Re: songs appearing in iTunes?

2009-09-27 Thread Charlie Doremus
Its not very likely that the songs came pre-loaded. On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Kevin Gibbs kevj...@gmail.com wrote: Could these tunes have come with the machine? They sound just generic enough to be something that would demonstrate the variety of music available. -Original

Re: Installing 10.5 Leopard

2009-09-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
Yes, if you don't do anything with the keyboard, Leopard starts asking questions. This was built into Tiger, and since it works Apple decided not to remove it.On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, Mike wrote: Hi all: Just wanted to know, should the time come about and I hope not, knock on wood, LOL.

Re: Having Itunes problems

2009-09-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
After tabbing over to songs, interact with songs and then expand songs then move down to genres and select your genre and interact with that genre. Once you do that, another list opens inside that genre with relevant streams. So move down to each stream and select it and then open it up.On

Re: unzipping password-protected archives

2009-09-27 Thread Woody Anna Dresner
Thanks so much, Justin and Esther. It's great to have alternatives to try. Best, Anna --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

RE: songs appearing in iTunes?

2009-09-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Hmm, interesting. I would not have thought of that. It's only about four songs, and I don't see any playlists other than the ones I created, which was why I wondered if Apple wasn't doing something to try and entice me to buy more music. But turning off sharing sounds like a good thing to do

RE: songs appearing in iTunes?

2009-09-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Yeah, I agree, it does seem odd that Itunes would do that, you would think there'd be copyright issues. I had the whole song, at least for the two that I checked. The selection was also weird. With the exception of the Randy Neumann song, they were all instrumental, Lioness and Lucy is of

RE: songs appearing in iTunes?

2009-09-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Charlie, Oh, that's interesting, and kinda cool. Is this only true for itunes 9? After hearing everyone's complaints about accessibility in itunes 9, I decided not to upgrade, so I'm still running itunes 8.2. Take care, Donna -Original Message- From: Charlie Doremus

RE: songs appearing in iTunes?

2009-09-27 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Charlie, Oh, that's interesting, and kinda cool. Is this only true for itunes 9? After hearing everyone's complaints about accessibility in itunes 9, I decided not to upgrade, so I'm still running itunes 8.2. Take care, Donna -Original Message- From: Charlie Doremus

Podcasts and resources about VoiceOver on the iPhone and iPod Touch [was Re: touch screens?]

2009-09-27 Thread Esther
Hi Christina, You wrote: Which podcast and where can I get the podcast from? I'm considering getting an iphone. Thanks, Christina I'm not sure which podcasts May referred to when she said that listening to podcasts about the iPhone before she got the iPhone helped her to learn about

Sharing music between user accounts

2009-09-27 Thread Robert Carter
Hi All, My son has a user account on my Mac. He would like to add some of the mp3 files that are in my user account to his iTunes library. How is the easiest way to accomplish this. His account is setup as a regular user account and mine is an administrative account. Thanks for

testing

2009-09-27 Thread Stan
My email has been down so I am just testing. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from

Testing

2009-09-27 Thread Stan
Hi Sorry for this but my email has been down for 2 days, and I need to check if things ore now working. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

testing email settings

2009-09-27 Thread Bob Hill
A test to see if I can send, and receive. I've had email difficulties myself. Bob --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

RE: load of rubbish!

2009-09-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
I've played with the iphone over a couple of months and I've gotta say, that although it's not a device for me. It's a bloody good attempt at accessibility and I think that 1. apple should be commended for their attempt at making it accessible out of the box. 2. it's a great device for those

RE: The iPod Touch...

2009-09-27 Thread Simon Fogarty
Standard 3.5 mill jacks. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Hole Sent: Wednesday, 23 September 2009 1:30 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The iPod Touch... Thanks for all answers.

Re: Automator

2009-09-27 Thread Darcy Burnard
I've found this as well. Often if you command tab out of automator, then command tab back in, the busy signals stop. I don't know why this is, but it seems to work. Darcy On 2009-09-26, at 10:58 PM, Justin Harford wrote: Has anyone tried to use automator since upgrading to SL? I find I

software question

2009-09-27 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello group; I haven't seen any discussion about this topic, so I hope someone out there can help with some good suggestions. I've been using my mail program on my macbook to create bulk emails for my business. I have been building groups in my address book, and after I create a

Gmail, Voiceover and Leopard

2009-09-27 Thread Kevin Gibbs
guys, I'm still practicing on my wife's Mac powerbook with Leopard and Voiceover. I was looking at my Gmail account and while I could arrow down the list of messages and hear the first few lines of the message after the subject was read, I couldn't open the message to read the entire thing in

Re: Gmail, Voiceover and Leopard

2009-09-27 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Vo j to interact with the message will read you the message. On Sep 27, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: guys, I'm still practicing on my wife's Mac powerbook with Leopard and Voiceover. I was looking at my Gmail account and while I could arrow down the list of messages and hear

Re: Podcasts and resources about VoiceOver on the iPhone and iPod Touch [was Re: touch screens?]

2009-09-27 Thread Christina
Thank you so very much. I really appreciate you taking the time to pass all these links and info on to me. :) Christina On Sep 27, 2009, at 6:35 AM, Esther wrote: Hi Christina, You wrote: Which podcast and where can I get the podcast from? I'm considering getting an iphone.

Accessibility of Garage Band

2009-09-27 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Guys, I'm a pro musician and I wonder how accessible Garageband is. All I need to be able to do is arm a track for recording, record a basic piano idea and play it back. Assuming I have a working portable USB MIDI keyboard, can I use Garage Band to do that with VO? Do I have to use the

VLC problem sorted

2009-09-27 Thread James Nash
Hi folks, Thanks to all for their help. I've figured out what the problem is, but I'm not sure why it happens. Basically, I used to open folders by browsing for them by pressing Cmd P when their was nothing playing in the player. This would bring up a dialogue. For some reason, opening

Re: Accessibility of Garage Band

2009-09-27 Thread John André Netland
Hi Kevin, The answer is yes, you should be able to use your keyboard, and VO will give you enough feedback to do what you mentioned. And you will be able to do a lot more as well, I advice you to use iLife 9 with GarageBand 5 included, and run it with Snow Leopard. You will then obtain

Question on Burning an Audio CD

2009-09-27 Thread David McLean
Hello, I've noticed in the Finder context menu there is a burn to disk option. However when I use it to burn a folder that contains mp3 files it doesn't convert them to a standard audio cd, instead it just burns the mp3s. Is there any way to use this option in Finder to create an audio cd

Re: Accessibility of Garage Band

2009-09-27 Thread hank smith
what keyboard yu recommend? - Original Message - From: John André Netland To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 1:19 PM Subject: Re: Accessibility of Garage Band Hi Kevin, The answer is yes, you should be able to use your keyboard, and VO

Re: Accessibility of Garage Band

2009-09-27 Thread John André Netland
Personally I use an old Roland A80 with weighted keys connected to a MOTU FastLane MIDI to USB interface. This setup needs a driver from MOTU. But most USB keyboards should also work, as far as I know. Thanks, John André On 27. sep. 2009, at 23.03, hank smith wrote: what keyboard yu

Is there a way of setting a command for toggling speech on and off

2009-09-27 Thread James Nash
Hi folks, Is there a way of defining a command for toggling speech on and off please, as it would be impossible without a Braille Display to go through the commands menu to turn it back on again. Thanks Take care James --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received

Re: VLC problem sorted

2009-09-27 Thread erik burggraaf
Bully for you, smiles. but what was the solution? Was it command O for open or something a bit more out of the way? Best, erik burggraaf A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 2009-09-27, at 4:16 PM, James Nash wrote:

a question about pocket tunes for the Iphone

2009-09-27 Thread John J Herzog
Hi listers, When I first got pocket tunes, I could click on search, and use it to find stations all around the country. Recently however, I clicked search by location just out of curiosity. Now I wish to once again search the entire catalogue for stations. How do I turn location based

Using My 1Tb Hard Disk With My MacBook Pro

2009-09-27 Thread Debra Turner
Hi All, I ordered a MacBook pro which should be in near the end of this week. Wonder if it will recognize my 1Tb Usb external hard disk? Debra --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Using My 1Tb Hard Disk With My MacBook Pro

2009-09-27 Thread Howard Dupuis
Do you have some reason to think that it won't? Like, it's formatted in some particularly strange way or something? Debra Turner wrote: Hi All, I ordered a MacBook pro which should be in near the end of this week. Wonder if it will recognize my 1Tb Usb external hard disk? Debra

RE: Accessibility of Garage Band

2009-09-27 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I have an old Oxygen 8 which I may have to replace. so, I don't have a recommendation yet. Kevin -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of hank smith Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:04 PM To:

RE: Accessibility of Garage Band

2009-09-27 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I used to have an A-80 and lovedf it. I sold in 2004. Glad to see there's still some of those around. Kevin -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John André Netland Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:22 PM To:

Re: songs appearing in iTunes?

2009-09-27 Thread Esther
Hi Donna, If you want to check the source of tracks that are in your iTunes library that you think may have been purchased, you can do so. You can check when iTunes tracks were purchased (and by whom) by selecting the track and using Get Info (Command-I), and choosing the Summary tab.