Hello Mike, i myself find the interface of unison hard too. I tried sabuzbd, loaded an nzb file into it but no luck. Luckily nzb files work fine in unison so THAt at least does work for me, its just the browsing in usenet groups that I have problems with now. Greetings, Anouk On Nov 16, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Mike Reiser wrote:
> > 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: e...@erik-burggraaf.com >> >> 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: e...@erik-burggraaf.com >>>> >>>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
