Hi Laura: thanks for the idea. All of you have been very helpful. Carolyn On Jan 22, 2010, at 6:17 AM, Laura M wrote:
> Hi Carolyn > > I'm not sure how helpful this will be for you, but if you have iTunes > or VLC open, and you press F8 (or maybe F8 with the function key, > depending on how you have your MacBook set up), iTunes will start > playing whatever media you were last working with. I assume this works > with other media players, as well. Pressing F8 again stops the > playback. It might be something to try, if the other suggestions don't > work for you. > > On Jan 22, 12:20 am, "Carolyn" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi mac family: >> I'm a proud owner of a MacBook Pro, and a pc-convert wanna-be. (although as >> I write, I'm cheating). >> I live in Denver Co with my daughter, age 12, and my husband. I'll try not >> to ask too many silly questions. >> In any case, I have a silly question: I'm hearing impaired, so don't >> really hear my mac when it's on. With my pc, there is a little noise, but >> also, I can use the disk-door to see if the power's on. With the Mac slot >> loader, there's no way for me to know. Any ideas? >> TIA >> >> Carolyn Haas >> CH:) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
