Re: Query about MP3 and OGG files

2010-04-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
and for me it's totally gapless. except when some players mess it up but Yeah it is totally if done right gapless. On Apr 2, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote: > FYI, ogg is not lossless, it's lossey compression. Tons of information are > being discarded. Some people claim it sounds better th

Re: Query about MP3 and OGG files

2010-04-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
the good thong is vlc media player is one that supports ogg and it does a farely decent job at it. Tc On Apr 2, 2010, at 1:55 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello James, > > I use MP3 so that all my iTunes library is compatible with my Milestone 311 > which I had before getting an iPod. It saves

Re: Query about MP3 and OGG files

2010-04-03 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I have thought of starting to use ogg, but I have not done it yet. I have been looking at some tests at google, and the opinions about which format is the best is defferent. I have made some trials, and to me mp3 still sounds better. I have also heard that ogg changes the sound a little more t

a question ablout amadeus pro

2010-04-03 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I will have to do some batch processing in amadeus pro, I have no problems to choose the right settings, it says I have to drag files or click here, but I can not find any button to klick, and I do not know how to drag files. How can I do that. Have a nice day Annie. -- You received this me

Re: ITunes crashing on me when accessing equalizer

2010-04-03 Thread Scott Howell
Ray, Instead of deleting anything, go into VoiceOver utility, choose navigation, locate the popup button, which will say something like ignores VoiceOver cursor-mouse cursor or follows VOiceOver cursor-mouse cursor. Make sure it is set to ignores VoiceOver cursor-mouse cursor and that should ta

software to record itunes

2010-04-03 Thread chad baker
Hi is there any accessible software to record itunes streams i want to split tracks into separate mp3's. I want it for my ipod shuffle. thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...

Re: My Mac Mini

2010-04-03 Thread Scott Howell
Bryan, I'm not looking to turn this into a pissing contest because in general I find your posts and such of value and informative. You however are really down on the Mini and for no good reason. Your a power user, so the Mini simply is not for you, but in no way does that mean the Mini is usele

Thanks for answers to MP3 vs OGG

2010-04-03 Thread James & Nash
Hi all, Thank you all for your answers regarding the subject line. TC James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this

Re: software to record itunes

2010-04-03 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I think you can use audio hijack pro. Try it from: www.rogueamoeba.com Have a nice day. Annie 2010/4/3, chad baker : > Hi is there any accessible software to record itunes streams i want to split > tracks into separate mp3's. > I want it for my ipod shuffle. > thanks > > -- > You received

Re: just paired macbook with windows mobile phone.

2010-04-03 Thread erik burggraaf
Well, Isync was a bit of a bust. It wouldn't see my phone even though it was paired, which is obnoctious. Missingsync looks like a better option, but I think I need a missingsync driver for my phone. It's taking a while because I have to update to missingsync 2.5 from 1.5 and that's not going

Re: just paired macbook with windows mobile phone.

2010-04-03 Thread erik burggraaf
Well, my phone and mbp let me choose the key, so I simply selected no passkey on both devices. You can also choose to assign a passkey to both devices, but my phone gives me very little time to enter a key, and I was failing, so I opted to go without a passkey. Best, Erik Burggraaf APlus cert

An Itunes store issue

2010-04-03 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi folks. I have purchased an item from the Itunes store, namely a music download and now it turns out that in one of the songs it sounds like the cd from which the song was taken got stuck for a little while. Is there any possibility of complaining on the itunes store, and if so, how? I've sear

Re: An Itunes store issue

2010-04-03 Thread Charlie Doremus
If I were you I would call 1-800-my-apple and explain the situation to customer service. They may direct you to someone else but hang in they are pretty good about solving this sort of problem. On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hi folks. I have purchased an item from the It

Reporting problems with iTunes Store Purchases [was Re: An Itunes store issue]

2010-04-03 Thread Esther
Hi Krister, I'll point you to the Apple Support document on "How to Report an Issue with your iTunes Store Purchase": http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1933 If you check your account purchase history, you'll be able to view the transaction record for your purchase and copy the order number. Th

Re: Reporting problems with iTunes Store Purchases [was Re: An Itunes store issue]

2010-04-03 Thread Esther
Hi Krister, I'm going to give you the email contact link for the iTunes Store Customer service: http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact.html Your iTunes account page interface now seems to take you to the support FAQ page when you use the "Report a Problem", rather than bringing up t

Re: Interesting article on iPad

2010-04-03 Thread Kaare Dehard
This merely underscores the point that several people on this list have made re:technology, and that is, know your own needs! On 2010-04-02, at 5:37 PM, mani wrote: > http://www.pcworld.com/article/193280/apple_ipad_just_say_no.html > > Enjoy. > > mani > > -- > You received this message becau

Re: My Mac Mini

2010-04-03 Thread Mary Otten
Scott, I think your point about the mini as a good entry point for potential switchers is an excellent one. I never would have laid out the $ for an Imac. We have plenty of monitors around here, so buying a monitor was not a issue We also have mice, so ditto there, no need to get one. Yes, I did

Voiceover on ipad

2010-04-03 Thread Matthew Campbell
Hello everyone. I've just been looking at the user guide for the ipad on Apple's support site and it mentions VO as usual. It looks like VO is going to behave similar to that which is found on the iphone accept there is a 4 finger gesture for moving between sections of screen or something. No me

Re: Voiceover on ipad

2010-04-03 Thread Mary Otten
I am really looking forward to hearing about keyboard access with vo. Since there is none with an iphone, since you can't use an external keyboard with that device, I hope that limitation hasn't also been imposed on the Ipad. Mary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: Interesting article on iPad

2010-04-03 Thread Olivia Norman
Very true! I purchased an iPad this morning and am loving it! It will be a wonderful tool for me though everyone has different needs so what works for some will not work for others. Olivia Sent from my iPad On Apr 3, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Kaare Dehard wrote: > This merely underscores the point

RE: Interesting article on iPad

2010-04-03 Thread Blake Sinnett
I can't wait for some audio from the iPad's voiceover is put up. How does the speaker sound? Who's daring enough to upload a quick mp3? > From: olivianor...@gmail.com > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Interesting article on iPad > Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 12:58:57 -0400 > > Ver

Re: Interesting article on iPad

2010-04-03 Thread olivia norman
The speaker is great. If someone can tell me how to upload one, I would be delighted to! :) On Apr 3, 2010, at 1:03 PM, Blake Sinnett wrote: > I can't wait for some audio from the iPad's voiceover is put up. How does the > speaker sound? Who's daring enough to upload a quick mp3? > > > From:

Re: Interesting article on iPad

2010-04-03 Thread Jessica and Goldina
ooh!!! you have one? details please? what's it like!!! what voice? how is it different? give us some 411 On 2010-04-03, at 9:58 AM, Olivia Norman wrote: > Very true! I purchased an iPad this morning and am loving it! It will be a > wonderful tool for me though everyone has different need

Re: Interesting article on iPad

2010-04-03 Thread Olivia Norman
It is similar to an iPhone in many ways. The voice sounds the same and is turned on inn the same way. I need to play more with ibookks and iWork but I think itt will make a great note taker and book reader. My music and the voice sound great on the speakers. I would be happy to demo it on someon

Hi have a networking question

2010-04-03 Thread matthew dyer
Hello to everyone on the list. I am curius about something. I am getting a wirless router in a few days and will be going wirless. I have a windows pc and a mac. If I setup file sharing on the pc side, Is there a way I can have my mac see the pc:? I want to be able to have my mac be abl

Re: Voiceover on ipad

2010-04-03 Thread olivia norman
The keyboard doc hasn't shipped yet, but I will let you know when I am able to use it. Right now, the problem is that if you only have one bluetooth keyboard it can only be paired with one device at a time, so, I would have to unpair it from my iMac to pair it with my iPad. At the moment, I do

Re: Voiceover on ipad

2010-04-03 Thread olivia norman
The voice is the same as on the iPhone. It is turned on in the same way, and the keyboard is the same, only larger, which I like. Olivia On Apr 3, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hello everyone. > I've just been looking at the user guide for the ipad on Apple's support site > and i

accessible games

2010-04-03 Thread chad baker
Hi is there any accessible games out there? I'm looking for card games or something else. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, sen

Re: a question ablout amadeus pro

2010-04-03 Thread Hypnotic Consulting
Hi Annie, I'm going to try to remember, I did this for the first time last week, and haven't done it since. Once you've set everything, go over to where it says click here. Now, you'll have to root mouse to voice over. by holding control, option, command, and if you're on a macbook, the functio

Re: ITunes crashing on me when accessing equalizer

2010-04-03 Thread Justin Thornton
hello I am have the same experience as you gusy with itunes crashing when I try and access the EQ with tVO running I hope they fix it soon On Apr 3, 2010, at 12:21 AM, Ray Foret jr wrote: > Who ever said they have the issue of ITunes crashing when they access the > equalizer, I also am having th

Re: ITunes crashing on me when accessing equalizer

2010-04-03 Thread Justin Thornton
my VO was already set that way and the problem still is not fixed over here On Apr 3, 2010, at 5:43 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > Ray, > > Instead of deleting anything, go into VoiceOver utility, choose navigation, > locate the popup button, which will say something like ignores VoiceOver > cursor

Re: Interesting article on iPad

2010-04-03 Thread Jessica and Goldina
wow. so it's the samantha voice. still, very cool!! I can't wait til the mac boutique, the kind of apple store but not official apple store near where I live gets them in!! I wanna see one so bad!! On 2010-04-03, at 12:42 PM, Olivia Norman wrote: > It is similar to an iPhone in many ways. The vo

Re: Interesting article on iPad

2010-04-03 Thread Olivia Norman
Yes it is the same voice. Olivia Sent from my iPhone On Apr 3, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Jessica and Goldina > wrote: wow. so it's the samantha voice. still, very cool!! I can't wait til the mac boutique, the kind of apple store but not official apple store near where I live gets them in!! I wanna

labeling buttons, unknowns, and blank areas?

2010-04-03 Thread hank smith
hello how do I label unlabeled buttons, unknowns, and blank areas with vo on snow labeled? once I label these things how do I save them and a. share them with another user and b. reload them if I should ever want to use them on another mac. thanks Hank -- You received this message because you a

Selecting links in Syrinx

2010-04-03 Thread phil stephenson
Hi, Can anyone tell me how to select a link in a tweet in syrinx and then open it in safari. I have looked in the menus on syrinx and it's telling me I should press cmd L and shift but this doesn't seem to do anything. I've tried interacting with the tweet text and making sure am on the url b

Re: Selecting links in Syrinx

2010-04-03 Thread E.J. Zufelt
Good afternoon Phil, When on a tweet Cmd + Shift + L will open any URLs in the tweet in your default browser. Note that if the link is not a properly formatted URL starting with http:// that they may not open. HTH, Everett Zufelt http://zufelt.ca Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/ezufel

Re: labeling buttons, unknowns, and blank areas?

2010-04-03 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi Hank. To make lables, when you have something you want to label press vo+shift+7 and write the text, you must of course have the voiceOver cursor placed on the button, unknown or what you want to label. It is a great feature, I found out how to do it in this week, because I looked for something

Re: Selecting links in Syrinx

2010-04-03 Thread Olivia Norman
Command shift l Sent from my iPhone On Apr 3, 2010, at 5:24 PM, phil stephenson wrote: Hi, Can anyone tell me how to select a link in a tweet in syrinx and then open it in safari. I have looked in the menus on syrinx and it's telling me I should press cmd L and shift but this doesn't

Re: Selecting links in Syrinx

2010-04-03 Thread Lynn Schneider
If it doesn't seem to work, after hitting the command-shift-l combination, try hitting command-tab to go to your Safari window. I find that sometimes when I use the command-shift-l, it actually does open the link, but it does not automatically put the focus on the Safari window so I have to com

RE: My Mac Mini

2010-04-03 Thread Bryan Smart
Scott, I think that I agree with you in principle. The Mini is great for accomplishing basic tasks. It is great for someone that wants to try Mac. It is a neat little computer for the price and size. All that I'm saying, though, is that I don't think that it is the best value. If you want to ge

Re: just paired macbook with windows mobile phone.

2010-04-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
My phoen won't connect at all even though it is paired and isync sais mjy phone is not supported. sucky! On Apr 3, 2010, at 4:55 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: > Well, Isync was a bit of a bust. It wouldn't see my phone even though it was > paired, which is obnoctious. Missingsync looks like a bet

Re: software to record itunes

2010-04-03 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yes you can. just Hijack the itunes session and play the stream in real time. On Apr 3, 2010, at 3:47 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: > Hi. > > I think you can use audio hijack pro. > > > Try it from: www.rogueamoeba.com > > Have a nice day. > Annie > > 2010/4/3, chad baker : >> Hi is there

Re: accessible games

2010-04-03 Thread Jessica and Trish the Golden Dog
Chad. I am not sure about card games. If you are looking for a client for muds then tintin++ works good. I cannot remember the website though. Also. I think there is a text game adventurer program available for the mac. But I don't remember what it is called. As for gaming in general there are s

Re: just paired macbook with windows mobile phone.

2010-04-03 Thread Esther
Hi, Here's the link to the Apple Knowledge Base article for the mobile phones that are supported through iSync under Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2824 In addition to the phones supported directly by Apple's iSync application listed in the document, some ad

Re: My Mac Mini

2010-04-03 Thread Dan Roy
Well, you make a good point, but, you need to check current configurations. You can get a mini with 320GB drive, 4GB ram and a 2.53GHZ processor for $799. Yes, if you have to buy a keyboard, mouse and monitor, the price jumps. However, a lot of us came over from windows and already had those d

Help with audacity

2010-04-03 Thread Frank Ventura
Hi can anyone point me in the direction of some help or tutorials on using Audacity. Specifically I would like to know the keyboard shortcuts for starting, pausing and stopping recording and maybe the basics on how to edit tracks. Tia Frank -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: iPad bluetooth keyboard

2010-04-03 Thread Joel Zimba
I believe the apple wireless keyboard has a touch pad. As the touchpad commander works much like the iPhone screen, I don't think it would be a leap to have it work similarly when connected to the iPad. If this isn't how it works initially, I am sure it will in short order. Having the link

Re: Help with audacity

2010-04-03 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi Frank, check out www.icanworkthisthing.com There is a good manual there. And did you download the accessible version from http://audacity.homerow.net/index.php?dir=accessible ? hth On Apr 3, 2010, at 8:30 PM, Frank Ventura wrote: > Hi can anyone point me in the direction of some help or t

Re: iPad bluetooth keyboard

2010-04-03 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, The apple wireless bluetooth keyboard does not have a touch pad. On Apr 3, 2010, at 8:39 PM, Joel Zimba wrote: > I believe the apple wireless keyboard has a touch pad. As the touchpad > commander works much like the iPhone screen, I don't think it would be a leap > to have it work similarl

Re: iPad bluetooth keyboard

2010-04-03 Thread Joel Zimba
I guess that's how they manage to sell the magic mouse. heh On Apr 3, 2010, at 8:44 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > The apple wireless bluetooth keyboard does not have a touch pad. > On Apr 3, 2010, at 8:39 PM, Joel Zimba wrote: > >> I believe the apple wireless keyboard has a touch pad.

Re: My Mac Mini

2010-04-03 Thread Scott Howell
Bryan, I would agree that for the horsepower an iMac would be a better investment and I wouldn't upgrade the Mini. If someone really wanted a MIni, of course I would get the 2.53Ghz 4Gb ram machine since it has the 320Gb internal drive. Yes it is 5400rpm, but I haven't notice a significant diff

Itunes and Equalizer Problem

2010-04-03 Thread Dan Roy
I am having the same problem with Itunes crashing when accessing the equalizer. I did already try telling VO to ignore the not to move the mouse pointer with the VO cursor. This did nothing to solve the problem I don't undersand why some people are having this problem and others are not, it's

Another article on he iPad

2010-04-03 Thread mani
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/03/BUN91COOF9.DTL Cheers, mani -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send

Re: Itunes

2010-04-03 Thread carlene knight
It's weird how some of us are experiencing this problem and not others. I have had no problems myself with the new update. On Mar 31, 2010, at 2:11 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > The same experience I have encountered. Please anyone who is having this > issue, contact accessibil...@apple.com and l

Re: My Mac Mini

2010-04-03 Thread carlene knight
Hi: I did originally get my Mini to try it out as I was a new Mac user, but since I don't do a lot of heavy downloading or stream video, the Mini is plenty fast. I have a lot less problems with it than a lot of people seem to have with the MacBooks. My husband streams movies and videos all o