the mystery of the missing hard drive space is resolved

Hi all, I've discovered that the culpret of my hard drive space debacle is utorrent. It has been spuriously copying files from my storage onto my latpop hard drive as fast as I move other files. My annoyance knows no bounds as of course, there isn't enough room for the files internally and th

using abbyy fine reader with the mac

anybody know of a good podcast or tutorial on using baby fine reader with the mac? thanks! Cait -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is

Re: ipad full time?

and sure good luck to copy & paste on ios with keyboard no i dont min the virtual i meen the bt On 2015-11-28 03:14, Jason White wrote: Alex Hall wrote: It all comes down to efficiency. Can I do a lot on iOS? Yes. Can I do more, faster, on iOS with a bluetooth keyboard? Yes. Can I do still

Re: ipad full time?

I have two issues with icloud. First, the recurring and insouciant cost. Second, the lack of cross platform compatibility. I am not enamoured of storing all my data in house; however, It gives me the flexibility to pay for new storage up front as I need it and not to have the recurring cost w

Re: ipad full time?

yep, please include little ole me! caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com Cait > On Nov 28, 2015, at 3:06 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: > > Hi Caitlyn, > > Some of us are discussing my 24 tb cloud solution offlist. Maybe we should > tune you in. > > We're talking about a sizeable investment, but you could

Re: editing an mp3 file on the mac

thanks for the pointers. All I can do is try it and see how it turns out. Cait > On Nov 28, 2015, at 3:00 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Audacity will open the mp3 file and let you split it. I don't think it will > ask you do convert to wav. Remember that exporting an mp3 to mp3 will, > possibly,

Re: ipad full time?

Hi Caitlyn, Some of us are discussing my 24 tb cloud solution offlist. Maybe we should tune you in. We're talking about a sizeable investment, but you could start with 12 TB for headroom and expand as you need to. Time is on our side as the prices slip gently downward with the ticking of th

Re: ipad full time?

Hmm.. OK. does I cloud count your music in the amount of storage you can have? I can’t really afford the buck a gig price they had last time I checked. I am still refining my music here, but as it stands, my music folder is about 140 g and growing.. Cait > On Nov 28, 2015, at 2:57 PM, Alex H

Re: editing an mp3 file on the mac

Ah, ok. Well, I can try it and see if the quality suffers. It’s just a audio book, not like it’s good music or something like that. It just bugs me to have my book in two huge huge sections rather then actual chapters which I can zip through one at a time. Too bad that Gold wave isn’t on the

Re: editing an mp3 file on the mac

Audacity will open the mp3 file and let you split it. I don't think it will ask you do convert to wav. Remember that exporting an mp3 to mp3 will, possibly, lower the quality a bit, so if your saved files don't sound the same, that's why. You've encoded the file twice, essentially. I don't know

Re: ipad full time?

Hey Eric!! thanks for the recommendation! We are always looking for this sort of stuff here! You know how much music and other media “junk” I have around here! I have 6 T right now in storage space and it’s still not quite enough.. anyway, I’ll go check this out. I am still quite happy wit

Re: ipad full time?

If music is the concern, you can use iCloud and/or Apple Music. The advantage to iCloud is that your music isn't 'rented', it's stored in the cloud. You own it, you just don't have a physical copy on your machine. Of course, you can use an external drive to hold backup copies of it all, but iClo

Re: ipad full time?

Alright. wonder if there are any apps that are accessable which would do file management with a NAS device or the like.. I just don’t like the idea of renting my music instead of actually owning it… Cait > On Nov 28, 2015, at 10:18 AM, Christopher-Mark Gilland > wrote: > > Well, for music,

Re: time-machine problem

I think these questions are general enough that I can answer on-list. Hope it’s not too overwhelming. Details below: On 27 Nov 2015, at 21:36, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > On 27 Nov 2015, at 08:21, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: >> Time Machine should work with a suitably configured NAS with a recen

Re: Spotify question

Brian, Posted just this week and several times before on this list, it is possible to use Spotify with Mac OS X. Go to http://www.applevis.com/guides/mac-apps-mac-os-x-voiceover/how-enable-spotify-accessibility-mac

Re: editing an mp3 file on the mac

Hi, Audacity will work for this. Unfortunately audacity and most other mid to high end tools will want you to convert to wave, then split, then save back to mp3 which is something you don't really want to be doing, especially if the quality is poor to begin with. I'm sorry I can't be more hel

Re: please help, my hard drive is being inundated

Thanks Cara, THis was a fascinating read. It didn't solve my issue because time machine snapshots are currently only using 1.6 MB. Something called "other" is using up 94 gb of 250 gb with no indication of what "other" is. I learned a lot from reading the article though. Best, Erik Burggraa

Re: ipad full time?

Hi Caitlyn, It sounds like the western digital WD MyCloud might be a good solution for you. I reviewed it here: http://www.inclusiveandroid.com/content/western-digital-wd-mycloud-personal-storage I also revie

Re: video formats and iphone?

File formats is one area where the IoS devices really fall over. As far as I know, the deal is that you can only play mp4 files, period. No avi, no .mov, no .mpeg,, and no streaming of authored DVD's. Unfortunately, converting video formats is a very inexact science. The various formats all

Re: ipad full time?

Well, for music, I'd just use Apple Music, but definitely, point taken, and your comments definitely hold validity. Chris. - Original Message - From: Caitlyn Furness To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2015 9:14 AM Subject: Re: ipad full time?

editing an mp3 file on the mac

Hi, I have some rather large mp3 files which I’d like to split into smaller sections. they happen to be books, and I want to break the files up into the individual chapters. what app do I need for the mac in order to do this? Will audacity work? thanks, Caitlyn -- The following information

Re: ipad full time?

Speaking of this, if you did use an i pad full time, how would/could you handle file storage and retrieval? for example, I have gigs and gigs of music and other files I might want to access from the i pad, but even if I got the largest sized storage for the i pad, my stuff wouldn’t fit.. This

Re: ipad full time?

Indeed, the world does seem to be moving swiftly to mobile, in large part. The times when setting up a full-fledged home Wi-Fi network are moving behind us as people find that the convenience of doing everything with a mobile-equipped phone or tablet over the Internet is sufficient to make it t

Re: please help, my hard drive is being inundated

Hi Erik, It sounds like you may have your local backups enabled. If you have Time Machine enabled but do not have your backup drive connected, TM saves backups to your local drive. Needless to say, this can take up an awful lot of space and be incredibly confusing to trace if you are not aware

Re: video formats and iphone?

iPhone’s native format is H.264 which is usually in .MP4 files, yes. VLC plays these files, as do Apple tools. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a me

video formats and iphone?

HI. wondering what video format the iPhone will play? I have vlc. Will I be able to play mp4? Speaking of which does anyone know of an acessible converter for the mac? thanks please send answers to the list. Maria -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visiona