An Interview That You Don't Want To Miss -- Speak Directly To The Developer of the Awareness App

2010-12-30 Thread M. Taylor
As Posted on the Candle Shore BLOG: PROMO: Paying The Cost Hello Everyone, The Apple App Store is home to thousands of wonderfully useful and creative programs that enhance and enrich the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world for as little as 99 cents American.

dual booting linux and mac os

2010-12-30 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi list, I got this old mac minii juiced up with more ram and HD as well as a full spit shine clean, and was thinking of delving deeper into the wonderful world of UNIX by having various flavours of it, including a ubuntu linux release. Just finished reading all the info on ORCA and a few

Re: Making Music on a Mac

2010-12-30 Thread f10r14n
Garage band seems to be accessible enough nowadays. About iLife, I'm not sure. I can't remember if you get a dvd with that software with your macs ...if so, i guess you could just install iLife on the iMac as well. On Dec 30, 7:02 am, Austin Seraphin aus...@behindthecurtain.us wrote: It always

Re: Making Music on a Mac

2010-12-30 Thread Chris Moore
There is a great tracker for the PC and Mac called renoise, which let's you do mod pattern based music, very similar to OctaMED on the Amiga. Sadly though it is not accessible which I discovered after losing my sight this year. The developer has no plans to make it accessible either as the

Re: Making Music on a Mac

2010-12-30 Thread Jonathan Chacón Barbero
Hello Chris, Where can I find renoise? I can study its source code and maybe, I will develop an accessible interface for it. regards Jonathan Chacón El 30/12/2010, a las 14:24, Chris Moore escribió: There is a great tracker for the PC and Mac called renoise, which let's you do mod

garage band nitty-gritty little things i keep misunderstanding

2010-12-30 Thread f10r14n
Hello, I have been playing around in Garage band for a couple of weeks now but there's a few things I just don't get . If someone can walk me through this on skype or IM or iChat that would be awesome, but maybe answering these general questions will help: - First, the whole idea of regions. I

Re: Making Music on a Mac

2010-12-30 Thread Chris Moore
You can download renoise 2.6 for the Mac from here: http://www.renoise.com/download/renoise/ Chris On 30 Dec 2010, at 13:38, Jonathan Chacón Barbero wrote: Hello Chris, Where can I find renoise? I can study its source code and maybe, I will develop an accessible interface for it.

Re: garage band nitty-gritty little things i keep misunderstanding

2010-12-30 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I can answer these for you. First you are correct. Regions are segments of audio or midi recorded on a track. To record on to a region you must first turn on the cycle region which can be done by pressing the letter C to toggle it on and off. Then interact with the arrange layout area

Re: Making Music on a Mac

2010-12-30 Thread Jonathan Chacón Barbero
Thanks chris but I can't find the source code Regards Jonathan Chacón El 30/12/2010, a las 14:51, Chris Moore escribió: You can download renoise 2.6 for the Mac from here: http://www.renoise.com/download/renoise/ Chris On 30 Dec 2010, at 13:38, Jonathan Chacón Barbero wrote:

basic financial software

2010-12-30 Thread Jeffrey Wheatley
Hello All. I am transitioning much of my personal computing work to my new Mac, and am trying to find Mac replacements for my current PC applications. I have used Quicken for years on the PC, but I do not need most of its function. Basically, I log into a couple of banks, manually download

VoiceOver randomly reads what is selected.

2010-12-30 Thread Ryan Mann
I've just noticed that VoiceOver randomly reads names of files I have selected in Finder even when I'm not in the Finder window. For example, I would arrow down to a file called lesson 4 in Finder. Then I would hit command/o to open the file. While I am reading or typing in the document,

Re: basic financial software

2010-12-30 Thread Jude DaShiell
see finance may be useful for you.On Thu, 30 Dec 2010, Jeffrey Wheatley wrote: Hello All. I am transitioning much of my personal computing work to my new Mac, and am trying to find Mac replacements for my current PC applications. I have used Quicken for years on the PC, but I do not need

Re: apple TV and choppy speech

2010-12-30 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Mary, HDMI has several versions, depending on how old your receiver is it will not carry the audio signals. I just purchased a new dennon that is HDMI V 1.42 or 3a and it not only will support dolby trueHD, blue ray 3D, and audio that can be used to back feed over the air signals

Re: basic financial software

2010-12-30 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I useCheckbook Pro. Very accessible, and does exactly what you want. On Dec 30, 2010, at 9:12 AM, Jeffrey Wheatley wrote: Hello All. I am transitioning much of my personal computing work to my new Mac, and am trying to find Mac replacements for my current PC applications. I have used

Garage Band question

2010-12-30 Thread Wayne Pearcy
Hi Ricardo and list. I figured out what happened. I actually didn't have a track created. I assumed it works like Sonar and gives you a track when you open a project. Apparently Garage Band doesn't do that. Ricardo, is it ok if I contact you off list? I think I have a couple more

Hotspot Creation Explination and Use

2010-12-30 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello, I am a recent owner of a iMac, which i am enjoying very much. Through my research I have found the purpose of hotspot key shortcuts, but I am having some difficulty in placing the desired hotspot shortcut at a desired location. For instance, I attempted to place a hotspot shortcut in

Re: Garage Band question

2010-12-30 Thread Ricardo Walker
Nope. I don't mind. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Dec 30, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Wayne Pearcy wrote: Hi Ricardo and list. I figured out what happened. I actually didn't have a track created. I assumed it works

Re: Hotspot Creation Explination and Use

2010-12-30 Thread Kevin Shaw
Creating a hotspot with VO-Shift and the desired number will only move the VO cursor to that location. No action will be performed. YOu can write an Apple Script if you want a keyboard shortcut to carry out a task, such as opening a specific application. Kevin -- You received this message

Re: Instapaper Help, please

2010-12-30 Thread Esther
Hi Jane, Try the following to save your Read Later bookmark for Instapaper to Safari on the Mac: 1. Start from the Instapaper extras page: http://www.instapaper.com/extras that has the Read Later bookmarklet, and bookmark the page with the Command-D shortcut to add a bookmark. 2. In the dialog

Re: garage band nitty-gritty little things i keep misunderstanding

2010-12-30 Thread Oriol Gómez
that would be realy nice if you did especially because I am considering trying it out but I get kind of overwelmed with it sometimes. On 12/30/10, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I can answer these for you. First you are correct. Regions are segments of audio or midi recorded

Re: garage band nitty-gritty little things i keep misunderstanding

2010-12-30 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Ricardo, I would also be interested in hearing a basic audio tutorial if you were to create one. Like Oriol, I too get overwhelmed each time I think of jumping into GarageBand. Thank you, Bryan On 12/30/10, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: I can create a basic audio tutorial if

Re: garage band nitty-gritty little things i keep misunderstanding

2010-12-30 Thread f10r14n
Hi, Ricardo, thanks for that input. However either i have been misinformed, or you missed one question. I have been told that cycling can only be done with the same instrument the track is set to. So, you cannot play a guitar part under a piano part using the cycling region. Is this Correct? And

Re: garage band nitty-gritty little things i keep misunderstanding

2010-12-30 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hey Ricardo, Good example there. You should make an addendum to the icanmakethisthing site. Would be awesome if we can somehow start a wiki page for garage band tips and tricks as well. Best -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: garage band nitty-gritty little things i keep misunderstanding

2010-12-30 Thread f10r14n
Aye, i would like an audio tutorial as well. I get most things but like I said some things just elude me. like the question i just posted about the cycling region and multiple instruments ...I cannot find an answer to that On Dec 30, 9:21 pm, Yuma Decaux jamy...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Ricardo,

Hotspot Creation and explination

2010-12-30 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello, I am a recent owner of a iMac, which i am enjoying very much. Through my research I have found the purpose of hotspot key shortcuts, but I am having some difficulty in placing the desired hotspot shortcut at a desired location. For instance, I attempted to place a hotspot shortcut in the

Accessible Apps: iShoes and iBags

2010-12-30 Thread Cara Quinn
Hi All; I hope the cross-posting isn't a problem for anyone… Well, if you love shoe and purse shopping like I do, here are two apps you won't want to live without! :) When I say these are AWESOME, it's a really serious under-statement! :) These apps are Oh my god, super cool, amazing! woohoo!

Oracle Virtual Box 4.0 still not accessable.

2010-12-30 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I just downloaded a copy of Virtual Box 4.0 from Sun and found theVastly improved User Interface to be still completely un-usable with oiceOver. There are mentions that everything is configurable via command line commands placed in usr/bin, so we could create a VM this way. There is also the

reading text in an edit box

2010-12-30 Thread denise avant
hello all, i was wondering how to read text with vo when in an edit box to make sure that the words or numbers have been typed correctly, e.g. when typing characters in an edit box in safari. thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

new mac user

2010-12-30 Thread Leslie Fitzpatrick
Hello I am getting ready to get a mac and I am going to hav a lot of questions about running it. first of all is there a way to import favorites and contacts from my windows computer to my mac? Also I have a digital recorder (Olympus DS50) will the software work on the mac? that's all I can think

ical question

2010-12-30 Thread denise avant
hi all, i wanted to try my hand at ical, but do not see the box where you enter the beginning and ending time for appointments. as for the settings i switched to the day view as opposed to the week view. are there any other settings i should change to more effectively use ical? -- You

Re: ical question

2010-12-30 Thread Jenny Wood
Hi there. I am not fully adept at customizing iCal myself at this point, but can work it well enough to make good use of it anyway. To create an event, just press command-n, and then press command-E to edit the new event. There, you can give it a title, location, date/time, set alarms, etc.

VoiceOver and Opera

2010-12-30 Thread Rob Lambert
I'm not sure if anyone has tried the Opera browser with the Mac and VoiceOver? Well I just downloaded Opera 11. It works, but there's a lag so great between key strokes and responses you could take a big slug of coffee in between (not that I'd recommend it LOL). Anyone having similar time issues

Re: VoiceOver and Opera

2010-12-30 Thread Sarah Alawami
I would take a big drink of coffee and maybe report this to the devs giving them screen captures and screen shots and stuff. I don't use any browsers besides safari but good luck. Oh and send them your crash logs and any consol messages if applicable On Dec 30, 2010, at 9:39 PM, Rob Lambert

Re: VoiceOver and Opera

2010-12-30 Thread Eric Oyen
I have and no, its not very accessible. the most I've been able to get out of opera is webspace nothing else talks. -Eric On Dec 30, 2010, at 10:39 PM, Rob Lambert wrote: I'm not sure if anyone has tried the Opera browser with the Mac and VoiceOver? Well I just downloaded Opera 11. It

Re: VoiceOver and Opera

2010-12-30 Thread Rob Lambert
I interacted with the web space, keep in mind this is with Opera 11, and it does talk, but it's VERY slow. Also it's very scattered. On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Eric Oyen eric.o...@gmail.com wrote: I have and no, its not very accessible. the most I've been able to get out of opera is

Re: VoiceOver and Opera

2010-12-30 Thread Eric Oyen
hmmm. same version here. it never allowed me to get that far. -Eric On Dec 30, 2010, at 11:54 PM, Rob Lambert wrote: I interacted with the web space, keep in mind this is with Opera 11, and it does talk, but it's VERY slow. Also it's very scattered. On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Eric

Re: VoiceOver and Opera

2010-12-30 Thread Rob Lambert
I just tried it to be sure. It works, but as I said, it's slow. Opera will come up as busy, and VoiceOver may restart itself, but it works. I'm primarily a magnifier user, and could see the VoiceOver cursor move - though audio feedback was at a lag. On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Eric Oyen

Re: VoiceOver and Opera

2010-12-30 Thread Eric Oyen
I wish I was a magnifier user. I'm totally dependent on my ears and fingers these days. in fact, this will be the first new years even that I am total for. ah well. I'll see if I can do an update on opera and see what gives. -Eric On Dec 31, 2010, at 12:13 AM, Rob Lambert wrote: I just tried

Re: new mac user

2010-12-30 Thread Austin Seraphin
Hi. I don't know about the DS50, but I have a DM520 and it works beautifully, at least using it as a standard drive. I don't know about the software that comes with it, I just use Finder, the program for navigating files, the Mac version of Windows Explorer. On Dec 30, 2010, at 11:04 PM,

Re: VoiceOver and Opera

2010-12-30 Thread Rob Lambert
What version are you running at the moment? I was doing 9.4 didn't use it much, then saw there was an update for 11, and took it. LOL On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Eric Oyen eric.o...@gmail.com wrote: I wish I was a magnifier user. I'm totally dependent on my ears and fingers these days.

Hackintosh, is it legal?

2010-12-30 Thread brandt
Hi there folks, I have seen several so called hackintosh machines, and was wondering, are they legal for one, and if so, are they outside of this lists perview? If not, can someone help me by giving instructions on how to build an hp pro book 4510s hackintosh. If it actually work, it'll save

Re: VoiceOver and Opera

2010-12-30 Thread Eric Oyen
according to one of my room mates: 10.63 -Eric On Dec 31, 2010, at 12:43 AM, Rob Lambert wrote: What version are you running at the moment? I was doing 9.4 didn't use it much, then saw there was an update for 11, and took it. LOL On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 11:39 PM, Eric Oyen

Re: VoiceOver and Opera

2010-12-30 Thread Rob Lambert
Yeah definitely update to 11. On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Eric Oyen eric.o...@gmail.com wrote: according to one of my room mates: 10.63 -Eric On Dec 31, 2010, at 12:43 AM, Rob Lambert wrote: What version are you running at the moment? I was doing 9.4 didn't use it much, then saw

Re: Hackintosh, is it legal?

2010-12-30 Thread Rob Lambert
From what I hear, they are buggy, and you don't get full Apple support in terms of the OS. Plus, also what I hear, is when you update the whole system goes flat, though I haven't tried it myself. Anyone want to chime in? On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 11:50 PM, brandt brandt.steenk...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Hackintosh, is it legal?

2010-12-30 Thread Eric Oyen
in the strictest sense: no. However, apple only states that they cannot support the use of their OS on unsupported hardware. as for this being the purview of the list, thats probably up to the list owners to decide. -Eric On Dec 31, 2010, at 12:50 AM, brandt wrote: Hi there folks, I