Just getting started with it was hard for me,the interface seems non-standard and all that. An audio review or tutorial will be very helpful I must admit smiles. Thanks,
Mike On Nov 14, 2009, at 10:34 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > > Hum, what did you have trouple with in particular? Finding a group > got me for a little bit, because the groups are all treaded, so you > have to open alt to get to alt.binaries, then open alt.binaries to get > to alt.binaries.sounds and so on. Adding groups to favourites got me > as well, but there was a known' issue with that and some one posted a > very helpfull step-by-step which you can Get from the archives if you > have a second to search it up. > > Any other questions just ask. It's been a while since I ditched my > easy news, but I stull have unison on here and might be able to answer > questions. > > Best, > > erik burggraaf > A+ certified technician and user support consultant. > Phone: 888-255-5194 > Email: [email protected] > > On 2009-11-14, at 11:04 AM, Mike Reiser wrote: > >> >> I couldn't figure out unison's interface, any tips on using it would >> be great. >> >> Mike >> On Nov 14, 2009, at 9:25 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: >> >>> >>> Anouk, >>> >>> When I saw unison for the first time, I litterally bounded around my >>> room with joy. Power grab and power post server ve very well under >>> windows, but unison was just incredible. >>> >>> I cued up 20 or 30 gigs from the premier audiobook news group in >>> half >>> an hour or so, It took 2 or 3 days for it to come down at a rate of >>> about a megabyte per second, and it was unbelieveable to see it all >>> pouring in. >>> >>> Unison threads messages, so suppose you want to grab a book or an >>> album. It could be 15 or 20 files, or it could be 5 or 600 files, >>> but >>> all the files will be in one thread. You just hit the button to grab >>> the thread and you have all the files in one stroke. >>> >>> I don't know about this hogwasher thing, but you may as well save >>> money and buy unison, since I don't see how anything could possibly >>> be >>> better. Of course, behind every good binary newsgroup reader there >>> is >>> a good news group service. If you are going to pay for unison, then >>> an easy news or giganews plan shouldn't be out of the way. They have >>> 60 or so days worth of retention, fantastic throughputs, web access, >>> and great value for money on transferable gb's and such. I couldn't >>> use up my 20 gb for the longest time and ended up with over 500 gb >>> that I could download with beofre I had to cansil so I could fix my >>> bills. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> erik burggraaf >>> A+ certified technician and user support consultant. >>> Phone: 888-255-5194 >>> Email: [email protected] >>> >>> On 2009-11-14, at 4:56 AM, anouk radix wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hello, I finally wanted to get seriously into usenet for the first >>>> time (it never really was an option under windows before because hal >>>> is just too limited), unfortunately i installed the applications >>>> soon after i got sl and now they are expired. I know from other >>>> users unison will work because it is from the seem makers as >>>> transmit. But I also found another application called hogwasher. I >>>> wonder if anyone has tried it? Its more expensive then some other >>>> applications I have encountered, 50 dollars. >>>> Also I wonder how you locate your files you want to dl? I talked to >>>> some windows friends and they often use a program called ftd which >>>> gives you a list you can browse (most usenet service providers dont >>>> seem to save an extensive list of headers), or do you guys just type >>>> a search term in a nzb search engine without any browsing? >>>> Sorry, I am just a novice to this. >>>> Greetings, Anouk >>>> skype anouk.radix >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
