Re: New Apple TV runs IOS 4.1

2010-09-30 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
dnesday, 29 September 2010 2:55 p.m. >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: New Apple TV runs IOS 4.1 >> >> Can't one, in Theory, use the iPhone as a remote for it though? There >> is a remote app for the iPhone. >> >> GF >>

Re: New Apple TV runs IOS 4.1

2010-09-29 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
;> about >>> 3 months. lol! >>>>> >>>>> S >>>>> On Sep 28, 2010, at 8:03 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> The remote app for IOS is accessible. I w

Re: New Apple TV runs IOS 4.1

2010-09-28 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
It won't come with voiceover; all that we have learnt is that it's running a customised version of ios which can be jailbroken, although this almost surtainly does not translate to us getting vo. What we'll see is 3rd party addons to the front row type application that enable services that the dev

Re: how many people on this list has written into apple accessabilty about getting some UK/US/Ostraylion voices on there ipod/iphone line up?

2010-09-19 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Wanted what exactly? On 19/09/2010, Daniel McGee wrote: > hi everyone, subject line says it all. After posting about it a while ago I > was wondering since then has anyone who would like this in apple's future > updates of there I OS software emailed. > apple@ > accessibility.com > > Just wonderi

Re: While sending Maccessibility news on the list

2010-09-11 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Most if not all of us would like this to happen and it's been mentioned before. However, the powers that be have clearly stated that it won't happen under the pretense that it's beneficial to dialup users if only part of the story was included. No comment. On 11/09/2010, Ricardo Walker wrote: > I

Re: Making a visual and sound/documented record of my upcoming trip to Italy on my iPhone.

2010-08-26 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Sandy, Have you considered just making sound recordings with the voice memoes app and videoing things with the camera? If you use the facebook ap, you'll be able to post pictures as well as status updates to your profile regarding where you are and what your doing, and then, once you have all the

Re: Gizmodo: Giz Explains: How Blind People See the Internet

2010-08-25 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
re is over 100,000 apps in > the iTunes store. You think there is at least 50,000 accessible apps? Keep > in mind a lot of these apps are video games. > On Aug 25, 2010, at 7:55 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > >> If you do a search for "your eyes" without the quotes, it w

Re: Gizmodo: Giz Explains: How Blind People See the Internet

2010-08-25 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
If you do a search for "your eyes" without the quotes, it will take you to the first line of the article there by skipping all the rubbish thats before it. It's a pretty interesting read, although I don't really agree with the hole most iPhone apps are inaccessible thing. Also, did anyone notice t

Re: macbook pro with bellkin router

2010-08-14 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Perhaps the router only support 802.11n devices and your 11g mac is not able to connect to it? Just a hunch; I haven't really kept ontop of the apple product lines as of late, so i'm not sure if there shipping with 11n now. On 15/08/2010, Josh Kennedy wrote: > Hi > I am at a friend's house and he

Re: Interesting problem with used Mac book

2010-08-14 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Incase people are reading this from the archives, every macbook / mbp contains an intel chip meaning that they should all work with sl. On 14/08/2010, Mike Arrigo wrote: > Isn't it awesome to be able to install the operating system without sighted > help? Does this macbook have the multitouch tra

Re: Blind Controversial

2010-08-08 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Bookmarked. I'm not really a disney fan, but it was still a very interesting read - talk about being determined! On 08/08/2010, Cara Quinn wrote: > Hello All; > > I wanted to let you all know of a blog I've started, called Blind > Controversial. this may seem off-topic for these lists at the outs

Re: Accessible piano apps for iPhone

2010-08-03 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
g on some ideas I have floating around in my brain. Any other bits > about the app you like to share, please feel free here or directly to me at > scottn3...@gmail.com. > > Thanks, > On Jul 30, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > >> Most, infact all of these inst

Re: Accessible piano apps for iPhone

2010-07-30 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Most, infact all of these instrument apps require vo to be off, unless you tripple tap to emulate a normal single tap. I'm a fan of morphwiz atm, plus the dev is in the process of making it fully accessible. On 30/07/2010, Chris Snyder wrote: > There is also an app called Accordio. It's a piano s

Re: ram requirement for voice over

2010-07-27 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
So long as your mac can run tiger your good to go. Any new mac will be fine; i've run vo on 256mb before. On 28/07/2010, Mike Arrigo wrote: > Any mac you will purchase, unless you buy a fairly old one that is used will > have more than enough memory to support voice over, so you should be fine. >

Re: iPhone signal loss

2010-07-15 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
The feedback from the software update will be interesting to say the least. People will appear to be getting less signal all the time, regardless of if they are left handed or not. The issue of signal los will still be present, but since everyone will appear to be getting less signal all the time,

Re: pc gaming on the mac

2010-07-13 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I assume that before you disided to clutter up a mac list with what is more or less a windows question you made sure that his games worked in windows 7 on a pc? Just saying. On 13/07/2010, Josh Kennedy wrote: > Hi > Ok with running windows7 in bootcamp I have been trying all day long and > windo

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-12 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
11, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Cody Hurst wrote: > >> since at this moment I have nothing else to do with my time, I might >> as well try to get myself some cool murch. if you can use 2 computers >> to watcht the videos and double the fun/points let me know >> >> On Jul 11, 2

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
y time, I might as >> well try to get myself some cool murch. if you can use 2 computers to >> watcht the videos and double the fun/points let me know >> >> On Jul 11, 2010, at 4:26 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: >> >>> This is probably going to be one of those thi

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
This is probably going to be one of those things that I give up on after a couple of days. You can watch a video 5 times, giving you a total of 10ptz. Lets say that you do this with 5 videos a day if that's even possible, giving you 50ptz a day, plus 2 for check in. This means that if you did this

Re: a problem with vista

2010-07-11 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Just install the vista driver for the wireless under 7, it should work. I have an older system running 7 and I'm using xp drivers for the sis650 ethernet, 7 is very good like that. On 11/07/2010, gene wrote: > Hi guys well I know it's kind of out dated but I'm trying to install vista > on my macb

Re: OT: introducting lockerz

2010-07-10 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
y actually need >>> to restock is an indication that this place is legit, also not to mention >>> that people on youtube actually show the packing material they send i.e. >>> box, packing slip and tape that lockerz use when shipping items. and they >>> are based in

Re: OT: introducting lockerz

2010-07-10 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
So, to iether of you, based on how many points you have at the moment, how long do you both think it will be until you can claim a free apple product? I'm always pretty skeptical about this sort of stuff - I'm sure they do ship what they claim to, it's just that its usually quicker to save up 1 an

Re: the mac and networking

2010-07-05 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
You're router is your default gaitway. Like I said in another message, you're worrying way too much about it. On 06/07/2010, Kevin Mattingly wrote: > Josh, > > It will be the same on windows or on the Mac. Go with 192.168.1.1 for the > gateway. I suspect you can't go wrong with that one. > > Kev

Re: networking question

2010-07-03 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
You shouldn't really have to worry about this sort of stuff. If you have 2 devices which it sounds like you do, your modem will in most cases get an ip from your isp without you having to do anything. It doesn't matter what ip address your router has since it would be an internal 192.xxx ip. Most

Re: Install iOS 4 today!

2010-06-20 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
What on earth are you going on about Mike? The iPhone in the uk at least is no way near the cheapist accessible solution. On 21/06/2010, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: > Hello; good point. I only asked because someone posted earlier that > there is now a bluetooth keyboard you can use with the mac. I

Re: hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-04 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
in. > > I haven't opened a 2010 MBP. Maybe Apple improved the screws and access > panel. Maybe this is just how things must be in order to have a thin MBP. > > Bryan > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@google

Re: hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-03 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
l never again open my MacBook if I can > help it. > > Bryan > > -Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 8:18 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.c

Re: hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-02 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
It will be a normal sata ii 5400 rpm drive. There not designed exclusively for the mbp's, so you can go onto a pc components website and buy a normal & cheep 7200 drive. On 03/06/2010, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi kimberly, > > look under apple in the menu bar. Go into about this Mac. > > hth > On

Re: Memory For MacBook White 13Inch.

2010-05-29 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
It depends on how confident you are. At the end of the day, it's a memory replacement. It's not like your going to be replacing a lcd or a motherboard. If you want to have a bit of fun whilst learning and don't mind the tinyist risk in the world that you might break your macbook, then go for it. Ho

Re: Memory For MacBook White 13Inch.

2010-05-29 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hey. More often than not, it is possible for blind people to carry out hardware modifications or repairs on laptops. You didn't state which macbook you had; apple put the memory in different locations sometimes. More often than not, it will be on the bottom of the computer or underneath the keybo

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-19 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
for the sake of everyones sanitty on the list, shal we just agree to disagree on this one Karren? To answer your original question, if the iMac has a 600mhz cpu, it will be able to run tiger (The first version of osx with voiceover) well enough but will not be able to run leopard or snow leopard -

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
e way I do them, smiles.To you, my setup is outdated >> technology. >> For me it is the right tool, and will continue to be the right tool, until >> it can no longer allow me to do my craft. >> as for how apple has met the needs of professionals like me, I invite you &

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
To the person asking about logic. It's been posted before on the list, but essentially, the link where you can download the scripts is http://www.sendspace.com/file/3wcqpv Hth. On 18/05/2010, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > You said: > now now, technology is only doorstop material when i

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-18 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
You said: now now, technology is only doorstop material when it no longer serves its function. I agree with this and own several older macs myself. However, people (Not you poticually, just people in general) should be realistic about what there hardware can and can not do. pt has been accessible f

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-17 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
ld assume that 10.5 or >> 10.6 would be preferable over tiger. >> >> Cameron. >> >> >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose >&

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-17 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
; if it is an intel processor it will run snowy just fine, and voiceover as >>> well. >>> On 2010-05-17, at 6:42 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: >>> >>>> Tiger, but not snow leopard? >>>> presently its running os 9.22, so I did not even know it could run >

Re: an Imac and voiceover?

2010-05-17 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I'm not sure what your asking; so long as the iMac can run tiger it will run vo. On 17/05/2010, Karen Lewellen wrote: > anyone running a voiceover solid os x edition on an imac? > will send the data specifics if that Will help. > thanks, > Karen > > -- > You received this message because you are

Re: Utorrent

2010-05-12 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
You don't usually use a torrent client to find stuff, you use a torrent site that contains torrent files which open in the client which are then downloaded. I'm assuming your trying to download lots of music which is in the public domain, so my suggestion for a torrent site would be www.legaltorre

Re: Jacob Nielsen article on testing the iPad

2010-05-11 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
It's an interesting read and I'm not about to disagree with someone like him. Thanks for the link; your right - he has come up in an hci module I've just finished. On 11/05/2010, olivia norman wrote: > Interesting, I've heard of him, but haven't read his work previously. > Thanks for sending. >

Re: o.t, maybe. Nokia sues Apple in Wisconsin for infringement of Nokia patents

2010-05-09 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I agree with Scot - this will die, but I think it will die in a secret office after an expencive meal plus drinks and will involve a large amount of notes - after all, that's what nokia's after really. On 10/05/2010, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Agreed. :) > On May 9, 2010, at 7:34 PM, Scott Howell wr

Re: o.t, maybe. Nokia sues Apple in Wisconsin for infringement of Nokia patents

2010-05-08 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Yet another boring lawsuit. I really think this type of thing is just to see who can score browny points against another company; it's not really in the interest of consumers, despite what nokia will tell you. On 08/05/2010, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Subject: NOKIA - Nokia sues Apple in Wisconsin fo

Re: Mack Mini and Monitor?

2010-05-05 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Not portable in the sense that you could carry it to work. How many times do we have to say to people that a mini is not portable? On 05/05/2010, Courtney Curran wrote: > Hi, > Since a new Mack mini apparently must have a monitor, are there any portable > monitors like USB monitors or something.

Re: Returning my iPad

2010-05-05 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
What would the case solve though? I also have the vo freezing problem on my touch; I expected it to be at least partly fixed on the ipad. On 05/05/2010, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > Just one question. > > Why not get the iPad case and put it in there? That just seems like a > logical soluti

Re: Teathering with an i pad with a wireless ipad and iphone 3G s

2010-05-04 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Scot. When people talk about tethering, it usually means that they are going to connect a phone to another device via usb or something. Obviously this isn't possible between the iPhone and the iPad. If there is an app that will take the 3g that the iPhone gets and then uses the wireless to make a

Re: Flash removed from OS X?

2010-05-02 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
If they did do this, a much better solution would be to have it off by default but allow it to be turned on if you knew what you were doing. AT the end of the day, I don't like flash, html5 is great, I totally agree. However, the fact of the matter is that despite what steve says, lots and lots of

Re: Flash removed from OS X?

2010-05-02 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
All I can find is the fake diary entry, so I'm assuming this isn't going to happen. For the moment. On 03/05/2010, Scott Howell wrote: > Adobe has no legal grounds as far as I can tell and would look rather stupid > trying to force Apple by going to court. Of course when you know your > products

Re: -- SPAM -- Re: -- SPAM -- parelells a complete waist of my time

2010-04-27 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
gt; accessible. I'm not talking about the vm itself which of course you need a > screenreader for. > On Apr 26, 2010, at 9:07 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > >> What do you mean only to start windows? It's a virtualisation app. Of >> course vo isn't going to be a

Re: -- SPAM -- parelells a complete waist of my time

2010-04-26 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
What do you mean only to start windows? It's a virtualisation app. Of course vo isn't going to be able to read the os your virtualising; your going to have to use a windows screenreader. On 27/04/2010, David McLean wrote: > It is completely inaccessible. > According to someone on the macaccess li

Re: Extracting EXE files on the Mac -- URGENT!!!

2010-04-24 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Your not going to get an answer with out a vm. On 24/04/2010, Rob Lambert wrote: > If I have to, I'll use a PC, but I first wanted to know what software there > was (preferably free) that will allow me to run EXE files on my Mac without > having to get a VM (virtual machine) up and running. I hav

Re: want a serial number

2010-04-24 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
If I've decrypted your email correctly, surely one of the reasons why developers aren't making there apps accessible is because people are pirating them? Some what self forfilling really imo. On 24/04/2010, william lomas wrote: > hi can anyone get me a unison 1.81 serial number? >

Re: Apple to go with AMD next?

2010-04-20 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Shen, the cpu in the iPad has very little to do with apple choosing to switch to amd. The cpu in question is probably the product of a company that apple purchased a few years ago that makes high quality low power mobile processors. The reason why the info on the cpu is so vague is because apple do

Re: malwear and macs

2010-04-18 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
No, the real reason why it's hard is because osx = unix. Did the tweet include a link? It might be helpfull to include this so that we can see what the tweeter was going on about. On 19/04/2010, Joe Plummer wrote: > That is not the reason for it being hard to get a virus on a Mac. The new OS > o

Re: Apple to go with AMD next?

2010-04-18 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
You could well be right scot. If apple are thinking of making a device that centers around graphics in some way, it would make sense for them to teem up with amd who now own ati. On 18/04/2010, Scott Howell wrote: > Apple would only go with AMD for two reasons that I can possibly imagine: > 1. To

Re: bootcamp and vmware fusion

2010-04-17 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Are you sure that the os has actually booted up and that it's fully installed? Also, are you sure that your key presses are getting to the guest os as apposed to the host? On 17/04/2010, Rob Lambert wrote: > Try switching sound cards. I believe mine is a CoreAudio AHC-97 or > something. > > On Sa

Re: Apple to go with AMD next?

2010-04-17 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
If there basing it around amd's current offerings alone (Which there not), amd is actually better as far as low end / mid range cpu's go. Perhaps we'll see an amd macbook and an intel mbp? On 17/04/2010, Joe Plummer wrote: > Yes, that will not make a difference. I my self don't see any advantage

Re: Mac Mini and idea for MacBooks

2010-04-16 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Minies have there place, you wouldn't just stick an iPad in the living room to act as a media center would you. What would you change about the mini? It's meant to be a small computer, so other than changing the spec, I don't really see what else could be done. On 16/04/2010, marie Howarth wrote:

Re: An Ipod Touch Question, a couple of them actually

2010-04-15 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Rob, do you have a source that says that os 4 will be a free upgrade for touch users? When os 3 was released it cost £10 so I was just assuming that the same would be the case for os 4. Esther, just quickly, whilst I didn't respond to the thred that someone made the other day thanking you, your po

Re: making batch scripts

2010-04-07 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Just a stab in the dark, but where you have ftp ftpstring have you tryed ftp user:passw...@url Someone correct me if I've got the syntax wrong, its been a while. On 08/04/2010, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Hello to all. > > I'm making a btch script to connect ot an ftp server. I'm very close but it >

Re: Apple Confirms iPad Wi-Fi Problems; Try These Fixes

2010-04-07 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I'm sorry, but the suggestions from apple and the author of the artical are rediculess. A few off the top of my head: The idea of moving your router to a different location implies that somethings interfearing with it, but if this were the problem, firstly, its very strange that this has just start

Re: Don't know what to do with extracted RAR files

2010-04-06 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I've scene things split into multi part archives twice. eg. it gets rar'd into the usual 15mb parts by someone in the scene and then when someone uploads it to a file hosting site, they split the directory of parts into a few more larger parts. In answer to your question, try running UnRarX on the

Re: snow leopard server

2010-04-06 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I'd wait until someone else comes along who has more experience before you make a purchase, but my understanding is that it runs an ssh server by default so you can just ssh in there by nigating the need for vo. On 06/04/2010, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Hi Listers, > > I've just been looking at the

Re: Don't know what to do with extracted RAR files

2010-04-06 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Perhaps you could try deleeting all the files and buy the movie instead of pirating it? The files you speak of are parts of a multi part archive that will contain your treasure, are they 14.3mb by any chance? On 06/04/2010, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Mani, > > Try clicking on the 00 file or if one

Re: new subscribers not getting confirmed?

2010-03-25 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I have also suggested this list to some people who are about to purchase there first mac and could really do with the good advice that this list can offer. Waiting 3 or 4 weeks to be confirmed sounds pretty unreasonable; surely a mod could at the very least once a week check to see who needs to be

Re: game engine

2010-03-20 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
That would only be an issue if he wanted to use virtualisation software which I only suggested because I thought that someone else would - I'm not a fan of it myself due to this very reason. Anyway, going a bit off topic here, but yes, it would be nice if there were more games for the mac although

Re: game engine

2010-03-20 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I was actually talking to Ian. On 20/03/2010, william lomas wrote: > i got a mac for a mac, not for windows usage > > > On 20 Mar 2010, at 18:23, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > >> What's wrong with installing bootcamp or some form of virtualisation >> program

Re: game engine

2010-03-20 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
What's wrong with installing bootcamp or some form of virtualisation program and running your games like that? On 20/03/2010, ian mcnamara wrote: > i have to say although i am a windows user i do feel games should be > made for the mac as it would benafit the gaming community even more. > that is

Re: game engine

2010-03-20 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Making a game is much less simpler than you imply, evenif you do use an engine. I actually kno of the guy who is making that, the last time I spoke to him he had absolutely no money, so mac development isn't going to happen. But like I say, its not really just a case of "running some scripts". On

Re: OT: I pod touch, Itunes and Windows xp. How to transfer music?

2010-03-14 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I don't kno the exact answer to your question, but try using nvda or widoweyes instead of jaws; they both work pretty well with itunes. On 14/03/2010, Daniel McGee wrote: > Hi Cameron, I simpersize in your situation. I remember when I got my 1st > ipod which was an ipod mini! Well its really weir

Re: changing the speed on my dvd drive

2010-03-10 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
In some situations if the iso contains lots of files, burning at a faster speed can result in corruption, but more often than not, its only poor quality drives and bad media that this happens to. Perhaps you could try just burning the disk at the default speed to see what happens while you weight f

Re: ipod blue tooth and blue ant

2010-03-07 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
The bluetooth on the touch is pretty limited; the last time I checked all you could do was connect to another ipod. On 07/03/2010, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Hi Listers, > > I'm attempting to connect my Ipod touch to a blue ant V1 head set. > > But for some reason the Ipod isn't seeing the blue an

Re: A question regarding the iPod Touch

2010-03-06 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I personally find the microphone that is provided next to useless. There is a huge amount of background hiss in any recordings I make to the point where its only just about usable for very basic note taking. On 06/03/2010, Dan wrote: > Hello All, > How sensitive is the headphone microphone on the

Re: Memory Tester

2010-03-05 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
If you have an intel mac, you might be able to take advantage of the free memtest86. Whilst this is primiarly run from an inaccessible live cd, its widely used and I personally feel that the task of finding someone to read the results to you is better than having to pay for an application. On 05/0

Re: need a little help

2010-03-01 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
ITs probably just a simple ip block, just weight until your isp changes your ip address. On 01/03/2010, Charlie Doremus wrote: > Max, > I was able to go there with my iPhone > > Aloha, > Charlie > > On Feb 28, 2010, at 7:37 PM, "Maxwell Ivey Jr." > wrote: > >> Hello list; I need a little help h

atn: mod

2010-02-26 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hey; sorry to everyone that this does not concern: A friend subscribed to this list some time ago but as of yet has not been confirmed. Would it be possible for you to do this? he's using googlemail and his address ends in 1988. Sorry I had to send this to the list, but I didn't have your address

ot: Fwd: An Open Letter to Oracle on the Topic Of Accessibility

2010-02-07 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hey all. This is a bit ot, but I kno there are a few linux / unix users on here (Not including osx), so I figgured I should do my bit and pass it on. Hope you don't mind. -- Forwarded message -- From: Joanmarie Diggs Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:19:23 -0500 Subject: An Open Letter t

Re: Tidbits on tablet leaked by McGraw Hill chairman

2010-01-27 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
again i don't see the point. an iphone and or ipod can do almost > anything so why waste money and efforts having a tablet. getting the > iphone to multitask and work like a normal phone i.e. alowing me to do > several things at once is preferable > > On 27 Jan 2010, at 1

Re: Tidbits on tablet leaked by McGraw Hill chairman

2010-01-27 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Thanks for this. The iPhone os though. gr. Since its probably going to cost a fair bit more than the iPhone, surely I should be able to put what I want on it? On 27/01/2010, Chris Blouch wrote: > In a CNBC interview about earning with Terry McGraw. Video is here: > > http://www.cnbc.com/id/15

Re: Apple's conference call discussing Q1 - 2010

2010-01-27 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Apple themselves don't usually stream there keynotes; its usually sites like mac roomers that have someone there reporting so admitidly with out looking at the page, I'm pretty sure this isn't what it seems. On 27/01/2010, Simon Fogarty wrote: > It’s called a tablet, > > > > Apple have seemingly

Mac mini meats the putty knife

2009-11-30 Thread ben mustill-rose
Hey all. Guess who's just been given a mac mini, which quite honestly is the best computer I've ever touched! However all is not well, this mini seems to be getting a bit hot and bothered - ie: when doing anything intense it will get hot then shutdown; I understand this is actually a feature. I w

Re: urgent urgent help getting a cd that is jammed in my mac mini!!! verry urgent

2009-11-23 Thread ben mustill-rose
Hank. Since you don't seem to want to take the computer to apple, you really do not have anything to loos if you try Scots method, which has worked for me using slot loding drives, along with alex who used to be on this list. Does anyone kno if the mac mini's have the little hole next to the driv

Re: + Buy Apple computers and pay and pay and pay (fwd)

2009-11-19 Thread ben mustill-rose
Everyone needs to chill out and take a few seconds to look at what's going on here. Firstly, whilst apple do like there money, there not stupid. They kno that if this were to ever happen, the amount of protesting by there users would cause them such bad pr eventually that it wouldn't be worth doin

Re: Major Problem with macbook, Need Help ASAP

2009-11-15 Thread ben mustill-rose
;> the like. >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ben mustill-rose >> Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 11:14 AM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject:

Re: Major Problem with macbook, Need Help ASAP

2009-11-15 Thread ben mustill-rose
fine. It > isn't confidential for work or anything. *smile* I also want to save > a folder to my desktop but that one's not too important. It's really > too bad that I can't just start up my Mac or connect the two somehow > to do this stuff instead of messing aro

Re: Major Problem with macbook, Need Help ASAP

2009-11-15 Thread ben mustill-rose
for safety reasons. > > On 15/11/2009, ben mustill-rose wrote: >> >> If the drive is a user replaceable part, it won't void anything. If I >> were in your situation I would just take the drive out and usb it to >> another machine, but i'm not sure what osx doe

Re: Major Problem with macbook, Need Help ASAP

2009-11-15 Thread ben mustill-rose
If the drive is a user replaceable part, it won't void anything. If I were in your situation I would just take the drive out and usb it to another machine, but i'm not sure what osx does about accessing encrypted files - ie: all your data?? The other problem your going to have is that you probably

Re: Fw: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)

2009-11-14 Thread ben mustill-rose
CAll me a newbe / geek, but I could have swarn that all of the 10 ip's were reserved for private use only? Look at the ip's in the original to see what I mean. On 14/11/2009, hank smith wrote: > > > - Original Message - > From: "Mail Delivery Subsystem" > To: > Sent: Saturday, November

Re: Time capsule configuration

2009-11-10 Thread ben mustill-rose
I wish I found that sort of thing every time I cleaned my house! On 10/11/2009, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > > Yes, I think there is a version of the Airport utility for Windows. > On Nov 9, 2009, at 9:18 PM, Frank Ventura wrote: > >> >> Thanks that is good information.Is there a configuration utility

Re: garageband accessibility

2009-11-04 Thread ben mustill-rose
t you're itching to use it. > > Cheers > Scott > > anouk radix wrote: >> Hello, Logic is sort of the full version of garageband, right? >> Greetings, AnoukOn Nov 3, 2009, at 11:13 PM, ben mustill-rose wrote: >> >> > >> > I stil

Re: garageband accessibility

2009-11-03 Thread ben mustill-rose
I still need to speak to my friend to see if he'll share his scripts to make logic accessible. Will do that asap; it would make more sence to use logic as apposed to garage band given its feature list and the low price. On 03/11/2009, anouk radix wrote: > > Hello, I was thinking now that there

Re: Accessible iPod Touch

2009-10-26 Thread ben mustill-rose
Are you interested in putting mp3's of your audio guides on the touches and giving them out to visitors? If your guides consist purely of audi files and no applications, have you considdered purchasing shuffles instead? Its going to be a hole lot cheaper and some blind people may find them less in

Re: attention Lioncourt

2009-10-22 Thread ben mustill-rose
Lots of people have. Moderation say that they will implament things that are in the best interest of the community, yet even though lots of people asked for the full text to be included, its not happening. It all boils down to promotion. I've been on josh'is site quite a few times and I feel that

Re: anti-virus software

2009-10-21 Thread ben mustill-rose
I don't have an answer about a antyvirus solution, but have you considdered shoving all the studio pc's onto there own vlan for isolation? On 21/10/2009, BlindMacMan wrote: > > Hello! > > I must agree with James on all accounts... ProtectMac is the best and > most accessible antivirus program I

Re: logic

2009-10-20 Thread ben mustill-rose
Theres a guy at the rnib working to make it better although its not perfect. I'm not sure if he's publisising that he's doing stuff with it so i'm not sure what I can say. I'll get in contact with him. On 20/10/2009, Scott Chesworth wrote: > > Hey Dan et al, > > The most recent version of Logic

Re: torrents

2009-09-29 Thread ben mustill-rose
Did you check out any of the programs that people suggested? If so, what problem are you having setting them up? On 29/09/2009, kaare dehard wrote: > > I use utorrent for mac. I did a google search, and found it through > the greatness of the search engine. > > It is accessible with the mac, the

Re: iPhone honored by NFB

2009-09-25 Thread ben mustill-rose
I do find it rather funny that they slammed a program that ran on a device with a full sized qwerty keyboard yet there all over the iphone with its touch screen. O well - step in the right direction anyway. On 26/09/2009, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > You have to ask the sighted friend to turn it on in

Re: Setting up a Router

2009-09-24 Thread ben mustill-rose
To be honest, as others have said, most routers are going to work with 11g and the older 11b, perhaps even the new 11n. Because of this it doesn't *erally* matter which one your wireless card is. The manual for your router might go into a bit of detail about it but trust me, unless you've explisit

Re: Setting up a Router

2009-09-23 Thread ben mustill-rose
It will be a 11g device. On 23/09/2009, Stan wrote: > > Hi All, > Can someone please help. > I have a mac mini with "Airport Extreme wireless card", and I am > trying to setup a "Billion 802VGT Router", and they talk about > "802.11g or 802.11b" clients. > My question is the "Airport extreme" is

Re: load of rubbish!

2009-09-23 Thread ben mustill-rose
Sadly, this does seem to be the opinion of people that have not tried the device. I would have hoped that since peter knows that his show is quite popula he would have at least sat down with it for a day or so and got to kno it. If infact he has done this and still thinks its inaccessable, whilst

Re: VoiceOver on the Nano: TTS or not?

2009-09-10 Thread ben mustill-rose
I really don't see why they would use a tts engine for the menues but make samples for the song names. At the end of the day, the only time the menue structure is going to change is after a firmware update at which time your nano would be connected to your pc / mac so samples could be generated wh

Re: keyboard to use with garageband?

2009-09-06 Thread ben mustill-rose
I'd echo what Jon said. I own a m-audio keystation 61ez which is a controler keyboard only. If I use it under windows I have to install a driver, but on the mac, it works streight away. I like the idea of only using a controler keyboard and then letting garage band provide the sounds; i've played

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