Re: Organizing Notes

[Nicholas Parsons]

Hi Tracyi,

Yes there is. On the Mac at least.

Go to the menu bar, View, Sort by. There are three options: Date Created, Date 
Edited and Title.

Your selection here seems to be specific to that device. So you can choose to 
sort notes by date created on one Mac and date edited on another. I'm not sure 
if there is a similar option for iOS


Best,
Nic 

On 16/05/2013, at 4:55 AM, Traci  wrote:

Hi all,

I'm currently using my notes app as a food journal.  In some respects, this is 
working very well for me.  It's on my Mac and my iDevices; it also syncs across 
them all.

In other ways, I'm finding some shortcomings for my needs.  Any time I go in 
and edit a note, that changes the time stamp.

My main question is, is there a way to change the order of the notes list?  I 
can change the order of the folders, but I cannot find a way to change the 
notes list.

Thank you,
Traci

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Re: Getting Back into the Kindle Library from Within a Book?

[Teresa Cochran]

Yes, I discovered that. For some odd reason, the home button wasn't displayed 
the few times before that I'd tried this. Then I tried last night and there it 
was. Strange. Thanks.

Teresa
On May 15, 2013, at 11:50 PM, Nicholas Parsons  
wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Don't you just double tap to bring up the menu, and then select Home?
> 
> On 16/05/2013, at 3:08 PM, Teresa Cochran  wrote:
> 
> Hi all. Yes, it seems like an obvious question, but I can't find a way to do 
> this at all. Can someone get me out of this silly jam? :)
> 
> Thanks,
> Teresa
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which Music Tag editor

[Ray Foret Jr]

Good day.

I wish to know something.  Which Music Tag editor do the folks here find most 
accessible?  I need to set up track numbers in sequence and I DO, NOT, want to 
use ITunes to do this.  Thanks.
Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind 
built-in!
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!

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a very useful app for the physically disabled

[Brandt]

hi there folks,

I just bought One-Hand keyboard from the mac app store for R1099. This is $199 
if I am not mistaken.

This app allows you to type one-handed using only one half of your qwerty 
Keyboard. It works similarly to Fleksy, by predicting what you are typing. You 
can also add words to your dictionary.

For me with only one usable hand, this app is a godsend. I have barely had the 
app for 20 minutes, and I am already typing at about 60 to 65% of the speed I 
had when I had use of both my hands.

If you have issues typing with 2 hands, I highly recommend this fantastic app.

Warm regards,

Brandt Steenkamp

Sent from my macbook pro

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Re: [Maccessibility] Prizmo OCR App for iOS Enhances VoiceOver Support

[Rahul Bajaj]

Hi,
 
It usually says "no page visible" within a split second of saying "page 
detected".

Some of the  scanning results have been far better than before whereas  others 
have been equally bad.Sent from my iPhone

On May 16, 2013, at 3:40 AM, Eugenia Firth  wrote:

> When you get the iPhone above what you're scanning, have you been double 
> tapping the screen, being very careful to hold it as level as possible when 
> it says it's detected the page? If it doesn't make that picture taking sound, 
> you haven't done the picture. 
> 
> Regards,
> Gigi
> 
> On May 15, 2013, at 4:36 PM, Mika Pyyhkala  wrote:
> 
>> I have still not been able to get it to fully work with the update,
>> but it may just be I'm not doing something right.
>> 
>> I get the text prompts about orienting the page, and once its right, I
>> press Take Picture.
>> 
>> Usually it doesn't do anything or just gives tones, and I'm not sure
>> what the tones mean.  In most cases, it hasn't made the shutter sound
>> as if its actually taking the photo.
>> 
>> I have read people have gotten it to work so am hopeful there is just
>> a bit more of technique needed.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Mika
>> 
>> 
>> On 5/15/13, Kerri  wrote:
>>> Does prism work on an iPhone 4? At the risk of sounding cheap, I don't want
>>> to utilize something that is going to be inferior on my old phone.
>>> On 2013-05-15, at 12:41 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu  wrote:
>>> 
 I'm going to try it later as I've never been successful with it but this
 update might help.
 
 Kawal.
 
 On 15 May 2013, at 01:21 AM, Eugenia Firth  wrote:
 
> I tried the new Prizmo update. I like it a lot. I was never successful at
> getting Prizmo give me good text until they came out with this update. I
> know other people of been able to get it to work without that, but not
> me.
> Regards,
> Gigi
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On May 14, 2013, at 4:25 PM, Maccessibility 
> wrote:
> 
>> Maccessibility has posted a new item, 'Prizmo OCR App for iOS Enhances
>> VoiceOver Support'
>> 
>> Prizmo, a scanning, OCR, and speech application for iPhone and iPad, has
>> been updated with enhanced support for VoiceOver. From the release
>> notes:
>> Prizmo is made for everyone, and is thus fully compatible with
>> VoiceOver. It provides voice guidance to help position your iPhone when
>> taking document pictures, and will find the text [...]
>> 
>> 
>> You may view the latest post at
>> http://maccessibility.net/2013/05/14/prizmo-ocr-app-for-ios-enhances-voiceover-support/
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reinstalling windows

[May and Noah]

Hi everyone.

hopefully there's someone that can help that still have to deal with windows 
every now and then.

I need to reinstall windows on my desktop is there anyway to do this without 
trying to hunt down a sighted person?

Would be nice if it was like the macand had speech or something…i've gotten 
spoiled with it, *smiles*

May and Prince Noah
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Re: a very useful app for the physically disabled

[Esther]

Hi Brandt,

I read about that app, and posted a suggestion to the mac-access list
for someone who was asking for suggestions on one-handed typing.  I
wasn't sure whether the app was accessible to blind users.  Did you
try the free version first?  From the description, this app works for
people who are accustomed to touch-typing with two hands, but can
transfer the touch-typing functions of both hands to one hand.
Apparently, muscle memory kicks in shortly after they begin to use the
app.  You can also use KeyRemap4MacBook app (free but donationware,
and not at the Mac App Store) to remap keys for more convenient
access, and also the "Sticky Keys" accessibility function.  Eric Caron
posted a podcast up at AppleVis for how to set up your Mac Keyboard so
you can use the Capslock key as the VO keys (Control+Option) on  the
Mac, and also set Capslock to be the Insert key for Windows under
VMWare Fusion by using KeyRemap4MacBook.

For other who are interested, I believe this is the web site of the
developer of the app that Brandt mentions.
• One-Hand Typing for Injured Touch Typists
http://www.onehandkeyboard.org/
And here are links to the Mac App store the full and demo versions of
this app:
• One-Hand Keyboard: Free One-Hand Typing  (free demo version) by
Peter Kamb
https://itunes.apple.com/app/one-hand-keyboard-free-one/id501185004?mt=12
• One-Hand Keyboard: One-Hand Typing ($129.99) by Peter Kamb
https://itunes.apple.com/app/one-hand-keyboard-one-hand/id465275525?mt=12

I also came across a web site that does a comparison of one-handed
keyboard
alternatives:
http://www.aboutonehandtyping.com/onehandtypingalternatives.html
You can use Safari Reader (Command-Shift-R) on this page.

HTH.  Cheers,

Esther

On May 16, 5:03 am, Brandt  wrote:
> hi there folks,
>
> I just bought One-Hand keyboard from the mac app store for R1099. This is 
> $199 if I am not mistaken.
>
> This app allows you to type one-handed using only one half of your qwerty 
> Keyboard. It works similarly to Fleksy, by predicting what you are typing. 
> You can also add words to your dictionary.
>
> For me with only one usable hand, this app is a godsend. I have barely had 
> the app for 20 minutes, and I am already typing at about 60 to 65% of the 
> speed I had when I had use of both my hands.
>
> If you have issues typing with 2 hands, I highly recommend this fantastic app.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Brandt Steenkamp
>
> Sent from my macbook pro
>
> Contact me:
>
> Mobile/iMessage/WatsApp: +27781205013
>
> Email: brandt.steenk...@gmail.com
>
> My ring to Skype:
> California, United States
>   +(1)760-5140161
> Extension 512
> Cape Town, South Africa
>    +(27)213-002317
> Extension 161
> Johannesburg, South Africa
> +(27)105-002316
> Extension 170
>
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>
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>
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Re: reinstalling windows

[Chris H]

You can install Windows from Windows itself using speech. When it's 
complete you can use Narrator to set up your user account etc.



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On 16/05/2013 21:06, May and Noah wrote:

Hi everyone.

hopefully there's someone that can help that still have to deal with windows 
every now and then.

I need to reinstall windows on my desktop is there anyway to do this without 
trying to hunt down a sighted person?

Would be nice if it was like the macand had speech or something…i've gotten 
spoiled with it, *smiles*

May and Prince Noah
www.canadianlynx.ca
m...@canadianlynx.ca



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Re: reinstalling windows

[May and Noah]

Meaning a clean install. I need to format the machine and wipe it clean of 
windows 8 so I won't have windows access to install windows.

Is it still possible to use something like nvda or anything? Any help is 
appreciate, thanks.

May and Prince Noah
www.canadianlynx.ca
m...@canadianlynx.ca

On 2013-05-16, at 4:56 PM, Chris H  wrote:

> You can install Windows from Windows itself using speech. When it's complete 
> you can use Narrator to set up your user account etc.
> 
> 
> Chris
> E-mail and Facebook:
> challswor...@sky.com
> Skype:
> chrishallsworth7266
> Twitter:
> http://www.twitter.com/@christopherh40
> Find my blog at
> challsworth2.wordpress.com
> 
> On 16/05/2013 21:06, May and Noah wrote:
>> Hi everyone.
>> 
>> hopefully there's someone that can help that still have to deal with windows 
>> every now and then.
>> 
>> I need to reinstall windows on my desktop is there anyway to do this without 
>> trying to hunt down a sighted person?
>> 
>> Would be nice if it was like the macand had speech or something…i've gotten 
>> spoiled with it, *smiles*
>> 
>> May and Prince Noah
>> www.canadianlynx.ca
>> m...@canadianlynx.ca
>> 
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Re: using keyboard

[Phil Halton]

Here is a list of bluetooth keyboard commands for IOS devices!

*** General navigation

Keys
Action
VO + left or right
Select previous or next item

VO + up or down
Performs or move to the selected rotor option

VO + Space
Activate the selected item. (open app, press button)

VO + H
Go to home screen

VO + H 2 times
Open/close multitask pane (app switcher)

Escape
Go back, cancel, close pop-up

Cmd + Tab
Switch to next app or hold Shift for previous

VO + A
Read all from first object in selected area

VO + B
Read all from selected item

VO + M
Move to status bar

VO + I
Open Item Chooser for current area

VO + F
Search and go to match with Enter

VO + G
Next search match, hold Shift for previous

*** Handling VoiceOver

Control
Pause/resume speech

VO + S
Toggle speech off/on

VO + Shift + S
Toggle Screen Curtain on/off

VO + Cmd + up or down
Adjust the selected speech rotor option

VO + Cmd + left or right
Change the speech rotor setting

VO + /
Add label to selected item

VO + K
Start VoiceOver training, Escape to exit

*** Quick Nav Commands
Turn on "Quick Nav" by pressing left & right arrows

up + down
Activate the selected item. (open app, press button)

left or right
Selects the previous or next item

up or down
Performs or move to the selected rotor option
up + left or right
Change to next or previous rotor setting

Option + left or right
Move to next or previous horizontal screen/page

Option + up or down
Move/scroll up or down the screen/page

Control + up or down
Select the first or last item in the area

Control + left or right
Go to next or previous container/area

*** Safari Web Shortcuts

Hold Shift for previous

H
Next heading

1 to 6
Next respective heading level 1-6

L
Next link

S
Next text element

W
Next landmark

R
Next text field

X
Next list

T
Next table

M
Next element of same type

I
Next image

B
Next button

C
Next form element

*** Text Field Commands

You must have "Quick Nav" off to use these commands.

When moving cursor, hold Shift to select/deselect 

left or right
Move cursor by character

up or down
Move cursor by line

Option+ left or right
Move cursor by word

Control or Cmd + left or right
Move cursor by phrase

Cmd + A
Select all

Cmd + C
Copy selection

Cmd + X
Cut selection

Cmd + V
Paste

Cmd + Z
Undo. Note: you can also shake the device

Cmd + Shift + Z
Redo. Note: you can also shake the device

Eject
Show/hide screen keyboard

*** Other Keyboard Action

VO + -
Performs special action
Cmd + Space
Change language keyboard layout

F1
Decrease screen brightness

F2

Increase screen brightness

F7
Previous song

F8
Pause/resume song

F9
Next song

F10
Mute sound

F11
Decrease volume

F12
Increase volume

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  To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:44 PM
  Subject: using keyboard


  Hi all I did read a some time ago about using a keyboard with the ipad 
wirelessly so does anybody have the manual on what keys do what and how


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OFF Topic, I can't sinc my iOS devices with my mac

[Daniela Rubio]

Hello:
Sorry if this doesn't belong to our list topics, but I have tried to do all and 
I just can't sinc my iPhone or my iPad with my mac.
When I click the sinc button on iTunes, either  from the file and devices menu 
or inside the devices area, It starts, but like 5 seconds later, it just stops 
and won't say anything or send an error message. But of course, the end Ding 
never comes and the files, apps, music an videos are not synchronized.
One of the times, I got an error message that said that the sinc process was 
not possible, because the synchronization could not start.
I have reinstalled iTunes, and nothing changes. If somebody has an idea, I 
would thank  you very much, I am desperate!
P.S. If you want to reply off list it is OK, so we don't bring more off topic 
to all.
Best

Daniela Rubio T






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Re: using keyboard

[Karen Lewellen]

Forgive what may be a silly question...but I was thinking of this before I 
saw the  post.
Is there no way to connect a regular apple keyboard to any ios device? 
You know the way one can connect  one to a laptop?

Karen

On Thu, 16 May 2013, Phil Halton wrote:


Here is a list of bluetooth keyboard commands for IOS devices!

*** General navigation

Keys
Action
VO + left or right
Select previous or next item

VO + up or down
Performs or move to the selected rotor option

VO + Space
Activate the selected item. (open app, press button)

VO + H
Go to home screen

VO + H 2 times
Open/close multitask pane (app switcher)

Escape
Go back, cancel, close pop-up

Cmd + Tab
Switch to next app or hold Shift for previous

VO + A
Read all from first object in selected area

VO + B
Read all from selected item

VO + M
Move to status bar

VO + I
Open Item Chooser for current area

VO + F
Search and go to match with Enter

VO + G
Next search match, hold Shift for previous

*** Handling VoiceOver

Control
Pause/resume speech

VO + S
Toggle speech off/on

VO + Shift + S
Toggle Screen Curtain on/off

VO + Cmd + up or down
Adjust the selected speech rotor option

VO + Cmd + left or right
Change the speech rotor setting

VO + /
Add label to selected item

VO + K
Start VoiceOver training, Escape to exit

*** Quick Nav Commands
Turn on "Quick Nav" by pressing left & right arrows

up + down
Activate the selected item. (open app, press button)

left or right
Selects the previous or next item

up or down
Performs or move to the selected rotor option
up + left or right
Change to next or previous rotor setting

Option + left or right
Move to next or previous horizontal screen/page

Option + up or down
Move/scroll up or down the screen/page

Control + up or down
Select the first or last item in the area

Control + left or right
Go to next or previous container/area

*** Safari Web Shortcuts

Hold Shift for previous

H
Next heading

1 to 6
Next respective heading level 1-6

L
Next link

S
Next text element

W
Next landmark

R
Next text field

X
Next list

T
Next table

M
Next element of same type

I
Next image

B
Next button

C
Next form element

*** Text Field Commands

You must have "Quick Nav" off to use these commands.

When moving cursor, hold Shift to select/deselect

left or right
Move cursor by character

up or down
Move cursor by line

Option+ left or right
Move cursor by word

Control or Cmd + left or right
Move cursor by phrase

Cmd + A
Select all

Cmd + C
Copy selection

Cmd + X
Cut selection

Cmd + V
Paste

Cmd + Z
Undo. Note: you can also shake the device

Cmd + Shift + Z
Redo. Note: you can also shake the device

Eject
Show/hide screen keyboard

*** Other Keyboard Action

VO + -
Performs special action
Cmd + Space
Change language keyboard layout

F1
Decrease screen brightness

F2

Increase screen brightness

F7
Previous song

F8
Pause/resume song

F9
Next song

F10
Mute sound

F11
Decrease volume

F12
Increase volume

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 From: wayne17a
 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
 Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:44 PM
 Subject: using keyboard


 Hi all I did read a some time ago about using a keyboard with the ipad 
wirelessly so does anybody have the manual on what keys do what and how


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Fast navigation don't work

[Terje Strømberg]

Hi

I have checked the "use left and right arrows to turn non and off fast 
navigation" check mark. Don't work. Nothing happens when pressing left and 
right arrows.The "set fast commandoes" are grayed out.  

The short - cut commandoes for keyboard in Voice Over setting does neither 
work. Like option + t for time and date. Any idea of solution? I use the 
external bluetooth laptop keyboard from Apple.

Take care

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What is the keyboard shortcutt for "text field", like in search.

[Terje Strømberg]

Thanks

Take care

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New iTunes

[Agent086b]

Hi,
anybody downloaded the latest version of iTunes? 
I just have and the first thing I noticed is under about in the iTunes menu I 
can't read that screen and determine the version number.
Max.

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Itunes constantly ripping files as aiff files.

[Jessica Moss]

I've converted I don't know how many CD's into Itunes, then loaded them on to 
Hannah's Sansa Clip Zip, only for them to not play, thinking they were in mp3 
format, sense it was set to that by default.
  However, when I got ready to play the file on the clip-zip, it read it as an 
aiff file, and refuses to play it.  Does anyone have any idea why this is going 
on?

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Flac files inquiry

[Christine Grassman]

Has anyone ever heard of these? I was just sent some music which has flac as an 
extension. Can these be imported into my music library without too much hassle?
Christine

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Re: Flac files inquiry

[erik burggraaf]

Flac stands for free lossless audio codek.  They ar compressed audio files that 
can be decompressed to the exact specification of the original audio.  No 
quality loss.

Apple doesn't support these as far as I know which is a great loss.  You can do 
one of two things.  The Approach I recommend if you really must, is download 
fluke and add Flack support to both ITunes and Finder.

The other approach is to download flip for mac and install quicktime and then 
presumably it makes flac happen, but fluke is so easy when it works that I 
can't see why you'd want to bother.

The third option which is what I recommend, is to ditch ITunes and get VLC.

Hope this helps,

Erik Burggraaf
Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the 
ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog
Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194
or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com

On 2013-05-16, at 7:40 PM, Christine Grassman  wrote:

> Has anyone ever heard of these? I was just sent some music which has flac as 
> an extension. Can these be imported into my music library without too much 
> hassle?
> Christine
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Re: Flac files inquiry

[Christine Grassman]

So if I download and install VLC, how does this impact my pre-existing iTunes 
library? Does this also mean I will not be able to get these tunes onto my 
iPhone?
 
Christine

On May 16, 2013, at 7:57 PM, erik burggraaf  wrote:

> Flac stands for free lossless audio codek.  They ar compressed audio files 
> that can be decompressed to the exact specification of the original audio.  
> No quality loss.
> 
> Apple doesn't support these as far as I know which is a great loss.  You can 
> do one of two things.  The Approach I recommend if you really must, is 
> download fluke and add Flack support to both ITunes and Finder.
> 
> The other approach is to download flip for mac and install quicktime and then 
> presumably it makes flac happen, but fluke is so easy when it works that I 
> can't see why you'd want to bother.
> 
> The third option which is what I recommend, is to ditch ITunes and get VLC.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Erik Burggraaf
> Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the 
> ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog
> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194
> or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com
> 
> On 2013-05-16, at 7:40 PM, Christine Grassman  wrote:
> 
>> Has anyone ever heard of these? I was just sent some music which has flac as 
>> an extension. Can these be imported into my music library without too much 
>> hassle?
>> Christine
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Re: New iTunes

[Ray Foret Jr]

Got news for you, that's been the case for a while now with severel versions.


Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind 
built-in!
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!

On May 16, 2013, at 6:23 PM, Agent086b  wrote:

> Hi,
> anybody downloaded the latest version of iTunes? 
> I just have and the first thing I noticed is under about in the iTunes menu I 
> can't read that screen and determine the version number.
> Max.
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Re: Flac files inquiry

[Christine Grassman]

There's a mac app called alltomp3. Will that work?
On May 16, 2013, at 7:57 PM, erik burggraaf  wrote:

> Flac stands for free lossless audio codek.  They ar compressed audio files 
> that can be decompressed to the exact specification of the original audio.  
> No quality loss.
> 
> Apple doesn't support these as far as I know which is a great loss.  You can 
> do one of two things.  The Approach I recommend if you really must, is 
> download fluke and add Flack support to both ITunes and Finder.
> 
> The other approach is to download flip for mac and install quicktime and then 
> presumably it makes flac happen, but fluke is so easy when it works that I 
> can't see why you'd want to bother.
> 
> The third option which is what I recommend, is to ditch ITunes and get VLC.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Erik Burggraaf
> Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the 
> ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog
> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194
> or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com
> 
> On 2013-05-16, at 7:40 PM, Christine Grassman  wrote:
> 
>> Has anyone ever heard of these? I was just sent some music which has flac as 
>> an extension. Can these be imported into my music library without too much 
>> hassle?
>> Christine
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Re: Flac files inquiry

[Esther]

Hi Christine,

If you just want to convert the FLAC files to mp3 format in order to
play it, a number of people have used a new Mac app named Easy Music
Converter:
• Easy Music Converter (current price $5.99)
https://itunes.apple.com/app/easy-music-converter/id572507484?mt=12

This app does fast batch conversions between a large variety of audio
and video file types.  (Oddly enough, AIFF format, which is the Mac
standard uncompressed format, is not one of the supported types,
although WAV format -- the Windows equivalent standard uncompressed
format for sound files -- is supported.)  The program will also do
audio extraction from video files.

I think this will be easier for you than using Fluke.  By the way,
many people who regularly use FLAC format for ripping and storing
music on the Mac (but who are not on the macvisionaries list), prefer
to use a free program known as XLD (for X Lossless Decoder) to rip,
convert, and work with FLAC files and cue sheets.  XLD will support
more accurate ripping if you are a music purist, and want to include
more metadata information (e.g. tags) in the FLAC format files.  The
main challenge for new users is that XLD's command switches follow the
tradition of terse unix and linux manual page descriptions.  So unless
you want to maintain FLAC libraries and work with cue sheets, I'd
recommend that you simply convert from FLAC to mp3.  If the buzz words
about accurate ripping, cue sheets, etc. don't convey anything to you,
then you probably don't want to work directly with music in FLAC
formats.

The program I suggested should be much easier for you to use, and may
be useful for other purposes. While Easy Music Converter was offered
for free for about the first day and a half it was introduced in the
Mac App Store in mid-April, the current price of $5.99 is a relatively
low price.  It just dropped to $5.99 today from $9.99.

HTH.  Cheers,

Esther



On May 16, 2:19 pm, Christine Grassman 
wrote:
> There's a mac app called alltomp3. Will that work?
> On May 16, 2013, at 7:57 PM, erik burggraaf  wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Flac stands for free lossless audio codek.  They ar compressed audio files 
> > that can be decompressed to the exact specification of the original audio.  
> > No quality loss.
>
> > Apple doesn't support these as far as I know which is a great loss.  You 
> > can do one of two things.  The Approach I recommend if you really must, is 
> > download fluke and add Flack support to both ITunes and Finder.
>
> > The other approach is to download flip for mac and install quicktime and 
> > then presumably it makes flac happen, but fluke is so easy when it works 
> > that I can't see why you'd want to bother.
>
> > The third option which is what I recommend, is to ditch ITunes and get VLC.
>
> > Hope this helps,
>
> > Erik Burggraaf
> > Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the 
> > ontario disability support program athttp://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog
> > Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194
> > or on the web athttp://www.erik-burggraaf.com
>
> > On 2013-05-16, at 7:40 PM, Christine Grassman  
> > wrote:
>
> >> Has anyone ever heard of these? I was just sent some music which has flac 
> >> as an extension. Can these be imported into my music library without too 
> >> much hassle?
> >> Christine
>

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RE: using keyboard

[wayne17a]

Thanks phil for the short cut keys 

 

From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Phil Halton
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 6:20 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: using keyboard

 

Here is a list of bluetooth keyboard commands for IOS devices!

 

*** General navigation

 

Keys
Action
VO + left or right
Select previous or next item

 

VO + up or down
Performs or move to the selected rotor option

 

VO + Space
Activate the selected item. (open app, press button)

 

VO + H
Go to home screen

 

VO + H 2 times
Open/close multitask pane (app switcher)

 

Escape
Go back, cancel, close pop-up

 

Cmd + Tab
Switch to next app or hold Shift for previous

 

VO + A
Read all from first object in selected area

 

VO + B
Read all from selected item

 

VO + M
Move to status bar

 

VO + I
Open Item Chooser for current area

 

VO + F
Search and go to match with Enter

 

VO + G
Next search match, hold Shift for previous

 

*** Handling VoiceOver

 

Control
Pause/resume speech

 

VO + S
Toggle speech off/on

 

VO + Shift + S
Toggle Screen Curtain on/off

 

VO + Cmd + up or down
Adjust the selected speech rotor option

 

VO + Cmd + left or right
Change the speech rotor setting

 

VO + /
Add label to selected item

 

VO + K
Start VoiceOver training, Escape to exit

 

*** Quick Nav Commands
Turn on "Quick Nav" by pressing left & right arrows

 

up + down
Activate the selected item. (open app, press button)

 

left or right
Selects the previous or next item

 

up or down
Performs or move to the selected rotor option
up + left or right
Change to next or previous rotor setting

 

Option + left or right
Move to next or previous horizontal screen/page

 

Option + up or down
Move/scroll up or down the screen/page

 

Control + up or down
Select the first or last item in the area

 

Control + left or right
Go to next or previous container/area

 

*** Safari Web Shortcuts

 

Hold Shift for previous

 

H
Next heading

 

1 to 6
Next respective heading level 1-6

 

L
Next link

 

S
Next text element

 

W
Next landmark

 

R
Next text field

 

X
Next list

 

T
Next table

 

M
Next element of same type

 

I
Next image

 

B
Next button

 

C
Next form element

 

*** Text Field Commands

 

You must have "Quick Nav" off to use these commands.

 

When moving cursor, hold Shift to select/deselect 

 

left or right
Move cursor by character

 

up or down
Move cursor by line

 

Option+ left or right
Move cursor by word

 

Control or Cmd + left or right
Move cursor by phrase

 

Cmd + A
Select all

 

Cmd + C
Copy selection

 

Cmd + X
Cut selection

 

Cmd + V
Paste

 

Cmd + Z
Undo. Note: you can also shake the device

 

Cmd + Shift + Z
Redo. Note: you can also shake the device

 

Eject
Show/hide screen keyboard

 

*** Other Keyboard Action

 

VO + -
Performs special action
Cmd + Space
Change language keyboard layout

 

F1
Decrease screen brightness

 

F2

 

Increase screen brightness

 

F7
Previous song

 

F8
Pause/resume song

 

F9
Next song

 

F10
Mute sound

 

F11
Decrease volume

 

F12
Increase volume

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To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com 

Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:44 PM

Subject: using keyboard

 

Hi all I did read a some time ago about using a keyboard with the ipad
wirelessly so does anybody have the manual on what keys do what and how

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Re: Flac files inquiry

[Christine Grassman]

Thanks, Esther. I will give Easy Music a whirl, since I would like to convert, 
but I did download VLC, and the files are playing perfectly.

On May 16, 2013, at 9:06 PM, Esther  wrote:

> Hi Christine,
> 
> If you just want to convert the FLAC files to mp3 format in order to
> play it, a number of people have used a new Mac app named Easy Music
> Converter:
> • Easy Music Converter (current price $5.99)
> https://itunes.apple.com/app/easy-music-converter/id572507484?mt=12
> 
> This app does fast batch conversions between a large variety of audio
> and video file types.  (Oddly enough, AIFF format, which is the Mac
> standard uncompressed format, is not one of the supported types,
> although WAV format -- the Windows equivalent standard uncompressed
> format for sound files -- is supported.)  The program will also do
> audio extraction from video files.
> 
> I think this will be easier for you than using Fluke.  By the way,
> many people who regularly use FLAC format for ripping and storing
> music on the Mac (but who are not on the macvisionaries list), prefer
> to use a free program known as XLD (for X Lossless Decoder) to rip,
> convert, and work with FLAC files and cue sheets.  XLD will support
> more accurate ripping if you are a music purist, and want to include
> more metadata information (e.g. tags) in the FLAC format files.  The
> main challenge for new users is that XLD's command switches follow the
> tradition of terse unix and linux manual page descriptions.  So unless
> you want to maintain FLAC libraries and work with cue sheets, I'd
> recommend that you simply convert from FLAC to mp3.  If the buzz words
> about accurate ripping, cue sheets, etc. don't convey anything to you,
> then you probably don't want to work directly with music in FLAC
> formats.
> 
> The program I suggested should be much easier for you to use, and may
> be useful for other purposes. While Easy Music Converter was offered
> for free for about the first day and a half it was introduced in the
> Mac App Store in mid-April, the current price of $5.99 is a relatively
> low price.  It just dropped to $5.99 today from $9.99.
> 
> HTH.  Cheers,
> 
> Esther
> 
> 
> 
> On May 16, 2:19 pm, Christine Grassman 
> wrote:
>> There's a mac app called alltomp3. Will that work?
>> On May 16, 2013, at 7:57 PM, erik burggraaf  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Flac stands for free lossless audio codek.  They ar compressed audio files 
>>> that can be decompressed to the exact specification of the original audio.  
>>> No quality loss.
>> 
>>> Apple doesn't support these as far as I know which is a great loss.  You 
>>> can do one of two things.  The Approach I recommend if you really must, is 
>>> download fluke and add Flack support to both ITunes and Finder.
>> 
>>> The other approach is to download flip for mac and install quicktime and 
>>> then presumably it makes flac happen, but fluke is so easy when it works 
>>> that I can't see why you'd want to bother.
>> 
>>> The third option which is what I recommend, is to ditch ITunes and get VLC.
>> 
>>> Hope this helps,
>> 
>>> Erik Burggraaf
>>> Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the 
>>> ontario disability support program athttp://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog
>>> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194
>>> or on the web athttp://www.erik-burggraaf.com
>> 
>>> On 2013-05-16, at 7:40 PM, Christine Grassman  
>>> wrote:
>> 
 Has anyone ever heard of these? I was just sent some music which has flac 
 as an extension. Can these be imported into my music library without too 
 much hassle?
 Christine
>> 
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Re: Itunes constantly ripping files as aiff files.

[Esther]

Hi Jessica,

Did you check the format of any of your ripped tracks in iTunes before
transferring them to the Sansa Clip Zip? Select one of these tracks in
your iTunes library, press Command-I to "Get Info", and navigate to
the "General Tab".  The track should be identified with information
like "Kind", "Size", "Bit rate", and "Sample Rate".  So my mp3 files
will have "Kind: MPEG audio file", while my AAC files may have "Kind:
AAC audio file" or "Purchased AAC audio file".  Do these files show
Kind to be "AIFF"? Alternatively, if you don't use Command+I, you can
press Command+Shift+R once you've selected a track, and display that
track in Finder.  Mp3 files will have a ".mp3" extension, AAC files
may have a ".m4a" extension, and AIFF files should have a ".aiff" file
extension.

If you want to change the format of the file used when you rips your
CDs, bring up your preferences menu in iTunes with Command+comma,
navigate to the "General" tab (which should show up by default, or
else you can press Command+1 to go to the "General" tab).  Then
navigate to the section for "When you insert a CD:"  and navigate to
the second pop up menu button, which is for "Import Settings". VO
+space on this button,  then on the "Import Settings" window, VO+Space
on the pop up menu button following "Import using:" and select the
format you want (e.g. "AAC encoder", "AIFF encoder", "Apple Lossless
encoder", "MP3 encoder", "WAV encoder") You can also choose the
quality setting in the next pop up button.  Then choose the "OK"
button to leave the "Import Settings" window and choose the "OK"
button to leave the General preferences tab and close your preferences
window.

By the way, I looked up the Sansa Clip Zip specs, and it states:
"Compatible with a Variety of Formats
The Sansa Clip Zip MP3 Player is compatible with a wide range of audio
formats, including MP3, WMA, secure WMA, AAC (for playing back DRM-
free iTunes music), Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, and Audible. You'll be able to
enjoy music in crisp fidelity without having to compress or convert
your files".

Normally, the default setting for iTunes is to import to AAC, which
should also work for the Sansa Clip Zip.

HTH.  Cheers,

Esther

On May 16, 1:32 pm, Jessica Moss  wrote:
> I've converted I don't know how many CD's into Itunes, then loaded them on to 
> Hannah's Sansa Clip Zip, only for them to not play, thinking they were in mp3 
> format, sense it was set to that by default.
>   However, when I got ready to play the file on the clip-zip, it read it as 
> an aiff file, and refuses to play it.  Does anyone have any idea why this is 
> going on?

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Google Drive download issue

[Christine Grassman]

Hello, all. I am trying to download some files from Google drive. I am signed 
in, and was able to download four of eleven files. When I click download, it 
seems to work, but when I search for the files, it only shows the files on 
Google Drive. I am having trouble getting to help; it keeps saying collapsed, 
and isn't bringing anything up. Is there some sort of limit to how much I can 
download in a given period of time? Never used Google drive before. Thanks.
Christine

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Re: Itunes constantly ripping files as aiff files.

[Jessica Moss]

I checked them when I transferred them to my harddrive/sansa clip, and that's 
when I found they'd been ripped in aiff format, which I find really strange, 
considering the fact that "mp3 decoder," was checked.
  So then I had to go back and convert them all to mp3 format, and now for some 
reason, when it comes to one of the albums, the next to last track just sits 
and won't convert, which doesn't make sense either, because the disc isn't 
scratched, and I played the song before I tried converting it, and it played 
fine, so have no idea what to make of this.
On May 16, 2013, at 9:36 PM, Esther wrote:

> Hi Jessica,
> 
> Did you check the format of any of your ripped tracks in iTunes before
> transferring them to the Sansa Clip Zip? Select one of these tracks in
> your iTunes library, press Command-I to "Get Info", and navigate to
> the "General Tab".  The track should be identified with information
> like "Kind", "Size", "Bit rate", and "Sample Rate".  So my mp3 files
> will have "Kind: MPEG audio file", while my AAC files may have "Kind:
> AAC audio file" or "Purchased AAC audio file".  Do these files show
> Kind to be "AIFF"? Alternatively, if you don't use Command+I, you can
> press Command+Shift+R once you've selected a track, and display that
> track in Finder.  Mp3 files will have a ".mp3" extension, AAC files
> may have a ".m4a" extension, and AIFF files should have a ".aiff" file
> extension.
> 
> If you want to change the format of the file used when you rips your
> CDs, bring up your preferences menu in iTunes with Command+comma,
> navigate to the "General" tab (which should show up by default, or
> else you can press Command+1 to go to the "General" tab).  Then
> navigate to the section for "When you insert a CD:"  and navigate to
> the second pop up menu button, which is for "Import Settings". VO
> +space on this button,  then on the "Import Settings" window, VO+Space
> on the pop up menu button following "Import using:" and select the
> format you want (e.g. "AAC encoder", "AIFF encoder", "Apple Lossless
> encoder", "MP3 encoder", "WAV encoder") You can also choose the
> quality setting in the next pop up button.  Then choose the "OK"
> button to leave the "Import Settings" window and choose the "OK"
> button to leave the General preferences tab and close your preferences
> window.
> 
> By the way, I looked up the Sansa Clip Zip specs, and it states:
> "Compatible with a Variety of Formats
> The Sansa Clip Zip MP3 Player is compatible with a wide range of audio
> formats, including MP3, WMA, secure WMA, AAC (for playing back DRM-
> free iTunes music), Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, and Audible. You'll be able to
> enjoy music in crisp fidelity without having to compress or convert
> your files".
> 
> Normally, the default setting for iTunes is to import to AAC, which
> should also work for the Sansa Clip Zip.
> 
> HTH.  Cheers,
> 
> Esther
> 
> On May 16, 1:32 pm, Jessica Moss  wrote:
>> I've converted I don't know how many CD's into Itunes, then loaded them on 
>> to Hannah's Sansa Clip Zip, only for them to not play, thinking they were in 
>> mp3 format, sense it was set to that by default.
>>   However, when I got ready to play the file on the clip-zip, it read it as 
>> an aiff file, and refuses to play it.  Does anyone have any idea why this is 
>> going on?
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Google Drive Download Issue Update

[Christine Grassman]

Earlier, I wrote that I was only able to download four of eleven files from 
Google Drive. Seems the seven files that wouldn't download were too large to be 
scanned for viruses, and there was a warning that did not make itself 
immediately apparent. There was a "download anyway" button if one was so 
inclined. Just FYI if anyone should encounter this issue.
Christine

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Re: Flac files inquiry

[Esther]

Hi Christine,

VLC will certainly play those files, and is a good program to have on
your Mac.  The FLAC conversion to another format is only a suggestion
if you want to be able to transfer and play the music files to an
iPhone or other iOS device, or to an iPod.  Another non-iTunes music
player that a number of people like to use is Cog, which is free and
which will also play FLAC. The URL for Cog is:
http://cogx.org/

HTH.  Cheers,

Esther

On May 16, 3:21 pm, Christine Grassman 
wrote:
> Thanks, Esther. I will give Easy Music a whirl, since I would like to 
> convert, but I did download VLC, and the files are playing perfectly.
>
> On May 16, 2013, at 9:06 PM, Esther  wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi Christine,
>
> > If you just want to convert the FLAC files to mp3 format in order to
> > play it, a number of people have used a new Mac app named Easy Music
> > Converter:
> > • Easy Music Converter (current price $5.99)
> >https://itunes.apple.com/app/easy-music-converter/id572507484?mt=12
>
> > This app does fast batch conversions between a large variety of audio
> > and video file types.  (Oddly enough, AIFF format, which is the Mac
> > standard uncompressed format, is not one of the supported types,
> > although WAV format -- the Windows equivalent standard uncompressed
> > format for sound files -- is supported.)  The program will also do
> > audio extraction from video files.
>
> > I think this will be easier for you than using Fluke.  By the way,
> > many people who regularly use FLAC format for ripping and storing
> > music on the Mac (but who are not on the macvisionaries list), prefer
> > to use a free program known as XLD (for X Lossless Decoder) to rip,
> > convert, and work with FLAC files and cue sheets.  XLD will support
> > more accurate ripping if you are a music purist, and want to include
> > more metadata information (e.g. tags) in the FLAC format files.  The
> > main challenge for new users is that XLD's command switches follow the
> > tradition of terse unix and linux manual page descriptions.  So unless
> > you want to maintain FLAC libraries and work with cue sheets, I'd
> > recommend that you simply convert from FLAC to mp3.  If the buzz words
> > about accurate ripping, cue sheets, etc. don't convey anything to you,
> > then you probably don't want to work directly with music in FLAC
> > formats.
>
> > The program I suggested should be much easier for you to use, and may
> > be useful for other purposes. While Easy Music Converter was offered
> > for free for about the first day and a half it was introduced in the
> > Mac App Store in mid-April, the current price of $5.99 is a relatively
> > low price.  It just dropped to $5.99 today from $9.99.
>
> > HTH.  Cheers,
>
> > Esther
>
> > On May 16, 2:19 pm, Christine Grassman 
> > wrote:
> >> There's a mac app called alltomp3. Will that work?
> >> On May 16, 2013, at 7:57 PM, erik burggraaf  
> >> wrote:
>
> >>> Flac stands for free lossless audio codek.  They ar compressed audio 
> >>> files that can be decompressed to the exact specification of the original 
> >>> audio.  No quality loss.
>
> >>> Apple doesn't support these as far as I know which is a great loss.  You 
> >>> can do one of two things.  The Approach I recommend if you really must, 
> >>> is download fluke and add Flack support to both ITunes and Finder.
>
> >>> The other approach is to download flip for mac and install quicktime and 
> >>> then presumably it makes flac happen, but fluke is so easy when it works 
> >>> that I can't see why you'd want to bother.
>
> >>> The third option which is what I recommend, is to ditch ITunes and get 
> >>> VLC.
>
> >>> Hope this helps,
>
> >>> Erik Burggraaf
> >>> Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through 
> >>> the ontario disability support program 
> >>> athttp://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog
> >>> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194
> >>> or on the web athttp://www.erik-burggraaf.com
>
> >>> On 2013-05-16, at 7:40 PM, Christine Grassman  
> >>> wrote:
>
>  Has anyone ever heard of these? I was just sent some music which has 
>  flac as an extension. Can these be imported into my music library 
>  without too much hassle?
>  Christine
>

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burning an mp3 cd with iTunes

[Mary Otten]

I am trying to burn a playlist that I have created in iTunes to a cd. 
The files are m4a, and I want to make an mp3 cd. When I try to burn the 
playlist, Itunes says it can't do that, I assume, because the files are not 
already mp3. Is there a way to convert these to the highest quality mp3 and 
then burn that to a cd?

Mary

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Re: Flac files inquiry

[Marc Sutton]

If you want to import the flac files into itunes and preserve their lossless 
quality, two programs that work well with voiceover are xld and flac tunes.
Marc

On May 16, 2013, at 8:31 PM, Esther  wrote:

> Hi Christine,
> 
> VLC will certainly play those files, and is a good program to have on
> your Mac.  The FLAC conversion to another format is only a suggestion
> if you want to be able to transfer and play the music files to an
> iPhone or other iOS device, or to an iPod.  Another non-iTunes music
> player that a number of people like to use is Cog, which is free and
> which will also play FLAC. The URL for Cog is:
> http://cogx.org/
> 
> HTH.  Cheers,
> 
> Esther
> 
> On May 16, 3:21 pm, Christine Grassman 
> wrote:
>> Thanks, Esther. I will give Easy Music a whirl, since I would like to 
>> convert, but I did download VLC, and the files are playing perfectly.
>> 
>> On May 16, 2013, at 9:06 PM, Esther  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi Christine,
>> 
>>> If you just want to convert the FLAC files to mp3 format in order to
>>> play it, a number of people have used a new Mac app named Easy Music
>>> Converter:
>>> • Easy Music Converter (current price $5.99)
>>> https://itunes.apple.com/app/easy-music-converter/id572507484?mt=12
>> 
>>> This app does fast batch conversions between a large variety of audio
>>> and video file types.  (Oddly enough, AIFF format, which is the Mac
>>> standard uncompressed format, is not one of the supported types,
>>> although WAV format -- the Windows equivalent standard uncompressed
>>> format for sound files -- is supported.)  The program will also do
>>> audio extraction from video files.
>> 
>>> I think this will be easier for you than using Fluke.  By the way,
>>> many people who regularly use FLAC format for ripping and storing
>>> music on the Mac (but who are not on the macvisionaries list), prefer
>>> to use a free program known as XLD (for X Lossless Decoder) to rip,
>>> convert, and work with FLAC files and cue sheets.  XLD will support
>>> more accurate ripping if you are a music purist, and want to include
>>> more metadata information (e.g. tags) in the FLAC format files.  The
>>> main challenge for new users is that XLD's command switches follow the
>>> tradition of terse unix and linux manual page descriptions.  So unless
>>> you want to maintain FLAC libraries and work with cue sheets, I'd
>>> recommend that you simply convert from FLAC to mp3.  If the buzz words
>>> about accurate ripping, cue sheets, etc. don't convey anything to you,
>>> then you probably don't want to work directly with music in FLAC
>>> formats.
>> 
>>> The program I suggested should be much easier for you to use, and may
>>> be useful for other purposes. While Easy Music Converter was offered
>>> for free for about the first day and a half it was introduced in the
>>> Mac App Store in mid-April, the current price of $5.99 is a relatively
>>> low price.  It just dropped to $5.99 today from $9.99.
>> 
>>> HTH.  Cheers,
>> 
>>> Esther
>> 
>>> On May 16, 2:19 pm, Christine Grassman 
>>> wrote:
 There's a mac app called alltomp3. Will that work?
 On May 16, 2013, at 7:57 PM, erik burggraaf  
 wrote:
>> 
> Flac stands for free lossless audio codek.  They ar compressed audio 
> files that can be decompressed to the exact specification of the original 
> audio.  No quality loss.
>> 
> Apple doesn't support these as far as I know which is a great loss.  You 
> can do one of two things.  The Approach I recommend if you really must, 
> is download fluke and add Flack support to both ITunes and Finder.
>> 
> The other approach is to download flip for mac and install quicktime and 
> then presumably it makes flac happen, but fluke is so easy when it works 
> that I can't see why you'd want to bother.
>> 
> The third option which is what I recommend, is to ditch ITunes and get 
> VLC.
>> 
> Hope this helps,
>> 
> Erik Burggraaf
> Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through 
> the ontario disability support program 
> athttp://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog
> Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194
> or on the web athttp://www.erik-burggraaf.com
>> 
> On 2013-05-16, at 7:40 PM, Christine Grassman  
> wrote:
>> 
>> Has anyone ever heard of these? I was just sent some music which has 
>> flac as an extension. Can these be imported into my music library 
>> without too much hassle?
>> Christine
>> 
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