Ester I really don't know what happened but since either the update
of 10.2 or me messing around with Super Duper, Time Machine and
partitioning external drives on the Mac all for the first time I
managed to break something. I can say without a doubt that Super Duper
has saved my life literally. I reformatted the Macintosh HD anD and
copied files from my backup and as it's running I am sure it will be
back to normal. Also my Doc went back to the way it looked and felt in
Tiger and that made me mad, so I needed to fix the problem without
allot of trouble shooting. I thank you all for your help and if Super
Duper saves me like I think it will then I will be very grateful.
On Feb 14, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Esther wrote:
Hi Olivia,
You're welcome. There are actually three places where volume/output
controls are set that can affect what you play in iTunes: (1) the
volume
control for your speaker in the menu-bar (VO-keys+m twice, then right
arrow if needed to speaker volume) -- this is what is controlled by
the
F4/F5 or F11/F12 (depending on your keyboard and computer) keys
and was the recent subject of a hint about using shift+option with
these
keys to change the volume in smaller increments, (2) the iTunes
volume,
which you've been controlling with the command+up or down arrow
keys, and for which I described the slider controls for in my post,
and (3)
the Audio MIDI Setup in the Utilities folder (Command+Shift+u from
finder to go to Utilities) that can configure all audio devices
connected
to your computer, including your speakers and input microphone,
under the Audio Devices tab. The Audio MIDI Setup utility has
separate
slider controls for each channel on your Audio Output (or Input)
streams, so this is where you would do your speaker balancing. When
you change your speaker volume with controls like the F11/F12 keys or
by interacting with the volume slider control on the menu-bar the
sliders
in the Audio Devices tab of the Audio MIDI Setup utility also change.
However, if there are two output channels, and you set one speaker
to be at 50% when the other is at 100% volume in the Audio Devices
setup, the first speaker's volume setting will always be at 50% of
the second speaker's volume when you use the F keys or menu-bar
slider to adjust volume.
In addition to these volume controls, there's an equalizer window
you can bring up in iTunes, either from the Window menu on the
menu-bar, or via the shortcut key sequence, Command-Option-2,
to toggle the equalizer on or off. You can either use their presets
for Classical, Jazz, Spoken Word, etc. or interact with the sliders
directly to make your own modifications and create a new preset.
The Equalizer pane also has a relative volume slider you can set.
Toggle this off with Command-Option-2 when you're done.
If you want iTunes to remember settings for a track, use Get Info
(Command+i) for your selected track and use VO-keys+right
arrow to go to the Options tab, select it (with VO-keys+space)
then set the Volume Adjustment by interacting with the slider and
choose an equalizer preset from the button options. Carriage
return when you're done to save these settings and close the
window.
HTH
Cheers,
Esther
P.S. You can use Shift+Command+up arrow as a shortcut to
take the iTunes volume slider all the way up.
On Feb 13, 2008, at 07:32PM, Bruins Fan wrote:
thanks for this tip!
I have been using command with the up and down arrows to adjust my
Itunes volume, but it's good to know how to use the slider!
Olivia
On Feb 13, 2008, at 1:09 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi Cheryl and Shaun,
Marshall's instructions should work. Is it possible that the iTunes
volume is muted or set very low? Remember that iTunes has a
separate volume control, so if you used to have your computer's
speaker volume set very high, and your iTunes volume at 50%,
for example, if you've changed your computer's volume with the
F11, F12, etc keys (or F4 and F5 keys), then your iTunes volume
will also change.
To check your iTunes volume, use Command+Option+f to move
to the "Search Text Field", then use VO-keys+left arrow. You
should hear the buttons for the three views: Cover Flow, Album
List, and Text List. The next VO-keys+left arrow should take you
to the full volume button. Try pressing that with VO-keys+space.
You might also try going to the volume slider, with the next
VO-keys+left arrow, and interacting. I once very weirdly found
that although my iTunes was set to full volume, I couldn't hear
any sound until I backed the slider down below 100% to 97%
or so. After sound returned there was no problem resetting it
to 100%. This was just after adding some files. If you VO-keys
+left arrow past the slider you reach the mute button. You don't
want to press this (smile).
<snip>
On Feb 13, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Marshall F. Scott wrote:
Hi,
Try the following:
1. Select the appropriate item in the Sources table.
2. Move to and interact with the Songs table.
3. if necessary, expand the item you want to play.
4. Make sure the item is selected.
5. Press Enter.
If this doesn't work, e-mail me privately and we'll discusss the
problem.
Marshall
On Feb 12, 2008, at 8:29 AM, vashaun jones wrote:
Listers, what was the fix for I Tunes when you can't click on a
podcast
or item to play it? When I press enter on a item that I want to
play
nothing happens. Can someone help?
