I only got in today, grin. As for being good at this Mac, people, if you only knew, I found the learning curve *very difficult as I used PC since 1989 when I was about 14 (it was dos of course) My first experience with Apple was with an Apple 2 E in 1985 or so. On 2013-01-11, at 8:19 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, a warm welcome to you as well. :) I haven't seen you on here > much, so you must be getting along pretty well, or not using the Mac > very much. <smile> > > On 1/11/13, Kerri <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, all. >> >> I'm new here as well, in fact I'm a relatively new Mac user, having begun >> using the mac steadily in September after having bought it in June. >> I'm Kerri from British Columbia Canada. >> On 2013-01-11, at 6:44 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm glad to see you made it here (you know me from the blind-guitarist >>> list). I use Audacity for music - export your Ampkit tracks, then >>> import them into Audacity. I don't have the full Ampkit for Mac yet so >>> have not tried this exact thing, but I have used Audacity and I get >>> along with it well enough. I, too, have given up on Garageband; it is >>> a perfect example of an app that manages to be accessible while being >>> totally unuseable, in my opinion. >>> >>> On 1/11/13, Danny Noonan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I started receiving list messages today so I guess I'm approved so >>>> thought I >>>> would say hi to the list. >>>> >>>> I played with OS10 for a bit for a while but decided the only way to >>>> learn >>>> it properly was to get rid of windows all together and jump right in. >>>> The >>>> fact that my MBP kept corrupting windows boot camp partitions in all >>>> honesty >>>> did help my decisionn. Regardless of how I got here, I've been using >>>> OS10, >>>> Lion and now Mountain lion for about a year or so and yes, I got literal >>>> headaches at first trying to unlearn the years upon years of first dos >>>> and >>>> then windows muscle memory but now I'm getting to where I have to work >>>> hard >>>> to recall Windows commands and not the other way round. Add to this the >>>> wonderful vo to caps lock ability I recently took advantage of and the >>>> Mac >>>> is becoming my favourite platform. Who am I kidding, it has been for >>>> quite a >>>> while. I don't miss Driver issues, selling my sole to afford JFW and >>>> wondering why I get a different adaptive experience on each different >>>> machine I use. >>>> >>>> I look forward to learning from you all and helping out as much as >>>> possible. >>>> The more I learn, the more questions it creates. As I find answers, I >>>> like >>>> to share them with others. Many people gave of there time and knowledge >>>> to >>>> help me learn and returning the favour is a good way to help return the >>>> favours. >>>> >>>> I'm a musician by trade so I'm putting a lot of effort into the musical >>>> side >>>> of things. AmpKit is my latest love and I'm amazed at how wonderfully >>>> accessible it is with VoiceOver. I'm also getting into learning and >>>> using >>>> Amadeus Pro as I finally couldn't handle attempting to make Garage Band >>>> in >>>> to anything more than a buggy unstable toy. Any suggestions on music >>>> creation apps, recording solutions or learning resources are always >>>> greatly >>>> appreciated. >>>> >>>> Anyway, thanks for the list and look forward to getting to know you all. >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> Danny Noonan. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >>> [email protected] >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > [email protected] > > -- > 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. 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