Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread brandt
Not when the nearest apple store is 250 kilometers (about 155 miles) away. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp You can tune in to my show wednesday afternoons at 3 PM UTC by going to www.TheGlobalVoice.info Contact me: Skype: brandt.steenkamp007 MSN: brandt...@live.com Google talk/AIM:

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Teresa Cochran
Neat precis, Cheree. I have an IPod Touch and love it, but I may be getting the downstream generation of IPad at some point. I really love the thought that I can go into an Apple store, press command-f5 on any desktop, and invoke Voiceover. I have to keep from rubbing my hands together in glee

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: Eeks. That's a bit of a distance. No trains, buses? Or a sighted I-device fanatic who will drive there? If you thought it safe, you could advertise for a driver on craigslist. Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent from my iPhone On 12/03/2011, at 0:06, brandt

Two questions about the accessible Audacity for the Mac

2011-03-12 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, Let me put this to you frankly, me and Audacity aren't friends at all.:-) I don't at all like the way Audacity works, but since everyone have a personal taste i could always either learn the beast, which i'm about to sorta do or use another program. The thing i wanted to ask here are 2

Re: Two questions about the accessible Audacity for the Mac

2011-03-12 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I'm not sure if their is more recent accessible version out there. But to select a piece of audio like in the example you gave, you can use the left and right brackets. Press the left bracket at the beginning and the right at the end of the part you want to select. hth Ricardo Walker

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread brandt
No trains I'd feel safe on and no apple fans I know of in my small South African backwater town. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp You can tune in to my show wednesday afternoons at 3 PM UTC by going to www.TheGlobalVoice.info Contact me: Skype: brandt.steenkamp007 MSN: brandt...@live.com

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread ShamelessFanGirl
I've been ogling these darlings for a while now. Told myself I couldn't justify the expense, thought I might wait for their capacity to expand, etc etc, but now, even that is taking a backseat to my simply wanting it for productivity. I use my iPhone for nearly everything, and it's now my only

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread erik burggraaf
Sure, but then your fellow adventurer would never have known about voiceover and how he could use it to listen to books with Ibooks. You gave something back for the convenience of having him turn on voiceover, so you could say that having to ask a sighted person sparked a valuable dialog

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread ShamelessFanGirl
That's very true Erik. I can't tell you how many times my merely being able to use an iPhone has begun great conversations with genuinely interesting, and curious people. It's a fabulous feeling to know you've educated someone yeah? Twitter: @IndigoCellist Sent from my iPhone On Mar 12, 2011,

Re: working with the previous recipients table?

2011-03-12 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
How do I get to the previously used recipients table? This is something I have never been able to figure out but know it has great uses! Marlaina -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

RE: moving iTunes library

2011-03-12 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello. I tried this but ITunes opened in safe mode. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:06 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: moving iTunes library Hi

XCode and registering as a developer

2011-03-12 Thread Paul Hunt
Hello everyone. I have two questions. Does anyone know how to remove a project from XCode? Also, I have XCode 3 installed and want to download and install XCode 4 from the app store. Do I have to remove xcode 3 first before installing xcode 4? Finally, I'm having problems registering as a

Re: working with the previous recipients table?

2011-03-12 Thread Esther
Hi Marlaina, You wrote: How do I get to the previously used recipients table? This is something I have never been able to figure out but know it has great uses! The Previous Recipients window opens up when you select this option under the Window menu on Mail's menu bar. In mail, navigate

Re: working with the previous recipients table?

2011-03-12 Thread John Sanfilippo
Hi, 1, control f2, 2, w for window, 3, arrow down to find Previous recipients, 4, press Return or Enter. hth js On Mar 12, 2011, at 7:44 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: How do I get to the previously used recipients table? This is something I have never been able to figure out but know it has

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Mary Otten
Interesting report on the IPad 2. You said you have a bluetooth earbud, not an over the ear type? I'm interested in something that covers just one ear and is not an in the ear canal type deal, as I don't want my ear totally closed off to the outside environment. Also assuming your earbud also

Converting video files

2011-03-12 Thread Chris Norman
Hi all, I fear this may be a bit of a stupid question, as I've done this before, but can't remember how! :P I need to convert a large number of AVI files into M4V, so I can play them on my iPod / iPhone. Any ideas? Cheers, Take care, Chris Norman Email and MSN: chris.norm...@googlemail.com

mail in terminal

2011-03-12 Thread .dan.
There was a brief thread about using mail in terminal with sendmail for use as a local mail server. What if anything was the conclusion reached? I'm naive in the ways of email except as a user of existing services. What needs to be done step by step if you please?

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Chris Norman
Well, I have to say, that was more like an artical than a post LOL, but after sailing through your graphic, if not relevant account, you can turn on VoiceOver with iTunes when you get your own iPad, so, unless you plan to be one of them people who just goes into Apple stores, and plays round with

Re: working with the previous recipients table?

2011-03-12 Thread Chris Norman
Hiya all, I'm joining this discussion a little late, so sorry if all this has already been said. I just spent a couple of seconds looking at it, and it seems this post is right, you can't do much useful with it, apart from one thing. If you find the entry you want (could possibly select multiple

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: I couldn't tell about the actual volume of the IPad 2 speaker. There were too many celebrating Apple fans to hear the native speaker well. In the next few days, a real test should be possible. My Plantronics Voyager Pro is one, not two, like earphones and its ear listener

Re: moving iTunes library

2011-03-12 Thread Chris Norman
I coppied my Itunes library recently, fron an external hard drive to my internal. For some reason, it said that some data in Itunes couldn't coppied for some reason or an other. If this happens, go to your termian (either in utilities, or through spotlight), and type something like the following:

Re: mail in terminal

2011-03-12 Thread Jim Barbour
There was no conclusion. One reason is that the focus of this discussion isn't really clear. Are you wanting to send and read email from inside a terminal, or do you want to set up your own mail server? Running your own email server is doable, but has lots of gotchas and a willingness to gain

Re: moving iTunes library

2011-03-12 Thread Tim Kilburn
Paul, Was your external connected directly or via a network connection? Later... On 2011-03-12, at 5:52 AM, Paul Hunt wrote: Hello. I tried this but ITunes opened in safe mode. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com]

Re: Converting video files

2011-03-12 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I would use mpeg Streamclip for this. It does batch conversions and is quite accessible. Later... On 2011-03-12, at 7:52 AM, Chris Norman wrote: Hi all, I fear this may be a bit of a stupid question, as I've done this before, but can't remember how! :P I need to convert a large

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: So very true. And he may see blind people differently and so-called accessibility features more globally now. At the very least, he is launched into the IPad user environment with a lot more confidence. It amazed me how just that one little excursion jump-started this

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: The IPad 2 I experimented with had Pages and Numbers loaded on. If I knew enough about using either app, I might be able to say that if the IPad can do word processing and the numbers things enough like a computer, it would become my computer. I can envision an IPad X as

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Go for it! You can always find reasons not to do something. If you can affoard it without going in to debt, then get it. Apple has financing available too. On Mar 12, 2011, at 6:19 AM, ShamelessFanGirl wrote: I've been ogling these darlings for a while now. Told myself I couldn't justify the

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread brandt
Unfortunatly, we don't have financing available from apple in South Africa, in fact, the only thing I hate about apple is that they only except cash or a bank transfer, no credit card, no check, nothing. So either take the risk and go to the store with 5500 rand for an iPad 16 gig 3g wiFi

Re: handbreak problem

2011-03-12 Thread Chantelle Griffiths
Hi Matthew, I've been ripping a large number of DVD's with Hand break over the past few weeks. Most of them are TV documentary series and I haven't noticed any marked difference in volume between the original DVD and the end result. I'm ripping them primarily for use on my second gen Apple TV

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread carolyn Haas
Hey there Shameless: Consider yourself pushed (ok encouraged to be nice about it.:) I have a one, and Cheree's post made me want another. Now that's disgusting!:) As for Brandt, I'd say it's well worth finding someone to go the extra kilometer to play in an apple store. I almost have a chair

Re: XCode and registering as a developer

2011-03-12 Thread Bryan Jones
Hello Paul - I can't speak to the first questions, but with regard to your trouble registering as an Apple Developer I have a couple of thoughts. Can you be more specific about where on the form you are having trouble? I know it used to be difficult to register as a Developer because several of

Re: Converting video files

2011-03-12 Thread Tyler wood
I use a little program called adapter. It does many things. I love the thing. On 2011-03-12, at 8:52 AM, Chris Norman wrote: Hi all, I fear this may be a bit of a stupid question, as I've done this before, but can't remember how! :P I need to convert a large number of AVI files into M4V,

Re: Converting video files

2011-03-12 Thread Tyler wood
Hey there Adapter can, in adition, convert avi to mp3, wma, wav, etc, as well as various other video formats. I use it because I only need one program to convert pretty much anything. Did I mention it can grab flash videos off a website? It's also free! thanks. Just my thoughts Tyler On

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Tyler wood
Hmm, this is just a suggestion, but what about best buy? I know, I know. That probably sounds bad - though my partner was able to buy a mac at a place called microcenter in the US for $100 cheapter than in the apple store. The apple store couldn't match him when he took the flyer there, but

Re: XCode and registering as a developer

2011-03-12 Thread Geoff Waaler
When I registered as a developer a couple months ago, I tried physically clicking the continue button, but that didn't help. The only way I found to move to the next screen was to disable VO and have someone select it for me. Hope they fix this eventually. Geoff On Mar 12, 2011, at 4:00 PM,

question about XCode4

2011-03-12 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I am still wandering in Microsoft World here, so is there a way I could get this $5 XCode program and write my own apps? I don't have the money to be a developer, but I would love to be able to put a few things on my own iPod Touch. Or is that not what this program is for? -- Have a

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread ShamelessFanGirl
Hey everyone, Thanks for your encouraging responses, and for more-or-less confirming what I was already intending to do. I'll have an opportunity to visit my local Apple store within the next few weeks, and sadly, those folks all know who I am, but god it's such a fabulous way to spend an

Re: XCode and registering as a developer

2011-03-12 Thread Yuma Decaux
One solution is to press ctrl option command shift space bar twice rapidly and it will physically click on the button. Make sure though that the mouse pointer follows the vo cursor and sometimes, you interact with the button to make sure its there. Best -- You received this message because

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Cheree
Cheree Heppe here: If it were me, I'd get the IPad 2 plus the 15 inch MacBook pro. Both are portable and you get all that power with none of the bulk. Regards, Cheree Heppe Sent from my iPhone On 12/03/2011, at 15:18, ShamelessFanGirl shamelessfang...@gmail.com wrote: Hey everyone,

RE: Converting video files

2011-03-12 Thread Kliphton Senior
What's the link to download, and is it accessible? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tyler wood Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 3:36 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Converting video files Hey

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hi, Can someone tell me the purpose of the iPad? It just looks like an iPhone with a bigger screen, except ou can't call or text. Why is it useful for us blind people? Thanks, Brandon On Mar 12, 2011, at 6:29 PM, Cheree wrote: Cheree Heppe here: If it were me, I'd get the IPad 2 plus the

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread James Mannion
I think the IPad 2 is probably faster due in part to the faster processor than in the IPhone 4 and my guess is we will see that processor in the IPhone 5?? On 3/12/11, Cheree che...@dogsc4me.com wrote: Cheree Heppe here: If it were me, I'd get the IPad 2 plus the 15 inch MacBook pro. Both are

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Fangirl, You wrote, Part of what excites me about Apple is the fun I have learning my way around a new device/system. and I find that very poignant because 4 years ago I was fed up and planning to sell all my computers and the collection of parts I'd amassed over the years, find

A couple of basic questions

2011-03-12 Thread Ezzy Bueno
Hello Everyone, VoiceOver decided to go back to it's default settings. I'm not exactly sure how it did that. Can someone please remind me how I could have it not echo every letter as I type? How can I prevent these settings from going back to the defaults? In Mail, when sending large messages,

Re: A couple of basic questions

2011-03-12 Thread Rose Morales
To turn typing echo off, go to settings, general, accessibility, Voiceover, and typing feedback. Adjust your typing echo here for hardware and software keyboards accordingly. Hth, Rose On Mar 12, 2011, at 6:46 PM, Ezzy Bueno wrote: Hello Everyone, VoiceOver decided to go back to it's

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: Go for the MBP. Latest bench marks show it surpassing the iMac in regards to processor power. On Mar 12, 2011, at 5:18 PM, ShamelessFanGirl wrote: Hey everyone, Thanks for your encouraging responses, and for more-or-less confirming what I was already intending to do. I'll have an

Re: Garage Band

2011-03-12 Thread M. Taylor
Thank you for the links to the Garage band podcasts. I will begin listening to them at once. Mark On Mar 11, 2011, at 4:02 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi Mark, Sorry I've taken so long to respond to this message. Here goes the links to the Getting started with garageband audio tutorials I

Re: Converting video files

2011-03-12 Thread Tyler wood
Yes it is accessible, if you mean I can use voiceover with it. :) Download link. Hmm. Fairly sure I found it at http://www.macupdate.com I was looking through audio converters. If all in doubt, though, adapter for mac will get you to the website pronto. Hope that helps On 2011-03-12, at 5:31

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Tyler wood
Wait, that thing is a 2.7? Wow. I gotr the mid 2010 15 inch macbook pro with the 2.66 ghz core i7. I can't wait for you to get that thing because I want to know battery life. This thing will outlive me, and it's my first mac. I jumped ship and spent $2000, and haven't looked back since. My

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Tyler wood
Macbook pro. Smaller, but the same amount of power. Seriously for what the average person uses it for, a duel core would be sufficient. Not that I'm complaining or anything, since I got the core i7 and it surely does come in handy. Battery life is a bit less than I'd hoped, but what am I

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread erik burggraaf
The 13 inch core I7 2.7 ghz macbook is reported to have a 7 hour battery life as opposed to the 10 hour life of the legacy 2.66 ghz core 2 duo it replaced. I'm hoping to extend that somewhat with a solid state drive but that will all depend on whether they will upgrade my legacy notebook which

Re: O M G, it's beautiful

2011-03-12 Thread Brandon Olivares
The 13 inch is what I have, and the battery lasts about 8-9 hours. It is perfect because I use it for taking notes in class. Brandon On Mar 12, 2011, at 9:08 PM, Tyler wood wrote: Wait, that thing is a 2.7? Wow. I gotr the mid 2010 15 inch macbook pro with the 2.66 ghz core i7. I can't

unlabeled checkbox in Carbon Copy Cloner

2011-03-12 Thread Joseph Norton
Hi list: In using Carbon Copy Cloner, I notice a check box which I cannot account for. After I select source and target, there is a check box which seems to have the text, this volume will be bootable. When I check it, I get an alert dialog saying the same thing. However, I have done a backup

Re: unlabeled checkbox in Carbon Copy Cloner

2011-03-12 Thread Slau Halatyn
Even though VoiceOver sees this as being a checkbox, it doesn't appear as a checkbox to sighted users. It's an icon that is sort of a help icon. When one clicks on this help icon, it simply explains that the volume will be bootable. It does seem kind of redundant since CCC already indicates