Re: Using a Mac Mini without a monitor

2010-07-11 Thread Dan Roy
Please, spare us this! While I think it would be nice if the mini worked without a monitor, please, don't give us this stuff about being forced to buy something you don't need. Personally, I have a vary old monitor which I keep around just in case I get in to trouble where sighted assistance

Re: Using a Mac Mini without a monitor

2010-07-11 Thread Dan Roy
This is a great explanation, but, how come it works even if the monitor is turned off. Since there's no signal, I am not sure why it still thinks there is!! On Jun 28, 2010, at 8:44 AM, Frank Carmickle wrote: Hello Bryan On Jun 28, 2010, at 5:45 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: Because apps

Re: bootcamp and drivers

2010-07-11 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually try that but reinstall bootcamp and windows and see if that heps. Take care. S On Jul 10, 2010, at 8:20 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi well I went and rolled back the nvdidia drivers with no effect. windows7 in bootcamp still freezes. it freezes randomly. If this keeps up I may just

Re: converting audible books

2010-07-11 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Josh, If you remember there was a note from the mods saying that we should not discuss anything illegal on the lists as someone said yesterday that it is ilegal to convert audible files. Hope the mods do not mind me pointing this out and you don't me mind me pointing out to you as I'm not

RE: A warning about Digit-Eyes

2010-07-11 Thread Bryan Smart
Actually, Scott, I'm not wishing for some high priced blind-only solution. I'd be 100% satisfied if this app worked with a separate laser scanner that I purchased at my own expense. Could get one of those for $300 or so, and it would still come out cheaper than the blind-guy solutions.

RE: Using a Mac Mini without a monitor

2010-07-11 Thread Bryan Smart
It just doesn't. All new displays (displayport, DVI, HDMI) somehow are able to report their supported resolutions to the computer, even when they don't have mains power. Don't know how it works electronically, but it does. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: A warning about Digit-Eyes

2010-07-11 Thread Scott Howell
Bryan, All I can say is at the end of this entire discussion, it seems we agree. Like I said, send them a note because I did and I hope they give it serious consideration. I would also pay the $300 and probably could be had for less. The less time it takes to scan, also has the benefit of

twitter client for mac

2010-07-11 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi what is a good accessible twitter client for mac? Josh Kennedy jkenn...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send

Re: converting audible books .aa files

2010-07-11 Thread Jane
The Booksense plays Audible, too. I don't know if GoldWave will convert them; they plugged that loophole. Jane On 7/10/2010 11:41 AM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: You should be able to use ITunes and downlown your books into it. I'm not sure about the nls player but the VR Stream works

Re: twitter client for mac

2010-07-11 Thread michael babcock
hi; I use syrinx, and have also used twitterpod, and twitterrific, all three accessible... On Jul 11, 2010, at 7:39 AM, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi what is a good accessible twitter client for mac? Josh Kennedy jkenn...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: twitter client for mac

2010-07-11 Thread Cody Hurst
syrynx On Jul 11, 2010, at 11:39 AM, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi what is a good accessible twitter client for mac? Josh Kennedy jkenn...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Adding Radio Streams in iTunes

2010-07-11 Thread Jeff Berwick
Hi All, I have a couple of radio stations that I would like to add to iTunes so I can select and stream them through Airtunes on my Airport ExpressUnfortunately, I can't figure this out. I have gone to the Advanced Menu and tried to open a stream but, once I type in the URL nothing

twitter client for mac

2010-07-11 Thread dyer matthew on pc
Hi, Serincs is good I uswe it all the tme and it works fine. Matthew Hi what is a good accessible twitter client for mac? Josh Kennedy jkenn...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Kevin Mattingly
I gotta tell you that you earn every single one of the points they give you. Some of these videos are enough to make a person run screaming into the night. Kev -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email

Converting .mkv files into video.ts files

2010-07-11 Thread John Panarese
Hi Folks, I know little about this subject, but someone asked me if there is a VoiceOver accessible application or utility that will convert a mkv file into a video.ts file that one can then burn to a DVD disk. It seems, from my initial browsing on Google, that there are a few ways of

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Cody Hurst
yeah most of them are stupid videos but at least they give you points which is really what atters, thus far I've gotten 490 points, nearly half way to an iPad On Jul 11, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: I gotta tell you that you earn every single one of the points they give you. Some

Re: converting audible .aa and .aax books

2010-07-11 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Get an I phone to do it. On Jul 10, 2010, at 10:00 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi the nls player will not play audible books. it only will play: mp3 daisy rfbd .wav .3gp that is all. so to play audible books I have to convert them to standard mp3 first. on windows I use goldwave and

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Chris Moore
you both have too much time on your hands.. INVITE ME PLEASE! lol On 11 Jul 2010, at 18:42, Cody Hurst wrote: yeah most of them are stupid videos but at least they give you points which is really what atters, thus far I've gotten 490 points, nearly half way to an iPad On Jul 11,

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Kevin Mattingly
invite sent... On Jul 11, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Chris Moore wrote: you both have too much time on your hands.. INVITE ME PLEASE! lol On 11 Jul 2010, at 18:42, Cody Hurst wrote: yeah most of them are stupid videos but at least they give you points which is really what atters, thus far I've

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread michael babcock
I'm liking this site as well, if someone wants an envite let me know off list: michael.babc...@gwhosting.net Jul 11, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: invite sent... On Jul 11, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Chris Moore wrote: you both have too much time on your hands.. INVITE ME PLEASE! lol

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
LOL, i know, at least the swagbucks videos are only 60 seconds to watch. I can't get voice over to read the daily question though. Sarai Bucciarelli Personal Come join me on www.swagbucks.com/refer/sdbuccia On Jul 11, 2010, at 12:16 PM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: I gotta tell you that you earn

a problem with vista

2010-07-11 Thread gene
Hi guys well I know it's kind of out dated but I'm trying to install vista on my macbook I would put 7 on it how ever apple doesn't want to support the wireless adapter at the time. But anyway I am using the bootcamp partition and after windows gets installed and finishes installing and

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Chris Moore
cheers big boy On 11 Jul 2010, at 19:08, Kevin Mattingly wrote: invite sent... On Jul 11, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Chris Moore wrote: you both have too much time on your hands.. INVITE ME PLEASE! lol On 11 Jul 2010, at 18:42, Cody Hurst wrote: yeah most of them are stupid videos but at

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Kevin Mattingly
Yep, I guess we'll just have to leave the questions unanswered... I got me a whopping 32 points now. Kev On Jul 11, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: LOL, i know, at least the swagbucks videos are only 60 seconds to watch. I can't get voice over to read the daily question though.

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, Lockerz rocks. I got 10 ptz by answering a daily. It's soo easy. Courtney On Jul 11, 2010, at 2:50 PM, Chris Moore wrote: cheers big boy On 11 Jul 2010, at 19:08, Kevin Mattingly wrote: invite sent... On Jul 11, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Chris Moore wrote: you both have too much time on

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Cody Hurst
yeah like i said, the quetsios dont' really mater On Jul 11, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: LOL, i know, at least the swagbucks videos are only 60 seconds to watch. I can't get voice over to read the daily question though. Sarai Bucciarelli Personal Come join me on

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Cody Hurst
oh, you can answer the questions, it doesn't matter what response you put in the box or which you click yes or no. you get points either way On Jul 11, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: Yep, I guess we'll just have to leave the questions unanswered... I got me a whopping 32 points

Re: twitter client for mac

2010-07-11 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, With Twitterpod, how do you see your mentions and DM's? Courtney On Jul 11, 2010, at 11:43 AM, michael babcock wrote: hi; I use syrinx, and have also used twitterpod, and twitterrific, all three accessible... On Jul 11, 2010, at 7:39 AM, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi what is a good

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Chris Moore
Just 968 to go eh? On 11 Jul 2010, at 20:10, Kevin Mattingly wrote: Yep, I guess we'll just have to leave the questions unanswered... I got me a whopping 32 points now. Kev On Jul 11, 2010, at 3:01 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: LOL, i know, at least the swagbucks videos are only 60

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 gene5...@austin.rr.com wrote: Hi guys well I know it's kind of out dated but I'm trying to

Re: Adding Radio Streams in iTunes

2010-07-11 Thread Scott Howell
Have you looked to see if those streams are available in iTunes and also in what format are the streams? If the stream is not in the iTunes radio list and is in the WMA format, you will not be able to play them. I think though there is a plugin that allows you to play WMA content via iTunes,

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Kevin Mattingly
I'm gonna watch on 2 computers and double the fun... Kev On Jul 11, 2010, at 3:26 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Just 968 to go eh? On 11 Jul 2010, at 20:10, Kevin Mattingly wrote: Yep, I guess we'll just have to leave the questions unanswered... I got me a whopping 32 points now. Kev On Jul

Re: a problem with vista

2010-07-11 Thread gene
Hi that's what I tried infact the drivers on the snow leopard disk don't have 7 specific drivers and so after the drivers wouldn't work I called apple and they told me that I would just have to use the ethernet cable and so I decided to try installing the drivers manually and the installer said

converting audible books

2010-07-11 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi Goldwave will still convert them if you first deactivate your audible manager then uninstall it, then install windows media player filter and k-lite mega codec pack. open audible book in gold wave, enter audible user name , password, goldwave opens book, then save as mp3. will not convert

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: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Cody Hurst
I'm unsure if you can do that..if you can let me know On Jul 11, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Kevin Mattingly wrote: I'm gonna watch on 2 computers and double the fun... Kev On Jul 11, 2010, at 3:26 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Just 968 to go eh? On 11 Jul 2010, at 20:10, Kevin Mattingly wrote: Yep,

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Cody Hurst
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, 2010, at 4:26 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: This is probably going to be one of those

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Kevin Mattingly
I was just kidding about the 2 computers. I'll work at it but I don't think I'll try and get an IPad in 3 weeks. Maybe 6 months would work. Kev On Jul 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

Re: A warning about Digit-Eyes

2010-07-11 Thread Doug Lawlor
If an RFID reader was used, does that mean that all products would have RFID tags embedded to provide information to the user? How many products have these tags now? Doug Sent from my iPhone On 2010-07-11, at 7:26 AM, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: Bryan, All I can say is at

Converting text to MP3 with Automator

2010-07-11 Thread Victor Tsaran
Hello all, From the old Leopard days I remember there was an Automator action that allowed one to convert from text to Mp3. I recently attempted to perform the same on Snow Leopard but found several problems. 1. Automator was tremendously slow going through the list of available actions (with

ring tones help

2010-07-11 Thread annelie robledo
Hi I have for the last three days been struggling to make ring tones with itunes with no success. Is there an application that someone can recommend that would work. Any help would be appreciated. Ready to pull my heir out. Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: ring tones help

2010-07-11 Thread Chris Moore
Try iToner On 11 Jul 2010, at 22:52, annelie robledo wrote: Hi I have for the last three days been struggling to make ring tones with itunes with no success. Is there an application that someone can recommend that would work. Any help would be appreciated. Ready to pull my heir out.

double duty for an airport express?

2010-07-11 Thread Mary Otten
Hi all, I wonder if anyone on the list has tried to do two things with one airport express. If you've ever set one up, you know that there is a point in the simple set up where it asks you what you want to do, i.e. extend an existing network, use it with Itunes/air tunes etc. I forget exactly

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
At the end of the day, if you stick at it, answer the questions, watch the sh*tty videos and invite some friends, it should be pretty dooable. I have a short attention span though, especially when I don't have a clue what some of the videos are about. On 11/07/2010, Kevin Mattingly

Re: ring tones help

2010-07-11 Thread annelie robledo
Thanks for the help. On Jul 11, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Try iToner On 11 Jul 2010, at 22:52, annelie robledo wrote: Hi I have for the last three days been struggling to make ring tones with itunes with no success. Is there an application that someone can recommend that

Re: ring tones help

2010-07-11 Thread annelie robledo
I am about to sound really dumb here. Do you have to drag the file into intoner? What I noticed on the trial version is that the open file is dimmed out. On Jul 11, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Chris Moore wrote: Try iToner On 11 Jul 2010, at 22:52, annelie robledo wrote: Hi I have for the last

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Cody Hurst
yeah see what I've been doing is just putting on the videos and walking away. I try to pick some of the shorter ones like that are only a few seconds or maybe a minute or 2 minutes at most On Jul 11, 2010, at 6:32 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: At the end of the day, if you stick at it, answer

a bootcamp drive question

2010-07-11 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi Since windows7 is on the bootcamp partition does that mean I will have to defragment the bootcamp partition and use antivirus and antispyware and stuff like that on the windows side of things? Josh Kennedy jkenn...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: twitter client for mac

2010-07-11 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Syrinx. On Jul 11, 2010, at 11:39 AM, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi what is a good accessible twitter client for mac? Josh Kennedy jkenn...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email

Re: double duty for an airport express?

2010-07-11 Thread Esther
Hi Mary, You can definitely extend the range of your Airport network and still use your Airport Express (in the extended location) to stream music to a stereo. Basically, each Airport Express unit can either function as a separate wireless router with its own IP address, or as an extension

Re: a bootcamp drive question

2010-07-11 Thread Chris Moore
To keep Windoze working yes, As your Windows is just like a normal PC they need lots of tender loving care as its special (needs) On 12 Jul 2010, at 00:24, Josh Kennedy wrote: Hi Since windows7 is on the bootcamp partition does that mean I will have to defragment the bootcamp partition and

Re: ring tones help

2010-07-11 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Ann, I have used an app called Ringer. I forget who it's available from. I think the company is called http://www.pixelresearchlabs.com If you have Amadeus, you can also use that to extract a Ring tone. I have a podcast on Ringer if you'd like me to send it your way. Have a great day.

Re: to Cody

2010-07-11 Thread Kimberly thurman
I'd be interested as well. I just looked at the Swag Bog site and it appears as though there's a captia. Yuck! On Jul 10, 2010, at 10:45 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: Logerz -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this

Re: to Cody

2010-07-11 Thread Cody Hurst
kim, there are captchas on lockerz too, but there are audio captchas and they are quite easy to use. if you are still interested, let me know On Jul 11, 2010, at 8:32 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: I'd be interested as well. I just looked at the Swag Bog site and it appears as though there's a

Re: ring tones help

2010-07-11 Thread annelie robledo
Yes if you could send me the podcast. I would really appreciate it. On Jul 11, 2010, at 6:58 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi Ann, I have used an app called Ringer. I forget who it's available from. I think the company is called http://www.pixelresearchlabs.com If you have Amadeus, you

Re: A warning about Digit-Eyes

2010-07-11 Thread Doug Lawlor
That's interesting, RFID would be much better for identifying products because you would not have to point a device at the product in question to identify it. Just get a reader in the general direztion of the of the product and we should be able to identify it. As I understand it, the range of

Bluetooth serial port profile on iOS 4.

2010-07-11 Thread Aman Singer
Hi, all. Recently, in an interesting discussion about bar code reading solutions for the iPhone, Brian mentioned that bar code scanners use the Bluetooth serial port profile as, of course, do braille displays. I'm just wondering if anyone has tried an external GPS receiver on the iPhone.

Re: OT Lockerz

2010-07-11 Thread Orin
Right, can someone send me an invite for this as well? Can I get an iPhone/iPod on here if I wanted? Orin orin8...@gmail.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/orinks Skype: orin1112 My attempt at a novel: http://tinyurl.com/2foa22l [O On Jul 11, 2010, at 8:37 PM, Cody Hurst wrote: as I said

Re: Bluetooth serial port profile on iOS 4.

2010-07-11 Thread Doug Lawlor
I know that Megelan has come out with something called the ToughCase for the iPhone and iPod Touch that contains it's own gps receiver that they claim is supposed to work with both of these devices. You can find it at the apple online store. I would be interested to know if the gps receiver in