong? On Dec 22, 2010, at 8:42 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: After ejecting the image, highlight it and press command

Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-22 Thread Brianna Snyder
Hi, I just got my MacBook Pro about a month and a half ago. Now that I've started figuring more and more things out, I find myself using the Mac way more than my old Windows desktop. I was just wondering if anyone used their MacBook/MacBook Pro as their main computer? I'd love to, as I love

Re: Fixing an annoying mail problem

2010-12-22 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Tom: So how do you check what's open? Carolyn H On Dec 22, 2010, at 7:12 PM, Tom Frank wrote: Hello all, My Mail has been sluggish for me for months. I finally, I hope, found the problem and fixed it. each time I used the Command Option N command to go to the inbox, mail opened the

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-22 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: You cannot hurt it by using it until it dies. That's actually a good thing to do. I believe the battery is good for 1000 charging cycles. On Dec 22, 2010, at 8:51 PM, Brianna Snyder wrote: Hi, I just got my MacBook Pro about a month and a half ago. Now that I've started figuring more

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-22 Thread Jenny Wood
Hi Brianna, Welcome to the world of mac. :-) I am fairly new myself, going on about two months now with my new macbook pro. I dove right in with both feet, forcing myself to find ways of doing most things on the mac, otherwise I knew I would be much more likely to do what was easiest--use

Fwd: iTunes/iPhone sorting music help

2010-12-22 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Sorry, this message didn't appear on this list, I'm sending again. Begin forwarded message: From: Sarai Bucciarelli bucc7...@bellsouth.net Date: December 22, 2010 8:05:02 PM CST To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Cc: viph...@googlegroups.com Subject: iTunes/iPhone sorting music help

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-22 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
hi there; not bad questions. I use mine as you described. It doesn't seam to have hirt my battery life as I'm still using the one it came with two and a half years later. my ac cable died but not the battery. andd doesn't seam to have affected the amount of time i get from a charge.

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-22 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Hi, Brianna: Not only is my MacBook Pro the only and thus my main computer, it's almost my main piece of furniture, since I moved a few months back. During the few months before that, my MBP was my only computer in some pretty rugged environments. As far as the battery, t's good to

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-22 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Brianna: I've found myself booting up my old Dell less and less frequently, in favor of the MBP.:) The battery is actually built in such a way as to not be affected adversely by memory. That is, it doesn't remember how much was left before you charge it. So, there's no adverse affect in

Re: Fixing an annoying mail problem

2010-12-22 Thread Teresa Cochran
Also, to get to the inbox, you can use command-1 . You can find out what's open by pressing VO-f1 twice quickly. In any application, you can go to the window menu and find out which windows are available. HTH, Teresa On Dec 22, 2010, at 6:52 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: Hi Tom: So how do you

skype

2010-12-22 Thread louie
Hi all, Have any one of you tried skype? Skype is down here in Washington state. louie louiem...@wavecable.com -- 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

Re: skype

2010-12-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yep skype is down for most of the world as well. the ingineers are trying to build several super nodes and mega super nodes to get it up and running. s On Dec 22, 2010, at 8:58 PM, louie wrote: Hi all, Have any one of you tried skype? Skype is down here in Washington state. louie

Re: skype

2010-12-22 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Check this article out: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/skype_apologizes_explains_todays_downtime.php • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ -- You received this message