Re: A response from Accessibility at apple. Re: firm wear upgrade killing speech. Umm? Okay weird.

2009-08-18 Thread ben mustill-rose
I haven't been following your discussion, but are you sure its not something simple like speech getting disabled automaticly after the firmware upgrade? As a side note, would someone be so kind as to give me a summery of the new features for blind people in the new firmware? Chears. On

Re: FW: ports, firewalls and questions

2009-08-10 Thread ben mustill-rose
This isn't really a mac issue, its got more to do with the things that connect your computers to the internet. To confirm, your setup looks like: modem airport express computers? On 10/08/2009, Larry Wanger lsw...@gmail.com wrote: Let me try this again. Hi, Yesterday I found myself trying

Re: Setting up SMB on the macintosh.

2009-08-09 Thread ben mustill-rose
Thanks for this. I've been meaning to do something like this for a while but I hadn't got round to googling it. Would you happen to know if I would be able to share a hole drive with write access fora given user as apposed to sharing every folder indervidually? I'm used to disabling simple file

Re: something is a miss here.

2009-07-30 Thread ben mustill-rose
Before you or anyone else does anything, make sure that you've cloaned your drive. Software wise, hsf is some what of a nightmair to recover files from so before any data recovery apps try and mess with anything, its important that you have an at least partially working copy of your harddrive

Re: apple garageband?

2009-07-28 Thread ben mustill-rose
I have some garage band questions that I would apreeciate anyone answering: How do you quantize a track? Is it possible to have one instrument on the bottom half of the keyboard and another on the top? I'm going to be in a situation in a few weeks where i'm required to drum using my left hand and

Re: running leopard on a pc?

2009-07-25 Thread ben mustill-rose
In order for this to work, you would have to obtain a modified osx image that is floating around the internet. There are reports of people running these in vm's but the biggist problem that your going to run into is hardware incompatabilities. If I were in your situation, I would look up if your

Re: is os x 64-bit?

2009-07-24 Thread ben mustill-rose
Since it can see and utilise over 4 gb of ram, i would guess the answer is yes. On 24/07/2009, a radix anou...@home.nl wrote: Hello, Well the question is as the title says. I was wondering this since they all use core 2 duos in all the macs. Greetings, Anouk, -- Kind regards, BEN.

Re: Macbook Pro Crisis

2009-07-08 Thread ben mustill-rose
I think this is going to be more of a hardware issue since the drive is actually trying but failing to eject. Is the computer covered under apple care? My adventureus side wants to tell you to try ejecting it when the optical drive is facing downwards - ie: the mbp is stood sideways vertically.

Re: Macbook Pro Crisis

2009-07-08 Thread ben mustill-rose
At the end of the day, somethings probably going to end up broken at the end of it, even if it gets serviced by a company. $200 is much cheaper than any mbp, so i'd just forget about preserving the disk - although I wouldn't ever pay them the $200. On 08/07/2009, Alex Jurgensen

Re: MacBook Pro

2009-07-05 Thread ben mustill-rose
I'm not overly sure this is true... Keeping an Apple laptop plugged in does not damage the battery. Cheers, Anne I should state outright at first that I don't own a mb or a mbp but I have plenty of pc laptops. Whilst apple are neally always first with new features, I find it hard to beleave that

Re: Anyone ever serviced an Emac?

2009-06-30 Thread ben mustill-rose
Hey tim and thanks for the reply. The units don't make the chime sound and I can't here anything come to life internally. The cd drive has both its power and ide cables connected but I can't seem to find a ide cable for the harddrive so i'm assuming that that has also been removed however I see a

Anyone ever serviced an Emac?

2009-06-29 Thread ben mustill-rose
Hey all, if anyone has been in the same situation that i'll describe below, i'd be interested in hereing your thoughts on what I should do. I've just been given to emacs that seem to have been taken out of some form of office. They were given to me on the understanding that they might not work

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-20 Thread ben mustill-rose
Can someone confirm something for me? I'm ingajed in a dialog with someone that has updated there old i phone to v 3.0 but can not find the voice over option. Are apple removing this from the update of older moddels due to low specs? On 19/06/2009, Brent Harding bhard...@doorpi.net wrote: This

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-18 Thread ben mustill-rose
Do we have a demo of someone using vo on the i phone yet? On 18/06/2009, Chris Blouch cblo...@aol.com wrote: The 5 year GSM deal came from this May 2007 article in USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2007-05-21-att-iphone_N.htm In particular: ATT has exclusive U.S.

Re: Podcast about VO in Snow Leopard

2009-06-14 Thread ben mustill-rose
I'm sure its floating about if you know where to go. Problem is he won't have signed a nda with apple because I bet he's not a developer. On 14/06/2009, Jessi and Goldina sanginsista3...@gmail.com wrote: yeah, I don't know how this can be snow leopard since it's not out yet, unless maybe they

Re: A nice video about the accessibility features on the new Iphone

2009-06-14 Thread ben mustill-rose
I'm still looking for a demo - anyone? On 14/06/2009, Jessi and Goldina sanginsista3...@gmail.com wrote: this is definitely cool!! woohoo!!! s freakin' excited but I have to wait a year lol! :( On 14-Jun-09, at 6:06 AM, jesus hernandez wrote: hello just herd this it is cool might go

Re: Podcast about VO in Snow Leopard

2009-06-14 Thread ben mustill-rose
I'm sure this list will be getting torrents of email about how this is illegal but never mind. Sorry, I couldn't help it. On 14/06/2009, Jessi and Goldina sanginsista3...@gmail.com wrote: haha yeah that's what I figured lol. I'm not knocking it, it's currently playing right now and I'm lovin'

Re: Multi finger jestures and desktop Macs

2009-06-11 Thread ben mustill-rose
Surely its just a software thing for all the mb's and mbp's though. On 11/06/2009, Justin Harford blindst...@gmail.com wrote: Or for that matter, will older macbook and macbook pro models be left out. I'm pretty sure that the newer notebooks use different touch pad technology. Regards

Re: Multi finger jestures and desktop Macs

2009-06-11 Thread ben mustill-rose
But is it a issue of there drivers not supporting multi touch or an actual hardware one? On 11/06/2009, Ignasi Cambra ignasicam...@gmail.com wrote: No, it probably won't work on older macbooks because their trackpads don't support multi tuch. On Jun 11, 2009, at 7:16 AM, ben mustill-rose

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-09 Thread ben mustill-rose
sanginsista3...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in the same position. I love my e71 to death!!! it's a great phone!!! but an IPhone!!! just the thought of it is like wow! On 8-Jun-09, at 4:37 PM, ben mustill-rose wrote: I can't diside if I should get one or not. The idea of knowing where abouts things

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-09 Thread ben mustill-rose
Might aswell throw this out there since we're talking about general vintage a t. I'm searching for a speaqualizer and am willing to pay if someone can sell me one that works. Fyi, it was a synth that plugged into a isa slot that was able to read the bios. On 09/06/2009, Krister Ekstrom

Re: InTouch

2009-06-09 Thread ben mustill-rose
http://www.handytech.us/ht.html#gwp On 09/06/2009, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi, I'm sorry to rain on your parade, (I'm known for doing that):-) but why reinvent the wheel? There is a device for that other operating system that is little known, called GWP, which is

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-09 Thread ben mustill-rose
Yes, it did have its issues in the older versions - lots of issues really. Its much better now though. On 09/06/2009, Ignasi Cambra ignasicam...@gmail.com wrote: Oh I remember Hal. They actually translated that one to catalan, which is my first language. I thought it was really cool so I gave

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-09 Thread ben mustill-rose
be fun to get one for demo purposes. Have fun, erik burggraaf A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 888-255-5194 Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com On 8-Jun-09, at 4:41 PM, ben mustill-rose wrote: Read. http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/vision.html

voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-08 Thread ben mustill-rose
Read. http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/vision.html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

Re: voice over comes to the I phone

2009-06-08 Thread ben mustill-rose
PM, ben mustill-rose wrote: Read. http://www.apple.com/accessibility/iphone/vision.html -- Kind regards, BEN. email: bmustillr...@gmail.com msn: benmustillr...@hotmail.com web: http://www.bmr.me.uk (under construction

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-07 Thread ben mustill-rose
I have a eureka; there pretty boring machines really. Most interesting part of them is there 14.4k modem. On 07/06/2009, Tiffany D tiffani...@gmail.com wrote: I think I saw a Eureka for sale online once but never got it. It would be interesting to play around with one of those. I never

Re: Rare Apple Synth

2009-06-06 Thread ben mustill-rose
Still sounds dreadfully vague even having red the stuff that you've found on google. The first page seems to conflict the second one; i'd stay away if I were you. On 06/06/2009, Scott Howell s.how...@verizon.net wrote: Hey this reminds me. WOuld anyone out there who has experiences and

Vm Fusion discount

2009-06-01 Thread ben mustill-rose
Hey all, Found out about this whilst listening to a podcast and I know we have a few students and users of virtulisation applications on here so I figgured that i'd let you know about this. Basicly if you know anybody at all that is a student, your able to get fusion for $39.99 as apposed to

Re: college, video game music, and the mac?

2009-05-27 Thread ben mustill-rose
I could well be wrong here, but wasn't there some discussion when ilife09 first came out about vo not working well with garageband? On 27/05/2009, Ben King benmartink...@gmail.com wrote: On May Dear Arthur, My name is Ben King. I love my Mac quite a bit. I would suggest using IWork for

Re: Clarification of legal agreements related to VoiceOver

2009-05-27 Thread ben mustill-rose
I think, to be completely honest, you'd probably be ok doing this. Apple surely wouldn't like the articals - apple soos blind users for trying to use there products etc etc and at the end of the day, anyone except them would understand that its apples fault as if the product had been translated

Re: iTunes was killed for cause

2009-05-25 Thread ben mustill-rose
Alex is talking about the other topic that was started by this user, you posted to it your self smile To be completely honest though, alexes idea makes little sence. On 25/05/2009, Cara Quinn caraqu...@caraquinn.com wrote: Alex, still not following you. Can you direct me to his postings

Re: mac protection plan

2009-05-24 Thread ben mustill-rose
Most reasont thing google gives me is a exploit in i cal, dated 22/05/08. On 25/05/2009, Cara Quinn caraqu...@caraquinn.com wrote: Hey Josh, thanks for the note! Yes; I completely agree. I'm betting Jude has some very good sources, so am looking forward to those links when he posts.

Re: Slow Mac Mini

2009-05-04 Thread ben mustill-rose
right. Oh well... I've got on for a little over a year this way, I suppose I can continue. It's really finder which gives me the most grief - iTunes is pretty well-behaved since 8.x (excluding smart playlists which I have yet to try out again). James On 5/4/09, ben mustill-rose bmustillr

disk utilitty

2009-04-21 Thread ben mustill-rose
Hey all, i'm getting very frustrated at disk utilitty and am wondering if anyone could help. I have an iso of content and a usb drive that I want to restore that content to. I open disk utilitty and click restore but it wants me to drag the disks into the edit boxes. I pasted the source in but

Re: Flash and VO alternative

2009-04-19 Thread ben mustill-rose
Personally, I think that alex needs a c coder. As far as adobe goes, its not nice of them, but I can't say I blaim them if they have a be in there bonnit with apple *cough Iphone cough* really. On 19/04/2009, Jessi Rathwell sanginsista3...@gmail.com wrote: yeah, that's what I've heard, that

Re: DaisyPod

2009-04-16 Thread ben mustill-rose
Considdering that the talking nanoes don't have a sdk and that the touch is in accessable, i'm not so sure how this would work. Unless your going to make everyone flash there devices to rockbox? On 16/04/2009, Alex Jurgensen asquare...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, This is not something that would

Re: Tangerine Theatre in serious developmental Trouble

2009-04-10 Thread ben mustill-rose
How about a bit more info? is this the thing that you were talking about that lets you control home entertainment systems? On 10/04/2009, Alex Jurgensen asquare...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Good People of Mac Visionaries, I am trying to put the finishing touches in bridging Tangerine Theatre

Re: Installing Leopard on a Netbook

2009-04-08 Thread ben mustill-rose
Its worth noting now that the atoms are the slower cpu's for netbooks; indications are that via's cpu is better unless your watching video. Having said this, I wouldn't swap my nc10 with its atom for anything atm. On 08/04/2009, Jane Lee applegodd...@gmail.com wrote: Alex - The netbooks right

Re: Installing Leopard on a Netbook

2009-04-07 Thread ben mustill-rose
Do you like it tif? Has someone put leopard on that model before? Alex - google; you could probably get one for a bit less - i dunno - I don't work in $s. On 07/04/2009, Alex Jurgensen asquare...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, How much cheaper do the Netbooks get. I think we can all agree that we can

atx pc psu in a quicksilver?

2009-04-06 Thread ben mustill-rose
Hey all. I am in a position where I am able to purchase a g4 933mhz quicksilver with a faulty psu for next to nothing. Whilst said machine only comes with the case, board, cpu and optical drive, it would be a good place for me to put to use some of my redundant but perfectly good components like

Re: Installing Leopard on a Netbook

2009-04-05 Thread ben mustill-rose
If your just looking for a nix based offering then the cheapist netbook will be fine - you can't really go wrong. On 05/04/2009, Tiffany D tiffani...@gmail.com wrote: Wow! Control your tv from your Mac? Does it work with things like Verizon Fios? I quit watching tv when we got that

Re: Installing Leopard on a Netbook

2009-04-04 Thread ben mustill-rose
tif won't get in trouble if she does it; apple doesn't have enough time to go after one person who's got leopard on the netbook. On 05/04/2009, sandi sørensen sandi1...@gmail.com wrote: Well. i have not been reading the total license when i have installed the os on the air or other macs i

Re: Installing Leopard on a Netbook

2009-04-03 Thread ben mustill-rose
Wow, lots of questions, here goes: I went on Google and typed in install leopard netbook without the quotes. the first site in the results is the one to which I'm referring. I'm wondering if anyone has done this or if you think it would be successful/easy for me to do. Let's keep it

Re: IBook Adapter was Re: Hard Drive Access.

2009-04-01 Thread ben mustill-rose
Why do you want to use fw instead of the ide in the g3? Could you not get a kit to mount a 2.5 drive in a 3.5 bay? On 01/04/2009, Alex Jurgensen asquare...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Mounting it is the least of my worries. I have three drive bays inside this 1997 G3. I'll just use some double

Re: Hard Drive Access.

2009-04-01 Thread ben mustill-rose
I've upgraded ram, optical and a hdd on a bondy blue imac, optical was a bit of a bugger but once its done, its pretty easy to do it again. Probably the hardist apple I had to service was a ibook dule usb 500mhz. sadly that machine died shortly after the upgrade but it was showing inverter faults

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