Getting rid of growl

2010-12-23 Thread Ricardo Walker
Ok, Silly question time. How do you uninstall growl. I've looked in system preferences and didn't find anything. TIA Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [Bulk] Getting rid of growl

2010-12-23 Thread Ray Foret Jr
You won't either. You need to download and run the uninstall for Growl. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray On Dec 23, 2010, at 5:01 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Ok, Silly question time. How do you uninstall

Re: [Bulk] Getting rid of growl

2010-12-23 Thread Ricardo Walker
Oh! Thanks. I would have never have guessed that. How inconvenient. :( Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Dec 23, 2010, at 7:09 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: You won't either. You need to download and run the uninstall for

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-23 Thread Slau
Hi Brianna, Mac Geek Gab did a poll of Mac users regarding battery life. It appears that the more you abuse the battery, the better it does. Draining the battery completely once in a while is certainly recommended but randomness in charging habits yields better battery life according to the

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-23 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, Here's my endorsement for what it's worth. I used to build computers and play around with installations and networks and such until I got completely fed up and disabused and thought of selling my pridigeous collection of old hardware. Then I had a chance to get a mac and I took it. Not

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-23 Thread Jon Cohn
Here is the apple suggestions on battery life. From my experience with a iPod original, I know that use of only a fully charged battery does reduce Lithium ION battery life. http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html Jon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-23 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Brianna, Great questions! I use my MBP exclusively. On the 26th I will have used it for two years. About a month ago my power supply quit working. This was caused by this little plastic clip that is on the computer charging side of the cord. While in my computer bag the plastic

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-23 Thread Brianna Snyder
Hey list, Thanks to everyone for their input. I like hearing how everyone uses their macBooks, and how they take care of them if it's their main computer. You guys have helped me to see that I can continue to use my Mac as I have been doing, and I don't have to worry about hurting the battery

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-23 Thread Brianna Snyder
Hi, Thanks so much for posting the link. I've been looking all over for something like that. Brianna On Dec 23, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Jon Cohn wrote: Here is the apple suggestions on battery life. From my experience with a iPod original, I know that use of only a fully charged battery does

Re: [Bulk] Re: problem creating signature in apple mail

2010-12-23 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Yes, Sarah is right; mail crashes consistently. On Dec 22, 2010, at 3:57 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: I've tried to do that butmail will crash when you land int eh edit field. s On Dec 22, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Jon Cohn wrote: How b about creating the signature in TextEdit, and then cutting it into

Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-23 Thread brandt
Hi there folks, Being on the brink of swiching, I am trying to get as much info as I can. I have seen growl refered to often, and am wondering, what is it, what make it useful and how is it used. Regards, Brandt Steenkamp MSN/Windows live: brandt...@live.com Google talk:

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-23 Thread AZ
Hi. I have my MacBook only two weeks, but i've found it very useful for my working, and i don't know, if it is possible to read the battery state spoken by VoiceOver? How do you know, when to charge? AZ 23.12.2010 20:16, Brianna Snyder writes: Hey list, Thanks to everyone for

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-23 Thread erik burggraaf
Growl is a notification system. Growl enabled programs can use it to give audio and visual notifications when a task is completed or a program needs attention or some such. You can use it to alert you when files are placed in your drop box, when incoming chat messages arrive or contacts sign

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-23 Thread Brianna Snyder
Hi, To see your battery status, just press control option and M twice, to get to the status menu. After that, right arrow until you hear the battery status. Brianna On Dec 23, 2010, at 12:49 PM, AZ wrote: Hi. I have my MacBook only two weeks, but i've found it very useful for my

Re: Obtaining battery status - was Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-23 Thread Geoff Waaler
Hi Az, You can check the battery status by pressing vo-m twice and then two left arrows will get you to the battery status menu. Alternatively, you can use trackpad commander and double tap twice with two fingers near the top and locate the desired status menu on the upper right side of the

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-23 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Pressing VO Shift M twice brings yo to the status menu. read it like the menu bar below it; arrow over until you hear the battery status, then down arrow to check out more battery status and power saver options, etc. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 •

Deleted email messages coming back in Windows?

2010-12-23 Thread Brianna Snyder
Hi, I've tried all the settings I can think of, and the suggestion of other people. I was just wondering if any of you had this problem where you delete emails using your Mac or iDevice, and they come back if you check your email in Windows. If so, has anyone found a way to fix this? I've

Re: Fixing an annoying mail problem

2010-12-23 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Interesting. I always use command 1 and that takes me back to the inbox. Marlaina On Dec 22, 2010, at 6:52 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: Hi Tom: So how do you check what's open? Carolyn H On Dec 22, 2010, at 7:12 PM, Tom Frank wrote: Hello all, My Mail has been sluggish for me for months. I

Re: Deleted email messages coming back in Windows?

2010-12-23 Thread AZ
Hi/ If you are talking about Gmail, so you have to check to delete messages on the web-interface too (pop3). And there are many problems with Gmail by using imap, messages come back. So use pop3 and check on the web-interface to delete your post. AZ 23.12.2010 21:57, Brianna Snyder

skype

2010-12-23 Thread louie
Any one got skype back? louie louiem...@wavecable.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Finding out Battery status

2010-12-23 Thread Hai Nguyen
Good afternoon everyone, Rather than going through all of the status menus just to find one small piece of information, in this case, the battery status, I've done the following. Please compile the following Apple script and associate it with a keyboard commander shortcut. Happy Holidays to all

Re: skype

2010-12-23 Thread Eric Oyen
working here in arizona -Eric On Dec 23, 2010, at 1:31 PM, louie wrote: Any one got skype back? louie louiem...@wavecable.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

EyePal and the mac update

2010-12-23 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi all, I've got the mac software for this EyePal at long last. So I plugged it in, copied the application off the disk image, and hit command O... Up comes a dialog box that says initializing, this could take a few minutes. It goes away in seconds and then nothing else happens. I don't

Re: EyePal and the mac update

2010-12-23 Thread Buddy Brannan
Oh, it works. You may need to cmd+tab to it. You may also need to close it, then reopen. I believe that's what I had to do in order to get it to play nice. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Dec 23, 2010, at 3:37 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi all,

Re: EyePal and the mac update

2010-12-23 Thread erik burggraaf
Nop, no good. There's no window open to command tab to. There's nothing in the application chooser either. I couldn't even find a service that looked like it in activity monitor. It just says initializing and then goes completely away. Of course, I have tried rebooting. Same deal. Best,

Re: EyePal and the mac update

2010-12-23 Thread Buddy Brannan
Sounds like it be broke. It for sur worked here, and I have Snow Leopard. Oh, dumb question. Do you have X11 stuff installed? This thing is basically using something like wine running under X. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Dec 23, 2010, at 3:53

Re: EyePal and the mac update

2010-12-23 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, I have an x11 application in my utilities folder, but I don't know what exactly it does. I don't know anything about wine either, but the only thing that came in the download was the .app file for the EyePal application. No other installers or documentation files or anything. I have the

Re: Google Chrome and Mac

2010-12-23 Thread Jude DaShiell
I suggest you interact with the search box and then try again.On Wed, 22 Dec 2010, Kimberly thurman wrote: I just downloaded and installed Chrome. All I see is a search box and a place to enter a URL, but every time I try to type in either of these, I get the bonk sound. What am I doing

Re: Deleted email messages coming back in Windows?

2010-12-23 Thread Sarah Alawami
I tried pop3 but it didn't download all the folders I had set so I'm back to using imap. Yes I set the thing correctly too. *frowns* On Dec 23, 2010, at 11:38 AM, AZ wrote: Hi/ If you are talking about Gmail, so you have to check to delete messages on the web-interface too (pop3). And there

Re: EyePal and the mac update

2010-12-23 Thread Earle M. Harrison
Hello, I had some problems installing it as well. I discovered that after the software is downloaded and the disk image is mounted, you need to go into the disk image, copy Eye-Pal and press VO right arrow to Application alias within the same disk image window and paste it here. This should

Re: Google Chrome and Mac

2010-12-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
Make sure you're using the newest beta, not the newest official release. It works, but I still find that it crashes too much, but it's well on its way to being a good accessible browser. On Dec 22, 2010, at 8:25 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: I just downloaded and installed Chrome. All I see is

Re: Using a Macbook/MacBook Pro as Primary Computer?

2010-12-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
I have a macbook, though I usually use my mac mini as my main computer, but it's the same operating system of course. I no longer have a pc even, I have a macbook and 2 mac minis, and have no desire whatsoever to get another pc, feel free to use your macbook a lot, that's what its made for. On

Re: skype

2010-12-23 Thread Mike Arrigo
Haven't tried it today yet, but it was definitely down here in Missouri last night. On Dec 22, 2010, at 10:58 PM, louie wrote: Hi all, Have any one of you tried skype? Skype is down here in Washington state. louie louiem...@wavecable.com -- You received this message because you

best office package for Mac?

2010-12-23 Thread Adrian Higginbotham
Hi all: I'm new to the list and very new to Macs. I've had an ipod touch for a couple of months and am about to get a macbook pro mainly for use in part time study. I'll be stuck with windows at work but hope to be depending on the mac at home as soon as possible. As i'll be using my machine for

Re: Fixing an annoying mail problem

2010-12-23 Thread Tom Frank
You are right; Command 1 is a better option. To check what Windows are open in an application, go to the Windows menu and arrow down. I did notice some other folks had problems with the Mail Busy alert all of the time so that's why I posted my solution. It may have also been the reason I was

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-23 Thread Vaughn Bennison
What format is your external drive in? OSX won't natively write to NTFS formatted drives, however it will read them. Vaughn. On 23/12/2010, at 4:42 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: John, That does not work for me. I am trying to create folders at the root of arthur and when I do command

Re: best office package for Mac?

2010-12-23 Thread Sarah Alawami
I don't use this but ask some members on this list about pages and the iworks sweet. You could also use open office as well. S On Dec 23, 2010, at 3:28 PM, Adrian Higginbotham wrote: Hi all: I'm new to the list and very new to Macs. I've had an ipod touch for a couple of months and am about

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-23 Thread Sarah Alawami
It won't unless you download and install macfuse and ntfs3g. Good luck On Dec 23, 2010, at 4:07 PM, Vaughn Bennison wrote: What format is your external drive in? OSX won't natively write to NTFS formatted drives, however it will read them. Vaughn. On 23/12/2010, at 4:42 AM, Marlaina

Re: Finding out Battery status

2010-12-23 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Could somebody talk me through doing this off list? I hate to clog the list but have never done this and would like to. Marlaina 1guide...@gmail.com On Dec 23, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Hai Nguyen wrote: Good afternoon everyone, Rather than going through all of the status menus just to find one

Re: Finding out Battery status

2010-12-23 Thread Brianna Snyder
Same here, Marlaina. It's the same with wishing I had a shortcut for checking the time. Brianna On Dec 23, 2010, at 7:52 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Could somebody talk me through doing this off list? I hate to clog the list but have never done this and would like to. Marlaina

Re: Finding out Battery status

2010-12-23 Thread Sarah Alawami
the script works sort of. My status menu says charged but the script says battery 98 percent. On Dec 23, 2010, at 4:52 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Could somebody talk me through doing this off list? I hate to clog the list but have never done this and would like to. Marlaina

Re: Finding out Battery status

2010-12-23 Thread Scott Ford
I would like to learn the step by step proceedure as well. Please post it, because it would be a great recource to have in the archives. Sincerely, Scott On Dec 23, 2010, at 7:52 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: Could somebody talk me through doing this off list? I hate to clog the list but have

Re: Deleted email messages coming back in Windows?

2010-12-23 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi Sarah. When you're using mail on the Mac with Gmail, it can sometimes take it a long time to move messages to trash. So if you've just deleted a bunch of messages, it's best not to close mail right away. Give it a few minutes. You can bring up the mail activity monitor by pressing

Re: Growl, what is it, and how to use it?

2010-12-23 Thread Oriol Gómez
Growl? Grwol was never accesssible for me. when a notification comes up voice over just says system dialog but doesnt read it. Am i doing something wrong? Thanks! On 12/23/10, erik burggraaf e...@erik-burggraaf.com wrote: Growl is a notification system. Growl enabled programs can use it to

Re: accsesabel audio tagging software for media files and audio cd's?

2010-12-23 Thread Ryan Dour
Hello, Check out Subler on Google Code. It lets you tag just about any QuickTime compatible file. This includes adding any kind of tag you need for audio or video. Ryan On Dec 21, 2010, at 7:04 PM, trahern culver wrote: hey all please can any one reccomend accsessable audio tagging

Re: best office package for Mac?

2010-12-23 Thread Jude DaShiell
Lotus Symphony is also available but actually getting to where you can download that package is likely to be the most difficult aspect of that package. It's got the lotus spreadsheet and lotus domino and lotus notes for email.On Thu, 23 Dec 2010, Sarah Alawami wrote: I don't use this but

Re: Pairing a Phonak Icom hearing device with a Macbook Pro via Bluetooth?

2010-12-23 Thread Nicholas Abrahamson
Mark, I've had several successes pairing it, and most times, when it's paired, it actually works. On the mac, VO M twice, to bring up the bluetooth menu, VO right till you get to it, then go to add devices. Make sure the Icom is flipped over, so the flat button, normally on front is facing