Re: playing a folder of music

2015-01-01 Thread Cheryl Homiak
The player that opens will be the one that is the default set for that file type. This can be changed. I use VLC as my default for most music and only use iTunes when I have iTunes itself open or on purpose want to play something in iTunes. So to set vlc as the default for a filetype, I find a

Re: playing a folder of music

2015-01-01 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Does this automatically play the whole folder? What I suspect is that if you have subfolders all of these will just try to open in finder and either nothing will open in vlc or only files contained in the top level of the folder system will be included. But for a simple folder the cmd-a to

Alternative to numeric keypad

2015-01-22 Thread Cheryl Homiak
When a thread on numeric keypad was started, only numeric keypad information was wanted. But I thought I would mention another alternative which I am using now with my iMac a lot of the time. I admit I kind of collect keyboards :-) I have a full keyboard from Logitech: a k750 solar keyboard for

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Yes, I particularly like Ryan and Heather of the Infovox voices. -- Cheryl Move forward by looking back! Above all, fear the Lord and worship Him faithfully with all your heart; consider the great things He has done for you. (1 Samuel 12:24 (HCSB) On Feb 2, 2015, at 4:34 PM, Anders Holmberg

Re: Infovox iVox Voices

2015-02-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Actually, I still like the Infovox voices; have been using them for quite a while. But occasionally Alex somehow takes over and I have to turn voiceover off and back on again to fix this. I don't at all think the Infovox voices now sound like carap but I realize that voices are a very

Re: Copying and printing a long list of filenames into a document

2015-01-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Oh, that's nice! I never knew how to do this without the actual files being copied. Since I do text by default, I wouldn't even need to do that step. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart

Re: Copying and printing a long list of filenames into a document

2015-01-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
, every day: This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jan 20, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: Oh

Re: Copying and printing a long list of filenames into a document

2015-01-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Hmmm, I know how to do this using terminal but not in finder. I would be interested in knowing if there's a way to do this also. In case you end up doing it in terminal: Open terminal. cd to the directory whose files you want to copy. Otherwise the whole path to the files will be given instead

Re: Any disadvantages with file volt?

2015-01-20 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I'm not using it at the moment but except for the keyboards issue I didn't find it problematic but each person's view on this will be different. We all should consider the possibility of theft or if other people are living with us or coming into our home regularly, the possibility that somebody

Re: Keyboard Commander issue

2015-01-19 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I do know that option and numbers in an edit field produce characters, some of which are special characters. Whether this relates to your problem in mail I don't know. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God

Re: Any disadvantages with file volt?

2015-01-18 Thread Cheryl Homiak
The last time I tried this, I discovered that some bluetooth keyboards apparently are not compatible with file vault. You might wantt to try to determine if you r keyboard works or have a usb one handy. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained

Re: Alternative to numeric keypad

2015-01-22 Thread Cheryl Homiak
, 2015, at 9:06 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: When a thread on numeric keypad was started, only numeric keypad information was wanted. But I thought I would mention another alternative which I am using now with my iMac a lot of the time. I admit I kind of collect keyboards :-) I have a full

Re: Am I nuts, or is Alex way better now?

2015-02-12 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I do use Alex on my i-devices though I also use Karen and Daniel and occasionally Samantha. I still don't really like Alex on the Mac but would rather use Karen or from the infovox voices Ryan or Heather or sometimes Will. Voices are such a matter of individual preference. -- Cheryl Move

Re: Am I nuts, or is Alex way better now?

2015-02-12 Thread Cheryl Homiak
, 2015, at 7:15 PM, Shawn Krasniuk bbssh...@icloud.com wrote: Happy Will or normal Will? I find that normal Will sounds too much like Paul from Neospeech. Shawn Sent From My White MacBook On Feb 12, 2015, at 2:23 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com mailto:cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I do use

Re: audio hijack pro help.

2015-01-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Actually, it's every bit worth it considering all you can do with Audio Hijack. Also, as far as I can see, there's nothing to stop you from continuing to use the latest version of audio hijack pro 2 unless and until it will no longer do what you want done but audio hijack 3 will. I'm still

Re: Very Urgent, Please Respond ASAP, Various MacBook Problems

2015-01-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Anything that is a warning and not an error shouldn't be a problem. Also, while you can repair disk permissions in recovery mode, I never do that unless there's some kind of problem though it doesn't hurt and occasionally may even be necessary. -- Cheryl Move forward by looking back! Above

Re: iTunes folders

2015-01-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak
You can use cmd-v but cmd-o still works as far as I know in iTunes on the Mac; then you navigate to what you want to add to your library. As for audiobooks, I am a little confused. Are these books on your iPhone and iPad only or are they on your computer? The reason I ask is that you

Re: iTunes folders

2015-01-29 Thread Cheryl Homiak
proficient with my Mac. (grins) From The Believer. . . . . . what if it were true? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 1/28/2015 9:08 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: You can use cmd-v but cmd-o still works as far as I know in iTunes on the Mac; then you navigate to what you want to add to your library

Re: Moving a File from Dropbox

2015-01-23 Thread Cheryl Homiak
To enlarge on that for anybody who doesn't know - I didn't know until I tried it and then looked it up - you do cmd-c to copy the file or files to the clipboard. Then do cmd-option-v at the location where you want the file(s) to move tfile(s) rather than just copy. I have learned my new thing

Re: iTunes folders

2015-01-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak
There wouldn't be any advantage that I can think of to drag and drop. You have a mechanism within iTunes for importing music that is in other places. Besides, you can physically move other folders into iTunes but iTunes won't necessarily incorporate those folders into its use just because you

Re: super or carbon

2015-01-28 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Hmmm, I use super duper and i seem to remember there being a yosemite update. It still works fine for me though I understand that carbon cloner also works. -- Cheryl Move forward by looking back! Above all, fear the Lord and worship Him faithfully with all your heart; consider the great things

Re: reading bookshare xml files

2015-01-05 Thread Cheryl Homiak
,2015, at 17:13, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: You can go to the file in finder, press return on it and change the .xml to .html and then it will read in safari. Use control to pause and restart speech. This might not be optimal but it can be done. -- Cheryl I tried

Re: coaching in terminal

2015-01-05 Thread Cheryl Homiak
You can start with /Users (note the slash in front) but usually when you open terminal you are in your home directory you can just start with the directory. For instance from my home directory: open -a /Applications/VLC.app Music/Classical I made this up but this should give you an example.

Re: coaching in terminal

2015-01-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
wrote: ok. sorry. I just saw this. I did have it set on random. I’ll try opening it from the already created playlist and see if that helps any. there were several different ways to save it. I hope I picked the right one. lol. On Jan 9, 2015, at 6:12 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote

Re: coaching in terminal

2015-01-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
artists and a lot of them have more than 1 album. is there some setting I can change to get it to do what I want or do you think maybe the folder’s just too big? TThanks. On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: You can start with /Users (note the slash in front

Re: coaching in terminal

2015-01-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
or more artists and a lot of them have more than 1 album. is there some setting I can change to get it to do what I want or do you think maybe the folder’s just too big? TThanks. On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: You can start with /Users (note the slash

Re: coaching in terminal

2015-01-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
wander around as I wanted it to. it’s a pretty big folder probably 25 or more artists and a lot of them have more than 1 album. is there some setting I can change to get it to do what I want or do you think maybe the folder’s just too big? TThanks. On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Cheryl Homiak

Re: coaching in terminal

2015-01-11 Thread Cheryl Homiak
saver settings but I’m still having trouble. the rest is solved though so many thanks to you and David for sticking with me on this. On Jan 11, 2015, at 5:18 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: Okay, this does work. Because it says open file when you do cmd-o, I didn't realize

Re: coaching in terminal

2015-01-11 Thread Cheryl Homiak
it to. it’s a pretty big folder probably 25 or more artists and a lot of them have more than 1 album. is there some setting I can change to get it to do what I want or do you think maybe the folder’s just too big? TThanks. On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: You

Re: Response from Amazon regarding captchas

2015-01-11 Thread Cheryl Homiak
First of all, I have redeemed several gift cards from Amazon and there was no captcha. I thought maybe it had changed recently when I read this thread but I went to the website and I see no captcha. I approached this both from the main site and the access site even though I never actually use

Re: Response from Amazon regarding captchas

2015-01-11 Thread Cheryl Homiak
. On Jan 11, 2015, at 8:47 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: First of all, I have redeemed several gift cards from Amazon and there was no captcha. I thought maybe it had changed recently when I read this thread but I went to the website and I see no captcha. I approached this both

Re: Bluetooth Numeric Keypad

2015-01-08 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I went searching at one time and got a usb one with a kind of retractable cable that kind of worked with my Mac but wasn't really consistent. So I've been interested in this for a while and would also really like a bluetooth one. Because of this thread, I decided to do a little search on

A suggestion for anybody who is losing voiceover speech in Yosemite: switch to classic mail

2015-01-08 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Hi all. Ever since I started using Yosemite on my iMac, I have had intermittent issues with voiceover stopping. I don't think voiceover actually turns off but my arrow keys would do nothing, vo-arrows did nothing at least not with sound feedback, and command-tabbing gave me little clicking

Re: coaching in terminal

2015-01-06 Thread Cheryl Homiak
on this computer but it’s pretty large. On Jan 5, 2015, at 7:14 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: You can start with /Users (note the slash in front) but usually when you open terminal you are in your home directory you can just start with the directory. For instance from my home directory

Re: Deactivating my MBP's Track Pad

2015-01-06 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I don't think you can turn it off completely. It does help if you make sure you have trackpad commander turned off in voiceover utility. Also, if I recall correctly, if you connect a bluetooth trackpad, the built-in one then will not be active as long as the bluetooth one is. But I'm not

Itunes match stalling checking songs

2015-01-14 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I subscribed to iTunes match a few hours ago. It has been going through the steps fine but now for some time has been stalled in checking songs at 9924 of 10041. Is there something I should do to get this process going again? Thanks. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got

Re: Bluetooth Numeric Keypad

2015-01-08 Thread Cheryl Homiak
: For what it's worth the Apple USB keyboard is a full-sized keyboard and it has a numeric keypad on it. I know it's not Bluetooth but it couldn't be any more inconvenient to carry around this keyboard then a Bluetooth numb pad. Sent from my IPhone On Jan 8, 2015, at 7:59 PM, Cheryl Homiak

Re: Itunes match stalling checking songs

2015-01-14 Thread Cheryl Homiak
have already imported. David Griffith On 14 Jan 2015, at 08:34, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com mailto:cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I subscribed to iTunes match a few hours ago. It has been going through the steps fine but now for some time has been stalled in checking songs at 9924 of 10041

Problem with internet radio in iTunes

2015-02-09 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Hi all. I am using the latest version of iTunes on yosemite. All is well until I try to use Internet Radio. If I try to expand any category iTunes goes busy and I eventually have to force quit it. Is anybody else experiencing this behavior and/or does anybody have any idea of what is going on

Re: shutting down a Mac Mini

2015-01-03 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Like Sean, I rarely shut down anything. If I have to restart during an update or if I notice something not running right or for a few other reasons, I shut down or restart. I've been doing this for years on various computers with no consequences that I notice except, as I mentioned, that if

Re: Putting email lists in contacts

2015-01-03 Thread Cheryl Homiak
...@gmail.com On Jan 3, 2015, at 4:52 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com mailto:cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I finally got fed up with all the chaos with contacts on phone, iPad and computer, with lots of duplicates and outdated information still being mixed with the new. I felt this was way

How do i get my contacts from my computer to icloud

2015-01-04 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I hope somebody can help me figure out what it is I've neglected to do. I turned off contacts services for icloud in all my devices and computer and deleted all contacts. Then I totally redid my contacts on my computer which is a Mac running Yosemite. But when I turned on contact services

Solved!: How do i get my contacts from my computer to icloud

2015-01-04 Thread Cheryl Homiak
is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jan 4, 2015, at 6:32 PM, Cheryl Homiak cah4...@icloud.com wrote: I hope somebody can help me figure out what it is I've neglected to do. I turned off contacts services for icloud in all my devices and computer and deleted all contacts. Then I

Re: Can't connect my iphone 5c to my macbook pro via bluetooth

2015-01-25 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Why is it that you need to connect this by bluetooth? -- Cheryl Move forward by looking back! Above all, fear the Lord and worship Him faithfully with all your heart; consider the great things He has done for you. (1 Samuel 12:24 (HCSB) On Jan 25, 2015, at 10:03 AM, Andrew Lamanche

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