Feeddler is great.
Respectfully,
Aser Tolentino, Esq.
On Feb 4, 2012, at 1:56 PM, Ed Worrell blindworr...@optimum.net wrote:
Hello listers, can anyone recommend a good RSS feed reader program for the
iPad. I am using RSS Runner on the iphone, but there is no iPad version of
the app. I have
Hello all.
I have just joined this list. Thanks to the owners for approving my
membership. Much appreciated.
I am here because I am thinking of getting a mac, purely for a change,
as my next computer. I have been using Windows since 1997, and I am
willing to take the challenge. If I can
Hi chris, welcome aboard.
you'll find the mac an easy OS to handle, voiceover as intuitive as windows and
stable. If you need any help, feel free to ask whatever questions re the mac,
voiceover, etc and we're all here to help.
I'm a mac systems engineer and founder of a charity here in the UK
Hi Chris.
Good to see you on the list as I know from other lists, you always have good
contributions to make. Great to know you are thinking of getting a Mac. Best
of luck.
Kawal.
On 5 Feb 2012, at 10:29 AM, chris hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com
Thanks, it's great to be here as well. I have an idea or two on what I
am looking into. Either a Mac Mini or Macbook Pro if I want a DVD drive,
or the Macbook Air if I plan to get the DVD drive separately. Oh yes, I
would have to do this for the Mac Mini as well, but it's the cheapest
mac,
Thanks Lu, that sounds interesting your job. Well done on that. Keep it
up. While the mac technology is so expensive, you can see just why.
Apple both designs and makes the equipment, instead of hiring out
contractors to do the work themselves. Also, unlike the PC, you don't
get any crapware,
hey and good to hear from you.
depending on whether you need a machine that's going to travel with you or a
desktop solution, for me, I'd always recommend a macbook pro. I have the 15
model which is about to take a serious upgrade shortly. about to install 8gb
ram and a 1tb drive for data
Welcome Chris.
I'm pretty new Mac user myself, and i'm glad i make the switch. It
wasn't as bad as i thought when i started, ones you get the logic of
Mac OS and the way it works, its definitely way more advantage than
Windows.
I have the question tto the group though, what is the advantage of
the macbook air is designed to be a netbook computer in a sense. due to it's
size, weight and lack of an optical drive, it's designed to go into a woman's
handbag or briefcase, etc. in terms of speed it's got plenty of power to handle
most general needs. If you think of the macbook air as a
Can anyone advise me how to turn off chromevox then, so Chrome no longer
crashes?
Thanks.
Kirsten.
On 3 Feb 2012, at 01:11, Mike Arrigo wrote:
Generally, I use chromevox. At this point, voiceover is unable to see list
boxes on web pages. Also, there are times where voiceover is no longer
Subject line says it just about all. did a wireless synch and think I changed
a ssetting or two using ITunes but cannot remember what I did. I now find
that, no matter whether I plug my Iphone in to my Mac via the USB cable or not,
even if I restart ITunes or my Iphone, I cannot see my Iphone
try the following plan of attack.
first... quit iTunes.
go to the following location:
/users/USER/library/preferences.
now select com.apple.itunes.plist and com.apple.itunesHelper.plist
delete these two files. close the window. launch itunes and this should resolve
the error. if not, please
HI there I have a cupple thing's you could try. My iPhone some times will do
this also. Cloze iTunes unplug your mac from the network plug your mac back
into the network and then once you have a internet connection open iTunes and
your iPhone should be back for wireless sinking.
I hope this
I have the opposite problem that my I phone will not sync wirelessly even
though the box in Itunes is checked. This happened when I had to reset my I
phone 4S. Any ideas?
On 5 Feb 2012, at 02:23 PM, Mr. L. Alexander turningbyto...@gmail.com wrote:
try the following plan of attack.
Yaye! That fix did the trick. thanks ever so much dude!
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
Skype name:
barefootedray
Facebook:
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On Feb 5, 2012, at 8:23 AM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote:
try the following plan of
Hi.
Those of you have updated to the latest version of Lion, please can you tell me
when you open Itunes, does it say 'busy' all the time? Mine does although it
didn't do it yesterday. The only thing I did since yesterday was to spend on
the Itunes store for music. As I said my I phone 4S
You're very welcome.
this advice also applies to other applications which can either crash due to a
settings change or behave erratically. just ensure you know your application
and the prefs file associated with it. you can delete the file and the app on
restart will build a new one ready for
the fix in your case is the following.
perform the steps highlighted below to rebuild itunes...
try the following plan of attack.
first... quit iTunes.
go to the following location:
/users/USER/library/preferences.
now select com.apple.itunes.plist and com.apple.itunesHelper.plist
Hey, no prob at all Lue. In fact, I was able to solve an issue with my Skype
voice mail by deleting:
~/Library/Applications Support/Skype/Shared.xml.
Skype has issues on their end they need to work out but thought you might like
the added info.
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
Okay, emptying my trash securely, but once it got to 0 items, it started
going back the other way, like saying items to delete, minus 345 items Is
it suppose to do this, or is this a regular message and I should just let it
complete? Had never seen this before now.
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On the disk tab there was a partition table. I had to go into that table
and highlight a drive, then stop interacting and move down where it then
asked if I wanted to give permission and if I wanted to require a password.
After that I did an update. The reason my second drive wasn't showing up
Hi guys
I have to tell you guys this funny Siri story. After Siri misunderstood me two
or three times, I snapped at her. I said those California guys need to do a
better job and teach you to understand southern talk. After giving me back
what I had said, she said give me another chance. Well,
Hi guys.
this has just come to light that the following fix only works with OS 10.4
through 10.6. As OS X 10.7 has a flaw where the prefs files for itunes are no
longer visible to the OS, this particular file set cannot be wiped or changed.
I am investigating this issue through our iMac 2011
Yup.
Just let it do its thing.
Ricardo Walker
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On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:07 AM, Kliphton A.M-SR wrote:
Okay, emptying my trash securely, but once it got to 0 items, it started
going back the other way, like saying items
Thanks Lu, ar I see. Well the Mac Mini I will possibly pass on then if
VO requires a monitor.
Christopher H
On 05/02/2012 13:33, Mr. L. Alexander wrote:
hey and good to hear from you.
depending on whether you need a machine that's going to travel with you
or a desktop solution, for me, I'd
Gigi,
Thank you so much for the laugh.
I also have a funny story as I asked Siri what the time was in another part of
the world, and after she told me, she asked if there was anything going on in
that part of the world as I had asked her the same question for a number of
days. I said to her
Hi all,
I'm struggling how to find out how to update my apps using the Mac app store.
There doesn't seem to be an update link like there is on the IPhone store.
Also, I can't find a search box either, so I can't seem to find anything.
Any tips on how I could do both these things?
Thanks.
Hi.
It's been awhile since I've used superduper. First, I can no longer find
the clone drive option that would turn a drive into a bootable drive.
Second, I can't find my HD that's attached onto my Airport extreme in the
list of drives to back up to. Strangely, if I pick create a sparse disk I
Why does it say minus though?
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Actually, I would like to state that I'm using 10.7.3 and yet, I was able to
delete the files you specified. How, easy. I used Tinker Tool to expose the
~/Library/preferences folder and once there, I deleted the files you indicated.
Yes, it's true that in 10.7, the ~/Library/Prefs folder is
thank you for that. that's brilliant.
As I'm running snow leopard. I'm not interested in moving to lion until they
iron out the speech synth issues and certain other bugs I've no time or
patience for. in my work I don't have time to faff around. time's money lol.
I'll get hold of tinkertool
I have heard that the Fujitsu 1100 portable scanner comes with ABBY and I know
that a scanner I bought several ears ago came with a copy of ABBY that was not
as fuctional as the current one is. So you might want to look at if it comes
bundled with the scanner you are thinking of purchasing,
hello,
of course i can help
it's the first time i write here but i have a macbook pro since last September
well,
for your question:
first of all, the access key for search field, is command+f
to access the updates, just press command+5.
you find all keyboard shortcuts by accessing the menu
hello,
of course i can help
it's the first time i write here but i have a macbook pro since last September
well,
for your question:
first of all, the access key for search field, is command+f
to access the updates, just press command+5.
you find all keyboard shortcuts by accessing the menu
A few points.
1. There are a couple of full disk backup utilities (Carbon Copy Cloner and
SuperDuper ) come to mind immediately.
2. I believe at least one VM version out there creates its disk images in a
bundle that would allow TimeMachine to not need to copy everything for one
small change.
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 01:33:23PM +, Mr. L. Alexander wrote:
the mac mini is a really nice system to go for but there are a few slight
disadvantages here as a few users have noticed. one issue is that the mac
mini when using voiceover needs access to a monitor. this is a hardware and
let us hope that this comes to fruition and resolves users needs.
many thanks for reporting this update. have a great evening
lew
On 5 Feb 2012, at 18:42, Steve Holmes wrote:
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 01:33:23PM +, Mr. L. Alexander wrote:
the mac mini is a really nice system to go for but
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 04:57:49PM +, chris hallsworth wrote:
Thanks Lu, ar I see. Well the Mac Mini I will possibly pass on then
if VO requires a monitor.
Well, the only issue I see without a monitor connected to the Mini is
you have to force VO back on with the Commend+F5 key after
Hi,
I have a funny siri story too, I asked siri what date President's Day was this
year, and she said the date, then proceeded to say I hope I get off that day.
For those of you who aren't in the U.S., people usually get off of work and
school on President's Day. I just thought that was funny
Hi again guys
Yes, I asked Siri also about Presidents' Day. When she came back and said that
she hoped I would get the day off, I took it a step further. I told her I
wasn't going to get it off. I was hoping she would commiserate with me, but she
told me she didn't understand what I said. Too
OK,
I don't know how helpful these are to iPhone users but I have a Siri
story too. I'm not making this up.
First, I sometimes have trouble with Siri commands because Voice Over will be
talking and Siri thinks this is part of what I'm asking. The other day, at
work no less, this
Hi guys:
Is it possible for a blind person to convert tapes to MP3 files using a Mac
with Voiceover? If so, what is needed to do this, and what is the process?
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Being quite new to this mac stuff, I know very little about time
machine; is there any way to have time machine backup to a cloud
service like Carbonite or something? I know you can use a local hard
disk or whatever but I think I would prefer a remote store for better
security. Is this possible?
Hi,
Besides the busy problem in Safari, and the pitch change issue with the new
premium voices, what other problems have you found with voiceover in Lion? The
busy situation is terrible, don't get me wrong, but honestly, thats the only
major flaw I experience on a regular basis in Lion as far
Well everyone,
My itunes is terrible since updating to the latest version of Lion and as Lew
has explained to you all Ithe necessary files can't be found to correct Itunes.
I'm still waiting to see if anyone's Itunes has been affected. All I want to
do is to get my I phone 4S to sync
My partition table is empty. No idea why. I can plug the drive in as a USB
drive and access it. But when plugged into mhy router, nothing shows up in the
partition table and nothing in the toolbar area of finder.
The two links that apple support sent me on configuring back to my mac won't
open.
The subject says it all although I restarted the Mac soon after the problem
this afternoon.
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in an update to this, these files can be found but an application called
tinkertool is needed to uncover the hidden files.
tinkertool can be found here:
http://bresink.de/osx/0TinkerTool/download.php5
please be aware that if you show all files including hidden files, you will see
critical
Hi all,
I am trying to figure out how I can share specific content via Home Sharing. I
do not want to expose my entire music catalog, but only specific videos etc. I
have not found a way to do this. The idea is to share these videos so they can
be played on the Apple TV. Does anyone have any
Hello Lewis.
I followed some of your instructions such as downloading the software,
installing and restarting my Mac Book Pro. Now I have trouble locating the
correct files as Voice Over will not read the folder structure properly.
I am rather worried about deleting the wrong files so
not a problem. will do when I'm back from a site job.
had a bit of a scare on the macbook pro earlier. I set up a new folder
structure and it had a bit of a fit. sorted now at last.
lew
On 5 Feb 2012, at 21:42, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote:
Hello Lewis.
I followed some of your instructions such
Jonathan,
Crash Plan will let you use their app to freely backup to a friend's machine.
HOwever, the app is not very accessible when I tried it a while back.
On Feb 5, 2012, at 1:30 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:
A few points.
1. There are a couple of full disk backup utilities (Carbon Copy
I find the new AirPort utility to be just as accessible as its predecessor.
On Feb 4, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Bill Holton wrote:
Hi.
Has anyone tried the updated Airport Utility. It seems rather inaccessible
to me. Once I found a way into the menus with bay station, wireless, etc.
but I
Hello all.
I see you all talk about iOS devices as well. I have both an iPod Touch
4 and an iPhone 4, both running iOS 5.0.1.
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I've only been on the mac a few weeks now and that means I haven't
seen any other OS but for Lion. I thought I could always see the
library folder you speak of here. Now my primary user account is
still admin based; haven't set it down to standard user yet. Dunno if
that makes a difference or
Hi,
Why not set up another iTunes library just for this purpose? Its sounds like
the easiest way to segregate your content.
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
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On Feb 5, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
Hi all,
I am trying to
Hello Sarai ,
There are many different ways to do this on the mac. I'll outline for you how
I do it. First I have a regular tape deck on a stereo so I purchased the
Griffin iMike. this usb device lets you plug in the output from your stereo or
from a mike directly into your computer. So
Hi,
The short answer is, Yes. You should use Audio High-Jack Pro to bring the
music into your Mac. You would need a typical home stereo tape deck or any
tape player with RCA outputs. I guess that you could use a tape player with a
headphone out, but the quality would be diminished when
Hi Scott,
I've only been able to restrict things when using the Sharing pane of iTunes
Preferences, not when using Home sharing. The problem is that the Apple TV 2
uses Home sharing so I, so far, think the second Library idea is your best
option.
Later...
On 2012-02-05, at 2:33 PM, Scott
Hi, guys. I figured it out. The drive must be formatted as a mac journal drive
to be seen by the airport extreme. Once I did that, everything showed up as it
should.
Next thing to figure out is how does one get files onto a macbook pro or air
when not at home from the external drive through the
Thanks to all for the information; this definitely gives me a lot to
think about, and clears up my confusion.
On 2/5/12, Bill Holton bill32...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi.
I have a sort of advanced question about CCC.
I just learned I cannot clone a drive to a network drive, i.e., the one
connected
Hello,
I'm hoping someone on this list might have some insight into a problem I'm
having when trying to sign onto my home wireless network. I'm using the
airport software on a laptop (iBook g4) as the base station. I have no
problems signing into the account from my iMac, running OSX. When
Yes, with a few bits of help from this list I discovered it was. My touble
was after I intereacted with the nework I was trying everything but VO
spacebar to get in.
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Or evedn better. I'll put an 80 gig drive on my Airport and you do the
same. We could each do off site backups of encrypted files on each other's
system.
Bill
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Hi All,
I just posted a new Tech Doctor podcast featuring Allison Sheridan host of the
NOSILLA Cast over at
http://www.podfeet.com
Allison is a wonderful advocate for people who are blind and you will find this
podcast most interesting and informative.
Enjoy,
Robert
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Well, I don't know if this will help. I found this article and I am not
sure if this is is all necessary or not.
http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/laptops/icloud-how-to-setup-back-to-my-mac-50005107/
Take Care
John Panarese
jpanar...@gmail.com
On Feb 5, 2012, at 7:47 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote:
That seems like an old article. As I understand it, back to my mack has been
retired for the new iCloud approach; so you no longer have to leave your mac on
in order to get to the files on the external drive.
On Feb 5, 2012, at 7:47 PM, John Panarese wrote:
Well, I don't know if this will
It could be. It's the first thing that came up when I did a search.
Take Care
John Panarese
jpanar...@gmail.com
On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:37 PM, Paul Henrichsen wrote:
That seems like an old article. As I understand it, back to my mack has been
retired for the new iCloud approach; so
Hi,
Have you previously connected fine to this same network? What security are you
using on the network?
Later...
On 2012-02-05, at 7:25 PM, Bejarano, Rafael P. wrote:
Hello,
I'm hoping someone on this list might have some insight into a problem I'm
having when trying to sign onto my
Hi everyone, I am trying to reinstall my native lion mba without using wired
ethernet. Is there a way to redownload lion from the appstore when it is
already installed on your system?
Thanks in advance
Greetings, Anouk,
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