quick garage band question

2010-11-21 Thread chad baker
Hi does anyone know how to import loops in garage band i purchased samples and it said drag and drop. can i just bring them in using the media browser? thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Last words of a dieing pc... and creating windows vurtual machine on mac?

2010-11-21 Thread Blake Hardin
Hey all, ok yes these are some of the last few words of a dieing windows pc. (giant smiley) Some very very bad evil things has happened to this poor poor defenceless laptop that im typing on, and not long from now it will be either ran over with a car, beaten with hammers, or destroyed by some

using gmail on mac?

2010-11-21 Thread Blake Hardin
hey all, everytime i try to check my email on the mac it just seems slow compared to doing it on windows. I always just go to gmail.com and check it that way. Is there a faster way to do it? Like is there a fast way to jump to the next checkbox or something instead of having to press vo right and

Re: Last words of a dieing pc... and creating windows vurtual machine on mac?

2010-11-21 Thread Eric Oyen
well, if you are willing to send it my way, I can slap a version of linux on it and have a proper talking laptop. my old G3 just can't handle anything newer than 4 revisions ago. -Eric On Nov 21, 2010, at 1:43 AM, Blake Hardin wrote: Hey all, ok yes these are some of the last few words of a

Re: Last words of a dieing pc... and creating windows vurtual machine on mac?

2010-11-21 Thread Scott Howell
Assuming you have not changed the default location, you can go to the Virtual Machines folder and just delete the VM. If your VM is called WindowsXP, you would just delete that file, which incidentally is really a folder, but appears as a single file. hth, On Nov 21, 2010, at 3:43 AM, Blake

Safari 5.0.3

2010-11-21 Thread David Taylor
Hi, Is anybody else experiencing a big reduction in performance and speed with this? I'm finding I'm getting Safari Busy announcements on a lot of sites, including when trying to comment on status updates on m.facebook.com but plenty of others too. Webkit seems to have the same problems now,

Re: quick garage band question

2010-11-21 Thread f10r14n
Hi, that should work yeah. I haven't messed with getting additional loops though, except for jam packs but those are autoimported. chad baker schreef: Hi does anyone know how to import loops in garage band i purchased samples and it said drag and drop. can i just bring them in using the media

Re: Introducing myself and a question

2010-11-21 Thread f10r14n
Hello Brandt, You will want to check out Nicecast by rogue amoeba. This program is, to my knowledge, the easiest solution for basic broadcasting on the mac. If you want more features though, like cart machines and such, I think you're better off using something like station playlist studio in

Re: using gmail on mac?

2010-11-21 Thread f10r14n
Well, The fastest way would be coupling your account to Apple Mail ... hat is a real pain to set up though. It was for me, at least. I'll detail the steps i took: 1. Make sure you kill pop on your gmail settings page. Having both pop and iMap enabled at the same time tends to break things. 2. Go

Re: Save an e-mail in html

2010-11-21 Thread f10r14n
Hmm, I think Pages has that kind of functionality ...than again that is me comparing it to windows programs. Wordpad breaks headings and office word doesn't. You can try that. If you are looking for a free alternative, i'm sure a google can help you further a long way. HTH, Florian Jürgen

Re: Trouble with Story Mill

2010-11-21 Thread f10r14n
Hi, I'm a new user myself, and have no idea what the program does. It is odd, indeed. The only time that happened to me was in a system preferences screen, but that was because i had to enter my password first ...sorry i cant be of more help, Florian Joshua Loya schreef: Hello all, I just

Re: Help with Audio Hijack

2010-11-21 Thread f10r14n
I got it to work to an extend, I haven't tried recording but here's what i did: 1. open audio hijack. Look for a system audio session. If it is not there, create it using the new session button. 2. Hijack that session FIRST! Use cmd-g for that. No need to go to toolbar and find the checkbox. 3.

Illness MBP

2010-11-21 Thread Julie Russell
Last eve my MBP began to say speech off each time voice over was turned on. While in safari VO stopped working. With sighted assist I learned VO was running In the background In apple i learned the library folder with preferences was gone. In the 90 minute call I was told it was perhaps

Re: Illness MBP

2010-11-21 Thread heather kd5cbl
Well, can you take it in today, perhaps they can swap out or fix it. The game does not come on till 305 and noone will have any problems there turning it on. Although I prefer watching the game at the doam with some good earplugs. Heather -- You received this message because you are

Re: Last words of a dieing pc... and creating windows vurtual machine on mac?

2010-11-21 Thread Blake Hardin
Hi, where do i find this vurtual machines folder? Thanks. On 11/21/10, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: Assuming you have not changed the default location, you can go to the Virtual Machines folder and just delete the VM. If your VM is called WindowsXP, you would just delete that file,

Re: Illness MBP

2010-11-21 Thread Julie Russell
Yes @ 11:30 I am aware it will need a rebuild I am. Curious if anyone has observed anything similar Vo was running with speech off (not muted). I am skeptical about a virus Something happened but the re instal is the standing solution the few times I have called tech support It does

Re: Safari 5.0.3

2010-11-21 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello David, You seem to be having the same problem as many others with 2010 machines. I don't know why this is, but the older machines seem to be immune. To fix it, shut down your machine, then boot it from the Snow Leopard installation disc. On the screen after the Language Chooser screen,

Re: Illness MBP

2010-11-21 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Julie, I presume you've been using the trackpad commander? This is a common problem and is easily resolved. Just do a three-finger double tap on the trackpad and all should be well. Cheers, Anne On 21 Nov 2010, at 14:58, Julie Russell wrote: Last eve my MBP began to say speech off

Re: Save an e-mail in html

2010-11-21 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Florian, unfortunately it didn't work. Seems to be the same issue in Pages: The text looses the certen html tags during copy and paste. Formats like color and font size seems to be the same. Any other ideas? Thanks and best regards J Am 21.11.2010 um 13:32 schrieb f10r14n: Hmm, I think

Re: quick garage band question

2010-11-21 Thread Justin Thornton
just to pass on some useful info garageband 6 now has a guide this is the current version shipping with ilife 11 you can find it on www.icanworkthisthing.com thanks hth in the future On Nov 21, 2010, at 3:13 AM, chad baker wrote: Hi does anyone know how to import loops in garage band i purchased

Tagging audio-files on the Mac...

2010-11-21 Thread David Hole
Hi folks. Wich applications are you out there using to tag your audio-files on the Mac? On Windows, I used to edit tags in Foobar2000, but on the Mac I don't know of any good solutions... So maybe you can help me out...? Kind regards David -- You received this message because you are

tables in Word files

2010-11-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi everyone, I'm actually writing for a friend of mine, she needs to know if there is any way to read tables and forms in Word documents. She sent me one, and we tried it in pages, text edit, and open office. Open office seemed to work the best, though it would still be very difficult to work

Re: Altered VoiceOver Behavior in the New Safari

2010-11-21 Thread Chris Moore
To navigate via headings you have to press control + option + command + H and command + P has always brought up the print option, are you trying to go back a page? in that case move your finger a long a key, to the right to the left bracket key. On 20 Nov 2010, at 12:20, Les Kriegler wrote:

Re: Safari 5.0.3

2010-11-21 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
When I first installed the update, I got lots of Busy's and odd behavior like command Q not quitting, etc. These seem to be going away the more I use it, which probably doesn't make sense, but there you are re. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN:

Re: tables in Word files

2010-11-21 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Mike, Unfortunately, VO can't read tables in Pages. However, there is a workaround. A table in Pages shows up as a highlighted space to VoiceOver. To read the table and/or modify it, you have to copy it into a Numbers document where it becomes completely accessible. To copy a modified

Re: tables in Word files

2010-11-21 Thread David Taylor
Tables in word files read fine if you use Quick Look Attachments, but that does mean attaching them to an email first! How and why this should be who knows! Cheers Dave On 21 Nov 2010, at 17:06, Mike Arrigo wrote: Hi everyone, I'm actually writing for a friend of mine, she needs to know if

Re: Doing a put in the land of ftp

2010-11-21 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Command K, while in the Finder, will present a connect to server address bar. Just type in the FTP server's name and a password when prompted, but I've had mixed success with finder FTP. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN:

adding web page to desktop with VoiceOver

2010-11-21 Thread Ryan Mann
I have a web page that links to a radio stream. I would like to add a shortcut to the web page on the desktop. I googled and found a page telling me how to add web pages to the desktop. The only problem is that the instructions were to drag the page from the title bar of Safari to the

Re: Tagging audio-files on the Mac...

2010-11-21 Thread David Hole
Hi Colin. Ye, I know that way. But some times (like with operas wich are on lots of CD's), I've got tracks that wasn't correct tagged, since they didn't have the correct album number. Therefor I'd like to tag my files correctly before taking them into iTunes. Den 21.11.2010 20:32, skrev Colin

Re: Altered VoiceOver Behavior in the New Safari

2010-11-21 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Carolyn, Well, I went to the Apple Store yesterday afternoon and left the Mac overnight for a keyboard swap. Apparently, there were still keyboard problems with the caps lock key, and my system preference files were replaced with the defaults. Today, I returned and worked with a store rep

Re: Tagging audio-files on the Mac...

2010-11-21 Thread Colin M
Hi David! Ok I do not know what tags you want to do! But in Itunes you can change a lot of the tags no need for any other software! Even cds you have imported you can change the tag info you get from the net! I've changed a lot of mine to the way I like it! I use command+i to do individual tracks

Re: Doing a put in the land of ftp

2010-11-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
I suggest you learn to use curl. It can do uploads and downloads though from terminal mode command line or from a bash script if you know how to build one of those. r A command like: curl -a url/filename should get the job started. On Mon, 15 Nov 2010, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: I am trying

renaming folders on the iphone4

2010-11-21 Thread William Windels
Hi all, I have a lot of programs on my iphone4 and because of this, I want to reorganize them in a kind of folders. I know , if you put one application above another, a folder will appear with a name, based on the cathegorie of the software. My question: (how) can I rename this folder , only

Re: Last words of a dieing pc... and creating windows vurtual machine on mac?

2010-11-21 Thread Scott Howell
The Virtual Machines folder is in ~/Documents (the ~ indicates your home folder). On Nov 21, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Blake Hardin wrote: Hi, where do i find this vurtual machines folder? Thanks. On 11/21/10, Scott Howell scottn3...@gmail.com wrote: Assuming you have not changed the default

Re: Altered VoiceOver Behavior in the New Safari

2010-11-21 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Brian, Well, I thought it was related to 10.6.5 also. I did not try pressing the keystroke twice quickly so I don't know if that would have worked. I know my apps were all shut down other than the Finder, and the unit would not shut down. Eventually, I could get the keystroke to work,

Re: Tagging audio-files on the Mac...

2010-11-21 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi David. I use a program called id3 editor. You can find it here. http://www.pa-software.com/products/overview.php?prod=BC3B2E3A Unfortunately it isn't free. There may be free solutions now, but when I first needed to do this in 2006, this was all I could find. HTH. Darcy On 2010-11-21, at

Re: using gmail on mac?

2010-11-21 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi. If you're looking to set up imap with gmail on the Mac, I recommend reading this article from tidbits. http://db.tidbits.com/article/10253 Darcy On 2010-11-21, at 7:20 AM, f10r14n wrote: Well, The fastest way would be coupling your account to Apple Mail ... hat is a real pain to set up

Roku box, netflicks and the Mac

2010-11-21 Thread Kevin Mattingly
Has anyone tried to use the Roku box with Netflicks and the Mac? If so, are there any accessibility challenges? Kev -- 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

Re: tables in Word files

2010-11-21 Thread Mike Arrigo
Well, she will need to access the documents and fill information in to the form fields, which means using them in a word processor. On Nov 21, 2010, at 12:20 PM, David Taylor wrote: Tables in word files read fine if you use Quick Look Attachments, but that does mean attaching them to an email

Getting Rid of Virus Barrier

2010-11-21 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, folk, Now I'm stuck. I removed the app, but I'm now getting nag screens for updating. I can't find anything in the libraries. Should I download it again and see if it has an uninstall applet? Thanks, Teresa -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: Getting Rid of Virus Barrier

2010-11-21 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi, You got two choices The uninstaller in the dmg or you can get rid of the netupdate system preference pane and application in the applications folder. Hope this helps Best regards. Yuma DX® Light has no value without darkness blog: http://www.theblindsamurai.com twitter:

Re: renaming folders on the iphone4

2010-11-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. see the guide OI wrote at http://www.applevis.com and click on the guides. Sorry about the short reply but I've got a huge headache and listening to vo is making it worse. S On Nov 21, 2010, at 12:35 PM, William Windels wrote: Hi all, I have a lot of programs on my iphone4 and

Re: voiceover, for the ipods, which is best

2010-11-21 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I'm using an Ipod Nano the 6th generation and recorded a test memo and it played OK. Not sure if it does have a micro phone in it or it was the microphone on my headset! Kawal. On 20 Nov 2010, at 11:46, Pete Nalda wrote: The 5th Generation Nano's had a mic, and voice recording. On Nov 20,

battery chargers

2010-11-21 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi guys: I am looking at getting a back up charger for my iProducts, and remembered the turbo part of the most recommended. Can someone refresh my memory was it a proporta 2400? TIA for any info. Carolyn Haas chaas0...@gmail.com When you come to a fork in the road, It's time to eat. -- You

RE: battery chargers

2010-11-21 Thread Chris Harrington
Hi, It was the proporta 3400 I believe. I have the 500 and it works great to! Chris http://www.c-harrington.com -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Haas Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 7:17 PM To:

Re: battery chargers

2010-11-21 Thread Kevin Reeves
It's Proporta 3400. It's 34 bucks on Amazon. Unfortunately, the shipping takes a while because it's coming from europe I think. I have mine on order, and can't wait to get it. I'll let you know what I think when it's in my hands. Kevin On Nov 21, 2010, at 6:16 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: Hi guys:

how to successfully navigate net flix website while using voice over?.

2010-11-21 Thread Chenelle Hancock
hi everyone, i wanted to know how does one navigate through the netflix website? thanks a lot chenelle Sent from my iPhone -- 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.

Ipod Nano sixth generation

2010-11-21 Thread heather kd5cbl
So if I have to, can I sink to my pc? Or does it only work on the mac? Thanks Heather -- 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: connecting your wireless key board to the mb pro successfully. while using voice over.

2010-11-21 Thread David McLean
Usually what I do is tell it what characters I want to use which is a pop up on the connect screen and ends up as four zeros. I've had the same problem when I've tried to enter the characters shown. On Nov 21, 2010, at 7:27 PM, Chenelle Hancock wrote: hi everyone! i wanted to know how

Re: Ipod Nano sixth generation

2010-11-21 Thread Isaac Obie
Heather, You sync to both Macs and Pcs. I've got a buddy who has an ipod Nano and it has been synced to windows pcs all the time. It's so tiny! so skinny! Isaac - Original Message - From: heather kd5cbl kd5...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 21,

Re: voiceover, for the ipods, which is best

2010-11-21 Thread Isaac Obie
Kawal, How do you keep from losing that thing? It's so tiny and so thin or skinny! You leave it plugged in to the headphones? Isaac - Original Message - From: Kawal Gucukoglu kawal_gucuko...@sent.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 7:12 PM Subject:

Re: Ipod Nano sixth generation

2010-11-21 Thread heather kd5cbl
Oh, okay, I just need to beable to do both until my pc dies or I kill it which ever comes first! Heather -- 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

Re: Ipod Nano sixth generation

2010-11-21 Thread heather kd5cbl
So, do you have to turn the voiceover on or is it already on? If you have to turn it on, can you do it without sighted assistance? Heather -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Last words of a dieing pc... and creating windows vurtual machine on mac?

2010-11-21 Thread Blake Hardin
Ok, so i deleted the windows xp machine from the folder but when i open vmware it still says window xp as a machine. but it will let me select home nd windows xp, but i don't see anywhere i can go to new or options or anything to configure... Is there a version that is more accssible? I think i

Re: [macvoiceover] Trying to update firm wear in a APH device, but....

2010-11-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
I don't know if you have a mac computer, but if you do, I suggest you do a which file enter and see if that utility is present. If it is, run file filename where filename is your mystery file and the file utility may be able to tell you what kind of file you have there.On Thu, 11 Nov 2010,

Re: Getting Rid of Virus Barrier

2010-11-21 Thread Teresa Cochran
Ah, found it. Thank you, Yuma. Teresa On Nov 21, 2010, at 3:38 PM, Yuma Decaux wrote: Hi, You got two choices The uninstaller in the dmg or you can get rid of the netupdate system preference pane and application in the applications folder. Hope this helps Best regards. Yuma

Re: alternative e mail clients

2010-11-21 Thread Jude DaShiell
Others do exist. pine and mutt can both be run from the terminal. Both can be downloaded from a fink repository.On Sun, 14 Nov 2010, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: Chad, I am not sure if there are any other. email clients. I believe Apple mail is the only one. Someone please correct me if I am

Re: quick garage band question

2010-11-21 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, In the new garageband, the media browser is no longer needed. You can copy the file from the finder and paste it directly into the project. hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Nov 21, 2010, at 7:22 AM, f10r14n

Re: Illness MBP

2010-11-21 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, It sounds like you might have just have muted speech with the trackpad commander. If so, a 3 finger double tap should unmute voiceover. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Nov 21, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Julie Russell

Re: renaming folders on the iphone4

2010-11-21 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, double tap and hold like when wanting to move or delete an app. Now double tap on the folder you would like to rename. Now the folder will open, and the name of the folder will be in an edit field with a clear button following it. You can now erase and type in the new name. hth

Audio hijack pro latency when hijacking mic

2010-11-21 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello all, I noticed when I'm hijacking my microphone, either the built in input of the mac or, my blue snowball USB mic, I experience latency in my headphones. Is there a way to eliminate this or just turn off monitoring all together? TIA Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype,

not getting copy of sent messages

2010-11-21 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello lists, Today, I noticed that I was no longer receiving a copy of the messages I was sending to the macvisionaries and viphone lists. I'm using gmail and have made no changes to my account settings. I wanted to know if anyone else has had this start happening to them today? And I'd

test

2010-11-21 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, are my messages getting through? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Ipod Nano sixth generation

2010-11-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
You can do it via itunes under universal access. If using a mac it will be under summary radio button then the scrol area after all the radio buttons. On Nov 21, 2010, at 18:21, heather kd5cbl kd5...@gmail.com wrote: So, do you have to turn the voiceover on or is it already on? If you have to

Re: not getting copy of sent messages

2010-11-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
they are getting through. Look in your sent items folder to see if tey arrived. S On Nov 21, 2010, at 13:35, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hello lists, Today, I noticed that I was no longer receiving a copy of the messages I was sending to the macvisionaries and viphone

Re: Audio hijack pro latency when hijacking mic

2010-11-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
Noeiliminate it, but here ya go. go to the advanced button on your mic session and after clicking it go to the latencey thing and if you can set it to 32ms. Take care. On Nov 20, 2010, at 11:37, Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I noticed when I'm hijacking my

Re: test

2010-11-21 Thread heather kd5cbl
yes they are! Heather -- 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 email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more

Re: Ipod Nano sixth generation

2010-11-21 Thread heather kd5cbl
Just wondering, the Ipod Nano sixth generation only comes in 16gb? Can you expand it more? Heather -- 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

Re: Ipod Nano sixth generation

2010-11-21 Thread Sarah Alawami
As far as I know you cannot. It is flash bassed if memmory serves me. On Nov 21, 2010, at 22:59, heather kd5cbl kd5...@gmail.com wrote: Just wondering, the Ipod Nano sixth generation only comes in 16gb? Can you expand it more? Heather -- You received this message because you are

Re: Ipod Nano sixth generation

2010-11-21 Thread heather kd5cbl
Ah, I see, I was hoping for a 32 gb at least! Heather -- 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 email to