Re: e-bay audio verification won't play

2011-12-14 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hi, This won't really solve your problem, but I thought I'd let you know that as of a couple of days ago, this stopped working on pc's as well, so its not a Safari / osx thing. Cheers, Ben. On 14/12/2011, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Anybody ever try to use the audio verification on E-bay where you ha

Re: hey sarah, can you get back to me?

2011-12-02 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hi, why did you send it to the list if you know her email address? Fyi, its marri...@gmail.com. Cheers, Ben. On 02/12/2011, Ricardo Walker wrote: > I don't even think she's on this list. > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 > www.mobileaccess.org > > On Dec 2,

Re: apology to the list. sorry!

2011-10-31 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hi, What would you rather he do instead? On 01/11/2011, Kristyn Leigh wrote: > An apology is not sufficient for providing illegal versions of copyrighted > materials to anyone. Perhaps the folks in the legal department at Audible > would like to respond to your offer. > > On Oct 29, 2011, at 7:

Re: steve Jobs in 1994.

2011-10-30 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
and so on gotta write? "Provide less > than satisfy accessible product, and sucking every bit of your money > out of your bank"? > > On 30/10/2011, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: >> Hi, >> >> There wasn't any mention of accessibility in the biography at

Re: steve Jobs in 1994.

2011-10-30 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
27;m amazed he lived as long as he did. >> >> I also think the author was a bit harsh, pointing out that Steve Jobs >> wasn't into philanthropy — for me, he went one better, he aimed to make >> Apple products accessible to everyone. That attitude is much less >> patr

Re: steve Jobs in 1994.

2011-10-29 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I've finished his biography; it wasn't light reading but it was very interesting and I'm glad I read it. On 29/10/2011, Nektarios Mallas wrote: > That was great reading! Thanks for posting. > > Nektarios. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVis

Re: Can I stop the backup and begin it later without likelihood of a problem?

2011-10-13 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hi, Its probably too late now, but no, I really wouldn't do that if I were you. iTunes isn't always 100% truethfull about what its doing & what stage its at in the process - e.g. It says its restoring the firmware when its actually upgrading it, so I really wouldn't feel confident enough to remove

Re: program my husband wrote

2011-10-12 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
No way. However, if all you want to do is count line numbers then you should be able to do it through Apple script. If he is still up to scratch on general programming concepts then Apple script shouldn't be that hard to learn, so I wouldn't go installing windows just yet. Cheers, Ben. On 12/10/2

Re: playing iphone video on a normal tv

2011-10-12 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hi, You'd probably get better responses if you posted this on viPhone. To answer your question though, if you have an iPhone 4 then you can get an Apple adapter that lets you convert the 30 pin doc connector into hdmi. For older devices you can get third party component out adapters which should d

Re: iPAD As iPhone?

2011-10-10 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
No. I think the closest you'll get is if you were to jailbreak, use something like my3g and then always have a voip application like skype open. On 10/10/2011, Georges Zaynoun wrote: > Hi. > > If I put a sim card in my iPAD that has data and voice capabilities > can I dial any contact and speak

Re: Is there a manual eject button anywhere on the MBP?

2011-09-16 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hi, Did you try niels instructions for booting from the cd and reinstalling sl? I was going to suggest the same thing but he beet me to it. On 16/09/2011, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Doug, > > Well, I finally got it out--explain more later. But I'm definitely saving > this message. :) > thanks! >

Re: Immediate Need for VB.Net Developer in Indianapolis,IN

2011-08-22 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I doubt it, most mac lists are full of asp developers. On 22/08/2011, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: > Hello Mr. Smith; are you sure you sent this to the correct email? > Yes, I manage my own website, but I'm basically learning it as i go > along and have no idea what web vp or orical are. have heard

Re: multiple user on ipad

2011-08-06 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hi, This would probably get more answers on the viPhone list, but to answer your question, yes, this is meant to be possible if you jailbreak your iPad. Note that I haven't tried the program that is meant to make this work so I can't really comment on its accessibility, but it *should* be ok. Che

Re: latest iPhone update?

2011-07-27 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I have to disagree with Daniel. 4.2.9 fixes a security problem; to suggest that someone shouldn't upgrade to it is missleading. On 27/07/2011, Cody wrote: > The iPhone 5 is said to be released either late August or September. It does > not make sense to release a completely new version of IOS an

Re: complex networking question (double nating)

2011-07-11 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I've slept on this one. Is it possible to set the scope of the dhcp on the comcast device so that it will only ever assign 1 ip address? This should mean that its dhcp server just won't respond to any requests for ip's from clients after its 1 ip has been assigned, leaving the airport to do all th

Re: Porting qwitter to mac?

2011-07-11 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
James, I'd argue that the only people that look stupid are those people who reffuse to use a piece of software because of its target market. You should use what ever application works best for you; if that turns out to be a mainstream twitter client thats great, if it turns out to be a (For want o

Re: complex networking question (double nating)

2011-07-10 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Geoff, I'd be interested in knowing why you connected an extra router to your router as opposed to a switch? It seems overly complicated considdering that a cheap unmanaged switch would have done the same thing and probably would have given you gigabit. On 11/07/2011, Ben Mustill-Rose

Re: complex networking question (double nating)

2011-07-10 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Scott, If I've understood you correctly, the comcast device is doing dhcp for all of the computers on the network, but the computers are actually connecting through the airport; you're wanting to make the comcast box act just as a modem and nothing else because of the airports ip reservation featu

Re: Target Mode.ion?

2011-07-08 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I've done this before; you'll be wanting a firewire a to a cable. It's actually a great feature that comes in handy every now and again. On 08/07/2011, Scott Howell wrote: > I am not aware of such an adapter to go from USB to firewire or the other > way. Actually there would be little advantage i

Re: Usb or NAS revisited

2011-07-06 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Hi, I'll answer this on list since people are wanting to use iTunes with a nas. Like any other nas, the linkstations have a web interface that lets you control its features and setup shares. It does have some client software for pc and mac, but it doesn't really do that much; all it does on windo

Re: NAS or USB?

2011-07-05 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Get a nas. Chris is correct in saying that you can just share a usb drive, but most nas units come with other desirable features like an http downloader, bit torrent support, ftp server, dlan server and iTunes support. You're basicly getting a very small (But probably not as small as the mini to be

Re: installed ram with no sited asistence!

2011-06-29 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I don't mean to start the ram argument up again, but now that you've been using the system for a while, do you notice a speed increase and if so, where abouts? Well done on the installation; hardware can seem a bit scary but it's actually great fun once you've done a few installations. On 29/06/2

Re: average ram for a blind user?

2011-06-25 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Why though? Surely that conflicts with saving money? On 25/06/2011, Kaare Dehard wrote: > Hi folks, I just saved my pennies and maxed out my machines as much as > I can afford. macbook pro and imac all with 8.On 2011-06-25, at 12:45 PM, > Geoff Shang wrote: > >> On Sat, 25 Jun 2011, Neil Barnfat

Re: average ram for a blind user?

2011-06-25 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
That sounds like a problem with disk io, not a lack of ram. Problem is, if there is one fairly technical computer word that consumers are aware of, its ram, so shops / people who don't really know what they're talking about suggest a ram upgrade for everything. I would be willing to put money on th

Re: system builder?

2011-06-21 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
ll it work? Thanks. > Kliphton SR > (twitter) http://twitter.com/kliphton72 > (Marriage Blog) http://cm-i-t-real-world.blogspot.com > (Google Voice) 657-229-2105 > Sent from my IMac > > On Jun 20, 2011, at 7:25 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > >> System builder (Or

Re: system builder?

2011-06-20 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
System builder (Or more comonly known as oem) products are exactly the same as the retail version but as you said, they're a bit cheaper. You're only meant to buy one with a piece of hardware that can be used to upgrade a system such as memory, although between you, me, the list and the rest of the

Re: [M-A] For our U.K members...

2011-06-11 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Also, I'm fairly sure thatit will be the big companies that apple are talking to like the bpi that will be dragging there feet. Then again, if people at the BPI think its illegal to rip your own cd's for personal use, I don't think Apple will get anyware quickly. This topic will probably stray of

Re: iBooks, iCloud and the Mac

2011-06-06 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
He did say that a mac or pc would be treated as a device so I can see why you might think so, but he didn't mention that *exact* feature. Hopefully you will be able to do this though. On 07/06/2011, Ricardo Walker wrote: > No, > > They said nothing about iBooks coming to the Mac. He said your iB

Re: Internal Drive For Mac Mini late 2010

2011-06-04 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
So you've completed a snow leopard install from a dvd and its still not booting? This could be the drive but could also be a number of other things. I think in this situation, it would be best to take it to apple and see what they say. On 04/06/2011, patricia solis wrote: > Not sure which one it

Re: Internal Drive For Mac Mini late 2010

2011-06-04 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Are you talking about the hard drive or the optical drive? The hard drive can be replaced with any 2.5 sata drive, but the optical drive is a poticula notebook one; I'm not sure which. Bear in mind that fitting iether part will not be easy and will require you to take the mini more or less complet

Re: ram instillation?

2011-06-03 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
If you've never done it before and don't feel confident messing around with electronics, I'd suggest that you get someone else to do it. Having said this, adding ram is one of the most easiest upgrades you can do, but it all boils down to if you want to take the (Fairly small) chance of breaking so

Re: Jailbreaking an iphone

2011-05-27 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Yes, all installed apps will still work along with you still having access to the app store. On 27/05/2011, Ed Worrell wrote: > Hello listers. I know that there is a guide on jailbreaking an iphone on > applevis's website. My question is if I jailbreak my phone can I still use > the itunes app st

Re: Digital Distribution, was Re: macbook pro or macbook air?

2011-05-16 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
unless you were willing to pay Apple for another one. On 16/05/2011, louie wrote: > I wander how they write protect that thumdrive. > > On May 16, 2011, at 9:45 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > >> Which, if my memory serves me correctly is what you do at the moment >> with the mac

Re: Digital Distribution, was Re: macbook pro or macbook air?

2011-05-16 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Which, if my memory serves me correctly is what you do at the moment with the macbook air; apple ships you a thumb drive with snow leopard on it with the computer. On 16/05/2011, louie wrote: > Thumdrive. > On May 16, 2011, at 9:36 AM, brandt wrote: > >> If as you say, optical drives go the way o

Re: Jailbroke my device, what now?

2011-05-08 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
er at eburggraaf, > 1-888-255-5194 > http://www.erik-burggraaf.com > > On 2011-05-08, at 6:54 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > >> If you don't want to use iTunes then buy pwntunes. >> >> On 08/05/2011, brandt wrote: >>> Hi there folks, >>> >>&

Re: Jailbroke my device, what now?

2011-05-08 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
If you don't want to use iTunes then buy pwntunes. On 08/05/2011, brandt wrote: > Hi there folks, > > I successfully jailbroke my iPod touch third gen last night, now, what do I > do with the thing? want to copy my music to the device without using iTunes, > (it kills my windows laptop). > > Warm

Re: Programming on Mac

2011-04-26 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
The mv-dev list would probably be better; its a partner of this one of sorts. http://groups.google.com/group/mv-dev?hl=en&pli=1 Hth, Ben. On 26/04/2011, Tony Hernandez wrote: > Thank you Ishe. I didn't think of the Blind Programming list for that very > reason. I completely forgot about it becau

Re: Advice on opening Imac

2011-04-25 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Send it to Apple, especially if its still under warranty. The iMac will probably have a compartment that lets you access the ram; perhaps even the harddrive and the airport card, but without looking at the mac in person, I'm fairly sure that you'd be needing to remove the motherboard or logic board

Re: Iphone vs. iPod?

2011-04-12 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Well, one advantage that the iPhone has over the touch is that it can make calls, which is why I have it. If your comparing iPhones to iPod touches, the only difference between both of the 4th gen devices is that the iPhone has the ability to make calls and a better camera. On 12/04/2011, Kliph&Sh

Re: accessible install of snow leopard in VMWare Player

2011-04-08 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
nd what did you use? > > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 8:47 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: accessible in

Re: accessible install of snow leopard in VMWare Player

2011-04-08 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
iginal Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 4:01 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: accessible install of snow leopard in VMWare Player > &g

Re: accessible install of snow leopard in VMWare Player

2011-04-07 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
t; really seen instructions of installing snow leopard alongside an existing > windows installation using the OSX86 mod cd and the snow leopard retail dvd. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Must

Re: accessible install of snow leopard in VMWare Player

2011-04-07 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
re sandybridge processor, which includes an integrated intel HD >> Graphics 3000 chip. I wouldn't expect things like gestures to work even if >> I >> successfully get mac installed. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.

Re: accessible install of snow leopard in VMWare Player

2011-04-06 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
This is against apples eula, even *if* you have purchased snow leopard. To get the dvd to boot, you'll first have to boot the vm using boot132, wait for some text to appear on the screen, eject the disk, insert snowy, complete the install potentially without voice over and then get audio plus some

Re: iPod Nano 6th Gen 1.1 software update

2011-04-02 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
It will be interesting to see if the new firmware falls victim to the voiceover loop that is present in the latest version of iTunes. Can anyone confirm? On 02/04/2011, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > All: > Apple has released a software update for the 6th gen Nano. V 1.1 allows > accessibility featur

Re: couple hard ware questions

2011-03-24 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
It really doesn't sound like a quad is required in this situation. If someones doing the type of work where a quad would come in useful, they will probably have some idea that they require the extra cores. Obveously the quad will perform better doing audio and video coupled with an ssd, but for eve

Re: couple hard ware questions

2011-03-24 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
You shouldn't notice a difference between those 2 cpu's; I doubt you even need a quad core really. I don't know what configurations the new laptops come in, but perhaps you could use the money you will save by opting for the lower cpu to upgrade your ram if you've opted for less than 4GB? On 24/03

Re: Finally got Boot Camp going, but now more trouble

2011-03-18 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Perhaps I'm missing something, but surely you can just ethernet it up to see if you need to download any updates? On 19/03/2011, Brent Harding wrote: > Hi there. After taking my 13-inch Macbook to a little shop a friend of dad > knew of, they finally got Boot Camp and XP going on this somewhat ol

Re: NY Times Technology Coverage on the LookTel Money Reader App

2011-03-09 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
You can't really blaim them though; did you really think you'd ever use a touch screen before apple came out with vo? Lets hope that my comment gets through. On 10/03/2011, Colin M wrote: > Hi all! > Well quite a few posts have made it through already! > So it might be a wake up to some of them w

Re: Mac OS X Lion

2011-03-09 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
oint >>>>> something. Fusion, I can see if you had a virtual machine, but even >>>>> then >>>>> 2 >>>>> for each gets me by just fine. >>>>> >>>>> Yet again, the price of the ssd was absolutely redicul

Re: Jailbreak iPhone 3G S

2011-03-07 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Assuming your on 4.2 then use green ppois0n. Once the jailbreaks done, use redsn0w to install cydia - thanks to rose for that handy tip! On 07/03/2011, E.J. Zufelt wrote: > Good morning, > > I'm curious if there is a reasonably accessible tool, and / or reasonably > accessible instructions, for j

Re: Any hidden Gotchas when installing more RAM in a MacBook?

2011-03-02 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
If you find out the type & speed of ram that your macbook has, you can just buy any ram that is the same specs. Bear in mind that if you want to go to 8GB it could get a bit expencive depending on your current configuration - e.g. if you don't have a 4GB stick, you'll have to get rid of all of your

Re: Mac OS X Lion

2011-02-25 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
master for more info. If you need to contact me my > info is below. > > MSN and AIM: marri...@gmail.com > > website: http://music.marrie.org > Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com > youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 > > On Feb 25, 2011, at 12:11 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: &g

Re: Mac OS X Lion

2011-02-25 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Lets be honest though, it's not like ram is expencive unless your looking for ddr which you won't be. Even on sl, you should see a difference if you bump it up to 2 or 4GB. On 25/02/2011, Brandon Misch wrote: > i know > > On Feb 25, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: > >> If it is, you're s

Re: Evernote

2011-02-10 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
As of about 6 months ago, the iPhone app was inaccessible and caused vo to perform very slowly until I restarted. On 10/02/2011, Jane wrote: > I have it but I haven't used it. I figure I already have one dropbox client > for the iPad; I am trying to think of a reason why I need another cloud app?

Re: GParted accessibil

2011-02-04 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
If you boot into vinux it's usable. I used it a couple months ago having not used orca for about a year and found it easy enough. Although, using it does seem sort of pointless when you have disk utility. On 05/02/2011, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Yeah which I'm not. lol! I"m still getting used to voi

Re: band limit was Jailbreaking and some solutions?

2011-01-31 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
as you >>> canot restore to older OS's if you mess up or if you phone explosively >>> breaks. >>> >>> S >>> On Jan 31, 2011, at 11:05 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: >>> >>>> I'm sorry to hear that rose. I thought that the se

Re: iWOrk: VoiceOver Falls Short

2011-01-31 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
You know, I'm not exactly the biggest apple fan on here, but if those are all the bugs that are present in iWork, I have to say thats pretty impressive. I can't right now, but I'm sure that if I had time, I could come up with many more bugs that one could find using a windows screenreader and offic

Re: Jailbreaking and some solutions?

2011-01-31 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
has a locked phone, was able to boot up just fine. I myself do not, so I > cannot reboot without the assistance of my Mac. Most of you guys won't have > that problem. > > On Jan 31, 2011, at 2:16 AM, James Malone wrote: > >> Thanks! Yeah, I can't say a tethered Ja

Re: Jailbreaking and some solutions?

2011-01-30 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
thinking just holding out. Really the only reason I'd >> jailbreak would be to have a WiFi hotspot. >> >> On Jan 30, 2011, at 9:07 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: >> >>> Apple didn't make cydia. It was made by someone who goes by the name >>> Saurik

Re: Jailbreaking and some solutions?

2011-01-30 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Apple didn't make cydia. It was made by someone who goes by the name Saurik who is involved with a group of people that call themselves the iPhone dev team - they have nothing to do with apple. Tethered jailbreaks really aren't worth it imo scott. On 30/01/2011, Scott Granados wrote: > Rose, this

Re: iphone speaker stopped working

2011-01-26 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Do you have them stored locally? On 26/01/2011, joseph wrote: > i tried the switch off and on, i tried volume up and down using earphone but > nothing worked. i restored it to factory settings then i set up as a new > iphone and it worked but how can i move my bought apps across to the new > iph

Re: Jail breaking an IPhone 4 from a blind perspective, can't find the thread

2011-01-23 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Assuming your on 4.2, jailbreak on the iPhone 4 is tethered at the moment, meaning that when ever your phone reboots, assuming that you want to run jailbreak apps, you'll have to rejailbreak the phone from a computer. Even if you don't want to run any jailbreak apps, safari will crash every time yo

Re: Apple "screwing" iPhone users to block them from opening the hardware they paid for.

2011-01-21 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Scott. Whilst I do agree with you, I feel that in this situation, Apple did make the right choice by making there iPhones harder to take apart. You talk about computer repair. When you ran the shop, did you ever get someone who tried to upgrade or fix the computer themselves? Did you ever find tha

Re: Apple "screwing" iPhone users to block them from opening the hardware they paid for.

2011-01-20 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I can't think of any reason why someone would want to take apart there iPhone while it's under warranty anyway. Whats the point in attempting to fix something if Apple will do it for you and will in most cases do a much better job? On 20/01/2011, Wes Smith wrote: > Oops. Didn't reply to all. > L

Re: Apple to Remove the Home Button from Future iPads and iPhones?

2011-01-19 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Now now Scott, can't hav you offending people again :) The more i think about it, the more I want a iPhone without a home button actually. On 19/01/2011, Scott Granados wrote: > Wow the joke possibilities in that comment alone are priceless.:) > > On Jan 19, 2011, at 1:10 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:

Re: Apple to Remove the Home Button from Future iPads and iPhones?

2011-01-17 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
To be honest, if it means a bigger screen whilst keeping the size of the phone the same, I'm all for it. On 17/01/2011, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > rather than removing the home buttons can't they do something more > constructive by putting in an vibration feedback when the devices come on. > > Sent

Re: Apple to Remove the Home Button from Future iPads and iPhones?

2011-01-17 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I was thinking about that as well actually. The only way I can see it working is if your fumb is at the bottom of the screen and your other 4 fingers are at the top. Even then, it doesn't sound overly smooth. I do like the idea of controling multitasking using jestures though; I always thought tha

Re: What could make an internal hard drive suddenly decide to die?

2011-01-15 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
When ever I've scene logic board failiers on drives it's usually been no power at all, but hey, who knows. The reason I suggested using usb was so that we could rule out the motherboard and so that if the os was for some very strange reason sending ata commands to power the drive down it wouldn't b

Re: What could make an internal hard drive suddenly decide to die?

2011-01-15 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
So if this can't be addressed by a new driver, it's sounding more like a motherboard fault? On 15/01/2011, Eric Oyen wrote: > its not the Hard Disk, per se'. its a driver issue where the drive > controller is instructed to park and shut down. the only way I have found to > resolve it is a full re

Re: What could make an internal hard drive suddenly decide to die?

2011-01-15 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
What an interesting problem! First of all, I'd make sure that you have a complete backup of everything just incase. It seems like the drive is malfunctioning on both reads and writes, but it's not like using torrents or opening music in itunes is putting a large amount of strain on the drive, surel

Re: Apple Seeds iOS 4.3 Beta to Developers

2011-01-13 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Lets be honest, the fast speech bug probably isn't going to be fixed. I've noticed and perhaps it's just me beeing picky, but apples bug pattern for ios goes something like: Release new version of ios. Fix 1 or 2 bugs that were introduced in the previous version. Introduce a few more. Repeat. Don'

Re: Apple Seeds iOS 4.3 Beta to Developers

2011-01-12 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
No, I see no reason why any of the features in the article would enhance accessibility unless you've spotted something that I haven't? Also, I do understand the overlap, but surely this is more viphone, like all the other news stories? On 12/01/2011, Sarah Alawami wrote: > Will these features en

Re: Hopeful news on the future accessibility of Star Breed, a Science Fiction gamebook for iOS

2011-01-12 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
This game sounds awesome! Hopefully everything will work out, although perhaps a very gentle email every couple of months might not go a miss just to see how / if things are working out. Infact, I'd probably go as far as saying that based on your description, this sounds like it could become my fa

Re: ITunes not properly updating podcasts

2011-01-09 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Note: this post is a bit windows orientated; for some reason I thought you'd sent this to viphone, but I'm sending it anyway in the hope that it may help others as well. John, I've also had this happen and it's really really annoying. Unlike you, I like to download / sync my podcasts every morning

Re: VLC app removed from App Store

2011-01-08 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I thought it would happen as well, but surely you didn't think it would happen because of the reasoning in the article? I didn't for one. On 08/01/2011, Eric Oyen wrote: > and so it begins... > > -Eric > > On Jan 8, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> I knew this would happen eventally. R

Re: IPhone at work

2010-12-28 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I'm glad that the iPhones working out for you, but to be honest, searching the internet is hardly revolutionary and from the corporate point of view, apple could do lots more to make the iPhone an attractive option. On 28/12/2010, Cheree wrote: > > > Sent from my iPhoneCheree Heppe here: > > At w

Re: Macbook Pro Feet

2010-12-22 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I've used araldite on electronics before; It's actually been able to reinforse some pretty rubbishy soldering on some no name ebay electronics. On 23/12/2010, Scott Granados wrote: > Eastman 110. > > That's the best glue I've found. It's a two part deal but you can hold a > submarine together wi

Re: having some really weird network problems.

2010-12-11 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
dhcp with manual address and put a new IP in, but I can't close > that dialog and I'm kinda stuck. > > On 12/11/10, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: >> If it's not a dhcp issue like jon suggested, could it be that one >> device is 11g and the other is 11n? You can get wei

Re: having some really weird network problems.

2010-12-11 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
If it's not a dhcp issue like jon suggested, could it be that one device is 11g and the other is 11n? You can get weird issues when some routers try and do boh standards at once, the solution being to switch to g only. On 11/12/2010, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > Sounds almost like duplicate Ip issues,

Re: jailbreaking?

2010-12-10 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I personaly wouldn't have jailbroken my 3gs if it was a tethered jailbreak. I don't like the idea of my phone becoming useless while I'm away from a computer. Some cool things I've been doing with jailbroken apps: Turn your iPhone into a wireless hotspot with pdaNet. Use 5 icon doc to put 5 icons

Re: jailbreaking?

2010-12-10 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
It's not avoided. Kev contributes greatly to this list but in this situation he is mistakened. On 10/12/2010, brandt wrote: > Why is the discussion of jailbreaking avoided on this list? It, afterall is > legal. > > Regards, > > Brandt Steenkamp > > MSN/Windows live: brandt...@live.com > > Google

Re: jailbreaking?

2010-12-10 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I'd echo what Jim has said. There are quite a few apps that you can download that are accessible, but since there are so many apps floating around, it's probably best that you tell us what you are wanting to do then we can advise you. Bare in mind that the steps for jailbreaking are going to vairy

Re: The iPad 2?

2010-12-08 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
is > because what they can put in it now is better than what they had at their > finger tips last year. No more reason is needed. > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 > Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 > > > > On Dec 8, 2010, a

Re: The iPad 2?

2010-12-08 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
It already has the a4 cpu in it which is working out very well for speed and battery life, so I don't really see why they would want to change this, although as you said, we'll probably see a ram increase. I'd considder purchasing it if we had standard usb and an sd card reader, but until then, I'

Re: bootcamp windows xp

2010-12-03 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I don't really like replying when I don't know the exact answer, but you could always take the format part out of the answer file. Mine sits at the partitions screen waiting for me to do something. Obviously key sequences are vaguely important here, but just hit enter a few times and you should be

Re: OK, Apple TV is Here and a handy Remote

2010-12-01 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Both apple tv's are just boxes; you provide the tv and apple provides the device you connect to it. On 02/12/2010, Marlaina Lieberg <1guide...@gmail.com> wrote: > Scott, > > Is this the little box or is it an actual tv? I know they do have a real tv > with a picture and such. > > Marlaina > On De

Re: where is the download of the ios update saved

2010-11-30 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
; downgrade to what ever was before the IOS upgrade. > On Nov 30, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > >> Theres not really any point in backing up the ios installers. >> 1: If your thinking of being able to downgrade to something older >> using this method then it wo

Re: where is the download of the ios update saved

2010-11-30 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Theres not really any point in backing up the ios installers. 1: If your thinking of being able to downgrade to something older using this method then it won't work. 2: If you're worried that you might some how break your phone and are wanting to preserve the files to do a factory restore theres no

Re: confirming apple tv has vo support

2010-11-24 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
What more did you want to get from the video Kev? For the people who haven't been able to get it to play, Esther kindly posted a direct link to the video on youtube. I don't have it to hand, but it was near the begining of this topic. On 24/11/2010, Scott Howell wrote: > I am using a Mac and Safa

Re: confirming apple tv has vo support

2010-11-22 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
>From wikipedia: Apple TV is a digital media receiver made and sold by Apple Inc. It is a small form factor network appliance designed to play IPTV digital content originating from the iTunes Store, Netflix, YouTube, Flickr, MobileMe or any Mac OS X or Windows computer running iTunes onto an enhanc

Re: confirming apple tv has vo support

2010-11-22 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
You can't record stuff on this generation of apple tv though or at least not locally. I guess it could write to someware on the lan, but this device doesn't even include a tuner; more or less everything is from apple. On 22/11/2010, Scott Granados wrote: > First, Apple TV actually works unlike uv

Re: 64 bit processors

2010-11-03 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
bout that unless I > misunderstood. Could be two processors I have no idea the physical > configuration. > > On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > >> I think if you have one of the really expencive golftown i7's you can >> get upto 6 cores, but I'

Re: 64 bit processors

2010-11-03 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I think if you have one of the really expencive golftown i7's you can get upto 6 cores, but I'm pretty sure that you can't get that in a note book. I think some more quad notebook parts will be introduced with sandy bridge. On 03/11/2010, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > For those hardware crazed individu

Re: FW: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-10-22 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
I have the r700 and it's great; can even take an i7 if you have the money. On 22/10/2010, Simon Fogarty wrote: > They are a great little machine, but although they can do everything, > Someone like me that wants power and portability they just aren't yet > suitable. > > I would prefer the new To

Re: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-10-21 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
No one's going to have one of these since they were only released yesterday. I personally don't really see the point; it's a portable mac with very mid range specs with a good battery. It's apples answer to the netbook except you could by 3 netbooks for the same price as one of these. On 21/10/20

Re: I think I may have made a $99 mistake...

2010-10-09 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
> On Oct 9, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > >> I think someone posted a response that they got from accessibliity a >> couple of weeks ago where they were informed that the remote app >> wouldn't work. I can't find the exact message right now, but it was

Re: I think I may have made a $99 mistake...

2010-10-09 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
it may take some sighted help to set it up, but I wonder if that >> would work at all. I should go get one and try it out. >> >> GF >> >> >> On Oct 9, 2010, at 11:21 AM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: >> >>> It has been my experience that even if accessibilit

Re: I think I may have made a $99 mistake...

2010-10-09 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
It has been my experience that even if accessibility did know about an upcoming feature, (Which they probably won't), they will be unable to tell you about it; it's just the way that Apple works. I'm sorry to hear about your loss of sight; but in this situation, I think it would be best if you wer

Re: XCode compile.

2010-10-01 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
Geoff, My understanding is that whilst you are able to code in xcode, running the program in the iPhone simulator will not be accessible. The suggested workaround is to sign up to the developer program, although $100 does seem a little bit steep to here vo say hello world. If you have jailbroken

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