RE: can't get winamp to do anything

2011-11-05 Thread Missy Hoppe
Hi there! These instructions do help a little; I heard the llama file, but after that, I still wasn't able to get winamp to actually play a file. I tried to open an mp3 and a midi, and nothing happened. I tried going into preferences, but it seems that it's just a bunch of unlabled buttons and

Re: Winamp no good for me

2011-11-05 Thread David McLean
Lion. I had to fool with it to get it to work at all myself and I thought it was hitting the enter key that finally did it. Given the fact that everyone else seems to be having a problem I'll tell you I also tried moving the app to the applications folder as well, hitting the spacebar, and

Re: can't get winamp to do anything

2011-11-05 Thread David McLean
In Finder, go to an mp3 file, hit command+i and go down to the open with pop-up. One of the options should be Winamp. Alternatively in the Winamp app itself you can open a file by hitting command+l and selecting it. This version of Winamp appears to be totally library oriented unlike the

got Winamp to work, but, it needs quite a bit of work yet

2011-11-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Okay. Well, I launched winamp and turned off Voice Over. Then, pressed space bar then return. Got the lama thingy then turned Voice Over back on. So far as I can tell, it seems not to have ENQ. At least, I can't find it. Also, the only thing the preferences seems to bring up is the watch

Re: got Winamp to work, but, it needs quite a bit of work yet

2011-11-05 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi there! I also got it running using the turn off vo and space enter! Ok I've never used winamp so a question! I know it plays mp3 but does it play mp4's? Colin On 5 Nov 2011, at 10:08, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Okay. Well, I launched winamp and turned off Voice Over. Then, pressed space bar

what's the deal with replying to sender?

2011-11-05 Thread Goodin, Donna
Hi all, Just wondering if others have found that in recent OS incarnations, it doesn't seem to be possible in Mail to reply to sender. When I navigate to message headers and interact, there seems to be no way to highlight the sender's address, which of course means I can't get the context

Re: got Winamp to work, but, it needs quite a bit of work yet

2011-11-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
If you mean the .m4a ITunes format, the answer is yes, it will. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Nov 5, 2011, at 6:25 AM, Red.Falcon wrote: Hi there! I also got it running

Re: what's the deal with replying to sender?

2011-11-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Yep, I believe I have. The trick is to interact with the header group, then, what you do is use VO+left or right to focus on the address of the person to whom you wish to reply, then, Press VO+left arrow just once. I don't know quite why this works, but, at this point, the short cut menu

Re: what's the deal with replying to sender?

2011-11-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Oh, forgot one important detail. Interact with the name of the person to whom you wish to reply before using VO+left. When you use VO+left, you will hear nothing from Voice Over, but, you will be there. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!

abby fine reader

2011-11-05 Thread Denise Avant
hello all, i am wondering if anyone uses abby fine reader on the mac? i want to know how good the scan quality is, and what scanners might be supported. i have one of the older pansoic portable scanners, which i have had for about 6 or 7 years. can i get a demo of the abby fine reader to try

Re: what's the deal with replying to sender?

2011-11-05 Thread Goodin, Donna
Hi Ray, Well, once again you saved the day! *grin* Can't imagine how you ever figured that one out, but thanks! Cheers, Donna On Nov 5, 2011, at 8:07 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Oh, forgot one important detail. Interact with the name of the person to whom you wish to reply before using

Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Goodin, Donna
Hi all, I haven't really followed the winamp thread, but I'm curious as to why anyone would go to all the trouble that seems to be involved in using it? Is there some reason that it's preferable to iTunes? Cheers, Donna -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi donna, Just about anything is preferable to ITunes, but I think right now it's just the novelty of the thing for us windows switchers who have fond memories of winamp for windows. Especially before it got bought out by AOL. These days I get my windows clients to start out on the KM player

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread David McLean
Only because it is a very popular music player in Windows so the fact that it is available for the Mac seemed encouraging. I'd agree however it is not ready for prime time at this point! On Nov 5, 2011, at 8:43 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote: Hi all, I haven't really followed the winamp thread,

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
I hear people say this a lot but, really? Whats so bad about iTunes on the Mac? I have no problems with it what so ever. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Nov 5, 2011, at 8:57 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi donna, Just about anything is

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Goodin, Donna
Huh, interesting. I rather like iTunes, at least on the Mac side of things. Cheers, Donna On Nov 5, 2011, at 8:57 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi donna, Just about anything is preferable to ITunes, but I think right now it's just the novelty of the thing for us windows switchers who have fond

Re: what's the deal with replying to sender?

2011-11-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Actually, I seem to remember you showed that one to me. Way back when Lion first came out. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Nov 5, 2011, at 7:25 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote:

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Goodin, Donna
I agree, Ricardo. I actually like it. It's a *lot better than Windows Media Player/Center was. iTunes on the Mac is actually one of the things I like most about my Mac. Cheers, Donna On Nov 5, 2011, at 9:24 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: I hear people say this a lot but, really? Whats so bad

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Goodin, Donna
Ah, OK. I've never been all that interested in re-creating my Windows environment on my Mac, so that probably explains my lack of interest. :) Cheers, Donna On Nov 5, 2011, at 9:19 AM, David McLean wrote: Only because it is a very popular music player in Windows so the fact that it is

Re: what's the deal with replying to sender?

2011-11-05 Thread Goodin, Donna
Well, obviously I'd forgotten it. Lol Glad one of us remembered! Cheers, Donna On Nov 5, 2011, at 9:28 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Actually, I seem to remember you showed that one to me. Way back when Lion first came out. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Well, to speak frankly, I will tell you; at least from my point of view. With regard to ITunes as a player, (and mind you I speak here strictly in terms of the layer itself), I can't argue with it. Well, almost. ITunes doesn't do ENQ. Okay, there's the ITunes DJ thingie I grant you, but, I

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Patrick Neazer
Hello Ricardo and all: Would have to agree with you. Itunes has worked quite well on this end. That was not always the case. When voiceover first can on the scene, Itunes was quite difficult to navigate. In the name of accurate journalism, Itunes is quite a good product now regardless of

RE: can't get winamp to do anything

2011-11-05 Thread Missy Hoppe
Hi there! Thanks for the suggestions. I've tried to use open with already, and winamp doesn't show up as an option, at least not under snowy kitty. I didn't have any better luck in Lion. I also tried command L, and found the file I wanted, but it didn't do anything. I'll try again, though, just

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I don't understand some parts of this. Yes, iTunes is library dependant. But I don't look at this as a negative. Yes, it does make a duplicate copy when you import a song but, only if you want it to. You can easily go into iTunes preferences and under advanced uncheck Copy files to

Re: abby fine reader

2011-11-05 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Denise, ABBYY FineReader for the Mac does very good OCR, but as far as I can tell, it only processes one scan at a time. I therefore use VueScan to scan as many pages as I want into one file, which FineReader then processes with no difficulty. The resulting text file opens automatically

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi Ray, You can thwart that whole duplicate issue by configuring ITunes correctly. In fact, you can spend hours on initial set up configuring ITunes to do what you want it to. Or you can use the combination of quicklook and vlc and escape the library trap. That way your library won't crash

Strange e-mailing problem

2011-11-05 Thread Christine Grassman
We are at a loss over here. Both my husband and I have Macbooks, while my kids have PC's. Most people we e-mail to have PC's; we have never had e-mailing issues. However, for a reason we cannot fathom, my husband and I cannot get anything sent to his parents. Straight text, attachments,

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Patrick Neazer
Hello Ricardo and all: I have the ultimate respect for anyone who wishes to use another application to do whatever they would like. OK, having said that here comes the wind up ;). Given many of Apple's networking features this sounds like the re-battle of an older argument. If one sets Itunes

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hi Ray. One thing that may help is to go in to iTune's preferences, go to the advanced section, and uncheck the option to add file to the iTunes music folder option. My apologies in advance for the probably misnaming of the option that you'll want. It's pretty close though. When you select this

Re: Does Photo Stream actually work?

2011-11-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi Kevin, Yes PhotoStream does work just fine. Once everything is set up properly, it just works automatically even when your iPhone is not connected to AC power. Make sure that: • PhotoStream is only activated on your primary iCloud account. That is, your iCloud account that your Apple ID

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Goodin, Donna
I hope I'm not being dense here, but I don't get it. So you're saying that if I stick a CD into my computer and import that CD into iTunes, I end up with two copies of the file? Obviously one is in the iTunes media folder, but where on earth would the other one be? All of my music is either

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Matthew Campbell
The music under discussion is music gotten outside of iTunes. On 2011-11-05, at 10:49 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote: I hope I'm not being dense here, but I don't get it. So you're saying that if I stick a CD into my computer and import that CD into iTunes, I end up with two copies of the file?

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
You can also control cross-fading in Itunes through the Preferences pane. Since I don't care that much about it, I don't know anything more, but I know it's there. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com • My home page: •

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Goodin, Donna
Oh, that makes sense. Donna On Nov 5, 2011, at 10:51 AM, Matthew Campbell wrote: The music under discussion is music gotten outside of iTunes. On 2011-11-05, at 10:49 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote: I hope I'm not being dense here, but I don't get it. So you're saying that if I stick a CD into

iunes and moives relabelling question

2011-11-05 Thread Bill Holton
Hi. How can I add a jenre and description to a movie I ripped in Handbrage and added to iTunes? I tried looking in the get more info field, but I can't find the options. Is there some way to let Handbrake find this info automatically and adding it to the file? Thanks for any help. Bill --

Changing label in mail msg list

2011-11-05 Thread Traci
Hello all, The other week, someone made the suggestion to relabel inside the msg list to shorten the extra verbiage. Could that person or anyone expand in more detail on how to do this? For example, VO currently says 3 message conversation collapsed disclosure triangle. Boy, that is a lot

Re: abby fine reader

2011-11-05 Thread Denise Avant
hi anne, where did you get vuescan and how much was it? i heard abby fine reader is $199.00 in the app store. thanks. On Nov 5, 2011, at 8:50 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: Hello Denise, ABBYY FineReader for the Mac does very good OCR, but as far as I can tell, it only processes one scan at

Re: abby fine reader

2011-11-05 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Denise, VueScan is only available direct from the developer, Ed Hamrick. It costs $39 for one year, or $79 for life. It has regular updates, mainly adding support for new scanners. The Website is: www.hamrick.com ABBYY FineReader comes from the Appstore. I don't know how much it costs in

Re: Changing label in mail msg list

2011-11-05 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, You can also try going to voiceover utilities and under verbosity/speech, try messing around with some of the settings., Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Nov 5, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Traci wrote: Hello all, The other week, someone

Re: creating audio cd for the car

2011-11-05 Thread Paul Erkens
hi, An alternative to burning an audio cd in itunes is burn. Burn is a program for the mac that yu will find on google. It has a very very straight forward interface, and all you do is launch it, hit add, select your tracks and hit burn. Set the speed to burn at, and you have an audio cd. I

impossible anymore to like or comment on people's Facebook posts

2011-11-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Has any Iphone or Mac user here noticed that, of late, it has become impossible to comment or like other people's Face Book Posts either by using Safari or the normal Face Book ap via the Iphone? The only way I seem now to be able to comment or like other posts is by imulating IE 8 on Safari.

Re: impossible anymore to like or comment on people's Facebook posts

2011-11-05 Thread Thomas McMahan
Or try http://www.thefriendmail.com set up account there and allow it via your apps on Facebook, can do things via e-mail instead. On Nov 5, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Has any Iphone or Mac user here noticed that, of late, it has become impossible to comment or like other

Does anyone understand how Ping works?

2011-11-05 Thread Kevin Gibbs
guys, do any of you understand how Ping works? I have two basic questions. First, how does one invite people to follow them or choose people to follow? Second, during the setup process, I'm pretty sure I saw some means by which you could post your Ping comments directly, or maybe even

Re: impossible anymore to like or comment on people's Facebook posts

2011-11-05 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
I think the way to do it now is to click on someone's comment and then there's a like button comes up by their name and a comment box under any other comments. Can't remember how to do it if there isn't already an existing comment. On 5 Nov 2011, at 17:17, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Has any Iphone

Re: impossible anymore to like or comment on people's Facebook posts

2011-11-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
But that's what I mean. IF there isn't a comment already you cannot do it. that sucks now. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Nov 5, 2011, at 12:42 PM, Kirsten Edmondson

Re: impossible anymore to like or comment on people's Facebook posts

2011-11-05 Thread Red.Falcon
Hi there! Yes its the same here! Well done facebook again! Colin On 5 Nov 2011, at 17:53, Ray Foret Jr wrote: But that's what I mean. IF there isn't a comment already you cannot do it. that sucks now. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!

Re: impossible anymore to like or comment on people's Facebook posts

2011-11-05 Thread Massimo Vettoretti
In data Sabato 5 Novembre 2011 18.53.29, Ray Foret Jr rfore...@att.net ha scritto: But that's what I mean. IF there isn't a comment already you cannot do it. that sucks now. Agreed. I noticed it 2 or 3 weeks ago. The HTML code sent to the browser is user-agent dependent. If you emulate

Re: Does Photo Stream actually work?

2011-11-05 Thread Kevin Gibbs
One last question, I hope. Currently, in the settings for my iPhone in the device pane of iTunes, on the photos tab, I have pictures set to none. whenever I connect my iPhone to my Mac Mini with the cable, iPhoto automatically opens and I have the option of importing new photos to iPhoto.

Re: Strange e-mailing problem

2011-11-05 Thread Teresa Cochran
The only thing I can think of is that they might have accidentally blocked both of you in their email client. Teresa On the other hand, there are different fingers. On Nov 5, 2011, at 6:58 AM, Christine Grassman wrote: We are at a loss over here. Both my husband and I have Macbooks, while my

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Teresa Cochran
I did have some of the Windows nostalgia factor for trying Winamp, but mostly I'm sometimes dangerously curious. I just had to try it and find out how accessible it was. Teresa I'm a pantheist; I worship Pan. On Nov 5, 2011, at 8:28 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote: Oh, that makes sense. Donna On

Re: impossible anymore to like or comment on people's Facebook posts

2011-11-05 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
hello; I've been using the regular version of facebook again. I can scrowl through just fine. when i press comment it opens the edit field and leaves me there after i press enter or the button. but when i click like it kicks me back to the top of the page. wish they would go back to

changing the user-agent property in webkit

2011-11-05 Thread Eric Oyen
is there a means to change the user-agent string that safari sends to websites? I find that some sites that see safari as a user-agent turn out to be very messy. if I use another browser (such as mozilla firefox on linux or windows) I can get a webpage that is far better laid out. mostly, this

Re: impossible anymore to like or comment on people's Facebook posts

2011-11-05 Thread Eric Oyen
do any of you have the instructions to change the user-agent string in safari so that it reports as internet explorer 8? I am on OS X using safari and my problems with its user-agent go far beyond Facebook. -eric On Nov 5, 2011, at 1:04 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: hello; I've been using the

Re: impossible anymore to like or comment on people's Facebook posts

2011-11-05 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, eric, In Safari preferences, go to advanced and choose show developer menu. Then go into the develop menu, the user agent submenu, and you can choose IE 8 or 9 from there. HTH, Teresa We are made of star-stuff--Carl Sagan, Cosmos On Nov 5, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: do any of

DVD rippers?

2011-11-05 Thread Christopher Harrington
Hi everyone, Was wanting to see if anyone has any accessible DVD rippers that you've had any success with? Thanks, Chris Harrington -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: impossible anymore to like or comment on people's Facebook posts

2011-11-05 Thread Eric Oyen
ok. I couldn't find it the first time. there are about 20 user-agent strings in there. that should make life a little easier. -eric On Nov 5, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi, eric, In Safari preferences, go to advanced and choose show developer menu. Then go into the develop

Re: got Winamp to work, but, it needs quite a bit of work yet

2011-11-05 Thread Mike Arrigo
Think I will stick with vlc, it plays most if not all of the formats that winamp does and is very accessible. On Nov 5, 2011, at 5:08 AM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: Okay. Well, I launched winamp and turned off Voice Over. Then, pressed space bar then return. Got the lama thingy then turned

Re: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Mike Arrigo
The one thing I don't like about itunes as a media player is that it insists on adding every file that is played to your library, that's why I use vlc. Itunes is not bad in itself, but I got tired of having to clean up my library all the time. On Nov 5, 2011, at 8:24 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:

Re: impossible anymore to like or comment on people's Facebook posts

2011-11-05 Thread Traci
It baffles me how everyone can have such different experiences with the fb site. Is it possible my Facebook page isn't updated yet? I just hopped on there to see what folks were talking about and I saw the like and comment buttons just below the posts. I liked navigating via headings, and

Re: changing the user-agent property in webkit

2011-11-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Yep. You do this in the Developer menu. IF you can't see that menu, you need to turn it on in the advanced tab of the prefs window. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Nov 5,

Re: impossible anymore to like or comment on people's Facebook posts

2011-11-05 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Tracy, are you imulating IE8 from your developer menu? Or, are you using your Iphone? It won't work with my Iphone anymore. It don't work with my Mac either unless I imulate IE8. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray

garageband

2011-11-05 Thread Francisco Salvador Crespo
Hi, I need mix two tracks, but the second track must start after the first. How can i do this? Other possibility is record the letter of the song on the track. How can do this?Thanks, Francisco -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: Does Photo Stream actually work?

2011-11-05 Thread Tim Kilburn
No. That should not affect things at all. I believe that would only be necessary if you did not have PhotoStream capabilities. That is, if you didn't have an iCloud account, with PhotoStream, or if you only had 3G capabilities, you would use that method to transfer your photos. Later... On

RE: Why Winamp?

2011-11-05 Thread Allison Mervis
I thought I remembered reading somewhere that there was a way to set up iTunes so that it doesn't add everything you play to your library. Perhaps I was dreaming. Lol. Allison -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of

Accessible ebook reader for Mac

2011-11-05 Thread Francisco Salvador Crespo
Hi, Can you suggest me an epub ebook reader for Mac? Regards, Francisco -- 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 this group, send email to

Mail and Safari

2011-11-05 Thread Johnny Angel!
Hi all, Okay, so I've come to the end of my rope. I'm not really mad or anything, just considerably frustrated to slowly pulling out my hair. Now mind you, I don't really know what I am doing on the MBP yet, but, nutting seems to be working the way it used to. So. Can someone waddle me

Re: impossible anymore to like or comment on people's Facebook posts

2011-11-05 Thread Traci
I'm using my Mac and I don't know about emulating. Would that be something set up automatically? Traci Sent from my iPhone On Nov 5, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Ray Foret Jr rfore...@att.net wrote: Tracy, are you imulating IE8 from your developer menu? Or, are you using your Iphone? It won't