Hi, I've always used this method, both on Windows and on the Mac. uTorrent. It works wonderfully well, and I use http://torrentz.com to search for torrents on different search engines. It seems to work nicely.
Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Oct 22, 2009, at 9:34 AM, a radix wrote: > > Hi Mike, yes I use soulseek on windows too both the new server and old > server version. I also use bitche on windows which is a search > engine for > torrent sites, i combine it with utorrent to download torrents, > bitche is > wonderful it searches through i think all the torrent sites htat > exists and > gives you the results. I havent found a mac alternative though I > know vuze > is available on the mac (my brother uses vuze in windows) and i > think it too > has a built-in search feature bu tI didnt find it all that easy to > use. > Greetings, Anouk, > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Reiser" <blindgu...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8:16 PM > Subject: Re: my 2 months with a mac > > >> >> The only thing I'll use windows for is soulseek which is a >> filesharing >> app I use to find stuff, there's no good alternative for mac and the >> ones that are available either aren't accessible or haven't been >> updated. Unison works great for usenet although I couldn't figure >> out >> the program interface so have been using sites like binsearch. Can't >> really comment on the ocr programs but I like vlc for listening to >> books and things, itunes is good too. >> >> Mike >> On Oct 21, 2009, at 4:23 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Oh, I guess it wouldn't be. Window Eyes is more like a serial you >>> enter I think. That's nice. Well, JAWS doesn't like it for obvious >>> reason, but it can be annoying. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nic >>> Skype: Kvalme >>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>> AIM: cincinster >>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>> Facebook Profile >>> My Twitter >>> >>> On Oct 21, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Portia wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Nope, Window-Eyes isn't like that. >>>> >>>> Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Well, I believe EchoLink does exist on the Mac-side as EchoMac, >>>>> last I >>>>> heard and extremely accessible. >>>>> >>>>> As for using Windows, it's all probably about taking the plunge >>>>> to a >>>>> new operating system and letting go of Windows. I've pretty much >>>>> completed that step, but there is only one minor thing. Mudding. >>>>> That >>>>> is the only thing I actually do on Windows now. I did hear the >>>>> developer of the MUD-client Atlantis might be adding VoiceOver >>>>> support, hopefully. Otherwise I'll just use Terminal. >>>>> I use VUScan and ReadIris for my scanning needs. >>>>> >>>>> As for virtual machines, mine runs quite efficiently. It all >>>>> depends >>>>> how you have set the ram allocation. Make sure not to set it too >>>>> high, >>>>> otherwise memory swapping will occur. A good idea is to test >>>>> different >>>>> setups before installing any screen reader licenses such as >>>>> authorization keys for JAWS and so-forth. Otherwise when changing >>>>> the >>>>> ram for your Windows machine, JAWS will think it is a new computer >>>>> and >>>>> require you to reactivate. Window-Eyes is probably the same way. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Nic >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Skype: Kvalme >>>>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>>>> AIM: cincinster >>>>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>>>> Facebook Profile >>>>> My Twitter >>>>> >>>>> On Oct 21, 2009, at 9:16 AM, Tony Bernedal wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Anouk. >>>>>> I have also used my mac for around 3 months now, and like you I >>>>>> still >>>>>> use windows for a couple of things. I trying to get the scanning >>>>>> and >>>>>> ocr to work on the mac but for now windows and omnipage have to >>>>>> do >>>>>> the >>>>>> jobb. I had a license for windows xp lying on the shelf from a no >>>>>> longer working laptop and I installed xp with vmware as a virtual >>>>>> machine and doing my scanning there and it works good but the >>>>>> virtual >>>>>> machine is very slow. I also use windows for Echolink, wich is a >>>>>> ham-radio software wich don't exist on the mac. Also the software >>>>>> to >>>>>> setup and program my hamradio stations is only windows programs. >>>>>> I'm >>>>>> very happy mac user now and after some updates to snow leopard my >>>>>> problems with it is gone. >>>>>> I hope the issue with the thumbkey on your display can be >>>>>> solved. I >>>>>> have same issue with alva satelite. >>>>>> I also have a battle with EyeTV software wich for some odd reason >>>>>> doesn't find my tv channels on the cable network. And it is also >>>>>> very >>>>>> tricky to use with VO. I use VLC for webradio and movies and it >>>>>> works >>>>>> great (vlc version 1.x doesn't work under windows and linux at >>>>>> all >>>>>> with screenreader, only on mac, great!). >>>>>> And I also like the speed, starting my windows pc here at works >>>>>> take >>>>>> forever and the mac is at the desktop in almost 0 time. And, the >>>>>> sleep >>>>>> works well too. >>>>>> So I'm happy with my mac system. >>>>>> Good luck with your mac! >>>>>> Regards Tony >>>>>> >>>>>> 2009/10/21, a radix <anou...@home.nl>: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello, I have been using my mac for about 2 months now >>>>>>> especially >>>>>>> at school >>>>>>> although at home I still often use my pc and I will explain >>>>>>> below >>>>>>> why. In >>>>>>> general my experiences with the mac have been very positive >>>>>>> especially after >>>>>>> installing snow leopard. I can use skype and msn just as well as >>>>>>> on >>>>>>> my pc. >>>>>>> And after I dumped itunes and started using vlc instead watching >>>>>>> movies and >>>>>>> listening to music became a breeze. I recently bought apples >>>>>>> office >>>>>>> suite >>>>>>> because I prefer that over using textedit or the free text >>>>>>> editors/ >>>>>>> office >>>>>>> suits that are available. I am also intending to go and use >>>>>>> garage >>>>>>> band in >>>>>>> the future if I can get that working with my yamaha keyboard. I >>>>>>> like the >>>>>>> built-in speakers and sound quality alhtough listening through >>>>>>> its >>>>>>> sound >>>>>>> output with my own in ear monitors is nothing special. I still >>>>>>> find >>>>>>> using >>>>>>> the internet on the mac a bit mor ework then i did while using >>>>>>> my >>>>>>> pc and it >>>>>>> goes a bit slower also when reading docucments i notice that I >>>>>>> cannot >>>>>>> endlessly use the right thumb key on my braille display to >>>>>>> continue >>>>>>> reading, >>>>>>> eventually i have to press the right arrow on my normal keyboard >>>>>>> if >>>>>>> I want >>>>>>> to read onm. This does become irritating after a while if you >>>>>>> need >>>>>>> to read >>>>>>> long documents. >>>>>>> At home I still mostly use my windows pc although i now have >>>>>>> gotten >>>>>>> mail >>>>>>> working on the mac as well because 1. I use omnipage pro 16 >>>>>>> under >>>>>>> windows to >>>>>>> scan my books for school, while I know that there are some >>>>>>> scanning >>>>>>> solutions for the mac that i will probbably try once the hp >>>>>>> drivers >>>>>>> for sl >>>>>>> have been released I just dont know if they will be as good and >>>>>>> easy as >>>>>>> using omnipage pro 16 and am a bit hesistant to try it because >>>>>>> of >>>>>>> that (I >>>>>>> really really hope that a full version of finereader will >>>>>>> eventually be >>>>>>> released for the mac since I have heard it can rival omnipage >>>>>>> pro). >>>>>>> Secondly there is filesharing, i will be brief. Ftp does work on >>>>>>> the mac >>>>>>> with transmit which I rather like although I have not registered >>>>>>> it >>>>>>> yet, >>>>>>> questions i asked its support team went unanswered. Usenet also >>>>>>> works but >>>>>>> udner windows I preferred to use other programs which are not >>>>>>> available on >>>>>>> the mac. >>>>>>> The third point is playing games which I do a lot on the pec >>>>>>> especially >>>>>>> interactive fiction and muds. There is an interpreter for >>>>>>> interactive >>>>>>> fiction called zoom which I tried and although I can open games >>>>>>> with it >>>>>>> saved games were a problem for me since I could not open a saved >>>>>>> game file >>>>>>> (made in frotz). >>>>>>> For muds the situation on the mac is not so good, I play them >>>>>>> all >>>>>>> the time >>>>>>> on windows but there is only one mudclient that I know of which >>>>>>> works under >>>>>>> sl and which is still being developed, jamochamud which works >>>>>>> under >>>>>>> java. It >>>>>>> is not too accessible at the moment but the programmer has >>>>>>> promised >>>>>>> to look >>>>>>> at it, still it does not offer all the features even then that I >>>>>>> am >>>>>>> used to >>>>>>> on a windows client. >>>>>>> As soon as windows 7 becomes officially available I am >>>>>>> planning to >>>>>>> install >>>>>>> it on my mac (probbably via bootcamp) so that I at least can use >>>>>>> my >>>>>>> mac all >>>>>>> the time even if I need to use windows, hopefully for the >>>>>>> scanning >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> downloading tasks I will in the future be able to use the mac >>>>>>> and I >>>>>>> have >>>>>>> hopes for muds as well but for now at least my mac is mostly >>>>>>> used >>>>>>> at school >>>>>>> and in the library. >>>>>>> Greetings, Anouk, >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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