Leaving the list.

2012-05-06 Thread Lewis Alexander
Hello folks. Sorry to write this message here but I am officially leaving the list. After yesterday's incident and the attitude of certain people on this list and my time spent trying to deal with the matter in the hope of DECENT resolution, I am leaving the list. As an experienced, qualified

Re: Installing I downloaded ring tone

2012-05-06 Thread Lewis Alexander
;re saying to > place the ring tones in the downloads for documents folder just using my > iPhone only? That's all I have with me right now is my iPhone. I need > step-by-step and sorry if I'm a little slow about this. Thanks a lot, Johnny > > Cakes > > On May 5,

Re: Moderator, Please deal with this

2012-05-05 Thread Lewis Alexander
I fully agree with you here. as regards this matter and further issues surrounding the user's help, the matter is now CLOSED and I am assisting the user in her problems. I trust you all have a pleasant day / evening / night. many thanks lew On 5 May 2012, at 22:39, Eric Oyen wrote: > oh boy.

Re: Installing I downloaded ring tone

2012-05-05 Thread Lewis Alexander
if you have the ringtones stored by email, first download the attached files. these either go to "downloads" or "Documents" from there, you copy the selected tracks into the following directory: /users/USERNAME/music/itunes/itunes media/ringtones. if the "ringtones" directory does not exist, cr

Re: MenuTab

2012-05-05 Thread Lewis Alexander
could you go into system preferences, then go into accounts, your username and then find the tab saying "Login items" you should then see the app in question. you can disable it you highlight the app and then voiceover to "remove" or delete. an icon outside of the window with the apps in que

Re: MenuTab

2012-05-05 Thread Lewis Alexander
activity monitor is like process viewer in windows when pressing ctrl - alt - del. depending on how windows was configured to behave. if you know the app in question, it's also identified as an activity. first off, interact with the main window list, arrow down to the app in question, stop inte

Re: Why can't someone just answer my Ical question without confusing me with a pod cast?

2012-05-05 Thread Lewis Alexander
there are new components in iCal for OS X lion and some of which are a little on the unnecessary. I'm investigating this issue at present and will have some useful answers to all concerned in 24 hours. lew On 5 May 2012, at 22:04, Louie P. (Pete) Nalda wrote: > Hi all, > I'm not seeing the fam

Re: Question on behalf of a friend: Acquiring OSX 10.5 install disc

2012-04-30 Thread Lewis Alexander
install; it's downloading > rather quickly. Again, any assistance you might be able to provide is > extremely appreciated. > Missy > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lewis Alexan

Re: Question on behalf of a friend: Acquiring OSX 10.5 install disc

2012-04-30 Thread Lewis Alexander
hi missy, please could you find out for me what spec macbook this is and it's date / model? macbooks by their very nature are capable of running snow leopard but will struggle on lion. as OS X 10.6 is intel based, the macbooks were intel chips, the reason your disks won't work on his machine i

Re: vlc player

2012-04-30 Thread Lewis Alexander
the most accurate way of sound reproduction is to avoid MP3 altogether and use AIFF format. OK it means that the CD in size may equal to AIFF in size but if y're really serious about the quality of your audio, use AIFF and it's supported on all ipods. lew On 30 Apr 2012, at 16:16, Stacey Robin

Re: Priorities

2012-04-30 Thread Lewis Alexander
sean, I agree with you on this idea. from an international standpoint, not just from a US standpoint, a huge change could happen with this kind of process. what this effectively would do is open doors to international programming companies, developers, etc to engineer their software to blind and

Re: Priorities

2012-04-29 Thread Lewis Alexander
e and still felt and feel for a long time. > > Jenny > On Apr 29, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: > >> on the thought of the muppet show, if anyone remembers the swedish chef? I >> think that could be me lol. banana-nana-nanana split. lol >> >> If the UK

Re: Priorities

2012-04-29 Thread Lewis Alexander
married > disabled couple. > > When my husband and I got married, we are both blind, our food stamps got > drastically cut. If we had just lived together, we would get more. However, > it is against my religious beliefs to live together without the benefit of > marriage. >

Re: disclosure triangles?

2012-04-29 Thread Lewis Alexander
when you hear the words "disclosure triangle" this is an icon representing that a folder has sub folders. as an example, if you're in mail and you have a directory like "G-MAIL", this contains sub directories such as sent and deleted items, etc. interacting with this component is like any other

Re: Priorities

2012-04-29 Thread Lewis Alexander
e to blind and other disabled students. >>>>> >>>>> A blind friend of mine was asking me about these new vending machines >>>>> that touch screens. He was asking if there was an iPhone app to control >>>>> those things because he's c

Re: iPad was Re: blindmicemegamall movie vault and illegal file-sharing allegation

2012-04-28 Thread Lewis Alexander
gt;> confess, though, I'm envious. Every once in a while I look at my husband's >> iPad and get a sudden craving for coolaide. lol >> Cheers, >> Donna >> On Apr 28, 2012, at 8:44 AM, Lewis Alexander wrote: >> >>> nice one donna, I fully agree. &

Re: blindmicemegamall movie vault and illegal file-sharing allegation

2012-04-28 Thread Lewis Alexander
larger screen, that the iPhone could do > everything I needed, so it didn't make sense to duplicate devices. I > confess, though, I'm envious. Every once in a while I look at my husband's > iPad and get a sudden craving for coolaide. lol > Cheers, > Donna > On

Re: blindmicemegamall movie vault and illegal file-sharing allegation

2012-04-28 Thread Lewis Alexander
nice one donna, I fully agree. the iPad is a product which can truly change the lives of blind users throughout the world. I'm in the process of buying an iPad as it's needed for work both in the workshop and on site as a rep for a company, so the online catalogue needs to be available and acce

Re: Downloads & dmg files

2012-04-26 Thread Lewis Alexander
you can if you wish. I'd recommend creating a folder though to store useful DMG files for installation of apps if you need them. on my workstation drive, I keep a large selection of software for the mac for both myself and system recovery work, etc. lew On 26 Apr 2012, at 18:09, Traci wrote:

Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.

2012-04-25 Thread Lewis Alexander
very true in deed. it's useful for users to understand the methods, functions and outputs of scripting for specific purposes and there's nothing better than listening to apple script lol. lew On 25 Apr 2012, at 21:43, sandi sørensen wrote: > Lew, but honestly, who the heck would wanna use any

Re: Mobi to epub or HTML.

2012-04-25 Thread Lewis Alexander
I too can confirm that calibre is completely inaccessible. other than commandline tools, this software is unusable. probably as the app is written with JAVA. even the installer wizard has no interaction.. that is a shame. are there any other suitable ebook apps here we can use? lew On 25 Apr 2

Re: How do you find out if there are twitter feeds from the LDS church?

2012-04-22 Thread Lewis Alexander
hey jenny, that's just how the software and twitter itself is. By the way, nice permutation of yorufukuru or however we should all address it I've a good few but not publicly addressed. lew On 22 Apr 2012, at 21:12, Jenny Keller wrote: > > I know there are, I just don't know how to get th

Re: Returning to a old stereo

2012-04-22 Thread Lewis Alexander
if you just want surround sound and nothing else, you're using your mac as your main media source, the surround sound controllers on the market can automatically handle setup for you, as long as you send your main signal from the mac to the source, it should all go pretty well. I recommend Sony

Re: Please help.

2012-04-22 Thread Lewis Alexander
setup wizard, which by default creates a new user > account with Administrative abilities, which can then reset the forgotten > password of any other user on the Mac. This is a great trick and excellent > troubleshooting technique if you don’t have a Mac OS X installer CD/DVD > layi

Re: Please help.

2012-04-22 Thread Lewis Alexander
not necessarily. I've dealt with this problem before. the trick is to be able to use command line to reset the master password, like you would in linux, as OS X is a UNIX shell, this is possible, Stacey, I'll email you very shortly this evening with some details of what to do. There's some la

Re: OS X Mountain Lion

2012-04-21 Thread Lewis Alexander
Apple has provided sample information regarding the forthcoming release of this software, however, as a developer, you are forbidden to disclose any other information regarding the software other than what has been openly promoted by the manufacturer. this includes any code, application issues,

Re: mac, twitter: help on yorufukurou

2012-04-21 Thread Lewis Alexander
the drawer used in this app gives you details of the user who has sent a direct message, tweet, etc, this also allows you to block and report a spammer in 1 action. a very useful function I found when the free macs for the blind charity was running, especially where twitter was used to promote t

Re: transferring OS Lion

2012-04-21 Thread Lewis Alexander
carbon copy cloner to make a complete clone of your drive then use it as a recovery to the new system, etc. lew On 21 Apr 2012, at 09:38, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > I think one way you could possibly go about doing this is buy making a time > machine backup of your macbook air then, rest

Re: OS X Mountain Lion

2012-04-20 Thread Lewis Alexander
I think it's best that we as members close this discussion as this will cause further harm to our forum. Let us draw a line over the matter and close it. though I am not a moderator, I'm involved with apple so am asking that this stop please. lew On 20 Apr 2012, at 11:09, Scott Howell wrote:

Re: OS X Mountain Lion

2012-04-20 Thread Lewis Alexander
the torrents are illegal. what basically happens is a user registering as a developer either decides to create a torrent and broadcast it, or someone acquires the data from the recipient and posts a torrent of it, thereby violating terms and conditions of apple's developer license agreement. By

Re: OS X Mountain Lion

2012-04-19 Thread Lewis Alexander
if you have acquired mountain lion through the developer preview on apple's website, you are obviously registered as a developer, therefore you have signed as part of your terms and conditions, an agreement which is referred to as a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) which you have breached by publ

Re: Intel Xeon W3530 quad-core processor and internal storage

2012-04-18 Thread Lewis Alexander
depending on the CPU installation, the same heat sink and fan can be used, that is depending on how far the processor upgrade goes. it's an easy job to do as long as you're careful. I've done this on various macs in my time including major overhauls, turning a G3 blue and white into a monster sy

Re: ILife Apps

2012-04-17 Thread Lewis Alexander
these are full versions. when you purchase any apple mac, the system comes installed with OS X and iLife pre-installed. fully installed and ready to use. no trials. just simple, on the go, no nonsense stuff. lew On 17 Apr 2012, at 18:14, Steve Holmes wrote: > What do you mean you have to buy

Re: the screen from hell

2012-04-17 Thread Lewis Alexander
To solve this problem, you mentioned that voiceover is not running or not working? have you tried running voiceover? this may be a logon screen issue.. let me compile some suitable settings for voiceover stability which will assist in your mac experience. please note that as you're using lion, s

Re: audio with Perrien

2012-04-15 Thread Lewis Alexander
hould I check, or will this version of > QT be ok? > > On 15 Apr 2012, at 21:35, Lewis Alexander wrote: > >> ello there. >> >> ok. here's the bit of confusion here that a load of users run into. >> >> first off, perian is not a direct interface

Re: audio with Perrien

2012-04-15 Thread Lewis Alexander
s encountered an unknown file-or something similar. What do > I then need to do in order to use Perian to play such files? > Thanks. > > On 15 Apr 2012, at 18:21, Lewis Alexander wrote: > >> here are the details required. >> >> http://perian.org/ >> >>

Re: audio with Perrien

2012-04-15 Thread Lewis Alexander
upposed to be good for? > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! > > Skype name: > barefootedray > > Facebook: > facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 > > > > On Apr 15, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Lewis Alex

Re: audio with Perrien

2012-04-15 Thread Lewis Alexander
no worries. only too happy to help. lew. PS... thank heavens I'm finished for the day. a nice relaxing restoration job just started today for the next couple of weeks. will be glad when it's finished. lew On 15 Apr 2012, at 18:41, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: > Oh! Thanks! I'm sorry for th

Re: audio with Perrien

2012-04-15 Thread Lewis Alexander
here are the details required. http://perian.org/ download the dmg file. open it, you will find a file called perian.pref. run it. you will be asked for your admin password (if you have set one, input it, if not, just hit enter) you will be asked if you want to install it to all users or jus

Re: audio with Perrien

2012-04-15 Thread Lewis Alexander
run the pref file. it installs to the system preferences unit. when this happens, it asks for administrative password which you should know or have set. after this it will ask again for the same to confirm changes. system prefs loads and there you go, it's installed ready for use. it's not somet

Re: Logic pro tips and questions.

2012-04-14 Thread Lewis Alexander
as it's a discussion on here which will cause a few twinges to some here including myself, I know how you feel about logic. unfortunately, there's no work arounds at all for logic. as an example, in the main arrange window, you cannot get track name or header info, nor any functions regarding r

Re: Track pads

2012-04-14 Thread Lewis Alexander
trackpad accessibility is basically the emulation of most functions of the iphone / iPad touch screen interface in terms of functional gestures. needless to say it's a great system which apple have pioneered with the first versions of the macbook air and the newer versions of the macbook pro, et

Re: ABBYY Fine reader

2012-04-13 Thread Lewis Alexander
s not a Mac product. > > Jenny > On Apr 13, 2012, at 11:16 AM, Lewis Alexander wrote: > >> most scanners from my experience work with this software. >> >> I use an epson scanner built into my universal printer and it does a decent >> job of it. >> >>

Re: ABBYY Fine reader

2012-04-13 Thread Lewis Alexander
most scanners from my experience work with this software. I use an epson scanner built into my universal printer and it does a decent job of it. lew On 13 Apr 2012, at 17:14, Jennifer Perdue wrote: > How much does that reader cost and can I use any scanner/printer/fax on the > Mac. My husban

Re: RosettaStone Software: has anyone tried this?

2012-04-11 Thread Lewis Alexander
bly do that, but in terms > of really mastering a broad vocabulary, grammar, and syntax, it's not going > to happen. So if you want to have more than rudimentary tourist skills, go > take a language class. Yes, it takes more time and costs more, but like many > other th

Re: RosettaStone Software: has anyone tried this?

2012-04-11 Thread Lewis Alexander
's what I figured. They talk about using images to > convey certain aspects of the language learning. I didn't think the cross > platform solution, if that is what they are using, wouldn't help either. > > Doug > > On 2012-04-11, at 9:04 AM, Lewis Alexander wrot

Re: something to make it easier for you

2012-04-11 Thread Lewis Alexander
you have the wrong guy lol. scripting of these functions could be done through apple script as long as each function and subjected element can interact with each other. I don't do much apple script... well... not as much as I used to years ago. so I'd recommend someone more specialised in scrip

Re: RosettaStone Software: has anyone tried this?

2012-04-11 Thread Lewis Alexander
this is just to state clearly that this product will not work for blind users using voiceover. I have been in contact with the developers of the product and they state that due to the method in which the product is designed (graphical nature), voiceover would not work within the environment, I

Re: logic

2012-04-11 Thread Lewis Alexander
a hardware interface isn't exactly needed but is recommended for better support and low latency handling of multiple audio streams. lew On 11 Apr 2012, at 01:01, Hank Smith wrote: > is a hardware interface a requirement? > On 4/10/2012 1:00 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: >> http:

Re: hybrid computing

2012-04-11 Thread Lewis Alexander
windows server 2008 will allow all functions of JAWS ILM services and rules to be handled throughout a client interface. it does however take a bit of time to fine tune the behaviours of each client profile including service rules, update profiles, etc. lew On 10 Apr 2012, at 22:20, Chris Blou

Re: logic

2012-04-10 Thread Lewis Alexander
yes of course. my skype name is freemacsfortheblind. I am available now. lew On 10 Apr 2012, at 21:26, Walter Harper wrote: > I use voiceover only. > can we talk by skype? > > On Apr 10, 2012, at 4:15 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: > >> first off, before I go into the wh

Re: logic

2012-04-10 Thread Lewis Alexander
ageband and protools? > Walter > On Apr 10, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: > >> I don't. >> >> I left the music business after an instrument maker managed to ruin my work >> and chances. so these days I am working as a cabinet maker. I do on >

Re: logic

2012-04-10 Thread Lewis Alexander
ments ahead of me.all in the name of money. lew On 10 Apr 2012, at 21:00, Walter Harper wrote: > So what is he program that you use now for recording? > Can you add me to skype whatper1121 > On Apr 10, 2012, at 3:36 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: > >> ProTools is not a straight dow

Re: logic

2012-04-10 Thread Lewis Alexander
http://www.avid.com/US/products/family/pro-tools lew On 10 Apr 2012, at 20:58, Walter Harper wrote: > what is the website > > On Apr 10, 2012, at 3:37 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: > >> further note... >> >> to road test it for a very limited time before purc

Re: logic

2012-04-10 Thread Lewis Alexander
r support? > Walter > On Apr 10, 2012, at 3:09 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: > >> hi. >> >> I have worked with logic studio 8 and 9 with no success. it was a waste of >> money. it is not accessible for the most part as there is no interaction nor >> labeling f

Re: logic

2012-04-10 Thread Lewis Alexander
ems, check out http://www.avid.com/US/products/family/pro-tools lew On 10 Apr 2012, at 20:29, Walter Harper wrote: > Ok, > I will see if I can find protools in the app store. > Does it have voiceover support? > Walter > On Apr 10, 2012, at 3:09 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: >

Re: logic

2012-04-10 Thread Lewis Alexander
hi. I have worked with logic studio 8 and 9 with no success. it was a waste of money. it is not accessible for the most part as there is no interaction nor labeling for any objects, windows or functions in the main windows including mixer, etc. it's a waste of money and apple need to pull their

Re: flashback virus fix commands.

2012-04-10 Thread Lewis Alexander
t Java thing. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Gigi >>> >>> Eugenia Firth >>> gigifi...@sbcglobal.net >>> >>> >>> >>> On Apr 10, 2012, at 12:55 PM, Maxwell Ivey wrote: >>> >>>> i keep hearing about

Re: flashback virus fix commands.

2012-04-10 Thread Lewis Alexander
yes that's correct. lew On 10 Apr 2012, at 19:29, Maxwell Ivey wrote: > okay, i downloaded the two scripts and ran them. it said the file didn't > exist and said click okay on both of them. so, does this mean i'm safe for > now? thanks, max > On Apr 10, 2012,

Re: flashback virus fix commands.

2012-04-10 Thread Lewis Alexander
h. i've run > software update several times with no new updates appearing. thanks, max > On Apr 10, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: > >> hi guys. >> >> does someone here still have the email with the terminal instructions to >> kill or assess the f

flashback virus fix commands.

2012-04-10 Thread Lewis Alexander
hi guys. does someone here still have the email with the terminal instructions to kill or assess the flashback bug? just need to check the status of an iMac running lion. cheers lew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post

Re: Any cheaper way to get a new charger that works with my somewhat older Macbook?

2012-04-10 Thread Lewis Alexander
plug. He was unharmed but >> the power supply never worked right after that. At the time I found a pretty >> good price at >> >> http://www.megamacs.com/ >> >> but they seem to be having some database issue at the moment. >> >> CB >&

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Lewis Alexander
there are some behavioural differences in itunes for lion compared to snow leopard as I've had time to road test and assess. lew On 8 Apr 2012, at 21:28, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Its not different. Its the same exact app that all Mac users are using > regardless of OS. > > Ricardo Walker > ri

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Lewis Alexander
ply off list > so sorry for the post. > > Jenny and my retired guide Brooks > On Apr 8, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: > >> hang on in there. don't give up on itunes just yet, you need to spend some >> time getting used to the interface and the way it behaves

Re: Itines downloaded album and can't find it

2012-04-08 Thread Lewis Alexander
hang on in there. don't give up on itunes just yet, you need to spend some time getting used to the interface and the way it behaves. what OS are you using? lion or snow leopard? let me see if I can spend some time with you off list on this, bear with me though, most of the week I'm snowed unde

Re: Any cheaper way to get a new charger that works with my somewhat older Macbook?

2012-04-07 Thread Lewis Alexander
here's probably plenty of them on Ebay. > > - Original Message - From: "Lewis Alexander" > > To: > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 3:25 PM > Subject: Re: Any cheaper way to get a new charger that works with my somewhat > older Macbook? > >

Re: getting Mac Book keyboard fixed

2012-04-07 Thread Lewis Alexander
Hi. I've serviced older systems like this in my time and it's a little fiddly, depending on how the key came off, the mounting bosses may have bent or been damaged. as it's an early macbook, the best thing is a keyboard replacement. if you were in the UK I could source a replacement keyboard fo

Re: Any cheaper way to get a new charger that works with my somewhat older Macbook?

2012-04-07 Thread Lewis Alexander
hi, the apple charger is pretty much a standard unit and there are no compatible products due to patent applications from apple preventing clones. an option or two open to you is ebay for a refurb or used pack or even an apple refurb company depending on where you are in the world. lew On 7 Ap

Re: Pages and Braille Display

2012-04-07 Thread Lewis Alexander
yep it can. the braille display is system wide and as long as voiceover can see what's there and understands it, it's converted to braille output. if you're looking for a really mobile and trustworthy braille display that's sharp, check out the humanware brailliant 40 cell or above. I used one

Re: mail sending continuously, we're stuck

2012-04-07 Thread Lewis Alexander
the issue in question can occur with certain mail servers like gmail, sky, etc from my experience. it's not an issue with the macs themselves. there may be a settings issue but the likelihood of that is rather minimal. in your mail system, there will be a folder created called recovered emails o

Re: How do you get to the app switcher on an Iphone 3GS?

2012-04-06 Thread Lewis Alexander
and my goofy guide Brooks > On Apr 6, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: > >> double tap the home button. this presents you with the app switcher. >> >> now, to quit an app, single tap first to confirm your app to close, then >> double tap but hold on the 2nd t

Re: How do you get to the app switcher on an Iphone 3GS?

2012-04-06 Thread Lewis Alexander
double tap the home button. this presents you with the app switcher. now, to quit an app, single tap first to confirm your app to close, then double tap but hold on the 2nd tap until you hear a chime and applications edit. as soon as this has happened you can double tap on the app to quit. after

Re: farily urgent! Regarding Flash Back

2012-04-06 Thread Lewis Alexander
this depends on where you are as to the release schedule for updates. they don't come out at the same time. as an example, updates are released to us in the UK after 6PM or later that evening from point of publishing, etc. it also depends on your version of the OS, etc or whether updates are be

Re: Iphone 5.1 question

2012-04-05 Thread Lewis Alexander
gt; Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks > On Apr 5, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: > >> yep that's right. bear in mind that the 4 and 4s have faster processors and >> more ram to handle instructions. you can still use the 3GS but one or two >> processes are bo

Re: Iphone 5.1 question

2012-04-05 Thread Lewis Alexander
yep that's right. bear in mind that the 4 and 4s have faster processors and more ram to handle instructions. you can still use the 3GS but one or two processes are bogged down. lew On 5 Apr 2012, at 19:09, Jennifer Perdue wrote: > I have an Iphone 3GS and I upgraded to 5.1. Is it me or does i

Re: Enter: the VGA Dummy--another way to trick your Mac into thinking that a display is attached

2012-04-03 Thread Lewis Alexander
well done on this very well planed article. These products actually exist as stock items in certain companies as VGA terminators. I've been in the electronics game for a bit and very used to soldering and desoldering without sight. it's a fine art and a steady hand. I find the trick of first

Re: Amadeus or GarageBand

2012-04-03 Thread Lewis Alexander
Band? What I need is midi to be played back from my external > synthesizers, and then send them as recorded audio to GarageBand. > Well, I hope I am making some sense. > > Nektarios. > > On Apr 3, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: > >> the design behind gara

Re: Learning Spanish

2012-04-03 Thread Lewis Alexander
the main applications like rosetta stone are not accessible to blind users using any screen reader because of the very nature of their application environment being graphical and audible. lew On 3 Apr 2012, at 14:23, Emrah wrote: > Morning listers, > > I am looking for an accessible software

Re: Amadeus or GarageBand

2012-04-03 Thread Lewis Alexander
the design behind garageband is only a software instrument user interface and not a fully fledged midi audio workstation interface. Garageband is limited in it's usage and is designed for the user learning to produce music at a basic level or for work linked to iphoto and imovie audio procesing

Re: A Question Regarding OCR

2012-04-03 Thread Lewis Alexander
no. the only version coded for the mac is express. that's how it's been for a while now. it would be handy if there was a pro version for mac offering a few extra bells and whistles, etc but hey, that's how it is. lew On 3 Apr 2012, at 10:27, Gigi wrote: > Isn't there a pro version for Abby f

Re: No Carbonite on the Mac

2012-04-03 Thread Lewis Alexander
I'm going to chime in on this. as you're not yet a mac user, please don't go by one lack of access to a particular application, there are plenty of backup applications availlable which can do the job, as well as time machine already built in to OS X as well as simple disk cloning where necessar

Re: download manager or any suggestions?

2012-04-02 Thread Lewis Alexander
not to my knowledge. there are some concerns about internet download managers though from a security point on the windows side anyway. a port is left open and if found, unknown connections can enter and connect to your machine. have come across this a lot. lew On 2 Apr 2012, at 13:45, Venkates

advisory on non mac media formats and required applications

2012-04-01 Thread Lewis Alexander
Hi Folks. just posting this as a clean advisory on the use of quicktime and other associated applications to handle non mac / unsupported media formats. this is a quick guide with resources to support users running the latest releases of OS X including snow leopard and Lion. Apple quicktime is

Re: Playing a video with the extension AVI

2012-04-01 Thread Lewis Alexander
VLC can handle these formats but not within a web environment unless a support handler script is created that VLC can use safari by default as a format player. as an example, if the format in question is embedded to the page and not a downloadable object to the HD, then the use of perian scripts

Re: Playing a video with the extension AVI

2012-04-01 Thread Lewis Alexander
the windows .AVI file format is supported under quicktime but requires a series of extensions. you will need the following component and here is the website address. the product in question is called Flip4Mac and is a free download as a player, however you can purchase the different systems if y

Re: Amadeus or GarageBand

2012-04-01 Thread Lewis Alexander
garage band is a more voiceover orientated package for general multitracking with digital instruments, samples, etc, amadeus is more of an audio editing / mastering tool. if you're serious about recording, I'd advise on protools 10. it's much more voiceover orientated and offers tools that are

Re: shortcut query please.

2012-03-31 Thread Lewis Alexander
and select the keyboard tab. Now, checked > Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys. The VO F2 twice command > should work after this. > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Mar 31, 201

Re: shortcut query please.

2012-03-31 Thread Lewis Alexander
to the VO F2 > twice command > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Mar 31, 2012, at 10:43 AM, Lewis Alexander > wrote: > >> thanks for that info henry. >> >> the issue exis

Re: shortcut query please.

2012-03-31 Thread Lewis Alexander
Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Mar 31, 2012, at 10:43 AM, Lewis Alexander > wrote: > >> thanks for that info henry. >> >> the issue exists on the new generation iMacs with the extended

Re: shortcut query please.

2012-03-31 Thread Lewis Alexander
the shortcut > you have below. > > HTH: > Henry > > Education never ends. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the > last. > Sherlock Homes > > On 31 Mar 2012, at 10:34, Lewis Alexander wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> I'm using snow

shortcut query please.

2012-03-31 Thread Lewis Alexander
Hi all. I'm using snow leopard on my macbook pro but had to do a bit of system admin in lion on the iMac. here's my query... In snow leopard and earlier versions, to bring up a window to access various windows within an application, you would use VO F2 twice quickly., this would give access t

Re: Questions about switching from PC to Mac

2012-03-31 Thread Lewis Alexander
this has just triggered an idea and if there's anyone on list working for apple, an apple developer or beta tester, here's the idea. so that apple is more aware of who has purchased a mac, whenever you purchase a new mac, start up and register your mac, you should be able to fill in a question

Re: Lion or snow leperd

2012-03-29 Thread Lewis Alexander
You can upgrade but please be aware that if your system is current, a downgrade is REFUSED as the firmware is upgraded on install of 10.7 and the drive partitioning behaviour also changed. if you run into difficulties with an installation, use ONLY your recovery media to reset the system as reta

Re: wireless printer

2012-03-28 Thread Lewis Alexander
usually all epson printers are both windows and mac compatible unless otherwise stated. I remember with my PX820FW I had an accessibility issue with the installer opackage but with some tinkering I had it resolved. if the printer isn't being seen as a wireless device then wifi may be turned off

Re: wireless printers

2012-03-28 Thread Lewis Alexander
great. as it's a newer printer, it's as I advised earlier. lew On 28 Mar 2012, at 16:39, wayne coles wrote: > Hello it is a sx510w so hope this helps > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroup

Re: wireless printers

2012-03-28 Thread Lewis Alexander
if your printer has a built in wireless interface then brilliant, you're up and running. use the installer CD that comes with your printer to install all the software. then from there it will help you connect to the printer wirelessly, that's of course depending on the software CD. please could

Re: iMac Questions

2012-03-27 Thread Lewis Alexander
Anyway, I'm wondering if I should request a hard > drive replacement, which I assume would mean the iMac unit itself? I think > it's either going to be a replacement or the route you recommended. Thanks. > > Les > On Mar 26, 2012, at 3:41 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote:

Re: Apple TV questions

2012-03-27 Thread Lewis Alexander
This issue is rectified in OS X mountain lion. lew On 27 Mar 2012, at 02:31, Daniel Miller wrote: > You cant' use airplay with a mac, it's only used for an apple TV, > unfortunately. > One of the features that's coming in OS X 10.8 is that ability, however. > You'll be able to airplay what's on

Re: copying a wedding dvd

2012-03-26 Thread Lewis Alexander
why don't you just create an ISO file of the DVD? a very simple process using an app called Burn. search for Burn for mac and it's a freeware opensource app which voiceover seems fine with. when you run it, have the DVD mounted and then create an ISO file or DMG file. after it's done, stick in a

Re: iMac Questions

2012-03-26 Thread Lewis Alexander
This issue sounds all too familiar. the best resolution is this. you need to do a clean reinstall of OS X and it's applications. I came across this when I first took on my current macbook pro where a software glitch had occured. so, from my experience with system resets, I completely formatted a

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