Re: How to use crutial's memory scanning tool?

2013-04-27 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi Sarah, When you say memory scanning tool, I'd assume the application you download off of Crucial's website. That tool simply scans the computer quickly, then brings up a page in Safari with your current specs and compatible upgrades, but also allows you to choose other options like a

Twitter clients

2013-04-27 Thread Gordon Smith
Hiall I'm looking now for a new recommendation for Twitter, as I don't seem to be able to find Syrix any longer so think it may be out of development. I know there's another one but I forget its name, and I'm looking for a GUI-based client which could preferably handle Facebook as well as

Re: MacBook Air: Light, flexible and simply beautiful!

2013-04-27 Thread Gordon Smith
That's how things are going I'm afraid Sarah, like it or other it. After all, the keyboards have multimedia keys, so it really makes more sense. Kind regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and

Re: MacBook Air: Light, flexible and simply beautiful!

2013-04-27 Thread Gordon Smith
I must revive my interest in GB, maybe even have another crack at using the M Audio keyboard I have here. Kind regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095

Re: Posting After Subscribing

2013-04-27 Thread Gordon Smith
There is no approval process. If your friend contacts us off list we will try to help. Kind regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 United States Of

Keep Your Subject Lines Topical: [Was Tips Please!

2013-04-27 Thread Gordon, Lynne Tracy
Hi Desi Just a gentle remoinder, plea keep your subject lines topical. Tips Please, doesn't tell people what you're asking about so they have to open every message even if they cannot help you. Again , just a gentle reminder. Gordon On 27 Apr 2013, at 00:57, Desi Noller desiandca...@q.com

Re: MacBook Air: Light, flexible and simply beautiful!

2013-04-27 Thread Gordon Smith
Chris I have checked it and I don't believe there's a problem. Kind regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642 688095 United States Of America And Canada: +1 646

Re: MacBook Air: Light, flexible and simply beautiful!

2013-04-27 Thread Gordon Smith
Chris Clearly you're not aware of smilies, they infer a tongue-in-cheek comment. But you act as you see fit. Kind regards --- Gordon Smith --- gor...@mac-access.net Telephone: United Kingdom: Free Phone: 0800 8620538 Mobile: +44 7907 823971 Europe and other non-specified: +44 1642

Re: Any tips on cleaning the IPhone?

2013-04-27 Thread Glenn
I just spit on mine before wiping it on my shirt! LOL Glenn - Original Message - From: Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 10:27 PM Subject: Re: Any tips on cleaning the IPhone? lol. I use a baby wipe

Re: Any tips on cleaning the IPhone?

2013-04-27 Thread Glenn
Chris, If one has a screen protector, it does not matter. If it gets bad, spend a buck or two and put on a new one. Glenn - Original Message - From: Chris Gilland ch...@clgproductions.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 10:45 PM

Re: Any tips on cleaning the IPhone?

2013-04-27 Thread meadowlark77
That sounds like a good idea, actually. Take care, Brenda mailto:meadowlar...@cox.net - Original Message - From: Sarah k Alawami marri...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 10:27 PM Subject: Re: Any tips on cleaning the

Converting mpeg II files to m4a or mp3?

2013-04-27 Thread Christian Schoepplein
Hi, I have a disk video recorder running on my NAS. The video recorder stores the recordings in MPEG II format. Now I am looking for a software, that can exctract the audio channel out of the MPEG II files, the best would be to have the audio output in m4a or mp3 format. Has anyone an idea

Re: Converting mpeg II files to m4a or mp3?

2013-04-27 Thread Esther
Hi Christian, Try MPEG Streamclip from: http://www.squared5.com The software is free, and you should be able to extract audio to MP4 AAC or MP3 if you want a compressed format. Cheers, Esther On Apr 27, 2013, at 4:43 AM, Christian Schoepplein wrote: Hi, I have a disk video recorder

Update on my issue with user accounts.

2013-04-27 Thread Matthew C
Hello all. After dealing with a very helpful person from apple care ,who actually called me back when he said he would, my issue with logging in with my apple id is fixed. We had to wipe the drive and reinstall the Os. I did need sighted help for the wiping part. I am so impressed at how it just

Answering The iPhone While Already On A Call

2013-04-27 Thread Desi Noller
Hi Everyone, I'm hoping that some of you do this a lot and can tell me how. When I'm already on a call, and a second call comes in, on my iPhone 4S how can I answer the second call without losing the first person altogether? The problem is that this is something you really can't practice

Re: Answering The iPhone While Already On A Call

2013-04-27 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Hello. I put my phone out of speaker and quickly flick to end call and answer and double tap it. It's not easy but it will work better if you are in ear buds. Take care On Apr 27, 2013, at 10:01 AM, Desi Noller desiandca...@q.com wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm hoping that some of you do this a lot

Re: Update on my issue with user accounts.

2013-04-27 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Yeah i was afraid of that. I mean the installing the os as that's the only way you could do the apple id thing in the first place. As for downloading it I don't need to do that as I update my 8 gig flash drive with lion disk maker after extracting the installesd.dmg file, putting it on to my

Re: Converting mpeg II files to m4a or mp3?

2013-04-27 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I think easy music converter can do that. It is on the mac app store. read the description and see if that works out for you. I can't remember if mpeg 2 was lasted on there as what it can extract audio from in the video file list, but good luck. On Apr 27, 2013, at 7:43 AM, Christian

Cdto Opens Any Folder in the OS X Terminal with One Click

2013-04-27 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I don't know why anyone would want to do this. i'm not a terminal buff yet but I'll get there eventually. This app will allow you to open the folder in the terminal instead of copying the path. http://lifehacker.com/cdto-opens-any-folder-in-the-os-x-terminal-with-one-cli-481539331 --- Mac

Re: Answering The iPhone While Already On A Call

2013-04-27 Thread matthew Dyer
Hi, What I do is double tap with 2 fingers like I do when I answer the first call and it works. When you are done with the second call I do the same thing and find the hold button and double tap and the first call is bACK. Matthew On Apr 27, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Desi Noller wrote: Hi

Re: Answering The iPhone While Already On A Call

2013-04-27 Thread Andrea Breier
The secret to this, is that the phone must be laying flat in your hand when you do the two finger double tap. - Original Message - From: matthew Dyer ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility mac-access@mac-access.net Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 4:20 PM Subject:

Re: Answering The iPhone While Already On A Call

2013-04-27 Thread Sarah k Alawami
That works as well. I just usually end the call as it nay give you about 30 seconds to answer the first call and only beeps twice and that's it. Both methods work though. Take care. On Apr 27, 2013, at 2:20 PM, matthew Dyer ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, What I do is double

Re: Converting mpeg II files to m4a or mp3?

2013-04-27 Thread Esther
Hi Sarah and Christian, Easy Music Converter is supposed to be able to handle audio extractions from MP2 to MP3 and M4A, but I haven't tried it, and I don't know of anyone who has. I know that VoiceOver users have previously used the free MPEG Streamclip application to extract audio tracks

Re: Converting mpeg II files to m4a or mp3?

2013-04-27 Thread Josh Gregory
Would this mpeg Stream thing be able to extract audio from a video, say, from YouTube? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 27, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Esther mori...@mac-access.net wrote: Hi Sarah and Christian, Easy Music Converter is supposed to be able to handle audio extractions from MP2 to MP3 and

Re: Converting mpeg II files to m4a or mp3?

2013-04-27 Thread Sarah k Alawami
I used easy music converter to convert from mp4 to mp3 and it works very very quickly. 50 Mp4 files got converted in about 20 minutes. Maybe I was lucky but It works very well. and one of them was about an hour long mp4 file to. lol! On Apr 27, 2013, at 4:27 PM, Esther mori...@mac-access.net

Converting pdf files on the Mac

2013-04-27 Thread George Cham
I'm wanting to convert pdf files to read on the pages app, because, for some reason, pages won't import pdf files. Is there a app for the Mac that will convert pdf files into another format to use in pages? Typed with Fleksy reply://george.c...@outlook.com George, Sent from my iPad ---

Re: Converting pdf files on the Mac

2013-04-27 Thread Josh Gregory
Could you copy and paste the text from a PDF into a pages document? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 27, 2013, at 9:13 PM, George Cham george.c...@outlook.com wrote: I'm wanting to convert pdf files to read on the pages app, because, for some reason, pages won't import pdf files. Is there a app

RE: Converting pdf files on the Mac

2013-04-27 Thread Paula Hobley
Hi there I use ABBY fine reader and save as an rtf file, then read in text edit. However, I find that sometimes ABBY converts the documents into columns. This isn't an issue when reading in text edit, but is if you end up needing to use MS Word. I hope this helps Paula -Original

Re: Converting pdf files on the Mac

2013-04-27 Thread Sarah k Alawami
There was a service I had called pdf to rtf that would open pdfs in text edit and you could then save them as rtf files. that's all I can tell you though. Good luck. On Apr 27, 2013, at 6:13 PM, George Cham george.c...@outlook.com wrote: I'm wanting to convert pdf files to read on the pages

Re: Converting pdf files on the Mac

2013-04-27 Thread George Cham
Ive tried copying the text from a pdf file, but nothing happens. Where can i get the app abby? George Cham george.c...@outlook.com On 28/04/2013, at 11:40 AM, Paula Hobley paula.hob...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi there I use ABBY fine reader and save as an rtf file, then read in text edit.

RE: Converting pdf files on the Mac

2013-04-27 Thread Paula Hobley
You will find ABBY fine reader in the app store. Hth Paula -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of George Cham Sent: Sunday, 28 April 2013 12:36 PM To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Converting pdf

Problem with IM+ and adium

2013-04-27 Thread Marcos Rodrigues
Hi folks: I am having the following problems with the two apps mentioned in the subject: my Facebook online contacts are not loading anymore since last tuesday. Sometimes some offline contacts appear on the screen and sometimes not but the online contacts are not appearing any longer.

Nisus writer pro

2013-04-27 Thread Paula Hobley
Hi there I was looking at Nisus Writer Pro. I see that it is crazily expensive. I was wondering if anybody thinks it is worth the price in terms of VO access to formatting options and tables etc. Any input will be greatly appreciated. Cheers Paula --- Mac Access At Mac Access

Re: Problem with IM+ and adium

2013-04-27 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Yea I am. It's a face book issue. Skype and a lot of other apps are having issues with facebook. Hopefully a fix will come soon. On Apr 27, 2013, at 8:16 PM, Marcos Rodrigues mrodrigue...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi folks: I am having the following problems with the two apps mentioned in the

Re: Converting pdf files on the Mac

2013-04-27 Thread George Cham
I cant find the abby fine reader in the app store . Do you have a link to the app? George Cham george.c...@outlook.com On 28/04/2013, at 1:04 PM, Paula Hobley paula.hob...@bigpond.com wrote: You will find ABBY fine reader in the app store. Hth Paula -Original Message-

RE: Converting pdf files on the Mac

2013-04-27 Thread Paula Hobley
I think I spelled it incorrectly, it's abbyy I don't have a link to the app, sorry. Cheers Paula -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of George Cham Sent: Sunday, 28 April 2013 1:34 PM To: Mac OSX iOS

Re: Converting pdf files on the Mac

2013-04-27 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Is this it? https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/abbyy-finereader-express/id412310371?mt=12 Take care. On Apr 27, 2013, at 8:59 PM, Paula Hobley paula.hob...@bigpond.com wrote: I think I spelled it incorrectly, it's abbyy I don't have a link to the app, sorry. Cheers Paula

RE: Converting pdf files on the Mac

2013-04-27 Thread Paula Hobley
Yep, it is, thank you for that Sara. *smile* Take care Paula -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Sarah k Alawami Sent: Sunday, 28 April 2013 2:04 PM To: Mac OSX iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: Converting pdf